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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-12-18

PUBLIC NOTICES.

CHAWNHILL MISSION CHURCH..

CONTINUATION OF OPENING SERVICES.
HE SECOND OPENING SERVICES will
be held (D.V.), on

SUNDAY NEXT, DECEMBER 19th, 1875,

When
TWO SERMONS
Will be Preached, that in the Morning by the
REV. J. N. ROOTH4pM,
And that in the Evening by
MR. B. FELLOWS.

Other Ministers will follow in future Services. •
Morning Service at a Quarter to Eleven; Evening atra
Quarter past Six.
Collections will be made at the close eacl: Sorvic9
in Aid of the Building Fund.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-12-18

STOURBRIDGE GAS COMPANY.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that an
EXTRAORDINARY MEETING of the SHARE-
HOLDERS of this COMPANY will be held at the
Company's Offices at the Gas Works, A MBLECOTE, STOUR,
BRIDGE, on FRIDAY, the 31st instant, at Ten o'clock a.m.,
to receive a Report from the Directors and Shareholders'
Committee as to the mode of dealing with the Contract
entered into with Messrs. Westwood and Wrights, and to
make arrangements in relation thereto.
By order of the Directors and Shareholders' Com-
mittee.

W. H. JONES,
Secretary,

-Gas Works, Stourbridge,
December 13th, 1875.

STOURBRIDGE AMATEUR HARMONIC
ASSOCIATION.

PRESIDENT
THE RIGHT HON. LORD LYTTELTON.
THIS CLASS MEETS for I;lits.. CTISE
every. MONDAY EVENING, at the 131,14ei; UAL, At
7.30.
tearse'd

Works at present relu.
JUDAS iiACCABEUS and TWO PART SONGS.
Annual Subscription :

Gentlemen, is; Ladies, 15s.
Music provided.

CONDUCTOR - . - - Mr. J. A. SUTTON.

Intending Subscribers Will please to obtain their
Tickets at an early date from Mr. Broomhall's.
WILLIAM J. TURNEY,
Hon. Sea.

RUGBY SCHOOL.
ORD LYTTELTON and Mr. MORTIME
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COLLINS, on the RUGBY REBELLION, Neel
the "ST. JAMES'S MAGAZINE" for December;
Office: 21, Paternoster Row, London, E.C.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-12-18

THE MURDER OF DR. MIINZINGER:

The Colame Gazette publishes some particulars con-
cerning Munzinger Pasha, whose murder in Africa has
been reported by telegraph. He was born in 1832, and
was a son of Joseph Munzinger, Landamman of
Solothurn, and afterwards Federal Councillor. He
receivtd his first instruction at the Gymnasium of
Solothurn, and went in 1849 to Munich to study there
the Oriental languages. In 1852 he went to Paris,
and a year after to Alexandria, where he joined a
commercial firm. In 1854 he conducted a com-
mercial expedition to the Red Sea, and then
lived for some time at Massowah and at
Koren, the capital of the Boos. In 1861 he joined the
German expedition to Central Africa, but separated
from it when its chief, Theodor von Heuglin, directed
his course to Abyssinia, and went by Khartoun to Obi
in order to penetrate from thence by Darfour to Madai.
Not being allowed to pass through Darfour he returned
in 1863 to Europe. A year after he was again in
Africa, where he conducted since October, 1865, the
British consulate at Massowah, and with Colonels
Merewether and Phayre made the preparatory
surveys which were printed in London, and rendered
great service to the British Government in the cam-
paign against King Theodore of Abyssinia in
1867. When in June, 1868, the British troops left,
Munzinger remained at Massowah as French consul. In
this capacity he travelled several times through the
northern borderlands of Abyssinia, and was in 1869
severely wounded. Tn 1870 he went to Aden, from
whence he explored with Captain Miles the south-
eastern coast lands. After his return he became
governor at Massowah, with the title of Bey. In 1871
he continued his explorations in the Bogus country,
and was in 1872 appointed by the Khedive Commander
in Chief of the Egyptian apmy of invasion destined for
Abyssinia, and governor of the country with the title of
"Pasha."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-12-18

MADRAS, Dec. 14.

