The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-02-22 00:00:00

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The correapondent of the Daily News, writing from Og-
more Valley, Saturday evening. wives the fonorrhtg encour-
aging report of. meeting of master. and man

-TO-d;y, according -to appointment, Mr. Brogden,
M. P., with other members of the firm he represents,
met a deputation of work.nen at the various works in
this valley, with a view of coming to some amicable
settlement of the contest, which has been pursued
with depressing results for nearly two months. The
conference took place in the large school-room at
Tondu. It was arranged to commence at twelve
o'clock, but as One or two of the Trade Unionists
leaders ban missed traM from Cardiff, Mr. lialbd,y,
the Preeident of the Miners' Union, srlicited an art
journment for two hours—awaiting the arrival of
Memos. Kane, of Newcastle; and Pickard, of Wigan ;
and in order to secure their prompt arrival, a spe.ial
train was chartered fmni Bridgend. At tan specified
hour for commencing business there were some tifty
delegates present to represent the ,nen cf this Valhi,
in addition to a large concourse of workmen and
tradesmen who were deeply interested in the proceed.
hire,

Mr. Alexander Brogden, M.P., ocmpieil the chair,
and formally admitted Messrs. Halliday, Ii ikard,
Kane, and others prominently associate I with the
Miners and Ironworkers' Unions. The hon. gentle.
man V.M.11.13e11e...1 by expressing glednesi at meeting so
many of his workmen, lie invoked extreme care in the
tone of their deliberations, so that nothin; should be
,aid which might exasperate anyone outside, and he
hoped if they differed in the proposal about to be sub-
mitted, still it might, with desirable modifications,
form the basis of negotiations, which they might be
able to close during the day after dispasdonate and
prudent discussion. If they could acee,t a medium
and practweible standard, it might not only form the
basis of a settlement in the Ogudere•valley, but other
parts of South Wales.

After the defening welcome which met the friendly
advances of the masters had subsided, Mr. Thomas
Halliday, on behalf of the men, stepped on to the
platform, and advances! proposals for an arrangemeut
in a very able ppesch, which acknowledged in laudable
terms Mr Brogden s conduct. Having reached the
point in question, the propos•l offered that the men
should commence work on Monday; that instead of
10 per cent. reduction, they should meet half-way, the
men to bevin at five per cent. reduction, which should
continue in force for two weeks, after which time
they ehall be paid the old rate of wages ; let the rate
be adopted for four weeks, after which time,
considering the increased price of iron and coal,
a five per cent. advance should be agreed on for
three mon ho; thus • binding arrang- went would be
secured for at least eight weeks. At t.-e expiration of
that ptriod employers end employed could meet to-
gether and discuss the future rate to be psi I. Having
supplemented his remarks with a reference to the
Mines Regulation Bill, and the prominent and able
part taken towards the security of that measure by Mr.
Breg ten, the workman's representative indirectly
sought absolution f..r those indit.iduals who have
pniodically been entrusted with commissions from the
Union to stump the country or distrilute funds.
_ _

