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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-07-11

The Ointment and Pills are sold at Professor Horto.
WAY'S Establishment, 533, Ozford•street, London ; size
by nearly every respectable Vendor of Medicine through.
out the Civilised World, in Pots and Boxes, at Is lid,
2s 94, ds 64, Ils, 225, and 33s each. The smallest Pot of
Ointment contains one ounce ; and the smallest Pox
of Pills four dozen.

Full printed directions are Milled to each Pot and Box,
WA can be bad in any language, even in Turkish, Arabic,
Amrenian, Persian, or Chinese.

AS IT OUGHT TO 111.
4.1 visited" rrites Dr.
Horninion's Wart house, and too:: ,t 1
ready for consignmtnt to their An EN'l
I found them PURI:. & of iupe riew çlvi It//.''
At the Docks, I took samples of Bern; le, n's
Teas,which I abaly zed, & found PURE; the quality
being equally satisfactory."
"1 purchased l'aekets from 'Agents for
Horniman's Tea,' the contents I find cores Imiut in
Funny and ereellence of quality, with the tea I
obtained from their stock at the Docks."
8,248 Ages:Ts—Chemists, Confectioners, 4c.

Tea

INTR. JAMES BOSTON HEYS, Professor
of Music, Ifigh-etreet, Cradley Heath.
N.13.—A1l kinds of Musical Instruments tlnei ar.d
repaired.
New Music at Half•price.
PI/0;0E010'LS FOR SALE OR HIRE.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-07-11

CLARKE'S ,

WORLD FAMED

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Trade Mark,—" Blood Mixture."
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Heads, Sore Eyes, Erysipelas, Itch. Sends,
Diem,'orations of the Skin, Humours and
liseases of the Skin of whatever name or
nature, are literally carried out of the system
in a abort time by the use of this world-famed
Medicine.
THOUSANDS:OF TESTIMONIALS FROM ALL PARTS.
IMPORTANT ADVICE TO ALL.—Cleanse
the vitiated blood whenever ruu find its im-
purities bursting through the skin in pimples,
evuptiono, or sores ; &cense it when yoo fill4i
it obstructed and sluggish in the veins ; cleimso
it when it is foul, and your feelings will tell
you when. Keep the blood pure, nod the
health of the system will follow.
As this mixture is pleasant to the tnste, and
warranted free from anything injurious to the
most delicate constitution of either sex, the
Proprietors solicits sufferers to give it trial
to test its value.
CLARKE'S WORLD FAMED BLOOD
MIXTURE is Sold in Bottles 2s 3d each, and in
Cases, containing six times the quantity, Ila each--
sufficient to effect a permanent cure in the great
majority of long-standing cases, by all Chemists and
Patent Medicine Vendors throughout the United King-
dom and the world, or sent to any address on receipt
of 27 or 132 stamps, by the Proprietor,
F. J. CLARKE,Cagmtirr, Apothecaries' Hall,Lincoln.

Wholesale : kll Patent Medicine Houses.
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ERVOUS DEBILITY.—Gratis a Medical
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cured without the aid of quacks. Free ca receipt of
postage stamps.— Addtess, Secretary, Inatitute of
Anatomy, Birmingham.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-07-11

SPECIAL ATTENTION.

Is given to Copying and En'mains (even to Life Sias,
1110 Portrait, and finishing the same mther in Oil anti
Wiater-rolour, or plain blackoind-white.
OIL PAIN rING, Ministures, Cartes de Vichy, Glass.
and other Pictures of self or deceased fronds, Copied for
the Album.
Cartes de Virile from 5s per dozen. Wren daily.
ARCHER CLARKE,

71, HIGH STREET, 87OURBRIDGE
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-07-11

ENGLISH BULL TO IRISH.
(From Puna.)

Well, Pat, home-rule has had its innings

. .
See how the game has gone.
Much has been said of John Bull's sinnings,
But not so mite of Paddy's winnings,
Through partnership with John
You tell us, through that famous seer.
irotor Butt,
Irish Press-laws are too severe
Put where 's the Press, or far, or mar,
That is, or makes, so free?
care you say, two alien races :

Sialuese tWills, say We,
Still, as JOHN BULL his history traces,
Nation he sees that Clan effaces
Su 'tis, has been, shall be.

When ALFRED thrashed the wild sea-rover,
And made the war-Dane wince,
Did not your learned men come over,
'rake wives, and settle here, in clover,
To teach us, ages since?

And in this Parliament of ours,
What a part you have borne !
Where PLUNKErr, CURRAN'S, GlitArrAN's powers
So oft have winged Debate's dull hours
From midnight into morn.

Genius is yours, if we've more talent :
And never soldier stood
Ono 'gainat a host, as gay as gallant.
But for each Saxon, or Scotch callant,
Ireland brought two as good.

A threefold cord our fathers twisted,
Ne'er to untwist again.
In British ranks three strains enlisted,
The world in arms have still resisted,
Nor turned from face of men.

In as much Jon N to PAT knocks under,
As over him he towers.
We can't afford the tie to sunder ;
A Dublin Vestry is a blunder,
While London 's yours and ours.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-07-11

EXCESS OF ZEAL.

