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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-04-23

A GALWAY MURDER.

Important evidence has come to light in connection
with the murder of the man Daniel Baker, whose body
was recently discovered in a lake near his residence at
Bunnahon, co. Galway. He had been missing since
Christmas, and when his body was recovered it bore
evidence that left no doubt the man had been brutally
murdered. Two men, named McGann and GniHoyle,
were arrested, and Ellen Hayes, a domestic servant of
the latter, was also taken into custody. This woman
has now turned Queen's evidence, and gives some
details of the crime. The deceased had been in com-
fortable circumstances, and about Christmas he at-
tended a fair in the district and disposed of a number
of cattle. Returning home in the evening he took
Guilfoyle and M‘Gann Into his car. Arriving at Guil-
foyle's place, Baker was invited into the house, and he
never left the place alive. He was struck on the head
with a heavy instrument and killed. His body was
removed to an adjoining outhouse, and placed in a bag
under some straw. It was allowed to remain them
for five days, and was removed at night and thrown
into the lake. he statement of the woman is borne
out by the discovery under some straw in the out-
house indicated of a bag on which stains, believed
to
be of blood, are visible. The prisoners remain in
custody.

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-04-23

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DEATH OF LORD LONGFORD;

We regret to learn that General the Earl of Long-
ford, G.C.8., died suddenly at half-past seven on Tues-
day morning, at his residence in London. He only
returned from his seat in the county Westmeath on
the Thursday preceding his demise, and was taken ill
on Sunday, but not the slightest suspicion was enter-
tained as to danger. The late William Lygon Paken-
ham, Earl of the County of Longford, and Baron of
Longford, in the peerage of Ireland; Baron Silchester
of Silchester, Southampton, in the peerage of the
United Kingdom, by which title he sat in the House
of Lords, was the second son of Thomas, second earl,
by his wife, Lady Georgina Lygon, fifth daughter
of William, first Earl Beauchamp, and was boin
in January, 1816. Ho succeeded to the earldom
and other honours on the death of his
brother, in March, 1860. He married, in November,
1862, the Hon. Selina Rice Trevor, third daughter of
George, fourth Lord Dynevor, and by her, who sur-
vives him, he leaves issue, two sons, Thomas, Lord
Pakenham, and the Hon. Edward M. Pakenham
(Coldstream Guards), and two daughters, Lady
Georgians, and Lady Katherine Pakonham. Lord
Longford had distinguished himself by his military
services. He obtained his first commission in the
army in August, 1837, became captain in January,
1844, major in July, 1852, and lieutenant-colonel in
December, 1854. He served the Eastern campaign
of 1854-55 as assistant adjutant-general up to the
24th of June, 1855, after which as adjutant-general,
and was present at the battles of the Alma, Balaklava.
and lnkermann, and the siege and fall of Sebastopol,
for which services be had received the medal with
four clasps, was made a Companion of the Bath, an
officer of the Legion of Honour, and received the
Second Class of St. Maurice and St. Lazarus of Sar-
dinia, the Third Class of the Order of the Medjidie,
and the Turkish medal. He was appointed colonel
in the army in July, 1855, and major-general in May,
1868. He served as deputy adjutant-general during
the Chinese war in 1857. He also assisted in quelling
the Indian mutiny, and was present at the recapture
of Lucknow, the campaign in Rohilkund, and for his
services in India was made a Knight Commander of
the Bath. He became lieutenant-general in 1877,
and in the following year was appointed colonel of
the sth Fusiliers. He was placed on the retired list
of generals in 1881. He had also served as Under-
Secretary for War from June, 1866, to December,
1868, and was made a Grand Cross of the Order of
the Bath in 1881. Lord Longford, who was Lord-
Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of the county of
Longford, is succeeded in the peerage by his eldest
son, Thomas Lord Pakenham, born on the 19th of
October, 1864.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-02-19

SNOWSTORM IN SPAIN.

On Tuesday morning Madrid was covered with
snow. It lay thickly on the roofs, in the streets and
promenades, and gardens and squares looked
more like a scene in Russia than in the capital
of Spain, and so late in the year as February 15.
All traffic was, in the forenoon, suspended, the
unshod horses being unable to drag the tram-
ways or carriages up the steep inclines. In some
of the streets the snow lay a foot deep. The aspect
of the trees hi. the Retiro Park was very beautiful,
with their leafless boughs laden with snow; and the
fountains were fringed with icicles. The people have
been skating at several places near Madrid. Severe
weather, with heavy snowstorms, has prevailed for a
week over the north, central, and western provinces,
disturbing all the railway communications. The ther-
mometer during Monday night in Madrid fell to four
degrees centigrade below zero. About midday on
Tuesday a thaw began. and the sky cleared. The
authorities sent such numerous bands of workmen to
clear the streets that traffic was soon resumed.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-02-19

lIIBLECOTE.

