The Shropshire Examiner and all round the Wrekin advertiser. — 1875-10-01 (Wenlock, Shropshire, England)

LOCAL AND GENERAL NOTES.  Iltheso ng soul  A circular has been issued by the Secretary of ele Chill ington Iron Company, Wolverhampton. which. though brief, must to the shareholders be .satisfactory. Notwithstanding the depressed and unsettled condition of the iron trade, we are told a handsome not profit—.62i 2s. 44.—has been passed forward from the half-year ending June 30th last to the current half-year. This is encouraging : ' at once furnishing to the proprietary a favourable augury for the future, and affording proof of care ntri business tact in the management of the concern.  A rather funny subject of discussion was raised at the meeting of the Wolverhampton Board of Guardians, on Friday. A. tailor ,was appointed to the House a week or two ago, and, being selected by the committee one of coveted candidates to appear before the Board, he was at the meeting strongly re. commended by Mr. Walsh. The man, it anneal-R. has not turned out well—in fact, he has left the town with his family. Thereupon, Mr. Cremonini terns upon Mr. Walsh; and, in a furious onslaught, at, tacksliim forgiving the man a reeommendation. Mr. Walsh retorts that he has known the individual for , twenty years, and all that he said was but in'confirmation of testimonials received from the abscond' ing tailor's employers. It was hinted that the ChairMan. Mr. Owen. had been influenced to give his I , casting-vote in favour of the now defunct official by the representations of Mr. Walsh. The Chairman. Ihowever, would not have a colleague Bins tin warrantably assailed, and, in the dispassionate and businesslike manner by which he is characterispd, and which, ' in part, enables him so well to discharge his duties, , coolly replied that he was influenc./. in giving his easting-vote solely by the facts that the candidate bore admirable testimonials from his employers, and ttuat be was an old ratepayer. Rather a quietus for Mr. Cremonini. But then Mr. Cremonini must say something, albeit it ends in nothing,  Forestry is becoming fashionable in Wolverhanipton. First via have Mr. Staveley Hill, M.P., initiated oil, says Mr. Hill, that " tualucky day " : and nosy Lord 3,Vrottesley becomes " wearer of the green,' but  The working (dosses of Wedue,hury are favoured with an item of news which cannot fail to be of interest to them. It is proposed to adopt the Public Baths Act. Working anon, as a rule, are linable to enjoy that luitury—a bath—which their richer neighbours can partake of daily, for want of proper accommodation in their houses for the purpo,e, and so to ninny the luxury of a bath is unkuipin. Bind hope it willnot be the case much longer, an at public baths will be erected, at which he who wishes to have a swim' may do no whenever he pleases. The establishment of an institution of this kind is a groat sanitary acquisition to any town, and cannot fail to prove, as I believe will be the case at Wednesbury, of infinite benefit both to the town and population.  Iri,.shmen are, as a rule, regarded as endowed with a spirit of gallantry toward, the fair sea with which neither the cold Saxon nor the canny cautious Scot is credited. We question, however, if on either side of the Tweed a couple of stout young follows would be fennd who would deliberstely watch a yonng lady fling herself on the breast of a rapid-flowing tide, and gently flow front the shore of Time to that of of Btcruity, without an attempt at rescue. lint this is just what a " brace " of Hibernians did ; for, on Thursday, it is reported, " a rospectably-dressed woman,. after announcing her intention to commit suicide to a couple of young Irishmen who stood at the foot of the Adelphi Stairs, I,:iberately divmted herself of her bonnet and shawl. The on.lookers made no attempt to restrain her; she walked into the water, was carried away by the tide, and drowned." After this, let the rhapsodical writers on Irish heroism, enthusiasm, and gallantry "draw it mild." But I fain believe that these renowned HiberMans are to Irishmen as the Tooley-street trio to the people of England.  How are the mighty fallen! .The member for I Stoke, if his own journal, the notorious Englishman, is to be believed, has descended to subterfuge. can't well imitate the scurrility which distiugnishes the columns of the immaculately-conducted organ of Magna (Marta, or I would write something stronger than that Dr. lienealy has eaten his own words. 1 Imitating the lnglishinan's phraseology—Ho sinks into the depths of ignominy! He has classed a-, "rogues," "Macdonald and Potter." Now, he says the reference is not to the George Potter! Bat he conveniently shirks the inquiry which naturally suggests itself—Who is Potter I- He likewise, with equal , regard to self, disdains any explanation as to who is Macdonald? Will he dare say his allusion was not to the hon. member for Stafford? What Potter is the natural ally and colleague of Mr. Macdonald? In the absence of a clear and unequivocal declaration as 1 to who is, as well as who is nob, the identical Potter, I shall regard the disbarred Q.C. as guilty of piti able equivocation—of an ignoble attempt to escape what he knows must be the result of , an appeal to law upon the question of libel. Will Mr. Potter be satisfied wits a negative exculpation from the charge of Leing • " rogne"—or will he-challeage Dr. Hens to the full proof, or, to a public revelation as to who is the Potter? Perhaps Mr. Potter will exercise magnanimity and spare- his foe, is twwo7"hy his steel; but will the representative of Stafford display like 1 commiseration for the Doctor's cacoath, sceihettdi and his disingenuous (117301 aimer ? If Mr. Potter] chooses to push matters to extremes, I think he will, find the member for Stoke made of very malleable stuff—capable of being twisted into many shapes.  still a Lor 1 Lieutenant. It is a glaKidening sign when