The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-10-22 00:00:00

£1,119,849.

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Miss Emily Faithful, in a letter to The Times, sum
that a very line number of ladies are 'mitering by the postal
change. The work societies will now be even leas effective
than before, and the one chance hitherto =corded of earning
a few pounds by laucy work will thus be taken away from
educated women before more suitable occupation are opened
to them.

A deputation of Patio fiebwives has been waiting on
M Rochefort. They did not, however, as is their custom,
ask to kiss him. In ibis, when the dames de la Halle desired
to salute Lamartine, "Mi. mid the p ,or poet, it
I. women only who hi s, but you are men by your reariolsto
—like men I khan treat you—we shall shake hands
"It is said that the el ilea Empress of France has
had more than one noble mansion offered for her reeidence,
with heartfelt expressions of deep mmpatby expressed by
the lawmen; for her sufferings. The recently deceased
Ilerimee, her confidential friend and advher, was the first
person who communicated to the Empress the battle of Sedan
and the capitulation of the Emperor and the army. fhe
news of this unexpected calamity threw the Empress into
hysterics, and for tome time it was painful to witneas her
forlorn condition It is said that this scene greatly affected
poor Mee,mee, who immediately quitted feria for Canses."-
7 he Orchedra.

An inquest has been held at Plymouth Citadel,.on
the body of Captain Andrew Henry, Royal Artillery, who,
while sitting at supper, surrounded by his family and some
brother officers, suddenly put his hand to his head, changed
colour, and fell down dead. The evidence showed that apo-
plexy was the cause. The deceased had distinguished him-
self in the Crimea, and had been pm-noted to his present
rank, and decuvated with medals for gallantry at Alma,
Balaclava, and Inkerman. lie was also awarded the Victoria
Cross for great bravery at lekerman, where he defended a
battery after having received twelve bayonet wounds.
The Arta y and Nary aatette reg.rete to learn that the
prediction& regarding the failure of Mr. Cardwell'. Army
Enlistment Act to realise the expectations of its framer and
supporter are likely to be only too soon realised. The at-
tempt to induce diunharged men to loin the Army Reserve
has proved a lamentable failure. The number of those en-
listed up to the present time is under a hundred. Enlist-
ment for the army also le going on In a far from satisfactory
manner, and of the 20,000 additional promised by Mr.
Cardwell on the outbreak of the war, as • reinforcement to
the army, csmparatively few have yet been procured.
The last accounts f rcm the South African diamond
fields state the number of persons on the territory to be
nearly 8,000, and that their encampment on the Vaal River
extends over two miles. According to estimates, the value
of the diamonds already found has amounted to • total of
£10,004 or £120.000. Curopared with the regular annual
yield from if•asil this is a very moderate amount, and, as
diamonds during the last twe, ars have greatly increased
In value, the South African 'Mien it shout assets
much larger proportions. Is h 'have any effect bust
that of partially checking the tendency to an ad-
vance in prices.
On Sunday, Dr, Ullathorne, Roman Catholic Bishop
of Birmingham, delivered a discourse to his congregation on
the action of the SE:mum:deal Council, of which he was •
member, giving an explanation of the doctrine of Infalli-
bility, and the manner in which the decree upon it had ori-
ginated. Toe dogma, he said, was not one of absolute in-
fallibility, for the Pope was not decared Infallible as an in-
dividual, bat, solnly when he spoke ex cathedra. It was, be
added, as absurd to argue that hie faintness was always in-
fallible, as to say that &judge maklug an afteediuner speech,
or the quota when addressing a subject in a private capacity,
was Wing down the laws of the realm.