On Sunday Divine Service was celebrated at 12 30. The
Prince left Trichonopoly station at four In the afternoon.
The axles of the carriages were so much heated that the train
had to stop twice. It arrived at Madras one hour late, at
7 30. The Governor, his Staff, and the authorities awaited
the Prince's, and there was a presentation of native
Chiefs The procession was accompanied by the 16th Lancer's
the body guard and suite preceding the carriage of the Prince
and Governer with Major-General Prooyn. An escort of
horse and a foot cortege of the authorities followed, The
arrangements were admirable. Only the municipal police kept
order in the poorest suburb. The streets were packed,
thousands had come into the town the night before. Every
place was occupied. At dawn the troops lined the way to
Government House Christian children sang with a pretty
effect. All along the route there were flags and streamers
and striking native dresses. The Prince was known to the
crowd by his gold umbrella. He was received everywhere
with marks of intense interest and curious respect. There
was no cheering or noise.
The Prince reached Government House at nine, when pre-
sentations were made. Breakfast was at twelve. The
Maharajah of Travancore paid a visit to the Prince. The
visit was private, but was conducted in great State. He
speaks English. The Prince expressed his regret that he
could not visit Travancore. The Maharsj th seemed much
pleased. The next visit was from the RA th of Co, hin. He
spoke about the trade of Cochin, and also seemed greatly
gratified. The Prince of Arcot aid four Sirdars followed The
rfiCICO of Arco' said the dream of his life were at last realised.
The Prince gave attar to each, and proper salutes and
honoura were paid. At one lev6e there were upwards of 600
chiefs and Europeans. The Prince stood in front of a
splendid silver chair on a raised dais. The Duke of Buck-
ingham and sir Bartle Frere were on his right, and the
Duke of Sutherland on his left. The native officers presented
I wore very magnificent costumes.

At eight there was a State Banquet with 50 covers; the
Bench, the ulergy, and the Civil and Military authorities
were represented. The Governor ot Buidicherry and his
suite were also present. There was an illumination at 10.30.

The Prince, the Governor, and his suite rode out to Guindy
Park. To-morrow is the anniversary o ithe Prince Consort's
death, and wll be spent there in seclusion by the Prince.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-12-18

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Organs, in either sex, acquired or constitutional, Grave
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A CHRISTIAN MISSIONARY.

A newspaper correspondent at Esquimalt, writing oh the
7th ult., says :

"News having been received here on the sth inst.
of an atrocious attempt at murder having been com-
mitted by Indians at Barclay Sound, Her Majesty's
ship Rocket, 4, twin screw gunboat, Lieutenant.
Commander Harris, left early this morning to inquire
into the circumstances. It appears that smallpox has
been raging severely among the Indians in that neigh-
bourhood, in spite of the noble and Christian efforts
of a "Father Brabant," a Roman Catholic missionary
Priest, who has charge of a chapel and mission in the
place. By vaccination and assiduous care, he, in the
absence of any medical Man, has used his utmost
endeavours to arrest the progress of the loathsome
3isease. The Indians. however, have take+ it into
their heads that it has been the cause of the
lisease, and about a week ago when visiting a hut,
,he chief of the tribe came in with a loaded gun
Ind shot the unfortunate gentleman. The chief had,
listinguished himself some ctme ago by assisting a ship-
wrecked crew and had been rewarded by the Canadian
overment for this act with a silver medal, which
.erns to add to the atrocity of this present occurrence.
'ather Brabant was wounded severely in the back and
ight arm, and when he last sent down he stated that
is life was in danger from threatening mortification.
soon as the news reached Victoria by a canoe a con-
..,rence was held at Government-house, and Her
Majesty's ship Rocket started this morning to discover
the perpetrator of the crime. She took with her the
Right Rev. Bishop Seghers, the Roman Catholic
Bishop of Victoria, the superintendent of police, and
Dr. Walkem. It is to be hoped their efforts to appre-
'tend the assassin will be crowned with succ.ers, and
iat he will meet with the punishment he so richly

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BLONDIN AT SEA,

Allan's Indian Mail says, that on his voyage to India
the Peninsula and Oriental steamer foal-tech, I.st

October, Biondin one day announced That he was
ready to try the feat of walking on the tight rope in a
sea way, from the main to the mizeninast and back in
vefpel 431 ft. long. A stout hawser was stretched
for the purpose. and lateral motion was prevented as
fir as pissible by guys made fast to the sides of the
ship. Bit the motion of the vessel herself could not
be avoi, ed, and the long, slow, confused swell which,
at the change of the monsoon, vexes the sea between
Aden and Gallo made Blondin's task a very formid-
able one. He had to start down a rather steep incline,
and what with the rolling of the ship and the
vibration of her powerful engines, the rope was
drawn into such sinuous waves that he described it
as looking more like a snake than a rope. Before he
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-12-18

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Dvaugßiata.

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London.—" Further and final reports, most valuable
feature—quite original—made a trial of other offices for
commercial information, but our experience teaches us
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Messrs. Passavant & Son, Merchants, Leeds.—" For
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your offices."
Messrs. Buckley & Sons Manufacturers, 3,4, and 5.
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Messrs. Lister and Co., Manningham Mills, Bradford,
Yorkshire.—" Reliable, which we attribute to your
excellent rule of insisting on several independent
souoces of information in each case."

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-12-18

THOMAS OSTINS, Deceased.

