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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-12-25

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GET RID OF WORMS IN CHILDREN.
-Procure a tin of
" KEATING'S WORM TABLETS."
unique medicine is certain to 'cure, and may be
With absolute safety by the youngest child,
rrice Is. lid., of all Chemists.

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few ilsopa of the liquid "Florlitso " sprinkled oa *
wet teeth-brush prodnoes a pleasant lathe; ,wbiolg
thoroughly cleanses the teeth frem all parasital ot
lamParigur hardest the lasts, ppavents tartu, atop,
dewy, gives to the teeth a peeartm. pearly-whiteness,
and a delightful fragrance to the breath. It removes
all **pleasant odour arising from (iecayed teeth ar
tobacco:smoke. "The Fragrari being com-
posed in part of Hooey and sivoot herbs, is delicious to
Wm taste, and the rooting toilet discovery of the ago.
Peal to. 6d., of all CileinktO mid Perfumdea.nWholse
isle depot rowed to 111 latrisidoz Rood, Widen. ,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-12-25

WANDSWORTH ROAD, LONDON,

S.W•
Chemists are cautioned against making or offering for
sale preparations and calling them "Chemical Food" as it
was decided in the c se of Liebig g Scully, that we were
the originators of the same and had the sole right to use it
and all persons selling other ar ides by his name not
only render themselves liable to an actin for damages but
also tn Chancery proceedings.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-12-25

CHRISTMAS PRESENTS

NEW YEAR'S GIFTS.

PURCHASE THEM FROM On

The Old Established Shop,

92, High-St,.

STOTT_RI3RIDG-E.

S .FIELD
TO
92, HIGII STRE ET,
STOURBRIDGE,

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kIIAS A emrcil

SPLENDID ASSORTMENT

OF NEW
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-12-25

"A Barrister at Law" writes to The Times :

Sir,—ln the discussions which have arisen upon this un-
fortunate matter it appears to be assumed on all hands
that the position of Mr. Dale and Mr. Enraght is affected
by the fact that they are ministers of an " Established "
Church.

I venture to think that this is an error Any Noncon-
formist minister acting as Mr. Dale has done would subject
himself to the same penalty, though the technical form of
the proceedings would be somewhat different. Cases have
before now come before the Courts in which the question
at issue has been whether a Nonconformist minister has or
has not departed from the terms of the trust-deed of his
chapel. In any such case should the minister, even on con-
scientious grounds, persist in disregarding the order of the
Court, if unfavourable to him, he would unquestionably be
liable to committal for contempt, though plot a minister of
an " Establishment."
It follows also that dlsestabilshment would not affect Mr.
Dale's position, except that in that case proceedings for
unauthorized deviations from the ritual prescribed by the
trust-deed would probably come before the Chancery Divi-
sion, instead of the Court of Arches.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-12-25

STORM WARNINGS.

During the month of November five warnings were
issued for the British Islands by the New York Herald.
These were for the 4th to 6th, 11th to 13th,
15th to 16th, 22nd to 23rd, and 25th to 27th. These
warnings were fairly successful, particularly that for
the 25th to 27th, issued by the New York Herald on the
morning of the 22nd. It must be borne in mind that
it is only those storm-centres which either leave the
American coast, or which traverse a considerable por-
tion of the Atlantic Ocean, that can be warned from
America; and a storm may entirely spend its fury
in traversing a part of the Atlantic, so that it may com-
pletely break up or lose much of its energy before
reaching us. That storms do, however, often traverse
a considerable space and preserve themselves intact
for many days does not admit of a doubt. There is a
fairly well authenticated case of a storm in 1878
having travelled nearly round the northern hemis-
phere. Starting from near San Francisco, it crossed
North America and the North Atlantic, skirted
North Africa, traversed Asia, and finally traced to the
middle of the North Pacific within about two thousand
miles of its starting place, having occupied twenty-
five days in its transit.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-12-25

VOLUNTEERS AND POLITICS.

