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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-08-01

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DAMAGES AGAINST A SURGEON.

At Exeter assizes, the cause of " Spear a. Doidge "has been
tried, and was an action against a surgeon practising at
Litton, to recover damages for negligence in setting the
plaintiff's broken arm :
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The plaintiff was a farmer at Clovelly, and in March
of last year he met with an accident while assisting in
threshing some wheat. The defendant was sent for,
and came two hours after the accident. He immediately
said one of the bones of the arm wa-s fractured, and he
proceeded to reduce the fracture. The plaintiff was
kept in bed for 13 weeks, and at the end of that time,
on further assistance being called in, it was discovered
that there had been a dislocation of the arm. It was
then too late to do anything to it, and the result I
been that the plaintiff's right arm is perfectly stiff anu
utterly useless to him. The plaintiff and several mem-
bers of his family were called also, who stated that
wrong treatment had been resorted to, which caused
the mischief that now existed.
Mr. Coleridge, having addressed the jury, called the
defendant, who gave an account of the course he pur-
sued. He alleged that he did all that was possible to
be done, but that the plaintiff was so intolerant of pain
that what happened arose from his not being able to
keep the bandages and splints as tight as they should
be.
Other witnesses were called who gave evidence as to
the position in which the plaintiff kept his arm, and,
his lirdship having left it to the jury, they found a
verdict foghe plaintiff for £162 Ks.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-08-01

STOURBRIDGE.

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F.ligible BUILDING SITES fronting I
T etreet and Pargeter.atrcet, NOT having
OISPi ISM., ON at lbw late Auction. are on SALE
by PRIVATE CONTRACT.—For price and psrticalare
apply to Davies and King, lAnd Agnate, Stoarbridge.
yot SALE, a Quantity of Fonr-panel
Inions ; sin) 6 ft. 6, by 1 ft. 6 by I Ift. ; SASH
PRAISES and SASHILS, 6 ft. 'by 3 ft. 6 I/1..5 ft. by I It.
in.—Vor particulars apply to this Ofllee.
WO BE SOLD.—A BAROAIN.--A First-
.l ,Iroi BOBJEARTIONE, Four Velve., 111
Mao, • F nio4one4 DOUBLIII BASS, 24 P.a.—Apply to
S. (Hover, Coed-street; or at t`,• eriqv rr, r Mass, 92,
High•etrect Sion/bridge.

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-08-01

BRIERLEY HILL.

EXTRA,EDINARY SUICIDE.—A suicide of a most extra-
ordinary character took place on Monday forenoon on
the honk of a couple of clay piM belonging to Mr. John
Wile°ley, of Brett,ll Lane. Some of the persons tins re
employed noticed a strange man come germs the fields
to the place, and pick up a vessel containing what is
focally called "Blue Billy," a concoctiiin of oil, gtease,
and gas tar, used for lubricating the wheels of trollies,
&e. He raised the can as if he were going to drink from
It, when beau, cautioned by a woman not to do so ; but
be told her it was quite immaterial to her whether he
drank or forbore to dunk. Having salt so, he took a
prolonged draught before anyone could interfere, and
was soon thereafter prostrate on the ground. Mr. ream,
s,,r4eon, Brierley Hi I, was beet for. and he applied the
eoniach pump. It woo SKM evident that tie poor fel-
, low could not live; and he wino conveyed to the Foley
Arms public.honse, Brettell Lane. whence he was seise.
quently taken to the Union. There ho died some time
afterwards. No one knows anything of the deceased,
who was evidently a tramp, and all the enquiries of the
pol,ce have failed to elicit any infi•rmation respecting who
he is or where he conies from. He en, oboist he middle
height. slightly made, wore in beard, and had the appear.
ance of an Irishman. For some days pat he has been
seen in the neighbourhood, :nod all who have seen trial
describe his contact savory strange. It is evident that
the.. deceased was not respothahle fir his actions.
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INQUIIII7.—An inquest was held on Thuradiejiaa. t at the
Union, before Mr. Phillips, deputy Coroner, when it was
proved in evidense that Mr. Pears°, burgeon, pumped out
of deceased stomach three quarters of a pint of ter. The
jury returned a verdict that deceased died from the ef •
fee of ilrianag a quantity if tar and oil.
Pnaions Druesiso.—On Thursday last, at the Public
Office, before I. Spooner, Kay., Stipendiary, Richard
Shaw was charged by Saperintendent Mills with furbins
driving on the 15th ultimo. Policeeionbtahla Ilollingo
proved that he saw the defendant driving thronA the
High•street. Brierley Hill, Sc fast as he could. Defend•
ant was drunk at the time. In answer to the charge, de-
fendant said that he had a cheque he wanted cashed, and
he was anxious to beta time. He admitted he was driv-
ing rather fast, bat he was not drunk. It was the first
time he bad been woudy id such an I 1,1,4
the Bench would MA over it. 'the learned Stipendiary
said he should not, as it was a very serious cameo, and
fined hiss £2 and node.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-08-01

REMARKS ON PASSING EVENTS.

