The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-12-10 00:00:00

EPITOME OF NEWS,

ERITISH AND FOREIGN.

A bankrupt who appeared in the Llndon court, the
other day, deacribed hindklf u a "tracer of pedigrees."

All this year German babies in C-incinnatti are
named Irl, z Wilhelm.

The Queen paid a flying vidt to London on Saturday,
In order to Inspect the progrma made at the Albert Hall,
South Kenelogton, during her tojaurn in Scotland.

George Fr-ant is Train has arrived in Lond n. ha
first art on arrlvsl was to call at the Reform Club and In-
quire for Mr. GI adrone, Earl G,unville and Mr. Foster.
It is said that a well-known clothing Ern at Oxford
has received orders for 44000 pairs of ',WWI trousers for the
Garde Mobile of France.

Rear-Admiral Homby has received a letter frcm the
Admiralty In which he Is complimented for the economy of
fuel on board the ships of his Iguadroa &Wog his late
v‘uage round the world.

The author of a novel just out, wishing to say that
her heroine opened her mouth, thus exprosaes herself :
" This pretty coral doorkei per. oi her words gave wry, and a
low, mocking laugh ran out from them."

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At a Meeting in Birmingham to protect against war
with Russia, Mr. Jwoh Bright ststed that his brother. Mr.
John Bright, was wonderfully better, snit he iriped tirfme
inanyimouths he would ba taking his 1111Uni part in kublic
aff.dra

In Massachusetts, recently, a wealthy bachelor
=treed offhand, a beautiful young lady whom he caught in-
specting cook atoves at the State fair. Since then you can't
get within 40 rods of the stove deportmest for the crowd of
pretty girls.
It is rumoured that the School Board election for the
Chelsea division will be immedlately challenged on the
grounds of al.egel c irruption and intimidation of voters and
Use leavlog of several of the ballot-boxes entirety without
protection.
Toe Limerick correspondent of the Cork Herald
states on authority that Sir Peter Taft has entered Into a
contract for the supply of MONO uniforms for • continental
non y, and that less fortnight another contract for the supply
of 24,0)0 uniforms will be entered into.

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Tae Globe states that a run one which has obtained
currency that, stvuld her el aj.s re health Lermit, the Queen
will open Parliament In state le al session isis. some degree
confirmed by the tact that the mate equipages hare been
ordered to b., got ready.
Antwerp is very full of shipping, and there are many
steamers and ships wetting their turn r utinde ; an the quays
are covered wills mrrchandhe tercey fur exportation. Labour
Is ho'h scarce and dear, and ships' crews are comp.lled to
load and unload their own ships.

Oa Tneed ay, at the Clerken well P rce. court, London,
attention was called to the fact thst there aro In circulation
a large number of counterfeit sovereigns and half-sovereigns,
which are manufactured in America, and sent to this
coonny. _ _ _

With mfereure to the rumoured outbreak of cattle
plague In lierefordahire, Mr. nest wocd, veterhad y surgeon,
of Hereford, on Saturday visited the herds reported as laying
beeu attacked, and certifies that the stock ate suffering from
foot and mouth dreams only.

The Education Bill for Ireland io, the Irish Times
learns, drafted, and suits 131•10 provisions have been decided
on. 11.111 be a comprehensive meamre, dealing with tae
quesil )12 of univerAty as well an other lir mod- oi of e!uration
11 Ireland. Considerable chancel will be proposed In 1113
Qrecti's Colleges.

On Tuesday aftentoon, a boy, eleven years of age,
named Joseph Hague, employed at some coke ov,ns at tte
Grusborongn Colliery, atter linlabing hta k, begun toll,
with a piece ,4 V-d tar rope. VVhile so doing Le were
to neur the pit's mmth, and fell down the s'iaft a dupth r I
torly yards. Ile was instantly killed by the dislocation ol
the neck.

The Drperor Napoleon is reported to have observed !n
conversation on Sunday, that no peace was likely to he made
until the men et Sept 4ha I xhausled the very last meals
of defence. " Bettsr thus," he raids "as otherwise they
would always claim that France c aid have berm saved by
them'

The Colonist, lu,Jiehel at Victoria, Vancouver's
Island, says that a few years ago a gentleman residing near
that place turned loose several pairs of (-Antonia mud
now the whole gauntry is alive with them. Apm ellen .1 JCS
were entertained that they would prove a serious hi ary to
the gram crops next sear.

The Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth has re
ceivet a notification that a Japanese naval (Meer ts to be
borne on the books of the Dote of Ircliukiton aim the rank
of sub.dentenant. This is a step In advance and may be
termed New lil4rd in the Noy."—Army and Nary
Gazette.