The following special General Order, dated the 20th inst.,
has been issued by 11.11.11. the Field-Marshal Commanding-
in-Chief :

"Referring to paragraph 422 of the Volunteer
Regulations, which directs that members of
corps will not individually or collectively attend
political meetings, or join in public political dis-
cussion or demonstrations, in uniform, the Field-
Marshal Commanding-in-Chief desires it to be
understood that if, at any meeting of volunteers
in uniform, political matter of a controversial
nature is introduced into any speech delivered to the
meeting, it will be the duty of the senior officer
present to take steps to prevent a breach of the above
regulation. It will probably be sufficient to call the
attention of the speaker to the position in which the
meeting is placed by the nature of his address, but if
this course does not avail, it will be the duty of the
senior officer to dissolve the meeting, and to direct the
officers and men who may be present in uniform to
withdraw."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-12-25

ARTISTES

Mies E. HOMER, - - - Miss S. HOMER,
Boprano. tJontralto.
MEsatts. A. A. HA.RTLEY and 1.). HARRIS.
Ttworts.

11R. P. PAEDOE,

MR. TON KEOGiI
Cowie.

GLEES AND PART SONGS
By the Choir ol Itowlay Begis Pariah Church.
. LEAD - MR, J. FRY.
Accowpauists - Mussus. J. '.1....1P50N 3.7, J. A. SUM'.

Tbe Chtt•r nL bo ~,ken by the

REV. T. WARD

Doors Open at 7 p.m. Concert at 7.3 J.
ellAilra.ssion front cas, Is ; back Seats, 6d.
Ticket:. may ba had of the I'. Want. .11elars. T.
Da,ks, A. Partrtsi, J. It. Whi_te, a. W. &Ilea, and
menahers of Ire Ohoir.
Carriages may tie ordered for 10-15,

131,II.RLEY HILL AND STOURBRIDGE
BUILDINki SOCIEIY. ESTABIASHF.D 185..

THE twenty-nioth Anutiai Meeting of the
MJCIb fis Society, f a the Election of
t)tncers, Kul be held in the Cou•mittee Room, of the
ioau tfail, Brietley Hill, on 1%. eanesday Evening,
Jaient,ry sta, 1881, at Seven

iabt Aleutiei;s uf this year will be
held at brieriey hI o. Alanday YeningOtli kind Stour-
luesday L.veiaug 21.tt tas..aut.

embers are requebtez tt.l t. eir pa3mentB.
to scud in theu pc,a bow to ue :malted.
J. luL. ti E T kti G ,
Sze.
Decerobez, Mit).

Bi:IEBLEY HILL AND STOULBRIDGE
BUILDUNG SOCIETY.
.r...eLab..a..ed 1851.

rj 111.1 S SOCIETY (fluw in the thirtieth year
it existence) hLa a cunsith.ranie btlDa of
MONEY at its Bankers, ready to b ADVANCM) aa
assistance to persons about to build. purchase land or
ouilding, or pay off exibUng mortgages
The repayment for £l2u bhare is Ten Shillings a
fortnight, and proportivnatsly fur other amouii4.
ihe interest chArgeti and psid is 5 per cent. Der
etULULD.

einiumb very low.
DIViDLD ',KONG ALL '1 H 6
MEMBERS. .

k or fui Oat. r particulars, apply to the Secretary,
J. (irtt eII:NG,

Holloway ELd,
..4tnarbridvi,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-12-25

Correspondence.

To the Editor of the St Jurbridge ob3erver.
AN APPEAL.