An " Enllsh Goveniess " writes to The Times

-
Sir,—May I implore of you to give publicity to the
following staMments ?
My mother, a widow, has gained her living for 20
years by keeping a school in a poor, but respectable
neighbourhood, where she has been respected and
looked up to by all her neighbours. Her charges !Lore
been low, and she has had on an average twenty
scholars at 6d. to 2d. or is. per week. This has
sufficed to keep her in food and clothing. I (her
daughter) have been a resident governess for ten years
in England, and have paid my mother's rent- -namely,
£2O per annum—all those ye ms, consequently saving
nothing for myself. My brother-in-law, who supports
a mother, sister, wife, and four children, has paid the !
taxes, and so my mother has till now lived in comfort,
but not in luxury, and has attained her 54th year.
I have just received a letter from her saying that a
gentleman from the "School Board" has called on
her, and says she must either raise her present terms.
pass an examination, or give up her school. If she
raises her terms, she must lose her scholars, as the
people there cannot pay more ; at her age she cannot
begin to study and pass an examination; she cannot
acquire a new method of gaining her livelihood.
That she is competent to retain her position can
surely be proved by examining one of her children by
the side of a child attending a public school.
What can this mean? What am Ito do? I cannot
give her more than I do. Will not some gentleman or
lady knowing something about these matters come
forward to our aid, for it does seem a very hard case?
I remain, Sir, yours, &c.,
AN ENGLISH GOVERNESS.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-07-11

_
THE LABOURERS' PILGRIMAGE.

The Moraing Post observes :-- The joked-out
labourers of the eastern counties, in C.,llllllleoCillg a
pllgrinia.,:e through the manufacturing districts, seem
to be following One of the impulses of the time. This
is an age of pilgrimages. They have, it is true, respfmt-
able, and even religious, precedents for their undertak-
ing. At the same time there is a wide interval between
the pilgrimages to Rome, to Lourdes, and b. Syria,
and the no mergetting journeys of our agricultural
friends. With every wish ta be just, and even I,
kind, to the unemployed labourers, we cannot I
but be sorry to see them playing the part of the
"frozen-out gardeners" who used to parade our streets
but a few years ago. We can understand their wish to
awaken the sympathy of the manufacturing towns, but
they have gone to work the wrong way. From the very
beginning of the movement they have been the victims
of bad advice. They have had the wrong sort of leaders,
and the consequence is they have committed mistakes
that would ruin the best cause in the world. The
picture of a hundred labourers tramping from town to
town, begging alms along the road, encountering much
unnecessary fatigue, and putting themselves at every
step into a false position is really deplorable. If they had
divided their entire number into twenty deputations
of five each, and had sent them by rail to as many dif-
ferent centres nf industry, they would have done infi-
nitely more in the way of money getting, and at the
same time have saved their respectability. As it is,
they commence a tramping life to which they are not
at all accustomed, they lay upon themselves hardships
of which they have at first but little idea, and they
parade themselves as common mendicants stumping
the country to raise money.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-07-11

'AL'ocal anb

BOARD OF GUARDIANS.

The usual meeting of this Board was held
y i,tertlay ; Mr. Grainger, in the chair. There
•re also present :—Messrs. Brooks, Horner,
'norm:son, Baker. Wood, Guest, Williams, H.
Bilingliam, (Liver, Rollinson, Rhodes, Hall, J.
Foley, mot Thompson. The minutes of the
last meeting were read audcoutirmed. Ail-
mitted into the house during the week, 7 ;
discharged, ; del, 0; born, 0; remaining 314.
Correspondifig week last year, 341. Out-door
re.ii•f, lcingswinford district £24 13s Oil ; Stour-
bridge district, £l7 144100 ; Halesowen district
.t:l7 19s 9h ; nott•resident paupers, lls Bd. total
£6O 9s ;
_against .r. 61 18s 60 last year.

A precept for Staffordshire County itate was
received amounting to .E 7 In BsM.

An invitation from Mr. Finley, Secretary to
to the Foresters, for the ensuing Pie-nie, was
declined with thanks, on account of the distance.

'The following la the report of Mr. Turner,
Medical Officer of Health for the Kiagswiderd
district :

•• In making my report to you for the month
of Jane, 1 regret to say that scarlet and typhoid
fever have reappeared, two fatal cases of the
former, and one of be latter having occurred.
The total number of deaths were :13, causes and
Ac., as follows :—Plithisis, 6; mansions, 1;
roup, 1 ; accidental, 3; disease of brain, 1;
anasarea, 1; old age, 2; general atrophy, 1;
typhoid fever, 1; convulsions, 5 ; cancer, 1;
iaanition ; pneumonia, 3 ; syncope, 1; cyanosis,
1; scarlatina, 2; diarrhcea, 2. Ages, under one
year, 12; 1 to 10, six ; 10 to 20, four; 20 to 50,
six; 50 to 70, four; 70 to 90, one."
Mr. Dum's report showed that the health of
his district was good, and that the rate of mon
I day was only a trifle higher than in May last.
fOo number of deaths registered in June last
was 37-18 males, and 19 females.

THE PROPOSED Co MIMICRY. —The following
letter Was received on Saturday by Messrs.
Bernard and King, Solicitors :—"Whitehall,
June 3rd, 1874.—Gentlemen--With reference to
your letter of the 39th May last, 1 am directed
by Mr. S •cretary Cross horiloy to signify to you
his approv..i, under section 9 of the Act 20 and
21 Vic., cap. 81, and section 1 of the Act 34 and
35 Vic., cap. 33, and the resolution passed after
a poll a*. an adjourned meeting of the vestry of
the townships of Upper Swinford and Stour-
bridge, Worcestershire, held on the 27th of May
last, for the appointaieut of a Burial Board in
comnion for those townships, each of which sep-
arately maintains its own poor —Yours, &c., H.
-ix LWYN • IMETtsON.”
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-07-11

THE WHEAT CROP.

