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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-11-21

DEATH OF THE KING OF SIAM.

A telegram from Galle, dated the 4th of November,
annonnces the death of the Supreme King of Siam,
which occurred on the lig of October. The literary
and scientific acquirements of this remarkable man
have given him a very high rank among Oriental
monarchs. No information is conveyed as to the
successor to the throne, but no doubt the next over-
land mail will bring detailed reports from the Court of
Bangkok. The Strait, Tina of October 8, in
announcing the illness of his Majesty, says

...
It is with much regret we lea, n from our latest files of the
Bangkok Daily Advertiser, brought by the chow Phva its
Monday last, that his Majesty the King of Siann had been
seriously ill with fever timing the latter part of August and
the whole ot September, awl that although on several
oceashms he seemed to lie recovering relapses always
took place, and when the steamer left recovery was
deemed hopeless. The fever is supposed to have been
caught during the visit to Hue Won, to see the eclipse ;
and the jungle malaria at that place must be very virulent
for eight of the Siamese visitors of rank who accompanied
the King on that OM,ISMII have died from fever since their
return, including Ids Royal Highness Krom KOMI Rachasee,
a nephew of the King. His Royal Highness Sonaletch
ehowfa Chnlaltunkorn, the eldest son of the King, hail also
been ill with the fever, lint had apparently quite recovered.
His Majesty's death will be a great loss to the kingdom of
Shun, and important consequences may result therefmnt.
ills Majesty has pros% 1 himself an auto. enlightened, and
liberal monarch of varied accomplishments, whom it will be
difficult, if not impossible, to replace, and we sineerely hope
that our next adders from Bangkok will tell its that he bus
after all recovered. Some apprehensions were entertained
that, slmuld Ins Majesty not recover, revolutionary dt-turb-
antes would take place, and, as a matter of precaution. the
government was ilhinz out the native militia to la- ready for
all emergencies. It would be well also that a British man-
of-war were on the spot to watch events.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-11-21

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-11-21

HOW TO SERVE A FICKLE-MINDED
' LADY.

A few days since (says an Ottawa paper), a young
gentleman and young lady appeared at the pareonage
of an eminent clergymen of this city for the pull..e of
having their respective destinies united in tee holy
bonds of matrimony. Es erything being ready, tne
clergyman aforesaid was about t, proceed with the
ceremony when the young lady discovered that ehe was
minus the kit gloves so necessary on such occasion ;
whereupon she requested her affianced to hasten to a
store and procure he indispensable kids, telling him
to "be in a hurry or she milt change her.
mind." The cler4yman, witnesses, and intended
bride waited sonic time for the return of the
youth with the gloves; he didn't come. They waited
longer, and still he failed to put in an appearance. The
matter at last becoming really serious and alarming,
the clergyman took his hat and proceeded, post haste,
in search of the truant lover, whom he found, after a
diligent search and many inquiries, quietly seated on
the veranda of the Park House, with his feet elevated
on the back of a chair, and very deliberately puffing a
cigar. On being asked to explain his singular conduct
he carelessly remarked that lie "was waiting to see if
she was going to change her mind." They were
married, however, at last, after two hours' delay.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-11-21

CRADLEY.

Tux TRIM Cnyncn.—On Sunday evening last, a ser-
mon, or rather lecture, on the above subject, was preached
by the Hcv. H. Gregg, M.A. The church was crow ded to
excess, many of those present coming from Rowley and
other distant places. The sermon was characteristic of
the preacher, and was delivered in Isis own well-known
fervich and impassioned style. The majority of those
present appeared to favour his deo:imitation, would dotibt-
less have bestowed plenty of applause if they had been
convened in some other building.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-11-21

KIDDERMINSTER.