DURSUANT to the Statute, 22 and 25 Vie.p
c. 35, all Persons, Creditors of THOMAS °STINK,:
late of Worcester-street, btourbridge, Builder, itc. are
requested to send in particula.s of their CLAIMS. Andc
all Persons INDEBTED to the said Thomas Ostins, ark,
requested to send in their Debts to his Executors. at 45,1.
High-street, Stourbridge, on or before the Ist day of
March, 1876, after which date the said Executors intend.-
to distribute the Assets of the said Deceased, having
regard only to the Claims of which they shall then have
notice.
Dated this 26th day of November, 1875.:

EDWARD BLURTON,
ARTHUR OSTINS, Executors.l
EMILY A7ti BICKERTON,

CORN EXCHANGE, STOURBRIDGE.

ON Monday Evening, December 20th, 1875-,"
Mr. GUbTAVUS KILLINGWORTH.
MU., will give a DRAMATIC READING and Recital?"
from Lord Lytton's Great Poetical Work, entitled that
"LADY OF LYONS."
Messrs. T. and R. RHODES will preside at the Piano-.
forte, wish Songs, &c.
Doors open at 7.30, to commence punctually at Eight.
Carriages can be ordered for Ten o'clock.
Reserved Seats, 2s; second Seats, is; Back, 6,1. :
ickets can be obtained at Mr. Broomhall's, and at Mr.,
Woolley's, High-street. For full particulars Fee Pro. .
ammes.

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.
CHRISTMAS PANTOMIMES AT BIRMINGHAM.
lAN Monday, December 27th, a CHEAP.:
V EXCURSION TRAIN will leave Worcester (Shrub;:
Hui) at 1.55. Droitwich 2.5, Ilartlehnry 2 20, Kidilerinini.•
ster 2 50, Hagley 2.45, alai Stourbuidge 55 p m., for
BIRMINGHAM ; and return from Snow Hill Station, at
11.20 p.m. the same day.
On MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, TIIURSDAY, and
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 271,ei to 31,4, inclusive, and 011 SAT-:
URDAY, JANUARY Ist, )876, a :-PECI.AI4 TRAIN, at the
Oldinary Fares, will leave lliriniughatn (Snow 1141)) at
11 5 p m., titouibridge 11 50, flagl,,y 11.57, and eilu,ek.
bill 12.2
(midnight) for Eiddcrininfiter.
Foryares and full particulars ree liandbills.
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Paddington Terminus. • ',it

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THE COST OF A SHOT FROM THE
NEW BIG GUN!

The Daily News remarks :—" The Commander-in-
Chief, the other night, in responding for the Army at
Fishmongers' Hall, conveyed to his audience a very
coed icka of the expense of modern ordnance, when
he said that every shot from the new big gun at Wool-
wich would cost £25. It seems a large sum of money
to spend for every round fired from a gun, especially
when we put the original cost of the weapon itself at
£15,000, the sum mentioned by the Duke of Cambridge,
and bear in mind that in all probability scarce five
hun3red shots will be fired from it from first to rest.
Compared with the heavy guns of fifty years ago, the
artillery and anununition of to-day are indeed a serious
item of expense. A first-rate line-of-battle ship in the
days of Nelson, carrying 110 guns, supposing they were
all 32-pounders, would have cost but £2,200, or £2O per
gun, for the whole of her armament, while we propose
for the Inflexible, now building at Portsmouth, an
armament of four 81-ton guns, each of which the
Commander-in-Chief values at £15,000. A broadside
from these four guns will cost, therefore, exactly one
hundred pounds, while in the case of a 32-pounder,
reckoning the cannon ball at two shillings, and the
powder charge at three, no less than four hundred
rounds could be fired for the same money. What
would be the amount of damage wrought in each case
is of course, another matter. The way in which
the £25 per shot is made up is at on -
when we take into consideration the nuiare
ammunition used. There are, in the thin-instance,
about 250 pounds of gunpowder, which costs probably
half the total amount; then comes the ft . -el or serge
cartridge case to contain the charge, and fl ..ly the eUi!
led iren projectile, neatly turned and fit. i with brass
studs, weighing 1,250 pounds or more. o that the
Duke of Cambridge does not at all exa .rate hi his
estimate, but, on the contrary, if the loei.ng apparatus
and the fuze and burster for shells and other articles
are taken into account, we believe he somewhat under-
states the cost. In any case, one thing ;
that with such guns and ammunition it will never do
to throwLaishot away.'
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-12-18

RAILWAYS IN CHINA.

