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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-02-14

shortening the route to India, was fully recognized
when, in November, 1875, the British Government
secured a large interest in this undertaking. M.
Lesseps, the energetic engineer of the Suez Canal, has
for some time had under his consideration a plan

for severing the Isthmus of Panaans, the cost of which
he himself estimates at 210 millions of dollars. This,
in English money, would be about 60 millions sterling.
A calculation has been made to show that sailing
vessels could go round Cape Horn more economically
than through any isthmus canal that charged tolls
high enough to make investment in it remunerative;
but when a valuable ship, its cargo, and freight of
passengers are in consideration, the question of
economy is not one which should have so much weight
as that of safety, and if through a Panama Canal the
tempestuous passage round Cape Horn could be
avoided, there would be a very material diminution of
the dangers of the sea.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-02-14

• .1".•

CAUTION.

lIE Sptlcial Treatment adopta and nsed
with .7:Jell grent SUCCOR. by Dr. Hunter for the
thirty veT, eanonly be obtained at 44, Great
Co.rles Street, Birmingham. Book of Testimonials,
With Williet3 lOW to regain Health and Manly Vigour,
Direoticns for Sell Treatment, free to any address

• RHEUMATISM.
HEUMATISM, Gout, Lumbago, Paine
in the Head, side. Back. Joints, and Limbs
cured by DAY'S RH EUMATIC PILLS. Price 18. 11d.
rer box. Sold by Mr. Pngh, Patent Medicine Vendor,
51, Coventry Street. Stourbridge ; and, all Chemists
Wholesale by all the London houses.

GE NT WANTED to push first-class
Lubricating Oils. Commission 10 to 15 p. r colt.
--B;Nx 201, Past Office, Liverpool.

\TN ED a YOU TIT to attend to G.kRDEN and
V to mtk- Ili,nsif generally usefal.—Apply,
Th,Limi, Pedmore.

GL ASS MOULD MAKERS WANTED.
J 1 XPERT VICE-HANDS on Glass Mould,
4 Wages £2 to £4 pu week. Steady job the year
rol•:d. A rare opportunity for sober, industrious men.
madiniets.—Address, F. C. Brooke, Mouldmaker,
88, Veley Street, New York City, U.S.A.

VV
an Intalligent YOUTH as Clerk, must
have had a fair education, age abent 14.
Apply by letter," k" Observer Office, Stourbridge.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-02-14

The PROPOSED MEMORIAL to the LATE

PRINCE LOUIS NAPOLEON.
A memorial has been drawn up for signature, and
will shortly be presented to the Dean of Westminster,
with reference to the proposed erection in Westminster
Abbey of a monument to the late Prince Louis
Napoleon (says the Daily News). The memorial ex-
presses regret te Bee a statement that, notwithstand-
ing the very strong opposition manifested at the time
of the announcement of the intention to erect the
proposed statute, the project is to be executed ; and
sets forth that there is nothing in the relation of the
late Prince Louis Napoleon to this nation or in the
circumstances of his untimely and deplorable death,
to render it either needful or fitting that a memorial
should be erected to him in the Abbey; and that the
erection of the proposed monument will be certain to
create a very unhappy feeling in France, where from
the expression of opinion in the French journals on the
one side and the other it is evident it will be accepted
as a political compliment or demonstration. The
memorial finally protests against the erection of the
proposed monument on the two grounds, that in itself
the proposal is wholly out of harmony with the
national and historic character of the Abbey, and that
it would give rise to needless and unfortunate misap-
prehension in a friendly nation of the intentions of the
promoters and of the feeling of the English people,.
Several members of Parliament amongst other gentle-
men have already appended their names to the memo-
rial, •

The Paris Correspondent of The Times says that
surprise is expressed by several Republican papers at
the revival of the scheme of a monument to Prince
Louis Napoleon in Westminster Abbey, They acquit
the English Government and nation of any share in
the matter, but they urge that, whatever pity the
Prince's fate was originally calculated Ito inspire, the
disclosures of his own partisans as to his fixed purpose
of a hostile landing in France should have dictated the
abandonment of so ostentatious a memorial to an
enemy of a friendly Government.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-02-14

COTENT.RY STBEM.
FREEHOLD FRONTS

MR. H. KING is 11
AIICTION, On FRIDAY,
,1880, at the TALBOT Honel.,
in the evening, subject to cot
produced.
All those THREE FREE
With DWELLING HOUSES
Gardens and Appurtenances,
Street, Stourbridge, now in th
West, Glass and China Dealer
one void.

Ann-u-a-1 rentals £4O 6s. Od.
This property possesses a
°as of the busiest streets of t
are adapted for any retail trs
roodation and good situation.
--There is a Right of Road
W.arehouse at the back ; and
River Stour.
For further information, sr
fold Watts, Solicitors, Du(
Btourbridge.

