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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-12-19

KINVER.

At the I'olice Court, at Brierley Hill, on Monday, be-
fore Colonel Fletcher, and L. Freer, Alfred Addelton was
clia•ged with being drunk and refusing to quit the Car
and Horses Inn, on the 12th inst. Defendant was fur-
ther charged with assaulting Police-sergeant Stevenson.
and destroying a portion of his clothing. Defendant was
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further charged with assaulting Frank Taylor. Mr. Ad-
dintion defended. Edward Saddler, said that defendant
came into his house drunk. He had nothing to drink,
but began to make a noise. He ordered liine out of the
house, but he refused to leave. He told him if he did
not go oat by fair means he would by foul. A number if
glsases and jugs were broken. Did not see him strike
the police, but saw him pot up his lists. In cross-ezam.
illation, witness said he had a stage erected in his room
for persons to stand upon to sing. It was a free and easy
night, and defendant was drunk and got on to the stage,
and wanted to slug. He refused to come off, when be
caught hold of hint by the collar and pulled him down
from the stage. He still refused to leave, alien he pot
him out of the room. Francis Taylor said on Saturday
night, the defendant came into the Car and Horses, High
Street, Rinser, and was much the worse for liquor. He
got on to the stage and tried to sing, but he broke down.
He then tried another song and broke down again. The
landlord came in and asked him to leave, but he refused
to leave and created a disturbance. The landlord then
pulled him of the stage, and the defendant still refused
to leave. He (witness) lent the landlord asaistanee when
the defendant and his brother threw him down on the
floor, and when down the defendant kicked him on the
head, inflicting a severe wound an inch long, which bled
profusly. Edward Cook said he came up at the time
the sow was going on. The defendant and Police-sergeant
Stevenson were wrestling together. The police called
him to aid and assist. He saw the defendant knock the
seargeant down in the dirt, he assisted him The ser-
geant said about 20 minutes to 10 o'clock he went to the
Car and Horses Inn. Saw the defendant who had his
cost and hat off. Requested him to leave several times,
but he would not, and he put him out, when out, defend-
nut seized him by the throat, and held him for ten or
fifteen minutes. Defendant then threw hint down, and
got on the top of him. He was much injured by the de-
fendant who was very violent. Mr. Addison, for the de-
fence said, that hie client very much regretted the offence
that he had no recollection of it whatever, and thought
that the justice of the case would be met by the defend-
ant being Sued in one case, and not in the whola. For
refusing to quit defendant was fined 10s and costs; in
default 14 days. For the assault on Taylor which was a
violent one, defendant was sentenced to oae month's
hard labour ; for the Remit on the police, defendant
was sentenced to two month's hard labour.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-12-19

SEA-SICKNESS.

In connection with this subject, the following letter has
also been sent to Ihe Times for publication :
Sir,—There is nothing very new in the treatment of
sea-inckness pursued by Dr. Girablbs. I have myself
recommended chloral for this purpose for upwards of
three years, and about 18 months ago had the
opportunity of proving its value in the case of a
celebrated vocalist, who suffered so severely from mat
de mer that whenever she crossed either Channel she
was unable to sing for a week afterwards. By my
advice, this lady took the chloral on starting from
Holyhead to Kingstown on a Saturday morning, did
not experience the least symptom cf discomfort, though
the sea VW very rough, and was able to sing the part
of Marguerite in Faust on the following Monday
evening. She has since repeatedly used the same
means, with as complete success.
My particular object in writing to you is to impress
certaiii precautions on such of your lay readers as may
on perusal of the experience of Dr. Giraldes, be in-
duced to try this valuable remedy for a most
distressing evil.
Fast, no person should take more than 20 grains of
chloral, or its equivalent of two teaspoonsful of the
syrup of chloral in one dose, without the advice of a
physician. Secondly, the action of the drug will be
much expedited by diluting the dose largely, say with
half a tumbler of water. Thirdly, the remedy should
be taken before the vessel is in motion, but not until
every arrangement has been made which will insure
the patient against being disturbed or roused
during the passage. Fourthly, the patient should lie
down, and, weather permitting, remain on deck.
Fifthly, although chloral taken in the dose indi-
cated will generally induce sleep, the patient may psis;
into a semi-conscious dreamy state, quite so favourable
for the purpose under consideration. The drug is,
however, cumulative in its action, and must not, there-
fore, on a short passage, be repeated. More than two
years ago I ventured to prevent a lady going to Ostend
from taking a fourth repetition of what I ascertained

to be twentrgrain doses of chloral, which she had
been told by a friend must be continued at short inter-
vals until she slept. On arrival at our destination
she was taken off the vessel in an unconscious state.
In long voyages, however, as to America, I have ad-
ided, with success, two doses of twenty grains taken
at intervals of eight or ten hours, awl afterwards live.
grain doses twice daily till the patient becomes accus-
tomed to the motion of the vessel.

