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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-03-31

PUBLIC NOTICES

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The Work will contain a tesograohicil account of
each Parish, Villswe Hamlet, and Township. with the
distance front LouclaL and r,th-r chief towns, its posi-
tion in the Division of t,e County under the " 'Redistri-
bution of Seats At, 1885 " indred and Union, an,
County Court Di.trict. and also the Diocase. Arch-
dcaco, ry, and Rival Dtanerr ; ihe Popu'at,ou from the
1881 Ce:.sa. ;D, scripti,c et the Churches with the
Vine of tie Lng, and VA names of the P.xtron and
LA:Quin-0 ; the chiA Land•iwuers ; the Aer,ose. rotive
if Soil zo.d Crop,. Llcal Charities. ard iOe Descr;ption
of Pi inzipsl Setts. In the towns are also g.v,a s
short nis•orical aer.,tint, nartiettlara of the Local
Governmen, ; an A.retiPectuai D-3acri tion of the
:hurebea and otaer Buddinge . Chapels of
different denominations ; Pah'ic Schools ; a full an-
cf.,unt of the Prit_cipal l..iottatarers of whica each
town is the rest ; the Markets. Fairs. aid Races ;
eterica:tura snit; Sc;olt!fic iocietiris and Veetinga, Sic ;
Objec a of Natural Cario,ity and Antvities; Hspitah,
11 A Imahone,i, and Charities.
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AUSTRIAN TAXATION.

Many Viennese who have been to Berlin for the
Emperor William's funeral have come back (the
_Daily Telegraph's correspondent says) amazed at the
transformation which the Prussian metropolis has
undergone within the last few years. Berlin seems
to have gained all that Vienna has lost, and particu-
larly that animation which distinguishes a capital
from a provincial town. There is traffic in the streets
in Berlin till past midnight; in Vienna the streets are
deserted at that hour; chiefly because the authorities
choose to tolerate an antiquated abuse practised by
the house owners, who instead of paying their porters
properly, allow them to levy a toll of 2d. on every
tenant returning after ten o'clock. The house owner
will tell you he has to pay over 60 per cent of his
rents in taxes, and is therefore obliged to get
as much as he can out of his tenant, in which
there is a substratum of truth. Again, people
returning from Berlin tell us that there are
five-and-twenty playhouses and places of public
resort to spend the evening at. Strangers in Vienna
can go to three or four theatres and one café-concert.
There is little else for them to do of an evening at
this time of the year. Owing to heavy taxation,
theatrical enterprise is not lucrative, and the pro-
prietor of a great European circus who used to come
with his troupe to Vienna for a few weeks every year
had to give it up after the authorities came down
upon him for 30,000 florins as taxes on his stables.
Vienna is a far more beautiful town than Berlin, and
nothing can be more bright and attractive than the
fashionable quarter in the months of April and May.
That class of people with which strangers come in
contact is more agreeable here than in Berlin. There
are, in fact, many advantages in Vienna which are
appreciated by visitors, though they may not suffice
to compensate them for the very limited number of
amusements. If an intelligent administration were
to take the matter in hand, Vienna might in a couple
of years not only rival Berlin, but in some respects
compete with Rome and even Paris.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-03-31

PERPETUAL PENSIONS.

Mr. Bradlaugh moved a resolution declaring that
steps should forthwith be taken to give effect to the
report of the Select Committee on Perpetual Pensions,
and that it is desirable to adopt measures for the
thorough revision of the entire pension system. Mr.
Jennings seconded the motion. Mr. W. H. Smith
suggested an alteration in the resolution, to the effect
that steps should be taken to determine the hereditary
pensions and allowances, with due regard to any just
claims of the respective recipients and of economy in
the public expenditure. Mr. Bradlaugh accepted the
suggestion. Mr. Gladstone, Sir M. Ridley, and Mr. G. S.
Gathorne Hardy continued the debate, and the
amended resolution was agreed to. One or two other
matters having been discussed, the House was counted
out at half-past seven.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-03-31