3lr. John SiIII,,ICA report on the Publi,lth 1, as
fished on Monday, and, as usual, is a highly instructive docu-
ment. Having referred at some length to an outbreak of •
typhoid fern at Guildford, which was traced to the 'Hater
supply of the part of the town affected, Mr. Simon says
" It seems to me that the time bas now come when, not '
only as regards commercial water companies, but also as
regards local sanitary authoritieg, certain sorts of mal-
feasance should involve all obvious and unquestionable lia-
bility to pay pecuniary damages to persons whom the mal-
feasance has injured. I am not qualified to say that some
liability to this effect may not at present be latent in our
law; tort I believe that at least it has never hitherto been
judicially defined or affirmed ; and it is evident that in this
state of the case 'years may elapse before any aggrieved per-
son, sinless unusually rich and medic-spirited, will be willing
to Meer considerable legal costs in testing his so doubtful
claim to redrem. I venture to sulanit that in this point of
view the sanitary rights of the public are but very imper-
fectly secured, and that explicit legislation in the matter
seems to are greatly to be desired."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-08-01

THE DROUGHT.

Mr. Herbert J. Little, of Thorpelands, Northampton,
writes:—

It seems to be a commonly received opinion that no
year so dry as the present has occurred since 1826.
This is not so. Both 1863 an.l 1864 had less rainfall to
the end of July than we have already had this year, as
the table underneath will show :

January
February
March
April
May ..
June ..
July

ISM. 1864.
Inches. Inches.
1.716 .. 105
1200.
155 .. 2•555
140 : .545
. .825 .. 1•702
2940 .. .940
. .740 .. .475

IS6B.
Inches.
31015
1.715
1.850
760
1.390
.510
.130.

8 185 .. 8 152
To July 28.

9440

That the present drought is much more severely felt
than either of those mentioned above is certain, and
for this reason—that the rainfall in both those years
came opportunely for the crops, and especially was
this the case in 1863. In that year four months of
the spring—viz., February, March, April, and May—
only gave 2789 in. of rainfall, but a "dripping June"
proved the truth of the old adage and gave us one of
the finest harvests of the present century.
In 1864 grass was nearly as much burnt up, but
the corn crops were saved by the rains of May and a
cool June. with nearly double the rainfall of the same
month this year.
Now, according to Mr. Symon's tables in The Times,
the rainfall of 1826 far exceeded that of either of the
three years mentioned, amounting for the four months,
I April, May, June, and July, to 768 in., and yet that
year is remembered all over the country as "the
I hottest and driest ever known," and all old farmers
assure me that nothing like it has been known since
I then until the present. The reason for this must be
sought, then, not in the amount of rainfall, but in the
excessive heat, in the absence of cloud, in the wonder-
iii dryness of the atmosphere, and in the consequent
excessive evaporation. A glance at Mr. Symons's
tables will show that in respect to temperature June
of 1826 was two degrees higher than June of 1868, and
that July of 1868 will exceed the corresponding month
of 1826.
One word about the crops. There is an opinion
prevalent that wheat does not want rain, and to a
certain extent it is true. No doubt there are many
very fine crops of wheat this year, and on deep rich
clays and loams they are probably unsurpassed, but I
cannot think that, taking the country thriaigh, light
and heavy land together, the yield will conic near
that of 1863, when the wheat crop alter being
' strengthened and stiffened and braced up by the
sprin!, drought, was fed by the copious showers 14 June
almos; to its full capability. Barley has, much of it,
never come into ear at all, and will probably not
exceed ball a crop in many important districts. Oats
are nearly as bad. Beans almost totally destroyed by
tly, and .4r...en crops a t,,tal failure.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-08-01

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They are admirably adapted for all who require one which
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IN METAL, BEAMPSTRESSES. TAILORS, SHOE-
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the light to of primary, and appearance of secondary im-
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DECIMAL PALM CANDLE gives the light of three
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by PALM FR and Co., Green-street, Bethnal Green,
, London. N.E.

GENUINE

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EST WELSH ALT3NG COAL, at
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-08-01

OLD If ILL.

Prrry SEestnxe.—At this Court. on Wednesday last.
• number of eases were entered for hearing. but as only
one Magistrate was present they were a ljourned.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-08-01

TO ENGINEERS, MACHINISTS, FITTERS,

AND OTHERS.

TIO be SOLD by AUCTION, by Mr. JOHN
BENT. on MONTIAY NEXT. ArGUAT B—the Whole
of the excellent MACHINERY. STOCK. and
F.FFECTS. enmnrising an exeellent fouriheirse.ipower
Engine and Boiler. selfiecting 9crew Lathe, 14-in. slide,
with bed and overliosil oPririnqanl hanas e On data,
Turning Tonle, Boxing Bits, 20in. Steam Cylinder
Cupola. sets Legs, Casting... Thee. Atwil4i Bellown, Pit-
terns. Carpenter's Tools. 'plinth,/ Old Brass and Cast
Iron. Engineee'a and Bladomalia Tools, and numerous
other F.ffects. belonging to Mr. John Northill, who is
leaving the country.
Sale to commence at Eleven o'clock.

CHAPEL HILL, BIIIERLEY lIILL.

TO ENGINEERS, IRONFOUNDERS, TOOL
BROKERS, BLACKSMITHS, tk OTHERS.

