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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-06-04

DEAN STANLEY ON THE REVISED

VERSION,

Preaching on Sunday afternoon to a crowded con-
gregation at Westminster Abbey, Dean Stanley
referred to the new revision of the New Testament.
Ete remarked that within the last ten days the result
of the longest revision of the New Testament, which
had been begun, continued, and ended within the
walls of that Abbey, had been laid before the public,
by whom it was received with keen and eager interest.
It was well—it was useful—that in the midst of
fierce partisanship, wild excitement, division of sects,
tumult of parties, and conflict of passion, they should
turn to the more careful perusal of the simplicity,
the sweet moderation, the humble trust in God and
His Son Jesus Christ that was set before them in
the New Testament. For the first time an attempt
had been made, imperfect though it was, to reach
the original meaning of the sacred words; and never
before had the English nation had the same oppor-
tunity of arriving at a faithful rendering. Discoveries
had been made since the previous authorized version
which imparted to the new version a charm that
none of its predecessors possessed. The version of the
sacred text now presented to us enforced a lesson
which we were always apt to forget, which formerly
was forgotten altogether, and which we were always
the better for learning and perpetuating with con-
stantly-increasing interest—namely, the truth that the
Scripture- that inspiration—consists not in the letter
but in the spirit, not in a part but in the whole, not
in a particular passage, but in the general tendency
and drift of the complete words. The new version
was not altogether unworthy of the attention with
which it had been received, If we read that new
version and did not carry its precepts into practice,
then the eleven years of labour, time, and scholarship
bestowed upon its production would be thrown away;
but if, on the other hand, we obtained by it a fresh
view and grasp of that early Apostolic age and of its
divine teaching,. if we learnt from it to be more
h-onest, inoce OTaritabl,e, more forgiving, and more
wise, then the labours Of the vevisefs would not be
wasted.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-06-04

THE ROAD TO THE DERBY.

The Correspondent of the Evening Standard, in giving a
description of the road to the Derby, says
The Frenchman could never have seen the road to
Epsom on Derby Day who asserted that Englishmen
take their pleasures sadly, for a more boisterous and
hilarious series of scenes than the said road affords is
not to be equalled throughout the world. No doubt
English people on their foreign holiday tour-make the
pursuit of pleasure a very serious business, and the
amount of hard work they undergo in sightseeing is
such as foreigners neither pretend to violently admire
nor try to understand; but at home there are a few occa-
sions during the year upon which John Bull aban-
dons himself to what he considers enjoyment. First
and foremost of such occasions is the day on which
the race for the Derby is run, and this event is looked
forward to with eagerness, not only by English men,
but by English women of all classes of society.
Naturally the latter take the larger amount of interest
in the state of the weather ; for infinite are the pains
and lavish the money expended on toilettes meant for
exhibition from the roofs of four-wheel drags, the in-
side of open carriages, the top of the one-horse shay,
and even the improvised seats in the dray of the coster-
monger from Whitechapel. Surely the weather on
Wednesday morning was such as to satisfy the de-
sires of the most exacting, for it may safely be said
never was a more beautiful day shed out of the heavens.
As usual, the great point of convergence from the
north, south, and east of London is the "Elephant
and Castle," and here by nine o'clock the crush of
vehicles of all descriptions was so great that it became
the wonder of spectators on the pathway, in the
windows, and on the roof-tops how this immense crowd
was to arrive at its destination. But somehow or other
the feat was accomplished, for difficulties melt im-
perceptibly when people have set their desires
upon the attainment of a certain object. On
and on rolled the exodus along the Clapham-
road to Clapham-common, past primly-appointed
villas, the front gardens of which were shaded by huge
chestnuts, whose cone-shaped flowers, now in their
fullest bloom, from time to time, as the fresh breeze
ruffled them, scattered a scented shower of summer
snow upon the heads of pedestrians—on to Epsom, the
wind at times lifting clouds of dust that rapidly
changed the hue of many habiliments from black to
grey.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-06-04

TOO MUCH OF A GOOD BIRD.

The Austrian capital is said to have been suffer-
ing lately from a pest which is very unusual in large
towns, however common it may be, or rather, may
once have been, in some suburban distri3ts. The
public parks and gardens, as well as the streets, are
tilled with multitudes of sparrows, which have
increased beyond all computation, in spite of the
severe winters of the last few years. It will, perhaps, be
asked what harm these vivacious and prolific prattlers
do in such places of resort; and it is difficult at
first sight to give an answer, considering that
the managers of pleasure grounds do not usually
sow peas or beans, or even commit much flower
seed to the chances of the elements, without keeping
an efficient watch over the beds. -But it is to be
feared that the indictment against the sparrows is
nevertheless well founded, and that it exhibits the
hero of the housetops in anything but an amiable
character. The sparrows are not content with dis-
porting themselves in these public places in com-
mon with the other winged denizens thereof, nor
even with waging civil war amongst their own con-
fraternity. They make ferocious raids upon the birds
which are more musical but less robust than them-
selves, and actually and literally drive them " out
of the field ; " so that the melodies of the thrush
and the nightingale have been perforce replaced by
the chatter and clamour of the vulgar bourgeois of the
air. The municipal authorities of Vienna have' been
obliged to take the matter up with a strong hand, and
enter into a defensive and offensive alliance with the
songsters against their persecutors. A chasseur has
been specially appointed to wage war against the
sparrows; and this sportsman, armed with an air-gun,
now perambulates the estate, silently • pursuing his
work of extermination, and occasionally immolating,
as it is Raid; no fewer than fifty victims in 4 day.—
Globe.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-06-04