Persons always have and always will use remedies
without medical advice, and accidents will continue to
occasionally result from such practices. It is the
recollection of the many such misadventures which
have already attended the use of chloral taken un-
advisedly for the relief of pain, that induces me to
think these prcmutions for its tise in sea sickness
worthy of a place in The Times.—Yours, faithfull
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-12-19

THE PRINCESS VICTORIA AND HER
GOVERNESS.

Ve are indebted to the recent work on the life of the
Prince Consort for the following curious passage, which
ocean in a letter from the Baroness Lehzen, the Princess's
(Victoria) governess, and shows how well the secret of
he, place in the succession to the throne had been kept—

' I ask your Majesty's leave to cite some remarkable
words of your Majesty's when only twelve years old,
while the Regency Bill was in progress. I then said
to the Duchess of Kent that now, for the first time, your
Majesty ought to know your place in the succession.
Her Royal II ighness agreed with me, and I put the genea-
logical table into the historicalbook. When Mr. Davys,
the Queen's instructor (afterwards Bishop of Peter-
borough) was gone, the Princess Victoria opened as
usual the book again, and seeing the additional paper
said, I never saw that before." It was not thought
necessary you should, Princess,' I answered. 'I see I
am nearer the throne than I thought.' 'So it is,
madam,' I said. After some moments the Princess
resumed, 'Now, many a child would boast, but they
don't know the difficulty. There is much splendour,
but there is more responsibility.' The Princess hav-
ing lifted up the forefinger of her right hand while she
spoke, gave sue that little hand, saying, 'I will be
good. I understand now why you urged me so
much to learn, even Latin. My cousins Augusta
and Maay never did ; but you told me Latin is
the foundation of English grammar, and of all the
elegant expressions, and I learned it as you wished it,
but I understand all better now,' and the Princess
gave me her hand, repeating, 'I will be good." I then
said, But your aunt Adelaide is still young, and may
have children, and of course they ascend the throne
after their father, William IV., and not you, Princess.'
The Princess answered, 'And if it was s ) I should
never feel disappointsd, for I know by the love aunt
Adelaide bears me how fond she is of children.' When
Queen Adelaide lost her second princess, she wrote to
the Duchess of Kent, 'My children are dead, but yours
lives, and she is mine, too !" The Queen adds in
note, "I cried much on learning it, and ever deplored
this contingency."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-12-19

lIASBURY

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"THE DAM; AM) HOUNDS," M HASBURY,

OPENED AGAIN.
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Spirit, Ales, Bitter beer, &c., of the best Quality.
JOSEPH NE WEY,
Proprietor.
NB.—The Old House in known as the renting ylacein
the Fox Hunting Benson, for Refrethwents, kr.

MR. RICHARD LAN SMERE,
ORGANIST AND CHOIRMASTER OF ST
JOHN'S CHURCH, DUDLEY,

Late of the Exeter, St. James, and St. George's Hal
Concerts, Loudon, &c., and
Late Organutt at Rochester Cathedral; also
PRINCIPAL BARITONE OF THE ENGLISH
LONDON OPERA COMPANY.
HAS the honour to announce to the Nobility,
Clergy, and Gentry of Dudley and its Vicinity
that he is open to receive PUPILS for
SINGING,
_PIANOFORTE, ORGAN, HARMONIUM
HARMONY, THOROUGH BASS. dtc.. &c.

Mr, Lansmere is also open to receive engagements Uri
Concerts, Oratorios, ttc.,
"

Mr. Lansmere has had the high honour of appearing
at Concerts in conjunction uith Mr. Sims Beeves. Mr,
Santley. Idealam. Sherrington and Sionton.lltdby, Mass
Edith Wynne, ilka, sad has everywhere received most
flattering encomiums from the Press and the Public.
Terms on
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139, UPPER HIGH•STREET,
DUDLEY.
SURGEON DENTIS T.

MR. A. H. BROADHURST
BEGS respectfully to anuounce L tne
Inhabitauts of Stourbridgc and its viciuily, that
h. may b. Consulted cv ry FEIDAT, from 10 p.m. t, 5
pan., at alr. 138, 1116Ebti1ltEhT (Next
to the Talbot Hotel), Ilion all poiuts appertaining to
Dentistry, both in the Surgical s, t Mechanical Depart-
ments, and truqs that by stro A elll ee to Moderate
harges and thu loot Material. aud
orktuazothip to merit a thole of their kind patrouage
Aid support.

SCALE OF CHARGES.
•
Single Teeth, 5/, Sets, £2 10s.,
Stopping, Scaling, and Extracting, and the regulating
of Children's Teeth, at Moderate Charges.
N.l.i.—Patients can be waited upon by Appointment
made at the Above Address,:or Lettir. to-
-17, BENNETT'S HILL, 17
_First door from New-street, and opposite the Theatre
Royal.]
Consultations Free.

FRIEND OF ALL.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-12-19

COFFEE.

Good CEYLON CoFFMI Is 4d
I,lllefit PLANT tTION CEYLON Is 61
The Finest E tST Innis COFFEE (Being fully
ripe, piked quality, and of the Mountain
growth—highly recommended) .. Is 84
The Finest MOUNTAIN JAMAICA COFFEE.. Is 94

London Bankers: National Provincial Bank of
England.
-.. . . _

Liverpool Bankers: Commercial Bulking
Company.
THOMAS JONES & COMPY.
TEA AND COFFEE DEALERS,
3, BASNET? STREET, LIVERPOOL.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-12-19

THE BISHOP OF MANCHESTER ON
BOOKS OF THE DAY.

