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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-01-24

SOUTH

A S.SISTUD PASSAGES
riIiDBRTHE NEY? LAND ORDER REGULATIONS

The Mover:ascent of South Australia are prepared to
grant passages to the following persons :-
1. Artiaaas, Agricultural and other Labourers, Miners
and Gardeners under 50 years of age.
2. Single Females Donoistic Servant?, or Widows
(without Children under 121 not etre? ding 85 years
Of age.
Subject to to. payments as under :
Fur Malea or Females under 11 yeaas l:2 each
Ditto ditto over 12 and under 40 4 ~
Ditto ditto over 48 end under .50 8 „
Persons paying their own Passage receive a Land %Vat
rant of the value of £2O.
For further information apply to
Mr. M. PALFREY,
Ceoil Street, Stourbridge,
Selecting Agent.

DYER'S ATCHES—The Best and Cheapest in the
World (ride nines). $0 PER CENT SAVED.
Lowest Prices: Aluminium, 18. to 25c; Workmen's
Good Silver, 26s to 39s ; Ditto Hunting Case, 46.,
Ladies Elegant Silver (Small size), 36.; Hunting Case.
425; Gent's Splendid Silver Levers, 45s to 106.; Hunt,
Mg Case, 70s to 13.5 s ; Ladies Faellionatile Gold Watcbm,
55a: Ditto Hunting Case. 118 s; Gent's Splendid Gold
Levers, $800; Hunting Case, 130 s. Every kind of First
Class Gold and Silver Watches Ireo, in Stock, at Lowest
Wholesale Cash Prices. All Watbes warranted to per.
chasers from one to five Lear. each, by Printed and
Stamped Warranties. signed, GEORUE DYER, Price
Lists mid Orders seat safe per Post to cI parts of ill.
world. Post Office Orders Papible Begert.street ; Ban-
kers, Union Bank of London.—BYEß, Goldsmith and
Watchmaker, 90, Remmhatreet, LoadomW

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-01-24

THE

CANON LIDDON ON THE TRUE END

OF LIFE.

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Canon Liddun, in Lisle :tore to men at St. Paul's
Cathedral en Tneerlsy night, on the history of St. ,
Paul, ma le an eloquent alluaisn to work as the true
end of life. The Me of man, said the Canoe, is made
up of eel in at e 1 endurance, of the suffering and the
inconsenience he undergoes ; and life is fruitful in the
ratio in which it is laid out in noble action or in
patient evaunince. But, the 0•11,11 went on to show,
the phyalcal workers are not the only true workers ;
the lives of thought do not lie outside this divisigi, for
true thought is undemonstrative edam. The thinker,
if he be not a mere dreamer, is hard at work with that
organ which shave .allsathers it capable of enduring
pain and fatigue. To pass life in indolence, said the
preacher, in a state of mural coma, is degrading,
for 1 fe is only ennobled by work, and this view of
existence it is neceolary to admit as an axiom if we
wish rightly to understand and appreciate St. Paul's
life. Referring to St. Paul's miasionary efforts, Dr.
Lidden con.pared them to the se which the discovery
of the New World and the hope of finding Eldorado
provoked at the band. of Spaniards and Englishmen
alike in the days of Philip the Second, when, as in St.
Paul's case, the spirit of enterprise wan the prompting
motive.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-01-24

TO THE ELECTORS
OF

EAST WORCESTERSHIRE.

CiENTLEI

MEN,

riIHE elevation Of Mr. R. P. AMPHLETT to the
I_ Judicial Bench having caused a Vacancy in the
Representation of the Eastern Disision of the Countyt
I have, at the request ef many Friends and Electors,
consented to become a Candidate for your Suffrages.
In seeking to succeed to exesllent and bighly•esteemed
a Member as Mr. Anent-Err, I feel I am undertaking no
light took ; but I hope, by assiduous attention to my
duties an your Representative, to lessen to some eaten
the great loss we have all sustained by Mr. AMPHLETT'S
promotion.
_ . .

Although toy ski, on P,,litical Matters generally are
well knovin to many of you, there are several topics
whirls for some time past hove been agitating the
Country, and on these I think it well to enunciate my
opinions,

We are, of course, unaware of the measures about to
he introduced by her Majesty's Government on the
meeting of Parliament, but rumour points to another
attempt at re.adjustment of Local Taxation. A well.
digested and equitable scheme of this nature would hare
my support, as also a revision or repeal of the Income
Tax, MIMI bears so unequally upon nmuy classes of
society.

With regard to the past, I need scarcely say that Mr.
Gladatone's Government has done many things highly ob-
jectionable, and if it had been in my power I should have
offered those measures my most strenuous opposition. I
shall also be prepared to resist any attempt in the coming
Session at purely Sensational Legislation, which may be
made out of deference to the views of the ultra-Radical
supporters of the present Government.
The recent changes in our Army Organisation I deplore
very great!), and uelesi sonic alteration is ioade, I
anticipate serious consquences will result, not only to
our brave Soldiers, but to the nation at large.