TES AND ENTERTAINMENT.—The annual tea and
entertaintuent in connection with Holy Trinity
.turon to plaee oa Thursday evening in the
National Schools, Amblecote.—About 159 persons
down and partook of a capital tea. An enter.
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pi no orte solos, ik.c, Tue following ladies and
gentlemen kindly gave their servioes for the occa-
sion :—Mls3 G. Trotter, MiEli M Bolder°. Misscs
K. and A. Stele, Misses B„ %1., an I J. Stanley,
Miss J. Chappell, Rev. G. A. Pugh, Mr. H. Pugh,
Mr. A. Wood, Mr. B Guest, ant Mr. D. Poole, and
members of the Church Choir. A very interesting
and v,tried programme was submit:.d to thos,3 pre-
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-02-19

THE STATE OF EUROPE.

FRENCH WAR PREPA.RA.TIONS.

BERLIN, Thursday.

The semi-official North German Gazette to-
day' publishes the following letter from
Barcelona: "The newspaper reports of
purchases of horses and mules having been
made in Spain on account of the French
Government are confirmed on unquestionable
authority. The horse and mule ciealers here
have been informed by their representatives
at Camprodon, Piugcerda, and in the neigh-
Louring districts, that any price is being
paid by French agents for animals suitable
ior military purposes. The General in com-
mand here has been informed that, in conse-
quence of the large French purchases in the
Cerdana Valley, no horse or mule fit for
work is now to be obtained." The North
German
,Gazette also obtains a communication
described as proceeding from a trustworthy
source in linter Frank,3n, in Bavaria, stating
that sheep deale.s from the Palatine and
Al:Klee-Lorraine wh) deal with France are
buying up at any price all the sheep obtain-
able in the neighbourhood of Sehewinfrirt.

THREATENED RUSSIAN OCCUPA.,
TION OF BULGARIA.

CONSTANTINOPLE, Tuesday.

It is stated iu well-informed circles that
Herr von Radowitz, the German Ambassador,
has informed the Bulgarian Delegates that
in the event of t'ie failure of the negotiations
for the settlement of the Bulgarian question
Russia will oeupy Bulgaria, with the con-
sent of Germany and Austria. In fact, the
report of a probable Russian occupation has
been gaining ground here since yesterday,
although it is not known whether Russia
really contemplates such a step, or whether
the rumour is circulated merely with the
object of intimidating the Bulgarian Gov-
ernment and inducing them to accept M.
Zankoff's programme in its entirety. It is,
however, believed that the Regency has gone
to the utmost limit of concession. and that it
is impossible for it to concede more. The
Bulgarian Government, it is added, cannot
even entertain M. Zankoff's demand for the
appointment of a Russian General as Bul-
garian War Minister.
M. Vulkovitch yesterday paid visits to the
foreign Ambassad.irs, with the object of com-
plaining that M. Z.inkoff bad not been coun-
selled to moderate his demands. The Am-
bassadors replied that they did not wish to
enter into details, and advised M. Vnlkovitch
to conic to an understanding v, ith M. Zankoff
and the Porte. after which they would be
prepared to discuss the question.
The Turkish newspapers have been pro-
hibited from making any reference to the
Bulgarian question.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-02-19

MORE EVICTIONS IN KERRY.