AUTOMATIC MACHINES

A jury at the Clerkenwell County Court has awarded
£25 damages and costs under the following circum-
stances: Henry Bacon, a builder, of Barnsbury, was
at the Chalk Farm Station, when one of the automatic
machines placed on railway platforms to supply
matches toppled over upon him and caused such in-
juries as to incapacitate him from work for a month.
Plaintiff admitted that his little boy touched the
machine as lie ran round it. For the defence it was
said that the machine, which was 3f cwt. in weight,
would not have fallen if the boy had not touched it. His
Honour asked if there were any warnings to the public
not to touch the machines, and received the reply,
"No." The judge said that, however useful these auto.
matic machines might be, theywere not essential to the
railway traffic; and if they were likely to fall by the
touch of a child there should be a warning posted
upon them, "Any one touching this is likely to be
killed."

Two friends are walking along the street. One of
them, pointing to a house, says: "There's a beau-
tiful place, but it's enough to make a man sad to
look at it." "Why so ?" On account of its
history; for, despite its calm and serene surround-
ings, it was built upon the groans, tears, wailings,
and blood of widows, orphans, old men, and
struggling women." "You don't say so! Was It
built by a monopolist ?" "Oh. 720 :by a dentist."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-03-31

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-03-31

THE STOURBRIDGE OBSERVER.

(To be continued.)

WIND AND WATER.
300 lIOUSES DESTROYED.
Serious floods are reported from several parts of
G'ermany. In Silesia, the Oder and other rivers have
Dverflowed their banks or have burst through the
lykes on their banks, and have caused widespread
3isaster, several villages being quite under water.
Further north (says the Berlin correspondent of the
Daily Chronicle) the rise of the Oder has also caused
ponsiderable destruction, the water having forced its
lway into the fortifications of Kiistrin, whence it
,nas been necessary to remove the guns. In
onsequence of floods, the manufacturing esta-
olishments or Kiistrin have had to be closed. At
Lauenberg and Geesthacht, on the River Elbe, floods
, are threatened, owing to the ice-block on the river :
, and detachments of Pioneers are at work endeavour-
ing to break up the ice by blasting with powder and
dynamite.. In Hamburg, street traffic has been
nearly stopped, owing to the overflow of the banks of
:he river; and near Cuxhaven, that is practically in
the cpen sea, the large masses of floating ice seriously
•,nterfere with navigation.
The Danube is slowly subsiding, and Pesth has for
, :lie present escaped. The town of Baga is, however,
threatened with destruction, and the Neutra river has
already inundated the towns of Galgoez and Neutra,
ausing enormous damage. At Szathmar (according
:o the Pesth correspondent of the Ste:ndard) over 300
houses have fallen in, but the river there is now sub-
3iding. The inhabitants of Csaba, in Bekes county,
who, assisted by pioneers, have been fighting day and
night against the floods since Friday last, are now
totally exhausted. The quarter oi the town lying on
:he right bank of the canal is totally destroyed, not
me house having escaped. Several persons have
peen drowned, and a largo number of cattle des-
troyed.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-03-31

A Large and ‘Vell-selected Stock oi
MEERSCHAUM PIPES
UIGAR HOLDERS

.13RIAR AND OTHER
ELEGANT CIGAR dABEs,
Archer's, Wills's, Cope's tlignett's.
AND OTHER

PIPES
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-03-31

FOOTBALL,

MITCHELL' ST. GEtazog's v. WORDSLET.
amtch was played on the Stourbrid4e Crieire
around. Ambla.cote, betweenithese teams on ?lot dal
fternoon, wh;ch resulted in A regular drop ou the
Worslti, the visitors winning by 11 goals and one
is anted a o nil. Notwithstamding the prestige of
't. Geor4e's, tiiere W 514, vt ry oderate
of sptctato.:s. ~Tha, game from fi:st to I.as'.;
was all one vide, Vad it all t own
4.:1(1 could have aided cousideranti Co the acre
..uey felt so &syas-d. The foLowing ire
83111E1 :—Mitchel s.--aloal, Stansbi,s; back. Grcy
~14. Hawkins; hati.b.iziais, t 1 itchell (Capaiaa)
f.ttall aid Pri cap; forwrird,, Brown. ria:iison,
Aarstisll. titavensou and Blatckhatn.—Wordsley.—
.;-oxl, Rider; lis,cks, Dean anti Biddle; half-Jiacks,
si..axhall, Field and Brown; forsard;, Little,
I.loznus, Co ar.a.r, Quirry and 'Awls. Tia t;balg
were kicked by aarsla all 3, Brown 2, Ha:Tison 3,
aad 6tevensou 3.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-03-31