Mr. Kane, of the Ironworks Association, and Mr.
Pickerel followed, in a reassuring tone, upon the point
of the men's a -ceptance of the terms just advanced, and
their fidelity to an agreement fi r them iptila•ed iod ;
and, judging from the plaudits which followed these
assurances in behalf of the workmen, they. will not
, disappoM their guarantors.
, Before retiring to consider his proposals, Mr. Brogden
expressed himself as gratified at the geed tone evi-
denced in the addresses delivered. He endorsed the
opinions as to the lose already sustained by the strike
' on both sides, and this, he argued, should be a warning
to both parties, who, before entering again on a strike
of the kind, should look the thing well in the face, and
have the best grounds for a warlike Ptep before com-
mitting themselves to it. Ile was quite aware that his
motives in taking the part he had in bringing about
an end of the strike here would be very much mis-
represented, and everybody would advance their
reason -possibly a right fine, but very probably a
wrong one. The one thing which had ruled in his
mind from the beginning to the end of this strike
was a desire ts find out a way for terminating it
which might prove honourable and beneficial to
both men and masters, Ile ventured to express
a homely truth, and it was that the cause of the move.
ment en the part of the masters for a reduction was
quite as Innca in the interests of discipline and manage-
ment as a question of wages. At his own collieries the
output during the past Sit months ending the dlat lle•
cemtfrr was no lees than 3.5.000 tuns leas than it was in
the correauonding six months of the previous year. In
addition to these fate and the irregularity to duty on
the part ed the colliers, managers in almost every de-
partment complain of a disr. gard for orders emanating
from those in authority. Ile hoped the day was gone
by for any more of this. Whatever settlement was ar-
rived at tisday, his determination was still to be
master; never in his present position would he reline
quieh that authority.
Mr Br glen here retired to consider the terms sub-
mitted to lam and after an absence of nearly an hour
confei ring with his co-directors and others, the honour-
able gentleman returned, and was warmly welcomed
by his au deuce. He said that, with al•ght modifica-
tion to suit the papheets, and a belief that the men
would honourably discharge the terms pre.cribma in
the agreement advanced, they had pleasure lii adcejit-
ing it, and hoped to see the works resume their former
acuity on Monday. After a loud intimation in the
affirmative, Mr. Brogden said that it now iernained
for Iswh parties to show to the test of the community
that they could honourably fulfil their engagements,
and, without any exultant or triumphant manifesta-
tions, resume work and prosecute their labours peace-
ably and regularly. He candidly acknowledged the
fairness of the term% and predicted that at the expira-
tion of the specified time they would have entered
upon the execution of orders which secured an advance
f wags. He expressed readiness to meet at any time
and cm:Leis qneetions at issue.

After descanting npqn many matters which would
engage their immediate attention, Mr. Brogden thus
referred to the present coal famine :

Allow see to conclude with one word aa to the duty of
every workman under the present rendition of the commerce
LI the country, aid I am about to speak particularly to i
colliers. We have git in this country to what may be
literally termed a coal famine, and it Is a most serious i
thing, not only for the commercial, but ultimately the in•
dwarf .1 portion of the community, and especially those
who live by their daily toil The price of coal is so
high that it hsa literally put a limliattin upon all other
hidustries, and embarrassed several other articles of
corn nerce, punishing moat seriously thme who live upon
fixed and limits] bloomed. Now, you may say, "What
bat the price of cool to do with our wages! We
don't receive anything like the amount of wages per ton for
the coal cut that it is roil for," and that is perfectly true.
But It in also perfectly true, to carry it a little hit further,
to cry the coal masters do not get anything like the anionot
at which the c sold for, and quoted in the regular mar-
ket, for the colhery proprietor is obliged to have his con.
tracts and make his arrangements sometimes beforehand,
and finds himself in the position of delivering c.I at very
much lower prices than what It Is sold at to the consumer.
I could speak for hours on this subject, but I wish to wine
to the practical question, that which relates to you colliers.
The fact Is that the industries of the country have been In
an extremely prosperous stale; they have ceveloped them-
selves largely ; but It is nudoubtetily • fact that whilst the
raise of coal In the last year was slightly ID eX,IIII
of the raise of coal In the previous year. still the
additional iutput has not Men proportionate to the
increased demand of the country. The consequence
of the oemand bring in egress of the ply In this—that
the trade, so far u the sale of coal is concerned, has been
I. the hands of ioeculators, who, dealing in comparatively
*mall quantitiu. have advanced the price to such a degree
that it hu become • matter of great lifficnlty for many people
to satisfy their Imii•idual wants On speaking to you, al d
through the press to the whole of the trade, I would ur.:e
the collier in 'ho present difficulty to do eomething towards
remedying that evil, sari he can do it without any great
strain upon his own physical strength. Ile can dolt with
considerable traqi to his own pocket, and by so doing It he
will sati.fy • great national want, and prevent a great
national calandry, by the stoppage of other induttries.
A large shipowner told me the other day that his coal
bill for last year was £20,000 more than for the previous
year, and consequently he °mid not keep on his steamer..
11 of them now lying in dock, doing nothing solely through
this coal famine. A love printer has said that his coal bill
for last year was £l5OO more than It had been in the
previous year, in consequence of which be was compelled
to reduce hie establishment to cite half. Another gen-
tlenian, in the cotton trade, has Loki me • similar story,
anti said he would have to take a similar course. Now I ant
speaking to colliers, anti I AA them seriously what all thin
indicates. The collier at the present moment may sty he
holds the Key of the position, and can regulate the indus-
tries of this great country ; but in thus regulating them he
Ls destroying them, arid by destroying them he is bring-
ing poverty arid distr.. upon the fellow-workmen In
other branches of trade. He Is not improving his own con-
dition one jot. but he is bringing abut a collapse In the
prosper; ty of this country, that will lie more marked in its
extent than the great prosperity we have hitherto Attained.
Therefore, through the price I want to urge upon all persons
who have Influence over the colliers the necessity of their
performing • public duty at the present time. and increasing
the quantity of the output, so as to supply all necessary de-
mends.