TO be SOLD by AUCTION, by Mr.
HAwKINB, on Allosnsv. Arovar 10. DalB,—the
whole of the valuable MACHINERY, TOOLS, A:c.,
coniprising a sevemborae,power high pressure St. ant
Engine, • three-horse power ditto. 12-inch self-acting
Slide Lathe, 18 feet bed, three face platee,:and over.head
motion, complete; 7 feet ditto, Vertical Drilling Ma-
chine, eomplete ; Lloyd's Patent Noiseless Fan. 2 feet
nnfinithed Fan, 2 15•ineb small Fans, two Wrought-iron
Cupolas. with bleat pipes. complete; 18 feet Wronght.
iron Shalt, Band, Pulleys, and Carriage*, complete;
quantity of Leather Lands, Drilling Claines. with
loses, complete ; Pulley Blocks and Wrpri, Boring
Bars, ices and Vice Benches, Orinding Stone and
Frame, Blacksmiths Tools ; STOCK-IN-TRADE of
sew Castings. for engineering end other purposes; 8 ft.
Fly-wheel, Engine Patterns, Moulders' Hoses, Core Bars
sad Latlrs, two kbt.4 of Three Legs, Grip. Block,
Basket trig, Basket Dog Cart. narrow-wheel Cart, two
eels of (jig Harness, set of Cart Harness, four-year-oht
Pony, 131 hands high ; and other Effects. belonging to
Shelding and Miles, who are dissolving partner.
ship.
Sale to ennsmens• at Eleven o'clock.
Catalogues may be obtained from the Auctioneer,
Brierlity Hill and Oldbury.
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-08-01

CRADLEY HEATH.

Butts%larc —On Monday last the niOit scholars who
attend the New liritili Iron Cotupany's Selina', and the
Cradley Nations' Schools, went to Sandwell Park. West
Bromwich, where was huld ti, o annul meeting of all the
actiouls connoted with the Smith Stiiifordshiro Educa-
tional Associati in. lintidreas of scholars and friends
were present. Vaibus canto:eta took place during the;
day consisting of rceilig, jamping, nd throw:tic the
cri,ket hall. In the short race 'P. It wile, I.f Cradley,
ti oh the tirst prize ; and who the first in throwinc the
cricket boll. In the high j imp W. Vright, of Corn-
cleaves k:eliord, took the first prise ; and in the long
jump V. Yates.. of the same school, took the first prize.
A very et.joyelde Joy was spout, and iii the evening the
children +mil friends retuned highly ',teasel with their
day's out.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-08-01

WORDSLEY.

NPOLECTING TO Severn s Mol'aell.—•-k* tlln rot,
Sessions. on Monday la,t, before T. Ferrol:if. J. Holerolt,
T. Y. Lee, and H. Smith, Esqrs., Samnel Cox was NUM-
mooed by Joseph Ryon, Magistrates' Clerk at Be!per,
with neglecting to obey an order made at the Words
ley
Court by T. Y. Lee and B. St. John Matthews, Esqrs.,
for him to pay 2s 61 nor week for the support of his
mother in the Sniper Union. Complainant proved that
the defendant Was a puddler in the employ of the Earl
of Dudley, and in a position to par, and that he had re.
ceived Ifs per wok for the last nix weeks. Defendant
refused to make any terms, and a distress was ordered
11 for payment ; in default of their not b• leg sufficient, de-
fendant to no to the House of Correction, and there be
kept to hard labour for one month. .•
Htl2aotoßY PaCrietts —Joseph Jackson and John
Davis were °halved by Mr. Hill, G corn a,' of the Work-
house, with tvillfolly destroying their clothing, at the
Union, on the 24th ult. Both defendantspleaded guilty,
And were sentenced t, seven days' imprieonment, with
bard labour.
FrLoNT Ca 92 —Flannel Webster was charged with
fel•inionaly stealing a qoantity of ware on the 22•1 d alt,
the property of Messrs. Smith and Hackett William
EMU said he Was aWatellll6ll at M••••srs. Wheeley's, Bret'
tell Lane. Defendant Was a waggoner. On the above
date he saw the prisoner take some milk pans that Wel,
to the yard. aid put them into Isle w.1.414,a, and cover
them over with straw. There were eight large ones and
(nor small ones Joseph Marriott said he was a packer.
On the above it he packed a waggon of goods for pro-
-I,estar, consisting of bottles, jags, jars, and other things.
On the above date he connted out VI dozens of articles.
Croos•mtatnined: Prisoner hag COMplainea that the DlM-
her of goods were short in the waggon. He has :dee
complained that there has been more goods in the wag•
gnu than ordered by invoiee, and brought theni back
again. Thomas Edward Albutt said he wive manager at
Mesa's. Hodnett's works. It Was the duty of the priso•
tier to take the goods and distribute theta to the d lifer-
eat customers according to invoice. Prisoner does not
load. but unloads. The Bench said they did not think
there was any evidence against the priaoner'e character,
bat on the contrary it was in his fanner, and they at
once discharged him.—Mr. Addison defended.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-08-01

THE WEATHER.

A man could not stand boots, so took to pumps and
hose. Ladies wore silks, but only those that were
watered r !gar& The Meteorological Report in the
papers became unexpectedly popular, and to read
about the wet bulb was delicious. (Where are Green-
castle. Helder, and Skudesnaes ?) There was more
barometrical pressure than is generally supposed, for
people V. ere constantly tapping the weather-glass.
Many persons went out of town to the nearest
watering-place ; those who couldn't, made for the next
urinkin,z-fountain. Nobody eared for any music but
the Cohintream's. The Park and Piccadilly were
pletely deserted for Brisk-street, Conduit-street, I
Wells-street, Liquorpond-street, and Snow-hilt How
ungrateful we are! The barometer was "corrected," I
and the thermometer exposed—to most unpleasant re- ,
marks. The heat completely upset Mrs. Malapr.p: she
talked about the weather being one of the chief tropics of
conversation, admitted she was of a warm temperature,
and sail she understood that the temperament was the
highest ever known in England. The advice of the
I late Sir Robert Peel was never before si, extensively
followed on the summer eve of a general election, for
everybody made it his business to "register, register,
register "—the heat. Warm discussions arose about
the exact geographical position of Wenham Lake :
some said Norway, others Icvland ; an intelligent
minority held to America—but America's a large dis-
trict. People were variously affected—some were
knocked up, others pulled down.
Photographers did a great sunstroke of business.
Everybody knew an authority who had just returned
from Barbadoes, or Bengal, or Mauritius, awl declartal
it was cool there by comparison. Great rejoicing
when the weather became a shade better. Bets freely
made that after three days' moderate temperature
people would begin to grunible about the cold, and the
summer being gone, &e. The wonder was that Parlia-
ment was not dissolved, but who could have stood a
hotly-contested election, unless it had been for an
Iceburgh?—Punrh.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-08-01