COMPTON CO
KINVER, Near S 7

H, KING is inal
of the late Mr. Frai
4uction, on WEDNESDAY, MA
°f hia Live ancilDead FARMI
"Laprising 8 Powerful DRAU
of SHOUT HORN, DAIRY
Poultry, &c., 40 Bags of BaVe,
of Agricultural Implements, a
HOUSEHOLD FURNITURI
Bale to commence at 11 o'cic

Catalogues may be had at t
neighbourhood, or of the Auet

OLD SWIN FORD near

DESIRABLE FREI
CORN•FACTOR'S SHO
AND PREMISES. DW
AND 13,

11R. H. KING will S
: order of the Blortgag
sale on FRIDAY, the sth day
-LALBoT HOTEL, STOURBRIDGE,
14, subject to conditic ns then
two or such other Lot or Lute
ulion at the time of sale.
Lot 1.—All that FREEHO:
HOUSE, and CORN-DEALEJ
Well•arranged WAREHOU&
tinder, Stabling, Cow Room,
Pumps of Hard anu Soft W
,9kIiDEN, and a Plecla.of Prod
DJ' a wall, situate at Olciswi
ttourbridge and Bromsgrove I
411 area of 1 acre or thereabout
Mr. Chas. Harrison, corn dt
,ease which will expire on the
the extremely low rent of £2l

Lot 2.—A1l those SEVEN Fl
4017868 adjoining Lot 1, wi
houses, Yard, Pump of Water,
ces, in the occupations of Fs
lug at low rentals £47 45 Bd,
pruperties are in the hands of
ana improving situation, with
busuaess purposes.

For further information,
Corbett, & Co., Messrs. IsenE
Rid,,erminster ; C. W. Collis,
bridge ; or the Auctioneer, St(
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-02-14

THE SECOND CLEOPATRA'S NEEDLE.

The Daily News Correspondent at Alexandria writes on
the 2nd instant :

It will be remembered that two needles or obelisks
have until lately existed at Alexandria, close to the
seashore of the easternmost port or harbour. One of
these was in a perpendicular position ; the other
had been lying buried in the Band until re-
moved by Mr. Dixon and conveyed to the
Thames Embankment. The second and more perfect
obelisk was given by the late Khedive Ismail Pacha to
the American Government, who lost no time in send-
ing to take possession of the monument. Lieutenant-
Commander Gerringe, of the United States Navy,
has been charged with the task of lowering and
removing the splendid monolith. Daring the exe-
cution of the first portion of his work, he made, or
believes he made, a discovery which is of interest to the
Masonic craft. Subject to correction by those learned in
Masonic lore, I believe the exact date of the origin of
masonry is not quite certain. The institution, in the
opinion of many, dates only from the eighth century of
our era; whilst in the opinion of others the birth of
this remarkable society corresponds with the building
of the temple of Jerusalem under Solomon. The dis-
coveries of Commander Gerringe, which consist cid
certain emblems and an iron trowel, indicate. in his
opinion that nearly twenty centuries ago Pontius, the
architect, was a Freemason. The matter has already
attracted some attention, and doubtless will be fully
investigated by the craft."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-02-14

, •
ixo4:at -tttct

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE
yIJI3R!D ASSO 0I A TED INSTITUTE.

The Annual Geberil Meeting of the tourbridge
As4ociate.d lusti ute, :vas held on Mond r evening,
las', in the Lectuee Room at the Institute. rhe
.11. v. W. Manning presiding.
The Secretary (Mr. Evers) read the following
rep °it of the Mechanic's Insti!ute.
Officers Pr nt : The -Right
Lo T.: Lsttelton. Viec--p:eFidents :W. 0. roster,.
£31., If. \V Foley, Esq Jnues Matthow, Esq.,
K. Harrison, Esq., Henry llnghe?, Esq , Rev.
7.le....innis, l y. J. E.!6iard.s, F. Evers, Esq.,
E. B. Marten; Esq , C. Cochrane, Esck Com-
mittee : Messrs. Geo. Green, Jno, Pagett, Jno.
kler, J. Barratt, N. Pearce, IN. Thomps-ea, T.
R. Southall, D. K. Shoebotham, J. B. Finney, J.S.
•cock, and the Rev. W. Manning Treasurer:
Mr. Jno. Taylor. Secretaries : Messrs. C. Ev.rs
au,i E. Brazier.
Tile members subscribing to the funds of the
Instittrion fir the year has been 52 annual, and 87
Varterlis MakiAte a total Qt NS* 151
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-02-14

PUBLIC NOTICES

VICTORIA HALL A -

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[THE

BELL STREET, STOURBEL)G-..

BEST FLOOR IN Tat: MIDLAND COUNTIES

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC GENERALLY.

The above popular-pace of resort

:NOW UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT)
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-02-14

A TELEPHONIC FEAT.

An important experiment with the telephone is re-
ported to have been made at Omaha on the 25th of
.Tannarv. The object f thi% azvariment was
tam n whether conversation could be carried on between
the Union Pacific Transfer, on the east side of the
Missouri River, and the American Union office at
St. Louis, a distance of 410 miles. A previous
trial had been unsatisfactory, but that of the 25th of
January was a complete success. An ordinary
conversation was carried on with the utmost
ease, the most noticeable fact being that, while
the enunciation of the words was perfectly clear
they came invariably with a regular v;bration of
a musical note. The conversation was varied with
singing, of which apparently not a note was lost. A
St. Louis singer sent over the wire, in a clear baritone
voice, "Sweet By-and•by," which was repeated by
Mr. France, of the Omaha felephone Exchange. The
St. Lmis singer then sent "I'm a Pilgrim and a
Stranger," which again was repeated back by Mr.
France. This is said to be the longest distance over
which the telephone has been yet successfully worked.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-02-14

• AN EXCITING RESCUE.