The Times has published the following letter :
Sir, I fear that we must moderate considerably
our expectations of a great wheat crop.
On Sunday and yesterday, from some unknown
cause, there was a dropping down of many sterns, and
many ears appeared suddenly ripe and were lead and
shrivelled.

Yesterday a visitor to my farm reported having seen
similiar effects in other districts; anal this morning, in
a letter from a friend fourteen miles fron; here, dated
the 6th, he says
"My crops look very well, oat my bailiff tells me this
morning that he yesterday found all the wheat loliAted, the
same as last year I hope he is wrong,"

It is not possible at present to estimate the per-
centage of mischief done, but let us hope that it will
not extend.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant,
J. J. MECHI.
Tlptree-hall, Kelvedon, Essex, July 7.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-07-11

ltitt, High Street, /jaunty.

DIANORORTES and HARMONIUMS ma)
be had on the NEW SYSTEM of HIRING, for Two or
Three Years ; after which, and without any further pay-
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ments had on this system, or otherwise, will b.
Exchanged any time within six montlii• for any other, if
not approved of, and returned carriage free. And furs
ther,after a trial of three years, any Pianoturteor Her.
mouium would be taken back, at its original cost, abd
the money returned, deducting the usual chargeforhue
thus offering greater advantagee than the Loudon or Sirs
mingham Houses.—Apply 0. F. GREEN, Pianoforte
Teacherand Tuner, Music Warehouse,26o,eastle-street,
and 168, High-street, Dudley.

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-07-11

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By the nee of this, the most simple, speedy, and successful agent, after an experiencefof upwards of 16,080 cues,
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•
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-07-11

HERVEY OF VESSELS BY THE BOARD OF TRADE.

Mr:Plimsoll asked the President of the Board of Troli
what number of vessels have been detained for survey hy
the Board of Trade under the Act of 1e73 up toth
June last.

Mr C. Adderley said that during the eleven months the
number detained for survey was 294, of which 1:1 had been
released, end 29 repaired or broken up, showing that a
great number of ships were at this time unseaworthy.

THE BRUS4EI-4 CONGRESS.

Mr. Serjeant Simon asked the First Lord of the Treasury
whether her .Majesty's Government had determined to send
a representative to the C011gT4.519 to be held at Brussels ; if
so, under what conditions, with reference to the subjects to
be considered, and what would be Ins powers.
Mr. Disraeli: Sir, her Majesty's Government have offered
to send a delegate to the conferewe at Brussels If we re-
ceive satisfactory assurances on varlollll points with refer-
ence to which we have been in conmunication with the
Russian Government. With regard to the conditions to
which the hon. gentleman referred, and to other details, l
think it will not be convenient and would lead to misappre-
hension if I were to enter into them. Tine papers a-ill be
tam almost immediately upon the table Of the !louse. sod
they will giro every information. I shall be disappointed
it the papers are not laid on the halite ill the course of the
week
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-07-11

_
LADIES AND CRICKET.

When the atti action of a band is added to the
cricket, the proceedings are obviously and demonstra-
tively agreeable to the fair visitors. It is not necessary
to press home the circumstance as an argument
against what is almost an ungallant suggestion. If
the full-grown gentlemen players performing in
future in Lord's or Prince's were to become con-
scious that they were rendering themselves con-
temptible and ridiculous in the minds of the ladies
present, we are afraid that one of two things would
happen. Cricket woald either fall into disrepute, or
a Salique law excluding the sex would be put in
operation wherever batting and bowling WAR carried
on. We have no dread of either event occurring. So
far from cricket being in any respect a game unworthy
of grown-up men, it is eminently suited for them.
There is no better recreation for keeping the system
in proper health and form, for reducing obesity, for
stimulating alike physical functions and mental
1 faculties in a most salutary and agreeable manner.
1 As one of the poets of the craft sings—
"lt Mashes with the glow of health each manly cheek and
I wow,
It bids the slow and sluggish blood in kindlier currents
flow ;
It knits the sinews into strength and quickens every eye,
It nerves the ham!, renews the heart, and 1/1118 all sorrow
That ladies, then, dislike our insticution of cricket,
as represented by the universities, or by the well-
known clubs or lo sl clubs, is a mistake. That
. men may possibly devote too much of their time
1 to it, and give up to 'the wickets 'what was meant
1 for scholarship, is a safe truism. The game is every-
where spreading in popularity, and commanding wider
and more universal interest. What the Universities
i have to do is not to play less cricket, but to play it on
1 the whole better than they do at present. They by
1 no means exhibit signs of being fatigued by sound
1 practice, and we trust that- the game will lose none of
' its prestige at either Oxford or Cambridge at atone
when it is more than ever one of the chief national
pastimes of England—Find.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-07-11

quarter to one ~;clock he was on duty in High Street,
Brierley Hill. He met prisoner who appeared to have
something under his waistcoat. Witness stopped him
and asked him where ha had been to. Prisoner said he
had been to the Level ironworks. Wittness took him to
the Station, searched him, mud found the two pigeons
produced under his shirt. Witness charged him with
stealing the pigeon. and he said he would let the officer
know whether he bad stolen them or not. William Foley,
miner, residing in Church-street, Brierley Bill, said he
locked his pigeon pen up safe, about half-past six o'clock
on the evening of the lot instant, and the next morning
about n:ne o'clock he found the pen broken open, and two
pigeons gone. The pigeons produced were his property.
Prisoner made no defence, and be was committed to take
his trial at the next Stafford Sessions.
Dar NKLNISIOIII.—John MalpilaS was charged with being
drunk and riotous in High-street, Brierley Hill, on toe
4th inst. Police.constable Wes said he suet defendant
about half-past eleven o'clock at night. He was drunk
and creating a disturbance, by challenging people to
fight. Defendant said he was at home at ten o'clock, and
did not come out afterwards. The case was adjourned
for • week, defendant being bound over in £5 to appear
next Thursday.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-07-11

MR. flawrrT's litivsv.