to all appearance perfectly unimpeachable one
of them the master of Lovat and another, understood
to be Angus Camenni (himself a former tot, en's prize-
man), came forward to state that they had seen
Corporal Peake, in more than one instance, when in
the act of loading, detach what ;nay be called the
solid wad from the base of the cartridge, and use a
lubricating wad instead. Their statements were
severely tested in every way, but, unless the idea of a
deliberate conspiracy were entertained, it was plain
that they had seen what they stated, and that Corporal
Peake, having loaded in the manner described, had
shot at the target, and that the result of his shot had
been recorded. Corporal Peake, when applied to
for his version of the transaction, did not deny that a
lubricating wad had been occasionally used by him,
but stated that he had only done this when about
to clean out his rifle by discharging it into the pit.
He called ten witnesses iu support of his state-
ment, who all denied that they had seen him
use a lubricating wad when about to fire at the
target; but one, who claimed to have seen Corporal
Peake load every time, went further, and denied
that he had ever used a lubricating wad at all ! There
were grounds, also, for believing that some of the
other witnesses were not aware of the difference in
Point of shooting value between the two wads. There
was another circumstance which, of course, formed no
evidence against Corporrl Peake, though the council
could not wholly exclude it from their view, which
was, that when search was made some hours later,
with lanterns at the range where Corporal Peake had
fired, underneath and beside the chairs on which be
and his friend sat during the day wads were picked
up which had been cut off the base of Whitworth
cartridges. Under all these circumstances, and placed
in the painful position of having to choose between
conflicting statements, the council, it is understood,
intimated to Corporal Peake that he had not succeeded
in refuting to their satisfaction the positive statements
made upon the other side, and hence could not be re-
garded as entitled to the position of winner of a match
shot upon equal conditions.

Mr. Kirkby, 45, Grove-road, London, writes—
May I claim your kind indulgence to say that Cor-
poral Peake is now lying at my house very ill, result-
ing from over-exertion and shock to the system, or he
would ere this have written a statement of the whole
Proceedings in question. In the mean time he dis-
tinctly avers that in shooting for the Queen's Prize he
used the amunition served out to him pure and simple
as it was, neither adding to nor deducting from it in
any way whatever, and that he fairly and honestly
won the prize, the charge against him being that he
substituted another wad, which he distinctly denies.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-08-01

AN EARTHQUAKE IN THE PYRENEES.

A gentleman, writing from the Hotel de France,
A rgeles, Hautes Pyrenees, on July 22, says :
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At half-past three o'clock in the morning of Sunday
last, July 18, I was suddenly aroused by a loud clattering
noise, as if some large euplmards were being violently shaken
together. This lasted some seconds; then all was still ; but
the sound of voices and footsteps soon announced some
unusual event, and I felt it was the shock of an earthquake.
Different accounts were given as to the impression made on
different persons. One thought it felt like a ship grounding
awl grinding on a rock ; :mother as if a great stack of
chimneys had fallen. No damage was, however, done,
though at the liaison du Salle (au old castle once held by
the Black Prince) the joists of the wooden ceiling creaked
loudly, and plaster fell from the walls. Two or three people
were made violently sick by the shock. The air was very
oppressive and still at the time, and the weather had been
hot and thundery ; but the heat had not mounted to such a
degree as is recorded in England. The shock passed north
and south through the valley.
The inhabitants took the matter quietly, as they have had
a shock every month lately, but none so violent as Ws,
which was felt throughout the Pyrenees.
In 1854, however, on the same day and at the same hour,
July 19, at half-past three in the morning, a violent shock
of earthquake was felt here and all through the Pyrenees,
so violent that the visitors fled en inasse next day, and the
various watering places were left deserted.
At Argeles the shock lasted above five minutes, and houses
were hurled to the ground, though no lives were lost. The
people rushed into the streets, nor did they return to their
. houses for sonic days, bivouacking in the fields for safety,
and the animals are described as having been driven dis-
tracted, horses breaking loose and galloping about, or lying
trembling in their stalls. No change in the temperature or
composition of the mineral waters has, how-ever, been
recorded, and never were the famed springs of the Pyrenees
more crowded than this season, an overcrowding which
sufficiently testifies to the efficacy and celebrity of those
ancient resorts for invalids.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-08-01

BOY CRIMINALS.