From the applause which followed this appeal, we
may expect the cedred co-operation, no lar as the men
of the Ogm re Valley are concerned. The a 4reements
embracing the terms advanced by Mr. Halli lay, was
sulweipiently Pinked by Mr. itrogden on behalf of the
111aemteg, Llenvi, and l'ondu companiee, and Messrs.
Halliday, Kane. Pickard, and others connected
with the Miners and Iron Workers' Unions on
behalf of the workmen, over four thousand of whom
will be reeponeible for its duo observance, and by
the time this appeals on the breakfast table of
your readers, the greater number will be once again
in their place. Other "limited liability" companies
have been long on the look out for a loophole, in order
to ret their establishments going again. Here is a
precedent which I am enured will be readily followed
by at least two large concerns during the coming
week. The
.success of the dav's proceeding, I need
hardly add, awakened much rejoicings, .not only in
thisidietrict, but other., where reseonable bops can be
entertained of a ciusilar happy settlement.

The Correapondent of The Times writes:—
MERTHYR, Feb. 17.
This morning broke upon us with eome hope that the
s•ttlement at Tondu would he followed by the tar more im-
p,rtarit evert of • restoration of peace at Hostels, which
itid hove ld to the termination of the Suike ever) whyre
eke; but this day hae added loan more to the numerous di•
appoietinents which have been experienced in the viand t toles
ot this terrible struggle. lei Saturday evening, unconscious
of what had been done in the Llynvi district, a deputation
of the Dowlate Company, colliers waited upon Mr.
Manclana the Manager, and asked whether there was not •
possibility of resuming work. They were told that the
mutter lay entirely In their own hands. The masters' condi-
tions were already knoen to them, and if they cringe to
accept them the works might be re veiled immediately.
The deputation Inquired whether they could not divide the
amouLt in dispute, and go back upon a flee per cei,t. reduc-
tion Mr. Meneisus replied that, after giving the matter
the most delirerate cord& r ration, the employers had come
to the couclusion that th couid not dry rt from their
position. It was for the men to decide whether those tern
Were still unac,optable. He thought they would be cobiblt-
int thvir own interests best by accopting thern, and he a•
mired them upon his hobo''r as a getitleroan that If they did
so they Would receive such generous treatment from their
employ,. na won d replace them in their old position
.ormer than teey had anticipated. the deputation ware
lus-
t,rea.e,i a ith the laugnege of the Manager, mei vs they tett
err, met M a lurce crowd et workmee, • ho, tip.a learning
he preek, expremed a desire WS a geperal mistime should
be convened for Moidity. A meeting wise CollVrlled, anti this
mornirg the ermines of the boatels •Mools was oc,ipied by
eever thouisuni workmen, including cAliere, miners, and
froo-workers. It was decided to select the colliers and
melts, and to hold • niretum of thaw
miners from thy
chimes of workmen only. accordingly, the greet hall of the
raChOels, Capable of accomModaiSng about 9,000 persona, was

men,
_and it wan

fttl.d.