Tue. ELECTIOW.—The polling for this borough com-
menced on Monday last, at eight o'clock. There were
fade boothl in variotis parla of the town. Mr. Lea took
a lead and kept it to the close of the poll, he being res
le, nod by a majority of .151—Mt. Lea pulling 1.272, and
Mr. Making kn. At night two bands of music bean to
play, and persons paraded through the various strecti
cheering for Hr. Lea. On Tuesday evening Mr. Lea's
tare wis celebrated by a torchlight procession, and on
Wednesday by a preeesssion, accompanied by three
bawls, round the town, in which he was attended by most
of his supporters and many others. The greatest tri-
umph is exhibited by the Liberals, and, in the meantime,
the following notice l at been circulated by Mr. Mskins :
--" To those 021 electors who have faithfully redeemed
their promises, I offer my best thanks for their support.
Had all who promised to vote for me kept their word, I
should hive been, most probably your member. I hove
been defeated, but neither I nor my party have been dire
graces: by any unfair attempts to gain votes. Whether
the triumph of our opponeuta will be long lived is a
matter to be determined in the future. The invariable
kindness and courtesy with which I have been treated by
my friends in Kidderminster, more than effaces any dis-
appointment I might have felt at my failure in the elec-
tion." As a justification for going to the poll, we may
say that Mr. ktakins had no less than 1,000 bofi.i.fide
promises. Of these no less than '2OO broke their word,
besides others who were neutral, but the worst part of all
was the behaviour of the majority of the Working Men's
Conservative Association; of these not more than one-
third voted. Mr. Slakins could have won his election
had he not determined to fight it upon "purity princi-
ples." Numbers of those who distinctly told the canvas-
sers they wanted money were found voting for Mr. Lea,
and many well known Conservative publicans, whose
houses have been used for Mr. Lea's meetings, also went
over to his side. In fact, it WAS a regular stampede, the
conversions from Conservatism to out and-out Radicalism
being as sadden as they were nuineroos.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-11-21

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H. SIMMS,

100, HIGH STREET, STOURBRIDGE.
Old Pianos taken in exchange.

AGENT FOR DAWES'B PATENT
MELODY HARMONIUMS.

CARD.?

BENJAMIN TAYLOR,
CLIPPER AND SINGER,
No. 3, Fr:rine-street,

Begs most respect! ally to announce to tLt
Gentry of Stnnrbridge ard ••
tiuues to CLIP and SINGE in the Stat.. .
moth°. premises. No. 3, ENVILLE-STItiAl. oppoade the
Crown Inn, and assures them that every attention shall
be paid to Horses entrusted to his care.
Gas SrPPLU.D TO GENTIJWICN SENDING THEIR OWN

GROOMS.
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SAMUEL INSULL,

AUCTIONEER, APPRAISER, AND GENERAL
AGENT

MGR-STREET, BRIERLEY BILL.

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-11-21

ASKING FOR BREAD AND GETTING
A STONE.

The other day a Radical candidate was addressing a I
number of his constituents, and descanting in the usual
rotund fashion about the blessings of the franchise, the
dignity of man, and the precious gifts of modern pro-
gress, when a voice cried out, "There's twenty
thousand of us, down here, starving." This unseemly
interruption rather marred the effect of the orator's
discourse; but he did not yet attempt to grapple with
the suggested difficulty, save by intimating that the
Government ought to employ them. This, too, five
minutes after he had been accusing the Government of
extravagance ! Verily our legislators are an illogical
lot. Byron says "A book's a book, although there's
nothing in it." Perhaps also a vote's a vote, although
there's nothing in it, or to be got out of it. It is not
surprising, however, if twenty thousand starving
people should think differently.— Tornahg

The conference held in St. Petersburg on the sub-
ject of explosive missiles terminated its labours on Monday,
when a protocol was signed which is to serve as the basis of
an international convention
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-11-21

CONVEYANCE OF VOTERS.

One curious result of the new Bribery Act is be-
coming apparent (says the Daily News). The hiring
of vehicles to carry voters to the poll has beer. a
great expense to candidates, and a fruitful source of
corruption. It was supposed that by disallowing
the charge for cab-hire in the legal expenses of
an election, the various candidates would be placed
very much on a level; that the interest of electors
in a contest would be shown by their finding their
own way to the polling-booths; and that at least
in so far as cab-hire had to do with it, victory
w.suld not lean to the side of the longest purse and
the most lavish expenditure. But see what is happen-
ing this week all over the country. Precluded from
hiring vehicles, the candidates borrow every available
trap from their friends, and the man of most social
influence commands the greatest number of wheels.
There is an immense scrimmage going on just now for
the loan of carriages. "A horse, a horse; a kingdom
for a horse!" was the cry of the distracted King.
Lend me your brougham—lend me your phaeton—lend
ins anything on wheels," are just now theories of some
hundreds of eager candidates. And certainly, in so
far as these wheels can help an election, the men of
position and family will have the best of it.

