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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-01-11

HALESOIVEN.

CoNcERT.—A miscellaneous concert of vocal and in.
stnunental masts was given at the Schnobroorn, on Fri-
day the led lest, by Mr. T. Troman, who has bad the
nupervfsicn of the penny readings for some seasons pact.
The concert commenced with the glee "Blow, Gentle
Gales.; from Sir Henry Bishop's onerr, " The Slave,"
sung in a Ginty Miss Harris. Miss Fellows, and 6fr. Tur-
ley. Mas Harris also sang Inchon's" Echo Song." with
flute °litigant by Mr. James Matti ewe. Miss Fellows,
who sang." ttlwa)s a welcome for thee," and the
stoma from Msrit.inn, " ,Tin the harp in the air, " with
ohltg it,, lty Mr. D. Ffrench Davis, has a rich voice whit+
will, when thoroughly cultivated, he an acquisition to 1111 V
l!ollei.rt. Mr D. Ffrenelt Davis, of Birmingham, wilt
Mr. Mat'hows, the eminent flautist, of Stourbridge, phiyod
see, v. re effective pieces on their several instruments,
and Mr. Tromatt's piano-forte playing itself woo a treat
to hear, and altogether the instrumental music won of an
an( ;et ',Donal ammeter. Mr. H. Phillips sang, "Shale
wastynge in stria:tire, ""A Laughing Song," and "The
Farnu r's Daughter of Berkshire." with all the taste and
finish Id his youth, if not with the same power. Mr. Tur-
ley sang Weiss's Mlle.. "The star Veit lights the Sailor
Home." And " Thit Blakstnith." end Sittaley's
new song (Bentalict). " When my thirsty sal I steep."
relmiraltly. Mr. Buckland sang, "'7ot for Joseph."
"Bny my images," and the "Song of Songs"; sal the
evening's entertainment concluded with the National
Anthem.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-01-11

BRIERLEY HILL.

MEETTNO or THE LOCAL BOARD or HEALTH. —The
ordinary monthly meeting of this Board was hell on
Mooney afternoon bat; Mr. E. Conk in the chair.
There was a full attendarce of membere.—The Clerk re,
omit 1 Dint there was still a balance of fIIS to be col.
leeted on the old rate. The finance report. among other
things. recommended the account of the South Stsfford.
shire Waterworks should rot be paid until the hydrants
recently laid down were proved to he perfect. In answer
to Mr. Grove. the Chairman said a list of people aide
and unable to pay the old rate would he prepared. and
no doubt some of the defaultere wind," he autumoned.
The rate was in a ronfased state, and there were several
properties which lied never been rated. The report was
recric ed.—The Roods Committee'e report drew attention
to the dangerous state of the road at the bottom of the
the Level. A portion of the dengeroua neet was in fled.
Icy and a part in Brierley Hill. The Dudley Surveyor
had been communicated with in order that he might
meet the Board Surveyor for the proper repair. Fencing
wan reqeired. Notice was made as to the daegernas
state of John•street. Arrangements were in preparetios
In order to make Alblon•street rine of the best in the
tows. The report concluded by lifetime that in eons,.
epee., of the had state of trade ant the financial poet.
lion of th• district no further at-pa world be taken at
present to improve any streets. Only necessary repairs
would be made. Mr. Grove proposed that the Earl of
Dudley's agents should be applied to respecting the crea-
tion of feneing at the Level Mr. Fletcher objecited to
the Earl of Dudley being applied to in the particular
case before the Board. He would rather the wets were
asked to glee something to the necessary protection all
over the pariah. A long diseuseion took Once. and Mr.
Grove's resolution was visaed. The matter wan then
reopen.' rind discussed for some time. The Nnivanees
Removed Committee's report was passed. It contained
no Item of interest. The Clerk rend a letter from the
Earl of Liehfield stating that there was little doubt hut
that two gentlemen residlue near Firierley Hill would be
enslified as Meelsteates. Mr. linlberton void that the
(bunt r Sessloos hal passel. and no aostlstuari had
quallfiod. Two gentlemen. Messrs. H. Smith and It.
Rail, had beau spoken of and had some communication
from his lordship, but nrlhine definite was known. Mr.
Chappell thought his lordship's letter did not go far
enough. Ile thought he should be waited upon. The
Chairman thought it wool.' be an insult to hia lordship
to mention the matter to him again. He would doul.t.
lent appoint some one.—The meeting shortly afterwards
concluded.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-01-11

TUE HOMER HILL COLLIERY
EXPLOSION.

