The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-07-08 00:00:00

BRITISH AND ITIMD.IN.

EPITOME OF NEWS,

The German Goverm...-ent has ordered two more
frocelati ffigs.ee of the el to of the Ring Wii01:611,1
The Sandwich islanders have sent 2,000 dollars to te-
lieos the pot.r Yreuch peee•nte whom VI. leer Las rui.led,

It is stated that negotiations are in procress for the
tr,ntme el the revisod version of the o.d and the New
Testament. at the University Prestee.

At W ndsor, on Monday, her Majesty invested a
number of naval and military officers of distinction with the
Order of the Bath.

A blackmmith ot Kirkatall has born choked by •
piece or meat which he was eating whila wader the influence
of drink.

Mr. E. J. Reed, C. 8., late chief Constructor of the
Boyal Navy, has returned to England, after having stilted
the prlnclpal naval arsenals In Russia and Turkey.
More than one hundred thousand erseures have been
rraiel,, the Earls electoral lists, cqvlng to deaths, Imprison-
ment, or other causes.

At one of the London Police Courts • drafigist Imo
eau tined 43 for having sold poison without haring dla-
tinotly labelled the bottle.

Mrs. St.nton man, to occupy the coming summer
with some theological aeltnatle studies Cu the °nen of muu
and other evils.

At Ju 'gee' Chambers, Lmrion, on Saturday, Mr,
Padwick recovered againat Mr. Gladstone and another the
costs of the late epecial cue In regard to the dispoeid of the
Duke ot Newcastle's property.
A crowded meeting, convened by the Birmingham
Ltbour isprestotation League, was held In that town on
Saturday nighm when resolutions were passed protesting
agatnst the liraut of an annuity to Prince Arthur.
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Three French insurgents recentlyarreeted are named
Wheat,l '.0tte,".!6n:1,..;,8r0ad." sad the dotrottro Who

arrosted•themAs culled" Baker. Such ainlhe-i;;IUI;UU;;.

They manage them, things well In Fri;lca:

It is rumored that In consequence of the melan-
choly accident that occurred In a cricket field at Harrow,
when a youth V9l tined upon the not, the annual match
between Eton ad Harrow will not take place this mum.

The magietrates at the Worcestershire Tarter
sessions, presided over by Lord Dudley, have strongly con-
demned the near Pedlar's Act for the facilities it offered to
vagabond..
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Glory has its thorns as well as laurel buds. Wagner,
deaphed by Iltrnarck-,Bbnoarck hated by Wagutr, have been
plea 41 side by aide In a great commemorative picture of
1,71, a. 'the two great coLquerora of modern Limit."
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The Augsburg Goatee any that attacks upon
German rotator. m different part. of Alsace and Lorraine
have become Increasingly numerous. Several wounded men
are now lying in the hospital at Strasburg.

In the bankruptcy of the Earl of Orkney the court
has granted a two months' adjournment to enable the
noble lord to arrange with his creditors and annul the bank-
rup.cy. _ .

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Parliament has just crushed an important though •
aconewhat ()Saco, e interest." It has abolished pleasure
fairs throughout Mugland and Wales, and to consequence all
the "ahovvinen " are deprived of their ordinary means of
obtaining a livelihood.

Their- Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princes,
(Mennen Intend to leave Frogruore about the middle of the
month for (Rummy, and, after spemilug a few weeks there,
go to l'ennee, where in all probability they will pus the
autumn.

It is thought probable that Mr. Justice Blackburn,
who cxopletes this year the fifteen years of office which
entitle him to retire with • pension, will take advantage of
his position, and make room for. succeuor.

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The Quarterly Revenue Returns were issued on
Friday evening. A. compared with the correapoodlog period
of lett year there i.e met tumour of 40'27.189. For the year
en,ed 30. ti of Jute. the het decree... le £2,423,393.

At the Clerkenwell Police Court in London, on
Tueeday a Mr. Tory, of Churchill..., Essex-road, wished
publicity to 'zo given to the feet that his son, seven years of
ego, was mlutta, and there was every mown to believe that
he had been stolen.

This recent cross•examination in reported : —Bar.
sister—. You have property, you say !' Yes." " Did ysks
make it yourself 2" • Partly." •' Are you married?" •' Yes
'Did your wits bring anything " Yes." " What "
" Three children, tie."

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Tim Emperor of Gtrtnany has granted an amnesty
to all those thhabitonta of Alsace and Lorraine who have been
senteoced by the conria for political or military acts ex-
cepting in cave whore times acts hsve been committod in
cud unction with common crime. or °dances.