I am strongly in favour of the judicious Education of
all Classes of the Community : above all, I consider
sound Religious Teaching, founded on our Bible, to be
the surest stepping-atone to happiness here and hereafter.
I regard our Government of Queen, Lords, and Corn.
moss as fulfilling more completely than any other the
essentials requisite for the well-being of the Nation, and
I consider the Union of the Church mid State to be
esential to the due maintenance of both.

Should time permit,! shall make a point of '..siting all
parts of isiou, ellen I Lope to have opportunities
not only ofinaking your acquaintance, bakof explaihing
more fully my views on the above and other topics.
In the meantime I beg most respectfully to solicit
your support, and I trust, with your kind assistance, to
become your Representative in the House of Commons.

I have the honour to remain,

Your most obedient Servant,
HENRY ALLSOPP.

llindlip Hall, Worcester, 20111 Jan., 1874.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-01-24

REPRESENTATION OF EAST
WORCESTERSHIRE.

•
Up to last night the liberal party had made no The annual soiree was held in the Corn Exchange, on found it was too large in the arms. ~ sent the
sign, and there is every reason to believe that Mr. April 21st, under the presidency of the Right Hon. Lord coat back by his wife. He did not employ or
Lyttelton, and proved a most successful gathering. A
Henry Allsopp will be returned, without opposi- --n authorise prisoner to go to !prosecutor for the
excellent programme of music and readings was per-
coat. —Cross-examined :—Did not speak to pri-
tion, member of Parliament for East Worcester-
formed, and a profit of £l5 3s realised for the benefit of
shire, in place of Mr. Amphlett. the association. soner about it. Do not know that my wife
On Monday next, Mr. Allsopp, the Conservative
The beet thanks of the committee are hereby cordially spoke to prisoner about H.—Ann Holloway, wife
candidate, will commence a canvassing tour, in tendered to those friends of the association who so kindly of last witness, said she did not take the coat
company of his Parliamentary agents, Mr. Gold- contributed by donations and trays towards the expenses
ingham, of Worcester, and Mr. Sydney J. Mitchell, of the entertainment, and also to those ladies and gee-
to prisoner's house. She told prisoner's wife
of Birmingham. tlemen who took part in the vocal and instrumental pro, that if she saw any of prosecutor's travellers,
The canvass in the township of Cradley and gramme arranged for the evening, she should tell them the coat was too small and
the polling district of Hales Owen in support of A sum of several pounds has been expended in the had gone to take it, back. The prisoner did not
purchase of new books for the library, the number of see the cost.
Mr. Henry Allsopp has made rapid progress. She did not recommend prisoner's
volumes now amounting to upwards of 700. Oats of a
Several members of the committees met al Messrs. map chessmen books and pamphlets have been received wife to see prosecutor about the coal—Police-
;Hom f ray and Holberton's, yesterday, and the Iron; several faiends of the association, to whom the beet sergeant Bea proved apprehending the prisoner. ,
results of the canvass were communicated, and thanks of the committee are hereby given. —.Mr. Perry addressed the Benoh for the de.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-01-24

WAR-SONG OF NATIVE ALLIES.

(From Pooch)
Run away, run awsy, run, boys, run,
Nebber stay draw de trigger
Fly from de enemy's face like fun,
E;ibery Fiessed bigger !
Go him as fast as foot can go ;
Farder den shot can find no.
Bight-about-turn, and leabe de foe
Euber ro far behind um.

Fr w away arms like nigger should ;
Den you run all de lighter,
Big hobby musket him no good,
Tot in de Mind of fighter.
'Fore one bullet some nigger hit,
Bart him, or stretch him dyln'
Soon as him got him rourpenny bit,
Den is de time for 1;13

Walt till no Mends commands yens rear,
Wot 6)01 dole rifles leublo ;
Den when yon sees dot de coast Is clear,
Cut awsy Itke de debblo `
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-01-24

GIVES INSTRUCTIONS AND PRESCRIPTIONS.

Illustrated with Testimonials from grateful patients ;
with weans of Cure used in each case. Sent free Is)
post on receipt of two penny stamps.
REVIEWS OF TILE WORK.

" In this work the Doctor gives ' Advice as to the
Choice ot a Physician,' • Importance of Physical Educe
lion," What to Eat, Drink and Avoid,' • Health: how to
procure it,' and other subjects of interest to man as well
as woman.—Sunday 'limes. May 4, 1673.
•• To all classes of the community a • timid° to Health'
must be an invaluable rude mecum. This has just been
supplied by Dr. Smith, who has published some excel.
cut advice and instruction for the cure of nervous debt.
und MiLitury Gazette, .Ipril 6, 1673.
Address. Dr. H. SMITH, 6, Burtunuresent, London,
W.C.

IMPORTANT TO COUNTRY PATIENTS.
CONSULTATION BY LETTER WITHOUT FEE.
DR. H. SMITH, the Eminent Specialist for
the Care of all Debilitating Diseases, will,for the
benefit of Country Patients who cannot consult him per-
sonally, on receiving descriptions of their case, send his
opinion, with advice and directiens for the most success-
ful restoration to health and vigour.
Address, Dr. 11. SMITH, 5, Burton-crescent, London
we.

