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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-07-25

ATMOSPHBRIC TELEGRAPHY.

In London, on Tuesday afternoon, an interesting
exhibition of telegraphic machines worked exclusively
by air was held by Mr. Guattaris, the inventor, in the
Pillar Hall of the City Terminus Hotel. Cannon.
street. A number of different instruments were on
view' but the motive rower in every instance was ex-
cited by the impulse give to a column of air at one end
being transmitted instantaneoudy to the other end of
the column, and taking effect upon certain mechanical
arrangements so as to produce such results as might be
required. The impulse is produced at one end of a tube
by the operator, and performs the mechanical work
at the other end either by ringing a bell or turning
a, needle round a dial. Very many contrivances
of telegraphing by air have been invented, but Mr.
Guattaris claims for his invention a siiperiority over
others in the fact that by it a complete message can be
despatched by its means. Moreover, a fatal defect in
other inventions of a like character has arisen from
the fact that each air tube could convey only one
signal in one direction, so that a telegraphic alphabet
would require 21i tubes for transmission, and the sonic
number for reply. This difficulty Mr. Guattaris has
completely got rid of, his instruments being only
worked by a single tube, along which the air is im-
pelled in each direction. The rapidity and precision
can be made equal to the electric telegraph, the con-
ducting tube being able to be laid under or over cover
in the same manner as the ordinary telegraph. At-
tached to each machine is a bell and dial, and the
message is transmitted by the moving of a small
lever which drives the air through a pipe to the other
operator. As the lever is moved up and down the
dial which stands where the message is destined fox
registers whatever the words may be. Each dial is
supplied with a needle and as each spurt of air prcsatx;
against the works of the machine the needle is moved
exactly the number of times that the lever ispreoed.
Each instrument can either receive or send a message.
The mechanism is nut likely to become disarranged;
but it appears that the invention will uof transit
messages any great distance. By the aid of compressed
air the inventor has succeeded in conveying a message
ten miles; but without compressed air the present
limit is about 400 yards. The instruments P7(bibited
were designed for intercommunication between large
coffee-houses, offices, hotels and vessels
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-07-25

THE BEER TRADE.

A parliamentary paper lately issued shows that, in-
cluding "beginners," paying 12s. 6.1. each for their
licences, and of whom there are 3,179, the total number
of licensed common brewers in the United Kingdom
last year was 29,9'29, and the total amount of licence
duty paid by them was £416,116 is., besides net sup-
plementary charges amounting to £22,239 68. additionaL
One brewing firm paid £10,784 12s. 6d. as licence duty
on over 850,000 barrels of ale and under 900,000 • and
three brewers paid licence duty on over 6g0,000
barrels and under 700,000 each ' • their aggregate
contributions to the revenue amounting to 1;25,278 7s.
The total number of brewers not being victuallers
or persons licensed to sell beer on the premises
in the United Kingdom in 1873 was 2,671, of whom
2,522 belong to England; the victuallers were
99,061 in number, 69,948 belonging to England; and
persons licensed to sell beer on the premises, all of
whom are in England, reached a total of 40,701. There
were 18,686 victuallers in England who brewed their
own beer. The amount of nu& consumed by column
. . . . . .

brewers not being victuallers or holding retail licences
was 45,533,976 bushels ; by victuallers, 7,570,585
bushels ; by persons licensed to sell beer to be drunk
oh their premises, 3,682,183 bushels; and by persons
licensed to retail beer not to be drunk on the premises,
458,993 bushels. The total exports of beer from the
United Kingdom between the let of October, 1872, and
the Ist October, 1873, amounted to 583,602 barrels, the
total declared value of which amounted to £2,385,386.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-07-25

THE IRON TRADE.

Minimalism, Thursday.

The improvement in business to-day was
only of slight extent, but it is a fact that
more changed hands than at the meeting of
last week. Finished iron of some descriptions
appears to be getting scarce, and orders
especially for sheets and plates, which have
for some time been kept back, are now being
placed, although in most instances somewhat
reluctantly. Makers of other classes of
finished iron are securing orders by making
slight concessions in pricein part ant icipatlon
oi the expected icduction in the cost in tuel.
Large orders for the commonest make ut
bars could be placed, with little difficulty, at
as low as ,E 9 15s. per ton. It is Dow possible
that, at such a price, thcre can be a margin
for remuneration; but, with the view of
keeping their men together, and in the belief
that substantial relief in the cost of production
cannot be much longer delayed. makers are
mound inclined to adept tivs C.31111L. as th •
best alternativepreset.t,d under the existing
condition ot. the tratie. The pris.e ot sheets
(ordinary) is £l3 to £l3 lUs„ being some-
what higher than the usual proportion borne
by this class of iron to the ruling standard
for bars. The demand forgalvanist•d roofing
sheets is somewhat improved, but there is an
absence of anything like buoyancy in this
department of the trade. The mills and
and forges throughout the district are, as a
role, only in partial operation. Branded
iron continues to be quoted by the leading
firms on the basis of £l2 for bars. The iron
wire-drawers are doing a somewhat steadier
business than reported a little time ago.
The pig-iron trade is languid, but prices are,
on the whole. well ,ustained owing to the
smallness of stock in the market and the
continued great cost of production. Com-
mon cinder pigs are quoted £3 to £3 55.;
pact mine, £4 lOs. to £5 t all mine, £5 10s.
to £5 155.: and gray forge, £6 per t ii
There will be a sight addition shot tly to the
number of fin-a:ices blowing, but only some
six or eight of those recently put out are
likely to be re ighted during the present
quitter unless trade should take a sudden
and unexpected turn for the better.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-07-25

MR. BRIGHT ON THE TEMPERANCE
QUESTION.

