The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-01-28 00:00:00

EPITOME OF NEWS,

£3ITISII AND 'AMA.

Prom April 1 to January 21 the national revel no
amounted to £5O (99,626 and the expenditure to C 56,455,904.
The will of Harms Hotham, according to the Mai-
tran:d London Setes, was proved under halts million.

Forty.four thoueand women are emplo/e4 as out-
do,r laourera In England

For the tiret tint; E ince her Majeety Nell open
Parliament in person should her health permit.

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Flea, are so bad in California that the ladies at balls
carry a little ivory-Upped Instrument called a •• scratcher."
A charming girl in Covington, K,,ntiicky, the othrr
da) giggled to the extent of dhlocathkg her lower I kw.

The Spanish Academy have just puhliehed a new
elementary grammar, adapted to the use of the mattes.

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Mr. Joseph Burnley Hume, the eldeet son of the
late Mr. Joseph Hume, M.P., died on Saturday last. Ile was
62 year. of age.
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While Ganibetta at Lille was declaring hie confi lence
in Faldherbe, Von Goben was busily employed in destroying
the army on which the French Dictator relied.
With respect to the progress of small-pox in london,
tie it egistra-•Geneml Tema, ks that the f,tal cues ehowed an
Increase of n 3 upon tin se retailed in the icedi us week.
The Duchess de Fries died at Madrid on Sunday.
She was well known as Miss Victoria Bun, second daughter
of the late celebrated cornposer. She leaves three children.

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A g• ntleman secured the extraordinary number of
120 seats in the dress circle of Covent Garden Theatre, Lon-
don, for the other evening.

At Bolton, whilst a chili Wedi Striking at a cat, she
over-balanced herself and fell upon the taint of a poker,
which penetrated the head to the depth of three Inehea,
Cltllailig almost Immediate death.
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A meeting of representatives of all German railway
compauhs will take place at Dresden next month to settle
their demands of indemnities for the use of their iespectlee
rolling-stock for military purpcses during the war.

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The other day two houses in Upper Thamts-street,
Lupton, e I down, n h:ch we-e built in the yesr folloa inn
the great tire of L talon in ltind. The Umber had tee,nie
"as rotten as touchwood."

A farmer at Scipio, New York, has a turkey that
has laid cue hundred eggs in one hundred days, never
missing a day on ace Juut of damns, or a circus in town, or
am) thing.
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The very Rev. Monaignore Vincent Eyre, d Ramp.
stead, a well-known Roman Catholic clergyman, died on
Sunday last ettor a few days' ilineu, from congestion of the
lungs,

It is said that the Marquis of Lorne at Lis marriage
will wear. Weiland costume It the family and comer.
slons present should follow the example the scene will be
remarkable.

The ex-King of Hanover will settle in London in
spring. it is positively stated at Vl.lllll that the msr-
Awe of one of his daughter with an Unglish prince Is ar-
ranged.
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In London, a men who had hired a cab for the con-
veyance of a small-pox patleat without having untitled the
fact to the driver, has been convicted of the cffeuce, and
abed 40s.

A correspondent says that it is only the Inn of the
Prussian officers to devise campaigns Into ioreign lands, and
that they have devised one Into Russia. How funny for
Russia,

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A man named R•lorrt liowlinson, West Linton,
Peobletahlre, wag hot week protented wi.h an addrese and a
purse containing 25 sovert lens, by a num'aer of triends, on
the occasion of kin 103rd birthday.

Mr. ti ladstone has declined to receive a deputation
of 1 haunt Lighternaen on the subject of forming a naval
volunteer force, assigning as a reason the pressure of public
business.

The Chinamen in California, whi*e means would
allow, have all gone home to celebrate the beginning of a new
thou:wed 'ears, which comes In February. The last cele-
bration was In C7O.

