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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-03-27

DUDLEY.

DEATH OF MR. JONATHAN HOWL.—The news of the
sadden death of Mr. Jonathan Howl was received with
general regret. A few weeks ago he met with an acci-
dent, which prevented his continuing his businesss
pursuits, but on Saturday last it was considered by his
relatives that he was approaching recovery. On Sunday,
as he was dining with his family at his residence near
Sedgley, he was in apparent good health. In the course
of the afternoon, however. he was seized with an
apoplectic fit, and in a few moments expired. Mr, Howl
was a maxi of genial disposition, and to a marked extent
"given to hospitality." In Tipton his fleeds of charity
were numerous and important. He contributed largely
to places of worship, without distinction of creed, and he
was a subscriber to many of the local charitable insti-
tutions. rhe Guest Hospital was especially favoured by
his benefi,ence. At a cost of about £4OOO he recently
had the adj,icent grounds laid out in suitable and taste-
ful style; and he was undeviating in his attention to the
interests of that luStitation. The familar expression,
"lie will be greatly missed," will apply with peculiar
force to the late Mr. Jonathan Howl.
A SHOPKEEPER COMMITTED FOR RECEIVING STOLEN
COAL—OR Wednesday at the Police Court, before Messrs.
S. Budge, G. Bagott, and G. Thompson, Edward Mat-
thews, a small shopkeeper and baker, Netherton, was
charged on remand, with receiving stolen coal from two
lads on the Ist instant—Mr. Waldron defended.—Mr. G.
H. Dune, of the firm of Messrs. J. and G. 11. Dunn, col-
liery proprietors, Netherton, and a lad named Joseph
Beddard, who gave evidence on the previous hearing of
Ike cue, were cross-examined, but their evidence was

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-03-27

CRADLEY.

DISORDEULY CONDITCT.—At the Police Office, on Mon-
day, before J. B. Cochrane, Esq. Abraham Williams and
John Morgan were charged with being drunk and disor-
derly, on the 20th instant. Police-constable Roe proved
the ease, and defendants were lined 24 6d each, and
Costs.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-03-27

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be entrusted to his care, which will meet with his perso-
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Orders by Letter will meet with strict attention.
Estimates given and Men of each Branch sent to any
part of the country.
Gantlemen may have their Ptetare Frames re-gilt oak
'heir own Premises, if desired.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-03-27

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-03-27

HAGLEY.

STOCK SALE —At this Sale, en Monday, there was a
large entry of sheep, while the cattle yard was full to
overflowing. There was a large attendance, and .choicti
qualities made high prices. The sale comprised 150 pigs
600 sheep, 12 early lambs, 24 couples of ewe and lambs
12 calves. and 120 head of cattle amounting altogether to
nearly £4OOO.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-03-27

KIDDERMINSTER.

SUNDAY RownYis3r —John Dukes, residing at Stout.
bridge, was brought up before the borough
Bench on Tueaday last, on a charge of creating a
brawl on Sunday evening.—Police-constable Hill saw the
Prisoner and four other men in Union Street after the
public-houses were closed. They were creating a "great
row." but as soon as they saw the officer they walked off
towards the Horse Fair. Not to be" done out of a case,"
Hill followed them, and when opposite the Vine Inn,
the prisoner picked up a large stone, aud hurled it at the
,r. The language of the men, the prisoner especially
was described as aborninatle. The four men ran off
tlwards St mrbridge, but the prisoner was apprehended.
—The Mayor said the Bench were determined to put
down Sirsday tippling and rowdyism, and would make an
example of every one brought before them. The prisoner
was fined 20s. and costs, or one month's imprisonment
with hard libour in default.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-03-27

AFFECTING MEMORIAL.