The following letter on the temperance movement has
been addressed by Mr. Bright to Mr. W. It. Gregory, of
Bradford

London, June Eth, 1574.

Dear Sir, -I cannot write you a long letter on the
temperance question and my views upon it. lam sorely
troubled with letters, and am obliged to omit answers
to very many of them. I may say, however, that in my
opinion appeals should be made to all members
of Christian Churches, in the hope of creating a
great public opinion among the thoughtful and
religious classes in favour of the temperance
movement, and of offering through them to the
view of the nation a grand example of abstinenc.
from the use of articles which are so seldom useful
and so often pernicious. If the professing Christian
people would take this matter in hand the great work
would go on prosperously, their example would tell
rapidly upon public opinion and upon the customs of
the nation, and a great reform would be in proeess of
certain achievement, and, as this more rational opinion
was created, would enable the Legislature to assist in
it by such reasonable racrictions as the case may
require, and as the constituencies would be able
to sustain. At present a few persons clamour
for legislation which the country is not prepared
for, and which it will not bear. The con-
sequence of this is failure, there being much
contention and no result. The friends of temperance
shou:d. leave Parliament tg form an opinion, trusting
that when an opinion is f.inned whatsoever is judi-
cious in 1.--e-lation will naturally and easily follow.
In a great reform c f this kind Parliament OP•11 do little,
but %at Poet= 01 our people which car* tor ',Alston
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-07-25

VERY WARM WORK.

Among the news of the week nobody can be cur.
prised by the announcement that
"The difficulty of keeping down the temperature In the
Rouse of Commons as the heat increases has necessitatet the
uae of a greater quantity of ice over which the air is passed
before it reaches the chamber. The consumption is now
one ton per Opt, am' the Extra cost thus entailed is about
£2O per week. '
The debates on the Public Worship Bill have ap
patently been attended with an actual rise of physical
temperature. Hence it would seem that fiery eloquence
and the beat of argument are not mere phrases that
"thoughts which breathe ' do in breathing really in-
volve combustion by the combination of oxygen with
carbon, and "words that burn' liberate sensible
caloric. It is a pity that the necessity for icing the
atmosphere of the House of Commons, created by
these conditions occurring in the Dog Days, precludes
the experiment which would be highly interesting if it
could be tried, of testing by thermometer the com-
parative warmth of the during theological aud
' secular debates.--Punch.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-07-25

POTATOES.

The supplies of potatoes offering continue to increase.
Round potatoes are abundant, and a few parcels of English
regents have arrived. Ihe arrivals of foreign potatoes are
leas extensive. The trade is steady at the following currency
—Shwa, 5a to Ca ; regents. Bs. to 10s. ; and kidnap, 71. to
Its, per cwt. Foreign potatoes,—me import, of foreJipi
potato .s into London last week consisted of 180 sacks froui
Bo:sin:me, 2 203 from Jersey. 57 e..vLa freon Giblultar, eZ bolts from harfieur ; 10,051 from Rotterdam, and 2 packages
from Oporto. The arrival into Southampton were only 4,083
bags, &c.

BAY.
WinTECH.UTL, Saturday, July 18.—With a fair supply of
hay and straw on sale, trade at this market has been brisk
at the followind rates .--Prime Clover, 100 a to 1141. : inferior.
701. to 80s. prime meadow hay, bus. to 1024 to. : inferior,
554. to 7n.- aud straw, Xfa. to 401. per load.

HON.
The market is Miner and r..ther mote active for the older
kinds of hops but transactions in th:oe of the last growth
are partly cid eked by the enhancci sales demanded. The
bine is grosein7 favourable hi some planet, bid in :others it is
uneven and severely sttsked bv vermin The imports into
Loudon last :seek consisted of Li) bales from Antwerp, 25
from Csls!s, ;8 from ()stead, 15 hom Bamberg, and 25 from
Tetneuren. East Kent eoldings. L.;.5 10s. to .E.G lb.; 111:1
Kent; £5 lon to £5; Weald of Kent Le ; Sosset,
£4 10s. to £.5 ; Worcester, £5 Si, to £5; Farnham £524 to
:!;, ;6 • ''ollntr.v, £3 to L.E• 10g. ; yearling:. £3 to 15a •
Ant.f111115.14 101. to LA: BelgiAza, £3 43. s 6 1011: ilea% 46 Ulb tO 614 ; Abaft Co gb 12s.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-07-25

THE REPRESENTATION OF
KIDDERMINS I'ER.

THE CONSERVATIVE CANDIDATE.
The Liberals of Kidderminster have
feigned surprise that the Conservative party
have not announced their candidate to fight
their cause at the forth-or/ling election.
There has been a disposition 0111 the part
of the Conservatives to prevent, as far as
possible, any demonstration of political
excitement, and therefore they have not
hitherto brought their candidate before the
electors Ig,st.evening the name of Sir William
Augustus Fraser, Baronet, was publicly
announced as the gentlemen to fight the
Conservative cause, and his arrival in the
borough is expet:ted this morning. It is
generally expected that the nomination will
take place on Thursday, and the election on
the following day.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-07-25

CUTTINGS FROM AMERICAN PAPERS.

Jh Billings says, "Time is money, and many
people pay their debts with It.

