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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
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ANCIENT CHARTERS:

In the report on the progress of the Ordnance Sur-
vey during the year 1874 the Director-General, Sir H.
James, has inserted a photo-zincographic fac-simile of
a Saxon charter, as an example of the materials which
we possess in abundance for the publication of a series
of documents illustrating the changes in our writing
and language from the earliest times of which we have
any authentic record, and containing most interesting
Information about persons and places. This charter,
which was granted by King Edgar, was exactly 900 years
old last year, and its fine bold writing is perfectly pre-
served up to the present time. It is (with many others)
kept in the Public Record Office, having been presented
to the Department by Mr. H. Garling, of Southborough-
hall. The witnesses to the charter include persons of the
highest rank; among them are Elfrida, the Queen,
and Archbishop Dunstan, the prelate who took the
Devil by nose with red-hot tongs. The grant was
made to Duke 2Elfhere. It conveys to him three
mansaa (plots of ground), called also three hides, at
Nymed, in Devonshire; the boundaries are carefully
described. The property is now in the possession of
several proprietors, and there are three villages called
Nymet, which are probably the three manses. The
body of the charter is in Latin, but the description
of the boundaries of the property is in Anglo-Saxon,
the most familiar language of the time. On a sheet
of the Ordnance cadastral'plan of Hampshire is shown
the position of a modern monument erected in the
forest of Harewood, recording the tradition reports
that upon that spot, called Dead Man's Flack, King
Edgar about the year 963 slew his treacherous favourite,
Earl Athelwold, who had basely betrayed his Royal
confidence and perfidiously married his intended bride,
the beauteous Elfrida, daughter of the Earl of Deven-
ahhe, afterwards wife to King Edgar, and by him
nether of King Ethelred the Second; which Queen
tEffrid__,a after Edgar's death, murdered his eldest son,
Kto Edward the Martyr, and founded the Nunnery
of herwell. The -Ordnance cadastral survey is now
/proceeding in all the Saxon part of the kingdom, and
=investigating the names of places and the boundaries
of -pert-lea much interesting information viill pro-
be obtained.

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DIANOFORTES and HARMONIUMS may
I_ be had on the NEW SYSTEII of HIEING, for Two or
Three Years; after which, and without any further pay-
ment, to become the property of the hirer. Allinstru-
giants had on this system, or otherwise, will be
Exchanged any time within six month b for any other, ,it
not approved of, and returned carriage tree. And fur.
ther,after a trial of three years. any Pianotorteor Her-
mosium w,uld be taken back. at its original cost, aad
the money returned, deducting the usual charge for hire To those who wish to join these Offices as Members. The Year commences on the first of any month. Cheques
thae offering greater advantages than the London or We.. crossed National Provincial Bank to "LINT and CO. _
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Wine
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Zllatittlmstil,lrat =OVeTatilertraT elitelZ
ome months ago, intelligonpe.aFcivpd of the death of
he Emperor, it Was • lado l'eNeteet that the young
_ mpreiss,ho conunittpti, suicide. This turned„ 94.4r,be
givait from the ki,liTiA ill* Vidflitiflyil„
I:"wcp 'Appear,
,at , F,34ii 13.1 sip4talipeat ,0, , her
Ibit al 'onsoit h'retitied:lill Odd 'Ma .aattilos daa
. rota drhatiStioen''lt'WOnld; seem froth
flOt(tuviive! I
has in 8013 i bott ptit :aii!;endi. to ' her ' efitstalkieg tbs. 'AA!
slow prooess Of !suidide,,:antl this: rigid •AndlinifiL)bai4.
barons ideas .of the Chinese: relative Acizichni:iintfies )
of conjugal ana,filia.l4ifectioniwOctltio PolidtkVi:ittaleite
almost, inipfratiye, for. her .to res9rtAo *o„ioNT.seof f f tlft i
by no. Foe,arvA Ft „un.usual tli.iug34. WWI /WA, IV%
have loSt their,: hneband.4 to call their rien s4pgd, tl),
1 t(i.'ln bili4net; and afterWa,rds telibrCiater ,-'_ 67 Pie
itheniriblvesi in - the presence of -thd.asilienibled'gri6sts: '
Mr. Medhurst, her Majesty's consul at Shanghae,
relates having been once invited to be present at one -
of these melancholy entertainments. This fact would
suggest the supposition that the death of the young
Empress who was only seventeen years of age, was
not solely due to natural causes, though of course
it is impossible to state this with certainty. The
rumour which at once gained currency in China
on the Emperor's death, that his consort had com-
mitted suicide, may probably be taken as an indication of
what the generality of Chinese would consider right
and fitting under the circumstances. The late Empress
died on the 24th March, at four o'clock in the morning.
She was married to the late Emperor in October, 1872.
"Her early death," says a China paper, "has probably
mercifully spared her a life of mur4h dreariness and
little comfort, and is entirely in accordance with the
national idea of what is most highly fitting for a wife so
bereaved. It is nct impossible that her memory will
acquire a sanctity in Chinese eyes from the fact of her
having followed her lord within so short a period. The
event is already attributed to her regrets, as it is said
that she suffered from no definite disease." In a
political point of view the event has little importance.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-05-29

PEOPLE'S FREE EDITION.
IMPORTANT MEDICAL WORKS.
BY DR. HENRY SMITH.