Five boys were playing on the beach in front of
Plymouth Mut nn Mon- wnen zney
entered a cave in the rocks, and remained there until
the tide, which flowed with unusual rapidity because
of the gale, completely hemmed them in. Their
screams were heard from the road above, and hundreds
of people, who had been watching the efforts to salve
the steamer Hankow, assembled. The waves were
dashing furiously upon the rocks and running
into the cave, at the back of which the terrified
lads were crouching, No boat could live in the
surf, and it was manifest that in a few minutes the
boys' cries would be finally silenced. Ropes were
procured, and two seafaring men—George Andrews
and Thomas Penny—were lowered over the precipi-
tous rocks above the cave's mouth through the seeth-
ing spray, and allowed themselves to be washed by
waves into the cave far enough to seize a boy, when
they were hauled up. This was repeated until, amid
ringing cheers, the last boy was drawn through the
waves to the road. A collection was made among the
crowd, and thirty shillings immediately presented to
the two courageous men.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-02-14

THE TERRIBLE RAILWAY ACCIDENT
IN FRANCE.

Writing on the Bth the Paris Correspondent of the Daily
Telegraph says
The deaths resulting from the accident at Clichy
continues to increase in number, three more having
to be added to those already advised, bring the total
to thirteen. No less than sixty.nine persons are on
the official list of wounded. A curious episode is
related in connection with the accident which will
well bear repeating. Two gentlemen who were in
one of the front carriages of the first train felt only
slight shook when the collision took place,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-02-14

A ROYAL SOLDIER ON DUTY.

In Bavaria a quaint custom obtains, rendering it
obligatory upon every Prince of the reigning House to
perform at least one day's active duty as a private
soldier in the Royal Army: This practice Owes its
origin to what, in Germany, is called a Hausgesetz or
Family Statute of the Wittelsbachs, who like the
Hohenzollerns, are all bound to serve in their own
armies, thereby setting to all classes of the community
a wholesome example of patriotism and submis-
sion to discipline. On the 21th of last month Prince
Alphonso of Bavaria, first cousin to the musical King,
completed his eighteenth year and attained his
majority. Greatly to the entertainment of the
Munich public, which crowded the Marienplatz
to contemplate his performance, he celebrated his
birthday by doing duty as sentry in front of the
principal guard-house of the capital. Although he had
received his lieutenant's commission in the morning, he
took up his post as a simple sentinel, duly great-coated
and armed with sword-bayonet and rifle, which latter he
shouldered at the correct angle as he marched to and
fro on his beat, or stood "at ease" before his sentry-
box, giving the prescribed salutes in all their subtle
nuances to every officer that passed by. Being an un-
commonly good-looking youth, he was gazed at with
admiration and approval, during his " spell " on guard,
by great numbers of Munich dames and damsels, who
gave utterance to their feelings by plaudits when he
was relieved from his post in the usual manner, and
marched off to barracks, rifle on shoulder, with the
elief-p arty .—Daily Telegraph.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-02-14

PRELI2II

?ItESTWOOD H
NEAR STOLIF

MLR. H. KING is just
Timmins, who is giv
Auction on IIIESDAY, MARC
L 5 and Dead FARMING ST
tropshire Sheep, Fat and Sto
ct Colts, Implements, and pa]
ETURE ilea., dec.
articular§ in future advertis
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-02-14

I tints.'which
:SD AY

A SHROVE TIM REVEL.
One of the few towns in England which still keep
up the old wild game of football on Shrove Tuesday,
played in the streets by all the populace who care to
join, Is the town of Dorking, in Surrey. In most of
the neighbouring towns of the same county the annual
revel has of late years been suppressed, but it was
once more indulged in at Dorking on Tuesday with
unabated vigour. In the morning a committee of
"the Football Boys" went round collecting subscrip-
tions for the repair of damages, compensation being
promptly made for broken windows and such like
wades, and donationa wezo trot:ay given. I,lle
collectors were accompanied by a grotesque procession
and a drum-and-fife band, with a trophy of footballs
inscribed, "Kick away, Whig and Tory; wind and
water's Dorking's glory," a legend which is supposed
to bear reference to a desire for rough weather as a
welcome accompaniment to the sport. On Tuesday,
however, the sun shone brightly all day at Dorking,
and the sky was cloudless over the grand Surrey
hills, Many country people and visitors from
London came in to witness the game, and all business
was suspended after two o'clock. The shops were
closed, and windows protected with planks and
battens' whils town clocks and gas lamps boxed
up or cased in padded sackcloth. At half-past two the
ball was tossed up in the centre of the town,
opposite
the church, and from then until six o'clock the dwellers
to the east and the dwellers to the west strugglP'd to
maintain it on their respective sides of the boundary.
The excitement increased considerably as the time ad-
vanced, and the sides gained reinforcements, until there
were at least two thousand persons actively engaged
In the mad affray. Conspicuous were the butchers in
their blue frocks, but all sorts and conditions of men
appeared to be mixed in the melee, one or two
postmen and some soldiers on survey duty mingling
with the crowd, while here and there speetaters
of better degree would catch thii contagion and
take a brief spin with the rest. Occo.eionally the ball
escaped down some back street, but it spent moat of
its time in the main thoroughfares, varied by an occa-
sional exoursion up. the entry of some old•fashioned
tavern, followed by its re-appearance with its pursuers
several doors off. Great good-humour prevailed and
although the fun was boisterous there were no serious
!incidents, nor was there any occasion for the police to
interfere. In order, however, to reduce the crush it
was decided to start a second ball, and, as one fini,,j,ed
east and the other west of the party line, both sides or
neither can claim a victory.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-02-14

MR. GLADSTONE on the DISSOLUTION.

