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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-02-21

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AIONNING, At'TEUNOON; tic LVE.NING.

AN EFFICIENT BIND IS ENGAQ-ED.

ADMISSION SIX-PENCE.
INCLUDING U pf.,Tmp'; ON'S

A GRAND roof LL MATCH
Will be played on the
STOURBRIDGE GROUND, AT AMBLE COT E
THIS DAY, (SATURDAY),
STOURBRIDGE V. WOODBE TTON.
Kick off at 3.15.

Admission 3d„ Ladies and Members Excepted.

STOURBRIDGE WATER WORKS COMPANY
(LIMITED.)

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the
ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the
Shareholders of the Stourbridge Water Works Com-
pany (Limited), will be held at the Company's Office,
No 1, Church Street, in the Towaship of Stourbridge,
in the County of Worcester, on Saturday the 28th day .
of February Instant, at Half-past Three o'clock in the
Afternoon, to receive the Directors' Report, and to
adopt the same or otherwise ; to declare a dividend,
and for the purpose of transacting the general business
of the Company.

By order.

GEO. HOLLOWAY, georstsry,
Company's Offices, Stonrbridge,
February 9th, 1880.

PARISH OF STOURBRIDGE.

CLERK TO SCHOOL BOARD.

rrilE SCROOL BOARD, for the parish of
_L Stourbridge, HEREBY GI-vs NOTICE that
they will proceed on 'TUESDAY, the 16th of MARCH
NEXT, at half-pastsix o'clock in the evening, to the elec-
tion of a CLEItli to the BOARD, to hold office during
the pleasure of such Board.
The pe 'son appointed will be required to perform such
duties as may from time to time be assigned tc him by
the Board.

The Salary wid be £5O per annum, to commence and
be payable, from the period at which the person ap-
pointed actually begins to perform his duties.

Written applications, stating age, and present occu-
pation, together with recent testimonials, endorsed—
" Application for Office of Clerk to School Board,"—
to be gent to me not _later than 6 o'clock p.m., on
Thursday, the 26th day of February, instant.

By order,
GEORGE PERRY,
Clerk to the Board.

Dated this 16th February, 1880.

STOURBRIv)GE SCHOOL EOARD.

PRINTED COPIES of the STATEMENT
of RECEIPIS and EXPENDITUIOI of the
BOARD, for ihr year ended 29tii Septtniber, IS9, can
be obtained by any ratel.ayer of Stourbridge ou applica-
tion at the Clerk's office, at three-pence each.

GEORGE PERRY.
Clerk.

Stourbridge, 19th February, 1880.

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.

WORCESTER SPRING RICES.

ON THURSDAY and FRIDAY, FEBRU-
ARY 26th and 27th, a FA ST SPECIAL TRAIN
at ordinaiy fares, (1.2.3. class) will run to WORCESTER
leaving BIRMINGHAM (Snow Hill), at 11.30 a.m. ;
Stourbridge Junction, 11.55 a.m. ; and Kidderminster,
12.10 p m., and return each evening from Foregate
Street Station, half-an-hour after advertised time of
last race.

On El lrue days a fast excursion train for WOCESTER
will leave BIRMINGHAM (snow Hill). at 10 20 ;
Horkley, 10.25 ; Smethwick Junction, 10.30; Oldbury,
10.35 ; Cradley, 10.47 ; Wolverhampton (Low Level)
10.20; Bilstou, 1027; Princess End, 10 32 ; Dudley.
10.38; Round Oak, 10.45.; Brettell Lane, 10.50; Stour
bridge Junction, 11,0; and Kidderminster, 11.15 a.m.'
returning each evening from Foregate Street Station, at
6,35 p.m.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-02-21

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THE STOURBRIDGE OBSERVER.