On Tuesday eleven Evictions were carried out near
Dingle, county Kerry, on the estate of Lord Cork.
The tenants (says a Daily News correspondent) are
wretchedly poor, their holdings being considerably
wm se tan those at Glenbeigh. The landlord's repre-
sentative allowed each tenant to go back as caretaker.
Most of the tenants got fair rents fixed some time
ago by the Land Sub-Commission, when substantial
abatements were given. The landlord, however, ap-
pealed, and the rents were raised again to nearly the
old standard. The police, to the number of fifty, who
protected the sheriff, were put to much trouble owing
to the refusal of carowners to furnish them with
means of conveyance to the scene of operations. A
large crowd were present at the evictions, and the
usual hostile demonstrations towards the bailiffs
and police were made.
The evictions on the Kingston estate were to have
commenced on Tuesday, but owing to the suddea
death of the head bailiff on the estate they were de-
ferred for the present. The bailiff had been rigidly
boycotted, and it is supposed the excitement conse-
quent upon the eviction proceedings and his general
unpopularity accelerated his death. They could not
procure a coffin for the deceased in Mitchelstown.
The children of the Christian schools who revolted
last week and declined to attend school with the chil-
dren of boycotted parents have now returned and re-
sumed their school work. This is, however, due to
the fact that the objectionable elements have been
withdrawn. Mr. Fitzgibbon, the father of the chil-
dren whose presence produced the revolt, is the Clerk
of the Alitchelstown Union, e.nd he has been boy-
cotted in consequence, it is alleged, of taking over an
evicted farm.

THE WOMEN'S JUBILEE OFFERING:
The proposition to devote a small portion of the
Women's Jubilee Offering to an equestriAn statue of
the late Prince Consort is very imperfectly under-
stood. The statue is to be a replica of that by Maro-
chetti, now at Glasgow, and will absorb Ir-it a limited
portion of the offering. The appropriation of the
large surplus to some objecb of public interest will be
most anxiously considered, but until the amount of
this surplus is known it is difficult to form any opinion
as to its best disposition. Her Majesty is no doubt
satisfied that her women subjects will appreciate her
wishes in the matter of the statue, while the large
surplus will, without question, be directed to some
object of more general and national importance.—
ourt Circular,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-02-19

SERIOUS ACCIDENT TO A SCOTCH
EXPRESS.

Is the Scotch express which left King's-cross at
nine o'clock on Monday morning was passing Wer-
rington Junction, near Peterborough, a slip carriage
which is usually put on at Peterborough, suddenly
became detached. Several platelayers at work on the
spot witnessing what had occurred shouted to another
platelayer in front of the express who, not knowing
what had happened, waved a red flag. The driver of
the express immediately applied the vacuum brake,
with the result that a serious collision occurred in
consequence of the slip carriage running into the rear
of tile train. There were aboat 16 persons in the slip
carriage, and most of them were injured, the most
serious cases being Mr. Fisher, of Haverstock-hill,
London, contusions on the head and face; William
Spencer, railway porter, injury to the spine; William
Johnson, guard, internal injury; Henry Hare, draper,
of Peterborough, cuts on the head and face; J. R,
Peake, Holme, Hunts, shock to the system; and Mr.
Bingham, St. Neots, injury to the head. Most of the
injured persons were, however, able to proceed to
their homes. The line was blocked for nearly an
hour.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-02-19

THE DEATH OF MRS, H. WOOD.

Mrs. Henry Wood, the well-known authoress of
East Lynne," has died at her residence in London.
Her condition for some weeks has been somewhat
precarious, and the return of the inclement weather,
'in combination with acute bronchitis and weak action
of the heart, proved fatal. Mrs. Henry Wood was
the eldest daughter of the late Mr. Thomas Price,
head of one of the leading glove manufacturing firms
in Worcester. She was born in that county about the
year 1820, inherited a literary taste from her father,
a classical scholar, and at an early age was married
to Mr. Henry Wood, a gentleman connected with the
shipping trade. Her first literary production appeared
in the pages of "Bentley's Miscellany" about the
time of the Crimean War, and in 1861 her first long
story, "East Lynne," attracted the attention of the
public, and since that time many other successful
stories have been written by her. Of "East Lynne"
141,000 copies have been published, and among her
other works were "Johnny Ludlow," "Lord Oak:
burn's Daughter," "Mrs. Halliburton's Troubles?'
" Oswald Cray," "Pomeroy Abbey," &c.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-02-19

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-02-19

COA L AND WINE DUES.

Sir J. M Garcl.Hogg told Mr. Pickersgill that the
Coal and Wine Dues Continuance Bill had received the
approval of a Committee of the whole Metropolitan
Board, who were authorised by the Board to deal with
it, and he trusted it would be in the hands of members
in a few days. It was not the fact that many mem-
bers of the Board were strongly opposed to the Bill.

THE ADDRESS.