Mr. Lowe, of Stockport, recently wrote to Mr. Glad-
stone :

"In your letter to Mr. Rathbone you state that
'No Parliament of the thirteen which have sat dur-
ing the last fifty years has ever undertaken the bust-
nese of seven Sessions. . . . The public are for the
first time to be debarred from pronouncing on the con-
duct of public affairs until after the seventh Session.'
on referring to Whltaker's Almanack ' I find it
stated that the Government of Lord Palmerston, in
which you were the Chancellor of the Exchequer ~cont-
inned from the 31st of May, 1859, to the 6thAtnly,
1865, a period of six years, one month, and days;s-M
and I presume there would be seven Sessions, count-
log 1859 and 1865 as two. Yon will, I hope, pardon
&a
king an explanation."
rae

_
dated Hawarden, February?, Mx. Gladstone
" Technically a Session is defined by a summons
and rea z tion • practically by its comprising the
nr
Year's basinesa• Here is the explanation, and I think
it has been given more than once."

Lord Beaconsfield, through his secretary, has written
to the Ne wcaatle-on-Tyne Conservative Association convey-
ing the thanks of get Majesty's, Governtnent for " the re-
newed expression from Newmutle of the confidence and
patriotic stipport which during a period eventful in thehintol, of our country has gone far to sustain his colleagues
and hirueit In the discharge of their onerous anci responsible
duties,"
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-02-14

EMPLOYERS' LIABILITY for INJURIES
TO WORKMEN.

The Lord Chancellor's Bill "to amend the law relating
to the Liability of Employers for Injuries austatned by their
Servants," has been printed. It consists of three clauses,
which read as follows:

L In this Act the term " employer " includes
corporate body or company. The term "servant in
authority" means in reference to a railway: Any
person entrusted by the company with the manage.
ment of the railway, or of the WO°, or of any
particular part of the railway or traffic, or of any
station on the railway, or of any works connected
with the railway, and no other person. In reference
to a mine: Any person entrusted, as agent or manager,
or in any like office, with the management of the
mine, or of any particular pit or colliery, whether
above or under ground, and no other person. In
reference to any other manufacture or works : A
servant who is appointed by his employer to manage
any such manufacture or works, or any distinct branch
or portion thereof, and no other person.
2, This act may be cited for all purposes as the
Employers' Liability Act, 1880,
3. If any person in the servioe of any employer in
any railway, mine, manufacture, or works is injured
or killed by the negligence of a '' servant in authority"
of such employer in the course of his employment as
such "servant in authority," and under circumstances
In which, but for the fact of both persons being in
the service of the same employer, the person injured,
or if he was killed his personal representative, would
have a right of action against the employer, such
right of action shall subsist notwithstanding the fact
of the common employment.

Lord Delawarr's Bill on the same subject is also printed.
It provides that workmen shall have a right to obtain com-
pensation for iujuries received under the following circum-
stances:—

(a) Any defect in the works, machinery, plant, or
stock used for his employer's business; or (b) The
wrongful act, neglect, or default of any person of any
superior grade in the service of the employer who has
superintendence entrusted to him, whether in the
same department of service with the workman injured
or in any other department; or (c) the wrongful act,
negl3ct, or default of any person in the service of the
employer, being a person to whose orders or directions
the workman injured was bound to conform; or (d)
The wrongful act, neglect, or default of any person in
the service of the employer, done or commanded in
obedience to the employer's rules or bylaws, or in
obedience to instructions given by any person bo
whom the authority of the employer in that behalf was
delegated,
-
- - -

The Bill also provides that workmen's actions under the
Act, in which a sum not exceedir g two hundred pounds is
claimed, shall be brought in a county court and not elsewhere ;
and that upon the trial of any such action in a county court
one or more assessors may be appointed for the purpose of
ascertaining the amount of the compensation.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-02-14

IS OPEN FOR

SKATING-

AFTtE.ENOON, & EVEININ(;

AN LFF[CIENT BAND IS ENGAGED.

ADMISSION SIX-PENCE,
INCLUDING USE OF. PLIAIPrON'S SKA.IES

STOURBRIDGE GAS COMPANY.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the
nest HALF-YEARLY ORDINARY AIME:TING
of the Shareholders of this Company will be held at the
COMPANY'S OFFFCES, GAB WO.RKS, AMBLECOTB, STOUR.
BRIDGE, On FRIDAY, the 20th day of FRBRIJARY, 1880, at
11.30 a.m., for toe purpose of recelviog the replrt of
the Directors cf the Receipts and Disbursements for the
past,Half-year, and a Statement of the General Affiirs
of the Company for that period ; and also for declaring
a,Dividend on the last Half-year, and for the transaction
of the General Business of the Company. The Transfer
Books will be closed from the 9th to the 21st day cf
February, 1.880.

Stourbridge, January 20th, 1880.
W. H. JONES,

Secretary.

STOURBRIDGE WATER WORKS COMPANY
(LIMILED.)

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the
ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of .the
Shareholders of the Stourbridge Water Works Com-
pany (Limited), will be held at the Company's Office,
No 1, Church Street, in the Townihip of Stourbridge,
in the County of Worcester, on Saturday the 25,h day
of February Instant, at Half-past Three o'clock in the
Afternoon, to receive the Directors' Report, and to
adopt the same or otherwise ; to declare a dividend,
and for the purpose of transacting the gentral business
of the Company.

By order.