An enterprising publishing firm in London has just
homed • little, book explanatory c.l how • tJurlst cau leave
London, gd np the Rime, visit all the battle-ilelds, eee the
Ifrei,ch capital as It Is, sari return home, for the sum of ten
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There se tint one pedlar in all Ireland. He takes
his cc Airiest, ir..m the county of Down. The fact aro ars
tu a pardam..rtsrs re,nro and ocruples a whole page. There
are in England sod Wales, 67,90 pedlars, and In Scotland,
11 $E

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Mr. T. B. Addison, chairman of the Preston quarter
'croons, c mpleted his fiftieth year of ,4lice lest wee.. Mr.
Adr I+.lll Is 84 .ears of ago, and wu called to the bar In
In 1519 be we. spp fated Recorder of Preston, and au
he!- the office for more than 42 years.

The very latest idea in the American fwhionable
world Is the '• Moonlight German "—I oil dress, no lights,
wlnd,srs w 12.2 open, silvery moonllsht streaming In In ft lode,
delicious ses'iars enctantlog the atr, and flirting perfectly
nnon., :mass, I.

The revievre of the New Testament Company eon.
eluded their ekvanth The compsny have
ccw arrived P.L the end of the tth chapter of Sr. Mark's
&peel. and have revised during the four days a greater
ov,mher of verses then at any previous cession of the same
1311111.110 of days.

Soon after Lori elevation to the peerage, he
remarked that sewn., were often very ridiculous iu the
titles they gave. That," said a distluguldied writer present,
"Is at error from which even sormeigua appear not to be
Cr mitt."
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A lady reeding at Boaton had au annoying gathering
rvracted from her face. The operation won aucceesful ; but
the tome, when opened was I one to contain a feather an
loch long. How It got there neither the lady nor the rurgeon
can lwagine.
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The Maid.tone laurnot pays the accounts from the
hop districts ;how that althouh there has been sou. Im.
provement during the past week, the plant amerally Is cull
In a back.. ard state, acd that there trc few around. where
more than belt of an average Cr. y will he rem-hed. Warmer
weather le much needed.

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Cotton is to he the speciality of the exhibition pro.
posed to be held In L otdon in 1872 The c numissioners are
anti ms to make the representation of this class of mar u-
f Actor.' as complete as possible, and the direct°ry of the
Menthes:sr Cumber of Commerce have resolved that the
exhiqtlon deserved toe rapport of the chamber,
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The people of Suffolk cAluty, Jong bland, are
greely excited on asconot of a china put forsesrd in the
American court by persons representleg themselves as the
descendants of Lord J.,nn Booth, of gugland. Ttuy claim
that Lord John Booth settled on Long Island, and LAX the
whole of &Malt county belongs to his kin The amount of
the clam, principal, sod Interest is 80,C00,000 dole.
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A few days ago, at Dundee, a frugal housewife, when
gutting a large codfish, the extended form of which attracted
observation, among other odds and ende found in it. stomach
a brass mei/tax, en the lid of which Is the following Unclip.
Mon :—.• William Wilson. May 180. Prom a few Mends."
The box is placed In a local museum, with a ducripilon of
Its diecosary.
New York papers report the prevalence of a violent
dPosee which ha. broken oat among the hones to 'he stables
of the different street railways in that city. The litmus par-
takes of the 'More of liii ammstion on the kidneys with
eruptions on the back, preceded by a weakneei in the loin.
or parallels of the lower part of the spine. It Is stated that
the deaths have exceed.; 200.
The Dublin Corporation on Monday appointed a
Committee to make suitable preparations for the raception
of the Prince of WeVes, Prince Arthur, the Princess Louise,
sod the Marquis of Lorne, ou their coming aloft to Ireland.
Alderman Plunket cad he wished the vie; might have been
deferscd for a year, eco that the royal visitors could have
assisted In opening an Irkh Parliament.
Rochefort has received communication of the indict-
-1 meat on which he lets be trod. It contains the f iloreing
four counts 7-1 Provocation to hatred among the citizens.
2 Incitement to civil war and pillage. E. Publication of
false news and spurious despatches, knowing them to be
false; consequently counterfeiting public and private
writings. 4 Complicity in murder, by instigating the arrest
and execution of the hostages.
The Board of Trade have awarded a telemeope to
Captain Jorgen Sielgaard, of the Norwegim brig Venneine,
I et Potegrund, In ecknowledgment of his humane services to
, the master and crew of the brig l'ar 5, of Whitby, when
1 their vessel we. sinking on the 28th Augnet. 1070, about 3.5
miles off Yarmouth. The rescued mew were treated with
great kindnen by Captain Melgaard, and were landed by
him at Dover two days anon wards.