•
A Boston court has decided that f woman lends
money to her husband she cannot get it back. The decision
will not be new to many wires,

! A philosophical barrister in Atlanta remarks :—" A
1 Ku-Klux barrister calla us a liar, but Wu have nut sutticient
confidence in his word to believe him.

A .111is.ouri paper has undertaken to discourage
dying. It publishes marriage notices free, but charges
heavily for obituaries.
It is a remarkable fact that the whole coast of Asia
Minor, front Tire to Alexandria, has beds sinking since the
days of Ancient Rome, and doesn't tire.

' If a bird in the hand be worth two in the bush, it
is no less true Hada thorn in the bush is worth two in the
hand.

The Seneca tribe of Indians has "melted like the
April snow," until it now consists of one old horse, one
chief, and three gallons of whisky. The chief, after drinking
the whiskey, and singing pathetically, "oh, why does the
white nein follow say path?" will probably break his lug,
and depart for the happy hunting grounds, leaving but an
Slit horse behind.

Some students fixed up a ghost and placed it on a
staircase of the Troy Court House the other night and retired
and awaited developments. A barrister came along and
didn't go frightened. Ile disrobed it, and now wears a
fifteen-dollar pair of pantaloons, a ten-dollar vest, a seven.
dollar pair of boots, and an eight dollar hat, while one of the
students goes about without a vest, and another roams
around through the least frequeutedistreets wetubig is very
ancient pair of walkers.

A tan western girl. named Short, lung loved a certain
big Mr. Little, while Little, little thinking of Short, loved a
a little lass, named Long. To make a long story short. Little
pr oposed to Long and Short longed to be even with Little's
shortcoming& So short, meeting Long, threatened to marry
Little before Long, which caused Little, is a short time, to
marry Long. Query— Did tall Short love big Little less
because Little loved Long.

To be or not to Ce—potatoes or nit— that is the
question connected wills the Yankee calculator, that if the
body of each of the '200,673 persons who died in the United
States in 1670 was allowed a fuidsized gra co, the whole would
occupy about 202 :mica If they acre leremated, the ashe.
would make excellent manure for abaut a thom and acre,
the more Americans that die and are crem:ted the better for
the rest, that is clear.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-07-25

KIN VER SCHOOL BOARD.

A meeting of this BOiro was held oo I nestle, last, the
Nev. Jan Hu, von (euairmanl, pr. oiled. there wee,
a.so preeeht /A Bolton, Laub, and Jordan
air. Jordan, purellaut to LOW:calve/4 at the last meet
hag m.,ved that the becessary sanction of the how& lon
Dep.r.llleLlt be uhtalued to the purchase by the Boor i of
Mr. blevells. piece • I Freehold cOnLaining about
1760 square yards, 'situate near the Folittell Arms, Mo-
ver, as a site for the proposed Boys' School, at the price
atilea, VIZ.— £l5O.

was seconded by Mr. Bolton, and, lifter Nome din
eerried.

it wee decided, that the School Holidays for the harvest
season commence on Friday, the 7th Auguvt Dent.
Air. flolton, moved and the chairman seconded, that
B hard at their tucetitig on the 114th day of August m-xt,
t hie into comideratum the quebttou oml puttiog to fmcr
tie power, given them hy section 27 of the hirmentac.!
tiduca um Act, 1870, in rceprc f coutnbutmg towar..a
toe .upport of the mutate. of a certifo-d uulututal cello&
muter ton 12th secuou of the Industrial Sehuola Act
1866. end the Clerk we, instructed to give the nere.kary
notices.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-07-25

CLENT.

WsuroW HILL ow ',atm.—The Walton Hills, mentor-
lath: in History, running nearly parallel with the (lent
H Lis, have .ditfthed from the extra., h-at of the last
might. Ou nuthlay some persona visiting Clout saw
the one aide of the I%aa.os HIIIS 111 lt dries, and ea ing to
hie dry couiiiiion of the herbage, tin cohfl4llraithn spread
rapidly. and it can out long elite the whote of the Into.
on the aide of the halm was reduced to ashes 1' 1-dc,,.
Vastl.l•l36 of authlte arising troth such • tire attracted the
attention of people for males round, and rounoots if the
most ezasgerated kind were circuiaWd. Furtudat .my the
tire wag confined to the hills, and reauited boo destrue
tion to property. lhe tire sniothdereti I rhours.
he Vitae oh Cleat acknowiedges the rec.:lo,of • legacy
of 1:60 from the executors of the with of Mrs. Ann Leteou,
,late ot Cient, deceased to be dtatrtouted may him smut:gat
the deservihg poor of thin parish.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-07-25

PARISIAN AMUSEMENTS.

The budget of the City of Paris estimates that the
total revenue derived by the municipality from the
four municipal theatres is 523,000 f., from which 52,500 f.
has to be deducted for the cost of superintendence and
repairs, leaving a net balance of 470,500 f. The
Chatelet is let at 100,000 f. independently of the shops
and apartments, which bring in 82,000 f. more; the
Gene is rented at 110,000 f., and the Vaudeville pro-
duces 120,000 f. A shop is let for B,ooof •, the Lyrique
is estimated to bring in 80,000 f., and the shops attached
28,000 f. The city derives a considerable revenue from
the letting of ground in the Champs Elvsees, between
the Place de la Concoi de and the Roiid-Point. The
buildings are erected at the cost of the tenants. The
rents vary from 10±. a year for a weighing machine,
and 301. each for the stalls, to 40,000 f. for the hire of
the Pavilion de l'Horloge, which belongs ko the city.
The ground rents paid by other building!' are : --The
Circus, 3,9801.; Theatre Marigny, 1,718 f. ; Pavilion
Ledoyen 10,0001.; Panorama, 15,220 f.; Pavilion des
Ambasst.deurs, 3,897 f. ; Morel, 4,0001. ; de la Concorde,
B,loof. ; the Punch and Judy Shows pay 200 f. a year
each; and the Concert-Besselievre yields about 22,000 f.
by a tax of 18 per cent, on the receipts. The Municipal
Council has before it an application for ground for an
aquarium, which would produce 3,600 f.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-07-25

toral alo gtstrtct !Inns

LOUNII. COURT.