Sir,
As I was requested by a resolution passed at
a public meeting to act as the Honorary Secretary
in a bazaar, in .id of St. John's Hospital for Dia•
ea,es of tie Skin. I may be pardoned for asking
you to accord me space in your columns, to appeal
to the public for help.
Coarles Heade, the eminent author, says, with
reference to the charity, The fatal scurvy, the
foul leprosy, the maddening eczema, are all akin-
diseases; and all far m•)re common than supposed,
causing the sufferers t ) be despised or shunned,
whereas internal maladies invite the boon of sym-
pathy. Take the fate of domestic servent4 so
afflic'ed. rheir employers dismi•ei them. however
meritorious and their friends shun tnem ; mental
despair too oi ten follows, and they say with the
Patriarch Job, whose bodily affliction, selected by
knowledge an d malignity in person, was a disease
of th: skin; 'my misery is greater thin I can bear'.
Against such a weight of suffering, shame, and
sorrow, what is the special provision in our enor-
mous city? lam acquainted only with one small
hospital—that ought to he 2 a great one, and will be
in a year, if the public pleases. This is St. John's
Hospital for Diseases of the Skin in Leicester
Suare, where the Medical Officers prescribe on the
average for nearly four hundred patients every
week. It has already admitted 25,175 new patients,
It is open without payment to all creeds and all
races, the sole credentials for admission being
disease and eovetty. A leper from India, a Jew
from New York. a labourer from New Zealand,
mariner from Germany, a clerk from France, have
been some of its inmates."
The bazaar will take place in June next. In the
meantime, St. John's Hospital labours under a
heavy load of debt. I beg you, therefore, to let me
urge your readers to subscribe NOW to the Bazaar
Fund, and their amounts shall be at once handed
to the hospital. A more desrving charity does
not exist I shill also be glad to have the names of
ladies who will work for the bazaar.
Subscriptions may be sent to the chairman of
the Hospital, the Right lion. W. N. Massey, M.P.,
71, Chester Square, S.W. ;to its treaetrer. Major
Mercier, 138, High Road, Knightsbridge. S.W. ;
to the fo!lowing Members of the Bosrd of Manage-
ment :—Marquis Townshend, Bail's Park, Herts ;
Sir Charles Palmer, Bart.. Downey Comt, near
Windsor; Col. Goughy, M.P., Sunderland; also to
the London and County Bank, Albert Gate, S.W
and the London Joint Stock Bank, Pall Mall, S. W,
and to

Your obedient servant,
ROSA. FREELAND.
Honorary Secretary
20 Dec, 1880,
12, Ovington Gardens, S.W.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-12-25

THE AMERICAN PULPIT ON THE
ANTI-JEWISH AGITATION.

The New York Times states that a wide-spread
movement is now on foot in America to enter a pm
test from the pulpits of the land against the anti-
Jewish agitation in Germany.

On Sunday morning three distinguished preachers
of the Episcopalian and Presbyterian denominations
touched on the subject in their sermons. The Rev.
Heber Newton said that public sentiment in the
furthest part of Christendom should be directed
against such a persecution, and that Christian
America should make her voice heard across
the Atlantic to condemn it, and in the name
of liberty protest against it. The Rev. Catton
Smith spoke of the revival of mediawal fanaticism
against a race whe, in literature, art, and reli-
gion, had conferred priceless blessings on mankind.
Dr. Bevan characterized the agitation as a treason
against the Christian Church, and expressed sur-
prise that a people so highly civilized as the Germans
should tolerate among them a return to barbarous
sentiments.
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The Rev. Henry Ward Beecher and the Rev.
Robert Collyer have announced their intention of
speaking on the subject next Sunday.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-12-25

MR. GLADSTONE ON PRIVATE
BREWING.

A gentleman having written to Mr. Gladstone on
the incidence and effect of the tax on private brewing
has received a reply containing the following state-
ment of proposed change :

"It appears that Stalybridge district averages
about 4s. a week, and are paid weekly, which, being
equivalent to £lO 8T per annum, would deprive many
workmen of the benefit of the exemption, fixed at
£lO. These rents, however, are found to include the
rates upon the property, which are paid in one sum by
the landlord. It is proposed now that the rates shall
be deducted, and as this change will, it is calzulated,
bring those paying rents amounting to 4s. 6d. per week
within the exemption, such a change will, Mr. Glad-
stone hopes, afford considerable relief."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-12-25

ROYAL MARRIAGES.

The Standard, discussing the approaching marriages
of the Crown Prince of Austria and Prince William of
Prussia, observes that the unions of kings and
queens have, happily, lost much of the signifi-
cance they once possessed. Kingdoms do not nowa-
days go as the dowries of royal brides; and the family
feelings of the Head of the State are factors which in-
fluence but slightly the deliberations of Cabinets or
the policy of Ministers. Yet the marriage of the
young Princes who in the fulness of time will sit on
two of the Imperial Thrones of Europe cannot but
have an interest even outside the realms in which. they
occupy positions so exalted. No political complica-
tions will follow these weddings; for the days are Past
when, as in the case of Catherine of Braganza,
a royal bride brings an island or a kingdom among her
wedding trousseaux. Still less will there be any
trouble over precedence, even in courts so ceremonious
as those of Austria an Germany.