MR, GLADSTONE ON LOCAL OPTION,

The Prime Minister has ordered the following letter to be
sent to Mr. D. M. Dunlop on the subject of the Amendment
of the Liquor Laws :
"Sir,—Mr. Gladstone has had the honour to re,
ceiva the communication recently addressed to him by
yourself and othars interested in the question of the
Amendment of the Lici-kicr Laws in Scotland, and he
desires me to say that he is obliged by this further
expression of their views on the subject. The feeling
which was expressed the other day in connnction with
the proposal for *sing public-hothes on Sunday in
Wales, and to whien yo ti make allusion, is one on
which he has endeavoured to act impartially in every
eg,F.e where the state of public opinion seethed to call
far it. As regards, however, the suggestion that
the liquor question should be considered with the
question of Local Government and Local Taxation,
Mr. Gladstone is afraid that as this last named ques-
tion is both wide and complex, it wpu.ld hp
hazardous to combine with it another controverted
matter. The tendency of such combinations is to
unite together opponents of each part as opponents of
the whois. With respect to Local Option, lam to
observe that Mr. Gladstor:,3 has never taken an objec-
tion in principle to a considerate recr.nition of it; but
the circumstances of the present session are, he fans,
shigularly unfavourable to the introduction of matter
not already before Parliament.—l am, sir, your obe-
dient servant, E. W. HAMILTON.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-06-04

BRIER LE Y HILL.

013 SC ENE LANGUAGE,—At the Police Court, on
Monday, before G. K. Harrison and T. Willies
Webb, Esqs., Alexander isiarrowmore, boat builder,
Sheffield street, Quarry Bank, was fined 20s. and
costs, or, in default, one mouth's imprisonment, f,.r
using obscene language on the 7th or May.
ATTEMPTING TO COMMIT SUICIDE. Emily
Husselbee, a married wuman, whose husband is a
painter, residing at BrtAtcll Lane, was charged
with attempting to ountnit euicid. —lt w.is
alleged that on the 26th of la,t month the defend-
ant tnrew herself into Vie canal at Worisley, but
was ieseued from drowning. It appeared that de-
fendant was ins te of weak health. and under
medical attendance, and as she promised not t,
repeat the attempt the Bench dit,ch,irged 12,r.
VIOLENT ATTACK ON POLICEMEN. Josepli Pitt,
puddler, Kinver, appeared to answez a cbarge ot
being druak and disorderly on the previous
Saturday, and further ‘‘ith assautting
sergeant Head and Police-constable .F.Mtns —On
iho day in question prisoner and his wife were
fiOiting, and when Police-sergeant Head interfered
deftndant struck him in tha face with his fist
Prisoner was then arrested by the two officers,
upon which a crowd of persons collected and
stoned them. The prisoner's wife struck Head
with a " bibble," and when he let go the woman's
husband to remove her, the prisoner struck and
kicked Evans. Several attempts were made to
rescue the prisoner, but ultimately, after much
trouble, timing which the police had to take shelter
with him in a stable, he was removed to the police
station.—The 13:nch fined the prisoner 20s. and
costs, with the alternative of cue month's imprison-
ment..

ROBBING HIMLEY Pearse (67),
white-smith, Cro-s Street, Dudley, wi.s brought up
on remand and charged with stealing 12 geranium
and six olier plants, Loin Himley Gardens, the
property of Lady Ward. Mr. Bouine, jun.
(Mess,s. Bourne and 0 %en), appeared t presecut,.
—On the morning of the 20th ult. Police-sergeant
Speaks, of tie .Dudiey borough Force, met the
prisoner on Eve Hill, Dudiey, and noticing that
at had something butky in his pockets quesuoned
him as to what they contained. The prisoner said
the bulkiness was cau,td by a quAltity of rabbit,
meat, but upon the officer searching him he found
ihe geranium and other pants upon aim. Plisouer
the said he had hard them given to him. The
sergeant, however, disbelieved him, 11 d took him
imo custody, and the plants were now identified by
Lady li, aril's gardener as having been stolen from
the gardens at Himiey.......Prisoner, who is an old
uffendcr, was committed for six montLs hard
labour.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-06-04

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THE ROMAN VILLA NEAR BRADING.