Preaching at Sc. Anne's Church, Liverpool, on
Sunday morning, the Bishop of Manchester said there
were two books that had lately been published, and
which he had no doubt would be largely read, for it
seemed to him that they were very instructive. He
alluded to the late Mr. Greville'e Memoirs, and Mr.
Theodore Martin's "Life of the late Prince Consort."
If anybody would read those books and ponder over
them, and compare the state of things illustrated in
the "Life of the Late Prince Consort" with the state
of things illustrated in the Greville Memoirs, he would
at least allow that with all the faults of the present
generation, men were certainly placing before them a
nobler and higher ideal of living thaa seemed to have
been present to our fathers and grandfathers fifty or
sixty years ago. And he was not at all sure that English
society—(and particularly the upper classes of English
society—nay, he would rather say the whole of So-
ciety; for the influence of one stratum descended
upon the next, and so on from the highest to the
lowest)—had ever fully recognised the great debt that
it owed for the example of a pure and high mind to
the late Prince Consort and to the Queen. Still, with
all the faults of the age, if they read nothing but the
two books to which he had referred, they would at
once see that the latter half of the nineteenth century
was at any rate animated with higher aims and pur-
poses than the first half was. Nobler thoughts were
in men's minds, and though imperfectly, they were
trying to give utterance to them in their lives.

In the evening the Bishop preached at the Church
of St. John the Divine, Fairfield. The church was
crowded. The Bishop said that in a remarkable book,
Mr. Greg's "Enigmas of Life," it was said that if only
common human wisdom and the lessons that had been
taught by experience were applied to remedy social
ills, crime, pauperism, and disease might almost be
extirpated from our midst. There was no doubt that,
with better social and sanitary arrangements, the state
of things might be greatly improved ; and better social
and sanitary arrangements were quite as worthy an
object for the Spirit of God to (Erect and sanctify
as some other objects in which He was supposed
to move and operate. With such improved arrange-
ments, with more knowledge and the interchange of
ideas, convalescent homes such as he was pleading for
might almost become needles superfluities ; and it was
his decided conviction that, with truer wisdom, more
energy, and more determination, half of the present
misery and suffering, and half of the consequent
sorrows of the world, might be mitigated, if not
entirely got rid of. He condemmed indiscrimate
almsgiving, and in eulogising the poor-law system of
Elberfeld, remarked that, considering the high rates
that were paid in Manchester and Liverpool, it was a
disgrace that there should be so large an amount of
pauperism in those towns.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-12-19

AGED BEAUTIES.

History is full of the accounts of the fascinations of
women who were no longer young. Thus Helen of
Troy was over forty when she perpetrated the famous
elopement on record, and as the siege of Troy lasted a
decade she could not have been very juvenile when
the ill fortune of Paris restored her to her husband,
who is reported to have received her with unquestion-
ing love and gratitude. Pericles wedded the courtesan
Aepasia when she was thirty-six, and yet she after-
wards, for thirty years or more, wielded an un-
diminished reputation for beauty. Cleopatra was past
thirty when Antony fell under her spell, which never
lessened until her death, nearly ten years after; and
Livia was thirty-three when she won the heart of
Augustus, over whom she maintained her ascendency to
the last. Turning to moremodern history, where it is pos-
sible to verify dates more accurately, we have the extra-
ordinary Diane de Poictiers, who was thirty-six when
Henry 11. (then Duke of Orleans, and just half her
age) became attached to her; and she was held as the
first lady and most beautiful woman at court up to the
period of the monarch's death and of the accession to
power of Catherine of Medici& Anne of Austria was
thirty-eight when she was described as the handsomest
queen of Europe, and when Buckingham and Richelieu
were her jealous admirers. Ninon de l'Enclos, the
most celebrated wit and beauty of her day, was the
idol of three generations of the golden youth of France,
and she was seventy-two when the Abbe de Bernie fell
in love with her. True it is that in the case of this
lady a rare aimbination of culture, talents, and per-
sonal attractions endowed their possessor seemingly
with the gifts of eternal youth. Bianca Capello
was thirty-eight when the Grand Duke Franeiseo
of Florence fell captive to her charms, and made
her his wife, though he was five years her junior.
Louis XI V. wedded Milne. de .Maintenon when
she was forty-three years of age. Catherine 11. of
Russia was thirty-three when she seized the Empire
of Russia and captivated the dashing young
General Orloff. Up to the time of her death (at sixty-
seven) she seems to have retained the same bewitching
powers, for the lamentations were heartfelt among all
those who had ever known Ler personally. Mule.
Mars, the celebrated French tragedienne, only
attained the zenith of her beauty and power between
forty and forty-five. At that period the loveliness of
her hands and arms especially was celebrated through-
out Europe. The famous Mdme. Recamier was thirty-
eight when Berms was ousted from power' and she
was without dispute declared to be the most beautiful
woman in Europe. which rank she held for fifteen
years. —Pictorial World.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-12-19

SERIOUS ASSAULT CASK AT ROUND OE
IRONWORKS.