IMP° :TANT FKIF:VDLY ETY t
Como' Court. 0. I im,..iav* . oef•ae 'Jr
.41//krtill• an, .1.1.1ge, the to.itraii.g ac,t ion
has U impor aol bearius: upon fro 11,1., OM •
war. heard. .Mlr. Wall wua for ,11.• plaintiff au
Mr. P. y fur to it. fimotair..— Mr. 11 ell e..
tlii, W 4. a0.4.L.... zit
Hum.'.., bought to recover the auto of £2 2a
Lout the defendant Thomas I turFey (who
..ecretery to the Stonrhroige Order of 04.
Fe:lowa) for s.cli pay. The milt querion Lb,
tha nave .0 he eleC.ll.l would 11. t. KO to t.le
I 411,1 S ale a.tera.:oll of I tic N .•tei
taVOZ, ;.,t. 11 iii. 11 . ..or
theiced iii lie rue.. hero WI/et.) auier,
then hie client would have no c tee. The plain•
tiff had been on the hooka for a lons tini•. awl
wan iu receipt of 46 pr r w. ek nick pay. He
(Mr. Wel.) then read one of the tided emelt *ea
to toe effect that no alteration alh.uld be male
111 tile lase at any other thin a metoi .g properly
C.,Meth d fur that , 01 vii,leh 14a1,1
been duly given to the member& he submitted
that the meeting at which this alteration woo
wade was not legally empowered to alter the
rules, as it was not a general meeting of the el.
ciaty specially called for the purpose. A. far..
Pt h.. so. 41, akze enuain .1.4,1 out -44,, II 1.11 t
N:(s •r i:npuriaut hu.io —Mr. Perry
ado i ton; werr, to s ii..t frau'.
H s cn• ut ~pi .1•111 that ,hr feet 1t.,:
a.) lit... Z. k i,,,,• 14,-011 i.i toe Laws
Illtottitt Moo Sava avialtwil k ttiv maul/err on Qs.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-07-25

LIGHTING RAILWAY CARRIAGES.

The London and Nnrth-Western Railway Company
have for the last few weeks been making experimental
use in one of the carriages of the Irish Limited Mail
of a method of lighting devised by Herr Pintsch, a
well-known gas engineer, of Berlin. The illuminating
agent is gas made by the destructive distillation of
shale or other coarse oil. This gas contains more
carbon than coal gas, and burnswith much less rapidity.
The apparatus for manufacture occupies but little room,
and is very simple and inexpensive. The gas, when
made, is pumped into an iron reservoir, tinned inside,
which is placed underneath the carriage; and the gas is
compressed by the pumping into one sixth of its original
volume. From the reservoir a copper tube leads to a
small chamber called the regulator, in which the gas ex-
pands again, and from which ordinary feeding tubes
are carried to the roo lamps. These are of very
simple construction, with iron enamelled reflectors,
and the gas burner turns out on a hinge to allow the
glass to be cleaned. A stopcock on the main feeding-
tube allows all the lamps in a carriage to be extinguished
at once, and they are lighted from the roof without re-
moval. The flame of the oil gas is small, absolutely
steady, and affords so good a light that very small type
may be read easily in any part of each compartment.
The reservoir holds about eight cubic feet of com-
pressed gas, equivalent to 48ft. in the natural state,
and this quantity is more than sufficient for two journeys
from Euston to Holyhead and back. Each carriage, in
all its lighting arrar.gements, is complete in itself and in-
dependent of every other, so that there are no connexions
to be made or detached in making or breaking up
trains. When used on a large scale, as on some of the
Continental railways, the gas is compressed by being
pumped ley a small steam engine into service reservoirs
made out of old locomotive boilers, anti from these the
carriage reservoirs are filled. Experiments have been
made with a view to determine the existence of danger
in case f collisions or other accidents; and it has been
found that when a reservoir is broken by any violence
the gas either escapes harmlessly through the rent, or,
if ignited, burns out in a few moments without ex-
plosion. The inventor claims for the system great
economy as well as great convenience ; and, as far as
niece lighting is concerned, his contrivance seems to
leave little to be desired.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-07-25

under the instructions of Professor Doremus, and --
the fact that he carried out three instructions to the
letter, both as to the quality and quantity of gas, he
felt that the too frequent openings of the lid admit-
ting the fresh oxygen air, was the cause of the failure
yesterday. No dogs were received at the pound dur-
ing the day, and very probably, none will be at present,
until such time as a more perfect mode of extermina-
tion is invented. Several very feasible plans have
been suggested, but the originators of the ordnance
appear loth to adopt them. or in fact, to take any
action in the matter at all."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-07-25

A PLEA FOR AERONAUTS.