The adjourned inqucat on the tnelies Of a 'limber of men
who hail been kill. I from the 11,,:ta of the late colliery
explotion was IlpilOilltNd to take plan at 1.11,en o'cLick,
on Tina.day last, at the May Pole Is. The jury as-
ambled at the appointed time; hut owing to aome mie-
underatanding the Coroner did not arrive until after 12

Mr. Locker said that he had quite forgotten the time.
He wee under the impression haws appointed fur twelve
o'clock. He wee very sorry to have kept the jury wait-
ing. however. He was snrry tn Bay that they could not
go on with the enquiry as he heel received a letter from
Mr. BAIT, the Government Inspector, stating that he
could rot possibly attend as he lead sprained his allele.
One of the jurymen here asked if they could not go
on with the enquiry?
Mr. Docker SSW they could not go on in the absence
ot Mr. Baker. There was an Act e f Parliament which
compelled leim to adjourn the enquiry if the Govern-
ment Inspector was not present. that is if lea (the lo-
speotor) wished to be present. In this case he Mond it
was the wish of Mr. Baker to be present at the enquiry,
and he had no alternative but to adjourn it. He must
say that the jury hail had an enormous deal of trouble in
the matter, but he did not see how they could have coo.
trolled it. It was a question for the jury to consider
which would be the most convenient day for them to
attend. He had no doubt Mr. Dakar would be able to
attend in a week's time.

The enquity was then adjourned till eleven o'clock on
Tuesday nest.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-01-11

THE DIFFICULTY OF A NAME!

In France it is not allowed to parents to give their
children the Christian names they may think fit :
they. must select names from the Itoman.Catalogue
of Saints, or from ancient history, and must take no
others. They must also go to the office of the mayor
of the district in which they reside to announce what
the name is. A Parisian journalist relates the follow-
ing story of a friend of his, a happy father, who
accompanied his infant daughter to the mayor's offices
to make the declaration required by law." "What
Christian name do you give to this child ?", asks the
clerk. " Zuline." " Zuline? We cannot accept such
a name as that. Please to choose another." "But
I am determined to have her called so. My
daughter shall be called Zuline, and nothing
else." "You may call her what you please,
but I shall not write Mademoiselle Zuline on the
register." "And why not, if you please ?" "The law."
"What law?" "A law of Germinal, An. X., which
prohibits any other names than those contained in the
calendar, or those found in ancient history." The
father returns home to consult his wife, and after a
fresh name has been fixed on returns to the Maine,
and the dialogue recommences :—" I have aflame that
will, I hope, satisfy you and the law Germinal, as it
was borne by an illustrious woman of antiquity.
Please to enter my daughter as Lena." " I have
never heard of that flame; it is not to be found in
ancient history." "I beg your pardon." The clerk
roes to consult his colleagues and then returns. "Sir,
it is no use attempting to deceive us; we have all
studied our classics at echool, and we have never
heard of I.cena ; who is she?" "A young Greek
woman who bit off her tongue and spat it in the face
of her torturers, not to be forced to betray the secret
of a conspiracy." "Ah ! I thought as much; you
are a disaffected perturbator ! You acknowledge it at
last! No; your daughter shall not be either Zuline
or Lena, and if you are not satisfied, complain to the
mayor."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-01-11

"WAT TYLER" A SPECIAL
CONSTABLE.

The Bradford magistrates on Saturday closed their
tatings, begun on the, 27th ult., at Bradford Court-
house, for the swearing-in of special constables. Mr.
Law, the Mayor, simply issued an appeal to the "loyal
and well-disposed' to come forward and enroll them-
selves, not issuing a single summons, and men in all
ranks and conditione, and of every shade of political
opinion, hastened with the greatest alacrity to respond
to the appeal and when the sittings were brought to a
close more than 3,000 special constables had been
enrolled. Among those sworn in on Saturday was
Isaac Jefferson, well-known in 1848 as " Wat Tyler,"
his name and his exploits being at that time chronicled
in the papers. Jefferson was a conspicuous Chartist
in 1848, and, being a whitesmith, did a large stroke of
business as a manufacturer of pikes. He did not dis-
guise the fact, but boasted of the part he bore in
this respect in the Chartist agitation. He believed
that the " People's Charter" was the panacea for all
the ills of life, and was wont to declare that nothing
hut "physical force "could ever realise the consumma-
tion of his political desires. In the Chartist turbulence,
nearly twenty years ago, in Bradford, many prominent
leaders absconded, and when " wanted " by the
authorities " Wat " also was "among the missing."
During days and nights, for many weeks, his suspected
hiding-place was sought for in the lonely glens between
Bradford and Haworth, and at last, one midnight, the
fugitive was found concealed in a hayloft in a barn
between Thornton and Denholme. \Vat was one of
those who had subsequently to expiate their folly in
York Castle. But since that day experience and
suffering have greatly modified the early political views
of Jefferson, and the Queen has not a more loyal and
devoted subject than he in all her wide dominions.
Though time has left slight marks of decay on his
frame, he is yet a man of a fine portly form, with a
long flowing red beard. As he offered his name of
"Isaac Jefferson" to the magistrates, preparatory to
its being entered in the hook, he added, as if to remind
them of his former " fame " or notoriety, "better
known as Wat Tyler," a remark which excited the
smiles of the magistrates, who till that moment seemed
to be unconscious of the importance of the personage
who stood before them. "One man in his time plays
many parts!"
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-01-11

OLD HILL.