The debate on the Address was resumed by Dr.
Cameron moving an amendment, urging the necessity
for a full inquiry into the recent events in Skye and
Tiree, and the general administration of justice in the
Highlands.
The Lord-Advocate rebutted the charges made
against the administration of justice in connection with
the Crofter trials. The trials were conducted with the
greatest fairness, and the utmost consideration for the
defendants. The military expedition to Skye was sent
on the express condition that it was to be used only in
the last resort for maintaining the law against all
parties. As to an inquiry, he believed that if the
Government announced their intention to inquire by a
Royal Commission the House would meet them with
laughter. The Government were aware of all the facts,
and they held that there was no need for inquiry.
Eventually, on the motion of Mr. Hunter, the debate
was adjourned.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-02-19

INDIA AND THE EMPRESS'S
JUBILEE.

Twenty-five thousand prisoners, being one-third of
the number now undergoing sentence in the Indian
gaols for criminal offences were relmased on Wednes-
day, in comnaemoration of the Queen's Jubilee. No
convicts were set free whose release would be likely
to be dangerous to society. Special leniency was
shown to female prisoners. All civil prisoners in
gaol for debts under 100 rupees were also released,
the Government paying the debts. Their number
reached 300.
Tuesday night's Gazette contained a notification
that her Majesty has been pleased to issue letters ,
patent appointing that the Order of the Indian Em-
pire should be henceforth designated as "The Most
Eminent Order of the Indian Empire," and ordain-
ing that there should be an additional class of
Merabtra or Companions.

Thcmas Leatberbarrow was executed on Tuesday at
Manchester for the murder of a woman named Quinn;
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-02-19

TIM PRIOR OF A KISS.

At Greenwich, on Saturday, Edward Nelson, of the
Priory, Lewisham, was summoned for assaulting Miss
Millicent Ellis, governess in his employ, by kissing
her. Complainant was represented by Mr. Willis,
counsel; Mr. Laidmati, solicitor, defended. The
evidence was to the effect that on the night of Jan.
31, after complainant had retired to rest, the de-
fendant came to her room and forcibly dragged the
bedclothes from her face, and kissed her twice. She
threatened to alarm the household if he did not leave
tho room at once. He left, but the following day
he twice attempted to kiss her again in the school-
room. She told her mother, who came to
the house in consequence. For the defence, it was
urged that the ease was entirely trumped up; and
defendant, sworn, declared that nothing of the kind
alleged took place. Mr. Montagu Williams had no
doubt that the assault was committed, and the defen-
dant had greatly aggravated the offence by saying it
was a false charge. There could be no doubt, either,
of what was the defendant's intention. Defendant
had acted disgracefully. Every man ought to be a
protector to the females in his house. He fined the
defendant £4, and .£1 costs. Notice of appeal was
given.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-02-19

THE EUROPEAN WAR FEVER.

On the eve of the elections for the German Reich-
stag, a Paris correspondent writes that it is expected that
the German press will greatly exaggerate the situation
of affairs in France, and that endless sensational re-
ports will be circulated with a view to excite the pub-
lic in the Empire. I understand that confidentia!
mesages have been sent to the leading Paris organs
requesting them to maintain complete silence, and to
avoid any comment of a nature to give an appearance
of veracity to such reports.
THE EGYPTIAN QUESTION.

The British proposals for the settlement of the
Egyptian question had not on Monday been commu-
nicated to any of the Powers except Turkey. From
Cairo it was telegraphed that there is, in the new
proposals, no question of abolishing the capitulations,
but merely of modifying them, while in French circles
the proposal that England should have the right to
send troops through Egypt by land in time of war is
strongly opposed.
Most of the Italian papers comment on the pro-
posals submitted by Sir H. D. Wolff to the Sultan
for the settlement of the Egyptian Question.
The Popeo 1?omano says: "As Signor Mancini ob-
served in the month ot Aug., 1882, when addressing
the Senate, the maintenance of the free navigation of
the canal constitutes a commercial interest of supreme
importance to Italy. Therefore we sincerely trust
that the proposals submitted by Sir H. D. Wolff on
the free navigation of the canal will be accepted by
the Porte and the Powers. If this should take place
the Egyptian Question, which has so long been
weighing over Europe, will be settled with general
satisfaction, as it should be."