A telegram was received on Monday at the Ad-
mirallty announcing, cloth, date of o,tralter, July 3, noon,
that her if sjesty's ship Agincourt had grcuoded in two
plays on the Pawl Rock, and that it ism very doubtful
whether she could be ”ved without being lifted. However,
we are pleated to say that on Tuesday intsidgenee was re-
ceived in London from Gibraltar, sayirg that the A pr.court
was again elllat.
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lit ightou contemporary has received the following
fine art contribution to its columns: " Bonn 'wed Op% I as •
Work of Art which I hope you will announce I intend to
nods, a Presintation of the Town it is a View whlca shorn
'The Scrui,leg of the Biscay More try the old Wimmuu
and I trust It will he raged up were the Works Committee
meet, to labour. Yours truly, A ELT:carat, ARTISANN."
The Fourth of July, 1776, being the flay on which
America was declared to be "Free, Sovereign, and ludepen-
dent," the ainlversary was observed on Tuesday ass goobers'
holiday throughout the whole of the 1 rated Stale.. on Tees-
day right some ,1 the American residents In London *sla-
b:Wed the anniversary of Independence day " lye banquet
at the Ltnigham Hotel. General &Amuck, the United Slates
Minister, also gore a reception.
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In Lima of L'aiinent Set vents at-Law, just punched, I
thy au _hoe relates d:rjsant Whltaker's mode of solacing him-
self for bin wife's absence from a tird which he cenepled I
whilat travelling the Norfolk Circuit. "A friend," we
the author. "at cue of the am ze town. rIT deed him a
bed. The next morning the lady of the h ,11•9 asked
how he slept, and hoped that he found himself c .fortable
and warm. "Ye,, madame, yea: pretty well on-the whole.
At first, to be sure, I felt • little queer for want of Mrs.
Whitaker, but recollecting that My Port,et,Attu lay to tb•
focal. I threw it behind my hoot, and it <thievery At as well."
It wimp, from some correeponderce which Mr,
George D twson has just made pnblic. toot Mr. Dickens pre-
jecte.d the public reedit ge svoich proved 40 productive In
1r53, at. r having been presented with &diamond rine by the
working men of Birmingham. lie made on the 7111 J ituwy,
In the year named, an offer "10 reads Christmas carol next
Christmas," adding "there would be some novelty in the
Mons have cover done It in mine though I have In
private, atel (If I may say so) with a great effel on my
lessee,." Tie fare thus or)g)nating In pure gratitude was
followed by a etch reward.
Last week the agrre;rate Mortality in Lonchin and '
120' her large towns of toe United Ku gdom was at the 101611
nf 33 deaths annually to every 100) of the population.
While the rate was 13 In Portsmouth, it I. set down at 50 In
Sunderland. In the metropolis 2,163 Met he and 1316 deaths
were registered, the orwer having been 63 ani the latter el
below the average. n. • tic ,llenu,,s caused 416 deaths. In-
cl.:es 235 tram amain pox, fr•cn measles. la from searlet
fever, 6 from dlphtticrla 38 from arhoopieg-congh, 12 from
different fermi of fever ( winch 4 Weft. Cella,' as typos.,
11 as enteric or typhoid, .d 7 as simple continued fever), and
46 from <Barri as The fatal owe of small pox showed •
considerable decrease In the east of London, while they de-
oiled I all the other districts except the north. The fatality
from the dinsce was greatest In Betrtnal-green. 3,uthwalk,
and Batteries.
From the returns of the Paris elections up to Tues.
day, it are.eare that aftteen of the candidates r.commenled
by the Voice liarisienne de la Press. have been retorted.
Tie success of Gambetta Is cumidered remarkable. Neither
of the Committees sooptel him, not a single newspaper,
except the Vinti, sup.ortad his Oscar; and he arrived V/
late In PAHA that he bad no time to address • meeting of the
electors Ile has nevertheless received upwards of ninety
thousand vote., and occupies • good position on the list of
those returned In the country districts the I,yalLet., the
elation., and the Imperialists have been almost everywhere
defeated 01 the last named, Indeed, it would seem that
all three have been returned. Th 40.0 are it Magna, for-
nearly Minister of Finance under the Empire: Baron de
Jae, who was • member of the turd peen In the late
i Amenably ). and M de 3 Mbei ran, manager of the Clain
Fonder. Cl de Rouher was defeated hot h at Rochelle and
Bordeaux, and Baron Jet,..me David, the ultra-Imperiallat,
was also defeated at Bordeaux_ It is said that the Ma-
oarehical Deputies are much diacouraged by the fano» of
OA candidata§ of their party.