TISA PANTY AND BALL.—The 11DOIlal tee party and ball
took place at Cooksey's Hotel, on Monday evening last.
Upwards of ninety sat down to an excellent ton provided
by Mrs. Cooksey, after which they adjounied to tne ball
room, where dancing war kept up with great spirit to the
strains of W. Field's (of Dudley, Quadrille Band, until
four o'clock, and everything passed off well.
FRAUDULNNTrY BNNOVINO 410.1..—it the Petty Bes-
sie., on Wednesday last. before E. Moore and F. W. G.
Burrs, Ewa., John Weßinge was summoned by
Billingltem on a charge of fraudulently removing his
goods with intent to defraud Lint of his rent. Mr. Ear.
bury defended. Complainant said that La let the delond•
ant a horse on April Ithh, ale weedily rental of Is 61.
There were £22. fal due. Defeadant removed the good.,
which consisted of a stock, bedstead, and chair. They
were removed in the day time. net Bench considered
Vint as they were removed in the slapticue there was no
fraudulent intent, and dkusissed the case.
CtiIIIOX OF ASSAFLT.—JoIm Harrington and Daniel
Roger.. colliers, were charged by MOOD. I.ewellyn with
assaulting him on the 11th ult. Mr. Stokes, of Dudloy,
appeared for the complainant, and Mr. Addison for the
defendants.—floutplainant said : I um :t charter.maater
at Mr. Dawee's Colliery. On Christleas•eve I had a
feast for the men in the Primitive Meth° list School
Room, and afterwards went to Afro Pagh'e, the Royal
Exchuoge. Some men were titer,. and I ordered the tap
t be stopped. I let them finish their ale, and then
asked I.lwm to go house, I said to two teen "Come nice,
lot's go home. We can't do the land!' dy coy god, and
don't let no do her harm." The men went out but tame
in again. Defendant+ came in also. I asked them to
go out. Irian liogors caught hold of use by the coat cel-
lar said toi e my east. Harrington then struck me on
the head A ith an oak stick, Witt caused me to stagger,
Inflicting a severa wound on the cheekbone. The wound
Lied for many Lours. Did net speak to the defendant,
or give him any prevocation.—llenry Bowere, butcher,
said that he attended, with the lust witness, to a feast at
the Primitive Methodist School Room. and after went to
the Royal Exchange and heard Lewellyn stop the tap.
He PAW list Damien strike the complainat with a stick.
Witness caught hold of him by the arm, and dragged
Lim into the house, and Harrington was pushed into the
kitchen. Some perglll9 present wanted to thrash the
defendants ; but csmplainant said, no one ehowld touch
hint, and that he would serve him out in a different way.
-.•Thonass Pugh said be was brother to Mrs. Pugh, the

CORRESPONDENCE.

fl cl, it to be distinctly und,rstood that by inserting
letters in this colunot,tve do not thereby identify ourselves
with the opinions of our Cori espondents.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-01-11

HOP&

The hop market has presented a More animated almear-
ance. Ihe transactions have herti Oil a fume liberal seal,
awl micas hose ruled steadier coati ovate' uiarkets hove
been characterifed by an increased amount t,f firmness. 9nd
in America a fair average business has been concluded.
Last week a saif ort consisted of 72 bales from Antwerp 411
from Dunkirk, 64 from liambursh, 232 from Rotterdam,
264 from Bremen, ko from f 'alais, 279 from Konigeburg,
24 from Boulogne, and 34 from Ottend. Mid and East Rents.
6/ 151. to lid. 191. ; Weald of Keats, 81. Os. to 76 7a.
Sussex, 61. Oa to 61. 15n; Farnham, 8/. to 101. (is.
Bavarians, 4L 10s. to 7. 0.. Belgian., Si. 154. t,o 41. 15e. :
Yearlings, 51. 10a. to 81. 15s. per cwt.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-01-11

POTATOES.

These markets are fairly mpplied with potatoes. The
trade on the whole has ruled steady, at our quotations. Last
week's imports consisted of 2,120 sacks from Antwerp, 26
bags Bremen, Me sacks 412 tons Dunkirk, and 180 tens from
Rouen. Itrgente, 1001. to 170.; Flukes, 120 s. to 1701. ;
Rocks, Ms. to 1305. ; French, ElOs. to 908. per ton.
VfOOL.