Twenty-first Thousand. By Post. one stamp (to pre-pay
postage) in envelope.

HEALTH LOST AND REGAINED; or,
DEBILITATING DISEASES, THEIR CAUSE
AND CURE.
By HENRY SMITH, M.D., of the Royal University of
Jena, Author of " The Volunteer's Manual,"" The Warning
Voice " &c.
This work gives Dr. Smith's Treatment (the result of
Twenty-Six years special practice) for the Cure of all
Diseases of the Nervous System, Nervous Debility, Mental
and Physical Depression, Palpitation of the Heart, Noises
In the Head stud I ars, Indecision, Impaired Sight and
Memory. Indigetrion, Loss of Enemy, ritifiS in the Back,
Cons ipation, Meshing. Hysteria, Timidity, ',elf-distrust,
Dis'Ainess, Love of Solitude. Groundless Fears, Muscular
Relaxation. ac., resulting from Exhaustion of serve Power,
the effect of Overtaxed Energies, Enervating Halite and
ether abuses of the system whieo, if coglected, end in 'mews-
tire decline and death.
t GIVES INSTF UCTIONS AND PRESCRIPTION 4. Ill-
ustrated with Testimonials from grateful patients ; with
means of Cure used in each case. _

Tins BoOK It, SENT FARR TO ALL PARTS OF rfts WORLD.

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u otr
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riage, Motherhood,
Female Education Female Health, Female Hygiene,
Domestic Xedicine, de.. etc. It is a treatise on sulqects of
vital importance to woman
N.B.—.t Special Edition, Bust:mums lI.T.USTRATDI WITH
ESOILIVINGI4 ON WOOD, Cloth gilt, One Shilling.
Noricst the above medical works will he sent direct from
the Authoi, in an Envelope on the receipt of thelutiount in
stamps.
Address, Ds. HENRY SMITh, 8, Barton Crescent, ondon,
W.C.

CONSULT A LONDON PHYSICIAN BY LETTEit

WITHOUT FEE.

US:llre [l:ll;lllllliltiaetilLuiluiltdtelciotutSugeocui.ll,liiit:t2
will fur the benefit of country patients who car.not consult
him personally, on receiving description of there case, send
his opinion, with advice and directions for the most success
ful restoration to health and vigour.
Address. Dr. H. SMITH, 8, Burton Crescent, London, W.C,
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ELD. GLEN 11L-1.
LE NYI

The
Queen's
Laundress
Says this Starch
Is the 13( st
She ever
Used.

11::FiNF'F'iT}C"1-4 ID7CI' LENFIELD

(- OE Box of CLARKE'S 11 41 Pills in
warranted to cure all discharges from the Uriti‘r
Organs, in either sex, acquired or constitutional, tir.re
Id Pains in the Bacir.—Sold in boxes 4s 61 each, by
Chemists and Patent Medicine yereiolyrdrrent to
~ay address for tiO Stamps by the Maker, FA CLAint's
Consulting Chemist, High-street, Lincoln.—Wholesale
Agents, B AuctAv it SONS, London,and all the Wholesale
Howes.

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THE PRINCE OF WALES'S VISIT TO
INDIA.

The Manchester Gruardian's London correspondent
writes :—Though the arrangements for the visit of the
Prince of Wales to India are far from being completed,
I shall be perfectly correct in stating that his Royal
Highness is expected to reach Bombay about the
second week in November, and that he will remain in
India—isiting nearly every important place of interest
—till the following April. He will be accompanied by
Sir Bartle Frere, Dr. Fayrer, General Probyn, Colonel
Arthur Ellis, and Lord C. Beresford, M P. The Duke
of Sutherland, Lord Suffield, and Lord Carington have
also accepted invitations to join the Prince upon this
grand tour. Several proposals have been submitted to
the advisers of his Royal Highness as to the route
he will take when once he reaches India, but
upon that point nothing definite has yet been decided.
As to precedence, there is no intention whatever to
disturb the position of the V,ceroy. His Royal High-
ness would be the last person to put forward claims
that would have any such effect; he would rather re-
gard the recognition of Lord Northbrook's precedence
as being likely to strengthen Lord Northbrook's posi-
tion in the eyes of the natives. On the subject of pre-
sents, I believe it will be found that the .old custom
will be again adopted, and that the effort to abolish
the system of present-giving among the native princes
will not be made. I hear, also, that it is possible the
Prince may call at the Cape of Good Hope either in
going or in returning from India; and that before
Parliament rises a vote to defray the expenses out and
home will be asked in a supplemental navy estimate.
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THE IRON TRADE.