VAGRANCY —William Smith was cha,Ted with
begging on the 18th inst. Polic3-constable Eaves
proved that defendant went to his house and asked
for relief. Witness told him he had receiv.td many
complaints about begging anti should have to sum
moil him. He searched him and found 2d and
some bread on him. Defendant said he was out of
work and was on tramp. D fendant was discharged
on promising to leave the town.—William Davies,
Coventry Srreet, Stourbridge, was charged with
begging at Oldi.winford, on the 18th inst. Police-
constable Eaves proved the offence. The Bench
discharged him with a caution, that if he went
befere them again for begging they should send
him to prison.
ORSTRUCTION.—CharIes Brown, agent, of Bir-
mingham, was charged with causing an obstruction
in the highway on the 30th ult. Police-constable
Eaves said thot he saw a cart in front of Crab
Mill Inn, Oldswinford. The hind part of the cart
was in the centre of the road. 'Defendant was
fined 10s, including costs.
BOARD OF GUARDIANS.—The weekly meeting
of this Board was held yesterday. Mr. Bay-
!Gould in the chair. Thera were present Messrs.
H. Billingham, Rhodes, Wood; It. B. Guest,
Lavender, Gile3, Plant, Hale, Kelly, Mullett
Rollinson, J, Billinghatn, Hingley, Wright,
and Brooks. Admitted into the house during
the week 28 ; discharged 13 ; dead 1; re-
maining in the house 482. Corresponding
period last year 457. Out-door relief, King-
swinford district £32 13s 7d; Stonrbridge
district £25 3s sid ; Kingswinford district, IT
4s 6d ; non-resident 4s. Total £75 50 ()id,
against £OO 43 7d.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-02-21

DESPERATE ENCOUNTER BY A •
BATHER WITH SHARKS.

The Rangoon Gazette records the following sad occ=enw
at Port Blair :

"On the evening of Christmas Day one of the 89th
Regiment, named Kenney, went out to the bay to
have a swim—a daily recreation between five and six
p.m. When he was out a distance of about 150
yards from the jetty he found himself attacked by
a small shark, which bit off one of the fingers of
his left hand and lacerated another and the
timuit.. The man using a Hanna owurtmer bravely
resisted the attack and had nearly succeeded
in choking, it is said, his enemy, when
he found himself attacked by a larger monster,
which seized him below the cap of the right knee,
causing an incision of about four inches long by two
deep. The wounded man still fought his way
bravely, swimming towards shore with his right
hand, while with his other mutilated one he defended
himielf. While doing so the second and fiercer an-
tagonist managed to seize his wounded leg just be-
hind the knee cap, rendering it perfectly useless.
Life, however, is sweet, and notwithstanding his
crippled condition Kenney struggled on towards
a beat he saw coming to his aid, when a third
shark attacked him from behind and tore off
nearly the whole of the flesh from his back. Even in
this dreadful state he managed to swim some
fifty yards further and to reach the boat before
mentioned, when he was picked up. He was imme-
diately conveyed to shore, laid in a doolie, and carried
to the hospital, where he received every care and
attention; but after lingering for thirty hours, and
suffering the greatest agony, he expired. When the
corpasswas examined the intestines were plainly visible
through the exposed ribs, three or four of which were
broken. The dimensions of the last bite were seen to
be 14 inches by 12. Tbe deceased was only 24 years
of age."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-02-21

OBSTRUCTION IN PARLIAMENT.

Sir Henry Peek has given notice of the following
re:,olutions in the House of Commons :

"1. That the wilful obstruction of business before
Parliament is in the highest degree disadvantageous
to the country at large.
"2. That wilful obstruction is a term incapable of
exhaustive definition, and should therefore be left to
the instinct of the House.

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"3. That immediately after prayers on Wednesday
it shall be competent for any member to give the
simple notice, ' That, in the opinion of this House,
the hon. member for has been guilty of wilful
obstruction.'

"4. That on the following Monday, at the com-
mencement of business, and without discussion or
aszoeadment of en, Ir;oti, the e.t.a mution be, put.
"5. Mat, if carried by three•four the of the members
present, , the member designated, shall be
reduced to silence in the House for the rest of the
SeLsion, but allowed, notwithstanding, to vote on all
occasions as at present.
"6. That, if not carried, no similar motion against
the same member than be allowable for four weeks."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-02-21

THE ELECTRIC LIGHT.