A Chatham Correspondent of the Standard writes:
—During the progress of the excavations connected
with the works for the extension of Chatham Dock-
yard by the construction of additional basins, docks,
and factories, the workmen came upon the remains
of the French prisoners who were detained at
Chatham during the Continental war at the com-
mencement of the present century, several hun-
dreds of whom were buried on the marsh which is
now covered by the workshops and basins. At the
time the French prisoners were at Chatham a
Russian squadron hkewise lay in the Medway, and
disease having broken out among the crew of the ships
several hundreds of the officers- and men died, and
were buried in a lonely spot adjacent to the then exist-
ing dockyard. From the number of bodies disinterred
there is no doubt that several hundred Russian sailors
and French prisoners must have been buried at the
spot; and steps have accordingly been taken by the
authorities to preserve the resting-place of those who
died so far away from their native shores. A large
plot of ground has accordingly been selected at the
extremity of the dockyard extension works, which has
been laid out as a cemetery, and as the remains of
those formerly buried are dug up they are carefully
removed to the spot selected, and re-interred. In the
centre of this burial-ground a memorial obelisk
has been erected, composed of polished granite
and Devonshire _marble, with elaborate carvings,
the entire work, which rises to a height of nearly 40
feet, having been designed and executed by one of the
convicts now confined in Chatham Prison. At the
base of the pediment is the following inscription :
" Here are gathered together the remains of many
brave soldiers and sailors who, having once been the
foes, and afterwards the captives, of England, now find
rest in her soil, remembering no more the animosities
of wars or the sorrows of imprisonment. They were
deprived of the consolation of closing their eyes among
the countrymen they loved, but they have been laid in
an honourable grave by a nation which knows how to
respect valour and to sympathise with misfortune."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-03-27

EVERY FRIDAY,

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At Mrs. Bennett's, Milliner, 159, fligh-stteet,
Pe rsnal attendance from T..-n till li",)nr and at
11, BENNETTS IIILL, 11
(Next to the Bank of EnglAnd)

BIRMINGHAM

"DATENT PORTABLE SWOKELESS STOVES
F for I)r3ing and Warming Sht.ps, Houses, Green-
houses, &c.
Best Quality PATENT FUEL for the Stove can be
Made, 18s. per 120I1).
Second Quality,
per 12011).
American CHAIICOAL MONS for saving labrur
Laundry Work. 6.
Port UR able VAPO BATHS and PAZONCHITIS NET-
TLES, with M...iienl Testinietiia!a
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S. N ASH, PATE .-N-TFEE,
253, OXFORD STREET.
STOVE DEPOT-4, NEWGATE STREET, & 291
LEINSTER TERR4ch, 'W., LONDON.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-03-27

MEETING OF THE BURIAL BOARD.

A meeting of the members of this Board was
held in the Commissioners' Room in the Corn Ex-
change, on Thursday morning last. There were
present Messrs. J. Shepperd (chairman), Stringer,
Haskew, Perkin, Platt, King, Billingham, and
Evers.

The minutes of the last meeting were read and
confirmed.

The account of the expenses of the Vestry Meet-
ings (as taxed by the Clerk of the Peace), were
presented by the Board. The following are the
amounts for the two townships :—Upper Swinford,
£4O 18s 4fl; Stourbridge, £49 is 10d.
Mr. Stringer moved and Mr. Bill ingh a m seconded
that the accounts as read be passed, and signed,
a precept for the same presented to the Overseers.
The Chairman saidthe next business was to read
and consider Mr. Taylor's report as to the "Sand
Hole," at Norton. The plan was divided into four
sectionc From Mr. Taylor's report it appeared
that he had surveyed the site at Norton, according
to their instructions, and found that it consisted
of 13 acres 8 roods 22 perches. With the excep-
tion of a portion, that land was irregular in shape-
He had marked out eight acres, which he thought
would be most suitable for the purposes of the
Board. Some of this, however, wat irregular in
form and shape, leaving a portion of 3 acres 1 rood
29 perches comparatively free from those irregu-
larities of surface. "If he might • venture to offer
an Opinion, he thought a portion (which he had
marked on the plan) comprising 7 acres 8 roods
no perches; was most suitable for a cemetery. The
other portion presented insurmountable difficulties
for such a purpose as a cemetery.
The Chairman next read a correspondence be.
tween the Board and Mrs. Whitmore, who had
been asked if she would sell a portion of her pro-
perty at the "Cross Roads," for the purposes of a
cemetery. Since then Mr. John Taylor had been
in communication with her, and through him she
had informed the Board that she was willing to
sell the field in question',
consisting of 20 acres, at
.2300 an acre. It had since been suggested to her
through Mr. Taylor that the Board would not re-
quire so much land as that, and asking her if she
would be-willing to sell a square piece of that fielii,
comprising about 10 acres, for the purposes of the.
Board, and, if so, at what price. She had since
signified her willingness to do this, and stated
that the price would be .£3soan acre.
A long conversation ensued, in the course' of
which it was stated that some proposed sites which,
had been formerly considered impracticable on
aecount of the intended railway, were now that
the bill for the latter had been thrown out, open
for negociation. The propriety of having these
different sites surveyed and tested were discussed,
and it was resolved to communicate again with
the Rev. C. Craufurd, as to the glebe land at the
Cross Roads, and to ask him at what price he would
sell eight acres.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-03-27

LORD GEORGE HAMILTON ON
COTTAGE HOSPITALS.

