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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-03-09

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-03-09

lIALESOWSN.

NEOLECT OF WORK.—At the Petty Sessions held on
Tuesday, before Messrs. E. Moore and F. L. Smith,
James Minn was summoned by Edward Weston for nr g-
lecting his work, and claimed 20s as compensation.
From the evidence of complainant it appeared that the
1 defendant worked for complainant as a gas-fitter, and had
I neglected to work for four days. The agreement was to
give and take 14 days' notice. Defendant was ordered
to pay a fine of Si and costs, and return to his work.
BREACH OF Tax PLICIL—Jesse Field and Thomas
Riley were charged by Superintendent Overend with com-
mitting a breach of the peace by fighting on the 26th ult.
The case was proved, and the defendants ordered to find
one surety each in £5, and themselves in £lO, to keep the
peace for air months.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-03-09

WORK AND WAGES IN CANADA.

In London, on Monday night, Mr. Samuel Morley,
M.P., presided at the Surrey Chapel on the occasion
of Mr. Thos. Connolly (stonemason) delivering a
lecture on the subject of emigration to Canada. It
was one of a series of Monday addresses being given
at that place of worship, and attracted a very large
audience, amongst whom were Mr. M'Arthur, M.P.,
Mr. Plimsell, MT., Mr. C. Gilpin, M.P., Mr. Dixon,
the Rev. Newman Hall, and the Rev. G. M. Murphy.
Mr. Morley prefaced the lecture with a few words of
introduction, remarking that an American traveller had
recently said to him that the great thing wanting in
England was more elbow-room for its labmring popu-
lation. There was much truth in the observation, and
though emigration might prove a loss to the nation
in one respect, it was yet a necessity, and working
men were not to blame for desiring to study before-
hand whether it was preferable to make for our
own colonies or the United States. He should, however,
prefer to see them choose the former.
Mr. Connolly for upwards of two hours entered into a
Physical, historical, and political description of Canada,
where he had lately spent many months with a view of
judging for himself the advantages it possessed as a
field for emigration. He found both Upper and Lower
Canada offering the most tempting inducements to the
redundant population of the mother country, and
believed the Canadians would never forsake the
British flag or be subdued by the United States
should the course of events produce a rupture between
the two nations. The result of all his travels and in-
vestigations had brought him to the conviction that
Canada was the place for agricultural labourers,
artisans, and hardworking servant girls to go to.
Wages were high, indeed fabulous compared with
what they were at home, living was cheap, rent was
scarcely known as our poorer classes understood the
term; but on the other baud clothing was about 25 per
cent, dearer, with the exception of boots and shoes,
which were low priced owing to the manufacture of
those articles having become a staple trade in Mon-
treal and Quebec. He supported his statements with
figures, and declared that as a rule his own board
and lodging while on his travels, which were always
excellent, Lever cost more than 14s. fid. to 15s. per
week.
The lecture was full of anecdote and humour, and
closed with a graceful allusion to the Queen, whose
character and virtues lie found everywhere acknow-
ledged both in the United States as well as Canada.
As for the loyalty of the Latter, he had never seen so
many lions and unicorns as in the Dominion.
A vote of thanks was accorded to thu lecturer,
'ml to Mr. Morley for presiding.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-03-09

THE CASE OF MRS. PORTBURY.

