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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-02-15

TBE RTItTIMAIDGE OPSFPVEIi.

FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE IN
WORCESTERSHIRE.

According to the returns received by the Chief-
Constable of Worcestershire, it appears that onthe
Bth instant there were 116 cows affected with the
foot-and-mouth disease, being 3 more than a week
previously. The 23; Tenbury, 8; Kidderminster,
17 ; Droitwich, 23; Stourbridge, 14; Bromsgrove,
; Bedditch, 14. The disease, now exists upon 21
farms in the county. There are 257 sheep suffer-
ing from sheep scab. During the week one cow
has been killed whilst suffering from pleuro-
pneumonia.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-02-15

A CHEAP INDEMNITY.
(From Punch.)

Too mu credit cannot be given to Mr. Gladstone
for having "volunteered to pay the reasonable costs
incurred by Dr. Hensel in his defence, and " also to
provide the necessary funds for the passage to Brszd of
Dr. and Mrs. Hensel., ' This graceful act of restitution
was much better than waiting ignobly to pay an indem-
nity of serious amount demanded by Prussia. Suppose
an Englishman in China, by the mismanagement of the
Police, and the barbarous prison regulations of the
Chinese, had whilst in custody under a groundless aeon-
nation, been subjected to the hardships and indignities
intli ited on Dr. Heissel in England, what ample corns
pennation would have been exacted by ourselves!
Perhaps mule alteration for the better will now he
made in the accommodation of permits detained during
the investigation of charges which may prove un
founded. If an innocent man has been only so much
as imprisoned through the necessity of proceedings
requisite for the public good, the Public owes km
amends. It is fortunate that Dr. Hessel is natielleil,
and does not, with MI Germany at his back, claim
heavy damages for false imprisonment.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-02-15

" BROWNSON v. the GREAT WESTERN

RAILWAY COMPANY."
The defendants have been sued in this action to recover
damages for Injuries sustained by the plaintiff's wife.

_
The accident happened at the Ealing Station in
July, 1872. The plaintiff is a carpenter, and his wife
was waiting at the station to come to London. When
the train came up it was very full, and she could
find no room in the second .class carriages for which
she had a ticket. The guard seeing this shouted
to her, and said, "Get in here!" opening the door
of a first-class compartment. She attempted to do
so' the guard boiling the door for her. Having a
baby in her arms she stepped carefully into the
carriage, but before she could get her second foot in
the train moved on, she was thrown violently against
the side of the carriage and was very much injured.
The plaintiff's case wae that no signal was given for
the train to go on, and that after it moved the guard
whistled and ran up the platform to stop it. The
plaintiff's wife has suffered very much since the acid.
dent, and cannot attend to her household duties. She
was pregnant at the time of the accident, and shortly
afterwards gave birth to a dead child This was attri-
buted by the medical men to the shock she had re-
ceived. She also received a strain which caused a
swelling in the knee, which would have to he operated
on in order to cure it.. . _

Mr. M'lntyre called no witnesses for the defence,
which rested entirely on the erode-examination ot the
plaintiff's witnesses.
The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff for k2OO.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-02-15

"ILL NEWS TRAVELS FAST!"

On Saturday, a report WOA circulated in London to
the effect that a dreadful railway collision had occurred
that morning near Edinburgh, by which several per-
sons —including the guard of one of the trains-1 .st
their lives. The number of killed was variously stated
it from nine to seventeen. Happily, although a col-
lision did onur, no lives were lost, and only two per-
sons were injured, and that so slightly that they were
both able to proceed on their journey, one to
Newcastle and the other to Dunbar. 11l new. travels
mat, and all almg the Great Northern line of
railway, from E lioburgh to London. the stations
were besieged during the day by persons anxious
to learn further particulars of the disaster. At
Doncaster it is said that the members of the town
council went in a body to the railway station to teuder
their assistance to the sufferers, who it was supposed
were being conveyed there by an approaching train.
Many persons were collected on Saturday night at the
King rocroas station awaiting the arrival of the express
conveying the survivors, and amongst them was the
wife of the conductor, Hodson, who was supposed to
have been killed, or at least seriously injured, anxious
to learn the true fate of her husband; and her feel-
ings of joy could not be suppressed when the man him-
self, whole and sound, stepped on to the platform to
assure her of his safety.
What really did occur was as follows :—The engine
of the 10.25 a.m. express train from Edinburgh,
when within a mile and a half of Dunbar, became
disabled by the breaking of a side connetting rod,
apd the train was obliged to come to a standstill.
The conductor (a grade superior to that of guard) in
charge of the express left his van at once, and pro-
ceeded ha dc along the line some 300 yards to stop the
North British passenger train, which he knew WAS
following on the exme metals over which his train
had passed. His signals, however, were either
not °halo/ad or the driver of the North British
WAS unable to stop his engine in time. The
consequence was that the North British engine ran
into the stationary express, smashing the conductor's
van into atoms, and mounting on the darts caused
by the crllieion. Two gentlemen who were seats 1
in a first class carriage jumped out, and in doing so one
sustained an injury to his leg and the other to his back.
This was the extent of the damage done. The acci-
dent occurred at 11.8 o'clock, about 28 miles from
Edinburgh. The line was blocked up for a consider-
able time, in consequence of which several of the
northern trains were late in their arrival in London on
Saturday night. The train which leaves Edinburgh
at 10.45 a.m., and to which the passengers by the ex-
press train which suffered the collision were trans-
fermi, was an hour behind its time at King's- roes,
not arriving there until 10.25 p.m.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-02-15