The transaCtlrms in colonial wool for home use, since our
lest report, have been only to a moderate extent, whilst the
export demand has ruled quiet. Prices are unaltered.
English wool hail moved off slowly, on former terms. lest
wee%'s import was confined to 1,114 bale, from MePam no.
Current prices of English wool :—Fleeceit—oouthdrorn nog.
tail. 20. to la Sit; hall-breels, is, 34d. to 1.4 L ant
fleeces, le 10 to IL 24. •, Southdown ewe. and v.. t3ere, is.
lid, o in 24. •, Leicester ditto IL 144. to is al. pee 11).
'torte: clothing. Is. 21 to le 6d.: combing, is, 4411- to La
per lb.
TALLOW.
Thtede market .
Is rather firmer the epotAdill, b •
quo at 43e. ; WWI] 4Le. 91 net cook
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-01-11

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Ticket', new he feel of Mr. White,.ll. Mr. Emery, Mr.
Maskew, Mr. Hand, Mr. Thomas Wall, ,t a.
After Seven o'clock, One Shilling.
Poore open at Three. Tea on tbe Table at Bsltleat
Sive,

GRAND PIGEON SHOOTING CONTEST.

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1102. skot. 19 yards rise. PO yards boundary. No person
allowed to shoot for more thin two parties.
Norr.—First Bird in the trap it Ten o'clock In the
Morning. Pinner on the table at Five o'clock.

YOUNG LADIES SEMINARY.

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THIS Fstabltahnient, so beautifully Rub
healthily sitnate.l. has reeently been FIKT.ARt;FIi
io admit of the reception of a few more Boarder. ini.4
Daily Pupils.

The School will REMPEN on MONPAY, J:IMART ?0,
ISAR.

Procpertna on application.

FIR E .

PROTECTION from FIRE emoted vron
every dearription 4ot Property, Loth A r flossy and
ABROAD, at the naval ratio, by the
LONDON a-, LANCASHIRE INSURANCE
COMPANIES.

LOSSES CAPSED Sy THE EXPLOSION Or OAS

MADE GOOD.

N , Kspense is bettered in tie Transfer of Policies

fmin other Cilia..

CAPITAL OF FIRE COMPANY,
£1,000,000.

E. WILTON FIX,
Agent for Kidderminster and the Neighbourhood.

DANCING, DIEPORTNENT. AND CALISTHENIC
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-01-11

THE SECOND EMPIRE.

The balls at the Grand Opera House in Paris have
commenced, and are attended by the class of persons
who are accustomed to indulge in these midnight
revelries (remarks the Paris correspondent of a London
contemporary). It is remarked that every year the
number of foreigners who flock to these Bacchanalian
festivities is on the increase. The Americans
in particular are great patrons of everything
deco//cfc in Paris. A French journal observes—
"The Opera balls are more and more crowded, gay,
animated, rollicking, unrestrained, and amusing. It
is a remarkable fact that now.a.days ladies are at no
pains to conceal the fact of their attendance at these
places of amusement, which calls to mind what Chan,
fort said, '('e sont de mauvais lieux qu'on avoue; "
The truth is that these visits are talked about very
freely in some well-regulated salons of Paris, where
you may hear a lady say to another, "I went on such
an evening to the ball at the Opera," and the ladies to
whom these remarks are addressed listen with interest
to the avowal, and smile, with a cigarette between
their ruby lips. " A sign of the times ! very
pleasant! " It is notorious that some half-dozen
ladies who move in the highest circles of Parisian
society have long assumed the toilette, and in some
respects the manner of the demi-monde world, and

have made themselves so conspicuous that they are
stared at by the public whenever they visit any of the
shops in the leading thoroughfares. The other day a
grande dame, who shall be nameless, was making pur-
chases at a famous bronze establishment on the Boule-
vards. A crowd collected outside the window, watch-
ing the movements of this aristocratic notability, and
indulging in remarks which the ancients would have
applied to an Aspasia. Ladies who ought, from their
education, position, and responsibility to society, to
set an example to the world of morality and propriety,
condescend to ververt everything to which they were
born, and dedicate themselves to the most base
uses."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-01-11

IESOWEN, SL DISTRICT CHRONICLE.

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EXTRAORDINARY CEREMONY AT
THE CHAPEL ROYAL.