Experiments are in progress at the North Shore
Mills, Liverpool. under the direction of Mr. Ward,
engineer of the British Electric Light Company, with
the Andre incandescent lamp, which is said to possess
several special advantages. The light is contained in
a globe hermetically sealed, and as the carbon rods
are thus protected from contact with the air they, are
not subject to combustion, or the combustion ts so
slow as to be almost imperoeptible. The lamp is
simple and effective. It is self•adjusting, devoid of
mechanical appliances, and as the carbon points are
not consumed it will remain illuminated for an inde•
finite length of time. The avoidance of any renewal
of the carbon points is an obvious advantage, as is the
fact that the new system admits of a complete sub.
division of the current of electricity.

The Electrician says that an extremely useful appli-
cation of the electric light has been made to the
lighting of the lower workings in the anthracite
mines in Pennsylvania. The lamp employed for the
purpose is that of Brush, which is at present one of
the most extensivelnused in America, and is u3ed for
street lighting in many parts of Boston and New York.
The dynamo-electric machine is erected on the surface
near the engine, and is capable of maintaining six
lights on the same circuit. Any ate of these lamps
can be removed without interrupting the current, and
may be carried along the workings as required. The
conducting wire leading from the machine is carried
down the shaft, along the galleries to the different
Imam and back to the machine.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-02-21

A PANIC IN A MENAGERIE.

asizlus eapiesb
of Mdlle. Jose, an actress at the theatre there. Bidel,
the lion tamer, is also in the town with his menagerie,
and he introduced the young lady into the lion's cage,
where she recited Victor Hugo's " Caravane." Her
voice was as distinct and steady as if she had been on
the stage. Bidel stood by her side, but had no occa-
sion to interfere, When Mdlle. Josse left the den she
was enthusiastically cheered. She expressed her readi-
ness to repeat the experiment, but the public would
not allow her to again incur the risk. On the follow.
ing night, however, the public were destined to
experience a much greater sensation, which developed
into quite a panic. According to the Gaulois, the
floor of the cage gave way, and
.there was some pro•
bability of the lions making their escape, Indescrib-
able tumult ensued, the audience rushing en mane to
the doord, and several persons were almost crushed to
death.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-02-21

OPENING OF THE ITALIAN PARLIA -

MENT.

On Tuesday the Italian Parliament was opened by
King Umberto in person. Crowds lined the gaily-
decorated .treats ]of Rome, and filled the reserved
tribunes of Monte Citorio, to see the King for the
Nmeceountdintimpeerast. e
and u
inacLesiuis.ionkaeboimye
hearty were
Pa
therlia-
cheers which greeted the Queen as, looking well and
animated, she appeared with the young Prince of
Naples in the Royal Gallery. The cheers were re-
newed as the King ascended the throns, sapputed by
the Duke of Aosta and the Prince di Carignane. In
the Speech from the Throne his Majesty announced
that two Bills would be presented, one for the gradual
abolition of the arist tax, and the other for extending
• •raTracra. RAfarrinct f" #1,.. 8-L."17 ..".1.12n UI
the Government with foreign Po werr, he said that the
I preservation of peace was warmly desired by Itly, and
was a matter of great moment to her. It was but
natural, therefore, that she should scrupulously observe
the Treaty of Berlin. It was also easy for her to
fulfil the promise she had made, that when once her
unity had been secured she would become an element
of concord and progress.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-02-21

PRESS CENSORSHIP IN RUSSIA.

Under date St: Petersbnrgh, Feb. 7, "A Constant Reader 1?

writes to The limes:— -
Sir,—ln the copies of The Times of Tuesday, the
3rd inst., distributed here to-day, " La Censure" has
trez.ted them as follows.—The whole sheet containing
pages 3 and 4is cut out. The last two c-Jlemns of
page 5 are cut out, and in column 4 of the same page
all after "Bulgaria " has been blacked out. The last
two columns of page 0 are cut out. The blacking out
is done so that I scraped from off the 18 square inches
so blacked enough of blacklead mixed with grease to
fill an egg-spoon. You may imagine the state of the
rest of the text which comcs in contabt with other
parts of the paper, as well as of the hands of the
readers.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-02-21

SUICIDAL NICETY.