THE MARKETS

MARE-LANE.—MCMDAT.
The grain trade at Mark-lane to day has been very quiet.
The supplies of grain have been moderate, and sutliclent for
requirements. English wheat has net been freely off-red,
and fine samples have continued scarce. There has been a
moderate attendance, hut an absence of animation in the de-
mand. in prices no change has taken pleas. A fair supply
of foreign wheat has been on offer. The trade has been dow,
on former term.. Malting barley has been 'toady In value,
with a quiet trade. Other sorts have sold slowly. Malt has
been quiet, at previous quotations. In oats, the supply of
which has been moderate, not much business haA been doing,
at late rates. Maize has been unaltered in value. Beans and
Peas have been quiet, and without change. flour has been
steady.

MARK-LANK—WEDNESDAY.
Nothing of importance has transpired in the grain trade
at Mark-lane to-day. The supply of English wheat has been
short, but there haa been a fair chow of foreign. The demand
has been quiet, at about Into rates. A moderate supply of
barley haa been on offer. The inquiry has been limited, at
about previous quotations. Malt has been disposed of on
former terms. Oats 'have changed hands slowly, at about
late rates. Maim has been unaltered 41 value, with • slow
inquiry. Beans and peas have been inactive. Flour has
changed hands at previous prices.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-02-15

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-11-08

CRADLEY HEATH.

Isoussr.—An inquest was held on Monday, at
Mr. Benjamin Billinghaids, the Bell Inn, Cradley
Heath, before Mr. E. Hooper, on the body of
Henry Brooks, who was injured in a pit belonging
to Mr. James Holcroft, on the 15th ult. The evi-
dence went to show that whilst deceased was en-
raged in the pit, the cage fell upon him, and he
was so injured that he died on the 30th ult. The
jury returned a verdict of 'Accidental death."

DRUNK AND litoTors.—At the Old Hill Police
Court, on Wednesday, John Hampton was charged
with being drunk and riotous, on the 30th alt,
Cradley Heath. Police-constable Collier proved
the case, and defendant, who has been convicted
seven times, was lined 408 and costs; in default I
month's hard labour.
DRUNK ON LICENSED PREMISES. William
Turner was charged with being drunk at the Bell
Inn, Cradley Heath, during prohibited hours on
the 19th ult. Police-constables Grady and Beard
proved the case, and defendant was fined 208 and
costs; in default 21 days.
DRUNK AND RIOTOUS.—EIi Willetts was charged
with being drunk and riotous on the night of the
2nd inst. P.C. Grady proved the case, and de-
fendant, who has been convicted six times, was
fined lOs and costs; in default 14 days.
PITCH AND Toss.—Spencor Rose, Wm. Brooks,
George Birt, and John Jell were charged with
playing at pitch and toss, on Suneay the 26th ult.
P.C. Collier proved the case, and defendants were
each ordered to pay Is. and costs.—James Thomp-
son, Eli Taylor, and Sampson Dingley were also
fined Is and each, for a similar offence, on the
20th ult. Police-constable Jackson proved the
case.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-11-08

QUEEN/iLAND GOVERNMENT OFFICES

32, CRAVING CllOl4B, LOSDON.
Owing to the great ilemiunl in the Colony for labour,
the A gent.tieneral will grantunder the New Immigration
Act, passed on the 2nd August, 1372,
FREE PASSAGES

AGRICULTURAL LABOURERS
Married sod Single, and to '
FEMALE DOMESTIC SERVANTS,
without undertaking to repay the coat of pawiage; and
ASSISTED PASSAGES
to Mechanics cud other eligible pereons, at lower rates
than the coat of homages to Canada or the Upiteti
State,

£2O Land Order Warrant., per Adult, issued to Per.
soma paying their OWO hill passage to the Colony.
Further information on application

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Lever, Vertical ! Church, Turret
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Necklaces, Chains Tea and Breakfast Services
Rings, Studs Cruets, Baskets
Pins, Crosses, &c, Inkstands, Claret Jugs
'
Spoons, Forks, Ito.

Illustrated Calelogue of Watches, Clocks, Jewellery, &c
post free for 2 clamps.
Watchee, Clocks, Jewellery and Plate sent to all parts of
the world.
Silver and Electro Plate Catalogae post free 24.
Watches repaired by skilled workmen. Old silver, Jew-
ellery, Watches, ice., exchanged. Maraud's, Ship-
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-11-08

TO LADIES AND 6ENTLEMEN.—Ad-
dr.I.II to }ferried Ladies, thirteen stamp'. Book
on Geer l't pnlafion in England, and how to prevent it,
8 sttrops. ladies Iltdical Alreasark. 13 stamps. Cata-
logues ef ph3siolesical bcoka fee either sex, 9 stamps,
all post flee. Da. Bacci.Dorlitg. Speeinten Pages
of Dr.Bruee's valusble book sent to any sddrese, post
ree, on receipt of Penny Stamp.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-11-08

FOR PICTURE FRANES,

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GO to the Practical Maker, where every des.
eription of PIi.;TURE FRAMES, WINDOW
CORNICES, &c., are manuteetured on the Premises,
Rh Aeonle and Retail, by
D. LAMBERT,
Hone Decorator,
iilder and
Picture Frame,
Manufacturer,
OLDBII. INFORD, Near STOURBRIDGA.