Expectation that the discovery of Roman remains
at Morton, near Brading, in the Isle of Wight, would
lead to the complete unearthing of a villa perhaps the
most important of its kind in Britain, is now fully
assurea. Within the past few weeks, five more cham-
bers have been laid open, and the number of separate
rooms is now nearly thirty. The excavations, which
were resumed, as soon as the spring weather had fairly
set in, by Mr. John E. Price, F.S. A., and
Mr. F. G. Hilton Price, F.G.S., have been constantly
attended by success ; and while fresh discoveries
are being made almost daily, it is gratifying
to find that the pains and care which had beep taken
by the zealous antiquaries to preserve the tesselated,
pavements, first uncovered, through the winter, were
not in vain. Down to Saturday afternoon, Mr. Hilton
Price was still prosecuting the work, which, at every
step, indicates the vast extent of the building yet to be
excavated. The room warmed by the hypocaust has
now been fully developed, and with it the first por-
tion of an external wall; though even yet no de-
finite Teport can be giyen iif the general plan
of the building itself. Many objects illustrating its
structural character have been found, the most
important of these being plainly indicative of a long
open court, supported on columns; and when this
shall have been cleared, evidence will be afforded of
a Roman edifice more stately and palatial than any
of the ordinary domestic structures left by the
Italian invaders after their long occupation of
Britain. This court, indeed, is the most significant
of all the discoveries yet mad() on Morton Farm.
The excavation of the well is to be continued, the
depth already reached being rather more than 65
feet, and the descent having been made a day or two
since, by a young lady, daughter of Mr. Hilton Parker,
who, at her own mequest, was lowered in a bucket.
Pottery and bones still continue to be brought to the
surface, and additional coins have recently been found,
mostly of date corresponding with those previously
recorded. Traces of chambers such as those in comse
of excavation appear in the adjoining fields, the owner
of which has consented that eXplora..tions may here be
made; and it is expected that the whole series of
buildings, divided as they yet are by the limits of
different properties, will eventually be open, and
accessible to the pnblie,

MOSQUITOES IS BELGRAVIA. - Mosquitoes (the
Morninq Post says) have made their appearance in
South Belgravia, London. Mr. O'Shaughnessy, M.P.,
was stung by one of these insects the other day, and,
erysipelas supervening was prevented from attending
to his parliamentary duties. It is believed that the
mosquitoes have been brought to this country in the
luggage of American travellers,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-06-04

THE DERBY DAY.

The brilliant weather of Wednesday attracted a
vast crowd to Epsom Downs. From an early hour in
the morning all the roads leading from the Metropolis
in the direction of Epsom presented the animated
scenes usual on the Derby Day, and vehicles of all
descriptions were seen going southwards in a con-
tinuous stream. The number of persons who went
down by rail was also very large. From Victoria
seven cheap trains to the Downs and three to Epsom
town were despatched before nine o'clock. They were
all crowded, about five hundred being carried by each
train. After nine o'clock thirty-five fast trains were
despatched, carrying about four hundred passengers
each. Thus, on a rough calculation, about nineteen
thousand were conveyed from this station alone, and
numerous crowded trains were also sent in quick suc-
cession from London-bridge and Waterloo.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-06-04

THE WRECK REGISTER FOR 1879-80.

A Blue-book issued on Tuesday contains abstracts
of the returns made to the Board of Trade of sea
casualties which occurred on or near the coasts of the
United Kingdom from July 1, 1879, to June 30, 1880,
and other returns relating to shipwrecks. The total
number of British and colonial vessels lost was 972;
and 1,567 met with serious casualties, and 2,543 with
minor casualties.
The gross casualties on the coasts of the United
Kingdom during the year 1879-80 were as follows :
Total losses—British vessels, 315; foreign vessels,
131; total 446. Serious casualties—British vessels,
726; foreign vessels, 176: total, 902. Minor casual-
ties—British vessels, 1,783 : foreign vessels, 186 :
total, 1,969.
The total number of lives lost in British vessels was
2,155, of whom 1,518 were lost in sailing-vessels (in-
cluding 281 lives lost in H.M.S. Atalanta) and
637 in steam-vessels. The number of lives lost in
foreign vessels on the British coast was 56, all of whom
were lost in sailing-vessels. The total number of lives
lost in British vessels in the three previous years was :
—ln 1878-79, 2,064; in 1877-78, 2,452 (including 318.105 t
in the Eurydice) ; in 1876-77, 3,051.

The numbel of lives saved from shipwreck on the
British coasts was 2,923, of whom 1,418 were saved
by ships' own boats. The lives saved from British
vessels abroad and at sea numbered 8,282 of whom
4,791 were saved by ships' own boats.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-06-04

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THE NEW CENSUS.

The Registrar-General in his return for the week
ending May 30, says :—" The unrevised number of the
population of Rogistration London recently enumerated
on April 4, 1881, is 3,814,571, and shows an increase ef
560,311 or 172 per cent. upon the number enumerated
in 1871; the increase in the preceding ten years was
450,271 or 16.1 per cent. The rate of increase in the
last ten years having been greater than in the preced-
ing decade' the estimate of population hitherto in use
was below the actual ngmber.