GEO. HOLLOWAY, Secrettry,
Companl's Offices, Stourbridge,

February 9th, 1880.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-02-14

PRIMARY EDUCATION IN FRANCE.

M. Jules Ferry, in a report addressed to the Presi-
dent of the Republic with regard to the progress which
has been made in France during the last forty years in
the matter of primary education says that between
the years 1837 and 1877 the number of schools of all
Muds has increased in the proportion of 36 per cent.,
while in the public schools the increase has been some-
thing like 75 per cent. The number of girls' schools
has been more than quadrupled, and there has been
an increase of nearly 100 per cent, in the staff of
teachers. In the public school, forty years ago there
was only one teacher for fifty-three pupils, while now
there is one for every forty-eight of the pupils.
Taking the increase in proportion to the popula-
tion, it will be found that, while in 1837 there were
only 752 pupils at primary schools to every 10,000 in-
habitants, there are now 1,21, or an increase of 70
per cent. Then, again, while in 1837 tilere were 5,667
communes in France without a school, there are now
only 298; and one of the good results attained by this
increase in the number of schools is that, while in
1837 out of every 100 recruits only 42 could read, 85
per cent, are now able to do so.
.In 1820 only 34 per cent. of the women m3rried
were able to sign the register, as against 70 per cent.
at the old of 1877.
M. Jules Ferry goes on to show that the spread
of primary education has been particularly rapid
since the war, and that in the seven years from 1871
to 1878 the State grant was raised from £320,000 to
an;
over £BOO,OOO.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-02-14

CARDINAL MANNING'S LENTEN
PASTORAL.

On Sunday a Lenten pastoral letter from Cardinal
Manning to the " faithful" of his archdiocese was
read in all the Roman Catholic churches and chapels
of the metropolis. His Eminence urged the necessity
of repentance and humiliation on the ground of the
.evils which threaten the East and West and centre of
Christian Europe in the shape of war and the intro-
duction of anti-Christian principles—" politics with.
out religion, science without faith, education without
Christianity, and faith without God." Then, turning
to our own land, he dwelt on the vast amount of
poverty and pauperism in the midst of great wealth
as an anomaly which ought to be redressed in some
measure by charity, sympathy, and self-denial; and
he denounced in no' measured terms the increasing
luxury, gluttony, and self-indulgence of the upper
and wealthier classes, He then pleaded earnestly for
the support of the orphanages belonging to his coin.
munion, which are wholly unendowed, while the
claims on them yearly incrlase, and to the support of
whichothe offertory collections of the day were to be
applied; and having announced the usual " dispensa-
tions for Lent," with respect to the use of flesh meat,
fish, eggs, cheese, &c., he concluded by stating that
the time for fulfilling the precept of Easter communion
in the diocese of Westminster extends this year from
Ash Wednesday to the end of the octave of Pentecost,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-02-14

SIGNS OF TRADE REVIVAL.

The Daily Chronicle, commenting upon the figures
presented by the Board of Trade Returns for January.
says :—" Further proof of the genuineness of the com-
mercial revival which dates from August last is afforded
by the Board of Trade Returns for January, which
were issued on Saturday. The values of both the
exports and imports for the month show a veal large
Increase compared with the values for the corakpond-
ing month last year, The month's imports were
valued at £32,372,907, and the exports at £16,912,858;
the values for Jarman'. 1879, being, for the im-
ports £26,367,046, and for the exports £14,196,518.
Thus, in round numbers, the value of the imports has
increased by nearly six millions, and the value of the
exports by nearly two millions and three quarters. The
official Returns for the earlier months of last year
Indicated the lowest point at which the values of both
the imports and exports have stood for many years
past, they having then showed a serious decline com-
pared with the Returns for the corresponding periods
of the year previous, Brit what makes the Returns
just issued the more encouragiog is that they show a
considerable increase not only over the values of both
imports and exl)9rtli,for j#ggslEr. 187.9.-Ibut,also.. or
the totalA fcir-i*anuari. 1878. Byer since August last,
the Board of Trade Itilturns have justified the hope that
the country Is gradually advancing towards a state of
prosperity "liar to that which reach. 4 Its holm

over
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-02-14

DISCOVERY OF TREASURE.

The Monte Video Ilarbour Improvements Company
have made a canon! discovery. In the coarse of their
i
operations n dredging the harbour they have raised
two ingots, which at first were believed to be of iron,
but one of the sailors, in cleaning off the shells which
covered them, discovered that they were two bars of
silver, each of 701 b, weight. On one of them inscrip-
tions were found which were much effaced, but the
marks "o c " and y a," and the date, 1772, were
still legible. It is supposed that these ingots formed
part of the treasure which the Spanish galleon Aurora
took from Chili in 1772, and which, according to the
historian Lozan, was lost in that port, opposite the
powder magazine, during the storm of the 19:h
August in that year. As it is
.probable that in this
spot there would be other remains of these treasures,
which have been hidden dunag a century, the
Dredging Company has arranged with divers, who
will make further search, under the superintendence
of the Procuratenr Fiscal on the part of the Monte
Videan Government, who, are entitled to half the
proceeds. The spot where the discovery has been
made is 300 yards to the south-east of the rocks in the
bay called Piedras de St. Pedros.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-02-14

THE STOURBRIDGE OBSERVER.