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FREE FISHING.

In a bill introduced by Mr. Broadhurst, M.P., It is
proposed to declare that the public shall have free
and unrestricted right to fish with rod and line in all
rivers or streams in England which are public high-
ways, or upon or along which the public have right of
passage. From this general regulation are to be
excepted "any portions of such streams as were put
in defence in the reign of his late Majesty King Henry
11., and have been so maintained thereafter." More-
over, the measure is not intended to affect the rights
of any person possessed of a "several fishery " in any
such stream as was created or was in existence in the
reign of the same "late Majesty" and has since been
maintained as a several fishery. Nor is it intended to
authorise fishing in any manner prohibited by law or
during any close season.

IN business there are many who cannot rise, many
who cannot help descending, many who of necessity
fail, many who earn their bread, and many who only
waste it, when once in their own hands.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-03-31

KISSING THE BOOK.

When Dr. Drescher, the State analyst at Newark
(U.S.) was asked to kiss the Bible in court the other
day before giving evidence, he merely made a pre-
tence of doing so. The counsel for the accused
observed the doctor's omission, and, after arguing the
ease, he raised the point that Dr. Drescher's oath in
the case was invalid because he intentionally avoided
kissing the book. A tilt between the lawyers fol-
lowed, and Dr. Drescher admitted that he did not kiss
the book: but said the omission was prompted by
sanitary motives and not by irreverence. • He said he
was afraid to put his lips to at article that might cause
disease. "So many different persons have kissed that
book that I do not think it safe to touch my lips to
it." The judge said the case must be reopened, and
that the doctor must be sworn properly. Dr. Drescher
then took the Bible, gave it a sounding smack, and
then vigorously wiped his lips with his handker-
chief.

SOME men seem to take failure quite comfortably;
they stop and go on again, without changing their
style of living or lowering their heads. That is a feat
that r. 3 honest business max can admire
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-03-31

*out aith !_,istrict

COMMISSIONERS' MEETING.

ThP monthly tneetinz of the Commissioners was
held on Monday; Mr. Nash presiding.
The medical officer reporttd that th• de tth-rati
last mouth was 248, and the birth-rate 22.3 per
1 000.

A re- rut wee presented embodying aew rules of
pr eolure on various points connected with the busi
n ss of !hi Board, A number of the rules were
passes!, and the committee were requested to bring
u, a furteer report on other points.
I. was resolved to appoint the medical officer an I
ea itai y inspector in future under the Local Gov -
eati ra-nt Board arrangements, so as to secures grant
of one-half the sa'aries. It was suggested that
wider the Local Governm,,nt Bill these arran.e.
meets would. I:oalter d, but Mr. C. H. Collis said
t ley ii,i_ht afi well make the arrangement for the
tine b .iug, and the recommendation was adootod.
Toere was a recommendation to give a small corn.
mitti,e of the Boar c: fah ower •o dispose of the
property at the corner of Foster zqr, et on the best
.orms possibl,,, Some object-in was made to tide
power being- 41- .e..; to a committee, -,:ut tesa!u-
tio was carrie:, .N;es,rs ICish, James, sad Wall.er
b illg appoi ut.
A vote ot toamito w.s paste... ti the tire bris-a.de
for the vain .1' se-ivices Ley had rendere in ±e
past ye,r. An Lcr..nsed grant of £lO. a year was
made tow Ards tie, expenses of the br:Frade. Mr.
Newnam morel an amendment to the proy. osal to
the tfiect that a ar.:ular be issued app.elin for ia-
cren•ed subscriptions f..r the mainteeance of the
, b• lead& I;. doing SO oP said when the pr rent h.
an. ii year was up t ney would have an overdraft on
the bank of £1.,800., and he estimated that they
should have to raise .47,800. in the ensuing year in
coruptr-d with £5,6,19, in the current year,
which would have the effect of raisi,.g their rates
from 4s, to 61. 6d. in the pound.
A. tt trier was accepted from Mr. Vale,. of Hartle-
tory, for laying out Bulls Street for a sum of
£l5B.