At the Chapel Royal, St. James's, London, on Mon-
day morning, an ancient ceremony, a very interesting
remnant of Christian symbolism, took place. Monday
was the Feast of the Epiphany, and in the first lemon
appointed by the Church to be read in its morning
senice (the 60th chapter of Isaiah) will be found a
glowing description of "The glory of the Church in
the abundant access of the Gentiles," and it is said,
"Gentiles shall come to Thy light, and kingsto the
brightness of thy rising." They shall bring gold and
incense, and they shall chew forth the praises of the
Lord." "They shall come up with acceptance on Mine
altar, gnd I will glorify the house of My glory." "And
the sons of strangers shall build up th walls, and their
kings shall minister unto Thee." Irkcommemoration

of these interesting events in sacred history, and the
offerings then made, which are recorded in detail,
soveriegns of Christian countries have from the early
ages of Christrianity presented offerings on the Feast
of the Epiphany, and in times now long gone by the
ceremony Was one of splendid magnificence. Of course
it loses much of its significance when the Sovereign is
not there in person. It is worthy of remark that in
the chapter of Isaiah quoted, these words occur (verse
11) : " Iberefore thy gates shall be open continually.
They shall not be shut day nor night." Whether it is
for the purpose of carrying out the scriptural arrange-
ments completely or not it is difficult to ascertain; but
it is a fact that the Chapel Royal during this Epiphany
commemoration is always open free tothe puplie, while
at all other times every person who is not entitled by
certain rank or connection with the Royal Household
to admission is required to pay two shillings or half-a-
crown before he can be admitted to either of its
services.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-01-11

CRADLEY HEATH, FIA

TRADESMEN'S ADDRESSES.

THE CHEAPEST HOUSE Is TEE MIDLAND

COUNTIES FOR

STATIONERY OF EVEIiY DESCRIPTION.

" WHEN FOUND MAKS A Null; OF "—Captain Cattle.
WILLIAM WILLEY,
WHOLESALE PLAIN .NP FANCY STATIONEN,
',A lON P. 188.16 (mill drat 154,
BIRIU NGIIABL
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-01-11

TWO FAMOUS ACTRESSES.

Two actresses of the Kemble and Siddons period
have just quitted the stage of life—Miss S. Booth,
aged seventy-five, and Miss Foote, Dowager Countess
of Harrington, aged seventy. Both made their first
appearance in London at the same theatre, and in the
same character, Amanthis in "The Child of Nature,"
at Covent Garden; Miss Booth in 1811, Miss Foote
in 1814. The former played Margaret to Kemble's
Sir Giles Overreach, and Lady Anne to his Richard
the Third. Miss Foote acted Busily Tempest to
Kemble's Penruddock in" The Wheel of Fortune,"
and Lucia to his Cato. The two ladies were frequently
to be seen in the same piece. They were the Dorinda
and Miranda of what was absurdly advertised as
Shakspere's "Tempest," and they were the original
Florio and Lucille in "The Forest of Bondy." The
range of both ladies was extensive. Sally Booth, as
she was affectionately called, played everything, from
Juliet to Little Pickle, of which she was the original
representative. Miss Foote was equally at home—
from Dungen to Fair Star and Maria Darlington.
Both ladies passed to Drury-lane, and ended at the
Olympic. One made some noise in the world, and
Covent Garden admirers applauded her' while those
of Drury Lane were hissing Edmund Kean for the
same sort of not very exemplary conduct.
Sally Booth led a quiet life, and never had a chance
of becoming a Countess. Little poets wrote amatory
and laudatory lines to Miss Foote, and everybody
spoke well of Miss S. Booth.

'The only -suivit:it.i.g actresses who played with John
Kemble are Miss O'Neil (Lady Becher) and Miss
Stephens (Dowager Countess of Essex). In Kemble's
last season, among its great attractions were "The
Stranger," in which the two chief parts were played by
Kemble and Miss O'Neil, and "Hamlet," in which
Miss Stephens warbled Ophelia to John's wayward
Dane. But these are things of half a century ago. In
private life the sweetness of heart and grace of manner
which had so fascinated the public, did not fail Lady
Harrington to the last. She retained many of her
personal advantages and accomplishments to a very
late period. Not possessing either social genius or wit,
she tileased by her exquisite temper and total absence
of affectation. By no word, look, or sign could those
who knew herbs reminded that she had, in her youth
and the heyday of her beauty, been one of the spoiled
Children of the public. To the last she was as willing
to be pleased by small courtesies and kindnesses as to
give pleasure.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-01-11

CRADLEY HEATH.

Two LATE JUVENILE CONCELT.—We have been roc
(pleated to publish the following. as the resnit of the
above concert, a Inll report of Web empeared in our
last week's is.ne:—Tetal receipts, £l2 N 4l; expendi-
ture. 2 lie ; leaving a balance of 12s 4d. The
maraging committee have determined to throw this hal-
ante into a general fund abont being raised for the relief
of the poor of all denominationa in the Pariah of Red.
dot Hill.