"The unrevised aggregate population, according to
the recent census, of the 19 large provincial towns
dealt with in these returns, is 3,764,244, showing an
increase of F. 33,287 or 165 per cent, upon the number
in 1871 ; in the preceding decade the increase in these
towns was 476,239 or 173 per cent. Thus, while
London has increased since 1871 at a greater rate than
in the ten years 1861-71, the rate of increase has de-
dined in the aggregate of the 19 towns. Norwich,
Birmingham, Nottingham, Liverpool, Salford, and
Hull, as well as London, increased at a greater rate
between 187 i and 1881 than in the previous ten years;
hence the estimates hitherto in use have been too low.
The rate pf increase in each of the other 13 towns was
lower 'in tho last dco4cie than in the previous ten
years, and the estimated populations since 1871 have,
therefore, been over-stated."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-06-04

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-06-04

A STRUGGLE FOR THE THRONE OF
AFGHANISTAN.
Under date Qneta, May 29, The Times of Monday gave the
following from its Correspondent :

The struggle for the throne of Afghanistan has
begun, and first blood has been drawn by Abdur-
rahman. ,A certain Syud Azim Shah, who had
assembled a band of Ayoob's partiAns about fifty
miles from Girishk, arrived in the neighbourhood
of that place on the 19th inst. with a party of
horse, vatiously estimated at one td three hundrea.
The Sirdar Gul Muhamad Khan, who is holding
Girishk for the Ameer, as he did for us, attacked him
immediately at the head of a few Cabuli Militia just
arrived :from Candahar and some tribal horse, and
drove him off with a loss of three killed and one pri-
soner, all Alizaes, the chiefs of which were fighting for
the Ameer. The affair is not of much importance,
but it shows that even the Alizaes of Zamindawar, who
are supposed to be Ayoob's most thorough partisans,
are by no means unanimous in his cause.
Later Avices state that Syud Azim Shah's band
numbered 3,500 men, of whom one-third are mounted
men, and that he is still in the neighbourhood of
Girishk, where reinforcements 3f regular troops have
been sent from Candahar. Sirdar Muhamad Hashim
Khan is said to be on his way to Zamindawa from
Fara with 2,000 horse, but the Sirdar Muhamad
Hasan Khan, who left Herat for the same place with
500 cavalry, turned back after he had made two
marches, hearing that the Turkomans were menacing
a raid on the Herat Valley. Ayoob is reported to
have withdrawn his three Rerati regiments from
Khuslik and to have disarmed them. If this is true,
his object was probably to obtain arms for the Can-
daharis, who are certainly joining him in considerable
numbers.

Letters from the Ameer's representatives at
.Candahar have been received by all the notable
inhabitants of Herat, inviting them in their own
interests to join the Ameer and expel Ayoob from tha
country, and are said to have created much impression.
I am inclined to think that AyoOb will not leave
Herat, but will confine himself to a guerilla warfare
with the tribal levies in Zamindawar.

Six PERSONS DROWNED WHILE BATHING.-Si
persons were drowned while bat4ingj ealaildoi
Saturday afternoon. Alexander 4n4 James Simpson,
two b,rptiagre laelAnging to 'Glasgow. were drowned at
Clarelonbead.—Two soldiers William Low and
Robert Brown, were drowned at Aberdeen; a boy
named James Burton was drowned in the Clyde;
and Thomas Henderson was drowned at Lanark.
The weather was verl warm.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-06-04

Gladstone), and furnished abundance of light for those
who attended Lady Granville's reception at the Foreign
Office opposite. The principal clubs and many of the
tradesmen's establishments were also profusely illumi-
nated.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-06-04

CAPE COAST AND ASHANTL

The Special Correspondent of the Standard, in a telegram
dated Cape Coast Castle, May 8, says

On the 3rd inst. a review took place before Sir
Samuel Rowe, the Ashanti Ambassadors, the King
Cif Abakrampa and Apollonia' and many other Fanti
Chiefs. About one thousand men of the two West
India Regiments, and two hundred and fifty Houssas,
were on the ground,
The Ambassadors were much impressed by the
continuous fire kept up by the rifles of the troops.
Next day Sir Samuel Rowe informed the Ambas-
sadors that he had carefully considered the King's
message, and on the payment of the promised two
thousand ounces of gold dust he would refer the same
to the Queen.

The Ashantis are coming down freely to trade,
and confidence seems to be fully restored. The 2nd
West India Regiment expects to leave in about six
weeks,

A Correspondent of The Times writes, under date
Cape Coast Castle, April 30
The prospect of war with Ashantee is now entirely at an
end. Yesterday, the 29th April, a palaver, or assembly, to
meet the Ashantee envoys took place in the grand hall of the
Castle of Elmina. The principal personage from Ashantee
is the father-in-law of the king, a man of good appearance
and about 65 years of age. His message was as follows :
" His Majesty of Ashantee is friendly and is much sur-
prised that you should want to fight him ; that it was all a
mistake, and that his enemies had misinterpreted his
message. He was sorry for it, and he begged that the matter
might drop, and that his Excellency would pardon the mis-
take; and, as an earnest of good faith, the King had sent
down 2,0000 z. of gold.'
"The other messengers, having spoken in the same
manner, his Excellency the Governor replied, 'that he had
listened to what had been said, but that a matter which
had brought so many men and officers across the sea at so
great an expense could not be settled in a hurry, and a day
would be appointed to give an answer.'
"Whereupon, after the curious custom of the Ashantee
of embracing the knees had taken place, the assembly broke
up.