On the mod n of Al-. C. H. Coal. s committee
was appointed te prepare and submit new bye-taws.
A letter was read from the Great Western Rail.
way compay stating their inatility to ran a late
train to Birnungham via Cradley.
the Catirman stated that lie and the clerk had
attend, d a meting of the Cleat Hill Conservators,
in accordance with the wishes of one of the coin•
mi tees ot he Buerd, to protest against any attempt
of the conaervato;-s to ,:eprive the public of tobir
ri4ht to t-ie use of the common. They were toi I
that the c >nservatore ha t no intention to interfere
with the ri,ots of tbt Lublic; but they only wanted
to pace re.tri:itions en a resideat ct Clout wi h
v.ho.e tt.ey had been a loggerh! ads.
The Ines in of the Cominissicn irs w.ts al or/ rne
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-03-31

DECORATIONS SCANDAL.
M. WILSON ACQUITTED.

M. Wilson has been acquitted by the Court of
Appeal, and so have his associates, M. Ribaudeau, M.
Hebert, and M. Dubreuil. The higher Court, in its
judgment, fully recognises the fact that the £2OO paid
down by M. Crespin de la Jeanniere was intended to
secure for that gentleman the Ribbon of the Legion of
Honour. It is also set forth that this sum of money
was handed over to M. Wilson, who is likewise stated
to have been thoroughly acquainted with all the
measures adopted by M. Ribaudeau, M. Dubreuil, and
M. Hebert on his behalf. These persons were his agents,
and must therefore be regarded as his accomplices.
The fact that he "trafficked in decorations" is
therefore brought home to M. Wilson; but the
Court of Appeal does not consider that M. Wilson was
in any way guilty of fraud in his dealings with M.
Crespin de la Jeanniere, as the latter knew very well
the purpose for which he had deposited the £2OO.
Similarly as the " ribbon " had not been promised to M.
Crespin de la Jeanniere by a fixed date, he had really
nothing to complain of. The Court, therefore, while
blaming the conduct of M. Wilson and his agents, so
far as the traffic in " ribbons " is concerned, does not
consider that they have " fallen foul" of Clause 405
of the Penal Code, on the strength of which they were
convicted and condemned. The judges are, moreover,
careful to explain that it is not for them to make laws,
but to administer them as they are, and that under
these circumstances they have no other course open
to them but to cancel the verdict setting forth that
the prisoners had " swindled" M. Crespin de la
Jeanniere, and to let them go free without even
defraying the costs. The moral of all this is that
M. Wilson and his associates have been convicted of
of the " traffic in decorations" with which they
wei e charged, but that they are not amenable to any
punishment on this score, as there is no law to deal
with such cases. As regards the accusation of
"swindling " of which they were found guilty by
the inferior court, their characters are cleared. So
stands the case. M. Wilson, therefore, enjoys all his
personal and political rights; retains his seat in the
Chamber of Deputies, and is eligible for any office as
in the past. Neither he nor M. Ribaudeau were in
court, but M. Dubreuil, and M. Hebert were there.
M. Dubreuil who throughout this affair has
been very demonstrative, gave vent to his satis-
faction in the most lively manner. • The news of M.
Wilson's acquittal was borne to the mansion in the
Avenue D'lena by one of his secretaries, and, of course,
it was received with much rejoicing by the person
most concerned, by the ex-President of the Republic
and the family at large. The acquittal was discussed
with considerable animation in the lobbies of the
Chamber.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-03-31

THE MONKBRETTON MURDER.