On the same subject the Daily Telegraph remarks

There appears to be still a considerable misappre-
hension of the law respecting the conveyance of electors
to the poll. We have already explained that, in
boroughs generally, candidates and their agents are
prohibited from paying money for that
_purpose to the
voters, or to any persons whatever. But a question
now arises as to the penalty for a breach of the law.
The Reform Act of last year declares that the transac-
tion "shall be deemed an legal payment within the
meaning of the Corrupt l'ractices Prevention Act, 1854."
An idea appears recently to have gained currency that
the only consequence to which candidates subject them-
selves by paying for the conveyance of borough elec-
tors is a small pecuniary penalty; but the sooner that
error is dispelled the better. There eau be no doubt
that the liability incurred is far more serious. One
section of the Act of 1854 declares that the giving of
money to any person whatever "in order to induce
any voter to vote or refrain from voting" shall be
deemed bribery. In the celebrated case of "Cooper
r. Slade," in the House of Lords, in 1858, Lord Crass-
worth held that the act of giving money to a person
to enable him to attend and vote at an election must
be comidered the giving of a bribe. The subsequent
prohibition contained in the Reform Act of last year
renders this rule more stringent, and it can hardly
admit of a doubt that now any candidate who hires
whieles to carry his supporters to the poll will, if
returned, rendered himself liable to be unseated for
bribery.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-11-21

A BAPTIST MINISTER oN DISESTABLISHMENT.

To tlo, Editor thz "Olau.eer."

SlR.—The Her. C. W. Banks, a Baptist minister of
nearly forty years standing, has published ten reasons in
fscour of the connection of the church with the state.
He concludes with the following appeal to his Protestant
Nonconforming brethren, on behalf of the united
church :

" Brother Nonconformiats, I earnestly call upon you
to be wise in time; do not commit yourselvesto a course
that must prove self-destructive, at the bidding of worldly
and ambitious politicians. lifting themselves into power,
by making capital oat of your religions prejudicea, not
because they care for religion, but because they would
hold the helm of Government. and steer you in whatever
direction it best cults their purposes. The disestablPh-
ment of the Protestant Church in Ireland I regard is
only the first blow in the breaking down of the stone
aalls of our Protestpit safety. And no far from this
being a blessing to Ireland itself, it is my belief that it
will do the greatest possible temporal mischief by driving
out of the laud its Protestant gantry along with its Pros
testant clergy, and handing the whole over to the Bovnish
priesthood. But it is chiefly and above all for the love
of Gel's truth I implore you to pause before you give
your votes to men who will pot dishonour upon the chief
dispenser of that truth. As Dissenters—in common with
myself—l know you value that truth above everything.
If you cannot vote for Conservative candidates because
you differ from them in polities, at all events refrain from
voting at all, lest you should offend against God, by
voting practically against His troth. Weigh well, then,
the reasons I have given why yen should go with me in
my determination to cut off my right hand rather than
give a vote that shall help to the overthrow of the Pros
testant religion of the United Kingdom, and our only
sure national defence."

This, sir, is sound common sense, the languag, of a
clear-seeing patriot and honest christi tn. free from stupid
prejudice and sectarian bigotry. The writer is evidently
a men who considers the tenth commandment bin ling
upon him, and has more regard to the honour of (Ind cud
the maintenance of true religion than the support of sel-
fish political parties.
Your printer did not reed my motto correctly last week.
Will you see that there shall be no mistake this time.
I am, Sir, yours truly,
IN TRANSIT
Stourbtidge, 11th Nov., 18Ga.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-11-21

THE NEW PARLIAMENT.