OLD PICTURE FRAMES, CORNICES,

AND MOULDINGS,

01 r very description,

CLEANED, REPAIRED, or RE-GILT.
OLD PICTURES, Carefully Cleaned, Lined, nrnl

Restored.

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NE Box of CLARKE'S B 41 Pills is
, led to core ail discharges from the Urivary
Org, s, • J ither vex, acquired or constitutional. Gravel
and Edo, io the Bach.—Sold in boxes, 4s tid each, by
all Chemists and Patent Medicine ndi.rs; or sent to
any address for GO Staines by the Nukes, F. J taus,
Consulting Chemist, Highuirret. Lincolo.—Wholearde
Agents, IidECLAT & boss, Londomand Millis Wholesale
Houses
Sold by A. P. Norris, Chemist, Stourbridge.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-11-08

BANK.

On Wednesday last. Sainnellßlinman, a Touth
16, attempted to destroy his life, by taking a
quality of •• Vermin killer." It uppeara that the
youth is in the employ of Mr. Parkes, hotelier,
Ceanty Bank. Some unpleasantness occurred,
and Bauman went, to Mr. Clarke, tiruagist, from
whom he purchemt slime" Vermin killer." Ile
stated that it was for his master, and signed the
book in the usual manner. Whilst going his
retinas with nmhk. at Wollaston, he put the
p..i..rtler on same bre al and butter. On retutn
I,,inso ha was taken ill, and fell down in the
yard. A neighbour informed the lad's mother
ot tue condition he was in, and he confessed
that he had taken some of the powder. Mr.
C reer, surgeon, was sent for, and on his arrival
he found the lad iias very iii. An emetic was
at once administered. which saved hie life. No
donut had tui A n diio usaistauve been at
;,.,u1,11t) W4l,llut ,41.11 • dead. Bibitu,iii
urought u .m,e Magistrates, Seater-
ty, on ii.enari;e el altcuipting to destroy his
.no. and after being severely reprimanded, he
was discharged.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-11-08

ENGINEERS' WAGES.

In London, on Monday evening, • meeting was held
of mechanics engaged In all branches of the trade is
Wlleaches Rooms, Westminster-bridge-road, for the
purpose of furthering an effort for an increase of
wages. Mr. J. Wilson, the chairman, trusted
that the movement would receive additional Im-
petus and be eventually crowned with success. The
trade had purposely refrained from making for aid,
this being • movement not confined to any clique,
but composed of union and noo.union. He thought
that 36e. per week we insufficient to meet the re-
quirements of domestic expenses, remarking that in
Manchester mechanic, were better situated In a finan-
cial sense. In detailing the heavy expecuse entailed in
a mechanic's household, he mid that be did not see why
the London manufacturer should be in such • position
as to be unable to tasks an advance. Why should em-
ployer and employed stand haggling fore matter of •
few shillings in view of the fact that each would find
his Interest In an increase of wages? It only remained
for working man to think for thennelvea, and not be
led away by those who were called representative
men. He impelled upon the meeting the fact
that all could not be paid at the rate of 38.. per
week, but that was only leaked to be paid to average
workmen. Another objection has been raised to the
movement as to le being premature. When wee the
proper time thou? In his opinion the time was come
when the mmterscould be approached by meracrial, and
whist was Weed would be granted. He called upon
the meeting to give free expression to its sentiments,
for they were required as the basis of future action.
Mr. Chatterton gave some details of the history of
the committee which had been formed to prosecute
the question. A large number of establishments
had already conceded the advance; but, on the
other hand, the men of two shops had re-
cently struck. The financial position of the engi-
neer's conferee°, at the present time was repre-
sented by a few pounds, and it was hoped that the trade
would by its aimeance enable funds to be furnished to
the men who were out. In view of the large number
In the trade, a imbscriedon of id. per week would
realise • large sum. The meeting, which was subse-
quently addressed by numerous representatives of its
own body, eventually adopted • series of resolution,.
which in effect solicited employers for an advance of
wages in consequence of the increased cast of living;
that the minimum of the said wages should not be less
than 38. per weak; end that the meeting desired to
express its approval of, and confidence in, the London
Conference of Engineers, pledging Itself to support it
by every means in its power.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-11-08

SIR ANTONIO BRADY ON AMERICA.