A lady who was constantly proclaiming her suicidal
tendencies, and was therefore watched night and day,
was recently an inmate of a lunatic hospital. Her great
desire was to end her life by drowning, and it was there-
fore necessary for three nurses to hold her when she was
having the warm baths that constituted part of the
medical treatment in her case, to prevent her from put-
ting her head under water, which she frequently at-
tempted to do. After many tiresome contentions the
chief nurse, a woman of experience and resource,
feigned to be weary of the conflict, and ordering the
other nurses to stand aside, told the patient that she
might do her worst, as they would not interfere any
further. The poor lady at once put her head under
water, but as speedily pulled it out again. Several
times she repeated this manoeuvre. At length, seeing
the nurse smile, she exclaimed, "It's no use. I
could drown myself in soft water instantly, but not
in nasty hard water like this," After that she did
not again speak of drowning herself, nor make the
mos.,: distant attempt to do 80. The incident
is quoted not to suggest a method of treatme t,
for it would be rash indeed to allow lunatics to ap.
proach the suicidal act, in the expectation that they
would finally shrink back from a close contemplation
of it; nor to point the moral that suicidal lunatics
as a rule protest too much, for it is wise to err on the
sate side, and to regard even what are suspected to be
empty thrcats as if they were real detzrminations ;
but to illustrate the manner in which insane impultes
are sometimes turned aside, and the curious irrational
reasons that are given for the deviation,—Medical
Press and Circular.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-02-21

INHABITANTS OF STOUBBRIDGE

AND NEIGHBOURHOOD,

,
. F. AEON

BURGEON-DENTIST,
'IAMPSTEAD ROAD, BIRMINGHAM.
11 Al Very great pleasure in stating to the
Li. inhabitants of /Rot:abridge and
ze:ghbourhood that, he will in future attend
VERY TUESDAY and FRIDAY:
from Ten till Five, at
MRa. HAWKINS'S- MILLINERY
ESTABLISHMENT,
HIGH STREET, STOURBEIDGA)

I BTIFICIAL TEETH fitted with the
4a. Celluloid Base, a newly invented an
pateated material that cannot fail to give
estisfastion and comfort to the wearer.

NITROUS
OXIDE GAS.

Obiectionable Teeth or roots extracted
while under the influenee Iditrions Oxide,
Lai other anesthetics.

r. Apperson's Intiseptic /stringent Den-
tifrice, for cleansing, beautifying, and
praierring the Teeth; in boxes, le. and

his newly improved Tooth Brush, for
eieaneisla both oldie of Teeth. lc 6d. each.

oliON .;1' LENT FROM ,110 to 11,000,
`iN erg Ternis and without Sureties to ro-
t—, sp.utsble Houteholders, Farmers, Cabovnars,
,aitapsrs, Praessiortal Cisiatlsmsn, Lodginghluas
Korpers, and Others.
ATI.LT Tu

IL3. T. BINNINGTOI7.
Virzi Vis,,r, 46. Union Passage, Birmingham.

I.)istutes no objost.

MONEY 1 MONEY It MONEY 11l
CASH ADTANCZD £lO to 000 ON EAST
TI O Besp,ctsble Householders, Farmers, Cowkeepers.
Irad-smee, and others, Without Bustles, or
Spays. Apply personally or by letter, to B. Liuotheam,
SO. Princess Road, Birmingham', (Private Besid,ne•),
0111c.,5, 1. Priory Street, Dudley, and I, Inville Street,
Ettourbridge.

Medical Works for the People,
By DU. HENRY SMITH.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-02-21

pasao tritimphan. _
the \ trifling severrity (says trio _
special .wing been nasigned
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THE TAY BRIDGE DISASTER.

On Monday another body was found, making the
number of recoveries 36. The remains of a man were
found among the rocks about six miles beyond
Arbroath and 22 miles from Dundee. They were con-
veyed to Dundee, where they were identified as those
of George M'lntosh, a goods guard in the employment
of the Caledonian Railway. The deceased, who was
45 years of age, leaves a widow but no family. When
found, the body was without the coat, from which
circumstance it is inferred that the paisengershad had
a little warning of the impending disaster, and that
M'lntosh had time to divest himself of his coat. He
had been at Edinburgh visiting his sister, and was
returning home.
Owing to the boisterous character of the weather, all
operations at the bridge were suspended.