ONE Box of CLARKE'S B 41 Pills is
warranted to cure all discharges from the Urinary
Organs, in either sex, acquired or constitutional, Gravel
Paius in the Rack.—Sold in boxes, In lid each, by
all Chemists and Patent Medieine Venders; or sent to
any addreas for Gil btainps by the Maker, F. J. CLARKE,
Consulting Chemist, lligh-street, Lincolii.—Wholesale
Agents, 'langur dc Sou, London,and all the Wholesale

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bold by It. P. Morris. Chemist, Stourbridge.

'VER. JAMES BOSTON HEYS, Professor
of Mask. High.street, CraiHey Heath.
N.B.—All kinds of hluaieal lustrumenta tittei and
repaired.
Neo Rosie at Haif-pelee.

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indarernetion. can‘inq roretyne and dryness, tickling
and irritaton anteing c.,ugh :loud affecting the voice.
For this imptnies nm glycerine in the form of jujubes.
Glycerine in these azreeaele confections, being in prod.
inlay to the glands at the moment they are excited by
the act of en,king, becomes actively healing. lid and is
packets (by poet 8 or 15 stamps), liihrlle4 "JANE{ EPPS
di Co . Homeopathic Chemists. IS, Threadneedle Bt.
and 170, London."—Suld in Stourbridge by
A. P. Morris, Chemist, and J. R. Bland, Chemist.

JOHN CLARKE,
-OOKSELLER AM) NEWSAGENT,
.11.5111-sl'ltElf,T, KM VEIL
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-01-24

BRIEELEY HILL.

WILFUL DAM .WE —At the Police Court, on Monday,
he! •re Messrs. F. Evers and .11. Hall, Eli Davis ,
charged with wilfuqy damaging a fence, on the 14th
inst the property of William Henry Price. Polies-con.
stable Webb proved seeing the defendant poll up some
stakes, and damage the hedge to the extent of 84.
Fined Is, 8.1 tie damage, and costs ; in default 14 Ins
TEIBILITENINO.—Phtebe Oaths was summoned for
threatening Selina Timmins, on the 14th inst.—The
threats complained of were that defendant said she would
knock complainant's brains out with a broom stale.—De•
fondant was bound over in two sureties of £5 and her-
self is. £lO, to keep the panes for one month.
AiSAULT CAUL.— At the Petty Sessions, held on
Thursday, before 1. Spooner, Esq., Plicebe Bullock was
charged with sasaultiug Atli) Tennant, on the 15th inst.
Mr. Waldron defended. From the evidence of com-
plement, it appeared that
.her daughter summoned the
defendanf's little boy on the last Court day, for an
I.sault upon her. As she was going home from the
Court nlle saw defendant's little boy, who told his mother
she was coming. Defendant then came and met her,
and You have hal it all your own way to-day.
Now, you or me for it." With that defendant struck her
with something she had on her hand, across the face.
She felt down insensible. Maria Ansel' gave corrobora-
tive evidence, and said that defendant also struck her on
the face and arm. Mr. Waldron, for the defendant, said
that the complainant first pushed his client, and they
then had a stand up fight. The learned Magistrate re-
marked that it was an unprovoked assault, and he should
fine her £2 and coats; its default six weeks' hard labour.
Defendant AU further charged with assaulting Maria
Ansa. Tbis case was withdrawn upon defendant milt/
. Is 6d, the cost of the summons.

should
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-01-24

HALESOWEN.

ALRAULT CASII.-At the Police Court, On
day, before Major Smith, Messrs. E. Gem an
Howard, William White was charged with .
suulting Thomas Batty, in Birmingham St
on the 14th inst. After hearing the evidi ,
the Bench considered the assault proved, and .1.
fendaut was fined is and coats; in default 14 O.
NFaLBCT OF WORK.—Levi Waldron, of
broughton, was summoned by William
miller, for neglecting his work on the 27th of
cembor. Complainant said when he engaged
' defendant the agreement was to give or taro,
week's notice. Defendant left on the above .%
without giving notice. Defendant said he gt t.
14 days' notice. This was denied by complaittkie
Defendant was fined ls, Gs damage, and costs.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-01-24

A REMINISCENCE OF THE CHOLERA
OF 1854.