In London, on Tuesday evening, Sir Antonio Brady
lectured before the members of the Whitechapel Fouu-
dation School Literary Society, at Leman-street,
on his recent visit to America. The lecturer gave an
entertaining account of Transatlantic customs and
inaitutiona, and of the varied experiences attending
a three mouths' thur through the States and Canada.
In the course of his addreee he ref erred to the vast
mineral resource* of the Shenandoah Valley, lithely
rendered more accessible by the opening of the
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, conaecting Richmond,
Virginia, with the Missouri River. Thi. district,
he said, embraced, betides extensive tracts of the hest
hematite ore, unequalled in the manufacturing of
ordnance, • coal-field larger than all those of Great
Britain added together; and instead of going down 400
yards for • 20-inch seam, as our cealowcers did, they
took no heed of any lying deeper than four feet from
the surface, so plentaul was the supply of the mineral.
The °cal seams dipped uniformly towards the west, and
by working from the opposite point of the compass the
minas were made to drain themselves. Moreover, little
or ne timbering or mechanical appliances were needed,
and owing to the uneven formation of the country
most of the mines could be worked in the light of day.
The district lay some 300 miles only from the seaboard,
whilst westward the rivers Kanawha and Ohio opened
up a navigation of 2,000 miles. The development of
the coalfield had given an impetus to iron manufacture,
and already reve.nteen furnaces had been erected in the
locality. The lecturer prophesied a great future for
the trade of the Shenandoah Valley, end apprehended
• serious interference with British Industries, Ris re-
marks were very attentively listened to and frequently
applauded, and at the termination of the lecture a
hearty vote of thanks was accorded to Sir Antonio for
its delivery.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-11-08

THE SITUATION IN FRANCE.

The Daily hews (Inc leader on Monday) says that
If the Comte de Chambord's letter were • formal
instead of a practical renunciation of the throne,
if it were an abdication in favour of his heir apparent,
the position of the Royalists, though discouraging
enough, might not be so desperate se it now ia. The
C.ointe de Paris might then. at least, be proposed as •
Ring, though it is doubtful whether be would be ac-
oepted. But the Comte de Chambord does not abdicate.
The Comte de Paris has disavowed any claim to the
throne except in succession to the Comte de Chambord,
and that disavowal has been renewed since the publica-
tion of the Salzburg letter. For him there is no throne
vacant so long sea representative of the elder Bourbon
line lives and declines to abdicate. France bag to
choose, then, between Bonapartism and the Republic;
and it is impossible to doubt what its choice will be—
whether it be made through the organ of the existing
Assembly or by the election of a new Chamber. The
majority of the Assembly on both aide@ is so deeply
pledged to the assertion of its own constituent powers,
that it will probably proceed to exercise them. In the
view of the Daily News the Assembly lacks authority
for this purpose, which can properly be given it only by
the direct and deliberate voioe of the nation. But there
is • difference, it must be admitted, between the act den
Assembly which should give effect, though it be Ir-
regularly, to the opinions of the people elearly declared
by various iadicatione, and that of an Assembly which
should use its assumed sovereignty to set said, and
even to reverse the national wiR If the members of
the Right Centre are capable of learning any lesson
from experience, they must be aware that they made
a fatal mistake when they overthrew M. Thiers, and
substituted a Government of combat for a Government
of reconciliation,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-11-08

THE LATE CHIEF JUSTICE BOVILL.

In the Court of Common Pleas on Monday, on
coming into Court, Mr. Justin Keating, who was
much affected, mud —ln view of the melancholy event
which has deprived this Cdurt of its chief, had we con.
milted our own feelings we should have been diopoeed
to adj nun the business. But no persuaded are we that
ouch a course would be oppoeed to his wishes and feel-
ings, who would not have desired the public interest to
be p •stponed to any other conoiderati4n, we have aban
doned that Intention. The Court hag enstained a moot
severe and serious lose—one to be deeply and acutely
felt by every member of it. A moot accumplialisd
lawyer and distinguished Judi:, has paseed away ,
no man ever sat on this or any other buich of jtustace
more ardently desirous of faithfully discharging Ms
dale@
. •_ _

--rPh"; Solicitor-General (Mr. Henry James, Q.C.) maid,
—ln the absence of my learned friend the Attorney-
General, I have been requested by my brethren of the
Bar to eiureas to your Lordships the deep and sincere
rearet with which we have learnt the death of Bit
William BovilL My Lords, we all know him as
Chief Justice of this Court, and in him we all recog-
n'sed a Judge singularly earnest in his determination
to do justice to every eultor who came before him, and
one who conspicuously fulfilled the first duty sf an
English Judge to mein that right was nee done. To

some of us it was given to know him mom iniinniely.
Then of us who had been his amordates at the Bar
ever found in him an honourable opponent or a loyal
colleague; and full well we learnt to know that his
vigoromi intellect and his great earnestness secured
to every client who intrusted his interests to his hands
the truest and sincerest advocacy the English Bar
oould provide. Some there are, my Lords, who knew
him better yet, and those will mourn him most. Such
of us as, may be, like your Lordships, enjoyed his
private friendship, learnt how loving and gentle he
WM to those who were of him—how generous in his
friendship to his associates, how considerate to those
who were dependent on him, and bow open and
generous hie band to those who needed aid. If it
be the that to live in the hearts of those we love
Is not to die, Sir William floe-11l has not passed
away from among us. A generation must go and
come ere some of us will forget to mourn him, and
Sr. every one .1 those for whom I have spoken, every
member of the English Bar ceases to mention him name
with regard and respect.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-11-08