An interesting nuptial present has been made to
the Archduke Rodolf of Austria, on his approaching mar-
riage with the Princess Stephanie of Belgium, by the con-
vent of Ladies of St. Elizabeth at Klagenfurt. The present
consists of the marriage rings of the Empress Maria Theresa
and Francis 1., Emperor of Germany, and Duke of Lorraine,
and they came to the convent in pursuance of the last wishes
of the Archduchess Mary Anne, sister of the Emperor
Joseph 11.

The civil marriage of Prince William of Prussia and
Princess Victoria of Sleswick-Holstein will be solemnized in
Bellevue Palace in the Thiergarten Park, near Berlin, on
February 26, at eleven o'clock. A little after eleven the
newly married couple will enter the capital by the
Brandeuburgh Gate, where they will be received by the
Burgomaster and Town Council. Having driven down the
Linden Avenue, which will be lined with the corporations
and guilds of the town, they will enter the Castle about
noon, to be married by the Court Preacher Kogel, in the
chapel of the ancient dynastic palace. In the evening the
town will be illuminated.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-12-25

THE LONDON HOSPITAL SUNDAY
FUND.

On Monday, the annual meeting of the London
Hospital gunday Fund was held, when it was reported
that last year's collection, amounting to £.30,423, was
the largest ever received, while the expenses of ad-
ministration had diminished. The Bishop of London
and Professor Marks moved and seconded the
adoption of the report, which was passed; and it was
resolved that for the future an increased grant should
be made to the Surgical Appliance Fund.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-12-25

THE UNITED STATES AND IRELAND.

The Daily News of Monday published the following
telegram :
WASHINGTON, Sunday.
"Mr King, member for Louisiana, is about to pro.
pose the following resolution :

" 'Whereas the United States have observed re-
gretfully the unhappy condition of Ireland ; and
whereas her Britannic Majesty's Government seems
unable to fulfil its normal governing duties of af'
fording protection to life and property in Ireland;
therefore it is resolved that the Secretary of State
should be instructed to inform Her Britannic Majesty's
Government that it is highly expedient reforms should
be introduced immediately tending to the permanent
pacification of Ireland and be prosecuted in a kindly,
considerate, and pacificatory spirit.'
"Mr. King is a member of the Foreign Relations
Committee, whose approbation of the resolution
guarantees its adoption by Congress."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-12-25

THE MARKETS.

MARK-LANE-MONDAY.

At Mark-lane business has been of a very quiet character.
There was a thin attendance, and little or no disposition to
opetate. Supplies of English produce were about the
average. Foreign wheat and oats were plentiful, and there
was a fair show of barley and flour. English wheat moved
off slowly throughout, and if not actually lower, was cer-
tainly easier to sell. So also 'With foreign wheat the demand
was restricted, and the tendency of prices was in buyers
favour. As regards barley, good stout produce was in fair
demand, but other kinds were a very slow sale at weak
prices. Malt was very quiet and without change. Oats
were in moderate request and were 3d. to ad. per qr. dearer.
Maize was dull and drooping in value. Beans and peas were
quiet, and without alteration. The flour market was dull
and quotations had a drooping tendency.
METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.—MoNDAT.
-

As usual after the Christmas market, the succeeding
Monday has but a poor show of stock. '1 he numbers offer-
ing, though short, were equal to the demand, which was in,
no case active. From our own grazing districts the re-
ceipts of beasts were limited. Those from Scotland were
moderate ; from Ireland short. Throughout a limited
Inquiry prevailed, and quotations were weak. The best
Scots and crosses made ss. Bd. to ss. 10d. per 81b. From the
Midland and Home counties we received aboutl,ooo, from
Scotland 73, and from Ireland 300 head. Of foreign beasts the
supplies were short, chiefly from Denmark and Spain. The
inquiry was limited at previous currencies. In the sheep
market there was no fresh feature. Supplies were limited,
but about the average for this market. The trade was
steady, but quiet, and the best Downs and balf-breds made
6s. 10ff. to 7s. per 81b. Calves and pigs sold at previous
currencies. At Deptford there were about 400 beasts and
3,000 sheep. Inferior beasts, 4s. to 4s. 6d. ; second quality,
48. 6d. to 55.; prime large oxen, ss. 6d. to hs. Bd.; prime
Scots, ss. Bd. to ss. Iod. ; inferior sheep, ss. to ss. 6d. ;second
quality, ss. 6d. to 6s. ; prime coarse woolled, 6s. 6d. to
6s. Bd. ; prime Southdowns, 6s. 10d. to is. Od. ; large coarse
calves, se. 6d. to 68. Od. ; prime small ditto, 6s. Od. to Is. Od.
large hogs, 4s. to Os.; small porkers, ss. to ss. Bd. per 81b
sinking the offal.