Since theholidays businessin the localiron trade
has been quieter. -Makers of leading brands of
bars and sheets continue moderately engaged,
chiefly on shipping orders and engineering and
dockyard requirements; but in other departments
of the trade there is great slackness, and prices,
both of finished iron and pig, are weaker. The
Continental trade, though better- than it has been
more especially as regards Russia, is still below
the- average and with the United States our trot-
' saktions appear to be practically restricted t‘., I ;n-
-plates. Germany is taking a tolerable quantity of
Staffordshire pig-iron and sheets: but .German
orders for bar and 'angle iror ba-re fallen to a very
,lowoebb. Galvanised: sheets continue in good re-
quest for .Austrzi Ha, and South America,
and r,- oduction in, this branch ~is increasing.
There is no change to report in branded iron,
which ranges from £lO 111 s. to £11.125. 6. for bars,
but unmarked iron is again weaker. Pig, though
quiet; is less affected-in value than finished iron.
Cinder-pig is rather easier; at about £3., owing to
accumulation of stocks and the keenness of compe-
tition in other districts; but native all-mine main-
tains its price firmly, at £5. to .23- 3s. for hot.blast.
Lilleshall cold-blast pig commands _tn. 10s. The
number of frill:laces now in blast in this district is
seventy-nine. A meeting of the Committee of the
Ironmasters' Association was •held in the Chamber
, of:Commerce on Thursday afternoon, to discuss the
revision of the ironworkers' wages scale, in antici-
pation of the meeting in London yesterday, at
which the representatives of the North of England
and South Staffordshire districts were 'expected
to settle the-matter.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-05-29

Piles, Fistulas am! Internal I nylaminations.

Peons afflicted with thi-se distresing complaints wi 1
find in this wonderful Ointment instant means of relief,
and all CIIII effect their own cure without explaining their
infirmity to anyone. Holloway's Pills, if taken in small
doses, greatly assist the Ointment, as they purify the
Wood and regulate the stomach in an extraordinary
manner.

The Ointment and Pills are sold at Professor HOLLO.
WAY'S Establishment, 533, Oxford-street, London ; also
by nearly every respectable Vendor of Medicine through.
out the Civili,ed World, in Pots and Boxes, at ls
2s 9d, 4s 6d, 118,223, and 333 each. The smallest Pot of
Ointment contains one ounce ; and the smallest Rox
of Pills four dozen.

Full printed directions are affixed to each Pot and Box,
and can be had in any language, even in Turkish, Arabic,
Anirenkn, Pcrsian, or Chinese.
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casolalKl
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...e . leg. north. 'The longitude he-Wis. riot
.rned about. A number of other toasts were

tit

was sure some of them would be perfectly
ready ; but as he had been culled upon he would
just touch on two points. The Expedition, as had
been said there before, was really an important one
to the nation—for they were going to try to do some-
thing for the credit of England; and it was of value to
have an opportunity in these" g "es of peace"
of proving that they were net , eers.) They
had had a receptio ..thAfFec: s ',.11 common in
its hearti and ci iaht, f hy friends,
• :ilittion '4f Peke a who had
ski:: the a ireuiiiitt they were
.8 a t4Ambera of .their wives
an he a ao h-,,' in saying
, t 4gh t.-`4, h. • tk ark and,
4, -fore t wou . be but
one common feeling among them. 'lour- .rgeant
Wood, R.M.L.1., responded for the Ar , . d Cap-
tain King for the Volunteers. A blue- a et o thf
ELt aci eer LeajoitlStik jar th
tic Ex I° '
on. 1 trarlaie7; ey:he e7an 'he
hoped those gallant gentlemen would not be like Lot's
wife and 1,- "
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attettdant„,

CRIME AND AI7TOMATIIit.--1/1%
sliP
of
his Psychologic Naturelle, giv striking I
the mental status of the criminal classectear ,lost
by the singular want of emotion display
criminals, Dr. Despine was led to
throughtion of court-records and other source? of inf°r2l7,3o°ol
He arrives at a belief in the entire absence
sense in this class. He says that free will, which;
the normal Minis only controlled by: the senseof
in tha criminal has no such counter-balance, this sefl
being wanting. His acts are therefore raentgt
automatic, the result of the strongest instinct, aPPe'tee"
or passion prevailing at the time. Most criminal°
therefore morally irresponsible, no matter how gr.„e
the crime against society. Like brutes, savagest7s,
idiots, they yieldrAo natural appetites and p9s,i°7o. •
unrestrained and unreproached by any feeling a 1,8,
propriety, 'although intellectually cognisant a tie
moral standards of society. Hence their realirk9l,o
sangfroid, and the superficial character of ant aPPl.l"eot
reformation or conversion. Dr. Thomson, re'lu
surgeon to the General Prison for Scotland, at Per of
finds his experience confirmatory— of thc
Despine, and, in a paper published in the Journ•°",4#
Mental Science for October, 1870, recognises
degrees of "moral
.ipaensibility.r---,London
Record. ,j •ta Rai ,•1 -
*a A LONG STORY ABOUT LAASICYP, TER,Rlisx'bo
Itliere was a stove-pipe :that, lay. in aliack n0m...71 t
)e was about two yards long, more or less.
,ed to amuse himself by running in at one end °;„g
and out at the other. Well, one day he was '
himself in this sort of way, when just as he entetio
one end for the second time, what shnuld he per re
but the hind-quarters of a pure-bred Skye just diseeN
'peeking at the other. (You will please to rereern".l
that the stove-pipe was two yards long, more or le'',
Day after day Wasp set himself to pursue this pha__,et°'"
Skye through the pipe and through the pipe, for Iv '
couldn't for the life of him -make out why the an 113,3,,,
aways managed to keep just a little way ahead of -
Still he was happy to think that day after asY.
was gaining on his foe, 83 he kept the pot a-beio
And one day, to his intense joy, he actually call, f
the phantom by the tail in the pipe. Joy, did 1
Leught to have said sorrow, for the tail was his ell
but, being a game 'un he would'nt give in, but hic
on like grim death until the plumber came and
the pipe and relieved him. (Don't forget the 1012,.,11
of the pipe, please.) Even after he was clear he 0111
net
round- and round like, a St. Ca 's Of
he had to give in froiii sheer exha.
a long • dog..—Prota.;" The Live Air
Fancier '.B Gazette YAM m:,
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certain specialities cpnld not always form aclear opinion
with regard to inv tiopi; deallingtyi4h those speciali
ties, it was - llble to End the exammers who would
_ ,fiOns ' "