W. G. Ingold, run out .. 3
G. Thome, b Parker
H. C. Brettell, J. Wel..b .. 4
J. Nagington, c Richardson, b Webb 21
W. H. Hewitt, not out ..
G. Hingley, c Green, bJ. Webb ..
H. Moore, b Parkes .. 5
J. Johns. b Parkes .. 3
G. Davis, c Parkes, bJ. Webb ..
A. Richardson, bJ. Webb ..
J. Round, b Parker

.. 15

litru
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-07-11

0. F. GREEN,

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260, Cassler-street, and 168, MO-street, Dudley,
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Tuner. He lays the bearings with exactness and perfec•
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rum Mrs. Sauderson, Solo Piamiste, of the Loudon
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THE TICHBORNE WILL SUIT.

The first case for trial by a special jury in the Court
of Probate this term was that of " Tichborne r. Tich-
borne," which has been on the paper for so lengthened
a period. There are two suits, one of which is
instituted by the late Claimant who is in the declara-
tion styled " Sir Roger Charles Doughty Tichborne,"
against Henry Alfred Joseph Doughty Tichlmme,
an infant, who appears by his guardian, the Hon.
Theresa Mary Josephine Doughty Tichborne. The
second suit is that in which Sir Heury Alfred Joseph
Doughty Tichborne is the plaintiff, and Roger Charles
Doughty Tichbome the defendant. The declaration
in the first suit seta out that Dame Henriette Felicite
Tichborne, widow, died intestate, leaving Sir Roger
Charles Doughty Tichborne, her son, and next of kin,
to which the defendant pleads that the plaintiff was
not the son of the deceased, and that he (defendant) is
her lawful grandson and sole next of kin.
_ _ .

On the cas" e being called on, Sir James Hannen, ad-
dressing the jury, said—Gentlemen, you need not be
alarmed by the title of this case, and you will not be
required to attend daring the long vacation. The fact
no step has been taken in the matter for twelve
months, and therefore it is desirable that it should be
called on, so that in the event of nobody appearing,
which seems to be the fact, it may be struck out, in
order that it may no longer stand in the list and create
a false impression as to its being a contested cause.
" TICHBORNE V. TICHBORNE " wad then called on,
but nobody appeared in it, although Mr. R. A. Bay-
ford, who was formerly in the suit, was in Court, en-
gaged in other causes... . . .

Sir .Jas. Hansen said that the cause must be struck
out.--Cause struck out ace, rdingly.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-07-11

THE LYE.

CRARGF. or GAXIMING.—At the Stourbridge Police
Court, yesterday, before Colonel Fletcher and Mr. it. L.
Freer, Edward Billingham, landlord of the Anchor Inn,
Lye, was charged with permitting gambling is his house
by playing at dominoes, ml the 27th tilt, and further
charged with refusing to admit the p•dice. Mr. Stiles
defended. I'olWe-sergeant Itea acid about haltpast 4
o'clock on the above date, he had occasion to go to de.
fendatit's house to serve a notice. Whilst he was there
lie heard someone say ° That makes two games to me,"
and another said That's a quart to me," and witness
beard the sound of dominoes. As he went into the
room defendant's daughter ran past him and ewept the
dominoes into her apron. Caught hold of the two dom-
limes produced. Defendant then laid hold of me and
pushed me aecroea the room. I then left and returned
shortly after. On going to the do T defendant refused
to open it for some time. Mr. Stokes, for the defence,
said that this was not a tittle of evidence against the de.
fendant, that dominoes were played with for money or
monies worth he should bring a number of respectable
witnesses to prove that, althuuhg Rea bore the badge of
• sergeant he had told a tissue of falshoods. Elijah
Biegliam, said that he went into the defendant's house
and been in a few minutes, there were four other men in
house when he went in . Saw the daughter cleaning out
the cupboard. Did not see any Muumuu playing. %VIII
swear there was none. Saw Rea make a snatch at the
daughter's apron. Did not see what he took out. The
°dicer slammed the door. Rea came in again in a few
minutes. As he went out he shut the door so bard that
the drop-latch came down. As he came the sea tad time
the door was open at once. William Pearson, nailor,
Mrs. Billinghani, and defendant all swore there was no
duminue playing, and that as soon as Rea came back the
door was opened for him. The Bench retired for a short
time to considder their verdict. On returning into court
Colonel Fletcher said, the Bench believed that persons
were playing at dominoes, but there being no evidehee to
prove they were playing for money or moose's worth, and
should dismiss both:summonses.

LILARGE vi RAPM —Edward Priest was charged with
committing a rape ou Elizabeth Homer, on the 711, inst.
After hearing the evidence. the Bench dismissed the
Case.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-05-23

OLD HILL.

SUDDEN DEATH. A man ElArnett Solomon Hadley,
labourer, of Blackheath, died Suddenly on Monday last.
Deceased, who is about 50 years of age, Wu seized with
a fit about 4 o'clock in the afternoon, and died before
medical assistance arrived.