High-heeled boots for gentlemen are coming Into
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The musical world ham ktot prodaced a sensation la
the shape ut the tchuorne.lialop."_.
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'the ch ap rsittion of Charles Dickon's work& kat
publtebed, has already .old ta the ertent et 160.000 • dotee-
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There is a probab- Pity that the Pi ince and 1, incens
of Waits will PI 'nay let.° Ed./lend, to. • Mal to I tietltlNA
watering-place.
A parliamentary return statts that the balance dug
to depualtora In to Post-offico Sewn ge Sante or th. Eat of
December, 1,70, was ,Incloarg interest) X 15,009,104 0e.51,
An American paper says that there are now 400 pro-
fessional wood engrave,. In the Unlteg States, whtle thirty
years ago there were not 20.
i It is decided that the rank and file are to be armed
with a Martini-Henry rifle, of the some length am the present
arleaurs
An ingenious writer has imagined • clever device to
neake the Parisians interested in the elections, tie proposes
that every man who abasing from voting shell be lined WOE '
King Victor Emmanuel arrived at Rome on Sunday
afternoon, end went in state from the railway station to the
lieyel Palace, amid the enthusiastic congratulations of the
people. In the evening there was • grand banquet at the
Qteirthal Palace, and at night the city was illuminated.
A Cage was being lavard the other day in a district
court to the Purj eh before the Commiesioner and native
assessors. Haying maturely deliberated on the evidence, the
Jury returned a verdict of not guilty, and recommended the
prisoner to mercy !
The following is part of a telegram relating to the
heat In the Weetmloster Court the other day Ewen Billy
he c unplaived of the excessive heat, and the 001,15 ad-
purned.. We presume "seen Billy substituted for
eventually."
Application having been made by Dr. Stewart, for
merly of Paraguay, fore new trial of the action raised by
him at Edinburgh for the reduction of a hill of £4,000 granted
to Madame Lynch in favour of M. Geist, Paris, the Court of
Session on Saturday unanimously refused the complainer's
request, and found him liable In expenses.
The 10th Army Corp., with the Crown Prince at
their head, made the triumphal entry Into Hanover lest
Saturday. In the evening the town wan illuminated, and
grand banquet was given, at which the Crown Prince replied
to the toast of the Emperor of Uerminey, elmsl absence wits
caused by Indisposition
The Earl of Aylesford was on Saturday fined Otis. at
one of the London polio. court.. lot thrusting bags of il,,ur at
pereone walking in the streets of Hammerman. Ile had
previously been fined 40.. for • similar offence committed on
the tame day at Richmond.
A correspondent of the Daily News, who has just
returned from Heligoland, telegraphs that the German
attempts to recite dissatUfaction with English rule have
been entire failure.. Much discontent prevalle, however,
on *amount of the GOVO/110, leaving closed the gambling
tables : and tide diecontent haa Increased owing to the bad
weather having interfered with the bathing meson.

The l'hdadel plata Ledgcr states that Prof rotor Agassiz,
having had a coast survey steamer placed under his control.
Is about starting upon an expedition to examine the waters
of the Pacific Ocean along the coast of North America, and in
connection with deep-sea soundings will collect speolmens of
natural history.
During the first thirteen weeks of the financial year,
while the revenue amounted 0 £16,833 the esPendi-
tura was £15,754 003 The balance to the Bent of England
on Saturday last was £3,f.91,3,,, and in the BAIA of Ireland
£l,( 57.202.
The Hon. Mrs. Yelverton, or "Lady Avonscio'e."
as she Is now called, is at present residing at • beentli3l
place called Saucehto, some ten miles from :fan Frauxisao.
zhe is busily engaged In writing her Amerioan experiences.
and will shortly depart for the hand etch Islands, Japan, and
China.
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On Friday last, while a party of gentlemen were
engaged fishing on the Whlte Loch at Cantle. Kennedy, closely
aoj 'Ming Lord Stair's Castle of Lochil.ch, the draught not
brought up a canoe, about twelve feet to length, hewn out of
solid oak. It la supposed that the canoe has been submerged
for hundreds of years.
An erroneous statement has appeared in several of
the leading newspapen to the tituCt %oat the reduced scale a
letter postage came into operation on the turn of July. Tide
announcement is premature. No dater.. yet been definitely
fixed for the commencement of the change ; but an official
hotter upon the sul9ect will shortly be Issued to the public,
When the late Sir Richard Tufton, Bart., was sp.
pointed high sheriff of the county of Kent, In 1860, he could
not speak ituglish (having been born and bred In Yelince). and
the duties of the office were performed by his friend. Sle
Edward Hoare hart. and as there was. contested election
for the county seat in Parliament. It required much tact to
periorm the functions satisfactorily, which, however, This )i.
flours, succeeded In doing, rani gained the esteem of all par.