The Diritto considers that so far as Italy is con-
cerned she might at once accept the points submitted
by Sir H. D. Wolff to the Sultan for the settlement of
the Egyptian question. The Diritto says: "If Turkey
should appear dissatisfied with these proposals, which
harmonise with the interests of the Powers, and afford
a complete guarantee of the independence and pros-
perity of Egypt, she would be in the wrong and would
assume the whole responsibility of the continuation of
a precarious state of affairs in the valley of the Nile. So
far as we Italians are concerned, all we should require
would be that the point regarding the liberty of the
Canal wee clearly defined in the sense of the pro-
posals made by Signor Mancini to the Constantinople
Conference. The guarantee for protecting the free
navigation of the Egyptian Canal should be collective
and exercised by all the Powers, giving it the real
character of absolute neutrality and inviolability. We
believe that so far as this point is concerned the
British Cabinet will raise no difficulty. Besides, the
English proposals are also satisfactory as regards the
Sultan's amour propre, the right of suzerainty provid-
ing for his personal honour.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-02-19

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FRUSTRATING A TRAGEDY.

What might have proved a very tragical occur-
renoe was adroitlinipped in the bpd the other day by
a Parisian chemist. An elegantly-dressed young
woman, wearing a thick veil over her face, went into
a pharmaceutical establishment at Clichy, and tyalEed
for a phial of vitriol. The chemist, whose suspicions
were aroused by the mysterious manner of his fair
cuttemer, asked her some questions, to which she re-
turned evasive replies. He then gave her, instead of
vitriol, a bottle of perfumed water, and directed
a man to follow the fair damsel and to watch
her movements. The amateur detective did
so, and soon saw the woman take up
her position at a street corner, phial in hand.
After having carefully uncorked the bottle, she
waited, and, as a young man well known in the neigh-
bourhood passed by, she flung its contents with a yell
of triumph in his face. The man received the per-
fumed water in his eyes, but, although it only made
film smart for a moment, he roared out like a bull of
Bashan, and cried out that he was blinded for ever.
Meanwhile, the emulator of Marie Beer, who thought
she had inflicted a terrible punishment on her false-
hearted Adonis, ran away with the speed of an
Atalanta, vainly pursued by some of the bystanders
who had witnessed the scene. The chemist's man,
however, set everybody's mind at ease by describing
the pious fraud ezinloyed by his master for the pre-
vention of another Parisian drama.

William Dredge, a fanner, was summoned before the
Newport County Magistrates on Saturday. for cruelty
to 10 sheep. The offence consisted in piercing the
tails of the animals, for the purpose of identifying the
carcases of the animals when dressed. He was fined
£l, and £1 7s. 6d. costs.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-02-19

SHOP ASSISTANTS' DEMONSTRATION.

Under the-auspices of the United Society of Shop
Assistants a meeting was held on Sunday afternoon in
Trafalgar-square to support Sir John Lubbock's Shop
Hours Regulation Bill. The hon. secretary attempted to
speak, but scarcely anything he said could be heard
owing to the confusion. A few minutes afterwards a
rush was made on the platform, the base of the
Nelson Column, and the meeting was brought to a
hurried close.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-02-19

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PRISONERS LYNCHED IN AMERICA.

According to information received on Saturday a
most extraordinary case of "lynching" occurred in
the Kansas town of Leavenworth, through the streets
of which the culprit, with a rope round his neck, was
dragged by a running horse until he was strangled.
From the particulars to hand it seems that en the
30th ult. 75 masked and armed men rode cp to the
gaol and got the gaoler to open the door by telling
him they had a prisoner for him. They then
rushed to the cell where a man named 'Richard
Woods was incarcerated on a charge of criminally
assaulting a little girl. The man was pulled out and
a rope put round his neck. The rope was fastened to the
horn of one of the horses saddles. The party then
set off through the principal streets of the town,
dragging the prostrate man after them. The scene
was sickening, and when the "lynchers" were
satisfied that the culprit was dead, they left the corpse
in the road. It was three o'clock in the morning
when the affair took place, and when the inhabitants
of the place arose the marks were distinctly visible,
showing where Woods had been dragged over the
frozen ground. Woods was a negro.
The same dispatch gives particulars of another "lynch-
ing " scene which occurred at Springfield, Louisville,
on the 20th ult., when William Lad Cornish was
taken from prison and hanged by a band "of
lynchers.'' Cornish killed a young woman named
Lulu Green because she refused to marry him, and
preferred an elder brother. The mob went to the
Springfield gaol, but the gaoler hearing the approach,
hid in a stable. The mob could not get the key, and,
obtaining sledge hammers from a neighbouring black-
smith's, buret open the prison doors. Cornish was
dragged out, put on a horse, and was found hanging
next morning to a tree on a neighbouring farm.