OBSTRUCIION.—At the Police Coutt. on Wednesday,
before Messrs. Barr. and Bingley. Thomas Chapman.
George Alloopp, John Stringer, and William Carter were
charged with obstructing the footpath at Tividale, on
the 11th inst. Hannah Wiseman and P.S. Baldwin
proved the case. Fined Is and erste each.
ASSAULT CASE.—Thomas Parkes was charged with an.
baiting Bryan Cole, on the 15th inst. Mr. Prescott de-
fended. Complainant said defendant caught bold of him
and threw him down, injuring his shoulder. Witness
did not give defendant any provocation. John Hipkies
gave corroborative evidence. Complainant agreed to re•
nave 10d, and defendant paid costs.
A WITS StAlEA—lii.jsh Hadlingtm was charged
with assaulting his wife. Complainant ,did not wish to
press the case, and defendant was discharged on moment
of soile.

THE LATE C Halton OF CRUELTY TO A Doo.—James
Mansell was brought up on remand, charged with wan-
tonly and cruelly sll-tresting a dog, on the Sth suit, the
property of Reuben Southwick. This ease, our readers
will recollect, was adjourned for the attendance of • wit-
nem named Brett°ll. Hrettell stated that three men were
trying to get th• dog and it was accidentally pushed onto
the fire. Mr. Hayes said there was no evidence that the
dog was wantonly thrown on the fire. The cue was dis-
missed. . . . .

THREATS.—Maria Homer was charged with threaten-
ing Mari& Homer, ou the 19. th inht. It appears that the
parties are related, and a quarrel arose respecting some
drapery goods. Both of them used very abusive lan-
guage. They were each bound over to keep the peace
for three months, in Li, and to pay the costa between
them. _

COAL STEALING.—John Goodwin, John Taylor, and
Thomas Hiilward were charged with stealing a quantity
of coal, on the 14th rest, the property of the Windmill
End Colliery Company. William Henry Wood, manager,
proved the case but did not wish to press the charge.
Defendants were ordered to pay cost,.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-05-23

HAGLEY.

Brom( Sazz.—At the weekly sale on Monday there
was a most extraordinary collection of stork, 117 head of
cattle, 30 fat calves, 1,014 sheep and lambs, and 127 pigs
The total of the sale amounted to upwards of £4,800;
beim; by far the largest sum ever yet realised at any one
sale at Bagley. Mutton was not quite so well sold as at
recast sales owing. doubtless, to the flatness of the
market generally. Beef wza well sold. Twenty of tbe
beat beasts realised an average of over £3O each. The
hialwat fignre male ace for a heifer belonging to Mr. J.
Bach, of High liable...ley, which was purehased by Mr.
Hartland, of Keldermincter, for the sum of £3B. Mr.
Wooldridge, when commencing to sell the fat cattle
stated that he should give a prize of El to the purchaser
of the beast realising the highest price. Of caurae this
fell to the lot of Mr. Hartland. Me Haglny Sales arc
evidently still growing in vpularity.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-05-23

In the evening the Emperor dined with the Duke of
Cambridge, and afterwards attended a State Coneel t
at the Royal Albert Hall.

The Gold Casket which is te contain the Address pre-
sented to the Czar on Monday will be forwarded to Russia.
It is of oblong shape, and supported at either end by the
Russian Imperial Eagles testing on balls of mat white.
On the obverse side, in the centre panel, will be repre-
sented in coloured enamel, on gold, the ceremony of presen-
tation, the figures portrayed being actual likenesses of
the Emperor and the Royal family, as well as those of
the Lord Mayer and other officers of the Corporation.
The smaller panels at either end will be filled in with
scrolls of enamel of the Royal arms of England and Russia,
and views of the Guildhall and St. Pain's, while the centre
panel on the reverse side will bear the inscription. The
Casket will be surmounted by a figure embleniatical of trade
and commerce, while the two fluted enwreathed pillars at
either angle of the Casket will represent the Thames 111111
emblematically the trade of the City. The Casket is to he
made by Mr. Benson, of Old Bond-street and Ludgate-hill.
The design was selected from several submitted to the Enter-
tainment Committee.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-05-23

EMIGRATION TO ADELAIDE-
SOUTH • AUSTRALIA.
;K:4.-

ASSISTED PASSAGES
UNDER THE. NEW LAM) ORDES REGULATIONS

The Government of South Australia are prepared to
grant passages to the following persons :-
1. Artisans, Agricultural and other Labourers, Miners
and Gardeners under 50 years of age.
2. Single Females Domestic Servants, or Widows
(without Children under 12) not exceeding 35 years
of age.
Subject to the payments as under:—
For Males or Females under 12 yeas. £3 each
Ditto ditto over 12 and under 40 4 ~
Ditto ditto over 40 and undergo 8 „
Persons paying their own Passage receive a Land War
rant of the value of £2O.
For further information apply to
Mr. M. PALFREY,
Cecil Street, Stourbridge,
Selecting Agent.

A Well-bred Short-born BULL is kept it
G. Honley's, top of eburcb-street, Stourbrulge.

j"Eig TuRTON /- 1 REEN,

PLUMBER,

GLAZIER AND PAINTER,

HIGH-STREET, STOURBRIDGE,
Very respectfully solicits a continuance of the
favours hitherto bestowed upon him, and pro-
mises that nothing on hie part. shall be wanted
to give eatisfaotion in any orders he may here-
after be favoured with.
GENERAL BLIfLDINti REPAIRS.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-05-23

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.

WHITSUNTIDE HOLIDAYS.

UIiDINARY RETURN TICKETS issued on
FRIDAY, MAY 21ind, and FOLLOWING Dave, will be
available up to SATURDAY, MAY 30th inclusive.
. ...... ........„.