" It will now ho hoped that there will no longer be the
necessity of keeping so many officers and troops in this un-
healthy region, where the want of suitable quarters has
enhanced the amount of sickness. At Cape Coast Castle
during the'short space of one mouth one-third of the Euro-
pean officers there quartered have been invalided or have
died."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-06-04

A PLEA FOR A CORN LAW.

The Morning Advertiser says : 'Supposing that
wheat is 10s. per quarter, and meat 2d. per lb. cheaper
now than during the last decade, what is the gain to
each individual? An adult consumes, on an average,
six bushels of wheat in a year, so that all he saves by
the ruin of the farmers, who are his best customers, is
7s. 6d. per annum. On the assumption that the workman
in good employ eats 3 lb. of fresh meat in a week, there
would he a saving of 6d. per week, or 265. a year on that
item. But at what a cost is this 7d. a week to be saved
if things go on as they are doing? Simply, that the
landowners of the country will have ,k 30,000,000 or
more a year less to spend, while half the agricultural
labourers cf the kingdom will be thrown out of employ-
ment, only to flood the towns and immediately reduce
the rate of wages. The truth is, that America has
such a surplus to dispose of in the shape of meat and
grain that she would send it all the same to us if we
put a duty of 10s. on wheat and 2d. a pound on meat.
The only difference would be that an enormous sum of
money, which now goes into the foreigner's pocket,
would be spent at home, and all classes would flourish,
instead of being in a state of depression; while, by
showing the protectionists that we had the whip
hand of them,' we could soon open their ports to our
manufactures,"
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-06-04

CLOCKS,

For Churches, Tttrrots,

or Public

Budding, Dining or Drawing Boom,
Library, Cariinge, Church, Hall,
or Shop, Perpetual Calendars,
Wind Dials, &c.
NOVELTY—" EARLY ENGLISH"
Clocks, in Wood si,l Ormolu, De-
corated with Blue China, Wedgwood,
Jtc., from A-Ay Madc so:ely oy
13arraort.

BENSON'S "Workman's" £5 5s Silvor English Lever. (Warm/dol.)
BENSON'S "Everybody's" Silver Watch, £3 33, with Crystal Glass. ( Wq.4.4aviteg
BENSON'S Silver end Electro-Plato.—P'l llace and Athletic Met, ti;:ys Pr6seAtattls or
Household Use, Special bcet gas and Eitimates

BENSON'S new PAISIIIILET of WATCHES thc, most comprehensivo,in fluke 'WORLD, givinir.
prices and illustrations uf every kind. Just publi,he.i, 2 Btanaps.
BENSON'S new rimvilLET of CLOCKS, the lark.tst, yut pi)i)lish.tii. with clecipi tisd prices
Free, 2 stamps.

BENSON'S new PAMPTALE'r of JEWELLERY, ihL2 c‘,nap
BEN. ON'S new PAMPHLET oi eI.L.VEK told
BENSON'S new PAMPHLET of TIJUREi CLOCKS, illuAratt.d.
Watches sent Free auct 6afe by Post.
Watches, Clocks, Jewellery and Plat.; Repaired by Skilled Workmen
PLATE, JEWELLERY, AND WATCHES EXCHANGED.
MERCHANTS, AND SHIPPERS,
STEAM FACTORY AND CITY SHOW ROOMS—

CLUBS,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-06-04

AN AMERICAN FORECAST OF OUR
FUTURE HISTORY.

The New York 'W arid says :—" So far as it is pos-
sible to read the future history of England, there will
be no more Tory Administrations and the eddies of
moderate Liberalism will be noted but rarely in the
sweeping tide of Radicalism. The monarchial form
will probably be preserved. But abroad we shall see
a Canadian Confederation absolutely independent,
with Halifax and possibly Quebec held as American
Gibraltars until some collision compels their sur-
render. A similar confederation will be established
in Australia without the retention of an imperial
station. A third will be formed in South Africa,
where even Cape Town may be abandoned. A fourth
may perhaps be formed in the West Indies. England
will retain India and such other possessions as are
absolutely necessary to her trade. It is less likely
that even the Radical statesmen of England a genera-
tion hence will be brought by pure reason to leave
Ireland to her own devices. If the torpedo and
earthwork system shall neutralize the value of iron-
clads like the Dandolo and Duilio, England, freed
from the fear of invasion and the necessity of
adopting the Continental system of an amped popula
tion, ought to occupy a singularly fortunate and in-
fluential position at the beginning of that twentieth
century which bids fair to be the most pregnant in the
history of the absorbing, assimilating, expanding race
popularly known as the 'Anglo-Saxon,' which is so
rapidly carrying the English tongue and the out-
growth of England's historical institutions into all
the corners of the globe."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-06-04

THE QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY IN CYPRUS.