Another evidence of the pernicious influence of the
"Dick Turpm" literature on the minds of the young
has been afforded by a trial at the Kerry assizes.
James Stephens and Edward Bailey were charged
with having fired at Bridget Fay with intent to
murder. The evidence given by Bridget Fay was that
upon the evening of the day in question she was in
the kitchen of her master's house at Fortlands. The
prisoners entered the kitchen, and asked to see her
master, Mr. O'Connell; she replied that he was in bed,
and when she would not go to call him up Stephens
presented a pistol at her, and said " Whisper, I
want you," and that if she stirred or screeched he
would shoot her. She then slipped out of the
kitchen into the hall, and closed the door behind
her, but before she could get as far as the parlour door
she heard a shot fired, which, however, did not hit her. ,
The head-constable produced a flattened bullet, which
had been found in the hall of Mr. O'Connell's house.
He also stated that he had found upon Bailey, when
he arrested him three days afterwards, a number of
caps and a powder-flask. The constable further swore
that the younger prisoner, Stephens, caine up to the
barrack on the night of the lfith, and pulled out a
portion of the Cork Examiner, in which he said the
affair was not properly reported. He was then arrested,
and in a bag at his lodgings were found "The Black
Highwayman," "The French .Tack Sheppard," and
several works of a similar character.
The Jury found the prisoners Guilty of shooting
with intent to do grievous bodily harm. Bailey was
sentenced to be kept in penal servitude for five years,
and as James Stephens was under fifteen years of age,
he was sentenced to be imprisoned for one month and
then sent to Upton Reformatory for five years.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-08-01

POTATOES.

The markets are fairly supplied with potatoes. On the
whole the trade is steady, at shout late rates. The import into
London last week comisted of 72 packages, 473 cases and
40 baskets from Boulogne, 2,881 baskets from Rotterdam,
864 boxes and 99 tons from liartleur, 10 barrels, six baloe,
179 sacks, 36 casks and 250 bags from Dunkirk, 220 bones awl
eight tons from Cherbourg, and 27 tens (nen St. Stale --
English shows, 7s. to St.; Regents, Ca. to Us. ; Jersey, Os. to
, 88. ; and French, Os. to 78. per cwt.
110 PS
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Reports from the plantatTi; -complain of the want of rain,
and the accounts are hardly so favourable. A few showers
would greatly increase the growth of tile burr. The trade
has 000tinui,1 very dull, and prices are nominal. There
was no import of foreign hops iiito London last week
Mid and East Keats, 3i 10s. to 51. 125. ; Weald of Kent.,
31. 10s. to 41. 15a. ; Sussex, 3/. Os. to 31. 150.: Farnhams,
C. Os. to 51. 125.; yearlings, 21. 105. to 31. Os. per cwt.
WOOL.

In Colonial wool business has been on a limited scale, and
prices are nominal About 170,000 bales have already arrived
for the next public sales, and it is expected that this account
will he further augmented by 40,000 hales. English wool has
been in improved request, and prices have ruled firmer.
Last week's import consisted of 5,501 bales from Sydney, SOS
from Adelaide, 5,740 from New Zealand, 6,060 from lint-
bourne. Current prices of English Wool—Fleeces: South..
down hoggets, Is. 30. to Is. 44. ; half.breds, la 431. to
la 51,: Kent fleeces, Is. 434. to ls. 34. • Southdown ewes
and wet hers, ls. Ed to Is. dd.; and LeiCester ditto, le. 3d.
to Is. 334. Sorts: clothing, ls. 24. to is. ; and combing,
is. Os. to is. 80.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-08-01

A SURPRISE AT CHAMOUNIX.

:Hr. Edwin A. Pettitt, writing from the Hotel in
Mont Blanc, Chancomix, Savoy, on July 24, gives the
following description of the bur:ding of a glacier:--

At ten minutes to five yesterday a dark cloud over-
shadowed the valley of Chamoun ix, a peal of thunder was
heard, and then a continuous roar that awakened every soul
in the village, caused every eye to strain itself in the
directions of the Aig,uille do illaitiC•re. At this moment 110
sign could be seen of the cause of SO 111110111:0111111011011.
PlV3olltiy a mutt of smoke, NS it 110 appeared on the crest of
the mountain that supports the Mailer des Pelerins, raised
the cry that the glacier had burst, bringing with it part of
the moraine that had kept it within bounds. The peasants
of the valley were rushing t oar,! fro. di iving their cattle
into side quarters, and then all eyes were watching one of
the most glorious and overwhelming sights the visitor to
Channamix could desire to see.
My pen is too weak to describe the commotion this
mighty avalanche created, every moment adding fuel to its
course, tossing up clouds of spray, bringing with it pine trees,
huge boulders, rude bridges, and deserted chalets, mitil it
reached the pretty Caseate till Dart!, when the noise was
float deafening. he falling mass herc tilling the gully and
gaining sinned at every exertion, left the course the stream
usually ta es, anal, tearing down {due trees, opened On
track and ovo how ed the meadows isml gardens of
the dedroying wlsole ilehla of barley and
, potatoes, and, after spending Its fury for twenty minutes on
11110111011. 111111 110111alit 101111, 111111111114itly mass formed itself
, Into a large lake, which will remain some time to be re-
! garded by tourists as an event that is very' rare in the valley
I of Chamounix.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-08-01

DAMAGES BY RAILWAY ACCIDENTS.

THE CONDEMNED CONVICT WELLS.

The youth, David Wells, who shot the station muter at
Dover some time Once, has been tried for the crime of
murder at Maidstone assizes, and was sentenced to death.
It was not attempted to show that he was insane, but
it was argued that he was so ill-tempered that at least
sonic allowance must be made for him. Ills father said he
"gave way to gusts of lieut.." And it came ot.t in cross-
examination that he used to lay the blame of his freaks or
tricks upon his younger brother, and thus get him punished
for thou, and hi, father threatened to beat him for it. He
Woo, however, it was sail, more excitable after a I dow which
he got by accident some twelve months ago than he had
previously been.
Since his condemnation the unhappy youth has maintained
an extremely quiet demeanour, and to those who come in
contact with him he has been most respectful. lie has not
been visited by any of hiA relatives or friends. In the ordi-
nary course of events, the execution will take place on the
13th of August. As according to recent legislation capital
punishment is now required to take place within the walls
of the prisons, the scaffold Will be erected on the ground on
the south side of the building near the debtor's wards, and
an excavation will be mime far the drop. The admission of
the public is left entirely to the discretion of the high sheriff
and the visiting Justices.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-08-01

DEATH OF LORD CRANWORTH.