The London and China Telegraph says :—Our readers
are aware that a company has been formed in London
for the purpose of introducing railways into China,
and that the first experimental line will be between
Shanghai and Woosung, a distance of nine and a half
miles. We are now enabled to state that a contract
has been entered into between the Woosutig-road Com-
pany (Limited) and Mr. John Dixon, of London, for
the construction of the line, and that the materials for
the permanent way have already left for Shanghai.
The engineer of the company went out some time
since, and will be on the spot to commence operations
as soon as these shipments arrive. It is expected that
the line will be completed and in full working by next
July, when the novelty of seeing railway trains
actually running over the distance in a few minutes
may be considered certain to attract a large
amount of Chinese passenger traffic. The line ,
being avowedly experimental, is constructed on the
narrow guage of 2 feet 6 inches; the funds at command
would not admit of anything more. It4is no doubt the
case that this will be found inadequate to the reluire-
menta cf a large traffic; brit the first thing to he done
is to prove railways in China a success, and if the
enterprise of the company is able to make this small
line a payifig concern, there can be little doubt that
funds will be forthcoming in this country to provide
railway communication between the more important
centres of commerce in China, when future extensioLs
of the system can be equipped with every requisite to
carry the largest traffic in passengers and merchandise
that it would be r,asoLable to expect for years to
come. We believe the promoters of this enterprise
will effect more real good in our relations with China
and the Chinese than all the treaties and conventions
we can obtain.

The frost has greatly increased in severity in
Berlin, and causes much suffering throughout the north of
etrmany.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-12-18

RECENT METEOROLOGICAL
INTELLIGENCE.

(From Punch.)

"The thermometer rose steadily this morning."
Glad to hear it. Then it couldn't have been "screwed"
overnight.
Instructions for using the Barameter.—When rain is
wanted, tap the barometer. This is seldom without
effect.

In consequence of the recent inclemency of the
weather, the Hairdressers have invented a new style
for Ladies' heads--aux cheveux de freeze, _

The Arctic Expedition will not 'find the North Pole,
as it is surmised the North Pole has lately taken up a
position in England. Medical men are of opinion that
it will soon be acclimatised, and, if so, it will appear on
Chimney-Sweepers' Day as "The May-Pole." This is
cheering; but the Arctic Expeditioners are wasting
their time. Can't some one telegraph?
Meteorological Remarks. —Mrs. Fursby (weight 20st.
at least) says "she can't bear ice." The repulsion is
mutual; the ice can't bear her.
Further Remarks.—The Frigidometer down to five
degrees below freezing-point. Very cold.
Five degrees below that. Colder.
No more points left, and the Frigidometer collapsed.
Stop in bed.
More Remarks.—Very cold out of doors. So I should
think. Warm in bed.

-
Thaw.—Self cleansing of the streets. Boyton suits
in request.
Last Remarks.—" Horrid cold it's been 1" "Can't
keep warm." "No hunting." Get some soon."
"Better in Town than Country," &q., &c.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-12-18

A HAPPY CORNER OF ENGLAND.

The Standard publishes the following letter:—

Sir,--I learn from the newspapers that the greater
part of England has been visited with excessive rain
floods thrice in thss summer and autumn, and that
traffic over a similarly wide area has been more recently,
and perhaps still is, greatly impeded by snow, while
unusually violent storm waves have made wreck of
some sea side localities in the last few weeks.

It may be interesting to your readers to know that
there is a corner of England which has been entirely
exempt from these casualties. There was no unusually
heavy rain here in July or in September. In Novem-
ber there was very heavy rain for two days continu-
ously only, and part of a road near here was under
w4er f ir the next night, but I walked dryshod over it
the following day. Neither have we had lately more
than a very few flakes of snow, nor yet has there been
any abnormal rise or roughness of the sea, but many
days of beautiful, clear, open frosty weather.
I speak of the North Lancashire coast, of More-
cambe Bay, the Furness, and Lower Lonsdale regions,
in which I reside.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant,
HENRY HAYMAN.
Aldingham, Dec. 9.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-12-18

FOREIGN

A GREAT VARIETY OF CHOICE TOBACCOS,

Including Wills', Archer's, Hignett's, Cope's, Jonas's, "Black Jack," and other Packet Tobaccos ; Returns,
Latakia, Irish Roll, Twist, dic., ttc.
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-12-18

BIRTH.
EIIDOTtN.—At • Worcester, on the 14th inst, the wife of
It. T. Ebborn, of a son, still-born.

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that cannot be judged of iii appearance,..careful pure
chasers rely en the high standing oUlthili with whom
they deal. For 30 year, Hornitnat's Pure Teas in
paets have given general satisfaction, being exceedingly
strong, of uniform good quality, and truly cheap. Agents:
Stourbtidgo--,Clarke,lsl, High-street; Baker, 124; Iligh
street; fiewit, Market Place; Morris, 138, High - s tree t
Brierley Hill—Rawlings chemist ; Kidderminster, But
Ring; Halesowen, Adam, chemist; Lye, Jones, chemist
Wordsley, Turner, chemist; Kingswinford, Pearsop
Brettel Lane, Collings, chemist; Birmingham, Bank,
9 sat eirg.
The-13-LENFULD STAPCH, has been more imi-
tated than all the, other, starches in the vtrrlelli No
t higher coinglirnei.t Could be:paid to it, as at these ktuita-
tors are satisfied that it is the finest starch in use.
Tradesmen have doubtless less profit on its sale, but still
iit is kept by all respectable grocers and oilmen, who pre-
fer supplying their customers with the hest article for
their own pecuniary profit. The public should :ittaia
upon haviug the Glenfield fitarch
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-12-18

THE PRINCE OF WALES IN INDIA.