TERRIBLE EXPLOSION IN LONDON.

wife), aged 32 ; Drew/oda Lewis, aged 48 ; and two of
her children, Alice Lewis. aged 9, and Leach Lewis,
aged 2 ; FMB.. Wood, aged 72, and bee two grandchildren,
Annie Wood, aged 8, and Alfred Wood aged two yesm
and • half. The Leedom occupied the first floor. There
were two other members of the Wood family—Mes.
trood, the soother of the two unfortunate children, and
A" dAughto Emily, aged 7—ba the house at the tinm
M the exisionlau, but they succeeded in effecting their
a Liss the distracted melher's etatement it
that*, scarcely knew wha,Mte _was *beat whim
As was lint alarmed; anril ma deegisalng from the WO
floor wt e her daughter, who was paralysed with fright,
she heard the pitiful cries of " Mother " from Axial.;
but the flames soon effected • fatal separation between
mother and children, for it wee impossible to approach
the latter. The bodies were lowered in sheets, and
having been pieced in shells were subsequently removed
to the Lambeth dead house.
There wee ample evidence found of there having
been an abundance of explodes material in the lower
part of the house—the bottom or a gunpowder barrel
being among the mine, and every appliance for the
manufinture of fireworks. It Is said that Mr. Ventricle
was preparing for • pyrotechnic display st an Emit-end
theatre to succeed the drsma of Owl Pawka on Wed-
nesday evening.
A painful incident, to which many were eyewitnesses,
took place on Tuesday evening near the scene of the
calamity. A young girl wee rinning door in a frantic
manner exclaiming "Mother dear I Oh, my dear
mother—where Is she ? " It was ascertained that she
was the sliest daughter of the Lewis family, aged 12,
and out at service; and the police, not deeming it
prudent to take her near her ill-fated home, she was
led to where her father— who had so recently been
made • widower—wee staying. Mr. Wood was at
work in the country at the time.
It is ru edle. a to say there is no one surviving to ex-
plain the precise cause of the explosion.

I.•«a3s
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-11-08

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Bata:cr. :—National Yrovincial bank of Eugho,d.

IN the interests of trade, and at a heavy ex-
penditure of time and capital, these Offices have
been established.
The Agents and Correspondents, both British and
Foreign, have been selected with care.
Constant communication is maintained with the cartons
Bureaux des Itenseignements of the .:•ntineni, the In-
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-11-08

KIDDREMINSTEEL

GRANlxsit Scuoof..—The monthly meeting of the gov.
ea.,ra of the Grammar School of Charles 1., was held
on Monday, in the Citessit Join at the Marie Il,iii ; the
Bev. H. D. Boyle preabling. Tee first business was to
consider the guesuon of the bead ws.Wrs reAideece. as
it syse understood Mr. Frederick lixikawsn, the new.y.
appointed bead sewer, was not in favour of Wooddeld
Hunie. A dificu..iau followed as to whether tie. HUMY•
expr.oised opinion was to be considered LY a final
decision, and ai there appearsd some doubt on the soli.
ject, Naylor proposed, sod Mr. Kitcley stcoioded,
" Teat a rub-committee, consisting of ttie.Chairtuan, Mr.
Naylor, and Ur. K.teleys be appointed to confer with
tie Head-master With respect to the residence. and re,
tort to a epeeist meeting of the Board to he held on the
121 h inst.' A long discussion foliowed as to the dis-
posal of the Woodfield portion 0f toe property, after
which it was moved by Mr. Kiteley, and seconded by
Mr. Boycott, .4 That it is deairabie that the property of
Woodfield as described on the altered plan, be sold by
auction in two lots; and that application be made to the
Charity Commission refer their sanction. The motion
was carried unanimously.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-11-08

OLD HILL.

THE CASE OV COAL STEALING.-At the Police
Court, on Wednesday, before Major Smith and
Mr. F. W. G. Burrs. Sylvia Ilillingham was brouht
up on remand, charged with stealing a quantity
os coal the property of the Now British Iron Cu.
As there was no evidence to prove that the coal
belonged to the Company, the case was dismissed.

VIOIENT ASSAULT. - Hannah Tucker was
chargedyith assaulting Mary Willetts, on the 29th
ult. From the evidence it appears that her sister
was concerned in a case at the Court, on the pre-
vious Wednesday, and as she was going home, the
defendant commenced to beat her, She bruised
her face, and bit her arm. A witness gave cor-
roborative evidence. Defendant said they had a
gular fight. A witness was called and said both
parties were as bad as each other. They were
both bound over in ..C5 each, to keep the peace for
six months.