Lord George Hamilton, M.P., was present at the
opening of a cottage hospital at Teddington on Satur-
day. Lord George, in declaring the place qpen for the
reception of patients, said the fact of so many ladies
and gentlemen being present, in spite of various other
attractions which might
Shave suggested themselves to
every one, was in itself a strong proof of the great in-
terest which was taken in that hospital. He thought
if there was any one single thing more than
another of which, as Englishmen, they might be proud,
it was their charities. (Hear, hear.) He believed there
was no other country in the world in which the
same number of charities had been originated,
maintained, and supported by voluntary contributions.
And perhaps it was well that it was so, for there was
no country so rich as England. Of all classes of
charity, none came more home to them and appealed
to them than hospitals. (Hear, hear.) They could
not equalise the conditions under which they all lived.
They could, however, provide for the poorer classes
some place where they would be attended with medical
kindness and care which they could not receive in their
own dwellings. He thought a "cottage hospital" was
a name which came home to them more than if it had
been merely called a hospital—(hear, hear)—because
England was essentially a country of cottages, and any
one who had had so cursory a view as he had of their
hospital must be struck with the taste and comfort dis-
played in the various rooms, which had evidently
been so furnished as to suggest to those who after-
wards might be placed in them that they were not in
the wards of a great hospital, but in comfortable
rooms of a private house house. (Hear, hear.)
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-03-27

THE GREAT FIRE AT HAYTI.

Details of the great fire at the Haytian capital show
that it was a much more formidable conflagration than
the cable telegram indicated. Nearly 500 houses,
one-fourth of the entire city of Port-au-Prince, were
consumed; and although the premises burnt were not
modern erections, they form the commercial centre,
and were stored with valuables. The fire broke out
about nine o'clock at night, in the northern ex-
tremity of the city, during a north-west gale, and
swept all before it with resistless impetuosity
for eight hours, leaving behind a heap of ruins half a
mile square. Finding all ordinary appliances useless,
the authorities blew up with gunpowder a score of
houses, and thus deprived the flames of food. Several
lives were lost, one being Mr. Hepburn, a merchant,
who returned to his stores to save his books, and, be-
coming enveloped in flames, jumped into a well to ter-
minate his torture. No reliable estimate could be
formed of the loss, but it was roughly calculated at
two millions, chiefly belonging to English, Americans,
and Germans. The fire was believed to have an incen-
diary origin, and Government were instituting an in-
vestigation, and had issued a proclamation exhorting
the citizens to order and courage.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-03-27

IBLOOD MIXT‘

Printed and Published by the Bole Proprietor, 8-
FIELD. at his offices, 92, High-street, Stourbrid_
the County or Worceeter: to which plane all letters
Mar co,cm unicatious must be addressed.
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-03-27

DEATH OF THE FRENCH AMBASSADOR

The Comte de Jarnac, the French ambassador, died
in London, on Monday evening, at his residence,
Albert-gate. He had been ill for the last few days,
and the following bulletin, which was issued on Mon-
day, indicated the serious aspect which his case had
then assumed.

"Monday, March 22, 930 &m —His Excellency the Comte
de jarnac is most dangerously ill. He is suffering from an
attack of pleuropneumonia, with great prostration.—
(Signed) WILLIAM JENNER, M.D., A. VINTRAS, M.D., A.
NOURRE, F.R. C. S."
From this attack the Count never rallied, but dig('
at six o'clock in the evening.
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The Comte de Jarnac was born on the 2nd June,
1815, and was thus in his 60th year. He was appointed
to the post he occupied on the 28th of last August, but
had previously been Secretary of Legation and Chargd
d'Affaires in this country during the reign of Louis
Philippe. He married a sister of the late Lord Foley,
in December, 1844, and his mother was a daughter of
the Duke of Leinster. The Comte de Jarnae had large
estates in Ireland, was well acquainted with English
society and English institutions, and had a perfect
command of our language.

The Times of Tuesday thus notices the death of the
Comte de Jarnac :
" Another name has been added to the long list of illus-
trious victims whom this inclement winter has prematurely
tarried off. It was announced yesterday morning, in a bulle-
tin signed by Sir William Jenner and two physicians attached
to the French Embassy, that his Excellency the Comte de
Jarnac was most dangerously ill, and when it was added
that he was suffering from 'an attack of pleuro-pneumonia
with great prostration,' it was impossible to misconstrue-t
the ominous character of the news. It seems, indeed, as if
it were only the other day that this country was rejoicing in
being able to welcome as the representative of our nearest and
closest Continental neighbour a Frenchman who knew Eng-
land so thoroughly, and who was educated in such sound
political traditions as the Comte de Jarnac. Barely half a
year has elapsed since his appointment as ambassador at the
Court of St. James's was announced by the Journal Officiel,
and the interview has been a period of diplomatic inaction,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-03-27

THE LYE.

