The Forest of Dean Examiner : — 1876-08-04 (Blakeney, Gloucestershire, England)

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', 0 , . 8190 20 4, 's 1,. • ,I 229 25. ...... . . .. 1  The war in the Emit has passed through its first ! phase sooner than was generally expected. It is clear that during the past fear weeks' fighting, the Rervians and their allies have had the worst of it, Their !!attacks on Turkish territory has been repelled at almost every point, and they will new have to oonfino ! their operations to the important work of self.defence, in warding off invasion. hit to be hoped they will be successful in doing no; otherwise a general Enropeen war will be inevitable The Turks themselves appear to think that hostilities with Russia must ensue the moment they succeed in invading dervian territory. Altogether the hopefulness of the " politg cal out-look" is not improving.  The death of Archdmicon Moore seems to have left a gap in the Church in this dioeese, as he was a link binding the present generation of Staffordshire eiergymen with a generation now poised away. But though, as a man, the place he occupied in the Church cannot be filled, his official ranks are soon designated for others. It is rumoured in ecclesiastical circles that Bishop Abraham is to be appointed to the canonry rendered vacant by the death of the Archdeacon, and that Bishop Hobhouse and the Rev. Sir Lovelace Stamer, Bart., rector of Stoke.omTront are to be appointed to the two archeleacoaries into which Staffordshire is to be divided, the former to the southern division and the latter to the northern. There scone consolation in this; though the veteran Churchman is gone, there will be one archdeacon more amongst or.  It is satisfactory to see that there is a much better prospect than there was of the continuance of pumping operatione in the Bilston district ; and that loyalty to the Mines Drainage Commissioners will be maintained. The owners of the pumps that have hitherto been pumping at their own cost will be remunemted for the work done ; and Messrs. Sparrow's pumps, whieh before they were stopped were mising ten million gallons of water each day will be sthrted again, and maintained at work oat of the rate. That Messrs. Sparrow's claim to have their pumps worked by the Commissioners is a good ono may be gathered from the fact that they have  .„ no of water to one ton of coal. We do not wonder that this firm felt that it was being treated unfairly when expected to continue pumping water for the surrounding collieries at that rate, and that, sick, because of assistance being deforrod, they stopped their engines. The common sense of South Stafford, we Wart, will see this matter successfully through, and prevent industrial suicide being committed because some grudge the paying of a necessary and equitabk rate for the general good of all the collieries in the  That policemen am in many ways privileged in. dividnals, an owner of pigs at Lower Gernal has proved. Aroused from his slumbers in the night by the unusual grunting of his porcine tribe, he went down stairs, when he found a policeman stroking and playing with the disturbed inhabitants of the stye, and he concluded that he whose office was to protect, not appropriate, the property of others, was "ageing to steal the pigs and accordingly charged the officer, at the Sedgley Police Court, on Monday, with being on the premises for that purpose. The officer explained to the magistrates that the real cause of his being on the premises was that he thought he had observed a thief whom he wished to capture prowling about. The inagistestes, believing the officer, dismissed the charge, and decided that the owner of the pigs should pay the piper, in the shape of the root. When next he hears those animals grunt at night, and sees a policeman amusing himself by stroking their backs he will conclude that officer 14 intent on his duty or is catching • thief, and he will get up and give the gallant policeman some refreshments.  There have been many eases of thieves being caught in unexpected and curious, if not laughable ways. Lately one of these light.fingered gentlemen had entered a house for the purpose of leaving behind all that he could not carry, when, hearing sounds that alarmed him, he made for the passage winderw. But he was not lightly made himself, and got so tightly jammed that he could not get in or out, until two policemen liberated what was left of him. This example of a thief trap is not, however, on remarkable as one that was described a few days ago at Woolwich Police Court. One man in Plumstead snatched a watch from the pocket of another, and ism away with it ;and in his flight befell down an embankment 40 feet deep on the North Rent Railway. He slid not die but that is the least extraordinary feature of the incident, lie fell just at the junction of the points with the rails, and his head was fixed in the mechanism in such a way that he could not ertricate himself, while if a train had passed he must have been killed instantly. Its attracted the attention of the railway servants, or no magistrate would ever have been troubled to inquire into that part of the story concerning the watch. It has often been said that railway points require improvement, and that Plumstead thief would no doubt philosophize in that direction as he lay pitmed to the ground