The following is a list of the 'Members who were re-
turned on Monday and Tuesday, to serve in the next
Parliament :

[The name. a view member@ are ineerted in indica. An asterisk in
each Case indicates that a Liberal has been
tcr(ative. The letter (u) indicates that. l%oleieck'rt':atiiivnePlLL'eloufkeanCtolnie
place of • Liberal. It) That an old
another place. 1 New oenstltnencies.rm ha. Icon for

THE METROPOLIS. 1.. C
CITY OF LONDON ....... Mr. ()when ........ I
Mr. Crawford ...... 1

_
Alderman Lawrence 1
(a' Mr Bell 1
WEST/II:MIR Mr Smith •••• • • 1
Captain Grosvenor .. 1
MARVIEBONII
Mr. T Clounbers
Alderman Lusi 1
LAMBETH ........... ......... C Lawrence 1
Mr. W. Mclrthur
SOrTHWARIC Mr. Locke

Mr. L tyard
Mr Arno,' ....
Mr. Samuda..
Mr. C. Reed ..
Mr. J. /Johns..

~ Hon. C. R. Lindsay 1
Hon. 0. Fortescue 1
• Mr. John Vance — 1
Mr. N. On Rothschild 1
Mr. S. G. Smith — 1
Mr. B. Samuelson
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-11-21

ECHOES OF THE ELECTION.
(From Punch.)

As the curtain rises, a vast mob is seen in a frantic
state of excitement. Wild shouts.
.11r. C adatone. Economy, Justice, Reform ! (Load

ehe, is.)
Mr. Disraeli. The Church! The Conetitution ! (Loud

cheers.)
Mr. Mill. Coningham shan't stand for Brighton !
Mi.. Coning/gm. Who are you
Mr. Bourerie. Yes, ask him that !
Mr. Labourhere. Lord Enfield acts like a sneak !
Lord Hit field. Mr. Labouchere speaks falsely!
Mr. Homer. Beer, beer, any beer ?
Sir John PackintSon. Hooray for the Little Fairy

Actress!
M. &U. No money-changers in the temple !
Bis,on Rothschild. That hell is cracked !
Mr. R. OM. Peace, economy, freedom !
Mr. Lloyd. Who opposed the Factories Bill, Yah !
Mr. W. H. Russell. The Irish want to seize the land?
Mr. None of your Freaks here !
Alderman Lusk. I don't think much of the Elgin

marbles!
Mr. Cox. Who spent .EB,OOO on his election?
Sir H. Balmer. I saved you from three wars !
Mr. Salisbury. Charge, Chester, charge !
Lord Stanley. Let well alone!
Sir B. Carden. Gladstone's motive is jealousy of
Disraeli!
Mr. Coleridge. Abolish the flogging of soldiers and
sailors!
Sir H. Hoare. I wish I was Hoare the Bar ke7!
Lord George Hamilton. I shall get older ever, day !
Mr. C. Waring. I have nothing to do with tie
Doulton affair!
Mr. Merewether. Never tamper with gran 1 institu-
tions ?
Mr. Harvey Lewis. Hooray for a National Rate !
Mr. Gosehen. Who's that shying Beans?
Lord Mayor Lawrence. Ido desire a divided duty!
Mr. Miall. Sever Church from State!
Sir John I've/away. Mitigate the Game Laws!
Mr. Henry James. Be just and fear not !
Sir George Bowyer. Hurrah for the Pope and the
Queen!
Mr. Bradlaugh. Down with all religions!
Mr. Lollard. Dizzy is a great Artful Dodger!
Sir Bounden Palmer. Oxford's too bigoted for me.
Mr. Geiger. The swells won't let a workman stand!
Mr. Brixton. There will be no more wars!
Mr. Hardman. Who persecuted Governor Eyre?
Mr. Whalley. Everybody's a Jesuit except me!
Lord Aniberley. No lar. e families !
Mr. Mill. Bravo ! they are cHines !
Lord John Manners. I cleaned the Regent's Park

lake !
Capt. Sherard Osborn. Reform in the Navy!
Mr. Vernon Harcourt. Choose no cuss but Historicus!
Mr. B. Osborne. Flog Garotters! Pulllibeller's noees !
Mr. Bearden. Who'll have a donkey?
Mr. Roebuck. No ingratitude. No ratteners
Mr. Beaks. Choose the Tribune of the People!
Mr. Torrene. Better homes for workmen!
Mr. Ferranti. All Liberals are scoundrels!
Dr. Sandwith. 1 doctored at Kars.
Mr. O'Beirne. Reform your Dockyards !
Mr. Toot Hughee. Educate everybody !
The Speaker. Teach Latin, but not Greek!
Sir S. Waterlog% Build model lodging-houses!
Mr. Clay. Moderation—toleration —progress !
Mr. A. Troltope. Irish Church. Can You Forgive