DRUNK AND DISORDERLY.—At the Stonrbridge Police
Court, on Monday last, before Mr. .J. B. Cochrane. Adam
Wooldridge was charged with being drunk on the night
of the 21st inst. Policc constable IT irrison proved the
case. Fined 5s and costs.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-03-27

TO THE STOURBRIDGE PUBLIC!

THE MIDLAND COUNTIES'
EVENING EXPRESS!

Published Daily, at Three and Six p.m.,

CONTAINS Full Reports of the Local Police
courts, all Important Events occurring in the
District, nod is supplied with the Principal

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PROVISION MARKNTS, by TELEGRAPH,

As well as
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Proprietor: MARTIN auel FORD,

Offic.es :--

1 and 2, M'AI?KET-STREET,
WOLVERHAMPTON.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-01-23

THE FAMINE IN ASIA MINOR.

At the meeting of the Committee for the relief of
the Sufferers by the Famine in Asia Minor, held in
Constantinople on the sth inst., it was stated that
within the town af Angora the distress had compara-
tively diminished. Outside, however, it was still very
severe. Fourteen vilages in the district were being
relieved by the committee. Previous to the famine
their population was 7,200. Of these, more than two
thousand persons have died, and 3,890 remain, the rest
having emigrated. A letter was4read from Ceesarea, in
which the writer says: "Death in the most ter-
rible of all its forms—slow, gradual, but certain star-
vation—has at Last reached us also. What will the
end be? This is the question which we all ask, but
which none can answer. I have now two faithful men
who, from early morning till sunset every day, search
out, and as far as possible with the means at our com-
mand, minister to the wants of the most needy.
They have already enrolled more than 600 families for
weekly distribution." In a letter from Talas, which
was also read, it was stated that the suffering was be-
coming fearful, and that deaths from actual starvation
had occurred. •
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-01-23

THE RECORDER OF WINDSOR ON
FLOGGING.

On Monday, at the Windsor Borough Quarter Ses-
sions (which was a maiden sitting), the Recorder, in
addressing the grand jury, observed that he had had a
communication from the Home Secretary inquiring
what punishment should be inflicted upon those who
committed violent assaults upon women. For such it had
been suggested that flogging should be administered to
the malignant and violent. There was, he thought,
an analogy in inflicting corporal punishment upon
those who caused physical pain, and his experience at
school was that a bully was a coward. Those
who meditated the class of crime referred to
would be checked by the prospect of a flogging.
It had been said that if a woman got her husband
flogged he would never forgive her, but he thought
those men would be more respectful to their wives
if the law gave the latter the "whip hand" of them.
It was the kicking, and not the flogging, that brought
degradation. He hoped that flogging for such acts of
violence would teach people to behave with humanity.
The grand jury retired, and upon their return into
court made the following presentment :—" We, the
Grand Jury, do hereby present that we are of opinion
that flogging is required as a punishment for all acts
of brutal violence against the person, as imprisonment
has not a sufficiently deterrent effect on cruel and
violent men."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-01-23

THE GREAT CITY OF LONDON.

On SatusjAy Professor Leone Levi delivered a lecture
to the members of the Working Men's Club and Insti-
tute Union On the ,ilibject of "The Great City of Lon-
don." Dr. Burry and the Council of King's College had
kindly placed the lecture theatre of that institution at
the disposal of the union. After a tribute to the charms
of the country, the lecturer reminded his hearers that
great cities, through the work of man, subserved noble
ends when they became the home of science, art,
and the well-springs of benevolence. History would
teach them that cities had been the cradle of human
liberties ; behind their walls freedom had fought
her noblest battles, and secured to the whole nation
the priceless gift of civil and religious liberty. In
cities, by the ceaseless action of mind on mind, great
thoughts wei e conceived and perfected. Coming to
the special object of his theme—the greatest metro-
polis iu Europe or the world—he first referred to a
few of the great poets and philosophers whom London
has produced, and went on to illustrate the high
economic purpose it fulfils as a producer of wealth and
an absorber of the surplus labour of the country.
'
England's economic progress he said, increased, in-
deed, just in proportion to the advance of the urban
over the rural population. How rapid this progress
had been was shown by the fact that in 1801 the
town population was o•nl 24 per cent, of the in-
habitants, while by the lasi census of 1871, the per-
centage had risen to 56. Having given the area and
population respectively of the City of London
proper, am of what are getting to be known as
the inner and outer circles of the metropolis, he
went on t) describe the advantages of its position
as ,a mart of commerce and the capital of the empire.
London contained a population greater than all Scot-
land or S witzei land, and almost equal to all Belgium.
It was difficult to realise what London was, with the
most squalid misery and the most georgeous wealth,
living almost si le by siJe, crowded with palaces.
places of businoss, and places of pleasure, an inland
town and a shipping port on the largest possible scale.
London was the visible material representative of
British industry. British commerce, British bravery,
and British wisdom. Artistically there was not much
to be said for London, and it could not be compared
for beauty even with Edinburgh or Dublin. Dealing with
the rapid growth of the metropolis, he insisted (amid
the sympathie cheers of his auditors) on the necessity
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-01-23