At the Barnsley County-house William Henry Emeria
Burke, surgeon, Manor House, Monkbretton, after
repeated remands, hasbeen brought up, charged
with murdering his daughter, Aileen Ethel Burke,
aged nine years, at the Norman Inn, Monkbretton, on
the night of Feb. 4 last, by shooting her with a
revolver. The prisoner also shot himself, and had
been confined to Beckett Hospital since, under
medical treatment. Mr. Williams, a West Riding
solicitor, prosecuted; Mr. Mellor, barrister, defended.
Prisoner, who was accompanied in court by Dr.
Blackburn, was very pale. He was accommodated
with an easy chair in the dock. Mr. Williams stated
the facts of the case, showing that the prisoner shot
the child and attempted to take his own life. He
proposed putting in a letter which the prisoner wrote
at a public-house that evening addressed to his wife.
The letter was written in grammatical 'style, was
punctuated, and was written by a person in his right
mind. Police-constable Ernslie and George Taylor,
the landlord, gave evidence, showing that the
prisoner shot the child, and tried to shoot himself.
The letter written by the prisoner to his wife stated
that he once loved his wife, but that she had con-
verted this into entire indifference by leaving him. He
bade her good-bye. The prisoner was committed. for
trial.

EVERYTHING depends on the point of view from
which you look. The society man thinks the philo-
sopher a bore; the philosopher thinks the society
man an idiot; and both are right—from their point
of view.

A FELLOW slipped down on an icy pavement, and,
in a sitting posture, muttered, "I have no desire to see
the town burnt down, but I wish the streets were in
ashes."

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-03-31

STOVE HAUNTS

WE CALL SPECIAL ATTENTION, TO Tnig
VARIETY OFTHESE GOODS ALL B EJNG FllO A
NEWEST MAKES, AND THE SPLEFDID V. LUE

OF (.13R 15 SCREEN DESIGN:4.

NEWEST NOVELTIES.
SHOW ROOM, WITH SPECIALITIN.s FOR 7 RE
COMING SEASON, NOW OPEN.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-03-31

REVOLT IN BORNEO.

A revolt has occurred in the territory of the British
North Borneo Company. The inhabitants of Padas
rose in revolt against the company, when four police-
men were treacherously murdered, and the settlement
of Bahr Batu was burned down to the ground. The
town of Mambakuk was also threatened in the rising,
and it would assuredly have been destroyed but for
the fact that her Majesty's ship Rambler landed a
force of marines to protect the place. Padas is the
last accession to the British North Borneo Company,
which acquired the territory some three or four years
ago, since which time the inhabitants have been very
dissatisfied. The troubles which have now broken
out were foreseen; but where they will stop it is im-
possible to conjecture.

SAID Miss Spinster (no longer youthful) when she
heard that her friend Marriwell was going to wed:
"Well, let those marry who wish, but for my part I
never saw a man I could care enough for to be his
wife." "That is to say, aunt," remarked Kate, very
demurely, "you never saw a gentleman after your
own heart."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-03-31

TUESDAY

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At lte, HIGH EITILEST
STOURBRIDGE.

BIRMINGHAM
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-03-31

A PRINCESS'S SCHOOLING.

The eight-year-old Princess Wilhelmine, of the
Netherlands, is now at an age in which her education
as heiress of the Dutch throne is especially interesting
to the Hollanders. The tales concerning her school-
ing which appear in an Amsterdam journal seem to
show that the old King is providing his little daughter
with a very democratic and humane culture. Her
mother is her principal teacher; she learns the piano-
forte and horsemanship from Queen Emma. Her in-
struction in reading, writing, arithmetic, and the
modern languages is divided among a number of
teachers, every one of whom is strictly charged by
the King to treat her exactly as they would any
other schoolgirl. Indeed, any master or mistress who
ventures to address the child as "your Royal High-
ness," or even as "Princess," during the hours of
teaching, is threatened with the King's high dis-
pleasure. The customary regal etiquette is not held
in very much esteem at the Court of the Nether-
lands, where some survival of the traditions of the
Repnblican Stadtholders, the earlier Princes of the
House of Orange, appear to be still in force. The
Princess is even allowed at times to play on equal
terms with "street children." Last week, as the
Queen and her daughter were driving in their sledge
over the icefields between the palace and the Hague,
they came upon a large group of children who were
merrily snowballing one another. The Princess asked
her mother if she might join them. Consent was
immediately given, and the Royal sledge stood still
for half an hour while the future Sovereign of the
Netherlands was boisterously hitting and being hit by
"nobody knows who."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-03-31