-
her? No!
M. Mem,. Nine to one on Gladdy in ponies !
M. Punch. Leo it, my boys, and may the best men
win !
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-11-21

HOPS.

For line parcels of bops there has been a fair, but by no
means active, demand, at previous quotations. The demand
for medium and inferior qualities, however, has been at a
standstill, and prices are almost nominal. The Import into
London last week consisted of 1,145 bales from Antwerp, 243
from Boulogne, 312 from Dunkirk, 227 from Rotterdam, 55
fri no Ostend, 235 from II amburgh, and 160 hales from Ghent.
Slid arwl East Rents, 2/. lon. to 71. la ; Weald of Keats,
U. to 41. 105.; Misses, it, to 4/. ; Famhams, 4/. to 51. 151. ;
country, 4/. to 5/. ; Bavarians, 2/. 10s. to 41. 55. ; Belgians,
'2l. to 31. ; yearlings, 31. to 4/. per cwt.
WOOL

As the public sales of colonial wool will be commented on
the 20th instant, business has in a great measure been sus-
pended ; prices, however, have shown no change. English
wool has been in limited request, at about previous quota-
tions. The import Into London last week consisted of 5,410
bales from the Cape. Current Prices of English Wool.—
fleeces : Southdown hoggets, is. 20. to is. 3d. ; hall-breds,
is. 44. to Is. ; Kent fleeces, Is. 34. to Is. 344. Southdown
ewes and wethers, Is. 241. to Is. ; and Leicester ditto.
Is. 31. to Is. 314. Sorts Clothing, Is. 24. to is. 7d.; and
combing, Is. Oti. to Is. 151.
poTATIIES.
The supplies of potatoes on sale at these markets are es-
tensive. 'rho business doing has been very limited in exteut,
and prices have been irregular. The in into too'
last week consisted of 110 tons from Ankstero.-
4,521 bags and 6.0 sfeks from Antwerp, 179 bar
0,433 sacks and 700 tons from Dunkirk, 2 bags fr
IGO hags and 510 sacks from Boulogne, 120 Ix
from Brussels, 223 bags from thitend, (Ai bar
107 bags from itotterdam, 9 bags from lire
packages frbm ilamburgh, and 57 tons from If
Regents, 80a to 154.; Seoteb _Regents, 430 a.
French, 404. to 85s. per ten.

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tried in numerous cases of supposed- hopeless balduess,
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From its own intrinsic merits alone, it is rapidly supersed-
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the advertised remedies without effect, are especially in-
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remedy.'try it once, and you will never use anything
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Eke totirbrib,v 01)5crint.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21. 1308.

GOVERNMENT POLICY.

THE STOPEPPIPOF 01IS1RVEII.

battle in Parlia Tient will be fougat. Taken as a
whole, Lori Stanley's speech is manly and out-
spoken, calm and temperate; but while his
foreign policy will bring him renewed support
from the country at large, be cannot expect—
and we feel assured he does not expect—the
confidence of the Liberal party in his negative
home policy.

Ha. i.eut lontn Monte arid Oix.m
With the leader, Bright.
nark ! the ahout3 of triumph
Echo all &ironed.
And the hearto of mildons.
Are thrilling with the sound.
Brethren, shall we falter,
In the grand career?
Shall the Tories triumph
In East Worcester.thre ?
ICo ; with rank. unbroken
We will crush the foe ;
Lytteltdn and Martin
To Parliament shall go.
Back to its dismal dungeon
Tyranny will we hurl.
And the glorious banner
Of liberty unfurl.
By our love of country,
By our lore of troth,—
For our cherished liberties,
For the sake of youth,
Let as all be stedfast,
- • • • •

And loud proclaim that right
Shall groan no more beneath

..
The tyranny of might.
Soon we'll ahout the triumph—
The battle's nearly o'er ;
The working men have triumphed,
And form for evermore—
A brotherhood of labour :
Whil.t tyrants feel the rod,
And learn at last, Von rinpuli,"
Is still the voice of God.