COAL STIALING.—Martha Moreton and Ann
Barney were charged with stealing a (timidity of
coal, the property of Daniel Mason, of Springfield
Colliery, on the 24th ult. Police-constable Jack-
son said he saw the defendants pickup the coal
and take it away. It was small pit coal, and was
about 401bs. They refused to give their names.
The case against Barney was dismissed, as she
was very young. Moreton pleaded guilty, and was
fined ss. ; in default 14 days.
A DRUNKEN Pam—Samuel and Mary Siviter,
husband and wife, were charged with being drunk
and riotous, at Blackheath, on the 27th ult. P.C.
Grady said they were both drunk land fighting.
Defendants pleaded guilty, and were ordered to
pay costs.
DRUNK AND DISORDERLT..—JOhII Smith was
charged with being drunk and disorderly, on the
27th ult. P.C. Grady proved the case. Fined 58.
and costs; in default 14 days.
DRUNK AND Riorous.—Leviolliver was charged
with being drunk and riotous, on the 25th ult.
Benjamin Pugh proved the case, and defendant
was fined Is and costs,—Edward Stringer was also
fined Is and costs, for a similar offence, at the same
time and place.
CHARGE OF STEALING AND RECEIVING COAL.—
William Pepper was charged with stealing a quan-
tity of coal, on the 29th ult, the pxoperty of the
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-11-08

THE FARMERS' CLUB.

The first meeting of this club, after the usual long
recess, took place in London on Monday evening, at
the Salisbury Hotel; Mr. J. Thompson, of Bad.
minion, Chippenhem, in the chair. The question for
consideration introduced by Mr. J. J. Mechi, of Tip-
tree Hall, Kelvedon, being stated as follows :—" Are
not most of our lessee by live stock preventible The
Chairman, in his introdu story remarks, alluded briefly
to the late harvest, and Paid he hoped the deficiency
would not prove en great as it has been !imposed
to be ; adding that be was glad to be able
to ow that the agitation which existed In
the labour market at the time of their last meet.
log (May) had considerably abated, and he trusted
that there was now a better feeling between einpl 'yen,
and employed. Mr. Mechi, in trea ing the subject of
the evening, contetv'ed that, physically, human beings
and cattle were to a great extent alike, b-dog equally
dependent for health on good food, regularity in feed.
leg, and proper shelter. Among the hest means of p -e-
-venting di.esse, he epecified careful avoidance of con
tact with animals which were already suffering from it,
and the adequate draining of heavy land, so that cattle
would not in lying down be exposed to damp with its
attendant evils. It had been doubted whether pleuro-
neurnonia was infectious. There could be no better
proof that it was so than the fact that a single cow
introduced it into Australia, where it was never known
before, and aimed the lose of £1,000,000, the evil being
at last effectually stopped by the adoption of the prac•
tic° of innoculation. He estimated the total value of
the liv.. stock of this c iuntry at £208,000,000, and the
, annual loss from diseases of various kinds at 3 per cent.,
or £6,000,000.

A long discurtsion craned, in the courre of which
several speakers arivocatxd slaughter as the only effec•
tual prevention of pleuro•neumenia ; while it was
generally insisted that more stringent restrictive pre-
cautions phooll be applied to foreign importations of
cattle and alto to importations from Ireland.
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The proceedings terminated with a vote of thanks to
Mr. Mechi.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-11-08

AN OLD BALLAD RECAST.
(From Punch.)

'lwas • Pence on the Salts-ens road did chance
To met • fair maid. Manzrizt La Mixon ;
Ills face 'n oath bar bonnet he ventured to p- be,
Toomi, modest, and thus the maid bespoke
Whir. ir, you going —7'i'datl2". said.
Your friend..., I 'm going, as tube. I can,
To the bottomles• pit of the big black man;
"Bet Gambetta swears. tate M. .4,? 0,
And I "m bound for the Earthly raxidlao,
". And M. Thiess tell. me, but follow kis clue,
And to. land of Cooks) us 'twW lead me So—

" Where the trees ready-roasted chickens po.,
And the rivers run Burgundy and Bordeaux."
" What Is your fortune, my pretty maid r
" A wardrobe of baps, besides that en my head:
"or caps, and cockades that belong thereto,
From red pur et simple, to red, white and Mae."
"Whet of the white one, my pretty meld?"
Out of the question, Str," she said

" Rnt white it my colour, my pretty maid."
" Your odour is Lot ruble, then, 8 r," she said.
" Theo I can't marry you, my pretty mI1."
" I [Ayer &And you, Sir," eh. tat&

"There's mistake between, my pretty maid."
" Votive your Mends to slutnk for It, Sir," she said.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-11-08

SUICIDE BY POISON.

In London, last Sattirday, Br. C. St. Clare Bedford hold an
Logout at the Board-room, Ibury-brisigo, Pimlico, on the
body of Markin Louis Barium 'courier. who ocionnittod
eld• by taking laudanum as his house, It, ittanim-streat :
Mr. Joseph Dean, living at Croydon, identified the
deoseeed am his brother In law who was • ootirier, and
had been through the frana:-Germati war with Dr.
Russell, The Tunes' correspondent. Throughout that
period die latigue was very great, and deoemed had
often to go twenty miles on horseback in the night with
a letter to catch the mail. No doubt the anxiety had
worked on his health and also on ids mind, for he wail
different after he returned. He had been very dull,
and there were many 'signs he IFNI not recently in his
right mind.
bin. Herpes mid that her husband had been differ-
ent for some time past. On Tuesday he went to
Clapham, and on hie return after nine o'clock behaved
unkindly to her, and shut himself up in an anteroom
Where he eccamionally slept, making up • bed on the
door. On the following morning, as she oould not
gain admittance, she broke open the door with a
Mapper and found him lying on the door insensible
and moaning. On medical aid arriving he was found
to have taken laudanum, and • Paper was on the table
on which he bad written, " Oh ! Annie, forgive me for
all my peat faults. My bast wishes to William and all
Ws family." William wee her brother. The deceased
was • most kind and affectionate husband.
. .