Tim POOR—This place and its immediate neighonr.
hoed are, like the country at large. witnessing the sifter'
toga of hundred.. Thronuh the depression of trade and
the high price of previsions, many menu lee are suffering
crest privations ; and many. ton, of thetie who not long
since were ding well are ashamed to let their poverty
be manifested, and consequently dine In secrecy. Yes-
teviny evening a meeting of the parlehloneri called to,
gather by the Rev F. J. Clark, Incumbent, was held in
the Reddal MIL School Room, to consider what means
could be adopted to alleviate the distress so prevalent.
Full partloalars of the meeting will he given in our next.
as?' We beu to intimate to our namerons friends and
readers In Cradley Heath. that the branch office for the
06.recer for that district, in at Ur. T. Homer's, Printer
and Stationer, Five Ways, Creaky Heath, where ;elver.
timmenta will be received op to seven O'clock on rrlday
(mining.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-01-11

THE 'SPECIALS" PROCLAMATION;

OR, TWO WRONGS MAKE ONE RIGHT.

We have hitherto believed this logical contradiction
to be beyond the possibility of any other solution; but
we live in strange times, which produce results of a like
character. The proclamation below speaks for itself ;
it is composed of two Fenian proclamations; (Man-
chester and Clerkenwell) and when read separately
there can be but little doubt about there being two
outrageous " Wrongs ; " but let them be read as one
whole Specials' Proclamation, (as 'Hurrah for 01l
England ") and it cannot be denied that they are one
'Noble Right."

Hurrah for OH England
..yemaniam la. a curse

. _............ - -
We fight for The Queen and constitution
The Fenian brotherhood in a league with Satan
We love Free Speech
This Rebellion is treason
We glory in a Free Preea
.• " . _

Shooting and plunder Will not be tolerated
We will not light for The " Centre's," freedom
England's welfare most he secured
We must succeed at every hazard
The Union We love
We love not Such wreck and waste
And never said Let the Union sink
We want The Union
Foreign Intel vention cannot be allowed
We cherish The British Flag
The Emerald green Is a flaunting lie
We venerate The powers that he
Fenian Chivalry Is hateful mockery
Down with Moli Lw
Law and Order Shall Triumph.
Vire( Regina tPunch.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-01-11

HE WOULD PLEAD GUILTY!

At the Central Criminal Court in London, on Wed-
nesday, Thomas Clark, aged twenty-seven, described
as a labourer, was placed at the bar to plead to an in-
dictment which charged him with the wilful murder of
Annie Smith. When the charge was read to the pri-
soner, he in a firm voice replied, "I am guilty." Dlr.
Sleigh, who was instructed to defend the prisoner,
went to him and in the most earliest manner urged
him not to plead guilty, but to plead not guilty, and
have all the circumstances connected with the case in-
quired into. The prisoner, being again asked whether
he was guilty or not guilty, replied that he was guilty.
Mr. Sleigh upon this applied to the Court to direct
that the plea of guilty should not he recorded, but that
the trial should be postponed to the next session, and
during the interval he expected to be able to obtain
evidence to show that at the time the act was com-
mitted the prisoner was in such a state of mini as to
render him not criminally responsible for what he had
done. The learned counsel added, that being only in-
structed by the sheriffs to appear on behalf of the pri-
soner, he was not in a position to state what evidence
he was likely to bring forward on the next occasion.
Mr. Justice Slice, after communicating with Mr.
Avery, the clerk of the court, addressed the prisoner,
and told him that, although he might feel that he was
compelled to admit that he had committed the act
imputed to him, there ought he circumstances con-
nected with it that would show that the act did not
amount to the crime of murder, or that he was not
responsible for that offence. He therefore strongly
advised him to plead not guilty, the effect of which
would merely be that all the facts would he brought
before the jury, and it would be seen whether or not
he was responsible for the crime of wilful murder.
The prisoner still persisted in pleading guilty. The
learned judge a:ter ionic deliberation said that he
thought he was bound to receive the plea of guilty,
but upon referring to the Act of Parliament, he
found that he was not compelled to pass sentence.
He should, therefore receive the plea of guilty,
but should defer passing sentence until next session,
when evidence could be brought forward to show
what the state of mind of the prisoner was at the
time the act was committed, and also at the time he
appeared before the jury. The prisoner expressed a
wish to address the court, but he was advised not to
do so, and he was then removed from the dock.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-01-11

THE UNFORTUNATE COUSIN !