A number of the friends of the Rev. H. Whitehead,
on theoccasion ot his removal after many years' service
in various districts of thesmetropolis, to the vicarage
of Beacipton, Cumberland, in the gift of the Earl
of Carlisle, entertained him at dinner on Friday even-
ing last, at the " Rainbow " Tavern, Fleet street,
London, and presented him with a handsome eilver
goblet in token of their affectionate esteem. In 1851
Mr. Whitehead was curate of St. Luke's, Berwick-
street, at the time when the locality in which that
church is situated was visited by the most terrible out-
break of cholera that has ever occurred in this country.
Within an area about the size of that occupied by the
Green Park there happened, daring the last day of
August and first two days of September, not less than
304 fatal attacks of cholera, and to these were
added before the close of September 364 other fatal
attacks, making a total from beginning to end of
the outbreak of 668. It is not to be wondered at
that the scenes of this awful visitation in some respects
revived the memory of the Great Plague Year, 1665,
and that the inhabitants of the afflicted lucality,
which covers the site of the principal pest-field
of that year and of its crowded graver., at first
fancied in their terror that the overwhelming
calamity which had befallen them arose from the long.
forgotten plague pits. But there were two among the
many thoughtful, earnest men who hastened to the
rescue of the stricken district who were destined to ,
evoke from this calamity a lesson of life, than which
none more beneficial hhe been taught during the pre- '
sent generation. The one was Dr. Snow, the other was
Mr. Whitehead. Dr. Snow at the time of the outbreak
was working out the doctrine of the communicability
of cholera through the medium of the water supply.
Up to this period his doctrine had received little
inn p mt or symp Ally from his professional brethren.
He insisted, from an examination of the earlier
facts of the outbreak, that it was occasioned by the
water of a particular pump in the locality (the Broad.
street pump having become polluted in some way
,or other with the poison of cholera. The local coat-
i mittee app doted to investigate the facts of the out-
break was happily constituted, and Included, among
other members, Dr. Lankester (chairman), Mr. John
Marshall, P.B.S. (reportei ), and Mr. Whitehead. Mr.
Whitehead undertook the examination of the facts of
ate outbreak in Broad.street and its vicinity, case by
case, and after a long and arduous inquiry produced ir-
refragable evidence of the connexion of the cases with
the use of water from the Broadetreet pump. This
work of Mr. Whitehead's clinched Dr. Snow's doctrine,
and it remains to the present time a model of etio-
logical research. Mr. Whitehead also gave valuable
ieestance in investigating the outbreak of cholera in
East London in 1866. Tue app lutment which Mr.
Whitehead now vacates in London is the vicarage of
St. John's,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-01-24

OUR PROSPECTS IN AFRICA.

The Special Correepondent of the New York. Herald
at Cape Coast Castle gives • long ac ount of the
habits of the Ashantees and their mode of warfare.
Ile says the Ashantee warrior, tuieerable as he may
appear compared to the gaudilyidreased West Inois
British soldisr, is his equal, nay, I may say superior
to him, in the battle. Give the Ashantees the moue
weapon, the breech-loadiog Snider, with the proper
ammunition, with which the allies of the English have
been furnished, and even the white troops would find
that the Arthanteesco-opneed a fee wetly of tb. it Lest
efforts. It is a thousand pit' t stoat the British Governors
have not succeeded in winning the confidence of the
Ashantere. Yet who known hut that this war meg
prove the greedeet Mooring that could befall the Ashen-
tees? If the English are wise they will deprive their
present enemy of their King and attach unto themselves
these brave and formidable warriors, and through them
open the whole of Central Africa to trade and c,
rnerce and the beneficent influences of civilization. The
R91:13a1311 would have been delighted at such an oppore
tunity of extending their power for the benefit of them-
selves and the world at large. Two thousand Auras.
tees, under the leadership of an intelligent British
officer, would soon extend the power of the Eoglish
C from ape Coast Castle wrong the Thogosti Mountains
to Timbuctoo, and from the Mending° Land to Benin.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-01-24

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-01-24

SOUTH SHIELDS SCHOOL BOARD ELEC

-'iioN:

The result of South Shields election was made
kuown at four o'clock on Thursday morning. Five
Churchmen, three Unsectarians, two Roman Catho-
lics, and one Independent candidate are returned.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-01-24

DESTINY.—IS EVERY HUMAN BEING
DESTINED CO A CERTAIN POSITION IN
TAFF ? an that Position be foretold ? To settle this
question forward to Madame STOFYSII, Dean Street,
Dorking, Surrey, Age, Sex, Single or Married, who for
Twenty.live Stamps will reveal the future during the
whole Life. Four Questions answered for 13 Stamps,
and stamped addressed eavelopes. Prophetic Almanacs
from 1711 to 1873. In Perfect Bets, 11) UT

ruineas.

NEW WORK BY DR. SMITH.
Just published, post free for Two Stamps.

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GUIDE TO HEALTH; or, ADVICE and
INSTRUCTIONS, for the CURE of NERVOUS
DEBILITY. By Dr. HENRY SMITH, of the poise',
City of Jena, Author of the 4' Volunteers Manual," Jrc.
GUIDE TO HEALTH IS A NEW MEDICAL WORE
on the Treatment of all Diseases of the Nervous Systoui,
of dllervous Debility, Mental and Physical Depression,
Palpitation of the Heart,Noises in the Head and Ears,
Indecision, Impaired Sight and Memory, Indigestion,
Lolls of Energy and Appetite, Pains in the Back, Consti-
Patton, Blushing, Hysteria, Timidity, Self-Distrust,
Dizziness, Love of Solitude, Groundless Fears, Local
Weakness, Muscular Relaxation, &c., resulting from
Exhaustion of Nerve-power.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-01-24

STOURBRIDGt OBSERVER.