At the Central Criminal Court, in London, last week, Amelia
Portbury, 20, married, was charged with the wilful murder
of her mother, Julia Aria. fly the coroner's inquisition
the prisoner was charged with the lesser offence of man-
slaughter.
This case arose to some extent out of the extraorsli.
nary charge that was disposed of on the previous day,
when a youth named Henry Portbury, the husband of
the prisoner, was charged with procuring a marriage
license to enable him to contract the marriage with
the prisoner, by false representations as to his
age and other circumstances. The prisoner and
her relations are of the Jewish persuasion, and
her marriage with Portbury, who had been her
coachman, gave great umbrage to them, on ac-
count, not only of the disparity in their ages, but also
on account of Portbury being a Christian. The
prisoner, however, appeared to have been determined
upon the match, although by carrying it out she lost an
annuity of £5OO, which reverted to trustees for the
benefit of her children by her first marriage with Dr.
Moidola, a physician of large practice. Previously to
the Ist of February the prisoner, it appeared, had
separated from the young man Portbury, but arrange-
ments had been made that they should live together
again, and the prisoner had expressed her determination
to remove the furniture that belonged to her that was in
the house where she resided with the deceased, Park-
house, Approach-road, Victoria-park, London. This
proceeding appeared to have roused the deceased to a
state of great excitement, and she abused the prisoner,
and made use of very violent language ; and this
condition was increased by the prisoner expressing her
intention to let her husband in at 10 o'clock at night.
The e.eceseedobjected to this, and both parties weret ery
violent, each of them laying hold of a decanter, but no
actual violence was made use of until later in the day,
when a violent altercation took place, and the deceased
ran after the prisoner. who seized a poker and "tapped"
or struck the deceased on the back. At length thepnsoner
succeeded in removing her furniture, and there did not
appear tobe any suspicion that the deceased had received
any serious injury, but in the course of the day she become
very ill, andremiuned in a semi-comatose state until her
death, which occurred on the 13th February. The imme-
diate cause of death appeared to be the bursting of a
blood-vea,4 in the head, which cau.eed extravatation of
blood on Os brain; and it was alleged oa the gut ol
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-03-09

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THE OUTRAGE UPON HER MAJESTY.

THE BOY ocoNwon.
In connection with the outrage on Her Majesty,
the following communication has been sent to Ties

Times:—
It mtay poisible ve Som relief to tbe Gueer's 'MHO, and
to the public at large, to be Assured that the boy O'Connor
was actuated by no party or political incline in his outrage
ou Her Majesty : that he is not, amid never was, in any
way connected with Fearianism, or any other faction,
but that he la simply "mad." From A child,. he Itas been
subject to sulfuring of 110 ordidary eh:trader, anti has, at
different times been a mdient in the Children's lins-
pital, in Great Ormond-street, and in King's College Hospital,
and has undergone one, it not two operations, and be is now
a poor emaciated creature, with bad health and a sickly
constitution, lie was educated and not badly —at
St. Dunstan's School, Fleet-str,et, and has ever borne
the character of • quiet, harmless boy; but latterly
he has (at home especially) shown symptoms of men-
tal derangement, awl become almost ungovernable by
bis patents. IrMs sleep, too, ftr acme WO past has been
continually disturbed and broken by sudden And Violent
pains in the head, and only on Saturday week lalst his father
told a lady of my aomaintame tint he was afraid the boy's
mind was going!' IL has been said that his fancy for such
an outrage was excited by rmding the abominable trash
which is too freely circulated intone neighbourlumds in these
days, but this is wrong. Ilia tastes were"! a different order.
His days were spent regularly at his proper work, and his
evenings in "drawing," or in reading such books 9,5 the
La,f Days of Peon pett. The outrage was simply an outbreak
of madness, and it seems only fair to the boy and his family
that the public should know this.
Perhaps, too, you may deem it sufficiently interesting to
the public to state that O'topuor's faintly, though now in
very reduced circumstances, is respectably and eVen highly
tonneeted. His gianchnother, Who is nom, living, aged 72,
Is great niece of Lord Longueville, of Castle Mary, county
Cork, and is third daughter of Mr. Robert Longfield Connor
, and was married to her cousin. Mr. Arthur O'Ceinor, of
Connorville, county Cork, the brother of the once famowi
, Reargue O'Connor. Of these children by this marriage ,oily
one son is left, George Roger, the father of the uohappy
;collator., and he has a wife and seten children, and helps, its
tar as he can, to keep his mother.
, I enclose my card as a guarantee for the truth of these
statements, but not for publication, and I am, Sir, Your
; obedient servant, G. 11. T.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-03-09

CRADLEY.

