The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-06-05 00:00:00

SATURDAY, JUNE ',-, , 13.

The American Government hae decided not tn,
enforce a penalty upon the fishing sehooner Sisters, Of
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, which was recently seized at
Portland (Maine) for violating the Customs regal
thins. The vessel has left for Yarmouth.
Application was made to Mr. Justice Grantham, at
the Liverpool Assizes, on Monday, to pass sentence 00
a man named Moss who had pleaded guilty, at the
last Assises, to a libel in sending out circulars imputing
fraud to Mr. Bailey, a Bolton solicitor. At the last
assizes the accused was ordered to come up for judg;
raent when called upon. Since then, however, he NIL!
repeated the libel, and he now refused to promise to
further to repeat it. He was accordingly ordered to psi
a fine of £lO.
Mr. Ruskin, writing to a Welsh correspondent
respecting the Irish Bills, said that nothing that ea 4
Parliament could do would be of the least use at
present, and that England and Ireland must Buffer for
their past sins.
A boating accident of a sad nature happened at ,
Folkestone on Monday. Three visitors—a gentleraeu,
his wife and a little boy, named Boscoe—went out for •
a sail, when the boat capsized, the lady and the ha -
being drowned. Mr. boat,
was in an exhausted CO' '
dition when rescued.
Eli Hutton was found guilty, at the Central Crinsinal,
Court, on Monday, of publishing a defamatory libel
concerning Mr. John 0. Park, superintendent of the ,
locomotive department of the North London RailwaY
Company, at Bow, and the Recorder sentenced the ;
accused to two months' imprisonment, at the 5510
time ordering him to be bound over in £5O to keep the
peace for a given period.
At the ALundel County Bench, on Monday, Edmund
Marshall, who said he was a carpenter from Tunbridge
Wells, but who carried a pedlar's certificate from Bit*
micgham, was charged with drunkenness at Little^
hampton on Saturday last. When about to speak the
man suddenly doubled up in the dock and expired almost
immediately.
The French Chamber of Deputies, on Monday, votecl
a credit of 200,000 f. for the Pasteur Institute.
A railway accident, which might have had grave
consequences, occurred on Monday morning at the
station of St. Marthe, between Aix and Marseilles. The
collision took place between some coal trucks and a
passenger train. Fifteen passengers were injured, are
gravely.
The Victorian Government has consented to join the 1
Copyright Convention.
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The National Line steamer Greece, while aneh°r'" 4
in New York Harbour on Sunday collided with tin ;
Twin-Screw Line steamer Richmond Hill, ten feet
her after-bulwarks being smashed. The Richmond Oa
received no damage.
The Prince of Wales held a lev6e on Monday after
noon at St. James's Palace, by command of the Queer*, '
The Princess Christian on Monday opened a bazaar,
held at the Riding School, Knightsbridge Barracks,
aid of funds for erecting buildings for a new hospital
for North London. Mr. C. T. Murdoch, M.P., stated
that in the northern portion of the metropolis there ;
was only one hospital bed for every 25,000 of the pope' ,I
lation, the proportion in four large provincial citlea
ranging from one in 200 to one in 700.
The Duke of Cambridge presided on Monday at I/
meeting at the Royal United Service Institution, wbeat
Captain Colomb delivered a lecture on "Imp
Federation, Naval and Military." His Royal alieia
ness, in proposing a vote of thanks to the gall 50"
officer, made some remarks on the subject in questio°'
For being concerned with another man not in
tody in stealing £B5 by means of the confidence trio;
from Hadley Vicker Cooper, who said he was
American taking a holiday in this country, Henry aaa
Bell was at the Marylebone Police court sentenced "
six months' hard labour.
Aber'
An extraorainary discovery has been made in
deen. A number of labourers were digging the foueda",
tion of a building in Ross's-court, Upper Kirkgate,
old thoroughfare, and when about three feet below ti't