The Special Correspondent of The Times, under date
Madras, Dec, 13, says :

A group of aboriginal Viddahs, two men and three women,
was exhibited to the Prince before he left Ceylon. Two of
the women were very gentle in appearance, and one was
decidedly pretty. The men were small and rather ape-like;
they shot fairly well at a mark with bows and arrows, but
the exhibitions of fellow creatures was, on the whole, rather
curious and sad than elevating or exhilarating. It is said
they do not laugh, but it is certain the men grinned horribly
at the command of the missionary. A heavy thunderstorm
precipitated the departure from the gardens.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-12-18

HAY.

--
WHITECHAPEL, Saturday, Dec 11.—The market has been
Well supplied with hay and straw. The trade has heel, dull,
and prices have given way. Prime Clover 100 a. to 15.55. :
inferior, 85s. to 955. Prune meadow Lay, 90s. to 1445.
inferior, bss. to 755, ; and straw, 353. to 52i. per load.

WOOL.
During the past week public sales of Colonial wool have
progrem,ed with more animation, and the value of Cape pro-
duce exhibits some recovery from the lowest points of the
series. In Australian wool, however, there has been no
material alteration, but a fairly active inquiry has been ex-
perienced. As regards English wool, a somewhat increased
demand has prevailed, but prices show very little change.
The improvement in the inquiry has been both for fleece and
sain deloriptiola
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-12-18

TEAS AT WHOLESALE RATES.

a. d.
Rich full Flavour'd Kaisow Congou 1 0 per lb.
Very finest Moning Congou.. • • • • • • 2 0
Finest Assam Congou (very choice) 2 4 „ „
Delivered Carriage Paid to all parts of England,
On receipt of P. 0. 0 , by the
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Female Dorcestic Servants of all kinds, mho are quit,
free to engage with whom they please at the best wagaa
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Wages £25 to alesr all found.
Free Passages given to Agricultural Labourers whether -
married or single.
Wages £3O to .E5O alcar with board and lodging,
Assisted Passages to Mechanics on payment of £4.
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Blacksmiths, 1s to 14s day Shipwrights lOs to 12saclay
Carpenters. 12s „ 14s „ Tailors.... 9s ~
Shoemakers .9s ~10s „ „ „
The above need not want work,a single hour after
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-12-18

THE IMPORTATION OF FOREIGN
CATTLE.

A deputation from the London Trade Council
waited on Mr. W. E. Forster, M.P., on Monday, to as-
certain his views as to the present high price of meat
and the causes which have led to it.
The members of the deputation said they considered
that the restrictions on the import of foreign cattle
were the chief cause of the grievance of which they
complained.
Mr. Forster declined to express an opinion whether
the restrictions referred to ought to be continued, but
hinted that they had not so much to do with the high
price of meat as was generally supposed, that price
being attributable, in his opinion, rather to the increased
demand. There was nothing, he said, while in office, that
gave him more trouble or more anxiety than this matter
of the trade falling into the hands of monopolists. It
was a serious business having to interfere in the trade,
but no doubt as at present worked it did tend to give
the large monopolists rather more power than could be
desired. Some legislation seemed to be necessary to
preserve the country from the effects of disease, but he
thought they ought not to interfere one bit more than
was necessary, and if those restrictions should turn
out to be unnecessary, he would do all he could in
Parliament to get them withdrawn.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-12-18

WORK AND WAGES.

In London, on Saturday, Professor Leone Levi de-
livered the second lecture under the above bead in the
theatre of King's College. The subject was "The
Reward of Labour." Mr. Levi said the question he
proposed to consider was: "Are the working classes
receiving such waßes as they are entitled to have—do
they participate juktly and fully in the produce of their
labour?" It was said the workman ought to have a
share in the profits made by the master, but there
were many and cogent answers to this kind of reason-
ing. British productions were found all over the
world, and it co3t time and money to take
them to their destination. Could the labourer
afford to wait until the article was sold, and
risk the variations of the market? He thought
not, and it was better far for him to accept a
fixed sum, commuted upon a fair standard in the shape
of wages, and not depend upon a remote contingency,
which might prove very delusive. The labour-market
must depend upon supply and demand. If the master
found a ready market for his goods at the best prices,
he could afford to raise his wages; if he found that to
compete with his neighbours and foreign producers he
must sell at a much lower rate than he had anticipated,
he must lower his wages or be beaten out of the
market. It was to the interest of every employer
to pay as high a rate of wages as be could, con-
sistent with his own demand. Where there had been
a long course of dealing between the parties the
men had a right to expect from the masters an
open and candid statement of the position of the busi-
ness, and of the reason which prompted a break-
ing of the contract before he summarily announced
a reduction in the wages. The workmen should look
at the difficulties which beset the master, and the latter
must remember that his workmen were free men, who
had a right to accept or refuse the reduction, as they
thought proper. The only remedy which he could see
for the low wages of the agricultural labourers was
emigration, which he held to be a blessing to many.
He objected to the employment of women ; let them
attend to the household duties; in the end there was
no economy in the woman helping. He hoped that all
working men would be thrifty, and so gradually become
capitalists themselves, and that they would make the
more kindly masters, as they had felt the dependence
of labour in their own persons.
A discussion followed the lecture.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-12-18

SEED.