The body of Mr. Jobson, a former town councillor of
Dundee, who was a passenger in the Tay Bridge train,
was reoovered on Wednesday a quarter of a mile east
of the bridge. The deceased was a lay preacher, and
WAS returning from Perth, where he had been con-
ducting a service on the Sunday of the accident. Mr.
Jobson was an oil merchant in Dundee, and his father
was formerly provost of the town,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-02-21

ACCIDENT TO THE MARQUIS AND
MARCHIONESS OF LORNE.

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A Renter's telegram, dated Ottawa, Feb. 15, says
that on Saturday evening a covered sleigh, containing
the Marquis of Lorne and the PrincesaLouise, was upset
and dragged by the horses for a distance of 400 yards.
Both the Marquis and the Princess received bruises,
the former having also a slight contusion in the fore-
head. An official medical bulletin issued next morning
reported the Princes Louise to have greatly recovered
from the shock, the injuries sustained by her Royal
Highness being a slight cut on the right ear, a contu-
sion on the side of the head, and considerable straining
of the muscles of the neck. The bulletin adds that the
Princess passed a good night and is progressing most
favourably.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-02-21

THE IRON TRADE.

The weekly market was well attended
on Thursday, and enquiries to test prices
were fairly numerous. The actual transac-
tions resulting, however, were inconsider-
able, buyers having apparently covered their
requirements for some little time ahead.
No great eagerness to secure orders was
manifested by makers, who are-for the most
part well under orders, and contracts for
fori.y.ard-delivery a curn.l.l, pi ioes were in
geveral instances declined. It is admitted
that a lull has fallen upon the trade, and
that for some descriptions of unmarked
iron, which were disproportionately high,
prices have receded ; but in,iikers assert that
this is only a usual and passing phase of the
trade at this season, and• that so soon as the
Northern navigation re-opens demand nil'
revive. Apart from any revival of business,
they argue prices must rule higher after the
Ist April, because then, on the terms of Mr.
Chamberlain's award, the ironworkers will
be entitled to a further revisios of wages;

the direction and extent of which are fore-

shadowed by the recent upward movement
of iron. It is confidently asserted in some
quarters that marked bars will then have to
be advanced another £l., making the
standard £10.; but the list houses at present
do not give any enconagement to this theory.
Meanwhile marked bars are firm at £9.,
with a fair amount of business for export.
Unmarked iron is easier, at about £B. for
good specifications ; but makers are unwil-
lingb to book for forward delivery at that
rate. Sheets are firm, at .Ell for singles,
Hoop-iron continues very scarce owing to
the urgency of the American demand, which
is now extending to bars; for the latter
description of iron some large specifications
of 1,000 tons in a line have been newly
placed with Staffordshire makers. En-
quiries for galvanised iron are coming to
hand from Canada and other Northern
markets, in anticipation of the re-opening
of the navigation. For pig-iron the market
is quiet, but fairly steady, considering the
recent great measure of production. No
improvement can be reported in coal.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-02-21

. PANTOMIMES AT BIRMINGHAM%

(-IN SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28th, a cheap
k j excursion train for BIRMINGHAM will leave;
Worcester (Foregat? Street), at 1.25 ; Dr4itwich, 1 40 ,
Hartlebury, 1,50 ; hit-Merin
inster, 2.0 ; an, Stourbriap
J urction at 2.20 p tu., returning same evening
J. GRIERSON, General Manager.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-02-21

RAILWAY TRAIN ATTACKED BY
BRIGANDS.

Under date Madrid, Feb. 15, the Correspondent of 2 he Times
la)

To-day a train coming from Andalusia to Madrid,
conveying treasure t) the amount of 40,C09 pes,tas,
which was placed under the charge of a Lieutenant and
four Gendarmes, was stopped by 16 brigands between
Alcazar and Argarnesilla. The bandits had blocked
the railway by tearing up the rails and laying them
across the line. Marshal Serrano happened to be a
passenger by the train, and be and the Gendarmes,
with their commander' fired upon the brigands, who
fled after returning the fire.