good was to- encourage and foster invention. Mr.
Mundella here gave an instance of a poor man
who had reduced himself almost to beggary in the per-
fection of a patent to show that money assistance was
often a great service in the promotion of iweentions.
It seemed to him that one of the fir.it.considerations
in the promotion of, ijayeigtigps:yraetill otection of
an inventor at a sm4bostliintle-prelimina stage of
his work. One of hrst speinhap 'igaAhe ouse was
agains)pe Bill oitthe Abcilti lon otrAtetts. Such
an id • • o ebf4he megt :6tude that could have
enter e ath ea 4, 'af •anyl human ling. He hitd
had ind . btlFs 8. i ger f etjng o e part of in-
telligent • iki n• on h es • f the Patent
Laws th. ' a a a .... , o ' . With regard
to the re • ees f pa its r sas proposed
by the Bill, it was absurd , any body of
men selected could go and deliver an accurate opinion
aet, o n inv: a •atiir telegraphs, and then within
out or 1, , ve an accurate opinion with re-
tc#4ll 1 • a tio of a lace or knitting machine. As
to Wise- of the Bill, limiting the duration of a
patent to seven years, he should like to knew if. when

an L._ .uci,
to think that
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-05-29

IHOLLOWAYS OINTMENT'

biphthetia, Cuuyl:, ii.. 111.11
Deranyements fy the Throat (Hut t'host.

In any of the above diseat.es, immediate and pernianen
relief is obtained by effectually rul,bing this detergen
Ointment twice a day upon the neck, chest, and back , ano
br.ck, and in all stages of influenza, settled coughs, and
wheezing at the chest, the same treatment may be fol-
lowed with efficiency and safety.

Bad ..egs, Bad Breasts, Old.LSores, Wbutals,att
Ulcers.

By rubbing this Ointment perseveringly upon and
around the affected parts twice a day, it will penetrate to
the tissues beneath, and exert the most beneficial influ-
ence; the inflammation soon diminishes, the pain
becomes less intolerable, the matter thickens, and a
cure is soon effected. In all long standing cases Hollo-
way's Pills should also be taken, as they greatly assist in
expelling all depraved humours from the body.
Skin Diseases of all kinds.

In this class of complaints, no.ruatter the age, the sex
the place, or under what name the disease may be classi-
fied, immediate case, and ultimate cure, may with cer-
tainty be procured, if this Ointment be plentifully
rubbed upon the part affected, while Holloway's Pills
are taken in appropriate doses night and morning, to
purify the blood.
Gout, Rheumatism, a n(101«tululai. Swellings.

Every one suffering from these excruciating complaint
should have recourse to these purifying remedies. as they
have rescued thousands from it life of torture, after all
other means had failed to give them relief. The Oint-
ment and Pills used conjointly will act so searchingly
and cvrtainly, us to elleet cures in the most hopeless
cases.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-05-29

of Commons at every general election, and the normal I In reply to the coroner it was stated that the car-
mortality amongst the peers is twenty every year. At 1 riage was what is called a "step carriage," with a
this rate the occupants of both Houses would have been footboardu,%t below, and the Superintendent said that
the Great Northern Company had tried to stop per-
reinchanged twice over since the opening of the present going on to the platform to see their friends off,
g. ions
but it appeared to be felt as a great grievance and the
r
If good wishes could ensure the success of the Arctic prohibition had been removed. After some discussion
athat
verdict
olf-
very liExpedition, the accomplishment of its objects would many of th
ror opinionprecaution, and nd a
be a matter of ttle difficulty. Both officers and ~ th
WTS "
men aave been feasted in a way they will not be likely . i uses was returned.
to forget ip the lone, winter .':h - w .'.. will .., ~..;,,,,m.
*Ve Psl a favar i, • (
....1h..1e.' i- ed YiU,
ACT* alt by the Ges , p.*514 ,z).• • .. ;d e:
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uniffipal thoril ',-. smoi2. ; . P.iez mg
wile. okttlie:fo 4go4' - . i‘,,... t
4K-iiiiiaryv .e expen

ies of
Leen

TIIE STOURBRIDGE OBSERVER.

three months some tons of both are carted off to that
mysterious " mill " of Her Majesty's Stationery Office
whence no official form or document was ever known
to return--in its original shape, at all events. " Pulp"
is the condition to which all such matters are re-
duced ; and if the message forms or the " Blip " ever
find•their way back to St. Martin's-le-Grand, it is
quite certair Utility only return old friend
with a ne-

