The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-10-30 00:00:00

SATURDAY, OCT. 30, 1.886.

A -communication was received in Shields on gund°,l
from Captain Grout, of the brig Cognac,
of Newcasti
stating that he had picked up in the North Sea a be°,
containing eight men, belonging to a Danish vesee"
which had foundered during the late gale. The eie°
l
had been in the boat for some days and were greatly
exhausted. Captain Grout landed the men at Yar.
mouth.
The Prince of Wales received at Marlborough Ha°
on Saturday General Willoughby (the Ambassador frose
Madagascar), who presented his Royal Highness, 'el°
some presents from the Queen of Madagascar.
Her Majesty's Indian troopship Euphrates is home;
ward bound, Four deaths from cholera have occurree
on board.
A severe gale on Friday resulted in numerous fatelii
ties in the Black sea. Two steam cutters and a nutabef
of barges sank in Odessa Roads, with the loss of fi'e
lives.
A shock of earthquake was felt at Athens on Writ'
day.
The earthquake shocks in America on Friday ele7s.
big appeared to have extended over a wider area thse
was at first reported. They are said to have been nal
severe than any that were experienced since the lite°
earthquake of August 31.
The Derry election petition has resulted in the e°.
seating of Mr. Charles Lewis. The court, however'
postponed its formal judgment until Monday, in al
interests of the peace of the town. Mr. Lewis
admitted an instance of corrupt practice on the part Ft
one of the agents of that gentleman. Mr. Justin
M'earthy, who, it will be remembered, was retureea
for North Longford, but who did not take his seat lest
session, now claims the seat for Derry. 's mese!
Mr. Monk, who formerly represented Gloucester, bs°
offered to subscribe £lOOO towards the revival 0f t4O
cathedral school in that city, threatened with Wine;
tion by the proposed new statutes and by the sse°
falling off in the chapter revenues.
The Bulgarian Government has announctsa, i.
circular to the Powers. that the Great Sobrauje
meet on the 31st. MM. Stambuloff and Radoslase°
left Sofia for Tirnova on Sunday.
The Cambridgeshire Chamber of Agriculture, °I3„
Saturday, heard two delegates from the Central I;'o'`
Trade League, and, after some discussion, adopted a I'3'
solution by seventeen votes to three, declaring it to b°
expedient that there should be an alteration in rAl.e,
fiscal system in the direction of an imposition of slat;
upon goods imported from foreign countries.
In a letter to the Society for the Suppression of tb°
Opium Trade, the Marquis Tseng refers to the efforts
of the Society for the Suppression of the use of
th°
drug, which had brought so much misery on Chill!:
and now threatened, if not checked, to produce !"
equal amount of evil in certain portions of the 'paw'
Empire. While be cannot feel very sanguine as to tbs
immediate beneficial effects of the new treaty betsysee
England and China in regard to this question, he trust!
that the continued exertions of the society will fresh"
the British Government in doing still more. Tbe
British Government might, in the meantime see
way clear to place restrictions upon its present cultt,
vation. in which case the Chinese Government wooil
scarcely lose any time in following the example, se.su
put an effectual cheek upon the growth of opium 1"
The new French Ambassador to Germany, Dl'
Herbette, was received in formal audience on Saturd°.l
by the Emperor ef Germany, and presented bui
credentials. Count Herbert von Bismarck, Secreted
of State for Foreign Affairs, was present during t,13:1
Interview, which is said to have been of a very cord' s
character. The Ambassador, in his address to th°
Emperor, expressed his desire to take his stand on the
ground of the common interest of the two nations. 0;6
Majesty replied 'that he hoped the Ambassador's svia°
experience of affairs would assist him in the accosr
plishment of his mission, and he assured his Excelleod
that he might fully rely upon him (the Emperor) 0,
support him in his efforts to serve the interests 0'
France and Germany.
Several of the French journals appear anxious t°
bring an
shout a quarrel between England and Fran
,ce'
The 'Figaro " urges M. de Freycinet to call on tbe
British Government to evacuate Egypt. and the
"Paris" charges the English with endeavouring t°
kindle a Earopean conflagration in order to divest,
attention from the affairs of Egypt. The attitude
the French Press on this matter has attracted attentioa
in Germany, and drawn forth some significant cora'
'Dents from the Berlin journals.
The expediency of removing the seat of the Popsies'
from Rome was discussed at a congregation of Os!
Sacred College held by the Pope on Saturday. 'J
decision on the point was deferred.
A monument erected in St. Petersburg, in our
memoration of the Russo-Turaish War, was unveiled
on Sunday with great pomp in the presence of the 01
and Czarina. A grand feast was given to the troollfi
the expense of the city of St. Petersburg, and in the
evening there was a banquet at the Imperial Palace.
The audit of the wage sliding scale of the Ocean
lieries of the Rhondda Valley was made known IL°
Saturday, and leaves the wage rate of about 5000 worsi,
men untouched. Frou this it is inferred that there
a slight change for the better in the trade. Close ts;
Pontypridd. another company, the Great Western, 0'
about to sink immense t pal measures, the total increrve
in which is computed to be about 400,000 tons.
At Dunfermline on Saturday Sheriff Gillespie gels°
judgment in the action raised by the Fife and Olsee.
mannan coalmasters against their men for restrictieg
their output by working not more than five days Per
week. His lordship found that there had been °
distinct breach of contract, and he assessed the de-
fender° in damages at the rate of five shillings per did
and the full expenses of the court This decision 19
the first of its kind ever given in Scotland, and as tbs.
restriction principle is adopted by the entire body 01
miners in the country great importance will be attached
to it It affects 6000 men.
On Saturday 282 a. 9r. 29p. of arable, past-aro, °I
wood land, having thereon farmhouse, buildings, an"
four cottages, at Timberland, near Lincoln, was sold
by auction for £2150. It was stated at the sale that 8
mortgage of £l6 000 was secured on the estate a few

years ago.
The nomination of members of the House of TAY'
men by the lay members of the London Diocesan Con-
ference took place the other day. Among the twenty'
two candidates nominated there are two peers, one
peer's son, two generals, a colonel, two M.P.'s and
baronet.
Mr. Beecher preached the other Sunday morning ill
a London suburb, admission being by free ticket. s 3
collection was taken after the sermon, and nearly four
hundred threepenny pieces were found in the boxes.
The feelings of those in charge of the arrangement°
may be better imagined than described.
The ship Otterburn, of Creenock, 1677 tons'
he°
been abandoned at sea on fire, the crew haviog been
saved by the boats and landed at Monte Video.
MU. Leandri and Marchi, newspaper editors, fought
a duel with swords at St. Cloud on Friday. The latter
was wounded in the arm. M. Leandri came all the
way from Corsica to fight. MM. Robert Mitchell and
Emanuel A rene, the well-known politicians and journa'
lists, were the seconds.
Shortly before two o'clock, on Saturday, the body a
the Marquis of Ailesbury was moved from Savernsl!!
House to the church ol Great Bedwyn, where it Ics°
received by the vicar. At the old vicarage the pones'
sion was joibed by Mr. W. Long, M.P., and mail
magistrates of the county, as well as the tenantry 013
the estate. The present Marquis and Machioness
the chief mourners, but a large number of members 02
the family and clergy and gentry of the neighbourhoo;)
were present, as well as many poor. By his lordshiP ;
death there are now no less than four Marchionesses 0
Ailesbury Maria, widow of the first Marquis; Mari:
widow of the second; the widow of the deceased; aun
Viscountess Savernake, the present Marchioness.