The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-10-30 00:00:00

EPITOME OF NEWS.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN,

The Jewish Messenger argues that the Suez Canal is
the geatest of all enterprises, salt portends the autonomy et
":gypt and the restoration of Palestine to the Jews.
It would appear that at a concert given a short
time since in Walworth (London), a gentleman startled the
au Bence by reciting Paul's defence, in Greek. in order to
keep up the idea of the apostle as a prisoner, the reciter was
led on to the platform by a long heavy chain, which was
bound round his waist, lie did not, however, consider it
necessary to dispense with his white kid gloves! The Greek.
the chain, and the gloves together had a curious effect.
The Paris correspondent of The Times writes that
the Emperor Napoleon continua; well, and goes out shooting.
Ills Majesty is thinner than he was, and his complexion may
have a yellower tint than before his illness, but in both mind
and body he appears more active and vigorous.
The New York correspondent of the Irishman
writes that there is no ground for the lingering suspicion that
the Fenian Edward Martin," was, after all, one of the two
men rescued from the Manchester prison van. lie tells us
that Deasy is living in Boston and that Kelly was married at
New York on the very day on which the report reached that
city that he was lying is a dying state at King's College
tiospitaL
It may be remembered that it hostile meeting took
place, at the beginning of August, near Paris, between M.
Paul de Cassagnac and M. Gustave Flourens, in which the
latter was wounded. The other combatant and MM. de In
Gavle and Duchet, his seconds, as well as MM. Arnould and
de Fonvielle, who acted for the adverse party, have appeared
before the Correctional Tribunal of Versailles to answer for
the offence. All the five were condemned to a fine of 100 tr.
each.
Archbishop Manning opened a church on Tuesday,
at Southend, where there has hitherto been Boman Catholic
service in a room in the home of the resident priest, There
was a large attendance of clergy and laity.
A Russian paper, Le Means' gee Official, publishes the
following bulletin of the Empress's health:—" Lived's,
Sunday, 28th of September (10th of October), 1869—Thanks be
to God! The health of Her Majesty the Empress is slowly
improving."
An inquest has been held at Leeds on the body of
John Enoch, a boy twelve years of age, who had been em-
ployed in the Alexandra Foundry. A revolving shaft caught
his apron, and he received injuries of so severe a character
that he died shortly after. The jury returned a verdict of
accidental death.
Lord Brougham once said that he had never met a
Frenchman, of any condition or occupation whatever, who
did not consider that, after the Emperor, he was himself the
fittest and the sole man to solve the constitutional dint-
gullies and to work out the political destiny of his country.
The following advertisement is froin a Liverpool
paper The discoverer of a new system of diet, "tc.,
adapted to sickness, would undertake to train a gentleman
into specified insurable health for £soo.—Address," she., An.
It appears that Prince Louis Murat, who was sup-
posed to have slung his hammock before the mast, and who
certainly joined the French navy as a common seaman, en-
joys certain privileges not accorded to tars in general; he
memos with his captain, has his own cabin, and will, no
doubt, be spared every unnecessary hardshtp.
The American Postmaster-General is endeavouring
to open negotiations with Great Britain to secure an inter-
national rate of postage for Sc. from the United States, and
3d. from Great Britain per lialf-ounce, one half the present