SATURDAY, MAY 29, 1876:

ig(
FISH CULTURE AT SOUTH KENSINGTON.---fr-
--1 f
Horticultural Society have placed at the dispo„l
Mr. Frank Buckland the large room adjoining
Museum of Economic Fish Culture at South Kensing;
ton. The addition was much needed, as there wee .
great many valuable and interesting specimens fox
which no room could be found in the limited SP
hitherto devoted to this important branch of nottuto
history. Mn Dockland's fish-hatching experll'
have been carried an this year under peculiarly Off
factory circumstances, and he has been enabled °
distribute in various parts of the country a largo
her of healthy young fish, salmon and trout, hatchs!,
from eggs received from English, Scotch,
nental waters. Last week about 300 young
salmon, reared at South Kensington, were turn
the upper waters of the river Teme, at Lord Sortag
wick's property at Burford, near Tenbury.
the most interesting specimens at present
Museum at South Kensington aro some two and
year old trout hatched from fish born in the- tan%
They are strong, well proportioned fish, and do creof.
to the _Jan under whose watchful care tb"
rear, "d Conti;
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-05-29

CLOSING OF ENVILLE GARDENS.

IT is with great regret we have to announce to
otir readers that the Earl of Stamford and War-
rington has issued bills, static) that the gardens
at Enville will be closed to the public for the
season. This is in consequence of serious dam-
age having been done. We all know how kind
his lordship has been for some years past in
throwing open his beautiful grounds to the gene-
ral public. It hiss been nsmil to ad eertise tin m
to be opened for the season from Whit- Monday,
but in consequence of his lordship's illness, we
! understand the opening was te be deferred until
the Ist, of June. As usual, great numbers of
people visited Euville dnring the Whit-,untide
holidays, and his lordship seeing such numbers,
who had no doubt come for the express purpose
at seeiog the f_Trounds, ordered them to be thrown
open rather than the people shenld be—disap-
pointed. The•reirden were thrown open under
special eircemstances and now comes the ques-
tion, flow leis his lordship's kindness been re-
turned ? Some beautifal and choice trees and
plants have be, n pulled up by the roots and
others hove ISt!] serieesly injured. One rascal,
wc are in fereoei, seta .11y went to a (leek's nest
and pulled the bird away whilst it was sitting.
Such savage acts of Vandelism cannot be too
severely reprobat out only for the mischief
perpetrated against the benevolent nobleman
who so kindly throws open his grounds for free
inspection to the public ; but, also, becanse the
natural result of sueli:condoct is to deprive other
well-meaning and well-conducted persons from
enjoying the rich treat which was before so
reslily iiirerded them by his lordship.

000,1 ea7isefor nveaty is .le6ired by
all, with articles
that cuunot be judged of by appearance, careful pur-
chasers rely cba th- !,isli standing of those with whom
they "id' Ft:ft 3() Yt..r,, Florniman's Pure Teas in
pnc., dts •i*ve KLven giuleral satisfaction, being cxceedingY
stroug,. of risiii)paz g 044 rillity,arld trulg chewy. Agents:
. Stourbridge- - el.“ ke, 15i, Iligli•stroiet ; Baker, 124, High;
s.,ied.y ijill—f:r.wlings chemist ;street;flewit. VI nrket P,aci. ; -street,
Morris, 136, Elio
Itizift ; Li aie,tiwen. Kid•ierminstur, Bul-
Adam, elienitst ; Lye. Jones, chemist,
WordsleY, .. urner. vbetui,d ; Kingswinford, Pear, on,
Bistial Lane, Coliingli, chewiat; Birmingham. Basks,
nail/MP
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-05-29

CRICKET.

STOURBRIDGE v. CLOW:N.—A two-days' match VMS
played on Wednesday and Thursday last, on the ground
at Aniblee3te, between 14 Clowns and 12 of the Stour-
bridge Club. . The Clowns were the first to handle the
willow and aent in A. Hinde and C. Smith, to the bowl-
in.! of Fothergill and Timtnis. Steady play was the order
of the day and runs were slowly made for some time, the
fielding of the Stourbridge being very good. A chance
was given by Hinde when he had scored one run, but it
was missed and he afterwards made the champion score,
24 Slater scored 19, and Robson, 14; the whole being
out for 89. Stourbridge then sent in W. Green and J.
Webb, the latter being bowled for 14 "duck." Wickets
fell fast until J. W. Parkas made a good stand, and after
some:fine batting was bowled by Myrea. Otter played
a steady innings, hitting free all over the field scoring a
not out innings of 7. This gentleman is a very promis-
ing young player, and with practice will be able to give
a good account of himself. He has played in several
matches and has not been bowled nor caught out. Mr.
Rogers a's) played well for his eight rn is. exhibiting a
good do.fence of the wickets. On the second day the
Clowns made 137, T. Smith and Slitter playing in mag-
nificent form. A. Hinde made a good 14. In the sec-
ond innings:of the Stourbridge, Oakes made the top
score, 17. There was not time to finish out the match,
three wickets having to fa:l, and it was consequently
drawn. The following is the score :
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-07-24

THE LYE.