Enoek Ford forge manager at Round oak Ironwork.
Wlaa charged with wilfully and maliciously doing grevioue
bodily harm to Joseph Trow, engineer on the 27th ult.
Mr. Clulow appeared to prosecute and Mr. liolberton
defended.

Joseph Trow said he was a mechanical eneineer, and
came to superintend the erection of toe It iund Oak
Works nearly twenty years ago. It was his duty to ex-
amine machinery and to report if necessary, any com-
plaint to head-quarters. At half-past eight o'clock on
the morning in question defendant came to him at No. 1
forge, and pushed him and ordered him out of the forge,
He then walked to No.l forge, and whilst he was passing
from the one to the other defendant made use of filthy
language. Defendant said he had called him • thief
and he continued to push witness. When defendant got
him near the "Bush" he struck him in the face and neck
several times. He then made a rush at him, sad forced
him on the end of the " Bosh " backwards. He fell, arid
when on the ground defendant kicked him on tie face
and neck. He also kicked out one of his teeth. He
was kicked several times. A man called Joe said, "You'll
kill him," and Ford replied, " He wants killing off the
earth." He was conveyed to his office, and attended by
Dr. Pearae. He had since been "laid up."
Cross-examined: The tooth was artificial. He was
not aware that he had reported that Ford was • thief.
He had not load that Ford's house should be searched.
Tools were ruining, and he had seen Ford and anotoer
man using them. He said to Mr. Casson that a warrant
ought to be issued in order to find out the thief. He
remembered saying to Mr. Hughes, the manager, that he
was a blackguard. He was not in the halnt of calling
the men ignorant fellows. It was not the first rem he
had Lad at the works. He recollected having a row with
Mr. Thornton. He did not charge that gentleman with
being a thief. He remembered Sykes attacking him, but
he did not assault Sykes. He had had a disturbance
once with Oman named Grim, but he could not remem-
ber Cartwright and Hartshorne. He might, however,
have had rows with them. He did not spit in Ford's
face. He believed he did not make any sign as if he in-
tended to do so. Ford said he had called him a thief,
anti upon that he did not spit, the kicks were given
when he was 01:1 the ground, and not whilst lie was falling
over the Bosh. Ford had been at the works fourteen
years. He had no malice against defendant. There
were several men looking on. They took no pan la the
new, nor interfered.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-12-19

BAD TIMES IN AMERICA.

The American Correspondent of The Times writes—
" There is a good deal of evidence to show that this
Winter there will be much distress among the poor.
Both in the cities and the rural districts this will be
the case, owing to the great number of people who
are out of employment. All kinds of manufacturing
indestry are much depressed, and this condition of
affairs will probably continue all the Winter. There is
great demand for labour everywhere, and hundreds
stand ready for every vacant place. The cities are
&lel with unemployed people, and the soup houses
and other charities are worked to their utmost
ability. A very sad report of distress comes to us
from the coal mining regions of Pennsylvania, where
labour has almost entirely stooped in the collieries,
owing to the lack of demand for coal by the iron and
other manufacturers. In Luzerne County, where this
dearth of labour in the mines is the greatest, there
have been some disturbances, and some apprehension.
is felt lest the starving colliers may resort to violence.
The condition of affairs throughout the country points
to a general decline in wages for all kinds of labour,
ands movement for retrenchment of expenses by em-
ployers. ' Strikes' cannot prevent this, and, except-
ing in New York, the labouring classes are sensible
enough to recognise the fact."
" Merchant " also writes to The Times:—

Sir,—The contraction of the American trade resulting
from the monetary crisis of the last autumn is shown very
plainly by the returns published in The Times of to-day of
the New York Clearing-house transactions You may per-
haps also consider the enclosed advertisement, copied from
the New York Financial and Commercial Chronicle, of the
28th ult., as worthy of notice, indicating as it does, the
ettects of that contraction upog the working classes of the
Empire City. It seems clear that, for the present at least,
intending emigrants will do well not to run the risk of in-
creasing the number of those in New York who are com-
pelled to work for their living only.
"The East Side branch of the Young Men's Christian
Association gives notice that they have a registered list of
respectable men who are willing to work through the winter
for very small wages, and also a large number of men who
will work for the winter for their living only. Further in-
formation will be given by Mr. John Dooly, Secretary, 134,
Bowery."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-12-19

THE LATE CHILD MURDER AT CRADLEY.

THE ACCUSED SENTENCED TO DEATH.

At the Worcester Wigker Asaizes, on Tuesday
last, before Mr. Justice Brett, Sarah Ann Liddell
(35), described as a labourer was indicted for the
wilful murder of Walter Liddell, on the 29th July,
1874, at the township of Cradley. Mr. Jelf prose-
cuteed ; Mr. Ratcliffe Cook defended. The facts
of this case will be fresh in the minds
of cur readers, as we gave the full details at the
time of the occurrence.