Sir R. Biddulph delivered an address to those pre-
sent at the reception held on Saturday in celebration
of the Queen's birthday. The High Commissioner said
that in a few days her Majesty would complete the
forty-fourth year of her sovereignty, and that he felt
quite convinced that in future ages the reign of Queen
"Victoria would be regarded as a happy and remarkable
period in the history of England. He confidently
hoped that future generations of Cypriotes would look
backupon her Majesty's reign as marking an auspicious
event in the history of Cyprus. Since the commence-
ment of the year he had visited every district of
the island, from Carpas to Papho, from Morphon
to Famagusta, and he had everywhere been received
with the same courtesy and kindness that he had
always met with at the hands of the inhabitants. He
had observed the prosperity of the country with plea-
sure. The High Commissioner went on to state
that the enormous increase of postal communication
within Cyprus last year—the number of letters
despatched being seventeen times as great as during
the year preceding the occupation--and the equally
noteworthy increase in the number of letters forwarded
abroad—these last being four times as many as those
sent through the post offices in the island itself—might
be regarded as a good indication of the highly satisfac-
tory growth of commercial activity in Cyprus. His
Excellency, in conclusion, expressed his thanks for the
assistance which had been rendered him in the taking
of the cenus.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-06-04

MEER SCHAUM

BRIAR-ROOT PIPES,

PLAIN AND FANCY
CIGAR AND CIGABEITE HOLD.IOB

And Every Description of

TOBA.CCONIST'S GOODS
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-06-04

CAPTURE OF A SWARM OF BEES IN

LONDON.

In London on Tuesday, about three o'clock, a swarm
of bees appeared in Wellington-street, Strand and
settled on the exterior of the office of the Army and
Nary Gazette. They attracted considerable atten-
tion, causing great obstruction to the traffic of this
densely populated neighbourhood.. Mr. Tegetmeier,
of the Field newspaper, upon being informed of the
circumstance, obtained a box, and hived them most
successively, to the astonishment of the assembled
crowd, who evidently had no idea that bees could be
handled, even by a skilled bee-keeper, with impunity.

SETTLEMENT OF THE FORTUNE BAY
FISHERY DISPUTE.
A Reuter's telegram dated Washington, May 31, says :
The prolonged negotiations between Mr. Blaine,
Secretary of statewand Sir B. Thornton, British
Minister at Washington, regarding the Fortune Bay
and Aspe Bay fishery disputes, were brought to a con-
clusion on the 28th instant. It has been agreed that
Great Britain shall pay £15,000 in gold, for which
amount the United States Government will give a
receipt in full, in satisfaction of all demands. The
money will probably be paid this week and will be
promptly handed over to the proper parties, nearly all
of whom reside at Gloucester, Massachusetts.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-06-04

AN ELECTRIC VELOCIPEDE.

Within the last few days, electricity has begun
its career as a motive power for vehicles with the
opening of the electric railway between Lichtenfield
and Cadattenhaus, in the suburbs of Berlin. There
may be seen a tramcar laden with passengers, rolling
along its metal track as if it were instinct with life;
for neither steam, nor smoke, nor cinders escape
from it, and the driving mechanism is so small that
it can scarcely he seen. The example of the Prussian
capital will doubtless soon be followed by other
towns; and in the meantime a new departure has
been made at Paris. Electricity has been applied
to the propulsion of a velocipede. At first sight the
advantage of this application is perhaps not quite
apparent to an English lover of the sport or pastime
of bicyclicg, and it seems worthy only of the typical
Frenchman, who can see no fun in wasting his muscular
tissue uselessly. What is to become of the glorious sense
of physical exertion, the excitement of rapid motion
by your own efforts, and the delicious tiredness after a
long day's ride, if the steel horse is to be driven by
electricity, and you are simply to sit cramped up in
your seat and play the part of engine-driver? But, on
second thoughts, it will be seen that if for the healthy
and strong an electric velocipede is not wanted, it may
prove very useful and convenient for the weakly and
the invalid, as it will enable them to take the air and
view the country at their leisure. It i, therefore,
interesting to find that a well-known electrician of
Paris has succeeded in driving an English tricycle
for an hour along the streets of Paris, by
means of electricity stored in a "secondary battery "
of Plant4's make, and two small Deprez electric
motors. The vehicle with its occupant weighed four
cwt., and it was driven at the speed of an ordinary
cab; but, by improving the mechanism, the inventor
hopes to raise the speed to twelve miles an hour ; and
the modification which has since been effected on the
Plant 4 battery by M. Faure, will no doubt enable a
supply of electricty to be stored up, capable of work-
ing the tricycle for many hours.—Globe.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-06-04

OLD HILL.