NEGLECTING TO SEND • CHILD TO SCHOOL —At the
Public Office, yesterday, before Colonel Fletcher, H. 0
Firmstone, J. "..:ochraue, and the Hon. C. G. Lytteltou,
Samuel Robins was summoned by Mr. Brewer, Sub-In-
spector of Factories, for neglecting to send his son to
school. Defendant pleaded guilty. Mr. Brewer said he
did not wish to press the case, and defendant was let off
by paying 9r costs.
11 AGES CAzZ.—Josiah Westwood was summoned by
Joseph Brooks for refusing to pay him 7s wages alleged
to be due to him formatting nails. Complainant said he
agreed to male "knee bolts," and the price was '23 9d pt r
bundle. Theie were 7s due to him. Defendant adult:-
ad owing 1,, cud said that he agreed to give 24 pi r
buud:e. Solomon Pearson WWI Called for the couipauu
ant, end said he was always paid 2s 9,1 per bunule. Ihe
Betieh considered the ca-e proved, cud ordered the tie-
fetid .ut to pay the amount and costs; iu default a dis-
tress to issue.

DIDJNK AND DISoRDERLY.—CharIei Perks was charge.]
"Atli ueiud druuk aud lLutuU, ciu the 6th inst. Thu case
was prored, and defeudaut hued 5s am! costs.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-07-24

PRE-HISTORIC MAN.

At the excavations now being made for the founda-
tions of the Thames embankment extension, to the
south of the Houses of Parliament, some interesting
relics of a probably pre-historic age were discovered
last week by the workmen employed there. These
consist, for the most part, of bones supposed to be those
of extinct species of quadrupeds and birds; but among
them was found the under jawbone, retaining all the
molar teeth, of a man, apparently belonging to an
early type of the human race. Some of the bones
discovered have adhering to them small freshwater
shells' and other freshwater shells of various kinds
were found near to them in great abundance. One of
the most remarkable objects found in these excava-
tions is the upper jaw, palate, facial bones, and eye-
sockets of an animal of the rodentia or gnawing order.
This is only wanting in two teeth—namely, those be-
longing to the centre of the front of the mouth, which
the sockets show were, like the rabbit's, gnawing teeth.
The other twelve teeth remain in the jaw, the molars

I. or

being eight. and the incisors four, but the incisor teeth
are placed two on either side of the central gnawing teeth,
and not between the two canine teeth, as in the carni-
vora, including man. This fragment of the mouth and
facial bones of an animal h nearly of the size of the
like parts of the human frame, and, excepting for the
position of the rodent teeth and the absence of the
canine teeth, it might at first sight be mistaken for a
-portion of a human head. No animal of the redentia
order of so large a size is now, however, found in this
country, or known to have existed in it within the
period of human history. With these animal remains,
and at about the same spot, a flint knife was found,
,evidently formed by early human skill. Most of these
ancient remains were discovered at about 321 t. below
the surface of the bank of the river opposite Abingdon-
street, and sft. above the level of the L-,ndon clay,
,embedded in a deposit of black vegetable mould, con-
taining numerous pieces of the smaller branches of
trees become black Ps peat oak. Some of the bones,
including those of the rodent animal, mixed together
with shells, were, however, found in a fluvial sandy silt
nr drift; and it was in a deposit of this, kind that„the
flint knife was obtained.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-07-24

....................._,...u.....•.u..,.......,....

VISIT (IF- THE PRINCE OF WALES
) TO INDIA..
The Correspc;fide-nt of The Times, writing from Calcutta,
the 22nd ult., says :

The preparations for the visit of the Prince of Wales
are beginning to be made. It is, I believe, proposed
to have a shooting expedition on a large scale in the
jungles of Maldah and Purneah, one of the best tiger
grounds in Bengal, and I hear that a series of questions
has been addressed by the Government to the magis-
trates of these districts regarding the sport to be ex-
pected, and the means of conveyance. The natives of
the Punjab have determined to spend £'20,000 in re-
ceiving his Royal Highness. The list of troops to be
assembled at the Delhi Campof Exercise has been pub-
lished, and has been arranged so as to give the Prince
an opportunity of seeing some of the most famous
regiments of the Bengal Army, as well as specimens
of the various nationalities of which it is composed.
There will be seven regiments of Bengal Cavalry, of
which the 10th Lancers, formerly Hodson's Horse,
will form one, and the 15th, Cureton's Mooltanees,
another. In addition there will be the Central India
Horse and one regiment of Punjab Cavalry. The
Infantry will include, among others, the 2nd and 11th,
two of the few regular regiments which stood firm in
the Mutiny. It will include, moreover, the 26th, 28th,
31st, and 32nd Punjabees, and the 45th or Rattray's
Sikhs. Four Goorkha regiments will also be at the
camp, one of them being the second, the corps which,
under the name of ths Sirmoor Rifles, distinguished
itself highly at the 10ege of Delhi. Two Punjab
regiments will represent the Infantry of the Frontier
Force.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-07-24

PICTURES FRAMED
From the Cheapet and Best Moulding.

A NEW SELECTION OF PATTERNS
In Best English Gold Work.
OXFORD FRAMES
Plain, St bed, or Polish t. from 4d. each.
@LEI:WHAM CBROMO. t ;13It . D AN D
PLAIN PRIN'Ib.
Also
SCRAP PICTURES
ARCHER CLARK,

THE OXFORD FRAMING DEPOT.