COLLMILY ACCIUENT.—An accident happened at the
New Homer Hill Colliery, OD Tuesday, which might have
proved fatal. A boy named George Chit was following
his employment down the pit, when some rubbish fell,
striking him on the head. His head was Isc,rated, and
he was rendered iusenbible for some time. When he had
recovered his senses he was conveyed home, and medical
aid called in.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-03-09

VISITOR'S TO BIRMII\TC2I-1-1.A.:

SUFFIELD'S
DINING ROOMS & LUNCHEON BAR,
T.TI•TION P_ASS.A_C+M,
(Within Three Minutes' walk of thelliailmay Stations)
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-03-09

CRADLEY HEATH.

CONCLET.—On Monday evening a concert of sacred
made was given in the Corngreaves Schools, kindly lent
by J. P. Hunt, Esq. The vocalists numbered 180, and
were young children belonging to the various Sunday
Schools, and the pieces sung consisted of what may be
celled Sunday School hymns. Mr. 0. Lloyd, of Old
Hill, conducted, and Mr. Welling% led the band. The
youthful performers rendered the pieces with spirit. and
maintained their firmness to the end notwithstanding
that the programme WAII very long. A duet by Miss
Lloyd and Master P. Marsh was much appreciated, and a
solo by the same young gentleman was loudly applauded.
The room was crowded to suffocation, over 500 being
present, and the proceeds which will be large will be sp.
propriated towards the debt of the new Primitive Meth°.
d A, Chapel, Spinners End.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-03-09

RAILWAY ACCOMMODATION AT

WORDSLEY.

A meeting was held on Tuesday night in the Lecture
Room of the institute, Wordsley, to consider the subjeet
of railway accommodation for Wordsley and the sur-
rounding district.
Mr. B. Richardson was voted to the chair. He said he
thought it was very desirable thit a line should be
brought through such a populous and important a place
as Wordsley. There was a large amount of business
transacted in the immediate neighbourhood, and there
was no railway station nearer than a mile or two of the
place. There was perhaps a million acres of land about
the district that was not touched by a railway, and he was
of opinion that if the line sketched out by Mr. Griffiths,
, from Wichnor Junction to Malvern, was brought through
that place, the trade of the district would be considerably
increased. Be would urge them to have a railway from
a third company, and not from either the London and •
North-Western Railway Company or the Great Western
Railway Company, so that there would then be competi-
tion.
Mr. F. Stuart had much pleasure Rimming the follow-
Mg resolution:—" That this meeting is of opinion that
immediate steps ought to be taken for wearing proper
railway communieation for the immediate manufacturing
districts of Hingswinford, Wordaley, and Voslbourn-
brook."
Mr. IC. Webb, sen., In seconding the resolution, said
he considered tlfat there was not a plate in the county
that required railway accommodation more than that dis-
trict did, where there was such an extensive trade in the
glass. iron, and grain trades.
Mr. J. Boulton proposed, 'That in the opinion of this
meeting, the proposed railway from Wiehnor Junction to
Malvern, traversing as it would the districts named in
the previous resolutions, is manifestly adapted to supply
the railway accommodation required. and is deserving of
all the support the manufacturers and traders in the die•
trict can give."
This was seconded by Mr. Parrish, and carried unani-
mously.

Epps's CHOCAATII.—La Situation, the Imperialist
organ, in an article entitled France et Augleterre,"
says:—" Noes n'avons en France qteune scale name on
Is preparation du Cacao emploie on materiel et an per-
sonnel anssi considerable. que dens qua nous avons vu.
dans Insine de Messieurs Epps. Vest une veritable
curiosite dans son genre qua cette immense fabrique."—
fhe wrapper of each cake of Chocolate pi by this
firm is labelled " Jaxas EPPS & CO.,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-03-09

ZIMIJD'S
:RSRIRE MILITARY BAND.