A correspondent writes to the Ste 'Ward :
Sir,—After the steed is stolen, how many hands
reach forward to shut the stable door! The fate, by
no means unexpected, which has closed the career of
the 'Flying Man" calls forth a chorus of indigna-
tion to the effect that "this kind of thing must be put a
stop to." From what the Home Secretary said on the
matter, it appears that the law, as it at present stands,
cannot interfere, and we are probably best off without
any such interference. Aeronautics may fairly rank as
an important branch of little understood modern science,
containing the as yet but little developed promise of
great future possibilities. It is a terra inco9nita which
we can no more forbid adventurers to explore, than we
forbid an expedition to discover the North-west pas-
sage, or the further sources of the Nile. Nay, the
science of aeronautics affords more directly utilitarian
promise than those other fields in which courage and
sßill have been displayed and so many precious lives
sacrificed. It is a glory to our race that science,
equally with religion, has ncver been short of martyrs.
Those who are ready to sacrifice their lives to the love
of knowledge, the love of truth, and the love of man,
are happily, not to be cried off by the half-hearted
softness induced by modern luxury. The public
have no conception of the extent to which the aero-
naut's science is his passion. They think that he is
carried away by folly, vanity, and the craving for
vulgar applause, while his heart and soul are absorbed
! only with devotion to his art, to advance which he is
prepared to give up all, even life itself. Dming the
siege of Paris the public began to have an inkling
that there might, after all, be something in aerial
navigation; but now that the stimulus which necessity
then gave to invention has ceased, there is a danger
lest the interests of this scientific art should suffer
from the ill advised reproaches which are heaped upon
it at the recurrence of those melancholy failures which
we ought by this time to have learned to look upon as
the conditional precursors of success.—Yours,
K. B.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-07-25

THE ATTEMPT ON PRINCE
BISMARCK'S LIFE.

Prince Bismarck has been perfectly overwhelmed
by congratulatory telegrams and addresses (writes
the Berlin correspondent of The Times). C.p to
Sunday over a thousand of these kindly.intended,
but rather oppreagive communications had arrived.
Sovereigns vied with Ministers, and Corporations
with private persons in assuring the famous states-
man of the gratification they experienced at hear-
ing of his happy escape. The Prince himself soon
found it impossible to answer these wunerous missives,
and, to avoid appearing uncourteous, had the fact
attested and published by his doctor. Fortunately for
us, however, the physician's veto was not given until
the Prince had found time to receive a deputation of
residents and visitors, and to tell them what he thought
of the affair. His reply to their sympathetic address
was expressed in these significant words :
"I thank you very much for your good wishes, and
sincerely regret that Derr Lederer, whom I have the
pleasure of seeing among you should have received
such rude treatment at the assassin's hands If the fellow
shot at me, he at least treated me like a man, though per-
haps list like a countryman of his own but his conduct in
biting and lacerating Burr Lederer was disgraceful. In-
cidents of this nature are perhaps slightly at variance with
the ordinary medical rules prescribed to the visitors of this
powerful Spa, but it almost seems that to encounter them
Is part and parcel of a Minister's duty now-a-days. When I
asked him why he wanted to take my life, he plainly told me
It was all on account of the Ecclesiastical Laws. This is an
unfortunate state of things, although we may hope that it
will soon be mended. For the present it is as well that lam
none the worse for his intentions."

It has been ascertained that Kullmann had been
practising pistolshooting for some time past, and that
he slept the night before the 13th in the woods near
Kissingen. Upon him was found no money, but a
couple of bullets and a hymn in praise of Pio
Nono. The pistol used by him had but one barreL
Fifty Berlin constables have been sent to Kissingen
to assist the Bavarian police in protecting Prince
Bismarck.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-07-25

SPECIAL A TTENTIGN.

I. given to Copying and Eel/trend (eveo to Lifo Side
row Partreit. s..d &know the .aule either io Oil an
Wator-colonr. or Onto bl,k.and•witite.
OIL PA IN I I NG, iniotsora. t &ilea de Vii,,. Glue
and otht r Picture. of stlf or &et mod 1r... or. I pied to
the
Coates an Viii. from 5. per 1.11,1•0. t.ken

ARCHER CLARKE,

71, HIGH STREET, 8701:RBRIDGE.
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BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE.

THE COST OF SCHOOL BOARDS.

A return has just been printed by order of the
House of COLIIIIIODd with segard to the extent to which
the rates have been called upon in school board elis
theta during the twelve months ended September 29,
1873. It appears that in twenty-four parishes in Eng-
land and Wales the current expenses of the salved
boards involved a demand upon the local rates of 9d.
and upwards in the pound. The rate varied from Id.
to 3d. in fifty out of the ninetry.six boroughs which had
issued precepts to the town councils ; while the average,
as far as non-municipal parishes are concerned, was
somewhat higher. ibe highest rate of this latter kind
is that of Belehford, in Lincolnshire, viz., Is. 9d. ; and
in the case of boroughs, 70. at Chard. Tire average
for our eight largest towns Vll4B lid., ranging from id.
at Salford to 3d. and 4d. at Bradford and Leeds, in
which two latter districts considerable expense has
been incurred in the provision of the necessary school
accommodation. The rateable value of the Metropoli-
tan district is so great, being upwards of 4:20,000,000
sterling, that the precepts issued by the board do not
represent an annual rate of more than 9-10 d.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-07-25