TRAIN'S will ran as follows:
On WIM-11102,DAY leave Wolverhampton (Low Level)
70 a in., far MARKET DRAYTON, CREWE, STOCK-
PORT, MANCHESTER, WELLINGTON, SHREWS-
BURY, °SW:ESTI:IY, RUABON, LLANGOLLEN,
BALA, DOLGELLY, CORWEN, WRN:XHAM, CHES-
TER, BIRKENHEAD and LIVERPOOL; Passengers
returning the same Evening, or (at higher fares) on the
following Thursday.
On WIIIT-MUNDAY leave Wolverhampton (Low Level)
at II 30, Billiton 6.37, Dudley 6.15, Wednesbury 6.42,
West Broziunich 6.50, Maley 70, and Birmingham
(Snow Hill) 7 35 a.m. for IiIsADING and ;
returning the same Gay or (at higher fare.) on the follow-
ing Wednesday or Saturday.
Leave Woiverhampton (Low Level) at 8 15, Billiton
8.23, Dalsey Bank 8.27, Prinees End 551, Tipton 8.35,
Dudley 8.40, Round Oak 0.45, Brett:di Lane 8.00, Bir•
minghem (Snow Hill) 8.40, Hockley S 15, Smethwick
Junction 8.55, Oldbury 90, Rowley 9.7, Cradle), 9.16,
litourbridge 9.25, 'Uglily 9.31, and Kiddermiester 9.50
cm. (with exceptions) for HIGLEY, WORCESTER,
and MALVERN ; returning in each we, the same
evening.

DUDLEY CASTLE FETES.
OD will/410141)AT, TUESDAY id WEDNESDAY,
SPECIAL TRAINS, in addition to the Ordinary Serviee,
will leave Birmingham (Snow Hill) at 11.0 a.m., 10 4.5
and 020 p.m., Vi olvarhampton (Low Level) 1250 and
0 p m., and Stourbridge 3.0 and 345 p.m , for DUD-
LEY, calling at all intermediate Stations; and returning
on the day of departure.
. .

Ordinary Fare; will be ebarged.
ON THURSDAY and SATURDAY, MAY 2.Bth and
30th, an EXCURSION TRAIN wall leave Woe.
crater Shrub Hill), Fe trnall Heath, Droitwieb, Kidder)
minitei, and litourbridge for 818 DINORA3I; and
return from Snow Hill Motion cools tlVtlllllg.

For fares and full.. purlieu:ars_ sue
.lisked
_bills.

J.‘GILIELV,ON, GenerM Manager.

Paddington Tenni-11.a.:
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-05-23

87'E WPQSEY.

WHIT•TUESDAY, MAY 261.11, 187 E
-\,,isiToßs to the Annual amusements con-
noted with the FESTIVAL and I.IALA of
THE BECHER CLUB,
. _

Will hare Free Access to the Pleasant Gardens and
Grounds of the Hotel.

AN EXCELLENT QUADRILLE BAND.
eugageri for Dancing on the (hem

A MILITARY BAND
Will also be in attendance, and perform Selections of
Music from our Leedins Composers.

°RAND BALLOON ASCENTS
M iMervals during the day.

SP44S,TS 0F ALL KINDS.

There will be ample space for

PAUCKET, AUNT SALLY: UNCLE : SAM, AND

OTHER OLD ENGLISH GAMES, ke.

Omnibuses will start every hoar from the Talbot
Hotel, Mom-bridge ; the Swan Hotel, Dudley; and the
Bell Hotel. tirierley
Refreshments, Ales, Stout. Wines, and Spirits, of the
best quanty.
EDWARD NASH, Proprietor.

WRIT-MONDAY AND TUESDAY, 25th AND

26th MAY. 1874

of ENOLJSR RURAL SPORTS

'WILL TAKE PLACII, AS USUAL, AT
MR HUNT'S,
OLD ROSE AND CROWN HOTEL,
LICK ET HILLS.

SEVERAL MONEY AEll OMER PRIZES

Will be given airily.

SPORTS TO COMIENCE AT Two O'CLOCK.
CLIMBING GREASY POLE FOR LEG OF

TTON.
Will take place at Six o'clock, each day.

A celebrated BRASS BAND of Music will be in
atteiii,ance, kW! in the Evening of each Day will play, in
the Euatioloon, capable of holding one Thousand
people, a varieiy of Dance Movie.

ON WHIT-TUESDAY,

AIR. AND RS. 11 WILSON,

OF LONITO—N.,
Will appear in the Afternoon in their Laughable and
Cowical Sketch in,
WIT, AND COCKNEY BOUNCE.

Poy O'Carroll, so Irish Moy. - Mr B. Wilson.
II KliaU, n Girl of the
Anna Mari June MAilda Maid of His E Wilson.
all Work. • - • - )
In the cuttree of the SKETCH. I Songs and
sh Jigs, with Sail,o's Hornpipe, in CLu•ssiter, will be
introduced, sod in the Evening, Selections (row Fhake•
spear's wrest rtays of HAMLET, OTIIELLO, MER-
CHANT Ole VENICE, A:c take rlsce in tin, Rustic
Ma!uon.

ANCIENT ORDER OF FORESTF:RS.

STOtI BftII,GL DISI RI,

(3 RANI) FETE

AND I)ICNIC

ON RONDA F, JULY the 201 k, J 874,

IN TIIE BEAUTIFUL CIIIUNDS 01, PEDMORE
HALL.