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even the name of Mom who wne Mr. James Ilehr—
,'s valid for 13 yeas, and Mid: Amiss who forgets all
Mama and who, when cheillenged in default of memory
ame singleitille incident of ad his Paris life, says,
lly min do samtbst man, I lay, OMM be Huger TIM;
Mice Innoli, •
Mr. Hankins referred to the matter of contempt
by the publication of Mr. Whalley's letter, Be read
the affidavit of the editor of the Daily 1.10,i, which state d
that In publishing it he had no intention of committing any
contempt towards this honourable court, anti that if he had
committed any contempt In so doing, he sinemely regretted
having done go. The aillilavit of Mr. Pollard slated Mat he
nad men Mr Whalley's letter in the possession id
Mr. Hendricks, who had furnished him with • copy.
The Lord Chief Justice: Irpon Chalet a rule be e norm tip,
calling upon bit Whalley to appear and answer for his con-
tempt on Friday morning, at the sitting of the court.
Mr. Hawkins then continued us remarks, passing over
badly Roger Tichhorne'e Stonyhnrst life, because on look-
ing over the evldeuce for the defence he could flu(' no
substantial contradiction in It to that deposed to by the
witnesses for the Crown. Ref erring to the alleged Illnesses
I which the defendant maid ha had 'Missed trona on two
I occasions,
e Lord Chief Justice said the second was a suerstion of
the learned counsel for the defendant.
' Mr. Hawkins : I think that 1550. The defendant must not
he prejudiced by Ms advocate's defence. (Laughter) And I
shell sok you to regard the counsel's suggestion, and at-
tend only to the defendant's statement on the au' ject. the
learned counsel traced how the defendant intuit have ac
Mitred knowledge of the locality ci Mon) burst and the
Inmatcs. and pointed out the Ignorance he at first betrayed
on points about which he Orer wards posseased a know-
le !go. The ev,dence of Mr. IL ill sett, who said he once met
Roger In • certain house at Preston Is rntlre,y worthless,
I,esese he do., not rec,..n'se the defendant's person or
feature., but has been c tptivated by apiece of knowledge
which the defendant palmed off on him as his own recol-
lec:lon.—The learned counsel then proceeded to deal with
the Ttchborne settnesses until the hour for the adjournment
of the Court

SPUTTERINGS FROM "JUDY'S" PEN.
"YOll must take the Will for the deed," aa yonng William
slid worn he proposal to the young lady ho hal just saved
from drowning
WHAT celebrated Hying mualcal cow pour Is never long
away from hornet—Why, Otto nhach (often back% of course
A Roue which covers a very noisy Tenant—Abe ro I of the
uth.
SUPPOSING a person asked you for change fora sovereign,
and stipumted that the change should be In shillings and
atxpeimes only, and there abould be one more sixpence than
there wore shilling., how would you manegeit? It coil be
done, Try.
SURELY the best compliment you can pay a deaf man Is to
whin idol a Happy New Ear.
WnAr would a schoolmaster do if all Ills pupils left him
—Give It up I 8o would he. —Judy.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-01-24

BIRMINGHAM, ThurfidAy.

The business done on 'Change to-day was of a
very trifling character, and the iron trade has not
been so fiat for a considerable time past. Prices
varied slightly according to the nature of the
specification, but as a rule quotations in finished
iron are unaltered, with, however, an easier tone.
House coal is not reported to have fallen in price,
but there is a decided downward tendency in
slack, and although there may not be any imme-
diate reduction in the price of fuel generally, the
general opinion is that a substantial, fall must
take place before the close of the spring season.
Considering the price of raw material and fuel,
there is but little profit upon the sale of iron at
existing quotations, and the consequence is that
manufacturers show no desire to do business. The
colliery proprietors are held responsible for the
present unsatisfactory state of affairs, as no rea-
sonable excuse has been shown for the exorbitant
prices still demanded for coal. Pig makers are
very firm, and the demand is good, there being a
dread of pig iron being advanced in price. The
orders placed to-day were only to meet present
requirements. In a few instances second class
bars were to be had at £ll los, but only a small
number of orders were booked at so low a price.
The leading firms continue to quote £l4 for their
common market bars, but orders are not forced.
_

rhe quotations for cold-blast pig iron were from
.t.B is to 4-,8 10s, all-mine hot-air being £1 per ton
under that price.
In the North Staffordshire iron trade there is
nothing new to report. Quotations, based on £l2
for crown bars, are firm; and the little extisting
demand is from the home market, chiefly for the
smaller kinds of merchant bars. The plate trade
is busy at some mills, and quiet in others. The
quotations for pig ironAironstone, and coal remain
unaltered.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-01-24

POTATOES.

The snivels of potatoes have somewhat declined. BOW:
deecriptlons of produce commend a steady sale at hill pekes,
but other wise the trade is slow at late rates. Beat Regents,
61. e& tog. ad. ; oondsry, 4s. tld. to 68.0 d. : flukes, la to
7. 31.; and root., 3e. 31. to 4s. per cwt. Forelgo potatoes.—
The imports last week wore leo. extensive. They conabged
of £0 tons and 4,997 bags Inn; Antweep : 676 SOU and 1.662
begs from 190 tons from Louvain; 143 tons float
Groningen ; and 17 bag. from Rotterdam. Belgian Induele,
4s. lit to 4s. 49d. : ditto stand, 2a. On, to la. per bag; trend:
seedling's, 80e. co 90e. per ton.