which caused their hats to fall off. The door was
thrown open, and they were told to get down at once,
which they did, but the fog was so dense that they
saw nothing of the catastrophe, and imagined that the
shouts they heard proceeded merely from some con-
scripts in the train. Imagining themselves near the
station, they started to walk on, when soon one of
them cried "we are falling into the Seine," which
turned out to be true; they had only just time to stop
on the brink of the steep bank leading down to the
water, and thus narrowly escaped death twice in a
quarter of an hour. It was not till the following day
that they heard of the awful results of the collision.

in 1872. If we could reckon on a continuance of
the improvement that has gone on for the last
six months, and could also depend upon again
enjlying the blessings of a good harvest, we
should be warranted in assuming that the year 1680
will be a memorable one in our commercial history.
The opinion that revival of trade nowadays depends
upon the activity of railway enterprise is confirmed by
the Board of Trade Returns. The increase in the
value of exports for January is owing chiefly to the
enormous shipments of iron and steel rails. The value
of iron and steel exports for the month h just double
what it was in January 1879. Cotton manufactures
also show a very large increase. The popular impress-
sion to the effect that England is being beaten out of
the field by foreign competitors is certainly not justi-
fied by recent official statistics relating to our foreign
trade. It can now no longer be doubted that a re-
markable revival has taken place in all the great
Industries of the country excepting agriculture. A
good harvest, however, will create a revival in this
department; and as we bays now had five bad harvests
in succession, it is not unreasonable to hope that we
may be favoured with an abundant one this year."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-02-14

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1880

demned the sliding scale in tote. It had answered 1
its purpose, and it was time it was altered. It was
in the hands of the men to make better conditions
than before. The scale had never worked well and
was never approved by the men in the Old Hill dis•
trict. After considerable discuss on it was
unanimously resolved, "That, in opinion of this
'nee ing, it is advi-nble to ask the men in other dis-
tricts to co-operate with us in getting an alteration
of -the sliding scale from 3d. to 4d. in the is., and
failing to get this that the secretary of the Millers'
Council be instructed to give notice to the masters
at once to terminate the Birmingham agreeme:.t.
Thar, in the opinion of this meeting, it is desirable
to use all legitimate means to strengthen the union,
both financially and numerically. Taut the meeting
considers that the representatives of the men should
claim the increase from the commencement of the
advance in the price of coal and wagers:
DEATH FROM .-.CALD-i.—Mr. Edwin Hooper
(South Staffordshire Coroner) held an inquest at the
, British Oak Inn, Old Hill, on Th-trsday on the body
of Phcebe Ann Thotu-on, a year and a half old. The
mother of the deceased was giving breakfast to her
family on the morning of the 19th ultimo when a
boy but little older than the deceased overturned a
cup containing hot tea. The &ceased was thereby
badly scaled, and died from the effects oa the Bth
inst. A verdict of "Accidental death " was
returned.

SPORTING NOTES.
(By our own Turf Correspondent)
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-02-14

THE SALE OF DRINK IN TRAINS.

Last Saturday a large deputation representing the
Church of Eyeland ramnarar.". 4.150
Temperance League, and the United Kingdom Alliance,
waited, by appointment, upon the chairman and direc-
tors of the Great Northern Railway Company at the
Board-room, King's-cross Station, London. The object of
the deputation was to present and support a memorial
taking exception clauses in a private Bill promoted
by this company, under which, it was alleged, great
abuses might arise from the sale of intoxicating liquors
In railway trains.
The deputation was introduced by Mr. B. Whit-
worth, UP., and, after remarks from the R:w.
Dawson Burns,M. A., and Mr. H. Morgan, late assistant
_secretary of the London and North-Western Railway
Company, Lord Colville, chairman of the ,Great
Northern Company, said that it was far from the wish
of the directors to introduce changes calculated to give
rise to the evils feared. In regard to the principal
Wanse objected to (33), it was withdrawn. The other
(34) would not extend drinking facilities at rail-
way stations. In respect to the refreshment saloon
carriages now running, the sale of liquor in them would
not be carried on, but passengers wanting such drink
could procure it for themselves in otbOi ways.
The deputation thanked his lordship for these satis-
factory assurances and withdrew.

clause
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-02-14

THE MINERAL RICHES OF JAPAN.

The Japanese have now a completely organized
Geological Survey, somewhat similar to our own,
with a full staff of native surveyors, under an American
chief, Mr. B. S. Lyman. The first Report of Progress
of this survey, 1878 and 1879, has just been published
and contains some accurate and valuable informa-
tion on the mineral wealth of the country.
Mr. Lyman describes a survey journey which he
made with some of his staff from June, 1878, to
February, 1879, extending over a distance of 2,800
miles. Mr. Lyman reckons that the coalfields of
Western Japan contain about 620 million tons, and if
one•third be deducted for the working, there will
remain 400 million tons, representing a value at the
coast of 1,000 million dollara, Inconsiderable as this
is in comparison with the large and rich coalfields of
other lands, it is quite equal in value to all the metal
products together, except iron.
The copper of all the workable mines scarcely
reaches the value of 750 million dollars ; the eight or
ten gold and silver mines, which were formerly worked
and may be so again, may, including the lead, anti-
mony, and tin mines, the workability of which is
doubtful, be valued at not more than 250 million
dollars. On the other hand, the value of the iron
amounts to at least 250,000 million dollars, or 250
times more than that of the coal.