TRINITY HALL,—On Monday evening last, a
grand concert was given in the above Hail, in aid
of ihs funds 01 the Netherton Ironwork's Cricket
Club. There was a large audience and no doubt
the funds will be well augmented. The following
were the artistes : —Miss Lizzie Curry (sopra-,o),
Miss Bourne (contralto), Mr. G. Newni (tenor),
Mr. Warhain (bass), solo violin, Mr. J. hale ;
and accompanist Mr. Joseph Harris. Appended
the programme, which was gone through in a good
:tyle, and the respec:ive performers were loudly
applauded. first part. Solo Piano, Mr. Jos-ph
Harris; song "rho Blacksmith's Soil," Mr. War.
ham ; song, "Maud." Miss Smith; solo violin, Mr.
Jas. Hale ; song, -Waiting," Miss Lizzie Curry ;
due, Travatore," Miss Smith and Mr. Barratr. ;
,ong, "Cons, into toe garden, Maud," Mr. Nswns ;
song. "Beauty Sleep.- Miss Bourne; glee, "Where
art thou, beaus of light,' Mrs. Parkes, Mi,s Smith,
air. Parke-, and Mr. Barrett. Second part: Duet,
"Fra Diavolo," Mr. J. Harris, jun., and Mr. E.
Harris ; song, "Oh OW Delightful," Miss Smith ;
trio, "The Labourer's Evening Song," Miss Curry,
Miss Bourne, and Mr. Warha.in ; song, "A message,"
Mr. Newns ; song. "Beloved Again," Miss Lizzio
Curry; song, "The Anchorsmiths," Mr. Warham ;
solo violin, Mr. Jas. Halo; sung, •'Let me Dream
Again," Miss Bourne ; duet, "The Two 'Forest
Nymphs," Miss Smith and Mis. Parkes.
CILLEIGIC or UNLAWFULLY WOUNDING—At the Old
Hill Volice Court, on Wednesday before Messrs. W.
Bossano, J. Pearson, and Dr. Walker. magistrates,
James Attwood, haulier, Cradiey Heath, was
charged with unlawfully ounding James Gardener
Ur. T. Cooksey appeared for the defence.--The
complainant, who api,eared in the box with his
head bandaged and his face bruis,d, stated that
on the 31st ult., the defendant met him on the
highway and struck him; ha also wrenched a stick
out of complainant's hand and struck him with it
on the head, rendering him insensible.—Two wit-
nesses corroborated complainant's statement; but
a witnew named lhotuas Siddaway, who was called
tor the defence, ~wore that complainant rt; uck
defendant with a stick, and then a struggle ensued,
in which the complainant received his injuires.—
Mr. Couksey urged th-it defendant received great
provocation, and only struck the complainant in
self-defence.—The Bench considered that a serious
assault had been committed, and fined the defend-
ant 20s. and costs, or in default one month's hard
labour.

THE EDUCATION ACT.—A batch of twelve persons
were summoned by Mr. W. Hodgetts, the attend-
ance officer to the _Rowley School .Board, for
11: glecting to send their children to school.-1)e-
-fendants were each fined 2s. Gil., including costs.
LICENSES THANSFEHED.—The following publi.
can's licenses were fully transferred :—Alehouses
Waggon Lnd Horses Inn, Spinner's End, from tbe
execu:ors oi Jacob Coley to Eliza Coley the
widow; and the Wonder Inn, Tividale,
from John
Jordan to William Hersman. beerhouse : The
Brickinakers' Am L a, Tividaie, from Wiliam Henry
Gilbert to 6,..rah Mole.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-06-04

SPORTING NOTES.
(By our own Turf Correspondent.)
MANCHESTEit CUP.

The result of the Derby was not the surprise
that might have been the ease if Town Moor, who
started at 100 to 1, and ran third, had managed to
strugOe in first, although many good judges were
disappointed. at Ir,,quois reversing the 2,000

Gum-as finish, but unquezThnably the- best horse
won over th Derby, distance one mile and a half
ant it will be a near thing between Peregrine and
Iroquois whenever they meet at a mil.

Islest week we shall have the Whitsuntide holidays
and with it the Manchester Cup, distance one miie
and three-quarters, the contest is likely to prove of
an interesting nature, especi Ily if Mr. tiraton
pulls out Fernandez, who is said to be the best
4 year old horse we have in England when he is
wanted. Report says that Mr. Gret ton has £2,000
invested on the horse for this event, and thit he
will repeat the Isonomv trick of last year ; but I
think Alec Taylor trains another animal, which is
likely to lower the great horse's colourtfanext
Wednesday. I mean Out of Bounds, with only
7st 71b to carry for a fair classed 5 year old, and if
she is only in the saute form as when she made a
r,ce of it with Chippendale in the Jockey Club Cup
she will take some beating. Ambassadress, 6st lib,
di-appointed me greatly in the City and Suburban
Handicap, still if it is true what she has done with
Apollo at home, she must have a good look in.
Evasi in, for %thorn Barrett is engaged to ride, has
had a good commission worked in her favour, and
kat Doncaster September meeting she ran Experi-
ment to a neck in the Park Hill Stakes, one mile
six furlongs, beating Jenny Howlet and Muriel,
and now with GA 71b she must be marked danger-
ous on that form alone. Mr. Dodd is also a
gnuine can(lidatf,, and although only a plater be
beat Lord Clive last August at 21b over a mile
course at Huntingdon, and on this form it is like
Putting the latter animal in at 6st, when I think
very few would back anything else in the race if
Lord Clive was so handicapped. Peter has been
he shuttlecock of the market. and I fear will not
stay the distance. Reveller, Bst, is fully handi-
capped up to his form, but then he took the Good-
wood Stakes and Great Yorkshire Handicap so
easily that if the party are in earnest he will again
trouble the winner. Of Wad!ow's pair I prefer
Cylinder. Valour I think will find the course too
far, and at present Ido not care to go through the
lot lefi. in, nut shall take the following trio to
supply the winner, Out of Bounds, Mr. Dodd, anti
Ambassadress, bat if I plumped for one it would
be
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-06-04

CRICKET.