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After the excitement occasioned by the attack had
passed off it was found that one of the passengers had
been injured by the sudden stoppage of the train', and
that a Gendarme had been wounded by a shot. The
Gendarmerie went in pursuit of the bandits.

The Madrid Correspondent of the Standard gives the fol-
lowing additional particulars :

More precise information about the attack on the
Andalusian mail train by brigands shows that eighteen
armed men, during Saturday night, entered and robbed
the country seat of the widow of Marshal Prim, near
the railway. Afterwards they went to the house
of a man whose duty it was tá guard a gate on
the line, and by menaces obliged him to make
danger signals so as to detain the express which
approechltuiaaued d
was
shorntely aaringfterthem
jidunnicgthiotn fir And a
Ajcazsrl
ands took up two rails, which canned
the engine rig
enii3gine to stop with a shock that awakened the
passengers, broke the glass of the windows, and threw
the parcels about the carriages, Amidst the darkness
and pouring rain the people heard the brigands cry,
"Halt," and they fired before they attempted to rifle
the (mi., which contained 2100, the money of the
company. In the tram, fortunately, were a lieutlnant
and five gendarmes, who fired as they left their car.
liars, and a desperate fight ensued. One gendarme and
°no Passenger were wounded. Marshal Serrano au

his aides•de-samp gallantly joined the guards in
fighting the brigands, who finally fled, having
oecured no booty, and deceived by the pre-
sence of mind of the Marshal and officer of the
gendarmes, who, in the obscurity, gave loud orders as
if they commanded a strong force. The train eon-
tabled two hundred and fifty passengers, whose amp
was terrible, and several hours passed before a relief
train with gendarmes and authorities could arrive
from Alcazsr. Communication has been re•established,
and the line is now patrolled. The trains passed on
safely on the night following the outrage. Ta the
same district similar attacks happened in 1874 and
1876.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-02-21

Correspondence.
THE SCHOOL ROARD.

ELECTION OF CLIAIRMAN.
TO the Editor of the Stourbridge Observer.

_
Sir,—lt is not °Rea Lhal, ,nlah irifn paast. but
after reading your report of the first meeting of the
above Board, must be my excuse. When I read the
report and the attack made on Mr. Turney, by Dr.
McCave, after he was proposed as chairman I can
scarcely balieve it. Dr. McCave is, no doubt, a
learned man in Divinity, but it does not want all
men to be learned in Soriptural phrases to become
good members of School Boards, neither do I believe
it wants Ministers at all to sit at a Board of Edu•
cation, although Ido not regret that several
were elected to sit on the Board. Ministers
are supposed to be the lights of the world to set us an
example by their works and conduct. and not to make
such violent attacks as was made by Dr. MeCave
upon Mr. Turney, by telling him he was not a man
fitted for the position of Chairman. This, to say the
least, was not charitable on the part of the Dr. sup-
posing him to be a charitable and chrtstian man,
as his profession denotes. Ho tells the Board that
the Chairman must be one that would serve with
dignity and decency to himself and Stourbridge, and
without hesitation, said that Or. Turney was not a
The Dr. does not
man fitted for the positio
appear to have spent all
,y ala gentleman believe that
l has venom on Mr. Turney,
when he says ~
he had spent an hour on the four chapters of the
Now Code.? Did apy man believe that he could
answer the application of the Board the least prim.
school before he could attend to an ex-
ary question, ho'
bow many teachers a school, with two
many times must a scholar be
present at
amination,
or three scholars scaars would require ?" No
doubt these were very pertinent questions, and it is
well to cleet a good man as Chairman, but who
will veuture to say that Mr. Turney will not make
a good Chairamn ? Most men that have had busi.
net:a transactions with him know well that he is
a man of figures, and a thoroaghly practical busi-
ness man, and the best test is to look at his position
when first he came into Stourbridg his and hs present
position. In my opinion Mr. Editor, I must say
that such men as Mr. Turney are the men to conduct
School Boards, by looking at the s d and so keeping
down the rates, and not elect men who have to pay
but very little out of their own pockets. What I
complain of Sir, is that such a feeling should have
been displayed to another man, one who is supposed
to teach us to be meek and lowly. No doubt Dr.
4 McCave, who has filledthe office of Chairman in a
neighbouring town before would have made an ex-
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-02-21

MR. MARTEN'S LEASES BILL.