The relative importance of the mineral prodttcts of
Japan (excluding Yeseo and the small coalfields of
Kg, Ise, and IwAki) may be represented by the follow-
ing numbers :—lron, 1,000; coal, 4; copper, 3; all
other metals (chiefly goli and silver), 1. The total
value of these products reaches the sum of about
252,000 million dollars—i.e., just as much A 8 the coal-
fields of Yepso, which in other respects is so poor in
natural products.
Mr. Lyman gives some details concerning twenty.
four of the hot springs in Shimotsuke, Iwashiro, Uzen,
and Ugo, and a table of the petroleum springs of
Japan, according to which by far the mc,st numerous
and most productive are in Echigo andin Akira Ken,
and the total delivery in the year 1879 was 4,525 gallons
per day.

To PANAMA CANAL SCHEME, ---A letter from
psoanaa, dated January 28, has been published at
Nevi york, stating that public feeling at that place
against the United States on account of the
the latter with regard to M. de Leseep's
rultiannetnalhidgeehch°leine. The letter further states that M. de
I leave Panama for New York about the
that the observations of the engineers
engaged in surveying the Isthmus indicate that the
by M. de Lesseps is favourable for the
route proposed
210etheirs inst., and
neoeseary excoationi.
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,tindreds of permament cures of these distressing dis-
rders, where every other remedy has failt..d. It does
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-Haste need not fear taking it. Price 28. 9d. or safe by
• at for 26 stamps. Watson's Specific Powders for
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el. lid, or lsy post for 16 stamps. Circulars post trees
Id duns :—Watson A. P. S., Shipley, locks, or any
;;Illimiirt will get lifer yen.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-02-14

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COUNTY COURT.

HAWKINS V. BROOKS—At the County Court, on
Thursday, before H. Kettle, Esq., judge. This was
an action brought by Daniel Hawkins, surveyor, of
Cheltenham, against Stephen Brooks, of Church
Street, Stourbridge, to recover £l7 17s Od for work
alleged to have been done for the defendant, ii
1877. Mr. Stokes appeared for plaintiff, and Mr.
Shepherd defended. From the evidence of plaintiff
it appears that he was engaged on behalf of defend-
ant to examine old buildings, and selecting timber to
be used in building a house, and superint,nding the
work, and that he actad for Mr. S. Smith as M
Brooks's agent. The plaintiff underwent a long
cro.s-examination, after which His Honour said
that plaintiff was engaged by Mr. Smith, and he
could not charge his time twice over, but plaintiff
was entitled to be paid for the measuring of t
new work which was valued at £219 and at 21 par
cent. Plaintiff was entitled to his per centage, and
he engaged the plaintiff to do certain work, and to
fix a certain sum for plaintiff to be about the build
jog. Mr. Shaw, Eurv•-yor was called and aid £2 10,
or £3 would be sufficient, His Honour gave ft V, r Let
lOs Od, and oasts.
HoßsEr.y v. Lovirr.—This was an actionlrcmght
by George Horsely, farmer, against Henry Lovatt
to recover the sum of £25 for damage done to a
field. Mr. Waldron appeared for the plaintiff and
Arr. Cripps, instructed by Mr. Shepherd, defended.
Plaintiff said he rented a field near the ranway.
ire raw Mr. Shaw and Mr. Chettoe. There waS a
water cour4e running through the field, and an em-
bankment was made by sand which came fron the
ratlway. The sand was put on the erabankmoilt by
e wawr
course. In April be saw the an.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-02-14

THE DISTRESS IN IRELAND.

HELP FROM AMERICA.
Under date Feb. 7, the Philadelphia Correspondent of The
Times says :
"The New York Herald receives warm commenda-
tion throughout the country for opening an Irish relief
fund with its princely donation. Numerous subscrip-
tions are arriving at the Herald office, other news-
papers contributing. The New Orleans Democrat has
opened a branch subscription at New Orleans. The
probability is that, excepting the Catholic Church
contributions, the chief American donations for
Ireland will hereafter go through the Herald. Its
fund amounts to 110,000 dole. The New York Spirit
of the Times contributes 1,000 dole. The total
American contributions for Irish relief to this date
are 300,500 dols. The Philadelphia fund to-day
reaches 11,500 dole.
"Manchester, New Hampshire, contributes 1 200
dols, in aid of Irish relief ; the Catholic churches of Pro-
vidence, Rhode Island, 8,230 dole., of which 5.510 dole,
has been remitted to the Catholic Bishops; Portland,
Maine, 2,000 dole.; the New York Cotton Exchange,
700 dole. The New York Friendly Sons of St. Patrick
forezo their annual dinner, contributing the cost of it,
2,500 dole., to the Irish Relief Fund. The Brooklyn
fund reaches 26,765 dole. Haldimond County, Ontario,
sends 386 dole.; and York County, 750 dole, to the
Duchess of Marlborough. Mayor Rivard, of M9ontreal,
has opened a subscription towards the Duchess of
Marlborough's Fund.
"San Josd, California, sends 2,000 dole, to the
Catholic Bishops of Ireland towards the relief of Irish
distress • the Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, 31_5 dole,
to the Archbishop of Dublin ; San Francisco, 395 dole.
to the Dublin Nation. The New York Emigrant
Bank fund of 970 dols, has been sent to the Lord
Mayor of Dublin. The Irish Benevolent Society of
London, Ontario, has sent 1,000 dole. to the Mansion.
house Committee, to whom has also been sent the
Halifax relief fund of 2,000 dole, The New York
Herald fund is receiving contributions at the rate of
500 dols, hourly, over 3,500 contributions being already,
announced. The total American contributions to-
wards the relief of Irish distress now reach 328,500
dohs,"

Liberal collections for the relief of the distress in
Ireland were made on Sunday in many of the Catholic
churches throughout the United States. Several
Irish societies in the various States have resolved to
follow the example of the Friendly Society of the Sons
of St. Patrick in dispensing with the usual parade on
St. Patrick's Day, and will devote considerable sums
to the relief of Irish distress.