The fishermen of Rye, Sussex, report that a ship's
mast and yards are to be seen about six miles from the
coast. The vessel to which these parts belong is a large
one. and she has apparently foundered recently.
The Liberal Unionists of South. East Cornwall have
decided on presenting Mr. Leonard Courtney,
with his portrait, as a testimonial in recognition of the
way in which he fought for the Unionist cause at the
last election.
At Bettisfield Colliery, Flintshire, on Saturday
evening, two men, named Roberts and Pritchard, who
were working overtime, were descending the pit when,
through the failure of the machinery, they were precipi-
tated to the bottom and killed.
The Local Government Board have issued an order
to all public vaccinators in the kingdom prescribing
extra precautions to be taken in regard to the vaccina-
tion of children and encouraging the use of calf lymph
in substitution for human lymph.
Ten thousand forms of petitions in favour of some
protection being afforded to the hop industry of this
country were recently circulated among hop-planters
and others interested in the matter, but up to the
=sent time only six hundred have been returned. -
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-02-19

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-02-19

THE CAMPAIGN IN BITEMAHi

The negotiations to induce the Woontho Tsawbws
to surrender failed. The Tsawbwa is destroying the
villages whose inhabitants are inclined to assist the
British, and he has announced that he is organising a
large force to attack the British garrison at Woontho,
and to destroy the town.
The Political Officer's report shows that the inha-
titants of the Ruby Mines district possess no here-
ditary or proprietary rights to the mines, and that
during King Theebaw's reign no settled method
existed for working them. The report adds that
should the Government consider it expedient to pro-
perly develope the Ruby Mines district, considerable
and protracted trouble may be anticipated in over-
coming the difficulties of climate, labour, and trans-
port.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-02-19

A FORTUNE for SIR CHARLES DUKE.

The London correspondent of the Liverpool Mercury
wites : Providence tempers the wind to the shorn
lamb and gives Sir Charles Dilke a great consolation.
One of the indirect results of the Crawford divorce
suits is that Sir Charles is to-day the possessor of a
handsome fortune which would never have been his
had the verdict gone in his favour. Bis cousin, John
Snooke, of Belmont Castle, had intended to leave all
his fortune to the children of Mr. Ashton Dilke. So
moved, however, was he by the Crawford case that,
amending in June last his will by a codicil, Mr.
Snooke changed the disposition of his property. He
left an estate worth some £140,000 to Sir Charles for
life, with remainder to Sir Charles's son, if that son
comes of age, and only in case of the premature death
of that son to the children of Mr. and Mrs. Ashton
Dilke. In his will Mr. Snooke deeleres that he has
changed his intention as to the disposal of his property
because he believes truly that Sir Charles is an inno-
cent man, wronged by those who should have stepped
in to protect him from calumny. One will be anxious
to see whether this accession ot fortune leads to any
change in the intention of Sir Charles to become a
power by means of journalism. [imagine that it will
not alter his fixed resolve. Such a man, so full of
energy, must work, and must do what seems to him
useful work, if he is to live with any sense of
satisfaction.

NEVER engage in a game of cards with a palminster
or a chirosophist—for he can tell just what kind of a
band you've got.
I \visit you were good and helpful around the house
like Mrs. Jones' husband, said Mrs. Smith.—That
drunken fellow Jones ?—Yes, that drunken fellow
Jones. lie's kind to his wife, anyhow, so he is. He
helps her ca wash days ever so much.—Oh, he does,
does he ?—Yes he does, does be? The other day Mrs.
Jones was telling me that be didn't have any money
to get a drink with, and be took some of the clothes
and put them in soak, and that's more than you'd
ever do for me, so it is. And Smith just mu and
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-02-19

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PEERS AND PARLIAMENTARY
ELECTIONS.