One of the objects of Mr. Marten's Leases Bill is to
grant relief against forfeiture. It proposes that when
a Court is asked to give effect to a proviso for re-
entry, or any other stipulation by way of forfeiture for
breach of a covenant in a lease or an agreement for a
lease, the Court may inquire into the case and relieve
against the forfeiture. This relief may be either abso-
lute or upon any terms that the Court may deem
reasonable under the circumstances of the case. Bat it
is expressly provided that there shall be no forfeiture
where the covenant th at is br6ken stipulates merely that
any assignment or under•lease shall be made by the
lessor's solicitor or some other particular person.
Another of the dangers of leaseholders that Mr.
Marten seeks to guard against is their liability to for-
feiture, in some cases, if another person who holds
under the same lease happens to neglect his duties.
Thus it is proposed that tenants who hold under the
same lease shall be mutually entitled to require that each
shall perform in respect of his tenement any engage-
ment which ought to be observed for protecting the
oth-r tenants from forfeiture or other liability in
respect of the engagement. In an action for enforcing
this right the Court is empowered to order that any
repairs or other requisite things be done; and in case
of neglect the repairs, &c., may be ordered to be
carried out by the coraplaining tenant, or by the
Court, at the defaulter's expense, the cost being a
charge on the latter's interest in the leasehold.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-02-21

Mr. SPURGEON at the METROPOLITAN
TABERNACLE.

On Sunday last Mr. Spurgeon, who returned home
on Monday last from Mentone, where he has been
staying for the last three months for the benefit of his
health, preached morning and evening at the Metro-
politan Tabernacle, Newington-butts. At both
services the spacious building was crowded to
excess. Mr. Spurgeon seemed to be in goad
health, and he spoke with all his old force
and vigour. Previous to commencing the sermon
in the morning, he thanked the members of the Church
for the hearty way in which the various organizations
had been carried on during his absence, and said he
returned greatly refreshed, and hoped that he might
have a long spell of active, loving, and useful service
among them. It was a great mercy that everything
there did not depend on the presence of the pastor,
and that when he was absent they were all anxious to
carry on the work.
The rev, gentleman took his text from the 20th. and
21st verses of the 68th Psalm, and preached thereon.
And in the evening Mr. Spurgeon preached from the
words, "Oh, foolish Galatians, who bath bewitched
you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose
eyes Jesus Christ the Saviour has been evidently set
forth and crucified amongst you."
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Accounts were recently published of an instrument
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cellent Chairman, but whys tould he allow his feel-
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-02-21

AMENDMENT OF THE MARRIAGE
LAWS.

Mr. Samuel Morley, M.P., as the representative
of the Nonconformists, Monk, M,P., as a member of
Church of England, Mr. Mundella M.P., and the
Right Hon. W. F. Cogan' MP,, have added their
names to a Bill prepared by Mr. Blennerhasset,
M.P., and now in tha hands of the printers,
which proposes to alter materially the existing mar-
riage laws.
Mr. Blennerhassett's measure, in order to relieve
Roman Catholics and Dissenters, proposes that it shall
no longer be necessary to have the attendance of the
district registrar of marriages at the celebration of the
ceremony in Roman Catholic and Dissenting places of
worship, and provides for the abolition of the fees pay-
able to the registrar on those occasions. Provision of
a permissive character is made
.in the Bill to enable
*clergymen of all denominations to perform the cere-
mony of marriage after twelve in the day without the
necessity of a special licence, and one of the clauses
relieves clergymen of the Church of England who may
have conscientious objections from the auty of marry-
ing.divorced persons. . . .

It is fartiter provided that any omission of a
technical character in the preliminaries to or the per-
formance of the ceremony shall not invalidate a
marriage after consummation. The registration of the
marriage by the minister officiating or in the register
of the place of worship in which the marriage has
taken place is to be taken as legal evidence, as in the
case with marriages performed in the Church of Eng-
land.

The date of the second reading of the measure has
not been fixed.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-02-21

THE ASTOR LIBRARY.