A telegram from America says that the merchants
connected with the Exchange of St. Louis have
orgauized a committee of 150 of their number to
solicit subscriptions for the purchase of supplies for
shipment direct to Ireland. They will themselves
negotiate with the railway and steamship companies
for the transport of the goods bought. '

THE MANSION HOUSE FUND.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-02-14

The Lord Mayor of London has received the following
letter from the Duchess of Marlborough :

"The Castle, Dublin.
"My dear Lord Mayor—Again I have to acknow.
ledge a third letter from you and a sixth contribution
of £2,000 for the suffering peasantry of the West of
Ireland. The noble and beneficial aid that London
has extended to us in alleviation of their distress
cannot be too h;ghly appreciated, and the regular
remittance of £2,000 weekly for so many weeks calls
forth our warmest acknowledgments. To use a familiar
expression, you first set the ball rolling, and have given
an example to all classes and all parts of the country,
and you have given a regularity to our weekly supplies
of aqsistance, which but for that regularity and timely
relief must have been circumscribed. There is no
exaggeration in saying that the value of millions was
lost to the West of Ireland by the utter failure of the
potato crop, and but for the aid of benevolence, num.
bers must have endured the greatest misery. Nor do I
think it is entirely due to the elements that this fear.
ful loss has been caused, but to the deterioration of the
potato plant, from this fact, that for years the best
potatoes are eaten and the worst of the crop are sown.
The supply of potato seed for the next year must be a
very anxious thought to all, so that the harrowing re-
currence of distress may be prevented. We have put
aside a small sum as a nucleus of what we hope may
be a larger one for this end, but it as yet is truly a
mere drop in the ocean. We have found the tins of
beef and Liebig's extract of meat most valuable in
places—thank God, few in number—where sickness
prevails, and we gratefully acknowledge and receive
any blankets and clothing which are bestowed. We
would gladly accept any cast-off clothing for children,
especially if of a suitable description and in good con.
dition, always feeling sure that none will be sent to us
but what is quite safe from infection. I must now
conclude u ith a sincere expression of my ownprAt-R.1.1
opt& claLluu ut your grea; atuuness anu consweratton,
and, with my warmest thanks, beg to remain, my
Lord Mayor, your lordship's, faithfully,
"F. A. MARLBOBOI7GH."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-02-14

AMERICAN DAIRY CO-OPERATION.

In a recent paper read before the American Agri-
cultural Society, Professor Willard stated that the
co operative or factory system in the dairy had made
great progress in the United States, there being 1,139
establishments acting on this basis in the year 1874,
while since that period very many others had given
in their adhesion. It is estimated that fully 30,000
persons are interested in this particular branch of
agriculture, either as employers or employed. At
Little Falls alone the annual make of zheese is not
less than 25,000,000 lbs., while that at Utica is believed
to be still larger.
An enormous and yearly increasing amount of
cheese is sent over for English consumption, and
during 1878 no less than 134,000,000 lb, were despatched
from America on English account, In the same year
Canada supplied us with 42,000,000 lb., and the dimen-
sions of the Transatlantic cheese and dairy trade are
rapidly increasing.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-02-14

LORD ESSEX AND HIS FARM
TENANTS.

In the recent Instructions given by Lord Essex to his
agent to return to his farm tenants 20 per cent. up to the
last half-year's rent, he says :

"Among them there are many old and valued
tenants, who will know well that, while I have always
endeavoured to uphold the estate at considerable
expense to myself, I have never sought to raise the
rents unduly during prosperous seasons, and I request
you will present to them my sincere regards and
sympathies with them under the difficulties and trials
they have met with during the late most unpropituous
season, preceded as it had been by at feast three other
unprosperous years. I beg you will give them to
understand that, although I do not admit the principle
that rents should be reduced during unfavourable
seasons any more than I would contend that a land-
lord would be justified in raising the rents when the
seasons happened to be prosperous and profitable to
the farmer, yet I beg that my tenaats will accept this
at my hands as evincing an earnest desire on my part
to participate in their losses, and to show my good
feeling and sympathy towards them, as I can well
understand the trials and oifficulties under which
they have carried on their business during till incle-
ment season of the year that has gone, it may be
hoped never to return; and I confidently look forward
to prosperous times, when English farm tenants will
find themselves able to raise and sapply at profitable
prices the articles of consumption most needed by the
people of this country—not only beef and mutton, but
kinds of dairy produce, and in many localities
:etables."

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-02-14

No 807

SALES Bi

RAGLEY ST
MONDAY, FEBRL
400 SHEEP
40 kiEAD of CATTLI
The usual entry
OATES, PERRE

AU C I'ION SA
102, HIGH bTREE

lES
(TES, PERIttNS
hay e the pleasuro to
Sales periodically at the abo
31 Estates, Ilonses, Buildix
Werke of Art, dm, at
charges, to bo had on avpli,

STOURBRIDGE
TUESDAY EXT, FE
At 12

300 SHEEP
45 Head of CA:I rLE,
Fat Bullocks, Heife
Fat Short-horn Bul
Usual entry of (