liikr FIELD, Bandmaster, respectfully
• returns thanks to the Mobility, Gentry, and
Cerannittoss generally, in the Midland Counties, for their
Mena patronage, especially during the past season,
whisk his hiss. most smieenthal one, including, among
ethar saassemsats, Promenede Coneerta beton their
ROYAL HIGHNESSES THE PRINCE
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-03-09

COMPANY,

CHM/ OFPICYS 19 & 29, CORNHILL, LONDON,
Capital (fully auliscribed) • • - £2,500,000
, (paid up) - - 250,000
Cabal Funds 910,000

DIRECTORS.
300STIAD, John, Esq., (Price and Beristead )
(lowraw, Jeremiah, Esq., J. itt J. Colman.)
luxe, Allred, E.q., 9, Adelphi Terrace.
,isairsTrits, Nehemiah, Esq.
LAWSON, Samuel, Esq.
'ISRIUS, Frederick %%., Esq. (Dixon .1,7 Harris.)
11(lin, Sir Francis (Thomas and Francis Hicks.)
101/080N, John, Esq., 37, Fenchurch.street.
LARKWORTkIY, F., Esq , Bank of New Zealand.
Lissy, Charles J.' Esq, (Leaf, Sons, and Co.)
!.xasit, William, E.g., 14, Ea.tcbeap.
AUNDELLA, A. J.. Eq., M.P., Nottingham.
Onali, Henry W., Esq., M.P., (Peek Brother. it Co.)
lionEwrso.. Alexander, Eq.
Scorr, 1.) cooper, Esq., 57, Uracechurcli-str ert.
iln. Akxiwder, E.q. (Churchill it Stu].)
...Rowe., H. ury, Eiq ( Ircwer & Lawson.)
ut t J Etoi (Robert Benson it CO.)
NuoLHOUbE, James P., Esq ,30, Mincing-law.,
Ifoo,qer f Fire Department—K. COZZIIII SMITH, KEI•

ttfa,T—W. P. PernsoN, Eq.

l'uderterder—d. CARR SAUNDERS, FAQ.

&tailors —ME 6111111. THoMAS AND HoLLAMIL

The Lite Funds are held in special tract.
The Charges of Mainigtlueni, are guaranteed not to
',led 10 per cent. of tine Premium Income.
Surrender clue guaruntved in libril tennis.

Agent—Mr. W. Moore,
t, B,..urlort.
.4.3ent—Mr. 0. llopkius,
ras —l4 I, 11111-.treet,
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A iddres liArks-strect, IlLrwn tr.
Agent --Mr. E. bingley,
Address -- Wolverlualiptim-street, Dn,l!ey.

ALFA.
Secretary:

COMMISSION FOR TRAVELLERS AND

OTHERS.

AFIRM of LIVERPOOL BROKERS
desires to make Arrangements with AIiENTS
calling upon POTTERS and MAN UFAC FURE ; and
with such as can influence orders.—Address, " Alpha,"
30, Irwell Chambers, Liverpool.

DUDLEY AND W ESTBROMWICH

BANKINO cOMPANI.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
• THAT A

BRANCH OF THE ABOVE BANK
WILL SHORTLY BE OPENED
AT CRADLEY HEAT-H.

By Order,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-03-09

CUTTINGS FROM AMERICAN PAPERS.

For refusing a leap-year proposition, Mr. Tomlin',
Tennessee, was shot dead by an incensed wooeress.
Since American ladies have taken to using newa-
papers for bustles, publishers complain that their fair sub-
scribers are more in arrear than before.
An Oregon paper says :—" John B. Peak ran off with
a BCIItOII country girl and married her, for which be wee •
prosecuted in the circuit court at Corvallis, last week; but
the jury got eight of the pretty wife whom he got by taw
operation, and unanimously voted that they would have done
t too."
The manager of a travelling company that is doing
Divorce in New York and New Jersey country towns requires
his actors to premenade the streets wearing seal-skin waist-
coats and overcoats with seal-skin lappets, and has the
actresses taken to and from the theatre in carriagee—all tie
the way of advertising.
In a trial before the Mayor of Okalona, Mississippi
a few days since, the question as to "whether a wife could
sleep with her head upon her husband's arm all night with-
out paralysing it sufficiently to wake him up and cause him
to withdraw his arm from under her head," was sprung. It
proved too hard for the young attorneys who were conduct-
mg the trial, and an old physician was called In to decide
the question, and he said, "she might, sod then "gain she
mightn't."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-03-09