1)r. Hartley, of 31, Warwrick-tenam, deposed to
being called in on Tuesday morning. Dammed was
suffering from the fleets of laudanum. He rallied
id ter vigorcus treatment, and said he had bought three-
penny worth at five different shape on the previous day.
A chat go came on late in the day, and he died about
18 how, after witnees was called in.
Mr. A. Vert. chemist, Warwickstreet (whom label
wee on a bottle found in the room), remembered selling
• penny worth of laudanum to • tall person on the
Monday for toothache. He properly labelled the bottle
Laudanum—poison," and eh mid not have mold a large
quantity to any one without inquiry.
A juror remarked that poison ought not to be mold to
any one except in the presence of • witness
The Coroner saidithe Ant required certain precaution.
in the sale of certain poisons, inch es strychnia,
aconite, and others, hut not landansm, except such as
the chymist had in the present case adopted.
The daughter of the deceased wished to say that
her father latterly would cry for hours, and at times
burst inte tears during the meals in great apparent di.-
tr.at of mind, for which there was no cause.
The jury, after a lengthened inquiry, returned a
verdict of "Suicide by taking landanum while he •
state of unsound mind."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-11-08

THE IRONCLADS OF THE MARITIME
POWERS OF EUROPE.

The Cologne Gaulle prints • list of the ironclads of
the maritime Powers of Europe in 1873, which it pro-
fesses to have derived from recent and trustworthy
sources. England, wording to this, has • war navy of
38 vessels, of 28 000horeepower, and 595 guns. Its home
fleet consists of 14 Large plated vessel". 4 plated batteries,
and 5 plated gunboats of more than 30,000 hone-power,
and carrying 102 guna. The war navy of Russia xitints
15 plated frigates and 4 cupola-vessel., of 12 000 horse.
power and 154 guns. The home squadron includes 10
turreted ships and 3 plated batteries. with 2,710 horse-
power, and 94 guns. Germany haa • war navy com-
posed of 3 plated frigates, of 2,900 horse-power, and
guns not including 5 plated frigates and 1 plated cor-
vette, of 5,100 horse-power, and 48 guns), now in course
of construction. The German coastguard fleet °onside
of 2 turreted ships, of 600 horse-power. and 7 gun,. The
war navy of France fa composed of 16 plated frigate',
and 12 plated corvette", of 17,200 horse-power in all,
' and carrying 316 guns. The French home squadron
contains 14 turreted vessels, 16 plated batteries. and 6
rams of 9,320 horse-power, and carrying 268 guns.
Austria has a war navy of 7 plated frigates and 4
command ships, of 8,150 horse-power, bearing 182
rune. There is no Austrian borne gqindron. The
Italian war navy consists of 12 plated frigates,
2 plated corvettes, and I ram, of 9,100 horse-
power, and having 168 guns. Turkey possesses •
war navy of cinsiderable strength, composed of 15 large
plated war verwela, two of which have 9 in. plates, of
8,530 hoi se-power in all, and carrying 116 guns of the
heaviest calibre. Spain has 7 plated frigates, of 5,900
horsepower, and 145 guns, while in her coast fleet
there are three turreted ships, of 1,800 horse-power,
and carrying 9 grins. Finally the Netherlands dispose
of a coast guard fleet of 22 vessels of various kind', of
8,800 hone-power, and bearing 114 guns.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-11-08

BEGINNING EARLY!

At the Guildhall police-court, In La= Edward
Begledew, aged 16, • shopboy, and Tucker,
aged 13, warehoumboy, both in the employ of Mr.
', pawnbroker, 37, Fore-street, City, were
charged, on remand, with etealiog about 1210 In s
sad also witch.', °babe. gold studs, and othee'goZZ
Wilts value M about 1100, the propel, of their em-
m. it Setereay night week, filter the malaise
had put the silver in the sarong room, Engledew went
in with some books and took the bag of silver out. The
two prisoners were up all night on the Saturday pack-
big up the goods, and at seven o'clock on Sunday morn-
ing Tucker went form cab. When it arrived he began
to load it with the property, while Engleciew muted
In bringing to the dam the percale they had packed
Will' lam Smith. &Away* =weak sew the cab drive
up to Mr. Russell's door, and watched it, and eventu-
-7 watt up to Tucker and said "la this ail right?
Where are you going?" end he replied "Ye., ft is all
right, I am going to Lynn with my brother." He asked
him it the housekeeper knew he wad going, and he said
she did. Smith took Tucker to the side door and saw
Engled•w. The gas in the place was full on, and a
number of parcels were placed near the door ready for
removal. He nag the bell, and Engle:lsm said,
"Can't you do somethinr else with no without taking
us to the police-station r Smith then charged them
with stealing the goods, and sent them to the station
in charge of an othoer, when they both began to cry.
On Tucker he found three purses containing £4 13..
In silver, • silver watch and gold chain and locket,
three gold studs, three gold pins, three gold kepi, a
cigar-case, and other property; and on Engledewhe
found Li 13e. 3d. in money, a silver watch, two gold
studs, a puree, and a gold pin. They stated that the
goods all came from the stock. Tucker said, "The
robbery war concocted a fortnight ago, and we have
been staying up all night packing the goods." It ap-
peared that the boye had been reading the Headless
Pirate. Lightning Dick, the Young Detective, Margaret
Catchpole ; or, the Female Morsestealer, Footpad,
Smuggler, Prison Breakers ond Murderers, and elinitur
books.