71, HIGH STREIT, STOURBRIDGE.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-07-24

BRIERLEY HILL.

FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.— On Wednesday Joseph
Pountney, labourer, was killed on the railway whilst en-
gaged in shunting trucks on the private railway of
Messrs. Brown and Freer, in whose employ he was. De-
ceased was crushed between the trucks and a wall, and,
as he fell forward, the trio passed over his body.
DRUMM/MEM-At the Police Court, on Monday last,
before Mr. B. St. John Matthews, Dominic Fenton, a
hawker, was charged with being drunk and riotous, at
Brierley Hill, on the 17th Wet. Police-constable Dennis'
proved the case. Defendant was fined 5s and costs.—
Daniel Beddall and John Beddall were charged with
being drunk and riotous, at Brierley Hill, on the 13th
Inst. Police-constables Storer and Cotterill proved the case
Five previous convictions were proved against defendant
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-07-24

KIDDERMINSTER.

CHARGE el RAPE.—AI the Worcester Aasizes, on Sat-
urday last, before Mr. Matthews, Q.C., William Turner
(17), painter, was indicted for committing a rape upon
the person of Sarah Maria Pearson, a girl under ten years
of age, at Kidderminster on June 22nd.—It will be re-
membered that the prisoner committed the crime in the
upper room of a house which he was painting. Mr.
Godson prosecuted ; Mr. Streeten defended.—The pris-
oner was found guilty of the capital offence, sad sen-
tenced to five years' penal servitude.

Tun THROAT AND WINDPIPB are especially liable to
inflammation, causing soreness and dryness, tickling
and irritation, inducing cough and affecting the voice.
For these symptoms use glycerine in the form of jujubea.
Glycerine in these agreeable confections, being in proxt
mity to the glands at the moment they are excited by
the act of sucking, becomes actively healing. 6d and is
boxes (by post Bor 15 stamps), in tins, is 6d, labelled.
JAnse BiTs & Co., Homceopathic Chemists, 48,
Threadneedle Bt. and 170, Piccadilly, London.-Bold in
Btourbridge by A. P. Morris, Chemist, and J. H. Bland,
Chemist.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-07-24

ay attack our fruit-g

moist showery
feeding under the frill'
the fruit. Blackbirds

nerous depredators ;
y Supply of worms, gru,,
themselves to the shrtlo:"
round amongst crops
a especially, to fruit
en, however, there are li
od gets scarce, birds
the nets that we en3P -
fail to keep them 01
ary hungry, find th_,Ae
and shot, or good nets,
t all effectual in preservill
erries are as much injure 1
e; for, in addition to 01
e on the side branches,
thus destroying the o'9
reedy is to build a teruPr
xis, and cover the wl:l°'
I protected, the most eco
actually and well, all frui

g.—The Garden Par/
-en at Holland Houk)
d till Thurailay, whent
)10 weather, it took plaq
we owe to an iris,a
Lat had the Garden.Parti
ai in the garden on either
leen entirely a water-Par/

C NILE.—As we watch,
on the ropes, look! there
s rapid before us, gsviftlY
tion (says a writer in dea-
le). Another one follower
are half-a-dozen men excl
situation of certain death
. And the singular thing
re seated upright, sliding
a boy who has no respe‘s6
)ank. As they dash POI
,ted on a round log abow'
it upright with their lege
oles of their feet, keePing
mds. These are smooths
would find it difficult te
e, and in this water Oa
ice; the log would go Oe
But these fellows are 1.111
; they ermily guide theit
a, through the p whir • 1 001:
shore water in the rear
men and demand 1:004`‘
ular ferry boats on Os
woman crossing the ri.,01
and the basket on _lm"
an easy stream to Ow'
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-07-24

POOR REMOVAL BILL.

In the HOUSE OF COMMONS, July 21, Mr. Downing moved
the second reading of this Bill, and explained that its object
was to prevent the removal of Irish paupers from England
and Scotland to Ireland. He complained flat by the Irish
poor laws there was no power to remove Ei glLh and Scotch
paupers from Ireland, and he contended th, t if they were to
be a united kingdom the same law should prevail in the three
counties.

Mr. Mark Stewart moved that the Bill be read a second
time that day six months He objected to the measure on
the ground that the alteration of the law which it proposed
would result in the flooding of Scotland by Irish vagrants
under the pretence of seeking for work, and that they would
be able to come over from Ireland in droves, and acquire a
settlement in Great Britain.