/110 be SOLD. a MULCH COW. Also, •
.1. 043 W aid CALF.—Apply, 90, Mount•strink
Illosrbriip.

10011. SALE. a WHEELER sad WILSON
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MEP.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-03-09

OLD HILL.

Amur= Csaz.—At the Police Court, on Wednesday,
before Messrs. F. W. O. Barre and N. flingley, Mary
Bray, of Springfield, was :charged with assaulting her
Meter-0,11.w. Elisabeth Bray, on the 25th of February.
Defendant acid complainant bad charged her with b. lug
in the family way and procarn.g abortion, and she then
struck her. Complainant acknowledged making the
charge against defendant. Defendant was fined le and
costa, or 14 days.
NEGLECT or Woe.—William Steadman, a miner, was
charged with neglecting the service of his employer, Mr.
J. Ho'croft, at the Ash Tree Pits. Mr. Clulow defended.
William Powell, the manager, and Joseph Smith, doggy,
proved the case. after bearing the evidence on both
sides, the defendant was ordered to pay the coats, and the
contract to be rescinded.
COCK F.IGHTIKO.—Joseph Wood and D. Lowe were
charged with cruelty to two cocks by inciting them to
light, at Blackheath, on the 26th ult. Isaac Hipki.e
proved seeing the defendants close to his shop He saw
them inciting the cocks to fight, and they did fight for
about 20 minutes. Wood was ordered to pay the costs.
Lowe was fined Is and costs, or '2l days.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-03-09

LATEST NEWS.

The Rosario has shelled the island where
Bishop Patteson was murdered.
A baronetcy is to be conferred on Field-Mar-
shal Sir George Pollock, CLUB., G.5.C.1., Con-
stable of the Tower, and Mr. Thomas Chambers,
M.P. for the borough of Marylebone, and for
the last 15 years Common Serjeant of the City
of London, is to be knighted.
A deputation of gentlemen connected with
the brewing trade waited on the Chancellor of
the Exchequer on Thursday, to urge the abro-
gation or modification of the brewer's license or
the substitution of a shilling per qr. duty on
malt. Mr. Lowe promised to consider the mut-
ter.
DIVORCE.—III the Divorce Court, on Thurs-
day, the Hon. Pylton Jolitre, son of Lord Hyl-
ton, obtained a divorce from his wife, Lady
Agnes Georgina Joliffe, on the ground of her
adultery with Mr. Brydges Willyains, M.P. for
East Cornwall. Lord Penzance granted a decree
nisi with costs.
THE CLAIMANT TO THE TICHBORNE ESTATES.
—Additional particulars have been made known
regarding the arrest of the claimant. Inside the
gaol he was asked his name in the ordinary
way, and he replied " Roger Charles Doughty
Tichborne," although upon the warrant he was
described as Thomas Castro, in which name he
appears on the prison books. He was looted also
in the usual form to give up anything he might
have upon him, and he at once handed over a
quantity of jewellery which he was wearing, in-
cluding a handsome watch and chain, and snuff
box, all engraved with the Tichborne coat of
arms. Ha also gave up £73 odd in money. Up
to Thursday evening nothing had transpired in
the matter of bail for the accused. Mr. Holmes
has addressed a letter to the Attorney-General
stating that all papers in his possession with
regard to the Tichborne case shall be preserved
in order that they may, if required, be produced
at the claimant's trial for perjury.