COMMITTEE aro now prepared to
RECEIVE TENDERS for tits foimai g:—Tito
for the SALE of ALE, MINE and SPIIIFIS ; übe for
CONFECTIONERY, TEA, COFFEE, tte.; and also
Iron Pasties nishing to obtain STAN DlNitS or kriet
1100111 S for Ont-docr Spas or Amusements.
Al TENDERS to be sent in Sealed aLlil Endorsed,
Not Later then SIONDAY, Jumt; the lith, directed to

W. FINLEY,
liollowiq End,
Near Stourbridst.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-05-23

THE COLD WEATHER IN SOUTHERN

EUROPE.

The Minister of Apiculture and Commerce inforin-
the Italian papers that the late cold weather has 'lnt
caused any damage to the vines or mulberry trees in
Piedmont, Lombardy, Tuscany, the Neapolitaine,
Sicily, or Sardinia. It has, however, done some hartn
in Avellino, Polenza, Caserta, Ancona, Arezzo, Sienna,
Mamrata, Forli, Modena, Venice, and Verona. None
of the cereal crops have suffered anywhere, and the
harvest promises to be abundant.

A Vienna telegram says that the cold weather has
lons serious damage to the crops hi that part of
Europe. There have been incessant north winds and
frolt, and heavy snowfalls are reported irons even as
far south as the Banat and Durazzo. The rye being
pretty far advanced has suffered most severely. There
is a great rise in BM price of grain.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-05-23

THE POST OFFICE.

"A. S. K." writes to The Times

APPLICATION OF SECRET SERVICE MONEY. Sir.--As there have been several complaints made lately
On the Report of the Committee of Supply of Friday being against the Post Office, I think it only fair to make public
brought up, Mr. Butt renewed his complaint that a portion the result of an experiment.
of the Secret Service Money had been expended in paying With a view of testing the powers of the Post Office clerks
the costs and damages incurred In actions brought against • I wrote a post-caril to a friend, and wrote both the contents
certain Irbh official. Ile moved accordingly to reduce iind address in shorthand. Within three hours of posting,
the vote by £3,0e0, but was beaten on a division by 215 the gentleman to whom it was addressed received the card,
to 31. On the vote for the Scotch Fishery Board, Mr. the address having been translated in red ink.
Collins called attention to the want of a similar vote for the I was considerably gratified at flailing that the Post Office
deep-sea Fisheries of Ireland i and the Chancellor of the , would take the trouble to decipher shorthand, but I deter-
Exchequer, in reply, said the Government was willing to re- : mined to t, y the experiment a second time to sue if it would
new the offer Sir M. Brach hail made to utilize the Repro. : have the same result. This time I wrote a letter, 0111.
duetive Loan Fund, lot if that Were rejected the matter :liter having sealed the envelope, I addressed it in shorthimd
would have to stand over. to myself. By reluni of post I received my letter in perfect
CUSTOMS AND INLAND REVENUE BTU, Sic. safety, the envelope had not been opened, and more still,
The pe Customs and Inland Revenues Bill and the Board id there was no mark of any kind on the
usual m istmark and my shorthand writenve4oing. Thi except the
s involved,
Trade Arbitrations Inquiries. dm, Bill .sere passed through of course, a kuowledge a shorthand not only by the sorting
Committee, several other hills were forwarded a stage, and . clerk, but also by the letter carrier.
Mr. Cross, 111 accordance with his promise given on Wednes.
day week last, brought In the Factory Acls Amendment till, I think that if some of the praiseworthy painstaking of
which he proposes should take the place of Mr. Mumiella's , the Post Office were made public, there would be fewer cons-
bill plaints against that excellently managed institution.

_
- -
The House Mtjourned at five minutes past one o'elotk. - I The system of shorthand I used was Pitman's Phono-
graphy
May 19. •

COURT OF JUDICATURE (IRELAND) BILL
In the HOINE OP Louns, May 19, Lord Redesdale, an the
motion for the Sei:ond !Medina of the Court of Judicature 1
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-05-23

ENVILLE GARDENS.

BY the kind permission of the Right lion,
the t art of Stamf-rd and Warrington, them
beautiful GAItDENS aud IiIiOUNDS will be thrown
OPEN t • the PUBLIC on IIIuNDAY, TUESDAY and
FRIDAY. in WHITSUN-WEEK, and every TUESDAY
and FRIDAY throughout the season.
Admission Free by Ticket only), to be obtained M the
Stamford Arms Hotel, Emilie.
Conveyances of all description to be had at the Talbot
Hotel, Stourbridge, on most reasonable terms, OR appli-
cation to the Manager, Mr. J. Bridges.
Dinner Parties contracted for.

MR. JAMES BOSTON HEYS, Profess< r
of Music, Higla-otreet, Cradle, Heath.
N.B.—Allkizkds of foluslcal lostrouertb tloci and
repaired.
Now Music at Half•priae.
FIANOFORTILEI FOR BALE 01 RIM
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-05-23

THE TRIAL OF THE TICHBORNE
CLAIMANT.

On Saturday a return to the House f Conning.,
obtained by Mr. W. H. Smith, was printed, showing
the amount expended upon the prosecution in the case
of " Regina v. Castro, otherwise Orton, otherwise
Tichborne," and the probable amount still remaining
to be paid out of the vote of Parliament for " this
service." The probable cost of the trial is stated at
£55,315 178. bl., of which £49,815 17s. ld. had been
paid up to the 11th ult., and on the 11th of May inst.
£5,500 remained unpaid. In 182-3 counsels' fees were
£3,146 ito. Gd., and in 1873-4 counsels' fees were
£22,405 18s. 4d. The jury were paid £3,780, and the
shorthand writers £3,493 3a. The other expenses were
witnesses, agents, &c., and law stationers and print-
ing. Of the sum to be paid, £4,000 is for the Austra-
lian and Chili witnesses.