The case for the prosecution having closed.
Mr. Cook (who defendant the accused at the re-
quest of the learned Judge) then rose and delivered
an able and most feeling address to the jury on be-
half of his unhappy client. Mr. Cook contended
that the surroundings of the case tended to show
that the accused was not sane at the time she
committing the crime with which she was charged.
His Lordship carefully and at some length
analysed the evidence, and
The Jury, after but a brief deliberation, returned
a verdict of guilty, the Foreman stating that they
wished to recommend her to mercy.
His Lordship, in passing sentence of death, said
that he would lay those facts before her Majesy's
advisers, which might tend to extenuate, though
not excuse, the crime of which she had been found
guilty. To say that she was insane he thought
was an idea that could not be countenanced, but
it might, perhaps, be said that she had been led
on by misery and other circumstances, for which
they could pity her. His Lordship then uttered
the usual condemnatory sentences.
Prisoner, who exhibited a downcast appearance
throughout the trial, then left the dock,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-12-19

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-12-19

RESPITE OF THE THAMES DITTON
MURDERER.

A respite wan received on Monday afternoon by the
High Sheriff of Surrey, Mr. Sim, for George Poplet, who
was to have been executed on the following morning at
Horsemonger-lane Gaol for the murder of his wife at
Thames Ditton. Strenuous efforts hadbeen made to ob-
tain acommutationof the capital sentence on account of
the depraved character of the deceased woman, and the
treatment the primmer had received horn her after re-
peatedly forgiving her for her acts of misconduct. The
respite seems to be mainly owing to the strenuous exer-
tions of the High Sheriff and the Rev. Mr. Jessopp, the
chaplain, who took great interest in the case of the
wretched man, and premed in the strongest manner
upon the Home Secretary their views that, under the
circumstances, the case was one that was deserving of
the clemency of the Crown. Mr. Abbott, the Under
Sheriff of Surrey, and Mr. John Keene, the governor
of the gaol, so late as Saturday went to the Home
Office to know if any communication had been received
hada Mr. Cross, and the reply they received was
that the Home Secretary was out of town, but that
no doubt some commuiration would be made by
him in the course of the day, and they went a
second time, and were then informed that Mr. Cross
bad attentively considered all the facts that had been
laid before him, but could not find anything that
would justify him in interfering with the carrying
out of the sentence. This was looked upon as final,
! and the receipt of the respite on Monday afternoon
was somewhat unexpected. Mr. Sim, accompanied by
the Rev. Mr. Jefsop, Mr. Abbott, and Mr. Keene the
governor of the gaol, at once proceeded to the pri-
soner's cell, and the High Sheriff communicated to the
prisoner the gratifying intelligence that her Majesty,
for certain reasons, had been pleased to extend her
clemency to him and that his life would be spared,
although, having regard to the terrible nature of his
crime, be must still expect to receive a severe punish-
ment. The prisoner, who has been an old soldier,
stood in the attitude of "attention "while the news
was conveyed to him, and did not exhibit any emotion
until the Item Mr. Jessop addressed a few words to
him in reference to his position, and he thou burst into
tears. It was the impression of these about him that
the prisoner was fully prepared to meet his doom, but
he afterwards stated to one of the officials that when
be awoke in the morning he felt certain that he should
receive a respite during the clay. The prisoner will,
no doubt, have to undergo the punishment of penal
servitude for life.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-12-19

BURYING A CHIEF!

Of the burial of Cochise, head chief of the Apaches,
an officer writing lately from Arizona report as
follows, after first describing his disease, which was
due to an unfortunate habit of taking very large
draughts of tin-win, the Indian beer, on an empty
stomach :—" Cochise s body, washed and painted in
war style, was placed on his favourite horse, one of the
sub-chiefs getting up to hold him on, and four others
preceding, while his family and others followed. They
marched twelve miles to the grave, which was very
large, and had blankets at the bottom. He was
rolled up in a very handsome pair, which had just
arrived as a present from the contractors for Indian
supplies, and weighed over forty pounds. The sides of
the grave were walled off, and his rifle, arms, and other
articles of value placed beside him, with more blankets
over, before it was filled in. His favourite horse was
shot near; another at a mile distance and a third
still farther, with the notion that he will find one of
them at least in the spirit land.
,The family then
destroyed all their clothing and thr tribes all their
stores, so leaving themselves without any food for
forty-eight hours."—Pall Mall Gazette.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-12-19

SECOND-CLASS TRAFFIC.