LONDON, Monday, Dec. 13.—There was no Dow English
Cloverseed yet offering for sale. The best samples of French
were in good demand at an advance of 2s. per cwt. on the
prices of last week. The quantity of other sorts is limited,
and prices were well supported, Trefoil: Good qualities
were held for more money, but not many sales effected.
Canaryseed was fully as dear, but some importers required
more money for the best. Dutch Hempseed brought full,
rates, with a steady sale. Foreign Tares, for spring sowink
was held rather higher, but not much business doing in thii
article. Fine English Rapeseed was scarce and fully as dear,
White and brown Mustardseeds could not be nought lower.

FPS H.
Cod, £4 15s. to £9 per score ; crimped ditto, 7s. ed. to 12s
63. earli ; soles, is. to 45. per pair; bloaters 4s. 6d. to 6s. per
Landred ; kippers, is 31. to 4s. 6d. per box ; mackerel, 2s. 61.
to 3s. per dozen ; eels, Bd. to Is. per lb. ; whiting, 12s to 16s.
p-r basket ; sprats, 8s to 105 per barrel; turbot 7s. to 134.
each ; lobsters 125. to 303. perbasket; dozen ; its, to 225. per
2 ; pearl ditto, £3 ; common ditto
£1 to £1 105. per busha.
GAME AND POULTRY.
Pheasants, is. to 4s. : partridges, Is. 6,17t0 35. ; black game,
Is. to 3s. 61. ; caper-cailzie, 4s to 7s. 63.. ; ptarmigan, is 2cl.
to Is. 7d. ; woodcocks, 3s. to 4s. : snipes, is 3d. to is. 6d. ;
gold plover, 113.. to is ; black ditto, to. to 91. ; hares, is. 6,1.
to 45. 6d. ; white ditto, 2s. 63.. to Is 6d. ; leverets, 2s. 63... to
3s. 6d. ; Surrey fowls, 4s, to Os.; Sussex ditto, 35. to ss. ;
Boston ditto, 2s. to 3s. 61. • Essex ditto, 2s. to Is. ; Irish ditto,
is. ad. to 2s. 6d. ; Turkeys, 4s. to 16s. ; and geese, 3s. 93.. to
95.
PROVISION.

LONDON, Monday, Dec. is. —The arrivals lad week from
Ireland were 683 firkins Butter, and 3 671 bales,Bacon ; and
from foreign ports 23,85 S packages Butter, and 824 bales
Bacon, Foreign Butter continues to meet a god sale, and
prices generally have advanced 4s. to 6s. per cwt. For Jrisb
there is hut a limited inquiry. but rather more business done
than of late The Bacon market ruled firm; a good business
transacted without change in prices.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-12-18

The INF;AUEN,CE dINJURIOPS OCCUPA.
TIoNS upon HEALTH and LIFE.

In London, on Friday evening; in last week, at a meet-
ing of the Societtof Arts, held at its rooms, John-street,
Adelphi, Dr. Richardson, F. R. S., gave his second leo-
ture uptn Industrial Pathology, or the Influence of
Certain Injurious Occupations upon Health and Life.
He first proceeded to consider the sources of injury
springing purely from industrial labour, which be
divided into seven classes. The first was inhalation by
the lungs of fine particles, of solid matters, and of
dust and noxious gases and vapours. The other
causes were f—exposure to soluble chemical sub-
stances, mechanical impact of foreign bodies, physical
injuries from unnatural postures, sustaining and bearing
loads, undue atmospheric pressure and mechanical con-
cussions, exposure to damp and to impure air, contact
with organic parasitic forms, excess of muscular work,
and variations of temperature. In treating in de-
tail the first part of the first cause, viz., the inhala-
tions of dusts, the lecturer said that the number of
trades whose followers suffered from this source of
injury was very large, viz., from 20 to 25 distinct call-
ings, among the occupations being file and saw making,
knife grinding, stone cutting, paper making, and
tobacco manufacturing. He then proceeded to enume-
rate and to describe in detail the tffects of the various
trades, giving a list of maladies consequent upon the
different callings which comprised pulmonary con-
sumption, chronic bronchitis, asthma and emphyma,
gastric irritation and dyspepsia, and caries of the teeth.
Nervous depreeon-and disturbance were the general
consequences ofiengaging in the manufacture of tobacco
and snuff. He then proceeded to treat of the injuries
caused by the inhalation of noxious vapours and gases,
and promised to pursue the subject in the next lecture.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-12-18