METROPOLITAN MEAT MARKET—MONDAY.
There. was a larger supply of meat on offer. The trade
was fair for the better qualities. Middling and inferior
meat dull of sale. Inferior beef, 38. Od. to Is. Sd. ; middling
ditto, 4s. Od, to 4s. Sd. ; prime large ditto, 4s. Bd. to Is. Od.;
prime Scotch, 4s. 10d. to Is. 2d. ; veal, 6s. to (is. 4d.; inferior
mutton, Ss. 4d. to 48. Od. ; middling ditto, 4s. to Is. ; prime
ditto, Is. ed.. to 6s. ; large pork, 4s. 4d. to Is. 6d.; small
pork, Is. to Is. 6d. per Sib. by the carcase.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-12-25

BROMSGROVE.

CHARGE OP MANSLANGIITER.-At the Police Court,
on Wednesday, before Messrs. R. Smallwood and
R. H. Milward—Charles Nicholls, groom, Stour-
bridge, on remand, was charged with wilfully
causing the dea•li of John Jones, labourer, Bourn-
hedth, on the 10th inst.—The evidence of George
Wheeler, Herbert Giles, and Frederick William
Baylis shewed that deceased was walking up
Sheepcote Hill, in the roadway, near the path on
the left &de, and pris iner was driving up on the
other side very fast, and when he came opposite
deceased the horse swerve 1 and knocked deceased
down, and injured him i severely, so that he died on
the 13th. The witnesses c uld not say that
p.isoner was urging the horse on or trying to atop
him. Mr. O'Connor. assistant to Dr. Wood, surgeon
and the grand-daughter of deceased also gave
evidence —For the defence, Mr. Bentley( Worcester)
contended that the death of deceased was caused
by accident, and called Mr. William Bowen, of
Stourbiidge, prisoner's master, and Ross Bowen,
his daughter, to show that the horse ran away, and
could not be controlled.—The Bench committed
prisoner for trial at the Assizes.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-12-25

BBIERLEIC HILL.

SCHOOL BOARD PROSECUTIONS. At the Police
Cour, on Monday, before Messrs. B. Smith and T.
W. Webb, six persons were saintnoned by Mr, J.
Bennett, school attendance oilic‘er for the Kinver
di-trict for not sending send their children to school
Defendants were fined in the sums following the;r
names:—Jane Mortis is;' Eli Cutler, is; John
Hubble, 2s 6d ; Thomas Davis, 2s 6d; William
Griffiths, 2s 6(1; Thomas Faulkeruft, ss.
STEALING INDIAN CORN. Solomon Gould (13),
was charged with stealing a quantity of Indian corn
on the 18th inst. William Henry Homer, miller,
Pensnett, said that on the evening of the 18th inst.
he was locking up his will to go home, but upon
hearing a noise in the room above, went rp and
there saw the prisoner crouching between two bags
of torn. He had a quantity of Indian corn in his
pockei 8. Prosecutor also stated that for four
SaturdaN s in succession he had had his mill winc'iew
broken open and 4, quantity of Indian corn and
peas stolen. Police-constable Hicklin proved taking
prisoner in charge from prosecutor. On the way to
the station prisoner said he was fetching the corn
to give to the pigeons. The Bench inflicted
a fine of 2s 6d. and also ordered prisoner to receive
12 strokes with the birch rod.
LOCAL BeAnD PROSECUTION.—Isaiah Allchureh,
carter, was summoned for breaking one of the bye-
laws of the Brierley Hill Local Board, by convey:ng
some noxious matter through the streets, during
hour- roaibited by the bye-law. Mr. Holberton
p o,ee..te. ~ir. inspe: t r of iotisan.:es,
said that about 12 o'clJck in the day, on Tile day.
the 14th inst., he saw Allchurch's cart
pass through High Street, Brierley Hill. The cart contained a
noxious matter which smelled terribly, and the cart
was not properly covered. In his opuuon it WM
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-12-25

CARDINAL MANNING on TEMPERANCE
AT CHRISTMAS.