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A WONDERFUL PREACHER.

The French and Italian papers are giving glowing
accounts of the immense crowds which are being
attracted daily to the Duomo at Turin by Father
Augustine of Montefeltro, a Franciscan monk, whose
extrordinary eloquence is said to be equalled by his
great humility and unaffected piety. Many un-
believers are attracted to the cathedral. A letter
says: "At the Duomo on Wednesday four hours
before the Father ascended the pulpit all the chairs
and all the benches were occupied. The precincts of
the vast church seemed transformed intoffa sea of
human heads. The divine word coming from the
mouth of the humbler brother electrified the con-
gregation. Several times the sacred associations
of the place were powerless to keep back the
applause which broke out with irresistible force.
At Pisa the University closed two hours before the
sermon began, and professors and students ran with
one accord to hear the illustrious Franciscan. On
coming out of church the thousands of persons
greeted him with their cheers and hurrahs. They
wished to carry him in triumph through the streets.
The railway directors, in order to meet the demands
upon their traffic, had to organise on each day special
trains from Lucca and Leghorn and from several
other neighbouring towns and villages. Strangers
arrived by thousands, and all the hotels were full."
The Father is forty years of age; his face is open and
full of intelligence; in his eye burns the flame of
apostolic fire; when he preaches his face is trans-
formed—he seems like an inspired and commanding
prophet. The subject is "Truth," and he has exposed
with withering sarcasm the foibles and unrealities of
society.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-03-31

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

BILLS PASSED AND ADVANCED.

In the HOUSE OF LORDS on March 23, the Consoli-
dated Fund Bill and the National Debt Conversion
Bill were passed through all their stages. the stalidiug
orders having been suspended. Lord Dutiracen's
for the reform of the House of Lords was read a thst
time. Conversation arose respecting Irish nsLeries amt
the practice of selling foreign imported meat as home
produce. Three bills relating to tithes were read a first
time.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-03-31

ROMANCE OF CRIME.

An extraordinary romance of crime was unearthed
in Birmingham the other day. A gentleman whilst
travelling from Bristol by train to Birming-
ham, had for his companion a man who
bore a striking resemblance to the newspaper
descriptions of George Lye, who is wanted for
murdering a woman at Ilminster, Somerset. The
gentleman, who was perusing an account of the
murder, remarked upon it to his fellow-traveller, who
manifested great uneasiness. His suspicions being
aroused, the gentleman communicated with the police.
On arriving at New-street Station, a Birmingham de-
tective, Blizzard, approached the supposed murderer,
and accosted him as an old acquaintance, and
observed that he did not expect to meet him.
He denied the acquaintance, but would not give
any account of himself. He was arrested and taken
to the station. He maintained silence, and was
charged on suspicion. He was searched, and a scrap
of paper bearing the following words was found on
him: "He gave chase to me, but I ran for a mile
and got away." Prisoner then stated that he came
from Exeter, and gave an address in that town. The
police of Exeter were communicated with, and a
description was furnished them. They telegraphed a
reply saying that the prisoner was not the murderer,
but was an escaped highway robber. Whilst being
conveyed from Trowbridge to Merthyr Tydfil he had
broken loose from the officers and escaped with the
handcuffs still on him. Prisoner was recharged, and
admitted the identity, remarking that had he been
arrested on the right charge at first he should have
made a bold bid for freedom. His name is Robert
Ayres, alias Carter, and he is a native of Merthys.