Almost without a note of warning (says The Times of
Monday • another ex-Chancellor has passed from among ustester.
imarn, the
r n h td t
three his seat
e:f residence,‘ . Pil'ittet ,sa.aifisteeinr an i s
place in t at
noniece o
House of Lords early last Weak when the Public Schools Bill
was under discussion. It would appear, however, that the
heat of the weather had left him exposed to an attack of
sickness, which, though sharp, excited no apprehension
among his friends. But Lord Cranworth was within two years
of eighty, and at such an age the strength of the strongest
begins to fail. It I sicame evident that he was staking, and
in the course of the morning by died is Montt pain.
Lord Cranwmitli was toe son of a country clergyman, who
was a cousin of the great Nelson. Be was from the first a
bookish lad. Ile speitt a few years at Bury St; Edmund's
School, where lie was the junior of the late Bishop
, Blomaeld, and from Bury he wont to Winchester. Viotti
Winchester he went to Cambridge. where tiLsoitteth, the
late Lord Langdale, but just gratiaatial as senior wrangler,
Lord Chief Baron Poliaiel: has tog won the same distinction
two yews i.enua ; and in two of the years while Rolfe
a:is an undergraduate, Alderson and haute were succes-
sively at the heat of the mathematical tripos. Ile beeamc
wirangli.r. and that w, all, and for several year: his career
differed in 110 way from that of flimsy Milers who do not
survive to receive the honours of their pro-
fession. the is hiale a king's counsel in ltyg, and
entaimil ibe Reformed Parliament the mine year as member
for Penryn and Falmouth. Ile became Solieitorilleocrai just
before the Whigs scent isit in December, end he re-
tur.,,i to the same office when ttus emoe in in April, 1835.
Four years later he was raiseal to the bench as Baron of the
Exchequer, in whieli ount heist for eleven years with Parke
and Alderson nod Platt. The trial of Rush, over which, he
presided, its 19, first brought him prominently lute notice,
but Mr. Baron Rolfes name, almost immediately after it be-
came widely known, was meriled into the dignity of the
peerage. Sir Robert gelfa, althiaigh a common law judge,
had been trained in the Fsmity courts, and to the Court of
Chancery he teturned in LaZiO. At first a ViCe-C1:4311,110r
with the title of bird Cranworth, lie sosa within a few
months made one of the newly-coitstitnted Court of Appeal
as Loril Justice ; and when the Aberdeen Administration
came into pow.ai in December, 134 he received the Groat
Seal.

Robert Mon,y Baron Cranworth, of eranworth, in
the county of .NorU k, the elder and only =nrviving non of
the late Rey. Edmund Rolfe, was bore on the letly of 1*
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-08-01

THE POWER OF BAIL.

A Bedfordshire Alngistrate writes :
A case was tried at Bedford Assizes on the 21th inst ,
which showed the want of an alteration of the law.
A lad named William rateman was committed to cam by
the Coroner of the county id Bedford for trial, on the
of May last, on a charge of manslaughter upon the Very
slightest evidence. The case was tried and the prisoner was
Acquitted.
As the coroner has no power to Lail a prisoner, this lad
Pas heen kept in pri,on tor two mouths, and it is N ithin
my own knowledge that he has suffered most acutely in
mind.
Either the Coroner should have power to take bail in cases
of manslaughter, or, which I think would be pretemble, he
should be required to send cases of this description before
the local justices for committal.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-08-01

PRIZE: LIST.

Orchids, best collection : ht, 11. Lowe; 2nd Mr. .T. E
Will inin s.

stove or greenhouse plants, collection of nine. Ist, J.
K. Williams; gra, (Treaves :l:4, Ft. 1. -

Ditto, collection' of .ix: E. Wlhims; T.
Psrgeter.
Ditto, single specimen: lot, J. E. Williams; 2na, T.
Pargeter.
Eriess, collection of six: Ist, F. Williams.
Fuchsia, collection of nine: Ist, J. Jackson; t2nd, T.
°reeves ; :ird, C. J. Perry.

Dato..eoUeetion of let, nil; 2ad, C. J. Perry;
3rd, oil.

Ditto. collection of three: Ist, J. Tomkirs ; 2nd, B.
Gibbons; Ird, Jackson.
Coles...lams, collection of six : Ist, ail.
Germ:hams, collection of nine. vsriegated foliage: Ist,
C. J. Perry ; 2od, J. Totokins: 3rd, Feiskes.
Jas., lily, collection of three: Ist, J. Williams.
Roses in pots, collection of six: Ist 10 j nod, C. J.
Perry.

_
Verbenas in pots, collection et twelve: let, C. J.
Perry; flod, T. Gre,.vos ; 3rd, nit.
. . _

Codection. of miscellaneous plants, not to exceed 12
specimens, grown in pots: It, J. E. William.; Sad, T.
Targetcr irj, H. Dore.

Coruntions, collection of twelve, dissimilar: let, E.
Addle.

llitio. ditto, ii ditto: Ist, E. Addis.
necottes, collection of twelve, dmilar : lit, E.
Addi=.

Cut roses in bnnehes cf three, collection of twelve
diaaimilar sorta. ivith leaves aod buds stout : tat, Wheel.
wright; 2mo, C. J. Perry.
Ditto, single blcoms. collection of twelve, dissimilar:
Ist, fl. W. H. Whaelright ; 2nd, J. Jackson; 3rd, G.
Smith.