surface they discovered a bronze pot,aontaining abotli
15,000 English silver coins, of the reign of Edward
It is supposed that this forms part of the booty securcea,
in one of tho raids into England during the twell'
century.
John Moriarty, the absconding bank clerk, arrestea
in Rotterdam, was on Monday charged at the Polial,l6.
court, Dublin, with having embezzled and stolen £l9,,ta
the property of the Hibernian Banking Company a",
employers. Mr. Collins, Secretary-of the Bank, havll",
given evidence of Moriarty's defalcations, he was r`e,
mended for a week. Mr. Adams, for the defenaa
stated that there was no foundation for the allegatl°P
in the papers that Moriarty had attempted suicide.
Tuesday being the seventh anniversary of the de e 4
of the Prince Imperial, a solemn mass was said at P'
Mary's, Chislehurst.
Sixteen children, all boys, had a marvellous escre
on Sunday night, from being drowned in Dublin Bali;
They aasembled at Blaokrock, where a pier is to „,
erected, and getting upon four rafts cut away the roee't
The tide was rising, and the rafts were quickly ssveg,
out into the middle of the bay. News of the occurrea
was at once wired from Biackrock to Kingstown, that°
being no boat available at the former place. At Kills;
town the coastguardsmen launched their boat, a°
fishermen despatched three boa e, and the polleel
also put out in a boat. Two of tae rafts were plea a
up at sea, and two others were found to have gri,,a
ashore in the bay. The greatest excitement previet,
all alomg the coast, and it was not until an early h°'''
on Monday morning that the boys were all safe.
A numerous and distinguished gathering of Blarig
Master Masons was held at Reading on Monday ever
ing, under the auspices of the Leopold Lodge, Daitii
Murdoch, the member for the borough, with sever a
other gentlemen, being advanced to the Mark degreja
by the Worshipful Master, Brother Franca;
Ferguson. On the motion of the Deputy Provinel„,,
Grand Master, Brother Stephens, a vote of condolena'
with Canon Portal, Past Grand Ma ster of Mark Maeoool
on the death of his eldest eon in India last week,
unanimously adopted.
The business of the Leeds Assizes concluded 013
Monday. Mr. Frederick 0. T. Naylor, 35, solicitor,
Huddersfield, was indicted for having embezzled alia
small sumigrom a firm of Huddersfield solicitors. 5:
jury returned a verdict of not guilty. Mr. Justice lirwa"
said this had been an unnecessary prosecution, all
had served no purpose of public justice. Costs wel"„
disallowed.
Mr. Bayard, Secretary of State, has received a 8110,rt
despatch from the United States Consul at APl6'
announcing that he has hoisted the Samoan flag,
beneath that of the United States as a recognition es
the rights of King Blalietoa against the pretensions °I-
King Tomasese. The despatch contains no further ,
particulars.
A young gentleman named Charles was charged at
the Mansion House Justice-room, London, on Tetesdan
with inciting a man to steal a set of examination
papers. Charles induced the man, who was in the set;
vice of printers, to give him some examination paPee,ara
for the College of Preceptors, paying £5 for them. 'IP"
prisoner was then taken into custody. The Aldernsauf
who gave him credit for having no felonious motive,
discharged him.
The mean reading of the barometer at the Royal 01,4
servatory, Greenwich, last week was 29.58 in., tlia°
variation being from 29-96 in. to 29.20 in. The meal"
temperature of the air, 53-5, was 2-6 below the averse
in the corresponding week of the 20 years ending 186f*
Rain fell on six days of the week, to the aggregal
amount of 2-13 inches. The duration of registere,
bright sunshine in the week was 351 hours, againP
379 hours at Glynde-place, Lewes.
Between tho Ist April last and the 29th May el
revenue receipts amounted to £13,680,764 as compere
with £14,743,696 in the corresponding period of the
last financial year, and the expenditure to £13,004,643,
as against £14,222,859. On Saturday last there was ;
balance of £4,535,166 in the Bank of England. and °
£1,224,974 in the Bank of Ireland.

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