having sa. appointed, , began.
At this -me the meeting was in the it,. Downie
workmen alone, and matters seemed t., to •
happy lane, until a man who belonged to one in other
Works spoke from the body of the assembly, and suggeated
that nothing should be done until Mr. Halliday W. with
them Ile was immediately answered by a Do while work.
man that this was a meeting of Doodahs colliers to deterruirre
a matter which c nicerneil themselves more than anybody
else, and they cow il settle It, he hoped, without the
assi.tance ef Mr. Halliday, or the advice of any workmen
from eyfarthfa or e Isewhere A proposal wits then made
that workmen present wee did not belong to Doe Mis should
leave the room, but it was not enforced, sod they remained.
i he mea ting was then addressed by varier. members Of the
deputation who waited upon Mr. Menelaus, and who ex-
pressed themselves favourably, one of them goitre err ter as
to say that he prelerred his to the Toudu terms. Upon his
propos I, and jmicing from the manner in which their
oh ****** urine were received, It appeared to me extremely
probable that the meeting would not close without comirris
loan agi °meet to return to work ; hut at this stage of the ,
rrieeedings the local agent of the Miners' UnMn appeared,
and, after listening for • stern time in the betty of the hall, ,
pushed his way to the front, where his presence was the
signal for an outburst of applause I. can tile Unionists. A
proposal was mace that he should be allowed t a widress
the meeting. The Chairman rained no objection, sad
the agent spoke. The result of his speech was to destroy the
afloat of chat had been said by the previous eioakeis. lie
rap. ated the sr rock phrases as to the desire of the men to re-
turn, but only upon fear conditions, and suggested that the
trails which Messrs. Broaden had conceded to their men at
Tender were such aa they might reasonably expect front the
Do oriels Iron Company and other employers. lie did not
impute that the %Imager of that great Company was not a
man or in reeler, but he thought th at worlinieu should have
something more tabgible than a gentleman's word of honour
for Rearm& treatment before accepting the offer made to
them. It did not matter what the Frees said as to the wages
avhlchthey earned they knew theinselvot what the average
value of their weekly labour was, and if attune to& question of
starvation, it was better to starve In the streets ding nothing
than to starve work', g hard underground. For the last 31.1) ears
the masters had practimd a system of oppression upon the
men until it had pennys made them stupid ; the time had
now conic when they most learn the advautage of holding
each other In respect and settling their disputes by reason.
Finally, he advised the meeting to do nothing definitive that
day, but to let their resolution mom. before • delegato meet-
ing to be held at Merthyr tomerrow for Mod decision.
The mettirrg shortly a I Le rwards came to the coir el anon to offer
Mr. Aleutians the terms of settlement at Tondo, and a empit-
tattoo of six men *ter Appoluted to convey that otter to him.
Tory saw him at the etti,:e, and lie received them In envier ea
The Inter vie ar lasted over an hour, bet the result may le sum-
m d up in these words The Corr du ecinailtiOnsWere rejected,
and the caller of Saturday night renewed, With an intimation
that If the nien thought they could exact better ternta by
protracting the struggle, they were egregloasly mistaken, f
neither of the other employers had aby intention of following
the example of Mr. Broaden, and the termination of the
Strike at that gentleman's works coal d not influence the as.
sedated masters In the slightest degree." Tare deputation
returued to the meeting, but before communicating tile re-
mit ot their interview held a brief couter,nce with the
Union agent Tee workmen received the Intelligence
brought by their c impaulons qtlietly and without airy
demonatration Of disappointment, and some of the
older hankie spoke in favour of putting an end
to the disastrous state of things in which they found
themeelves by returning to work upon those terms,—a re-
commendation which evoked applause and alisappreval In
about equal degrees. The UM.a agent again spoke, and
asked them not to &dale upou any course mitt' tire meeting
of delegates at Merthyr hen considered whether any other,
and, if so, what other, offer could be made. line discussion .
became inhumed, men expmantog themselves from the non-
Unionist.' and anti-Saike p•tut of view with greater
freedom than I have noticed at any other meetings,
but the last speaker upon thee aide of the rows
-
lion was absolutely shouted down by a number of young
men who were Is front of him, and, in the midst of
great excitement. some person got up and made the
absurd prom sition that the meeting should oisperse
until they had come to a better understanding with their
masters. The proposition was seeonderl and declared carried,
and the asa. nibly la in Stately gave effect to it by breaking
up. reach was the lame ono impotent conclusion of nearly
2,000 men, gathered together f. toe determination of • clues.
tion of vital and preesing importance, id ier • discussion
which lasted nearly four hours The result—lf it can be
called a result at all—has for the moment intermitted the
gloom overspreadiug tee place, hut I aria Wit Witbolit hope
that it will yet produce good at an earlier date than we may
he preps,ei for. It ce,tainly did reveal the metence of non
Untold.. colliers who are courageous enou.h to utter their
sentiment, In the lace of an excited company of the
pro Strike workmen. And Leese men, hiving. once
felt the ground, will. I am convinced, when pinched yet ware
by necessity, take the bolder step of ramming openly to
work. there are amines circumstances which combine to
press thfll course upon them. Tee firmness of the masters Is
unquestien able I have the best authority for graying that
the determined attitude ot Mr. Menelaus, who from his im-
mense practical knowledge and experience is regarded as the
leader of the trmie, is sustained by a resolution as uncom-
promising by the other Merthyr employers and by the whele
of the Monmouth masters ; yet they areal' prrpued to meet
their men if they come without delegates or Union ern:seance
to dictate the terms upon which they are to negotiate.
Mr. Camelia" this morning told a 'Amber of his worklnell
that II they would come to him with freedom to act Ire
believed they would come to terms before separating. but he
would not receive the delegetes of the Union. That is one
cause wh eh is operat:ug towards a renewal if walk by the •
mustrnion workmen. Another, and one which Is certain to
exercise a far MOro powerful lull actor upon the future comae
Af the struggle, la the absiml, iiment of t7e ironstone mines.
'ry that proceeding between 5,004 and deed Willed miners
ler Mai be thrown upon the labour-market, and they must
necessarily seek some other in.mpatiou than 'het which they •
have hitherto followed. 111, expected that they will for the
moat part be turned into the collieries, and, as they cons .
incise as a eleen the atearliest and 1.1..51 prorlil.-nt sea knimi
employ al at the Works, vast wimben of them befog pro-
visitors of the cottages is which they live, their lu/reduction
into the coalworks will be fraught with coirseqienees Of 'en
great impartance eat only to the localities, but to thee runny
generally. The ar.ie emeem -rat of an absolute chreingrrf their r
pace, ot xs,,rk has created great coneternatior, amo g them,
anti they are intelligent enough to ace that, driven out of the
iron mime, they will have no ether alternative than to work
as labourers at colopanitiVay low vases Or a. adhere. Mr.
Mellritill3 stated to-day that this mtainre had been mein
consideratA ru for same thne past, but, havteg regard to the
large camber of men employed, their steady baba-, firld !
their interests in the p See, the tuits'ers had refrained
from carrying It out. The present exc-ptioriel circum-
stances in which they wire placed ,•llered an oppor-
tunity for doing so, though no advantage would have
been taken of It, for the reasoirs befure stated, hair
the Strike terminated a week or taro ago. In view I
however, of its possible prolengatlen for MI leineflnite period,
the ironmasters have resolved upon efleotleg their olrject in
this din cjjon, wad we now ramoll..g all pr Tarty of any
value fruit the mutes, preparet,ry to their Moil eleuelou-
rnent. The prospect of having the miners as c,npetitore
with them for employment in the collieries war, I am per-
seeded, exercise a powerful Influeuce upen the ettiturte of a
the non union colliers, and may precipitate their decialun to
resume work.