A DISPUTED WILL CASE.

In the Court of Probate the cause of "Willis v.
Board and others" has been heard, and was an inquiry
into the validity of the will of John Willis, a retired
blacksmith at Shinfield, near Reading, who died by
his own hand in May, 1874, at the age of 70. In 1862
he was afflicted with a mental disorder, which deve-
loped into "melancholia," and between that date and
1867 he was confined in several lunatic asylums, but
was discharged from each as incurable. His wife pre-
deceased him in 1873, and on the 24th of February
in the following year he made a will by which
he divided his property, amounting to some-
thing over 1,0'.0, between his two brothers, the
plaintiffs, whom he also appointed, his executors.
'rhey propounded the paper, and its validity was con-
tested by the defendants, nephews and nieces of the
deceased, on the ground of his insanity. On the part
of the plaintiffs, evidence was adduced to show that he
had lucid intervals in his disease, and that he
managed his affairs after his wife's death. On the
other hand, several witnesses deposed that since 167
he had always been considered insane by his neigh-
bours, and it further appeared that no means were
taken to ascertain his testamentary capacity when he
executed the will, though the instructions for it were
tainted with the suspicions which accompany mental
aberation.—The Court came to the conclusion on the
evidence that the deceased was of unsound mind
when he made the will, and pronounced against it,
with costs.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-01-23

BR lERLEY RILL.

NEGLECT or WORE-At the Police Court, on Monday
last, before Messrs. F. Evers and L. Freer, Jeremiah
Bedford, of Brierley Hill,' was summoned under the
Masters and Servants' Act, for neglecting his work on
the 6th inst. Defendant, who was an underhand pod.
diet, absented himself from his employment on the
above date. He was fined 2s 6d and costs; or seven
days.

Poscarzio.—James Pyatt was charged with using a dog
to take a hare, on the 2nd inst. The case was proved,
and defendant fined 5s and costs.

ALLEGED CUTTING AND WOl-3;IDING. John Launders
was charged with cutting and wounding William Martin.
There was also a charge against John Launders and
Samuel Perry for assaulting William Martin. There was
a cross-summons charging William Martin with assault-
ing John Launders. The evidence was so very conflict-
ing that the Magistrates decided to dismiss all the sum-
monses.—William Martin was then charged with wilfully
damaging a glass door. It appeared that the defendant
pushed his hand through the glass, and in doing so re-
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Launders, tie was fined 2s tin, ordered to pay as tin
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-01-23

"THE WILD SWORD-DANCE OF
NATIONS."
(From Monday's Times.)

In the gloom that surrounds us one thing is per-
ceptible. All men are arming themselves. It is the
darkness that may be felt, and the sensation is not
imaginary. At the word of command, Germany is
arming en masse, and the surrounding nations—that is,
the best part of the world—cannot but do as she does.
The momentary dreams of peace and quiet, arts and
progress, have fled away, and Germany recognizes the
stern necessity of her case, which is that what she has
won by arms she can only hold by arms, and as long as
the arms are in her hand. It is no longer possible to
doubt the sagacity and truth of her rulers, and they
say that henceforth every German, sound in wind and
limb, must be a soldier. From the age of 17 to 42 every
man not belonging to the Army or the Reserve is to
be liable to be called out in the case of an actual or
even threatened invasion. The nature and contin-
gencies of this new enrolment are by no means fictions
on paper. As to its numerical amount, it is sufficient
to say that, added to the Line, the Landwehr, and the
existing Landsturm, it raises the disposable force of
the German Empire to 2,800,000 men. The Landsturm
will be Germany in arms as distinguished from the
standing army of Germany; but even that distinction
threatens to disappear, for the gaps of the Line are to
be filled from the Reserve. So far from the latter having
the special exemptions and immunities which England
associates with a reserve or a local force, it seems even
more at the beck and call of absolute power than the
Line. The orders given in the contemplated emergency
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-01-23

OLD HILL.