STOURBRIDOZ GRAMMAR SCHOOL v. BROMEGROVE
COLLEGE SCHoOL.—This match was played at
13romsgrove on saturday May 28th, and ended in a
victory for the visi• ors by 72 runs. The bating of
Skidmore and Evans was very go, d, and the bowl-
ing of Hedges was worthy of mention.
BROM6GROVE COLLEGE SCHOOL.
Lloyd, b Hedges .. 1
Rogers, c and b Eieugea . 12
Twist, b Hedges 1
Saywell, b Hedges,
Horton, c and b Freer
Muscat t, b Ficer 0
Hall, b Freer
Bayliss, 1 b w, b Hedges
Lee, b Hodges
Cnappell, not out
Luke, 1) Hedges 0
Extras 1

.....
Total

STOURBRIDGE GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
Hartley, b Lloyd
Skinner, run out 2
_Evans, b .Rodgers
Hedges, b Horton
Skidmore, not out
Nelson, b Rodgers
Freer, b Rodgers
Brooks, b Twist
Stevens, b Twist 0
Stringer, b Twist
Fellows, run 0111
Extras 9

Total lO2

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thorench knowledge of the mit !rel I½s W cli govern
the ope,ationti of digestion and nutrition, and by a care-
ful apOcation of the fine properties of well-elected
Cocoa, Mr. Epps has provided our breakfast tsbles with
a delicately flavoured beverage which may save us many
heavy doctors' bills. It is by the judicious tree of suci
articles of diet that a constitution may be gradualy
iiujlt up until roving enough to resist every tendency to
disease. Hundreds of subtle maladies are flee ing
*rout,' us ready to attack wherever there is a weak
poiui. We may escape many a fatal .listft by keeping
ourselves well fortified. with pure blood and a properly
nourished frame.' Service Gazette.— Sold only
in Packets labelleci—"Jests -PPS & Co., Homosopathic
Loudon."—Also makers of I.Cpps's Chocolate Essence
or afternoon U.

Necessity's Ma to invention they say,
And this has been proved in a very goad way.
We were mastered complete
By the Corns on your feet,
Till Alleoek's Shield recovered the sway.
.4.llcoek's Corn Plasters have no equal as a care and a
relieve: 400 m. They always give eatistaetien
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-06-04

THE TRANSVAAL.

The Pietermaritzburg correspondent of the Daily
Telegraph, writing on Tuesday, reports :—The guns
taken by the Boers at Potchefstroom after the signa-
ture of peace had been made known will be restored
to the English to-day. No confidence whatever is to
be placed in the rumoured hitch in the negotiations
between Sir Evelyn Wood and the Boer leaders. On
the contrary, everything points to a peaceful settle-
ment being accomplished. It is equally certain that
no hostile significance need be attached to Colonel
Buller's departure for Potchefstroom. A report is
current that the inhabitants of the Transvaal who were
loyal to British rule have been informed that the whole
of the country will be practically restored to the
Boers. The reports which have been in circulation of
encounters between Boers and the natives are contra-
dicted. Two of the native tribes were at war with
each other, and between them lost a considerable num-
ber of men. The Boers, to protect their own farms,
raised a force to be used if occasion arose, but they
were never actually engaged.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-06-04

ANOTHER POPULAR DELUSION GONE

The Pall Mall Gautte remarks :—"The idea that
fish-food is specially adapted for brain nourishment is
scouted by no less an authority than Dr. Beard of
New York, one of the most eminent neurologists. Re-
ferring to this widespread popular notion, he terms it
a delusion, opposed to chemistry, to physiology, to
history, and to common observation. He casts the re-
sponsibility for the almost universal acceptance of this
delusion, by the Americans at least, upon the late
Professor Agassiz, who impulsively and without
previous consideration apparently, as was his wont
at times, made a statement to that effect before
a Committee on Fisheries of the Massachusetts
Legislature.' The statement soon became the creed
of the people. The well-known phenomenon of the
glowing (or phosphorescence) of fish in the dark is
popularly believed to indicate the presence of a large
proportion of the nutritive element. Chemical
analysis, however, fails to substantiate this idea, but
demonstrates that the flesh of fish contains a smaller
proportion of mineral elements than other forms of
animal food. So, if we can trust Dr. Beard, as we
may very well do, here is one more pleasant popular
delusion gone.