fr
A SON OF ALLAN CUNNINGHAM,

The Home News writes of the late Colonel Francis
Cunningham, the youngest son of Allan Cunningham,
the poet :—"Like his brother, Peter Cunningham, he
was an enthusiastic lover of Old London. He searched
it awrs. nook and comer, and one of his latest labours
was the preparation of a new edition of his brother's
work, which, we believe, will before long be published
by Messrs. Murray. A sense of his approaching end
made him desirous of preparing materials for a life of
his father, 'for he felt deeply that the life already
published was insuffiaient and incomplete, especially
in its treatment of the period of the poet's residence
in London, to illustrate which he was in possession of
many valuable letters frnin Scott, Wordsworth, Southey,
and other leading contimporaries of Allan Cunning-
ham's beat days. He was called in at the eleventh
hour by Messrs. ,Vickers to edit their last publication
of Ben Jonson's works, and he has thus licked his
name with that of the second greatest of our dramatic
poets. Glorious Ben was indeed his idol, and it was
his supreme desire to be spared long enough to accom-
plish another edition of the poet on his own undivided
responsibility, an opportunity of which had just been
-offered him. But it was not to be, and, as ever happens
when a learned man dies, a mass of knowledge has
perished out of the world never to be presented to it in
the form it would have assumed. He was cut off at a
comparatively early age, just when his knowledge was
ripest. He was well known to and appreciated and
admired by a few of the highest rank among the
litterateurs of the day who will miss and mourn him;.
while his geniality as a companion, his happy fund of
anecdote, his courteous manners, and his large-hearted
sincerity as a friend will leave a blank among a large
circle of those who enjoyed his ntimacy which no tine
can efface or supply."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-12-18

THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE ON THE

I ARMY.
, The Commander-in-Chief, speaking at a banquet at
e
Fishmongers' Hall in London, on Thursday evening
in last week, remarked that we had not arrived at
that happy period when all thoughts of warlike opera-
tions were to be put on one side, and added :—Only
just look at what has happened in the year which is
passing; look at the threatened interruption of peace-
ful relations which has occurred, and which I may say
still exists, between ourselves and China. Look,
again, at the state of our relations with Burmah ; look
at the sudden outbreak—small though it be, yet not
without its difficulty—in the Malay Peninsula, or
what is known as the Straits Settlement. Look at

state of the world in general; look at what all the
great empires are doing, and will any man tell me
that under those circumstances the mere wish for
peace which I and all of you entertain, ought to
make us think that there is no possibility of a
warlike state arising—it may be before we are many
weeks older. But if we are right in that view, what
ought we do? We ought to try and place our
military and naval institutions, or, perhaps, I ought to
say our naval and military, for we ought never to for
get that the navy of this country is its first line of
defence, and therefore in that respect preceds the army,
in the most efficient position that we can place them in.
(Loud cheers) Now, how is that to be done? Well,
we have been d4,ing our best, as you all know, and
only recently we have done as much as we could to
show that we are not blind to what is going on, and
that we are alive to the necessities of the period;
but there is nothing to be done without very liberal
may as well frankly say that it is
means being placed at our dispcsal. While on
that point I
constantly alleged against the military authori-
ties that they have but one panacea—" Give us
more money, and then we will do what you
like." (A laugh and cheers). Well, gentlemen, I
admit there is great deal of truth in that. I should
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-12-18

DUELLING IN THE FRENCH ARMY.

From the recently-published Diary of a Twelve
Months' Volunteer, by Rene Vallery-Radot, we learn
a curiourhabit prevailing in the French Army, which
is not generally known. When two soldiers quarrel
and the superiors hear of it, they are compelled to
fight a due!. These regiment duels are not fought
chiefly from spite, but because swords must be crossed
after the most trifling dispute, even when the adver-
series at the very moment would fain make it up by
shaking hands. A wound must be given or received
with the pointed foil, after which the combatants may
embrace each other, if not killed; if the embrace take
place before the fight, imprisonment is inflicted.
Whenever a corporal gives two days' arrest to two
soldiers who have quarrelled or come to hands in the
room, the colonel adds a postscript—" Must go on the
fencing-ground." These duels which are by no means
always devoid of danger, are very frequent, as many
as fifty in one year having taken place in one regiment.
A captain introduced into the author's book thinks
that without duels it would be impossible to keep up
discipline and dignity in the army. "Duelling," says
this officer, "is a necessary evil. The soldiers would
be boxing, thrashing, and trampling each other to
death, if the sharpened foils were not held out in the
background."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-03-06

"CERTIFICATED BEGGARS."