CHARGE OF THREAT!. NING A Wm.— At the Public
Office. on Wednesday last, before Mr. N. Hingley, Thos.
Richards was charged with threatening Mary Richards,
his wife, on the 16th inst. Mr. Homer appeared for the
complainant, and Mr. Stokes defended.—Mr. Homer, in
opening the case, said that complainant is the lawful
wife of the defendant, who lives with another woman.
On the above date complainant went to her husband, and
asked him for some money to support herself and chil-
dren. She (the complainant) had had 8 children by the
defendant, and the defendant, was summoned last Wed-
nesdey by the woman he lives with, for assaulting her.
He merely mentioned this this to show the violence of
the defendant. Complainant said she had been married
to the defendant tn. 2R years, and bad eight children by
him. Defendant left her, and agreed t) allow her 108
per weak; but she had not received anything off him
for seven months, when the defendant gave her 4s. On
the above date she went to ask him for some money,
when the defendant picked up a knife and threatened to
stick it into her heart, and then ran through Mr. West.
wood's premises; and she was afraid of her life. Mar
garet Richards, daughter of lefendant, gave corrobora-
tive evidence. —Mr. Stokes addressed the Bench for the
defence, and contended that it was a conditional threat,
and that complainant first picked up a brick to throw at
her husband, and that after defendant threatened to kill
her complainant went after him. so that she could not be
afraid. The Bench adopted this view of the ease, and
dismissed the summons, recommending that the defend-
ant should support his wife.
APPLICATION FOR SURETIES. Anne Banni,ter was
charged by Jane Mann with using threatening language
to her on the 14th. Mr. Stokes defended From the
evidence given, it transpired that complainant -end de-
fendant are sisters, and were before the Magistrates a
fortnight ago, and complainant was bound over. Ever
since then the clefen&nt had been threatening to kill her
and said she would make her break the law. All she
wanted was peace, and she was afraid defendant would
do her some bodily harm. Ellen Daft gave corroborative
evidence, and the defendant was bound over to keep the
peace.
THE LATE DOG CASE.—John Hackett was broaght up
on remand, charged with allowing a ferocious dog to be
lrrge. '1 his case, our readers will recollect, was adjourned
for further evidence. No furthor evidence was adduced
on behalf of the police. Superintendent Mills said ha
considered his case proved, the facts having been sworn
to by two officers, and not contradicted. Mr. Homer
called several witnesses for the defence, to prove that it
was not the defendant's dog that bit the officer's coat
As there was only one Magistrate, the ease was ultimately
withdrawn by the defendant paying costs. There were
upwards of twenty other cases set down for hearing, but
as there was only one magistrate,lthey had to be adjourned
for a week.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-01-23

MAGISTRATES WANTED!

A number of cases were set down for hearing
at the Halesowen Police Court, on Tuesday last.
About a quarter past eleven Mr. E. Gem attended,
but as the cases required two magistrates the
business could not be proceeded with. Other
Magistrates were sent for, but after waiting until
nearly twelve o'clock, a second Magistrate could
not be obtained. The consequence was that not
a single Cage could be heard. This appears to us
to be a great hardship upon the public who have
business at the Court, as it must necessarily be
attended with considerable expense to those who
have to remunerate witnesses for loss of time, &c.
This is not the first time that Magistrates have
been "wanted" to exercise the functions of their
office in this place, and if it is not practical for
Magistrates, who have been duly appointed, to
attend to them, the sooner a Stipendiary is ap-
pointed for the district the better for the public,
Another instance of Magistrates not attending
to their duties, occurred at Old Hill last week;
and, again, this week, only Mr. Hingley attended,
notwithstanding there were thirty-three cases set
down for hearing. The effect of the non-attend-
ance was that upwaids of twenty cases had to be
adjourned. We understand that an alteration of
the Petty Sessions day will shortly take place here,
as it is believed that if the day is changed more
Magistrates will be able to attend; and it is very
likely that the day will be altered to Monday, and
that
.the alteration will commence in the next
month. If Magistrates can attend on that day
there is no doubt it will be a great saving to those
persons who have to attend the Court.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-01-23

Mistellanenusnteltcric
HOME, FOREIGN, AND COLONIAL.