The Bristol Times gives the following account of the
new arrangements on the Midland Railway :—Every-
body knows that after the last day or this month only
two classes of carriages wilt be run on the Midland
line. The company has the prospect of a direct exten-
sion by alliance to Scotland, and, with independent
access to the metropolis, the Mersey, the Bristol
Channel, and the North, occupies a position of inde-
pendence as one of the leading lines of the country. The
arrangements for third-class travelling will, we believe,
prove generally satisfactory. The present plan of long
carriages, oisen from end to end, is to be discontinued,
and separate compartments are to be provided, with
cushioned seats, for the third-class travellers. In this
way a small party may as a rule travel together, and
people may more easily secure a certain selection of
agreeable companions than when a long carriage is
completely open from end to end. The change will also
enable smokers to be completely separated front those
to whom the weed is an offence and an annoyance.
With so extensive a rolling stock an that owned by the
Midland Company, it would be unreasonable to expect
that this change will be completely effected by the let
of January, 187 o; but third-class travellers by the line
will speedily find that the change means really a
second class carriage at third-class fare. The whole of
a first-class compartment may be secured for a party
of not less than four on payment of four fares of lltl, per
mile. To secure this advantage some short notice will be
neceeaary at s principal station of a few hours, and alms
roadside station probably a tiny. As is note generally
known, no reducti in will he made on the reduced fares
for return tickets. Season tickets will be issued for
both classes of trains on terms of similer liberality, in
proportion to the ordinary fares to that observed in
the issue of these tickets at present. The Putman cars
are as yet only an experiment. They are now run be-
tween Bradford and London, and as soon as the short
piece of line is finished, which will enable the trains
to proceed straight to Liverpool, without the awkward
turn at Woodley Junction, a train composed of these
cars will run between Liverpool and London, and this
may be expec.ted to begin early in next year."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-12-19

THE WORKMEN'S PEACE
ASSOCIATION.

A full meeting of the Council and members of the
Workmen's Peace Association was held on Saturday
evening at the offices 9, Buckingham-street, London,
Mr. Worley in the chair. Mr. W. R. Cre.ner, the
secretary, read a correspondence from Paris and
several of the leading provincial towns in France in
referenoe to the conference of working men whiclithe
association has decided to hold in Paris. It testified
to the continued and rapidly extending subsidence of
the war feeling in France. A long discussion ensued,
the general feeling being that the correspondence was
highly encouraging, and that tomake the forthcoming
conference as useful and as popular as possible it would
be desirable to organize cheap excursion trains. so as
to enable the members and their friends, as well as the
general public, to visit Paris during the sitting of the
conference. A resolution was adopted authorising the
secretary to enter into the necessary negotiations for
that purpose. The secretary also read correspondence
from Scotland, from which it appeared that the
Scottish branches of the association were making
increased propagandist efforts, and that an active
agitation was being carried out in Glasgow, Edin-
burgh, Aberdeen, Paisley, Montrose, and other towns.
Messrs. Worley and Pratt, who had just returned
from a mission to the agricultm al districts, reported
that the various meetings they had attended and
addressed had been highly successful, and that the
labourers and workmen, who had attended them in
large numbers, generally displayed the deepest interest
in the movement.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-12-19

AN ACTION BY A COMEDIAN.

In the Court of Queen's Bench on Monday, before
Mr. justice Archibald and a common jury, the case
of "Shore r. Douglas" and another was brought to a
conclusion. The plaintiff was a comedian who, while
playing the character of Harry Kavanagh in the
melodrama of "Peep o' Day "at the Standard Theatre,
caught his foot against a projecting piece of wood and
fell from a height of twelve feet, sustaining a severe
wound and other injuries. It was while he was in the
act of taking a leap to a tree for the purpose of rescuing
the heroine that the accident occurred, and the ques-
tion was whether in the arrangements of the stage the
defendant had been guilty of any negligence. The jury,
after having been locked up for a considerable time,
returned a verdict for the plaintiff—damages £lOO.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-12-19

A TEMPERANCE PUBLICHOUSE.

On Monday night the British Workmen's public.
house, to be called after the late Mr. Candlish, M. P.,
was opened at Monkwearruouth, in Sunderland, by
Mr. Gourley, M.P., who was supported by Sir Henry
Havelock, M.P., and others.
Mr. Gourley, in opening the meeting, after paying
a warm tribute to the memory of the late Mr.
Candlish, said the object of the institution was to cul-
tivate habits of thrift and sobriety among working
men, and all who watched the signs of the times would
agree that such an object was highly commendable.
Times of depression ;were now succeeding to days of
unexampled prosperity. At Darlington working men
who lately earned from V to £6 per week were
now in a state of great distress, and were miser-
able paupers dependent upon their wealthy neigh-
bours through their ignoring habits of thrift and
economy. In Sunderland the working classes had
altogether about a million of money invested in
savings banks and building societies, and their example
might fairly be copied by the artisans of other towns;
but he thought that; in addition to acquiring houses,
they should also endeavour to possess a little land.
whereby they might prepare themselves for times of
depressed trade such as the present. Mr. Gourley
strongly advocated the establishment of a library in
connexion with the institution, and said he hoped the
members would promote equally physical and intel-
lectual exercises.

Sir Henry Havelock also addressed the meeting,
and said he looked upon such institutions as one way
of solving the great question of the increase of drunken-
ness.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-12-19

CLOTHING THE MINISTRY.