"A Baffled Official" writes to The Times :—" Four
years ago you allowed me space for a letter upon this
subject. Then the cost of a certificate was 6d., but,
the evil having become so evident, it has been raised
to 55., although with little good effect; for, judging
from my own observation, coupled with the generally-
expressed opinion, there is little, if any, diminution in
the number of improvement in the class of certificate-
holders ; in fact, one of the fraternity —a very tolerable
sample, I believe, of the bulk—told me not long
since that, rather than be without his licence, he
would sell his bed, if he had one! I am aware it is
much more easy to give than to take away that which
has once been given; therefore, I will only venture to
suggest that it would be a considerable improvement
upon the existing system if the recommendation as
to applicants were to come from the police, and, per-
haps, Boards of Guardians and other bodies constituted
for administering poor relief, instead of from private
persons, and that the granting of licenses would be more
in place in the hands of magistrates than, as now, form-
ing one of the duties of chiefs of police forces, and so
placing them, I must think, in an anomalous position.
Further, it might be well to make it a condition that
the applicant should show that he or she had, inde-
pendently of the licence-money, sufficient capital to
purchase as much stock-in-trade as might possibly pro-
duce something like an appreciable profit, instead of,
as is now usually the case, the miserable handful of
rubbish which is carried simply in connexion with the
much-cherished certificate as a cover for begging."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-03-06

PUBLIC WORSHIP FACILITIES BILL.

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Mr. Salt moved that the House should go into committee
on this Bill.
Mr. Monk objected toThe Bill, regarding it as a dangerous
measure, which would interfere with the parochial system
throughout the country, introduce strife and animosity into
half the parishes of the kingdom, and prejudicially affect the
rights of parishioners and incumbents. 110 moved that the
House should go into committee on that day six months.
Mr. Stanton seconded the amendment.
Mr. B. Irope moved the adjournment of the debate, which
after a short conversation was agreed to.

GAS SUPPLY OF THE METROPOLIS.
Sir J. Hogg obtained leave and brought in a Bill to amend
the Metropolis Gas Act (1860), to make further provision for
regulating the supply of gas within the limits of the said Act,
and for other purposes.
LOANS TO FOREIGN STATES.

On the motion of Sir Henry James, Mr. K. Hodgson, Mr.
R. Gurney, 51r. Whitbread, Mr. W. Shaw, and Sir H. Holland
were added to the Select Committee of this House on Loans
to Foreign States.
The other orders wer,:. disposed of, and the House ad-
journed.

A telegram from Madeira announces the wreck of
the mail steamer Celt, which was lost on the 7th February,
on Quvin Point, Long Bay, whilst on her voyage from
Southampton to the Cape of Good lope. The Celt had a
large and valuable cargo for Cape Town, Algoa Bay, and
other ports She belonged to the Union Steamship Com-
pany, and was commanded by Captain Warleigh. The value
of the vessel is estimated at £50,000. The passengers, crew,
mails, and part of the cargo were saved, and transferred to
another Tema
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-03-06

-A;TONEY to be lent in Town or Country, to
LVI Gentlemen, Farmers, Tradesmen, or others, from
Fifty Pounds and upwards, upon personal security. In-
terest five per cent. per animal, from one to seven years.
No cotomit,sion or charges made. Also sums from One
Thousand Pcund4 on Mortgage, at three and a half per
cent., on freehold or lea.=ehold property, for any term not
exceeding twenty-one years.—Apply to Mr. HENRY
HOWARD, Civil Engineer and Surveyor, late Girdleatone
and Barclay, 11, Enston.square, London.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-03-06

AN OLD CHIEFTAIN AND HIS WIVES

It must be admitted that when very aged men
marry very young wives it is unreasonable to expect
the latter to do more than accompany their husbands
to the brink of the tomb (remarks the Standard). It
is carrying the matter too far to insist on prolonging
the ill-assorted union in the next world. An oldthief
in Borneo has just now a difference with twe of his
wives on this matter, and Europe may be called in
to settle the question. A Java paper publishes a
letter from Bandjermassin, Dutch Borneo, in which
it is stated that a fugitive rebel chief, who is now
very old, has given orders that, on his decease, his
two youngest wives shall be killed in order to
accompany him to the next world. "The two'
ivomen," says the writer, "became aware of the
fate awaiting them, and fled to our fort on the
Teweh, where they put themselves under the protec-
tion of the commandant. The chief was furious on
hearing this, and formed the plan of getting back the
fugitive women, for which purpose he assembled
around him the members of his family, his friends,
and followers. He intended to make an attack on the
said fort on the 21st of November, but at the time
the letter was forwarded nothing of the kind had hap.
pened. The Government steamer Baritoy, dispatched
with a reinforcement of 25 soldiers, besides a howitzer
with artillerymen, had arrived at the fort." We do
trust that the howitzer and the artillerymen, and the
soldiers, may teach the old chieftain a very necessary
lesson concerning our more Chri,stian theory of mar-
riage.