Mr. Kavanagh supported the second reading of the Bill
on the ground that it would remove the most flagrant case
of injustice which the Irish people had against their Scotch
and English fellow subjects.
Mr. Stansfeld admitted that the hon. member for Cork
had proved a grievance, although it might be a diminishing
one, and he hoped the Government would he able to give
such a satisfactory answer to the hon.. member's case that
he would not force a division on the second reading of the
Bill. If the secoud reading was forced he should feel some
difficulty in voting for it, for several reasons—first, be-
cause the Bill did not touch the law of settlement;
and, secondly, that it did not affect the law of remova-
bility. It proposed to introduce a new law of irre-
movability, not as between union and union, but as
between England and Scotland on the one hand, and
Irelamd on the other. Re could not deny that there was a
growing feeling in favour of the abolition of the law of settle-
ment, but he did not think It was sufficiently pronounced to
justify the Government in proposing the simple abolition of
the law. He hoped the Government would be prepared to
state that during the recess they would take the whole sub-
ject into consideration, and in that case he hoped his hon.
friend would withdraw the Bill
After remarks from Mr. Roebuck, Mr. Torr, Mr, French,
Mr. Mlaren, Sir J. AFKenna, and Mr. Fawcett,
Mr. Sclater-Booth promised on behalf of the Government
that the subject should be carefully considered during the
recess, and recommended the,withdrawal both of the amend-
ment and of the Bill.

After some further discussion, in which Captain Nolan
Mr. Meldon, Mr. Anderson, Mr. Stacpoole, Sir P. O'Brien,
Mr. Bruen, and Mr. Ramsay took part, and Mr. Downing
having replied, the House divided—For the Bill, 85 ; against,
231 ; majority, 166. The Bill was therefore lost.

The other business was disposed of, and the House ad
[owned.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-07-24

A SINGULAR WILL CASE.

In the Court of Probate and Divorce, the cause of
"6tephenson v. the next of kin of T. W. Kelly," has been
heard.
The deceased, Thomas Worrallos Kelly, who was a
writing-master, died on the 28th of November, 1874,
leaving a will and codicil,. which bore date respectively
1849 and 1857. Differing from the generality of men,
the execution of A testamentary paper seems to have
had no terrors for him. The bequest in the codicil was
expressed in rhyme, and the instrument ran :

"I, having neither kith nor kin,
- Bequeath all I've nam'd herein
- To Harriet, my dearest wife,
To have and hold as hers for life.
While in good health and sound in mind
This codicil I've undersigned."
His wife and daughter, in whose favour the will and
codicil were made, and the executors named in the
will pre-deceased him, and he left no known relations.
In these circumstances
,Mr. E. Baggallay moved the Court to grant letters
of-administration of the personal estate and effects of
the deceased to Mr. Stephenson, Solicitor to the
Treasury.
The Court made the grant as prayed.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-07-24

POTATOES.

The arrivals of potatoes are to some extent interrupted by
the rain ; trade is steady, and prices show no great altera-
tion from last week. Last week's imports consisted of jog
tons, COO boxes, and 682 casks from Barffeur ; 921 boxes, 317
casks Cherbourg ; 71 tens Jersey; 191 packages Guernsey:
14 casks Hamburg; and 12 tons, 660 -casks from St. Vaast
New English Sbaws, 90s to 120 s ; kidneys. 100 s. to 140 s. ;
Regents, 110 s to 120 s. ; Jersey round, 80s. to 100 s. ; dttto
kidney, 130 s. to 160 s. per ton.
SEED.
LONDON, Monday, July 19.—There is yet no supply of Er g-
lish Cloverseed, and few samples of foireigenonasreequeeffnecrein
g.GolNodo
business is transacted in any sort, n
Trefoil was held at higher prices, with a few sales of such.
Canaryseed was still dull, and drooping in price. White
Mu.stardseed sold in small quantities on higher terms. Nb'w
Trifolium was offered in small lots, of various quality, ad
prices irregular, from 3€ s. to 408. for English, and 445. Mr
French. Dutch llempseed realised as much money, with a
steady sale. Good English Rapeseed sold slowly at full rat( a.

•
is
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-07-24

OLD HILL.

DRUNKENNZBII.—At the Police Court, on Wednesday.
before Messrs. N. Hingley and W. Hassan°, Joseph
Brown, a puddler, was charged with being drunk and
disorderly, at Cradley Heath, on the 17th inst. Police-
cou,dacle Cooper proved the case. Fined 2s 6d and
costs.

TUREATd Zechariah Crampton WAS summoned by
Sarah Willetta for threatening her. on the 13th inst. It
appears from the evidence of complainant that on the
above date her daughter went to the well to draw some
water, and on going out she saw defendant " piking "
at the chain, and also at the bucket. She remonstrated
with him, when he threatened her with the pike.—De.
fondant was bound over to keep the peace for three
months.—Joseph Crampton, son of the defendant in the
last case, was also charged by Sarah Willetta with threat-
ening her ea the same date. The threat was that he
would knock her brains out with a shovel. Defendant
was ordered to pay costs.
KAMM, • PUBLIC-1101DM OPEN DURING PROIIIRSTBD
Flonas.—Henry Troinans, landlord of the King's Arms,
Rowley, was charged with keeping his house open daring
prohibited hours, on the 17. h inst. /rem the evidenoe
of Police-constable Himan it appeared that on the above
date he was going past the defendanti house at twenty
minutes part eleven o'clock, in company with another
officer, when he saw a man leaving ea premises with a
quart jug in his hand. He called the landlord's attention
to it, when the latter replied that all he could do was to
summons him (defendant) and the man. Witness had
cautioned delendant before about keeping open after
hours. He asked defendant if he had any more custo-
mers in his house. Defendant said, "I don't know, but
I soon will. Witness and the other ofteer went into the
house, and were followed by defendant, who closed the
door, and asked witness if he would hive something to
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-07-24

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