Heath, Stourbridge.
—(Great

Siert followed 3. Mills, a non•elector, who supported
the motion at consid..rable length, amid cheering and
considerable interruption.
The chairman then put the resolution to the meeting,
whirls was carried with the exception of a few persons
wha were opposed to it, when tremendouscries of "Turn
them out," arose.
_

Mr. H. Packwood proposed the next resolution, but
before he did so he said a few words in vindicatiob of
his own character, as his name had been unceremoni-
ously thrown into the local papers. He did not trouble
the papers, knowing they were busy with the election
news, but he would now say—and he could bring 40 per-
sins to prove it—that he never by word or gesture tried
to disturb that meeting. He then proposed the text re-
solution. which was as follows. "That we, the working
men of Stourbridge and district, do hereby express our
great gratification at the glorious result of the struggle
in Birmingham, and return our sincere tlisnks to the
working men of that town, for having placed at the head
of the poll such tlnirough friends of Reform as Messrs.
Bright, Dixon. and Muntz "—(cheers).
Mr. ) ub MiUa seconded the resolution, which was cat,
red.

Mr. John Blurton moved a vote of thanks to the chair-
man, and the proceedings &foxed.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-11-21

A LUCKY BARONET.

(From the Pall Mall Gazette.)
"If a tradesman who succeeds by `strict attention to
business' can be properlycalled luck y, then lucky rnaybe
a pi, per epithet to apply to a baronet who successfully
devotes his mind to horse-ltreedint; mid borse.racing.
At any rate it is the fashion amongst ' prophets '
to term Sir Joseph blawl y the lucky baronet ' and
their astonishment at his luck is, so far as appears
from their WI ititoss, nate r increased than dimint,hed
1(y th, fact whicr, they are never tired of dwelling
upon (as if it were an amiable weakness; that 'those
who lick Sir Joseph's horses may always rely upon a
•traitnd nin for their nuniey,' There may he those
ii ho consider Ord a baronet who at the end of the
raring season of 1847 had three such two-year-olds as
Blue Gown, sicrucian, and Green Sleeve, and a very
ir chance of wattling the Derby, the Oaks, and the
t. I.egcr. to say no'.hia-4,4 the Two Thousand and
the One Thousand was rather unlucky than lucky to
tind himself at last without even a representative
w the St. Leger ; to. see Green
...Sleeve with
. ,

t. 4 on h.r, en by Aihena for the Coro-
nation Stab ea , t Ascot ; to lire Mona, with
1;5 to 40 on her, beaten by Abstinence, Juanita, and
l'hor for the Hopeful Stakes at Newmarket ; to get
second no often with the gallant Palmer struggling
under tremendous weights ; and to almost accomplish
the impossible with Blue Gown in the Cambridgeshire.
But names will stick; and so let is see what a lucky
baronet' won, from the Lincoln Spdng Meeting to the
Newmarket Houghton." . . —[Then follows the names
of the horses, and the amounts won, by which "a `lucky
baronet' is mode out to have won from February
to October inclusive twenty-two times (counting
dead heats and walking over) and £lB,o2o.l—The
Pall Mall Ga:ate then proceeds :—" And that is cer-
tainly no despicable sum; howbeit the five great
prizes, of which he was early in the year thought
; likely to win the majority, anti of which he ultimately
I won only the Derby, amounted to as much as £27,525,
' out of which sum no less than £17,850 fell to the
owner of Formosa: so that the commoner may be
considered to have been more lucky than the baronet,
Bo far as valuable prizes go, for the former won with a
single winner only £1,070 less than the latter with
seven winners."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-11-21

GOD AND THE RIGHT.

