The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle. — 1870-04-09 (Stourbridge, West Midlands, England)

CAPE.—Great indignation has been excited at Ashton-under-Lyne, by a threatening letter which has been received by Mr. Whittaker, cotton manufacturer, of that town. The letter informs Mr. Whittaker that the writer is irresistibly forced, "by the devil or some other infernal creature from the dark regions," to murder him. Mr. Whittaker is very popular with his workpeople, of whom he employs several thousands, and no cause for the threat is known. The managers and workpeople in his service have offered a reward of £5O for the discovery of the writer of the letter. Emtoll tTION OF DcstiT E LADll.—The following letter will be read with interest: -"Upwards of 100 respectable farmers In Canada have applied to hire one boy each for a year, at the usual rate of wages, with board and lodging in the loudly. This is a great opening for procuring employment for our destitute lads, but funds are required to pay for their p utsage and outfit to enable us to avail ourselves of this opportunity of giving them A start in life. The cost will be about klo for each boy. We have now upwards of 1.0) noys in this refuge and at our farm school at Insley, and I am most anxious to send from 80 to 100 of then. to Canada this sprii,g, where their labour is so much needed; and If this can be done it will give us the means of rescuing a sitoilar number from the streets of this gre 4 els, by receiving them into the refuge. TAUS a twofold good will be done. Will you kindly permit nie to appeal for help to send these lads to Cawida, where employers are waiting most eagerly to employ them.-1 am, sir, v our obedient servant, WSt WILLIAMS —BOya' Refuge, 8, Great Queen-street, Lincolu's-inmnelda."  • BROWN° AB,Coti tile 0 Mat.UFACTURERS B ,Clt —A very extraordinary scene was witnessed at Batley, near Dewsbury, last Saturday night, the occao sionbeing the bringing back in custodyof two brothers, E lward and Joseph Gale, who, having defrauded their creditors to a very large amount fled to the United States. The brothers carried on business as woollen manufacturers at Batley up to February last, their operations being on &tolerably extensive scale. Having resolved upon flight they got in all the accounts they coul I, made excuses to pressing creditors, and got large advances upon bills of sale executed upon the maohinery in the mill they rented and their household furniture. On the 10th of February they gave checks in payment of some of the largest accounts they owed, but dated thou two days torward, and them, having drawn out their balance at the hank, they levanted together, and were not missed for a couple of days, when, on the checks being presented at the hank thee tehiee answered that there were "no effects." On inquiry being made at the various ports it WN. ascertained that the brothere bad embarked at Liverpool in the Palmyra, for Boston, under aseumed names. Warrants were obtained for their apprehension, which, by sending a message through the Atlantic  Cable, was effected on the arrival of the vesseL A West Tiding inspector of police was aLso despatched after them, and on Saturday he brought them back to Batley. An immense crowd awaited the arrival of the culprits at the railway station, and hooted and yelled at them vigorously. & large sum of money, estimated by the brothers at £759, and by the creditors at more than twice that amount, is missing. The prisoners say it wan taken out of a carpet bag when on board the Palmyra. Mn.