LUAWKS't

WORLD FAMED

*BLOOD*MIXTURE

Trade Mark,—" Blood Mixture."
Tic GREAT BLOOD PURIFIER & RESTORER
,-,t..AnEn, .A 111.1.10,0 ti...trli rt,
0 Ulcers!, d Sore I. art. old to. Gl...outer
liwethests, Cancerous Ulcers. hoots, Blomles.
Pustu'es, Botta. Carbuncle, ki-eworms. nes d
Heads, -ore Eyes. Errsrpeks. Itch Sea+,
11..e..lurations of the fiktn, Rumours sod
Diseases of the Skin of whatr-ver name or
Torture, are literally carried out of the sr stem
s o.ort time by thr. ri.f. of to'. eorlO-f..,..ri
Medicine.
TROUNANDS:oF TESTIMONIAL. FROM ALL P
IMPOR I'ANT ADVICE TO ALL.—Cleanse
the vitiated blood whenever Non fircl It- im-
purities bursting thronith the skin In pimple,
eruptions. or sore. ; tranCe IT when in. And
A obstructed and .luegiett In lb veins ;dents..
it when it Is trul and your feelirres will ell
ycu when Keep the hi ii mire, aid the
health if the ..yot.nt will Winne
As this mixture'a pltaquit to the tsste, msd
warranted Ire .• from anything Itirri. nor to the
rn st drlirate con-titotron of et the
Pup icor. solicits soff-rers to vire it r trial
to t.--t it Trite
CLARKE'S W(AII.D.FAMED B ooD
MIX URE is Sold rii re 2. c.. i
C . c-aintne tra Um,o I. venal , ii. • a
satideitut to iffect a perno,ei. Craf
in joriti f 1....g-5t.a.41..t, a.. .it id.
Patent llethc, e 1..1;10°,6 :Lei :hill e
don] and the Cr ii. or se, to any old tout orev,

wi. el

of 27 ol 132 by the Pr brelor.
F.. 1. CLARlCr..,t..sextbi, etputitt...rott'

e A7l Ptk.Pll'
4.1,i IN Ii it : • . )

Well•hred bliort•Lorn BULL ib kept at
IL Manley's. tep of Chtireh-atreet, Ittearbridp.l
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IMPERSONATION AT THE RECENT
DUDLEY ELECTION.

John Aston surrendered to his bail for unlawfully
and knowingly personating and falsely assuming
to vote on the lath of May for a member of Par-
liament for the borough of Dudley, in the name of
John Aston, of Pensnett. . .

Mr. Young conducted the prosecution, and, in
opening the case, said it seemed that on the lath
of May last the Parliamentary election for the
borough of Dudley took place on which occasion
there were two candidates—MC.. H. B. Sheridan and
Mr. Noah Hingley. The only persons entitled to
vote on these occasions were those whose names
appeared on the register for the time being on
the day of the election prisoner presented himself
at a polling booth at the National Schools, Church
'Street, and gave his name as that of John Aston,
of Church Street. The prisoner, it was true, bore
the name of John Aston; but it would be proved
that he was not the occupier of a house in Church
Street at the time of the election.
Mr. Henry Brooke, solicitor, and town clerk for
the borough of Dudley, was the first witness called
He said he gave the notices (produced) out for
distribution on the 18th May last. There had been
an election on the 4th of May, but it was afterwarda
declared void. Upon turning to the register, tinder
the head of Dudley, parish of Kingswinford, there
was the qualification. No. 106, Aston, John, Church
Street, Pensnett. There was no other John Aston
of Church Street upon the register.
Several other wimesses gave evidence,. .
_ .

For: the defence the prisoner contended 'that he
thought at the time that he lived in Church Street.
It was between Church Street and Bell Street
where he had resided, and when he voted he
thought it was 'all right."
_ . . .

His Lordship having briefly summed up,
The Jury returned a verdict against the prisoner
of guilty.
His Lordship said the prisoner had been found
guilty of a very serious offence. There was not the
slightest doubt that at the time of seeind election
the prisoner knew perfectly well that ii was no%
entitled to vote, as according to the evidence he
been cautioned on a previous occasion. If there
was any truth in the prisoner's statements, about
being told to vote by another person, it was only
to be regretted that that person was not standing
by the side of the accused. His Lordship did not
doubt that offences of that character had been very
common, and he was determined not to deal lightly
with the case before him. The sentence would be
that the prisoner be imprisoned, with hard labour,
for six calendar months.
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CRADLEY HEATH, HALESOWEN, & DISTIITCT ciITIOXTCTY

REGISTERED FOR t
1 TRANSMISSION ABROAD.;

.'.—iajulard.

90, COLMORE ROW, BIRMINGHAM.

DAILY ATTENDANCE 10 TILL G.
PERFECTLY PAINLESS DENTISTRY.-NITROUS OXIDE GAS.

By the sae of this, the most simple, speedy. mid successful agent._ after so experienen if upwards of 16,000 caws.

• _ _
MR. B. L. MOSELY,
lhe needled, Mender of the College qf Dentiqs, England, aid Original Intruditner of thge Ow.

Guarantees entire immunity from pain in every operation pertaining to Dental Surgery, and
successful painless adaptation of Artificial Teeth. The daily experience of kiospitsta end . abusive private
praetics demonstrates that, unlike every Aber anesthetic, the Nairoa. Oxide Us,. is ihoeurus and e.v..n pleaeout,
while want of success or the least pain is amply impca.ible. For confirmation of tilt. •thlt Lancet, BritisA
Medic& Journal, of 15 Jan , and *Mans of leading metubera of the faculty. In the use of Air If. 1,. Mostly'.
Pausleaa Artificial Teeth, the following results cuay be confidently reli, d :—All loom/ to.th are permanei.uy
fastened, and the Artificial Teeth as firm in the mouth aa the natural. Such entire comfort, combined with •It no
perfect, in seenred by thia specialite. that the wear,. so far from being liacoliVeDlrOted by his Artificial Teeth. ia
actually uncomfortable without them. In appearance mud in use, both for eating and +peaking, they are preelsely
the name's one's own miters! Teeth—thers ii. no dltler,oc,'
" Nom. en parlous par experieace, layant curd' l'extrac.i.o de deux de a s ,terta a M. Mosely. to cientioe. de
Regent-street at n'ayast resseati de cede operation swans duoleur. II taut •VW none &MO. ate proalableinent
nand. insensible 0 moyen do gas °Mains, agent done inocuite parfait. Cs ne'est plus its. operation, 'Vied one
simple fornialite."—aniriNr ale r Aurope.
"Painleas and coodervative to a