Wide over the nations, by land and by sea,
The banner of Albboi floats glorious and free,
For her war-cry hath been, andd contest and fleht,
Utter loudly anti bravely—" God and the right !"

Englishmen, countrymen, open to view,
The future lies vast and momentous MA new;
With freedom no In.undless, keep ever in sight,
As guide and as watchword—.' God and the right !"

Unshackled by interest, disdainful of bribe,
To promise and principle firmly abide ;
Let not weakness betray, nor faint spirit affright,
But vote with a conscience of "God and the right r

So vote that your homes and your country may be,
In the ages to come, yet more noble and free,
While knowledge and science with far-,preading light
Shall strengthen the chorus of God and the right !"
Liverpool Albion. 31. E. R.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-11-21

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-11-21

A NEW CHEER!

The inaugural address of Dr. M'Cosh (late of Bel-
fast), the new President of Princeton College, New
Jersey, on the 27th ult., occupied nearly two hours in
its delivery, but the i.sterest of its subject matter, the
vigour and terseness of its language, its
.practical
common sense, the numerous happy illusions and
telling hits interspersed through it, held the closest
attention of the suilienec to the close, and hardly half
a dozen left toe building until it was finished, (we are
quoting from the Moo York Times). lie speaks with a
very strong Scotch accent, and is by no means &grace-
'ful orator, but he produced throughout a most favour.
able impression upon all his hearers, and especially
upon the students, one of whom shouted as the speaker
closed, "Long live President M'Cosh !" and then pro-
posed three cheers, which were given with a will,
tollowed by the usual tiger and " rocket " This
rocket, by the way, is a thoroughly Princeton institu-
tion, and as such deserves a word of description. It
is given with a f-z-z-z --boom—a—h ! The heist excla-
mation is supposed to imitate the flight of a rocket in
the air ; the second the explosion, and the third the
admiring exclamations of the enthusiastic spectatorS
as they witness the burst of coloured fire. It is be-
lieved this species of vocal pyrotechnics originated in
the army, but wherever it came from, the effect of it,
as given by a couple of hundred students who have
"given their minds" to perfecting themselves in the
art, is ludicrous in the extreme.

The nomination of a burgess to represent Wake.
Held in the ensuing parliament took place, anti the proceed-
ings, though they commenced man orderly mariner, termi-
nated in a serious riot, which resulted in severe injuries
being inflicted on several of the police and a number of the
voters, and also great damage to property. The authorities,
finding it impossible to stop the ungraceful proceedings,
sent for the military, hut fortunately their services were riot
required, as before they arrived the rioters had dispersed
The town, however, remained till evening In a great state or
excitement, and in some parts business was quite suspended
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-11-21

THE EXPIRED PARLIAMENT.

In the three sessions of the Parliament now expired
the House of Commons sat on 360 days. In the session
of 1866 it sat on 114 days, and the sittings occupied
804 hours and 34 minutes, averaging seven hours and
three minutes for each sitting. In the session of 1867
the House sat on 128 days, and the sittings occupied
1,043 hours and one minute, averaging eight hours and
ninc minutes for each sitting. In the st-SSiOll of 1867-
68 the House sat on 118 days, and the sitting occupied
842 hours and 20 minutes, averaging seven hours and
eight minuttas for each sitting. In the three sessions
of its existence, therefore, the House of Commons sat
within five minu, es of 2,690 hours. Nearly 284 of the
hours were after midnight. The figures are taken from
returns printed by order of the House, but they seem
rather higher than the exact facts warrant ; for when,
towards the end tif a session, the House has met early
and susponded its sitting for a couple of hours for
dinner, the two leans appear hi have been counted in,
because by a parliamentary fiction the House was still
_

The house of Commons (lief! ed 412 times; 80 times
in 1666. 164 times in 1867, 178 times in 1867-68.
So great was the interest taken in the business of
the House, that every session had a division at which
600 members or more were in the House. On the 27th
April, 1866, on the second reading of the Reform Bill
of Earl Russell's Ministry, 636 members were present
at the division. On the 11th June, 186$, on the con-
test between rateable value and clear value, there were
624 members in the House. On the 12th of April,
1867, on the question whether personal sating shomd
he a concha is of the franchise, there were 604 mend fers
in the lihuse. On the 3rd of April, 1868, on the first
vote oF the disestablishment id the Irish Church, there
were 605 members present; and a majority of the whole
House voted for disestablishment. On the 30th Apnl,
ha committee, there were 600 members present, and
again a majority of the whole House voted for di,
establishment
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-11-21

OUR EXCHANGE COLUMN.
(From Punch)

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VOX POPULI, VOX DEL.