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rate.
The ironmongers' assistants of Paris have now
joined in the strike of their brothers of the yardstick ; the
apothecaries' boys are as uneasy as blisters ; and the own!.
litra drivers are on the eve of getting down off taeir boxes.
Telegraphic intelligence from Bombay informs us
that a cyclone occurred near Tanjoie on the night of the 7111
Inst. Arbil Khan died on the 6th at Arood, midway between
Meshed and Teheran.
A subscription paper, circulated for some charitable
purpose, was presented to a wealthy Freud' manufacturer,
who subscribed twenty francs. 'Twenty franca!" said the
lady who presented the list to him; "why, you ought to be
ashamed of yourself. Your son has subscribed fifty francs."
" That is all very well," replied the manufacturer ; "my sou
hies a rich father, and can afford to give more than I, who
shall not inherit anything."
The following is a list of the crowned heads and
members of Royal and imperial families who will he present
at the Inauguration of the Suez (anal :—The Sultan, the Em-
peror Francis Joseph of Austria, the Empress Eugenie, King
George of Greece. Viceroy of Egypt, Grand Duke Constan-
tine of Rosati, Prince Royal of Prussia, Prince Alexander of
Reese, Prince Andr6 of Savoy, Prince Augustus of Sweden,
and the Count de Flanders.
Amongst other distinguished persons who have been
in Naples recently Mr. Layard may be mentioned. The
Naples papers evidently are aware that he is a personage of
some importance, but do not know exactly what title to give
him, and one paper speaks of him as the illustrious General
Layard.
On Monday, the coroner for Wigan, held an inquest
on Ellen, the wife of John Gregson, a collier, residing in
Wood's-yard, Great George-street, who died on Thursday in
last week, from injuries which had been inflicted ley her
husband on the preceding Monday. The evidenae showed
that the woman refused to pledge his coat to obtain drink
when he desired her to do so. Re then threw her down, and
beat and kicked her most brutally. Both the prisoner and
Isis wife were under the influence of liquor when the disturb-
ance took place. One of the kicks fractured the womao's
skull, and from this injury she died a few days afterwards.
A verdict of wilful murder was returned, and Gregson was
sent to Liverpool for trial.
Large amnesty meetings were held on Sunday at
Carrigaline, near Cork, at 'rralee, and Tipperary. At the
latter place nearly 70,000 persons assembled. The proceed-
ings passed oil very quietly, the decision of the Government
being received with considerable moderation. At Carrigaline,
Alderman I YSullivan, who presided, expressed unshaken con-
fidence in the good disposition of the Government ; and the
language of the speakers and demeanour of the people were
generally temperate, violent or offensive sentiments being
discountenanced by the vast majority.
The Liverpool Chamber of Commerce on Monday
adopted a resolution expressive of Raleigh admiration of the
character of the late Lord Derby, and its deep regret at the
recent removal by death of one who, "throughout a long and
illustrious career, devoted his great abilities to the service of
the nation."
A. French inventor has taken out a patent for
" stockings with garters attached."
The Archbishop of York has recommended a form
of prayer for private and domestic use, itt his diocese and
that of Carlisle, for those who are about to become bishops
of the sees now vacant.
A curious question is now under the consideration of
the Bankruptcy Court—whether the Duke of Newcastle,
being a peer of the realm is amenable to the Bankruptcy Act.
Ills counsel boldly contends that if the Duke is adjudged a
bankrupt, "the privileges of his grace as a Privy Councillor
will be destroyed, and his duty to his Sovereign become
subordinate to the allegiance he owes to the Court." rhe
position thus taken is a singular one, but Commissioner
Winslow seems to think there is something in it, for he has
taken time to consider.
Information has been received at Lloyd's of the loss
of ten British vessels, three of which were large screw-
steamers. One of these, the avian, bound from Copenhagen
to Newcastle, came in collision oil Auhalt with the screw-
steamer Claremont, bound from Newcastle to Cronstadt, and
instantly foundered with eleven men. The new iron ship
Cape Born, 72.5 tone, bound from Valparaiso to Liverpool, IS
reported totally lost on the coast to the north of the former
port. The screw steamer Chili, bound from the Clyde to
China, with coals has been abandoned in a sinking state,
and the'crew had been landed at St. Relent..
A daring attempt WSW made by a convict employed
on the Chatham Dockyard Extension Works to escape on
Monday evening. John Davelin, when work had ceased, and
the names of these in his gang had been called over, man-
aged, unnoticed, to slip aside, and concealed himself in time
mud, burying himself almost up to Ids neck. A snort time
after the convict was missed, and search was made for him,
when he was found on the bank of the Medway, having re-
moved sotue of his clothes, no doubt with the intent to
swim across the river, and gain the shelter of the woods near
Upnor. On Davelin's capture he wis promptly removed to
St. Mary's Convict Prison, where lie will have to undergo the
punishment awarded to prisoners who attempt to escape.
On Saturday a boy was cut to pieces by an express
train as it passed through the staveley Station, on the Mid-
land Railway. A train of coal w aegons had blocked the
way for a time, but as soon as they hail passed the deceased
rutted across the line, and was instantly caught by the
wheels of the express train. Portions of the body were
scattered over the line for a distance of nearly 300 yards.
1 he porters carefully picked 02 the pieces, and the train was
brought to a standstill as soon as possible. The boy was
thirteen years of age, and had been engaged as ticketer of
waggons for the past three years by the Staveley Coal and
Iron Company, and was much esteenial.
Fru Jerichau, wife of the Chevalier Jerichan, the
celebrated Danish sculptor, and herself a member of the
Royal Academy of Copenhagen, where she enjoys a great
popularity as a figure painter, is reported to have left Copen-
hagen for Constantinople, in order to be present at the open-
ing of the sore Canal, to portray the picturesque groom, of
the many nationalities who will there assemhle. She is
armed with letters to the Grand Vizier and other high dig-
nitaries of the Turkish empire, and is expected to gahl ad-
mission to the harem, and paint the beauties there
concealed, the K orates mandate regarding this being now
systematically disregarded since the Sultan has had his
portrait taken.