110P3.
The hop market Is not active, but there 1.. mbar
dlsposltttn shown to pnrchase, and price. g,,,,,pra,
Upward tendency. Foreign hoPa COUlTcand way WU aUNn.
tlon, and to the value of /Wight's X partial decline has taken
place. Last week's Imports Into London conabtod 00 268
balers from Antwerp, 100 from Bremen and Boulogne. 80
llamburgis, and 100 from Terneusen :—East Ken • golding.,
Lb 12s. to £9 95.; hild•Kentr, LS 12.. to 149 ; Weald of
Kents, 15 to £7 ; Masse; 4,6 to £0 es. ; Woreestars, £611..
to £7 , Farnham, £6los. to £8 ; country, £0 to ; yeu.
Hugs, £4 to Lb fa.; Bavarian, new, £0 6.. to £8 ; Bel.
slum, £3 10s. to £1 10s. : Alsacs, £8 10s. to 4.7 10e. ; and
French, £6 to £6161.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-01-24

t4tgotoatiage Obsertnr.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 24, 1874.

A GLANCE AT MONEY TRANSAC-
TIONS IN 1874.

Although there can be little doubt that when
the money market is, to use a technical City
expression, "tight," there must of necessity
be a certain restriction of trade, it by no
means follows that schemes of enterprise and

utility are through that cause checked to any
serious extent.. Let us take. for instance,
the year which has just passed over our
heads, and look at one of its results in the
formation of joint-stock companies. All
business men are fully aware that 1873 wit-
nessed for some little time an exceptionally
high bank rate, when it stood at no less than
nine per cent. Yet more than two hundred
companies were floated, and the capital which
these represented was £60,000,000 sterling.
Fully one third of this number came before
the public as borrowers for trading and
manufacturing purposes. Very few invest-
ment companies were started; but those
whose claims were advocated stood for a
capital of £13,000,000. Ocean telegraph
enterprise figured for £11,000,000; mines
and colleries combined, for £10,000,000.
The latter, indeed, doubtless stimulated by
the high price of coal, was a very favourite
description of joint-stock enterprise, and no
less than thirty-five new colliery companies
were formed during the year. Banking and
financial enterprise was also in considerable
request. It is rather remarkable that no
railway enterprise of any extent was brought
before the notice of investment seekers, and
£:2,000,000 sterling covered the whole of
the capital asked for by the promoters of
new concerns—a striking contrast, by the
way, to the rage for the possession of railway
stock which prevailed thirty years ago. But
many established companies sought to en-
large their capital, and borrowed £31,000,
000 sterling. The requirements of other
joint-stock companies previously in existence,
so far as additional capital was wanted, were
confined to four millions of money, and this
was distributed over a dozen different classes
of business. Viewed as a whole, the way in
which joint-stock enterprise flourished amid
the many variations of the bank-rate must
! must be looked upon as a satisfactory sign
!of the soundness of our trade. There were
Ino less than twenty-four changes in twelve
months, ranging from three to nine per cent.
—at which ratter point, it is almost needless
to say, the figure is almost absolutely pro-
hibitive as far as the floating of new com-
panies is concerned. It should also be re-
membered that the money market presented
many attractions to investors in the shape of
foreign loans; and although there are
numbers of cautions persons who will not
trust their savings beyond the limits of our
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-01-24

THE HON. C. G. LYTTELTON ON THE
ANTICIPATED ELECTION.

The annual dinner of the Evesham Liberal
Associatims was held on Thursday last. Mr.
Herbert New, who presided, criticised Mr. All-
sopp's address as a candidate for East NA
tershire, and hoped Mr. Lytteltou would not
have that gentleman as a colleague in the place
of a man like Mr. Atuphlett.
Thu Hon. C. G. Lyttelton, M.P., said he
thought there were plenty of brewers in Parlia-
ment, but he could not say whether a Liberal
candidate would be brought forward. as the
question had not been settled ; but if there was
a reasonable chance of success, a suitable man
would be forthcoming. He acknowledged the
existence of a Conservative reation, and thought
the Government had been guilty of several
blunders, but the loss of seats was not due to

'orces.

this fact, but was a price they had to pay for the
inconstancy of the democracy. Owing to the
attack upon the licensed victuallers and the
army, many of the supporters of the Govern-
ment had been alienated, but he considered that
grappling with abuses was the very essence of
Liberalism, and no thorough Liberal would
leave his party in consequence of :such a policy.
The party were prepared to abandon power if
necessary, confident that their principles were
' undying, and that they would have to be ad-
opted by their opponents in the legislature if
they came into office.
Mr. Sherrif, M.P., denied the existence of a
Conservative reaction, and certain seats had
been lost through the action of the Government
in regard to the education question and their
treatment of the liceusad victuallers.
The Hon. Mr. Broderick also spok) to the
toast of prosperity to the Lib Aal party.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-01-24

A LUNATIC IN A CHURCH PULPIT.