On a grand night at the Opera, in Paris, recently,
the performance had terminated, and a charming
woman magnificently dressed was descending the
staircase leaning on the arm of her cousin, dragging
behind her a long train of primrose-coloured silk,
trimmed with flounces of rich Chantilly lace. A gen-
tleman was clumsy enough to step on the tail of her
dress. The lady leaned back on feeling her prow ess
arrested, but too late to prevent a slight crack from
bring heard. She gathered up her dress without ap-
pearing to perceive that anything had occurred, but
her cavalier, assuming an air of importance, cast a look
of defiance behind him and muttered something in
which the word " clumsy " was heard. " I will try
and be less so to-morrow," whispered the innocent
author of the accident in his ear. Early the next
morning the cousin received a visit from his antagonist's
second. A duel took place with swords, and, as the
other had promised, he proved his address in the use
of the weapon. The cousin was carried home with an
awkward wound in his shoulder. The best part of
the story is that the stranger obtained an introduc-
tion to the lady, and not only received his pardon for
the unintentional mishap, but has since made such
progress in her good graces that a marriage is now
talked of as shortly to take place. As to the cousin,
he still keeps his bed, and probably will remain in it
until after the wedding.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-01-11

DESTINY AND NATIVITY.

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VICTOTITA.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-01-11

LOANS AND MORTGAGES.

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to live per cent.
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-01-11

A MUNICIPAL ELECTION AT
NORTHAMPTON.

At the onarter sessions for I he town of Northampton, held
before the Recorder on the art! inst , a case which excited
much political feeling in the borough catue on for hearing;—

•
It appears that on the occasion of the late municipal
election, the South Ward (one of three into which the
borough is divided) was the seem of the closest contest
between the Liberals and Conservatives. The evening
before the polling day. "Bob Brettle," a notorious
prizefighter, together with from a dozen to twenty
roughs under his command, arrived from Birmingham,
and at once proceeded to report themselves at the
principal Conservative hotel. The news soon
spread that two of the leading men of the
Conservative party had hired these persons to inter-
fere in the forthcoming election. The next day,
when the excitement of the polling was at its height,
and the neighbourhood of the polling place was
densely crowded, Brettle made his appearance. He
was at once recognised, and the mob made a rush at
him. He and some of his companions, however,
managed to escape by running into the nearest public.
house, which his friends barricaded until Brettle had
made good his flight over an outhouse in the rear.
Water was thrown from the upper windows on the
crowd below, and this, together with a desire to punish
Brettle, so inflamed the people, that the doors and
windowe were beaten in, and an angry mob soon swarmed
over the house. Doors, windows, chairs, tables, and
crockery were smashed, the beer taps were set run-
ning, and damage it is said, to the amount of about
£7O was speedily done. Upon the landlord, however ad-
dressing the people, and telling them that Brettle had
escaped, the work of destruction ceased, and order was
restored. Four men were indicted at the quarter sessions
for the riot and for malicious damage to the house.
At, the close of the examination of the first witness
for the prosecution the Recorder suggested that some
arrangement should be made. There had been clearly
a riot. One party had attacked and the other defended
a house, the object of the attacking party being to get
at an obnoxious person. When that man left order
was restored. If the case were tried out, fuel would
be added to the fire, and great ill-feeling engendered.
The counsel for the prosecution said he would be no
party to any compromise. The defendants' counsel
said if the case went on no doubt much feeling must
be thrown into it, and they would show that there had
been great aggravation.
Ultimately, on the hint thrown out by the Recorder,
the defendants pleaded guilty to the count for riot,
and the Recorder, in passing sentence, said it would
be only nominal—namely, a fine of one shilling each.
The sentence was received with some applause, and
on leaving the court the men were loudly cheered.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-01-11

THE. MYSTERIOUS_ INTERRUPTION TO

A WEDDING IN WASHiNGTON.
A paragraph under the head of " A Missing Bridegroom"
has gone the round of the papers, of which the toll .wing
explanation has been given by the New York Tribune, under
date December 20 :

Colonel Parker has been found. His explanation
of his recent mysterious disappearance upon the eve
of his marriage will not be without interest to your
readers. It is this. He was to have been married on
Tuesday morning. On the Saturday evening previous
he called at General Grant's residence and borrowed a
military scarf. He was down town a while afterward,
and then went off alone to take a walk. In the course
of it he met an Indian of the Six Nation, of which
confederation Colonel Parker is chief. The Indian
took him to a room, gave him a glass of wine, and sat
down to converse upon the important business which
he wished to see him about. In a short time Colonel
Parker began to feel drowsy, and concluded he would
lie down on the bed a moment. He did so, and fell
into a deep sleep. When he awoke it seemed very late
at night, but whether it was the same night or another
he could not 'tell. The Indian was sitting by
the bedside gravely and patiently. Colonel Parker
asked a few questions natural to the circumstances of
the case, and the Indian said: "You have been very
sick. Hernia some medicine the doctor left for you."
The patient took the medicine, fell asleep again, slept
comfortably until Wednesday morning, and then woke
up, a matter of twenty-four hours too late for the
wedding. The Indian was gone. Colonel Parker's
friends think the Six Nations are opposed to his marry-
ing a white lady, and that they sent an envoy to take
care that the wedding should not take place, or to even
deprive him of his life. A bride chosen for him from
among his subjects, the Six Nations, stands ready to
marry him, and the tribes prefer that he should
take her, and remain more closely allied to his people
than he would if he took a wife &wit another race.
Colonel Parker's statement I have given without ad-
dition or embellishment. General Grant has taken
entire charge of the matter now, both because the in-
tempted wedding had been appointed to come off
under his auspices, and because Colonel Parker be-
longs on his staff. Ile will institute a strict investiga-
tion of the affair to the end that Colonel Parker may
establish his blamelessness if he can, or suffer dismissal
and disgrace if he fails. Until his judgment is passed,
public opinion should sleep.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-01-11

DISSATISFIED WITH A JURY.