GREAT WALKING MATCH FOR 501.—An im-
mense assemblage of spectators attended the Star
Grounds, Fulham, on Monday, the attraction being a,
two-mile walking match between J. Stockwell, ex-
champion of England, and J. Hurley, for £5O. About
an hour after the appointed time the men appeared
on the ground, and without much delay were dis-
patched to a good start. Stockwell immediately took
the lead, followed very closely by Hurley, who, after
traversing 100 yards, went in front, but Stockwell
soon resumed the lead, and the pace telling upon
Hurley, he retired, thoroughly exhausted, 60 yards
before completing the first mile; time, 6 min. 50 secs.
Stockwell was favourite.

AMERICAN GENlUS.—American genuis is as
yet in its youth. Its slumbering forces have not had
time to develop themselves. A nation, like an indi-
vidual, when first it becomes conscious that it pos-
sesses the precious boon called life, endeavour i to
gratify the selfish propensities of its existence, and
from this moves on in gradual stages to the manifesta-
tion of the higher intellectual and spiritual qualities.
So progresses the Transatlantic mind, which has not
yet culminated in the exhibition of genius of the first
order. The shrewdness of the race has already passed
into &proverb, and the worli-wide reputation acquired
in this respect has latterly been almost equalled by the
fame attaching to its new school of humorists, who so
singularly reflect in themselves all the angularities of
the national character. In poetry, philosophy, and
the drama, however, that which has yet been accom-
plished is mainly of a tentative character. The Trans-
atlantic, Milton, Bacon, and Shakespeare have yet to
be born. Longfellow, Bryant, and Whittier are the
only planets which burn with a noticeable degree of
brilliancy on the poetical horizon ; while of dramatists
not one has yet arisen with a clear title to the world's
regard.—New Quarterly Magazine.
CRUEL !—Smith (usu. ally a shy, reserved, and
silent man) tells a rather long, but otherwise entertaining,
story, about an orange, which meets with great success.—
Brown (when the laughter and applause hare subsided) :
"Bravo, Smith! Capital old man! But, I say,
you told it better one night at Jones's, a few months
ago ! " Jones: "No, no! Where he told it best was
that morning we breakfasted with you, Brown some-
where about the beginning of the year before last! "
Robinson: " Ah, but don't you recollect the way "
told it after that supper I gave you fellows at Evans.
in fifty-one ' ? How we did laugh to be sure I"
Punch.
APPREHEND SCARCITY OF FISH. —Spite of
in
tey
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-01-23

THE IRON TRADE.

WOLVERHAMPTON, Wednesday.
The finished-iron houses, whose prices usually
regulate the trade, very firmly upheld to-day the
quotations upon which they determined here
last Wednesday; aud they give no enconrage-
ment to buyers that Ihy withholding purchases
they will be able to place their specifications on
lower terms than those at which alone they will
now be accepted by makers. This action is hay-
ing its influence with those who uold orders
which must be quickly placed but merchants
who can hold back are still doing so. A fair in-
crease of new trade has, however, taken place
even in A 1 iron. Second and third class pro-
ducts display some little ease; but makers do
not yet give way to the extent demanded by con-
sumers wi:o can use the North of England or the
South Wales iron. Bars from the latter district
are now being brought here at a little ever £8
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-01-23

NEW WORK BY DR. SMITH.

Now Ready, 96 pages, Free by Post for Two Stamps,
GUIDE TO CUBE OF. DEBILITY, OR
Health Lost and Regained. By HENRY SMITH.
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Weakness. Low Spirits, Nervous Debility, Painful
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Fears, 8,7 c. Addressed to Sufferers from Debility, and
other Diseases resulting from Exhaustion of Nerve.
power, the effect of Indiscretion. Gives PRESCRIP-
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have been restoied to health and vigour. Illustrated
with Testimonials from grateful patients who have been
cured by Dr. Smith after all other means had failed.
"Dr. Smith has published some excellent advice and
instruction for the Cure of Nervous Debility."—"Naval
and Military Gazette," April 6, 1873.
NOTICE.—A copy of "GUIDE TO CURE OF DE-
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Dr. H. SMITH,. 8, Burton Crescent, London, W.. 0
IMPORTANT TO COUNTRY PATIENTS..

CONSULTATION BY :LETTER WITTIOUT FEE
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-01-23

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-01-23

CONGREGATIONAL MEMORIAL HALL.