The Select Committee of the House of Commons
appointed to inquire into the interference of peers
and prelates at Parliamentary elections Eat on Tues-
day, under the presidency of Mr. Raikes. The other
members of the Committee present were Sir J. Gorst,
Mr. Whitbread, Sir R. Paget, Mr. Bradlaugh, Mr.
Wodehouse. The first witness called was Mr. J.
Barrington Bull, the principal clerk of the Journal
Office, who produced the original Standing Order of
1641, prohibiting peers and prelates from interfering
with Parliamentary elections. Witness next proceeded
to quote the cases where this order had been infringed.
A complaint was made by Sir John Packingtou in
1702 against the Bishop of Worcester and his son
(Mr. Lloyd), and the House decided that they
had been guilty of unchristian and arbitrary proceed-
ings, Ancl the bishop was deprived of his office of Lord
High Almoner. Proceedings had also been taken
against the Bishop of Carlisle in 1710 and against
the Duke of Ch).ndos in 1780, but nothing resulted.
The standing order of 1641 had been practically re-
enacted every session. On the witness withdrawing
the room was cleared, and Mr. Bradlaugh submitted
his resolution, which was discussed privately: "That
in the opinion of this Committee the Sessional Order
of January 27, 1887, relating to the interference of
peers and prelates at Parliamentary elections, ought
to be rescinded."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-02-19

THE GOVERNMENT AND THE VOLUN•

TEER CAPITATION GRANT.

The report of the committee which recently in-
quired into the financial position of the volunteer
force, will recommend to the Secretary for War, for
submission to Parliament, a very considerable increase
in the amount of public money given in aid of the
force. The actual increase on the old capitation
grant itself is not very, large, being indeed only ss.
per efficient, making up the total to 355., and the
payment of this imthe case of infantry regiments will
be made dependent upon an improved standard
of musketry, the exact terms of which
have not been finally settled. Assuming that
the force maintains its present total of about
220,000 efficients the ss. per man will increase the
capitation grant by about £55,000 a year. Beyond
this it is proposed that a sum not exceeding 4s. shall
be allowed for travelling expenses wherever the cir-
cumstances may warrant such an allowance. The
number of corps who may have to claim the 4s. cannot
be ascertained until the close of the shooting season,
which is just beginning; but the addition of an extra
Is., making 6s. in all, to the Engineer efficients, for
whose training various stores have to be purchased by
their officers, will increase the allowance in their case
by nearly £5OO. In future, for every officer who has
passed the examination in tactics the grant will be
305., instead of 10s., making a net increase over the
Volunteer force of about £BOO. Another grant of
30s is to be given for officers who have passed in
signalling, so that It will be possible in future
for all officers in an ordinary way to earn
10a. a year for their corps and a good
many of them .£7. The committee have also
recognised the expense attending service with the
marching columns which have received the commen-
aation of the chiefs of the atmy, and have suggested
that an allowance of 2s. per man be made for each
day that a column is out tinder authority, though
this sum can only be earned once in each year by the
same men, who also will not be eligible for any subse-
quent camping money. Beyond this the report
recommends that assistance shall be given towards
providing all volunteers with great coats and valise
equipment, of which many of the artisan regiments
have long been ia great need. It is not possible to
calculate the exact sum these changes would add to
the Army Estimates, but it has been roughly calcu-
lated that it will be somewhere about 10s. a head all
round, so that reckoning the number of efficient
volunteers, now at 221,000 officsrs and men, the ,
actual increase will be about £llO,OOO a year.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-02-19

CRA.DLEY HEATH.

CHARGE OF BREAKING INTO A RAILWAY BOOKIIG
OFFICE.—At the Rowley Regis Police Court on
Wednesday, before Messrs. W. Bassan., J. 11.
Smith, and C. Holcr .ft (mac,iArates), William Henry Baker, booking clerk anSporL-r, Oldswinford
Stourbridge, was charged with breaking into a
booking office at Cradley Iti,ilway Sta-i m and
stealing Bs. 21. belon4ing to the Gre it Western
Railway Company, Mr. Cross (Messrs Mtlward
and Co , Birmingham) appeared to prosecute, ,iud
Mr. Waldron defen led —The primmer has been
employed at the Cra.lley Station during the las-
three yeArs, and on the night of the o;.h init. he
booked passengers by a train leaving Cradley 9 33,
and the takings amounted to Sc. 21. lust° a of
going home, prisoner went to the Railway Inn, and
after cl sing time he again visited the railway
station, and infersned some cattle drovers who were
dsbni
book
waiting in a room adjoining the booking office that
it was useless waiting, as the cattle train would not
arrive :until two o'clock on the following morning.
They accordingly' went ho:ne, and loft the prisoner
alone in the waitingrooffiolon.
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prisoner to be guilty of the charge, bu
prosecutors did not press the case, he W* let as the
let off on
paying a fine:sf 40s. and 29e. Costs, or in default one
month's imprisonment.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-02-19

A FREE FIGHT AT A BALL.