A. very unusual scene has occurred in the Antrim
quarter sessions court, presided over by Mr. Otway,
Q.C. The jury having handed in a verdict of acquittal
in a case of common assault, the judge, addressing the
foreman, asked, "What's that you say !" Foreman:
"There were discrepancies in the evidence which —"
His worship: "Tut, tut, nonsense ! You may retire!
Stop! (opening a law book) I don't know how to deal
with that verdict ; it is a perverse verdict." The fore-
man observed that they had found discrepancies in the
evidence ; when the judge again remarked that he had
power— there was no question of it—to order a jury to
reconsider and amend their verdict, when, through the
mistaking of evidence or partiality, it was repugnant
to justice. He did not know whether he would exer-
cise that power or not. He would allow the verdict to
be recorded, but he had never received a verdict from
a jury with which he was so thoroughly dissatisfied.
(Th the accused) : "Stand up, sir. The jury, I can
hardly call them so—the twelve men who were sworn
to try your case—have acquitted you. Ido not be-
' here a more guilty man ever stood in the dock than
you. However, I will take the verdict—a verdict
which may have done more to hinder the administra-
tion of justice in this court, and limit the value of its
jurisdiction, than any verdict that was ever given. I
have told you I will take the verdict, believing you—
notwithstanding that the jury have acquitted you —as
guilty a scan as ever stood in that dock. You are dis-
charged. I believe the verdict to be partial, perverse,
and repugnant to justice. (To the jury) : Go away,
gentlemen. You certainly never shall be on a jury
again, if I can help it." The jurymen seemed much
astonished.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-01-11

" THE UNSPOKEN WORDS."

Last Friday the following letter appeared in the
London Times, and the Pall Mall Gazette, in noticing
it, calls it "an atrocious letter under an atrocious
heading":—

Sir,— Within the last fortnight a phrase has come to the
lips of hundreds of Englishmen, and died away unuttered.
They have seen the elements at work of a twofold war—a
civil and a foreign war; foreigners urging and leading dis-
affected Irishmen to the perpetration of acts at once seditious
and murderous. They have seen the increasing weakness of
the civil magistrates and civil procedure in the face of this
growing menace. They have but one remedy for it possible
in Ireland. They have whispered, '• Martial law," but as yet
they have not dared to give these words full utterance. Why
Is this? Because the cruel and cowardly treatment of Mr.
Eyre Isle their memories. A cowardly secretary of State,
with his dastardly colleagues, gave up to the fury of leagues
and conventicles a man who braved all to save Jamaica.
The men who now tremble at the undeveloped dangers of
lenianism are haunted by the memory of their own part in
that ruistrable persecution, and dare not nab boldly for that
winch they know alone can save Ireland. Yet I venture to
say that, were martial law proclaimed to-morrow hi Ireland,
every well-affected Englishman would be thankfuL—l am,
Sir, your obedient servant, A BRITON.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-01-11

SINGULAR CONDUCT OF A JURY.

On Saturday at the Suffolk quarter sessions held at
Ipswich, a lad named Gorham, seventeen years of age,
was charged with unlawfully assaulting a servant
named Wetherstone, thirty years of age. The prose-
cutrix derosed to having been thrown into a ditch by
the prisoner, who then attempted to violate her. Cor-
roborative evidence was given, and, in summing up,
the chairman, Mr. Burrell, pointed out that there was
no doubt about the case. The jury returned a verdict
of aDinittal, and the chairman at once dismissed them,
informing them that he could not trust them with an-
other case. As the members of the jury were leaving
the court some of them made it understood that they
had not agreed with the verdict, and on the matter
being inquired into it was found that about two-thirds
of them had been opposed to the verdict. The chair-
man remarked :

I am very much surprised to hear this is the case, and
think it reflects great discredit upon you. There has been a
grrat miscarriage of justice, because the case was as clears.
It could be. There is no evidence whatever to throw doubt
upon the case and certainly it has been a matter of great
astonblonent, not only to me, but to every one in court, to
hear the verdict I would not have taken your verdict. but
unfortuustely you had left the box before we knew of this.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-01-11

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go. 199.

BALES BY AUCTION.

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