rom the Laeu f. April 2nd, lEr7O (p. 411311
The reasons why Rl' advecatc tte use of Nitr,ue (11,de of lama are ' Its Safety." The rapidity with which
greistbenia can be induced, . fr. ro 50 to 100 se, rode because it is actusily pleasart to libel. pnd therefore
fright and mental diatress is avowed. —bcteure recostry is tummy bristt, piessont, aim complete, afterdiscomfoli
being extremely rare."
7 sett% fri.na ; 'sta. 5 ti. 30 imams beery it fore lotion free.
Allendammi daily ad 838 Itstent.eirrot, Lynam, and SS, Lelaere Bow, Oltigiwilkuo.

SATURDAY, JULY 25, [874.

,
i3la_.E k j_a_. e k _ copyright—

"FOR THE BLOOD IS THE LIFD."—
'Jo.) Do,ter..omy. oh.p .1, ~ n.

PRICE ONE PEN\ 1.
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PROVISION.

LonioN, Monday, July 20.—The arrivals last week from
Ireland were 225 firkins Butter and 2,496 bales Bacon ; and
from foreign pont 25,034 packages Butter and 3,379 bales
Bacon. In foreign Butter we have nothing particular to
notice. The sale keeps steady, without any material change
in prices. In Irish very little doing, prices to high compared
with foreign. The Bacon market rules steady, without
change in prices of either Irish or Ilamburgh. American
singed sides in request at about 545. per cwt. Middles from
423. to 451.

PRICES.
Butter, per cwt. P. s. Cheese. per cwt. : X• X.
Dorset ........ 136 to 140 Cheature 74 to 84
Friesland ........ 112 120 Dble. Gloac., new 66 80
Jersey.. .... 96 104 Cheddar 76 90
Eng. Fresli. per dos 16 17a American M 66
Bacon, per cot. Hams York lO2 106
Wiltshire, green .. 82 86 l'urnberiand lOO 104
Irish, green, Lob. 84 88 lnah . ...... DB 112

TALLOW'
Low Dow, Monday July 20.—P. Y.C. is steady at 41s. per cwt.
on thespot, and town tallow Is quoted at 80s ad. per cwt.
net rash. Rough fat Is. 104. per 8 lbs.
a. d.
I
Town Tallow, per cwt... 89 0 Rough Stuff, per cwt... 14 0
Rough Fat, per Mb& .... I 0 Graves ~10 0
Mated Stuff, per cwt. .29 0 Good Dregs „ 6 0
Yellow Russian, new...... Ala. Od. per cwt.
Ditto Ditto old ...... les Od. „
Australian Mutton Tallow 411 ad. „
Ditto Beef Ditto 395. Od. „
FISH.
_ _

_
riAled herrings, 281. to 35a. ; red ditto, 13s 6d. to Us:
roused ditto, 255. to 3211.; fresh ditto, 20a. to 20s. 6d. per
barrel ; bloaters, 81. Pd. to 45. Pd.; kippered herrings. 2s 6d.
to ss. per basket : smoked haddock, 295. to 30s. ;trawl ditto,
155. to 19s, per barrel ; ditto plaice, 17s. to 52.; ditto whiting,
181. to 13a. 9el per basket ; soles, Is. 3d. to as. 4d. per pair :
turbot, Ss. to 13s Gd. each brill, 2s. to 3s. tal. each ;mackerel,
2s. to 2a. ; lobsters, as Cid. to 2Ga ; crabs, 7s. Gei. to 245. 6d.
per dozen ; native oysters, £lO per busheL

SEED.
Lonnedi, Monday, July 20. Foreign Cloverseeds met more
inquiry, and fine samples of both led and white were held
for enhanced rates. Good old Trefoil met some inquiry, and
prices were rather higher. The quality of she new English
Is very good, and there are buyers at moderate mices.
These, however, are not yet fixed to quote accurately. The
yield is reported to be short Grata Seeds were held at en-
hanced values. tanaryseed was again dearer, and in good
demand. Winter Tams met some inquiry, and good qualities
or last years growth were held higher. liempseed realised
as much money as last week, with a moderate sale for Ger-
man samples. New Trilolinm, as well English as Foreign,
was in good request at enhanced values White Mustazd
has been sold rather more freely, at very full prices for fine
finalities. Little brown offering, to alter the quotations if
this sort.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-07-25

LORD PALMERSTON and SIR ROBERT

PEEL.

The Comte de Jarnac, who at the time of the
Revolution of 1848 was chard d'affaires at London,
and who is spoken'of as the Due de Larochefoucald's
successor, has contributed an article to the Beres dcx
Deux Mondes, entitled " Sir Robert Peel, from personal
recollections and unpublished papers." Several in-
teresting letters from Sir Robert Peel, Louis Philippe,
the Earl of Aberdeen, and Lord Palmerston are pub-
lished for the first time.