On Monday Mr. Robert Reath, ow if the largest
ironmasters in Staff irdshire, closed his For i-green
Works. The puddler% had complained of the quality
of the pig-iron supplied them to make up being Inferior.
The manager maintained that it was if good average
quality, and Vito eupon the pod flees struck w. rk, and
were followed by the other hands, tile total number
being about 300. Mr. Heath in view of the scarcity
and dearness of fuel, has met t se movement by closing
his works.

The boys engaged at the principal collieriea in the
neighbourhood of Bishop Auckland are agitating for
shot. er bout,. Hitherto they have been engaged
eleven, and in some case. twelve, hours a day. Ttoy
are cow seeking a reduction to ten hoary. In the case
Of the Black Boy and the Ancliland park Collieries,
they have turned out on strike, leaving the pit tile.
On Monday the colliery proprietnrs of Accrington
Church, Oswaldtwiatle, Claytonde•Moors, and the
neighbourhood, advanced the price of cal three
shillings per ton. The greatest possiide difficulty
exiate in procuring coal at nay prior. The nulls are
but indifferently nuppli.d, awl iti a exceedingly prob-
able, should the pr•sent dearth continue, that many a
them will have to cease running.
Sixty colliers in the employ of the Stanley Coal
Company, Livereedge, near Dewsbury, have Wined
for an &Waive f wags. On the 14th in-t. the
Company advanced the price of coal two ehillugx per
Pm ant gave the men an increase of wages at the rate
of ;al for each dozen corves brought to the surface,
but the miuers say it is not in prooortion to the ad.;
Vance to toe coneutuers and ask a shilling pert! zn
corves. .On Monday the colliery proprietor • a f D we.
bury a-Weaved coal 3.. 41. per ton. A great number
of colliers in the district have given notice that if a
aub•tential advance in wages in not conceded they will
strike.