On Sunday a short pastoral address from his
Eminence Cardinal Manning was read at all the
Masses and other services in the Roman Catholic
churches and chapels of the metropolis, urging on the
members of his flock the duty of practising some little
self-denial in the midst of their Christmas festivities.
He reminded them that only four days before his
death Pope Pius IX. had sanctioned and authorised
the bestowal of a "plenary indulence "—upon the
usual conditions of prayer for the intentions of His
Holiness, confession, and communion—not only on all
members of the temperance association known as the
League of the Cross in this country, but also on all
persons, whether members of that league or not 2 who
would of their own accord abstain from all spirituous
drinks on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and the
following day.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-12-25

THE POST OFFICE AND TELEPHONES.

The. Postmaster-General has announced that, in
orderlo meet the convenience of the public, the Post
Office is now prepared to establish in any town a
system of intercommunica.tion by means of the telephone
instrument as it has hitherto, for some years, been
prepared to do by means of the A B C instrument..
At the same time the Post Office holds itself ready to
make arrangements for the establishment or continu-
ance of systems of intercommunication by existing pri-
late companies.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-12-25

NEWS FROM SOUTH AFRICA.

The Times of Tuesday published the following :
DuanaN, Dec. 20.

On the 16th a large force of Boers occupied Heidel-
berg, establishing a Government there under Mr.
Kruger. No violence was offered. The inhabitants
are not allowed to leave the town without a pass.
The telegraph between Standerton and Pretoria is
stopped.
The largest engagement that has yet occurred in
Basutoland took place on the 13th inst. A patrol,
numbering 650 men, moved out towards the north
under Captain Brabant. On entering Tsita Nek they
met a large number of the enemy. Captain Brabant
retired on the village, and after communicating with
Colonel Carrington evacuated it, the enemy taking
possession and firing heavily, killing one rifleman.
Colonel Carrington's division, which consisted of 500
men, then moved to the eastward for three miles.
The enemy charged repeatedly on all sides, wounding
several men. The Kimberley Horse behaved splen-
didly, turning the enemy repeatedly. The number of
the- enemy engaged was from 9,000 to 10,000. The
enemy used explosive bullets. Two colonials were
killed and twelve wounded.

LATER.
The Basuto losses were the heaviest yet inflicted.
The Governor, Sir George P. Colley, goes to-morrow
to the Transvaal to see for himself the state of affairs
there.

The Natal Mounted Police he been ordered to pro-
ceed to Newcastle to protect the border,
Mule wagons are in great demand by the military.

The following telegram from Sir George Pomeroy Colley
to the Earl of Kimberley has been received at the Colonial
Office :

"Pietermaritzburg, 19th December.—Boers, num-
bering about 5,000, have taken possession of Heidel-
burg and established Republican Government.
Kruger, President, Joubert, Commandant. No col-
lision or violence used. Communication with Pre-
toria cut off. lam sending up all available troops,
and leave myself shortly."

It may be of interest to state that there are now in
the Transvaal the 21st Scots Fusiliers and the 94th
Regiment. At Pietermaritzburg, Natal, there is the
3rd Battalion 60th Rifles.. At Cape,Town there is the
91st (Princess Louise's) Argyllshire Highlanders,
With the above troops there is a proportionate force
of Artillery and Engineers. In Natal there are also
the Natal Carbineers, a fine body of men.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-12-25

LORD SHAFTESBURY ON THE STATE

OF IRELAND.
The Times of Tuesday published the following :
Sir,—You were so good as to insert a letter of mine in The
Times of the 15th of the present month.
That letter has brought upon me a vast amount of public
and private rebuke.
May I request you to publish my reply to a gentleman who
has written to use in strong terms of disapprobation 1-1
am, Sir, your obedient servant, SHAFTESBURY.
St. Giles's-house, Dec. 20.