I)..'inea. collection of twenty-four: lat, C. J. Perry ;
2nn, N in. Shaw ; 3rd. G. rewhes.
Ditto, collection of twelve: Ist, C. J. Perry ; 2nd, W.
Shaw.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-08-01

AN ENGLISH WORKING MAN ON THE
AMERICAN WORKING CLASSES.

For those of our readers who take an interest in the
sayin,,at and doings " of our Transatlantic brethren,
Letter 11., from the pen of a graphic writer, in the 1
Daifp Noes, further elucidates his opinions of the pre- ,
sent and future of the United States, founded on his
experience in that vast, productive, and improving
country.
You will probably have heard that we are much oc-
cupied here just now with the eight boars' movement,
which. 11l am not mistaken, is the opening up of one of the
most momentous mu-shims ever submitted to society. The
bricklayers, with the almost unanimous support pd the rest
of the working classes, are on strike for a reduction in their
hours of labour. These men maintain, whether rightly or
wrongly it Isn't for sic to say, that after a man has been for
eight hours laying bricks he feels sufficiently tired to make it
desirable in Ids own good and that of the public that he
I should leave off that particular kind of amusement, and
despite the rest of the play to something else for Which he
may haven greater fan,y. The illevermuent has adopted the
notion as far as Its own workmeh are concerned, by passing
an Act of Congress, so that in future all who are ,rtunate
enough to labour for Uncle Samuel, in the dockyards, the
ar-enals, or puldie factories, will enjoy the blessings of the
great triangular system of eight hours sleep, eioht hours'
work, and eight hours' recreation. As may he ecpected,
capital is thoroughly alarmed, and the great apostles of the
"getting-Oil creed " see nothing but national ruin and ever-
tootling infamy ill store for a people who thus confess theta-
selves to be getting weak in the knees. Giants, my dear sir,
always get shaky in the legs, and our young democratic
Titan is fast beginning to exhibit the dreadful symptoms.
The working classes are onr support they are to no, mere
than the working class is to any other nation under the sun,
the means of locomotion in the grand match of progress ;
and they are failing no. Nothing can save us for the whole
trunk must go just as the legs please to curry it. This is the
capitalists' view of the question ; but, us you will most
assuredly have this same eight-bours movement among you,
it will perhaps be as well that you should hear a little on the
other side.
The Amedcan workman differs from every other labourer
in one respect—he alone of all the wage receivers of the worth
is in law and Pp fact the equal of his employer. Ile has
pro-
bably been to the same school with his master, puts his It s in
during an agreement Vial the s pci, force aild propriety,
takes as much share mai intcrest hi the latblie comercs of
his country, and outside the piers of the bank is as respect-
able and dignified a membet of society as the owner of
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-08-01

DISGRACEFUL VOLUNTEER DIS-
TURBANCE.

The Liverpool Mercury says n—The Volunteer force
in Liverpool has hitherto maintained a character not
only f, r military proficiency but for gentlemanly
conduct and hearing. A circumstance, however, oc-
curred on Saturday evening which will occasion a
general regret, and we fear will constitute a perma-
nent grievance between two of the corps of tins district.
It is not always an easy task to describe a street row,
and it is sometimes a for more difficult matter to trace
the origin of such disturbance. From all that we can
ascertain it appears that a number of tins men of the
12th L. A. v. and of the 64th L. 11. V. (the Irish
brigade) were assisting to keep the ground during the
inspection of the 4th L. A. V., when sonic unpleasant-
ness was occasioned by a member of the 04th persist-
ing in crossing the ground to join his corps on the
opposite side of the field. This the guard of the 12th
would not allow, and finding no other means of Ire.
venting the intruder from carrying out his purpose,
they bodily seized him and put him back. Whether
this gave rise to what subsequently took place is not
clearly known. When the parties arrived at the junc-
tion of Low Hill and Prescot-street, about thirty men
of the two regiments fell out of the ranks, and a re-
gular fight ensued, in the course of which it is reported
that the butt end of some of the rifles was used with
telling effect upon the combatants of the opposing side.
Several of the police supplemented the efforts of the
officers to restore order, and eventually' Adjutant
Graves and the other officer in charge succeeded in
marching the 04th down Prescot-street, towards their
storehouse. A few minutes afterwards, two or three
companies of the 12th were seen conning at the
"double" along Hall-lane, and there was every prospect
of a serious disturbance of the peace. It appears that
the news of the conflict had reached the stores in Mason.
street, and that the men thus seen running through
Hall-lane were hastening to the help of their com-
rades, but fortunately the Irish brigade had got beyond
their reach, and the men with much persuasion were
induced to return to Mason-street. Later in the
evening, a collision took place be ween a party of the
12th, who imprudently marched down Everton-
crescent, and the guard of the 64th, but no serious
cmsequences ensued. Various rumours are current
respecting this unfortunate conflict, one being that it
arose from the exhibition of an orange-coloured hand-
kerchief, which was regarded as an insult to the
Catholic feeling of the Irish brigade, and duly
avenged. The matter will, of course, be the subject
of strict investigation, and such unseemly disturb-
ances will, it is hoped, be avoided, for if the volunteer
force is thus to be engaged in the creation of street
fights, it will become a source of anxiety and terror
to the people rather than a means of confidence and
strength.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-08-01

A REMARKABLE CHARACTER.