The ancient custom of making a present of fine cloth
to certain high officers of State and gentlemen of Her
Majesty's Household has been observed by a committee
of the Court of Aldermen this week (remarks the City
Press of 12th inst.). The custom seems to have origi-
nated in a- desire to encourage competition in the
ancient woollen cloth work of the City, by sending
specimens of its finest produce to those best quail lied to
judge of its excellence. Blackwell-hall, the head-
quarters of the trade in former days, covered the
spot where the City Library now stands. It has also
been suggested that the present was made as a bribe
to cover the monopoly of the cloth trade, which
the City formerly enjoyed. The official order for
the distribution provides that pieces of cloth of
yards each shall be sent to the First Secretary
of State, the Lord Chancellor, the Chamberlain of
the Household, the Vice-Chamberlain of the House-
hold, the Lord Steward, the Controller, the Lord
Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, the Chief Baron
of the Exchequer, the Master of the Rolls, the
Recorder of London, the Attorney-General, the
Solicitor-General, and the Common Serjeant. The
order further states that six yards of black cloth and
six yards of green cloth shall be given to the Town
Clerk, four yards of black and two yards of grf
cloth to the chief clerk in the Town Clerk's Office
four yards to the Attorney in the Exchequer, and four
yards to the Attorney in Chancery, four yards to the
Recorder's clerk, and four yards to the usher to the
Court of Aldermen. The hall-keeper receives at the
same time the usual supply of green cloth for the
tables in the courts and committee-rooms, varying accord-
ing to circumstances, The distribution is carried out
by Mr. Flatland, the hall keeper.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-12-19

WORLD FAMED

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Trade Mark,—" Blood Mixture."
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. . . .
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11LLSANDs OF TESTIMONIALS FROM ALL PARTS.
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eruptions, or sgres ; c.eanse it when you St,/
it obstruct, d rod sluggish in the veins ; elesie.e
it alive it is foul, and your feelings will lel
you when. Keep the blood pure, and the
health if the syiitpni will follow.

As t! o wistirre is plrat:a.uTto the taste, and
warranted free from anything injurious to the
most delicate constitotion of tither sex, the
Proprietors solicits sufferers to tine it a trial
to tat its T.llll,
CLARKE'S WORLD-FAMED BLOOD
1113(1 URI.: is h,d.l in Bottles 2s 8d each, and in
Cases, containing six time, the quantity, Hs each—.
enfficient to effect a permanent cure in the great
majority of long-standing seises, by all Chemists and
Patent Medicine Vendora thrvughout the United King-
dom and the world, or sent to any vddress on receipt
of 27 or 192 stamps, by the Pr
F. J. CLARKE,CtirMIST, A potheetiritll' Hall,Lincoln.
Wholesale : All Pat nt Medicine Houses.
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THE LYE.

CHARGE OF PERMITTING A NUISANCE. - At the
Stourbridge Police Court, yesterday, Ben;amin Tay.
lor was charged by Henry Eveson, InFpretor, with
permitting a nuisane to exist on his premises. Mr.
Collis defended. obfeetions having been raised,
the case was disli BM as it required a klecial an,
thority for the Inspector to proceed under.

BELBROUGHTON.
OBTAINING MONET BE FALSE PIIZTVECES —At the
Worcester Winter Assize., Jamos Webb (23), labourer,
was charged with obtaining by false pretence. from
William Pri tt the sum r f i 2., on the 24th Oct her. OE.
J inphhtt prosecuted ; prison, r was outlet rnied.-Sii
Prosecutor is an inkeeper. end plisoner went to his house ,w*
saying his master, Ur. Penn, farmer, had sent him for
El. worth of change, and be aid 50.—Mr. Perin eras IP
called, and denied having atuborisrd pira.nir to otraiu .
the money.—Prisoner made no defence, and was senten-
ced to eight mord& hare labour.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-12-19

THE RIGHT TO RESERVE PLACES IN
RAILWAY CARRIAGES.

It is a pity the railway companies have not some
well-defined bye-law on this subject. Possibly such
may exist ; if so they show great disinclination to put
it in force. In the oil coaching days there was no
difficulty whatever in the reservation of places ; you
paid for a definite seat, and you sat in it, and any one
would as soon have thought of turning you out of the
coach as disputing your right to a seat that was already
entered in your name on the way-bilL Of course the
vast numbers that travel by rail would render the
system ot everybody being edtered on the wax-bill of
the guard, and his especial seat accorded to him,
an impossibility. The consequence is there is a
species of unwritten law that is understood between
passengers, and practically acknowledged by railway
officials. This unwritten law does not, however,
always work well, nor is it altogether satisfactory in its
application. It would seem it is the custom for any-
body engaging a seat to imagine that the circumstance
of his placing an umbrella, newspaper, great coat, or
carpet-bag upon it is enough to secure it from intru-
sion during his absence. This is all very well
when a man wishes only to secure a seat for
himself • but not unfrequently do you find that he
will put' his umbrella, his newspaper, his carpet-bag,
and his great coat on different seats, in order that
he may secure the carriage to himself, or reserve
it.for some of his friends, who may possibly arrive
at the last moment. The consequence is that people
who really have a right to these seats—who have
arrived in good time in order that they may snake their
selection—have to put up with what chance accom-
modation they may get. If you see articles ostenta-
tiously placed upon the seats you naturally conclude
those seats are engaged, and if you venture to ask
the question you probably get a surly answer that may
mean anything, if you press the matter the "baggage
may be sulkiliy removed, and you will be scowled at
as an impertinent intruder during the remainder of
the journey. This is not as it should be, and we
question if guards and officials are so particular as
they might be with regard to allowing this wholesale
reservation of seats. It is by no means easy to know
how this matter could be satisfactorily remedied.
Possibly the best plan would be the issuing of labels
bearing the same number as the ticket, which label
the passenger might pin to the seat he wished to
retain. It is a somewhat difficult affair to arrange,
but as it has already led to not a few unseemly
squabbles it would be well if railway companies
would inquire into it and let the public know exactly
what the law with regard to this subject really is.—
Graphic.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-12-19