On Sunday last the congregation worshipping at
Trinity Church, Bristol, were thrown into a state of
consternation at the beginning of the morning service
by the sudden appearance of an elderly man, of wild
demeanour and grey, unkempt locks, in the pulpit
initially occupied by the vicar, and only a few Sun-
days ago tilled by the Bishop of the diocese. The man
was in the garb of a mechanic, and his dress was untidy
and neglected. Mr. Wright, the churchwarden, caught
hold of him as he reached the top stair of the pulpit, and
induced him to leave the place; but in the evening
the m m again presented himself just before the open-
ing of the service. lie was coolly walking to the
pulpit, when Mr. Wright remonstrated with him. The
man at once became very pugnacious, and, tegardless
of the sanctity of the place, he squared away at the
churchwarden, and Indulged in such fierce and violent
gestures that the ladies of the congregation began to
rush ,ut of the building. Breaking away horn the
churchwarden and others who had rendered assistance,
the lunatic—for such he proved to be—again ascended
the pulpit, and glaring at those of the congregation
who had retained their seats, he gave vent to sone in.
coherent ravings, concluding with a wild " whoop,"
4t,e.nmwanhitliienmawnliitcldtohuetcmon ireglTytioans lifiielthtande celintr...cha
the building, and was afterwards taken Into custody.
Lie was brogght before the magistrate on Monday, end
sent to the Borough Lunatic Asylum.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-01-24

Term :

gaps, £5 ss, and ZlO 10s and upwards, peranuum.
N.B.—bauka and their Branches contracted for.
ea- All T.legrams, Account. for Collection, Com-
mercirl Inquiries, and all other cammunication*, to
the London Utica only. DraltA crossed National Pro.
slants). Bank of England to Elant and Co. Louden.
Agent for Statabridge, Idlt. D. FIELD.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-01-24

A FAIRY SPECTACI,F.

Daily News earresponlent at St. Paereburgh, umier
date the tette tufo , writes
The Rover Yacht Club had Invited the Duke of
F. linturgh to a grand skating festival in their gardens
this evenieg, and the Duke had acepted the invitaticn.
It was whi.pered, too, that the Czar himself would
trace the scene with ha presence. I can scarcely trust
nyeelf to describe the fairy spectacle those gardens
?re Betted. Entering the outer gates, and pasaing
through the ante rooms where furs were left and
skates eijasted, you suddenly found yourself before
thousands of dazz ing lights. When the first te-
a i.derment had gone and things began to shape
themselves clearly the full beauty and novelty
of the fa a grew. It was a large lake,
dotter] with small artificial islands, connected by rustic
bridges, and covered with trees. Chinese lanterns and
variegated glass lamps were suspended from every
branch, and from posts and devic.s, most artistically
arranged, gigantia shells, as they seemed to be from a
distance, were illuminated from behind by coloured
fires, each shell formed from solid blocks of ice. These
were placed so as to terminate a vista. The skater, skim-
ming across a space in shadow, suddenly found himself
with a powerful limelight streaming upon him, and far
In his wake; or conspicuous in the midst of a blue,
red, or green halo. These soft, every-varying illumi-
nations gave a charming colour and effectiveness'. Two
or three hundred ladies and gentlemen were on the
ice ; all " select "citizens. I should say the majority '
of the skaters, especially lady skaters, were English;
a good honest Glasse' dialect I undoubtedly heard in
one of the fairy grottoes. A Welsh family was there to
my khnesiedge,t,fer I bad the pleasure of using the
Antes of one of the younger members; French dialogue
and Russian compliments mingled everywhere. The
American Minister, and Mr. Schuyler, Secretary of Le-
gation, I also noticed, and this Jewell, the American
Minister's eldest daughter, by universal consent was
the prettiest skater in the rink. A gorgeously deco-
rated arbour, half hidden amongst trees, was occupied
by a bend, which played choioe operatic anti
dance music. It was a right to be gazed upon, and
an exercise to be taken part in for bourn with-
out fatigue. Graceful PA 111/01111 the young girls,

arm in arm, or hand in hand, in toe, threes, or
fonts, flit through the streams of light to the
strains of Verdi ; or, with partners of the other
sex, whirl and wheel to the music of Strauss. All is
motion, and the poetry of motion. A thaw had net in
in the morning, bet awice was in peel et order, swept
as it was perpetualiy by an army of livened attendant&
The Duke and the DLit- did Lot come after all, and
th, y nursed a pleasure, because, althionh these ikes
on the ice are not novelties in Si. Petershurgh, it is
seldom the company is ipo large, ortbe surroundings so
brilliant, as they were to-night.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-07-11

MR. STANLEY AND THE TEMPERANCE

MOVEMENT.