In the Court of Probate, on Saturday, the case of
" Kingdon and another v. Rookes," was heard. The
plaintiffs propounded the will of the Bev. Dr. Charles
Bookes, a notable character in Devonshire. Deceased
was ordained in 1827, and some time afterwards was
deprived of his benefice, in consequence of his having
been guilty of seduction. This caused isolation from
his friends, and he formed a scheme for the conversion
of the ;Jews, and declared he had a Divine Commission
to bring them within one fold. Re assumed the title
of "Restorator-General " and " King of all Kings."
Afterwards he claimed the royal supremacy of Eng-
land, and warned the officials of Exeter, from the
mayor down to the coroner, that he would fine them
tl 00,000 per day for delay in recognising his authority.
e ordered them to recognise him as "His Most
Sacred Majesty Charles the Third," and he periodically
issued royal proclamations against vice, swearing, and
drunkenness, the last being a charge for which he had
to answer before the bishop. He advertised his re-
ligious views in the newspapers, and thus becaine the
most remarkable man in Devonshire. By his will he
bequeathed only kni) to his wife, and she disputed it.
For the plaintiffs it WM contended that deceased's
, conduct arose from love of notoriety, but that sot-
withstanding the extravagance of hit language he had
no delusions. His invariable answer to remonstrances
; was, "When I give thirteen-pence for a shilling call
• ' me mad." Before the case was proceeded far, a corn-
, I promise was agreed to, and it was agreed that a verdict
I should be taken for the will.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-08-01

APOLLO STUDIO,
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BEGS to inform the Pnblic that be takes
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per Pores. ; a whole Family or Group of Sir or Eight
Persoos. nt 6s per Dorm.. Specimens of every style 1011
I. inspected st the studio.
P3rties wishing pan have their Photographs Painted in
Oil or Water Colours.
H. 13. will take entire schools regardless of numbers.

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-08-01

COh... -""ESPONIDENCE.
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We driah it In he diwinetio uncicro“.:4 fiTty "aertiai
later int •in tleYttou.:ntitt "".41.
with the GI Of unr avznienti,

T. Mc Mao: (Idle "Ots:rrer."

you please to insert, iii your 'lest Ssturdsy's
issue, the fellowiug extract from that cheap alai cud.
lent Protestsui aewspaper. the I. cf..
Yours truly,
A. ROGERS. BA.
Lurglandp, 2eth July, 18613.

"On this point we cannot do better than quote the
eloquent language of Canon Wordsworth. The tithes
and endowments of the Church 4 Ireland do not belong
to the state of Englend, nor do they belong to the Ro-
man Catholics of Ire hind, nor do 'they belong to the
Protestants of Ireland, nor do they belong to the Church
of Ireland, except os their usofructoary arid trustee.
Rut they belong to Ariiiigtly floif. They hate ben
solemnly dedicated to Him. This act of dedication bon
been confirmed in the most sacred manner by the Eng-
I lish nation. That confirmation hi engrafted on the
Coronation Oath, taken by her Sovereigns, speaking M
God's presence, in Hie house, before His sitar, arid
holding His scriptures in their hands. It utters its
voice in the legirlitive Act of I nion with Ireland. It
speaks in oaths of abjuration. If there is such a thing
is a solemn pledge upon earth, if there is such a thing
no a holy vow registered in heaven, it is that which the
British nation has taken, to Maintain inslolnrtn that pro-
perty which has been consecriitort to GNI, for
i the use of the Church in Ireland."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-08-01

STORY OF A LOST CHILD.

At the l'apel-street Police-court, Dublin, on S.:.ttailaY,
respectable-looking loan, named 'Jamison, who resides at
Eveiton, Liverpool, appeared before the Magistrate to ask
his advice under the following circumstance;

From the statement of Mr. Harrison it appeared
that an infant child of his, aged about three years,
was taken away from the door of his house on the 14th
inst., and although every eifort was made for the re-
covery of the missine infant in Liverpool, no trace of
its whereabouts Gala be found. The parents, as may
be supposcd, were in a state of great distress, supposing,
as they did, the very worst. They communicated, of
course, with the Liverpool police, who advertised the
circumstance, and forwarded bills to Duhlin, amongst
other Plate,i. tme of these fell into the hands of the
active Laii intelligent officer, Inspector Giles, who at
6.555 took up the case, and soon discovered that one of
the Metropolitan police had found a little girl, who an-
swered the deiramtion, in a state of nudity, on the
quaYss a!VW days previously. The constable brought
the child to Summer Hill station, and as she gave
but an imperfect account of how she came to be
in the position in which she vas discovered, she WWI
brought to the North Union Workhouse, where she
Wise received by the worthy master, Mr. Weddick,
who paid every attention to her. Mr. Harrison was
communicated with, and he came at once to Dublin
and placed himself in correspondence with the police.
In company with Inspector Giles he went to the North
Union Workhouse, and to his joy discovered in the
little "waif and stray" his daughter. The poor in-
fant at once recognised her father, and embraced him
with every mark of
.ffiadness. Mr. Harrison wanted
to take away his child at once, but Mr. Weddick had.
to conform to the rules of the Poor-law Act, and to

require proof that he wae her parent before he would
deliver her into his charge. The present applicatiiiu,
therefore, was for the purpose of giving the required
proof. his worship directed Mr. Harrison to make a
declaration that the child iit the North Union was the
same which had been tali: n away on the 14th inst.,
and said that he had no doubt but that Mr. Weddick
would at one restore it to him. This having
been done, use applicant went away and soon re-
gained his little (laughter. The presumption is that
some wretched creature took the child away for the
sake of robbing it of its clothes and obtaining the value
for them.