MERTHYR, Tuesday night.

_
More threatening letters have been tient. Two C.3l*
Here working for Mr. Fothergill having received
letters threatening them with death by lire, unless they
desisted, the men nave refused to continue work, and
the matter is now in the hands .d the police. A reward
of £2O haa been ffered for the diacovery .4 the authors.
Mr. Crawshay received a eeputatien of wolkmen t*
day and made them an offer of the Mause tegllllll as
thole which Mr. Menaleas gave the ',owlets own
yesterday. A mesting is to be held to consider the
offer.

In a leader, the Daily Ttlryraph remarks :
The Manner in which the supply of coal effeCte • Mat
variety of trades was exemplified in one passege of Mr.
Progden's speech to the inns, lie stated that a large ship.
owner had been compelled to pay Lid 000 a year more for
that Bern in 1872 than ia 11571, and that a great printer had
Apt at in • similar way an excess of £15,000. Both ha l been
consequently obliged to retrench their eslabliehmente and
thus to diminish tlie amount of general 004,10) merit. That
Is, itself is a very serious evil, and what is 'tiny'
to the South Wales odliers Is a very painful thing to
many ts poor fellow in ether industries turned out of
hie work-hop from no fault iii, own- We have no doubt,
site, that the enforced idlesieea of ineny "shops" will spread
if the coal strike is continued. Manufacturers are slot al-
ways able to obtain enhanced prices in order to cover the
lammed cost of production, and they must sometimes
cease or slacken work to avoid being heavy daily
losers. This pause will soon lead to a Otonoutioo of
drained, and a consequent tall in the price of coal—
• fall that wilt make enhanced wages for the miners
Utterly out of the question. But the latter may ask,
if • fall thus injures its, why should we not ai•
ways benefit by a sloe?' This seems plausible at drat;
It appears natural that if the price of any commallty is
raised, those concerned in producing it should be able ter
banent thereby. that a moment's redaction will convince
operatives that this cannot he 'lke manufacture of
books will sopoly us with a !ambler instance. The
compositors who sot up Tennysou or Dickens are paid
at about the same rate as those who set the types
for some volume of lad) like poedry which is only
bought by the frionMi Th. primers Lay„,
think of saying to the successful author. You have
Made enormous profits out of that laat book pub-
lished—therefore you must pay us double wages' The
writer enjoys his peculiar profit on account of the extra
value and enhanced popularity of his share of the week;
while the cninpositora' task bas been of the ordinary kind,
cod their wages are regulated, itot by the high price of some
brooks but by the average prellts of master printer@ and the
manlier of • hoods' seeking eneploymeot. pitch also Is
the state of the coal trade. Because fuel Is limited, and
more or less of • monopoly, the owners of pits can, reme-
dially as the natMtial demand is enormous and yearly In.
cteainng, charge very high terms ter the article they sell.
But what the colliers sell is their comparatively unskilled
toll. They have no monopoly of that Marl Strong farm
labourers would make very good miners after tile in-
struction and experience of a few weeks, and it is a
knowledge of this fact that keeps down wages, whatever may
be the price of coal. Even MAC', the impending dieuse of
the ironstone mine. in Wales will throw out of employ-
ment about 10,000 men, who can learn how to cut coal
s few days, anti thus more than replace all the colliers on
strike. In short, the Miners must learn that their services
are not indispensable ; that, not to speak td the growing
employment of machines, or of men from other mines. there
are the raw mate teals of • new army of under_ rowel therm
in our alwate soperahuniant rustto labourers, and that this
reserve must affect the attitude of the employers."

An inque.t hate lawn held at Liverpool en the bo ly
f Austin Melia. a lain-wirer, who committed snicitie in
Walton Vac,' on Friday last, by stranaimg himself with his
hr.,ces. The deceased WM under remand a charge of
attempting to murder his wife early on the previous morning.
whilst she was lying hi bed. The Jury returned a verdim
that the de,eaaed committed suicide, whits: in a state ei en.
sourd n,lnt rho woman, who was dangerously woundad,
Is now rocovering.