At Marylebone, William Geo. Wilson, 26, a well-
dressad man, was charged with behaving in a dis-
orderly manner in Milton Hall, Kentish Town, also
witk assaulting William Frederick Terry, the limdlord
of the Devonshire Arms, Kentish Town-road by
striking and kicking him. The prosecutor/Mr.
Terry, said he had an occasional license for a ball got
up by the members of the Rotunda Cricket Club, at
Milton Hall. About three o'clock that (Saturday)
morning the prisoner and b.bout four others com-
menced a riot in the room where the dancing was going
on. Prosecutor interfered, and tried to reason with them,
when the prisoner struck him several times on the
face across the refreshment bar. He was afterwards
knocked down, and the prisoner kicked him on the
head. By the Magistrate: The only cause given by
the prosecutor for the assault was his asking the pri-
soner to leave off the row. The prisoner was sober
enough. Corroborative evidence having been given,
Mr. Cooke said it seemed to have been a very dis-
graceful affair, and the police had better inform the
magistrate who granted the occasional licence. The
prisoner had behaved in an abominable way, and
would have to pay a fine of 405., or go to prison for
t 4 enty-one days.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-02-19

FARMERS' INCOME TAX:

A correspondent writes: In these days of agricul-
tural depression it is desirable that farmers should
take advantage of the abatements they are entitled to
under the Income Tax Acts. It is not generally
known by them that a tenant having no other source
of income, whose rent and tithe are less than .£BOO,
is entitled to an abatement upon £l2O of his income.
He may now claim an allowance for each of the four
years ending April, 1887, the aggregate duty for that
period being £l3 10s. An allowance of duty for the
same period may also be claimed upon the amount of
premiums paid for life insurance.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-02-19

BURNING OF A THEATRE AT NORTH-
AMPTON.

On Saturday night a disastrous conflagration broke
out at the new theatre and opera house at Northamp-
ton. which was justly regarded as one of the prettiest
in the provinces. During the week Mr. Balsir Chat-
terton and Company had been producing " Jim the
Penman" to large audiences, and after the closiug
performance on Saturday night, the members of the
company remained in the theatre for an hour or so,
seeing to the packing of their dresses and properties.
All were out of the theatre, however, before twelve,
and fortunately all the property of the company was
removed to the railway station. The assistant stage
manager a few minutes before midnight, after the
place had been locked up apparently safe, found
a fire raging on the stage. The alarm was at once
raised, and the police and the fire brigades were soon
on the spot, and a copious supply of water was poured
into the building. Nothing, however, could
.save the
stage and its surroundings. The whole of tnat part i
of the theatre was soon destroyed, and t was only
by dint of the greatest exertions that the fire was
prevented enveloping the whole of the auditorium.
The roof was burnt through, all the properties and
property rooms, with one slight exception, were
destroyed, the pit was considerably damaged by fire,
and the rest of the building suffered greatly from
water, smoke, and breakage. The proprietor, Mr.
John Franklin, was early on the spot, and was in-
jured through broken glass. The loss, which amounts
to several thousand pounds, is fully covered by in.
surance. "Les Cloches de Corneville" and "La
Mascette" were to be performed this week, and,
fortunately, none of the properties of Mr. Shiel Barry
and his brother artistes had arrived when the fire
broke out.

I DON'T think much of that feller Brown you intro-
duced me to the other night.—You are very candid.
Why do you dislike him ?—Oh, you can argue with
him all day long, and you can't convince him of the
simplest point. He makes we sick.—Makes you sick?
A.h, yes, I see. In other words he disagrees with you.
MAGISTRATE: The young woman says that your
continued staring at her annoyed her excessively.—
Prisoner: I never intentionally annoyed a woman in
my life, your honour.—Magistrate: Then why did you
stare at her so persistently ?—Prisoner: Because she
is pittty, and 'I couldn't help it,—Young W4rcian:
Let him go, judge.—LVe.

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-02-19

TIIE LOSS OF TUE ICAPIINDA.

In the HOUSE OF Commovs, Baron H. de Worms in-
formed Mr. Atherley-Jones that an inquiry had been
ordered into the circumstances attending the loss of
the steamship Kapunda on her passage to Western
Australia, and would be held as soon as the survivors
had arrived in this country.