The following curious letter is amongst them, and
was written after the Revolution of 1848, and it is the
more touching because, on the 2nd of March, M. de
Jarnac had received this letter from Lord Palmerston
with precisely the same offer:—

"Foreign Office. March 2, 1848.

"My dear Jarnac, --Pray remember that the offer made by
me yesterday is a strictly confidential matter, which must
rest entirely between you and me. Whenever you tell me
what I have proposed will be useful, it shall he done.
Sincerely yours, " PALMERSTON."
"(Very private.)
"Drayton Manor, April 20, 1848.

"My dear Comte de Jarnac, —I had a conversation last
Tuesday with Lord Aberdeen after my return from Clare-
mont, in the course of which he alluded to certain circum-
stances which continued my previous apprehensions that
in consequence of the infamous spoliation to which the
Royal property in France has been subjected, the King
and Queen of the French are suffering privations which it
is extremely painful to think of. I could not have credited
on any ordinary authority some details which Lord Aberdeen
mentioned as to the Queen, and how she had to part
with a portion of the few articles of which she still re-
tains possession. For the relief of my own feelings. which,
have been deeply affected. I write to you at this moment.
No human being knows or can ever know what I have written
to you. I entreat you to permit me to send to your banker
to place to your credit the sum of £l,OOO sterling. You can
discover some means by which It may be devoted to the
destined object without exciting the least suspicion on the
part of the King or Queen Never allude henceforth to this
subject with me and you may rely on absolute silence on my
part to-day and for ever. Believe me, my dear Comte de
Jarnac, very faithfully yours. ROBERT PEEL.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-07-25

AS IT °rani* TO ItE.

"I visittiF t-c;il.; Dr. Ilssiitt.r., "
liorniman's Watehouo, and took samples of Tea
ready for conaignment to their AGENTs,tt on analysis
I found then, Pt az. & ef riperior
"At the Docks. I took samples of llorniLlan'•
Tee", which I analyzed, &fill.lll/ PURE; the quality
below equally satisfactory."
"t purohased l'oeketa from 'Agent for
llorriron'e Tea,' the contents I find correspond in
PVIIITY and excellence of quota y, with the to, I
obtained from their stock at the Docks."
2,248 damn Tl—Chomiots, C.Mrfectioners,

[Ward at Stationer' IHeli, 1140.]—Pr4ce le., or *mamma
poet pald from the author for LI stumps.
MANHOOD. A MEDICAL ESSAY OD the
functions and disorders of the reproductive organs
Is youth, manhood, and eld age, with obvenutione on the
trestncent sod cure it Nenvoca ECNALCTIOI. PRTIIIC•L
Demur, Lovrx•me OF Elmairc, AC., being the result of 301
years' succeseful practice. By J. I. CUST/C 111.111 IC lass.
1151111-OTSWIT, PICCLDILLT, LoenoxW.

assume OF osi PIIPS/1.
"There le n° member of Society by who, thin houb will
Sot be found useful—whether ouch pernon hold the relation
Of ',rent, Preceptor, or Clergymen.—h.., Corning paper.
Critic ON kfsNsoon.-77tH Trrorssso—Ablv written and
deseribee the nource of those dimes.i which produce
decline in youth. end mor• frequently preineture old age.—
jkif, roloprayh, 27th /darch, Died.
Critic os Ids.seoOto ekould be In the hands of youth and
ege. It id a roed,leel publication, developing tbe treat.
meat si daps cdpettful malsdiee, which besotoo lung been
the prey cu the illiterate and degigaLtg....rniLJ Sep,k,
194.11.
" This work, based upon the result el3O year. ionoaaatui
prartico in the treatment of i painful and dictricaing deem
of ciisea4ce, will be found to contain plain directionn for the
cure of many diseesce hitherto abandoned
gff Adair Tu.& Yard %latch. itibtl.
. Load= —9Ol ere by Mere, Beakeelllee, ID, (Mahn 1.

HOLLOWAY'S PILLS.— The Greatest Wonder of Modern
T.mes.—They correct billowiness. prevent fletultney
C sense the liver. and purify the system, renovate the
dehtlitated, strengthen the .tionsch increase the shpt-
55th, invigorate the nerves, promote health, and reinstate
th• weak in an ardour and vivacity never before experi-
enced. The sale of the pilla throughout the globe as
tmisbes everybody, col viewing the most sceptical the
Hollotion'a Pits trainer nits all other medicine f-ir remot
yei of Maltase iif every saute. They aro indeed a hlue
ing to the Stliteted and a boon to those Woo stiff, from-
ny r, tuten at or eyt, oxi tylusarniu of persons
have teatiford that by their use alone they have been
reetored to health alter ill other reco•dlee bed proved
uoeueemeati.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-07-25

CRICKET.

CITOVRISIDOR C. BRoinerinoVE GRAMMAR SCMOOL.—
This, the return match between the above slabs, was
piayed on the groat d of the former at Amblecote, ors
naturday last, the day was very hot, making it rather
fruguing for outdoor 'ports It will be recollected that
Stour bridge won the first match of the preaant season
botween the above•nained clubs, on the ground of the
at BrAnagrove. Nothing daunted, however, the
Br anegrove teem seemed e infident of being able te turn
the tablas on their former conquer co on the present ocs
erasion, although they were under the disadvantage of
having, is it were
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-07-25

DE GROOF.

(Killed in AttomMing to Fly, July 9, 18711
HE who provides for all beneath the sky,
Made man to walk, as he made birds to fly
Then let man stick to earth, and have the sense
Not to fly in the face of Providence .--Punch.