"St. Giles's-house, Dec. 18.

"Dear Sir,—Pray believe that I am obliged by
your letter. Here is the history of my communica-
tion to The Times. Overwhelmed with horror and
disgust at a state of things altogether uni4recedented
in a civilized and Christian country, I experienced, on
hearing the intentions of the Government (when first
announced), a relief so great that I could not restrain
the expression of my feelings on what I hoped, and
what I assumed, to be true.

"I hailed with gratitude the first dawn in the
Cabinet of returning sense and principle, and I trusted
that the Ministers, having risen At last to a knowledge
of their duties, and to a determination to discharge
them, contemplated, in so fearful a crisis, some im-
mediate action and a future approval of Parliament
of any extraordinary and necessary exercise of power.
"I acted, I confess, in haste, and on the burning
impulse of the moment. It was a sad misjudgment in
every aspect ; and I neither expect, nor wish, to
escape from public and private condemnation..

"I am, dear Sir, your obedient servant,
SHAFTESBURY.''

A young person who passed under the name of
James Watson, and latterly employed as a groom, was
engaged the other day in Glasgow washing the hind legs of
a horse, when it kicked the groom on the head. As blood
was oozing from the left ear, and the injury appeared to be
serious, Watson was removed to the Western Infirmary,
where death ensued Upon an examination of the body it
turned out to be that (AA woman about 24 years of age. She
had passed as a youth for the last five years. Her previous
histery is unknown.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-12-25

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DEATH OF A GALLANT OFFICER AND
HIS SON.

Commandant Wilhelm von Linsengen, C.M.G.,
whose death is announced in the London Gazette of the
17th inst., he having been killed with his son on the
14th ult., in an action with the Tembus, was the son of
Colonel von Linsingen, at one time aide•de-camp to
his Royal Highness the Duke of Kent, by his mar-
riage with Judith, daughter of Captain Wilkinson,
Royal Horse Guards (Blue). He entered the Hano-
verian Army in 1840, and in 1854 was appointed captain
in the British German Legion, and went with a portion
of it in 1856 to the Cape of Good Hope, since When he
has taken an active part in the several Caffre wars
and rebellions that have occurred there. Generals
Lord Chelmsford and Sir Evelyn Wood both
repeatedly mentioned him in their despatches. In
1879 he was created a C. M.G., having previously been
made superintendent of the convict establishment at
Cape Town in recognition of his military services.
One of the Cape papers describes his death as having
occurre_d while endeavouring to save a young trooper
of Landrey's Horse, who, having been dismounted,
was closely pursued by the enemy. Commandant
von Linsingen took the lad up behind him, when
both were unhorsed and immediately surrounded by
overwhelming numbers of the enemy. His Ban, per-
ceiving his father's danger wont to his aid, and waB.
killed by his side.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-12-25

THE PRESTBURY RITUAL CASE.

On Tuesday, Lord Penzance, sitting at the House
of Lords as Dean of Arches, gave judgment in the
case of Combe v. the Rev. John Bagot de la Bere,
vicar of Prestbury. The defendant had disobeyed an
order of the court suspending him for six months for
illegal ritualist practices; and Lord Penzance now,
after hearing counsel, said that it was a clear case of
contempt and contumacy, and ordered a sentence of
deprivation to be drawn up by the Bth of January,
when it will be proclaimed.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-12-25

BISHOP FRASER ON CLERICAL
CONTUMACY.

The Bishop of Manchester, writing to the Rev.
John Bone, vicar of St. Thomas's Lancaster in reply
to a memorial praying his lordship to "continue to use
his high influence for the discountenancing of opinions
which the memorialists believe to be most dangerous
to order and subversive of the highest principles of
religion," expresses his surprise at the resistance
offered to the decisions of constituted courts. His
lordship says :

"If individual men are to set up their opinion, or
even their conscience, against the judgment of properly
constituted authority, or refuse to be bound by the
decisions of any existing tribunal, while they are in
quest of some method of adjudication more satisfactory
to themselves, but upon which no two of their number
can be found to agree, it is evident to the most ordin-
ary understanding that the reign of law has ceased,
and that of anarchy has begun."