Mr. Rowell identified the property as his, and rid
that he wished publicly to thank hunith for what he
had done In the matter, for If it had not been for him
the wisonon would have got clear off with everything.
Alderman Allen said he supposed they would not
have £5 for what they took with the exception of the
watches and jewelry. Mr. Russell said he thought
not considering the manner in which they would hsve
bad to dispose of them. Mrs. Tucker, who had been
left a widow with a large family, pleaded for her son,
and Mr. Rowell thought that Tucker had got bold of
some bad companions who had prompted him to all that
he had done, and he had led Engiedew astray. The
prisoners pleaded "Guilty," when the magistrate
sentenced them each to two months' imprisonment and
bard labour.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-11-08

CHARGE OF BOOK-STEALING.

At the Middlesex Samions, George Smith, aged IS, who wee
at ths lest seldom convioted of steeling • book entitled
"015.4 Sieges of tiletoey, was brought up tor judgment.
On the fanner occasion the prisoner in him defenoe
said that he had been a most respectable man, had for-
merly been in the pemession of several thousands of
pounds, had held the office of Commissioner of Tares,
and for three saccessive pall had been re elected to the
office of churchwarden in a parish not far from the Ses-
sions House, but had been reduced to poverty through
having lost £12.000 in the Great Eastern Railway and
£B,OOO in Johnson's Bank. He had been reduced al-
moat to starvation when he stole the boar in question,
and had then been for two day. without food. He
also charged the chairman of the Whiteckapel Union
with turning him out et the workhouse, and refusing
to give him any information as to the pariah to which
he should apply for relief. Sir W. H. Bodkin said
these were very serious charges to make against a
public official, and he directed Lockyer, the Session,
officer, to make inquiries into the truth of them.

Luger now reported that the prisoner had, about
seven ytars since, been emplled as an extra relieving
officer of the Whitechapel LIAM. He was admitted
there se destitute on the 31st of March, 1871, and taken
before the board on the 4th of April, when he was
ordered to be pared to West Haim his parish. Fend-
ing the order being being made, the prisoner discharged
himself on the following day, and would not be passed.
lie bad been twice in Coldbath fislda Prison for steal-
ing books.
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George Ager, principal warder at Holloway Prison,
also proved convictions against him.
The Judge. addressing the prisoner, said that the
tale he had told at the last sessions had been inquired
into, and found to be utterly false, and therefore be
must take the coosequenees. He had been twice as-
si4ed by the prison authorities on his discharge from
viol. and instead of being grateful he had gone on in
his old conrsee of theft. The time had now arrived when
the pubbc most for some time be protected (mut his
depredatione, and the sentence upon him was that he
be kept in penal servitude for seven years.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-11-08

THE LATE
.FATAL ACCIDENT AT

BRETTELL LINK

At the Brierley Hill Police Court, on Thurs-
day. before Mr. Josue Spooner (Stipendiary),
Jewel> Kindon, furniture broker, Wollaston, near
this town, was charged with furiously driving a
horse and trap on the night of the 20th Coto.
bcr.

Police-constable John Giles was on duty in
Brettell Lane, when he saw the defendant driv.
lug at a furiona pace. Defendant woe beating
the horse with the reins, and the animal was !
going us fast as it could gallop. Witness called !
out to defendant, but before he pulled up he ran
over a ruin, who received such severe injuries !
that lie died the next day.
iu reply to the Magistrate, Mr, Superititen•
dent Mills stated that an impost had been hold
on the body of the man killed, and the jury
returned a verdict of " Accidental death."
The Stipendiary told defendant that he had
had a very narrow escape of being committed for
trial on a charge of manslaughter. Ho believed
every word of the police-constable's evidence,
and if the defendant had been brought before
him, instead of before a jury, he did not think
he should have taken the view of the case adop-
ted by the jury. No doubt the jury did what
they thought was right. Defendant was seen
by a police-otlicer galloping his horse, and boat-
ing it with the reins, and in a few minutes after.
wards a man was knocked down and run over,
and the next day he died. It was insufferable,
and he (the Stipendiaryj should have sent the
driver, for tele]. Ho, however, had merely to
try him for furious driving, and lie should inflict
the highest line allowed by law, namely, ..C5 and
costs, in default, six week' imprisonment, with
hard labour.

Mr. Ward (magistrates' clork) : Os 6d.
The money was paid,