THE BISHOP OF LONDON AND BISHOP

COLEN§O,

On Saturday it wiTi; ridin several of the
Loudon daily miens that the Bishop of Natal would
preach at St. James, York-street, Loudon, the &sane of
the ministrationsof the Rev. Stopforilßrooke. Not only
was the church crowded but on the stairs leading to
the gallery, which command a view of the pulpit,
scores of people had seated themselves, while hundreds
went away unable to gain admission. At the close of
the CominUnion Service the Rev. Stopford Brooke,
before ascending the pulpit, addressed the expectant
congregation to the folloN‘ing effect :
'1 have no doubt many of you came here this morning to
hear the Bishop of Natal preach, and I owe you some ex-
planation, because he will not be able to address you from
the pulpit oithia church to-day. I received last night, too
late for me to put any contradiction in the papers, a letter
from the Bishop of Limits!), stating that he had seen the ad-
vertisement that the Bishop of Natal would preach at this
church, and that he hoped the matter would be Quietly given
up, otherwise he would be obliged to ask his secret ary to prepare
an inhibition and Inhibit the Bishop troll' preaching this
morning. I answered that I regretted very greatly that hie lord-
ship was under the necessity of doing this, and that, under the
circumstances, I could do nothing more than submit ; there-
fore, Dr. Colemo, the Bishop of Natal, will not preach here
to-day. I am bound, however, to say that in my opinion
the Bishop of London acted with great courtesy, for he
might have inhibited the Bishop of• Natal at the door of this
:harsh and lam further bound to say that in writing to
me privately he spoke almost with fervour of his sympathy
with the efforts the Bishop of Natal hail made to bring aboot
unties in the colony over which he was the Bishop."
- • • •

This announcement was at once followed by an out-
burst of indignant feeling, which is not often wit-
nessed in any place of worship, aml which in this in-
stance took the form of deliberate and loud hissing.
The congregation, however, kept their seats and
listened attentively to a sermon by the Rev. Stopford
Brooke.

The foregoing account is from Monday's Times.
On Tuesday The Times said—" S. J. B. writes to
us with reference to the report of the Bishop of Lon-
don's prohibition of Dr. Colenso's preaching. S. J.
B.' says : 'lt is stated that Mr. Brooke's explanation
was followed by a burst of indignant feeling, which
took the form of hisses. As I happen to have been pre-
sent. I can say positively that this is not the fact. Mr.
Brooke's statement was received with the most re-
spectful silence and attention, and the crowded con-
gregation, both seated and standing, continued their
attention during Mr. Brooke's powerful sermon.'"
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-12-19

"PRINCE v. EDWARDS AND OTHERS."

In the Court of Common Pleas, before Mr. Justice Keating
and a special Jury, the above cause has been tried, and was
an action for the value of some diamonds worth about
L 1,200.
Mr Phi!brick, Q C., and Mr Finlay were counsel for the
Plaintiff , and Mr. Scrjeant Parry and Mr. Lucius Kelly for
the defendants.
• •

Toe plaintiff in this cage is 3 diamond merchant,
and the defendants are jewellers. The diamonds in
question were delivered by the plaintiff to the defend.
ante, and were by them put in their shop window, in
London, for sale. While there they were stolen, and

the question was who woe to bear the loos. The
plaintiff allegal that they were delivered on " appro-
bation," ant that the defendants were bound to pay
for them if they did not return them. The defendants
contended that they held them only as agents for sale,
and that if they were lest without negligence the loss
must fall on the plaintiff; and they further maintained
that, even if there had been a delivery on approbation,
they would yet not be liable for a lots of this nature. It
was admitted on both sides that if the defendants had
' succeeded in selling the diamonds for a larger sum
than the £1,250 at which they were priced, they, and
not the plaintiff, would have received the difference.
Many witnesses were called on both sides to explain
the customs of the diamond trade in relation to such a
transaction.
' His Lordship left to the jury the question whether
the diamonds were delivered on sale or return, and, if
so, whether there was a custom in the diamond trade
that, under such circumstances, if there is a loss by
felony without negligence on the part of the holder, he
had to make good the loss.
After a short deliberation, the jury found that the
contract was as stated by the 'plaintiff, and returned a
verdict in his favour for £1,200.