The joiners employed by three of the principal
building firms In Leeds went out on Witte on Saturday in
consequence of the rein-al of their employers to reduce their
hours of lebour to nine pee day, and increase their wages to
7d. per hour. A "nine-hones" agitation Is being organised
in Derby, and at a large meeting of trades delegates held on
saturdsy resolutions In support of the movemeut were
adopted.
In a note upon the manner in which the death•rate
Is computed, the it.g'strar General points out that the true
interpretation of the diminished rate at which population
has Increased 00 the areas of towns within their ancient
boundaries in the abAttion of cellar and other dwellings,
the erection of warehouses, factories, and ottlaes in the place
of houses, the removal of Unitise, and the Increase tf popu•
baton felting place in the districts beyond th." LO.. 11.116.
On Monday night a fire broke out in a mill at
Seedhill. Huddersfield, the property of Mr. Mira.... but
occupied by several fbms en.rag,d In woollen and c....„"t0n
spinning. The tire COteripiriet.O in the top nOr, of Hie rsua
blindinp, and eprend ropily downw ads. uue portion of trier
main butldng was saved, the rest totally destroyed Then
, wee great sea city of water from hydrants for a long time,
the flames room queutly gained great neaarisy. Damages
are supposed to exceed £OO,OOO.
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At action to recover damages for breach of prom( se
of marriage, *lnch was brought ea the Court of Kt.-begun,
io London, on Monday had a rather remarkable termination.
when the plaintiff was called she wet so overcome by grief
as to be unable to give evidence. The Judge asked wbeti'er
nothing cinid be done ov which the young people could I*
br. ught together, as it was obvious that the SerVicel of •
clergymen sere more required than those of at ridge and
mi. A consultation took place, and it was agreed that the
ester should stand over until ant terns, to see if the promise
to marry amid not lie carried nut.
A Paris Correspond ea t state, that the elections peened
off in the most perfect order, and that il.ere worn 110 crowd.
at any of the polling places. It was thought that in many
districts the abstentions would prove to be very numerous,
at 100.133 per cent. In most instances. In Belleville the
working classes, It rem believed, had generally abstained
Iron. voting. From the returns received during Monday, it
appears that the moderate Republic ms, or supp,ters of
M. mien, hove curried • large majority of the vacant seats.
A promi,got Imperialist Candlish), M. Mouher, has been de-
feated In the Charente Interieure. The Impetration, were
also defeated at ii Ydeaus. General Esidher he has been re-
turned fir the Depariments of the Nord, the Fus de t'stair,
an I the Scone. tieveral (5507 has hoof/ eleCttd to the Ile
and Villain°. M. Or imbetta has been returned for the Var.

With regard to the communication with l'aria, the
dman Eastern and the Northern oi France ftsliway Com-
modes WINO annonrced that the *pedal express dei y tidal
servltos between London and Paris am Folkestone and Bou-
logne, by special train on both sides of the Channel, in con-
nextin with the fact steamers of the Soutli-Essteru Cons.
pany, will be ft-established on the ints but , as well a. the
cheap night service, by Boulogne and Caleb. Arrangements
have alto been made for the issue of tourists ticket. to
14w11ece1sndto Paris bri and after the 15th Inst The day
and night mail train service ris Dover and Calais by the
South Esstern and London, Chatham, and Dover Companies
are already re-satahltsbed, and on and after the 10th IBM.
through end return Paris DAMN will tie available by Dover
and Dslals and Follissfune and Boulogne, as formerly, and
the issue at second class tickets will be reautned.