" TICHBORNE AND DOUGHTY ESTATES BILL"

By the preamble of the Bill, %ilia' was read the
first time in the House of Lords on Tuesday evening,
it appears that the expenses of the litigation occasioned
by "the Claimant's" prove! dings, and payable by the
present Baronet, or, in the event of his death during
minority, by the family out of the estates, have
amounted already to nearly £92,000. These are ex-
clusive of the expenses of the prosecution for perjury,
which have to be borne by the country.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-05-23

A MURDEROUS SPRING.

Complaints reach us from all sides as to the grievous
lamae done by recent frosts (says The Garden). In
the London district and the home counties the
destruction is appalling, even to those well ac-0118-
towed to 4mr too-often severe springs. Fruit trees,
noes, coniferous trees, rhododendnms, and other
"American plants," even the ivy, and numbers of our
hardiest herbaceous plants and commonest trees, such
as the oak, the ash, and the laburntun, have been
very much injured, too often killed back to the
old wood. The poor lilac-blossoms and other
flowers of the spring trees have been in many cases
burnt up, as if with fire. Oddly enough, while the
nig !As have been clear enough to permit of severe and
long frosts, the days have mostly been overcast and
withAvinds of unusual bitterness, which seem to have
worked with the frosts in producing such unexampled
destruction. The frost has also been severe in Not-
tingham and elsewhere in the midland counties. At
Retford the thermometer indicated 11 deg. of frost; in
the gardens at Thoresby there were 10 deg. ; at Oiler-
ton, equal severity ; but at Budley, three miles north-
west of 011erton, there were 12 deg. of frost, the ice in
the shade remaining till the afternoon. Vines have
suffered considerably at Auxerre, Chalon.sur-Saime,
Dij,m, Clermont-Ferrand, and in a portion of the
INl6doe district. In Jersey, potato crops have been
greatly injured, whole fields in some parts of the
ishuul having been destroyed. The bitterly cold
weather has cut short the supply of asparagus to
Covent-garden market in a marked degree, and prices
have run up considerably in consequence.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-05-23

THE KING OF HOLLANI) AND HIS
SUBJECTS.

The King of Holland has issued the following ptpelama-
lion
:

"Beloved countrymen and subjects in Holland and
foreign lands! A word from the heart to you on this
joyful day! Twenty-five years ago I entered upon the
Government of the people of the Netherlands. I
promised to protect the liberties and rights of all my
subjects, and to further their prosperity with all
the means which the laws place at my disposaL My
earnest effort has been to abide by this Royal word
as far as it lay in ray power. The representatives of
the people have supported me in this matter.
You, beloved fellow-citizens, have rewarded my
cares by your love to order, your obedience to the
laws, and your assiduous diligence, but particularly by
your unquenchable love to my Royal house. God has
crowned our common labour with his rich blessing. Is
there a period in the history of our country that can
pride itself on more development, more progress,
, greater liberty in every respect, greater opulence,
and a more blooming condition than that on which we
now look back? At a 25th anniversary I see myself
at the head of a faithful and happy people, and
the strong bond woven by history which to-day
binds my house as closely as ever before with
my people inspires every one with reverence.
This fills my heart with a deep feeling of gratitude.
The joyful sounds of jubilee that echo through the
whole of the country testify to one and the same feel-
ing which animates all persons. From our one-voiced
joy also that unity speaks aloud which is our strength.
Let us thus, closely united, follow on the way we
have hitherto trodden. Let us each in his circle, pre-
sent our powers to further the prosperity of the father-
land which is dear to us, in order that it may, full of
honour, hold the place which it occupies in the path
of civilised nations."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-05-23

THE LOCK-OUT OF FARM LABOURERS

AT WASHINGTON.

A NEGRO IN THE SPEAKERS CHAIR

A Washington despatch ITI the New York Herald of the
80th of April, says
The hall of the House of Representatives this see-
sloe has been the scene of events of more than ordinary I
historical interest. At the beginning of the session
thtre came the weird, attenuated form if the Vice-
President of the Southern Confederacy -- the cynosure
of all eyes. With a grace as delicate as it was mag-
nanimous the House accorded him the privilege, ex-
tended only to one other, of selecting his seat, sv ithout
the usual form of drawing by lot; again, when he
spoke for the first time, the House massed itself about
eag,er to hear every word from the infirm veteran,
and gave him such attention as has seldom been
equalled in our Congressional halls. A few days ago
the eulogy pronounced by L. Q. C. Lamar, of Miage-
sippi, on Charles Sumner transfixed, as it were, every
one present in the House. All this was considered
eminently proper. But to-day the other scene, the
emancipated negro sitting in the Speaker's chair,
iiresiding over the House of Representatives, while
Judge Parker, of Missouri, was making an eloquent
appeal in behalf of civilising the Indian and elevating
loin to citizenship —that is the scene which will make
the history of the session memorable in American
annals. The honour of presiding over the House was
according to a coloured representative for the first time
in the person of Joseph H. Rainey, the representative
of the first South Carolina district, who was born a
slave in Georgetown in 1832. Durin„,,, the war he was
forced to work on the fortifications of the Confederates
in Charleston, from whence lie escaped to the West
Indies, returning to his native town at the close of the
war. He has been a member of Congress several
times, and is highly respected by the members of the
House.