Mr. Briscoe, Fit. Ii the chief librarian at the .:S otting.
ham Free Library, has received the following letter from
the discoverer of Livingstone, which will be read with
great interest by the temperance community
"Dear Mr Briscoe,—Yon ask me if I am of the
same opinion as Dr. Livingstone on the use of
spirituous liquors by travellers. I answer that if a man
is unaccustomed to the use of liquors at home he is
very certain not to need them in Central Africa; that if
a man is accustomed to drink spirits at home he is
very certain to need them in Africa to sustain him
through privation, and Ile is, therefore, totally unfit
for hard work and continued fatigue, and had better
stop at home; that no drunkard can live in Africa.
The fever discovers his weak point, attacks him, and
kills him. I knew nothing much of this terrible re-
curring malady previous to my African experiences,
1 but I had good cause before I ended my mission to
know that a drunkard is least able to withstand a
tropical and malarious climate. Thanking you for
I your kind remarks, I remain yours very trtly,
" liganv M. STANLEY."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-07-11

FALL OF A FLOOR.-LOSS OF
THIRTEEN LIVES.

The particular. of a shocking disaster, reported by
telegram from New York ashort time since, have now
come to hand. The scene of the calamity was the
Central Baptist Church at New York. Busing the
Church festival, at which 500 persons were present, the
church pasty-floor, 40 feet square, in the second storey,
gave way, precipitating, a number of persons down a
fall of 15 feet, amid broken beams and a cloud of suffo-
cating plaster. A terribleseene ensued. Thirteen were
killed on the spot, and more than too injured. A fire
alarm WM Bounded, and thousands of people rushed to
the spot The crash having put out the gas, the work
if rescuing the victims was performed in the dark or
by the hells of a few lanterns. The wreck was slowly
cleared, timbers cut, and the sufferers taken out one
by one. The incidents are described 88 most harrow-
ing. A father who joined the rescuers brought a
dead child from the wreck, and the light revealed his
own daughter, whom he suppused to be safe at home.
A young bride who had just stepped in for refresh-
ments went down with her husband by her side. She
was instantly killed and he was unharmed. Dr.
Wainwright was smothered to death, and his invalid
wife by his side survives. Alderman Barnes and his
wife were ea;ing at a table ; he was seriously hurt, while
she was crushed to death. A lovely little girl of
thirteen sprang to her mother's arms, tend there died
from injuries, and the mother escaped unhurt. Several
little girls who were killed were dressed for a "Young
Folks' Concert," which was about to begin. Numerous
instances of remarkable escapes are narrated. Thirteen
persons were killed, and it was expected others would
die. An examination of the building shows that faulty
construction was the cause of the disaster. The wisslen
truss of the roof which supported the floors by iron
rods w:. holly put together, and not cross-braced.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-07-11

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of a gentleman, had conducted his case in a noinuel
calculated to wound the feelings of the plaintiff as
little as possible. But at the same time the
case was nit a light one or to be measured by igno-
minious damages. The contract was entered into de-
liberately, and the plaintiff, at the age of 24, was old
enough to distinguish right from wrung. It was true
be had fallen in lose on a short acquaintance, but it
did not follow from that that his affection was not
sincere and lasting. No acquaintance was like the
acquaintance of a husband and wife, and marriage was
a leap in the dark in most instances. The amount
of his income must be considered, which was a
solid and substantial amount. It was much to the
defendant's credit that no letters of the plaintiff
were put forward to be served up cold in the public
newspapers for people to laugh at For his part he
thought it was far more discreditable to laugh at such
letters than to write them. He did not think the de-
fendant's mode of breaking if the engegement was at
all creditable to him. His letter was ealculated
deeply to wound the plaintiff's feelings and, instead of
writing about hasty engagements, he had better have
said at once he had changed his mind. Some people,
he knew, disapproved of the action of breach of promise
of marriage, but, in his opinion, it was rightly sanc-
tioned by the law.
The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff -
damages, k 3,000.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-07-11

.3tourbriby QNscrinv.

SATURDAY, JULY 11, 1874.
THE PROTECTION OF LIFE AT SEA

There is no class of the community who
deserve more consideration than those that
go down to the sea in ships, and do business
in the great waters. It is only for us to re-
flect for a moment upon our insular position,
and to ask ourselves what would become of
our commercial prosperity, but for the ser-
vices of those who pass their lives upon the
sea, to recognise at.a glance the great claim
which our sailors have to every possible
means for their protection. The risks which
they run are of a peculiarly hazardous charac-
ter. Even in the case of the most stately
liner that ever sailed the ocean, there is but
a plank between eternity and those who so
pity tread the decks. History, both sacred
and profane, has borne testimony to the
value of intercourse between land and land
through the medium of the sea. Centuries
before the Christian era the Tyrians and the
Phcenicians ventured forth in their primeval
barks, and braved the dangers of the wilder.
ness of waters for the purpose of adding to
the stores of their commerce. A longer
time back than we now care to estimate,
fierce conflicts at sea took place between the
Greeks and the Persians, the Romans and
the Carthaginians. An eloquent writer has
declared of a vessel in full sail that "she
walks the water like a thing of life." In all
ages and in every clime the nation which
possesses a seaboard has never failed to send
forth its sailors in quest of adventure for
the carrying on of war, and for the purpose
of trade.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-07-11

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