In London, on Tuesday afternoon, the new Con-
gregations4;olemorial Hall, Farringdon-street, was in-
augurata The building was erected to testify to, as
the report describes, "the fidelity to conscience
which was shown by the rejected ministers in 1662."
It contains twenty-five offices, including board-rooms
and committee-rooms, a large library, a hall for holding
meetings and public worship, with galleries, whfch will
accommodate from 1,200 to 1,500. A meeting was held
in the new hall at noon on Tuesday, Mr. John R. Mills
in the chair. Mr. Samuel Morley, M.P., Mr. E. Baines,
M.P.' Sir Charles Reed, chairman of the London
School Board, Mr. James Spicer, J.P.' and others,
were present.—Mr. George White stated that the en-
tire cost of the hall was £70,000, of which £62,000 had
been contributed. The dedication prayer was offered
by the Rev. Dr, Stoughton. After various devotional
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-01-23

THE LYE.

CHARGE OF WIFE BEATING.—.At the Public Office, at
Stourbridge, yesterday, Levi Bingham was charged by
Dinah Bingham with assaulting her on the 16th instant.
Mr. Perry defended. Complainant said that on the night
in question her he-band came home, and she asked him
for money. He refused to give her any unless she would
put down her earnings by tho side of it. Defendant then
struck her three times on the body. Was not hurt mach
Mr, Perry, for the defence, said that if his instructions
were correct it was nothing more than a conspiracy against
the defendant, and a trumped up charge. Sidoniah
Bingham said that complainant was getting her boots off
to go to bed, when she jumped up suddenly, went out of
doors, and cried out, "Murder." Defendant did not
strike his wife at all. Maria Bingham corroborated,—
Thomas Smith was then charged with assaulting Sidoniah
Bingham and Levi Bingham on the same date. Mr.
Perry appeared for complainants. Sidoniali Bingham
said that when the cries of " Murder " were heard, she
went out and saw the defendant strike Levi. He then
struck her on the lip and cut it, and gave her a blow on
the side. Levi Bingham said that the defendant struck
him three times on the face and ear. He also saw him
strike his mother. Maria Bingham and a man named
Southall gave corroborative evidenoe. Defendant denied
the charge, and said that Levi Bingham first sicuck him
with a poker across the shoulder; and called Kliz 'Tay-
lor, Elizabeth Knowles and Dinah Bingham. The Bench
remarked that it was one of those uriforinnate cases from
the Lye, and perjury must have been committed on one
side or the other. The first case they should dismiss;
and also the case of Smith fir assaulting Sidonish Bing-
ham ; and fined Smith 2s 6d for an assault upon Levi
Bingham.
DRUNK.—Emmanual Hart was fined 5s and costs for
being drunk.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-01-23

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SATURDAY, JAN. 23,

KINVER.
DRDNIK AND TlErc:n\•G TO QUIT —.kt the Bderley
Police Court, on I;oi•ifity last, b. fore Messrs. F. kvere
add I. r.I - fr.r!ey, of liirtv •r, vreA charged
wiat having been 4;,t‘n!:- sod refusimz :o quit a public..
house, when t olfonoe was con'
mitted in May : Id• the defentlAnt abscoviied, sal
was not seen !nat :t.tirtilay. lie ITSB Bloc
charged with assaditing Poiicie-sergeant Stevenson lave
ho apprehended him. For the first offence be was tined
Is and costs; and for the second 2s Gd and colts.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-01-23

THE AMERICAN REVIVALISTS.

• Messrs. Moody and Sankey commenced their efforts
in Birmingham on Sunday, by a service at eight o'clock
in the morning in the Town Hall, Christian workers
only being admitted by ticket. The hall was crowded
in every part. Mr. Moody delivered an address, in
which he gave many amusing American anecdotes, and
for some time kept the audience in continuous laughter.
In the afternoon the hall was thrown open to the pub-
lic, and was crammed to repletion more than half an
hour before the time for commencing the service. The
great meeting was held in Bingley-hall in the evening.
Nine thousand chairs had been provided in addition
to the seats. More than an hour before the time for
commencing the service from 12,000 to 15,000 persons
had entered the hall, crowding it in every part.
Thousands remained outside, and the street was ren-
dered totally impassable. There was an absence of
any marked excitement. Messrs. Moody and Sankey
announced that before they depart they will hold ser-
vices in Bingley-hall lasting from morning until
evening.
The Rock says :—" A renewed attempt on the part
of the London committee to secure the Albert-hall for
Messrs. Moody and Sankey for one or more meetings
has, like the first, proved unsuccessful."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-01-23

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