•
Down with the Tortes, has long been oar ery—
Down with the Tories, resoand far and nigh
Down with the Tories, has not been in vain
For the Tories are down, and ,shall ne'er rise again.
Down with the Tories, says East Worcestershire,
Down with the Tories, cry Britons everywhere ;
Down go the Tories, their crushing reign id o'er,
Tyranny and Tories are down to rise or wore.
Brighter Jars ere dawning
For which we have welted long ;
Truth, with strength milted
Na, triumphed over wrong.
Now our tailing million.
Form one glorious baud—
Peace shall unite as.
And freedom bless the land.
Tories shall not rule as,
Tricksters though they be;
Deception now is useless—
It cannot bliul the fret.
Birmingham has spoken,
And in the cause of right
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nothing was known about the meteors which seemed
to negative it. But a certain amount of doubt natu-
rally clung round a theory which required an ante-
cedent supposition of this sort. But as soon as the
actual orbit of a meteor system was determined, it was
hoped that more satisfactory evidence might be obtained
on the subject of the supposed connection between
comets and shooting-star symtems. Therefore, astro-
nomers began to examine the lists of cometic orbits to
see if any of them agreed with the orbit assigned to the
November meteor zone.
For some time the search was unsuccessful. None
of the larger and more conspicuous comets showed any
such approach to coincidence as had been looked for.
But at length, when the inquiry had been extended to
telescopic comets, one was found which presented the
required elements. This comet had been discovered by
Dr. Temple early in the year 1866, and it has be.ii
well pointed out that the coincidence by which the
discovery of the comet fell in the very year in which
the problem of the November shooting-stars was finally
solved, is among the most interesting of the many
: coincidences which have been recorded in the annals of
scieuce.

The 'agreement between the orbit of Temple's comet
and that of the November shooting-stars is too close
for any doubt to remain that a real association
exists between the meteors and the comet; and
since the discovery of the association we have pointed
out, other shooting-star systems—for many are re .og-
lased by astronomers —have been examined, and in
several other instances it has been found that a similar
association connects comets and shooting-stars.
We think this discovery may fairly be looked upon
as one of the most remarkable ever made. As.rononaers
have long recognised in comets the most perplexing
objects presented to their contemplation. What
comets are made of, whence they come, how they
escape destruction when they come so close to the
sun, whence and how their enormous tails are gene-
rated, these and a hundred such questions have been
asked, and it had aln.ost seemed hopeless to expect a
satisfactorily answer to any one of them. But now, it
turns out, that year after year, for upwards of sixteen
centuries, the earth has been passing through what
may be looked on as the tail of a cornet. Our star-
gazers have wondered as they saw the sky covered with
meteors, but they would have wondered more had they
known the real meaning of the phenomenon. And then
how many startling considerations are sugaested by the
fact that the comet to which all those brilliant displays
have been due is a telescopic one—that is, is so minute
that the mutest vision would be unable to detect it
without the aid of the telesmpe. If we passed through
the tail of any of the more brilliant comets, how
gorgeously would our skies be lighted up with dashing
meteors, when this tiny mist, altogether invisible to
the naked cye, is capable of producing such magnifi-
cent displays.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-11-21

CAPTAIN KENNICOTT.

(Received thirty,ntne iroandg nit board the " Rolm! Sore.
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Fulkedone,
'Tams in nut-brown October,
Years sixty-three ago,
That Elotland struck the French and Dona
Trafalgar's fatal Ilow !
When Nelson gave the signal,
To bid the tight begin,
On board the Baca! Snuerrign, grand
• Old Collingwood led in

That mol:aipg.t.2 hls caliains