The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle. — 1887-01-15 (Stourbridge, West Midlands, England)

EPITOME OF NEWS.  BRITISH AND FOREIGN.  ao.aHt Bolidirmorionfgt, ham Fi von years' dpaeyn at ol sGe er vo irtgued Be uwl laesr aawnadr e. for cases of " long firm" swindling in Cardiff, Bristt.-1 and elsewhere. The police stated that there were 150 , additional complaints, and that there were officers waiting to arrest them for forgery at Cardiff. Both prisoners pleaded "Guilty " to several indictments. A distressing CSBO of suicide is reported from Batycliffe, a village near Ulverstone. A man had been out of work since Whitsuntide, and all his efforts to obtain employment proving of no avail, he hanged himself. Some roofing covering a path leading to Shrewsbury Stition suddenly collapsed, killing Mr. William Heath'' a coal merchant, of Shrewsbury, and injuring a boy. 'The accident is attributed to the weight of the snow on the roof. On Saturday night a fire occurred in St. Vincent.. street Unitarian Church, Glasgow. It originated in the heating apparatus. The damage is estimated at £3OO. On Saturday night a gentleman, who is suppoied to have belonged to Linlithgowshire, entered a cab in Renfield•street, Glasgow, with a woman and drove to Mary hill, three miles distant. On the cabman stopping there to get his fare the gentlemen was found to be dead.  The screw steelier Violet, of and from London, has arrived at Shields, having on board Captain Rackham and four of the crew of the fishing smack Rippling Wave, of Lowestoft, sunk in collision. The smack was returning from the fishing ground when the Violet came into collision with her and sunk her. The crew took to their boat, and were rescued by the steamer and landed at Shields. Sir Edward Clarke M.P., speaking on Saturday at the annual dinner held at Plymouth in connection with the West of England Press Itund, said the law of libel was 'being notoriously traded upon, and recent decisions pat newspapers in very difficult circum. stances. He hoped that when Parliament had time for practical, as apart from purely party matters, to play his part in assisting to improve and codify the law in this connection. An interesting ceremony was performed at St. Lawrence Church, Reading, on Sunday morning The. C suri doirnag, tiotnh e attended a unveiled eda state, staani stained dthe l a s lt, emv.e.nalLorMial. G window to the late Dr. Wells, who filled the position of churchwarden for many years. He also took a promipent part in Promoting the welfare of the town and in the establishment of science and art schools, and waisnintosterutrueeennt%l Benchin r restoring Division iSo tn. on Tuesday the day the Royal Fire and Life Insurance Company sued the Westmin., stet Fire-office for ,Lll3 claimed as the share due of tho latter ot paid to Messrs Hurter, of the Tivoli Restaurant, for damage done by fire to the stained gla!s roof in that building insured under a special policy with the plaintiff company. The jury were dig. charged, as the points involved were of law, and Baron Pollock decided that the ornamental roof not being a necessary part of the " building," the defendants, who had paid £440 for the damage to the building, were not bound to share in the insurance of the ornamental roof. He therefore gave judgment for defendants. At the Central Criminal Cou, t on Tuesday John Garrard pleaded guilty to having, while in the service of the I),M-office, committed forgery and falsified the accounts of the office in which he was employed. He had been promoted to the position of clerk at the Post-off cc Savings Bank in Queen Victoria-street and had falsified the ledger so as to draw out money for his owns account. He was sentenced 11-.1 seven years' penal seivitude. The revenue received from April 1 to the Bth inst. amounts to £62,367,098, or £1,438,259 more than the £6048,839 received in the corresponding period andinf(Tinuary 9, 1886. The expenditure up to the Bth inst. was £7O 688,632, being £1,560,546 less than the expenditure for the similar period of 1885-6. The balances on the Bth inst. amounted to £1,784,428, and on January 9, 1886. to £1,515,102.