Mr. Justice Brett, in hie charge to the gran jury
at the Manchester sesta s, coromelded strongly on the ant-
blcudy and Inc9usiatenelos of the Jury Act inf..' last
session. The ledges, he said, hod the greatest dinLnlty
In fram'ng rules to carry out the Intentions of the Legisla-
ture."
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A cotreapowlent at Vienna says—l have heard a
gse4 dtal slin* I have been In Germany if the supposed Is.
generacy of E•leand The decreasing wctght of English
opinion in E aropesn diplomacy, and the curious growth of
EX indium, are the two main facts which are urged to support
this proposition..

P.,trick Utley, forgeman, ban been charged at the
Leeds Assizes, w:th the wilful murdtr of Thomas L. -tech, at
Bradford. The evidence showed a diTute had occurred be.
tween the parties, hi which prisoner's brother was thrown on
the ground. Prisoner then .tabbad dec e nod with his knife,
so Cott he died •In !nicht,. afterwards. Ile was found
guilty, and untamed to death.
At Itchin, near Southampton, on Sunday, it was
discovered that two persons hid been suffocated 07 gas
under circumstance. exactly similar to those which caused
the recent lamentable clident at Leeds. Owing to a leakage
in the street main, a house was flied with gee, and two
of the Inmates were found deal in bed. A third p•rson
narrowly escaped death, being dtsc,ver..d in • state of uri-
c ,nsciousness.
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The Registrar-Genf ral points out that it is now 142
dye since the weekly returns from Berlin, and 77 mos since
those from Purls, wi re disc visioned on account of the sv.r.
In Vienna the ao.ual rote t f morality during the wet k end-
ing 2611 November won 25 per I,oeo, in the Cilr of limning,
the deaths registered during the week ending lit Norenil'er
were 295 ,excluslve of stillborn), and the mortality was at
the annual rate of 19 per 1,000.
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From April la to D-cembn 3rd, the national
mann° amounted to £40,590,053, as against £15.127,0.7.8 in
the corresponding ported of last year. The expenithure ham
been £4l 149 702 The balance in the Bank of England on
Saturday feet *as £2,484 281. If the receipts are ti reach
the Budget estimate of the Chancellor or the Exchequer,
nvre than £27,0 0,000 mmt come in during the hen four
menthe.

Ate recent meeting in 'Vint urkth it was arranged
that the centenary ef ST Walter S;ott, In August next,
should be celebrated In that city, and not at Melrose, as was
at one thee suggested. There will be agreed b eininet and
ills also proposed that the centrnary should be commemo-
rated in • substantial and enduring form by the foundation
of atholarships or bursaries ta the Scotch Universities, or by
some other fonudation connett..al with the cultiration of
lirtish llterature.

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A queation airessed to the E location Department as
to the p issinility of workingmen elected ou t se School Bleeds
belief paid has elicited from Me. Forster the reply that when
It was decided by Fat liameot that members of School Boards
steak' not be paid, it was not thought right to make any
exception in favour of • particular class. Mr. Ferster hopes,
however, that the workint men will combine to support any
of their coll. agues who may be elected to'errs 119 members
of. School Board, and who may be in want of such support,
The War Victims' Fund has been establithed for
the relief of the peasantry and other non-combatant
sufferers in France ant Germany, and its primary object is
to help the ruble,' in contradistinction to the wounded of
both nations. The fund is distributed under the direction
of a c ernmittee of he Society of Friends, whose efforts have
as 3et been chiefly n Mined to the distribution of bread, ea°,
and fl .ur in the villages round Metz. The subscriptions now
amount to about a'l3,obo.

A Jersey correspondent writes :—The supply of pro-
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Wont, especrsiir p ultry, butter, and eggs, from France to
Jersey, was 'udder ly and unexpectedly cut cif last week, to
the great detriment of the dealers who draw their stocks
thence, via Granville and St. hi ado. Since the prohibition of
the export of cattle and cereals other products have been
allowed free passage till last week. Ine coneequence was
bare stalls in the market. 4u) :ixturday, and prop:RU(4l'4oy
high prices, butter being la. ii. per pound and eggs as high
*1 2!. 6.1. per &gen.
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In the report (.1 the Aseociation in Support of
Schools In the Remote Ilighlat.di and Islands of Scotland
under the n..nie Melva*, in the pariela of Oakloch, RAE.
Owe, we read Oue could not lett be etruzk, in re -toting
the roll of the Melvalg school. to llnd that every cl lid in
the school Ida two was a Macaulay. Mk Is the ancient
habitat of the Macaulay.. and here flourished the amen=
of the great Lord 31scatillf, the bLerahlole, of Brintideh."