The 31st annual report of the Astor Library, which
has just been submitted to the Legislature at Wash-
ington, shows the enormous progress which has been
made with this philanthropic scheme. Mr. John
Jacob Astor, grandson of the founder of the library,
has conveyed to the trustees a piece of land adjoining
the present building on the north, and he proposes
also to furnish the funds for an additional building,
increasing the working space of the library by almost
one-half. The institution was founded in 1848, when
Mr. J. J, Astor bequeathed 400,000 dole. "for the
establishment of a public library in New York," and
named as its first trustees Washington Irving, W. B.
Astor, the poet Fitzgreene-Halleck, and Samuel B.
Ruggles, of whom only Air. Buggies now survives.
On the Ist of February, 1853, the library was opened,
offering without restriction to the public use 80,000
volumes, carefully selected, classified, and systemati-
cally arranged. More space, however, was speedily
required, and in 1855 Mr. W. B. Astor conveyed to
the trustees a piece of land adjoining the library, and
forthwith proceeded to eze3t a suitable building upon
it. By the year 1859, accordingly, the whole building
had a frontage of 1301 t., and contained more than
110,000 volumes.
Ten years later, or 20 after the incorporation, the
total amount expended in books had risen to upwards
of 240,000 dole. On the death of Mr. William B.
Astor, in 1875, the property of the library had almost
doubled. It has since been further increased by
donations, so that it now amounts to the large total of
1,112,957 dole.
The fund for maintaining the library has likewise
grown to 421,000 dole., and the number of books has
reached almost 200,000.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-02-21

PROFESSOR'S FABER'S TALKING
MACHINE.

At a private gathering on Tuesday at ternoon, at his rooms
In Ilanover-street, Loudon, Herr Faber exhibited and ex•
platbed his improved talking machine, whiab is intended to
imitate as nearly as posible the sounds of the human voice,

- - •
Some years back the machine was exhibited in
London, but since that time considerable improve.
moats in it have been made. The idea of making
by means of a mechanical contrivance all the
sounds that can be Produced by the humln voice
is not at all moderge E vE n on the perfcc.lon
of the instrument at present under notice mr-nv
year's labour have been expended by both Herr
Faber and hio father before him; and judging from
the capabilities of the invention as demonstrated on
Tuesday it is still in its infancy, as single letters of
the alphabet and words of one syllable certainly suit
its vocal powers bettel. than c‘lanected sentences.
Giving a rough outline of, what is indeed a very corn.
plea piece of machinery, it may be stated that the
human lungs are represented by a very powerful pair of
bellows, the air from which pa see 'rough a paPea:, e con
trived so as to take,apon the workieg of certaln levet s,the
form of the throat while pronouncing the fundamental
sounds of most modern languages. At the end of this
passage is the exact imitation of a human mouth made
of indiarubber, with a tongue of similar material,
which, for the formation of certain sounds, is worked
by a spring. The difficulty of imitating the rattle
of the. letter R has been overcome by the insertion in
the throat passage of a small windmill, which revolves
as the air passes by it. The trial on Tuesday was
limited to the pronunciation by the machine of such
words as " "London," "Paris," and such

sentences as "Comment vous portez vons " and "I
am tired," Although negotiations are pending fcr
the public exhibition of the machine, when it will no
doubt prove to be a most interesting and attractive
item in any programme, Herr Faber claims for his in-
vention a higher utility, in helping to teach those un-
fortunate beings to speak who, being born deaf, are
not enabled to learn a language in the ordinary way
through the sense of hearing, but must depend for all
sweat upon their power to imitate the action of the
human month and tongue when in the act of talking.
—Wednesday's Daily News.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-02-21

THE LATE WEST OF ENGLAND
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The liquidators, Messrs. W. Turqnand and E G. Clarke,
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late West of England and South Wales District Bank :
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the creditors of the bank. We believe we shall have
sufficient in hand to pay a further dividend of about
Is. 63. per pound in April; but the outstanding
assets which will then have to be collected will be
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Believing that the creditors would prefer a
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agree with us in a desire to relieve the
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to borrow on the security of the assets Ruch a sum
as with a moderate further call would ent.blo u to
Day in cash not later than April 15 the balance of 3s.
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-02-21

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