From 10,000 to 15,000 ironworkers are on strike in
Scotland in consequence of the masters insisting on reducing
the wages—li. per ton on the peddlers and 6.1. per ton on
the millmen.
"According to the Chi/mist and Druggist, Americans
are manufacturing golden syrup with sulphuric acid and
starch. It is sold to blacken the teeth and chew up the
g'exard From the same land of inno,ence we read of currant
jelly being made out of old bouts."—Britialt Mrdical Journal.
A large firm in Norwich is making lii 000 pairs of
shoes for French soldiers. only sixteen days have been
allowed for the execution of the order. Shoes, leggings,
, for French troops are also being made on a large scale :
at Ket6ding, Northamptonshire.
The health of the convict and former M.P. William
Roupell Is lit a precarious condition. Ile is an Inmate of the
Infirmary of Portland prison, where he Is undergoing the
sentence of penal servitude for life for forgery. Ills relatives
are still sanguine of a rends: iOll of the sentence.
Two hundred watches were stolen from an IMM-
burgh j,veller during Sunday night, and other property to
the value of £7OO. :t is said the thieves put a boy into the
house try an aperture only a foot square. The boy unbolted
the back door and let his friends 10.
The parents of s.,me children in l'oxteth•ptrk having
refused to have their children vaccinated, and, on being
fined, neglecting to pay the fine, the Liverpool county
magistrates, on Saturday, granted warrants for their COMMIt •
mess to prison for seven days.
The Countess l'ercy gave birth to a son early on
Saturday morning at the noble earl's residence In Grosvenor.
square, London. As usual on the birth of an heir In the direct
line to the dukedom of Northumbe eland, the bells of St.
Martln.in-the.Fields rang at intervals during the day. Tne
Countess and infant son are doing well.
According to a French statistician, taking the mean
of mire), accounts, a man fifty years of age h. slept 6,0. 0
days, worked 6,600 days. walked 800 days, amused himself
4.000 days, was eating 1,500 days, was sick 500 days, S.c. Ile
ate 8,1810 pounds of bread, 16,000 pounds of meat, 4,000
, pounds of vegetables, eggs, and fish, and drank 7.000 gallon..
This would make a respectable lake of 600 feet surface and
three feet deep.
The Bishop of Exeter Las declined to allow himself
to be nominated for a seat on the Exeter School Board. His
sister, Miss Temple, has been put in nomination, and will go
to the poll. It is stated, however, that en important glues-
Mon has arisen in connection with Miss Temple's nomination
tier nominators omitted her Christian name when filling up
the form, and the electors are now advised by the opposite
party that the omission invalidates the nominathn, and
that Miss Temple consequently cannot go to the 1,11.
111 r. Itright writes that he is unable to attend the
public meeting of his constituents on Monday. There le,
however, said to be no ground for fearing that his health will
not permit him to take his place in the House of Commons
at an early date. Mr. Bright, It is stated, has offered to re-
sign his seat, but a strong resolution will be proposed at the
meeting refusing to entertain such a proposal and expressive
of sympathy with the right hon. gentleman.
The Roman Catholic Biehop of Clogher (Dr.
Donnelly; has rebuked a schoolmaster in one of his parishes
for having attended a meeting of the National Teachers'
Association in Dublin, at which a resolution was carried in
favour of joint lay anti clerical control of schools by a com-
mittee Instead of by a clerical manager. The It 'man
Catholic Episcopacy (Dr. Donnelly says. will rather abandon
the public grant than their control over the teacher and the
school.

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The excitement owned by the ativar ee of the
Prussians in the north-western departments of France Is
growing Intense and the people are flying before them hi
then•ands. ItO Tuesday morning between 50 and 60 persons
arrived at Jersey by the steamer Wonder from St. Male, and
large numbers are expected to follow. In. consequence of
the arrival of so many f ugitives lodgings In Jersey have become
extremely scarce.
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At the funeral of Lord Henry Bentinek, the famous
fox-hunter and sportsman, an incident occurred which is
worthy of record. While the cort• fp was pasaing through
the village of Tathwell it WSJ lolned by • foxhound, which
followed the body to the church, where, alter waiting a brief
time near the porch, it took its place by the grave of Its de-
ceased master, and remained until the service was over.

Ate London milice.court a man who gave the name
of Squire.; was charged upon hts own confession with the
murder of Emma Jacks ec. in one of the houses of 111-fame
in St Giles's, In 1563 Since the commission of this
clime, the author of which yet remains undiscovered,
drunken men have from time to time accused themselves of
the murder, and have withdrawn Mar statements when
sob. r. Ihe prisoner In this case followed this rule, and it
was urged in his behalf that when In liquor he was "quite
mad" The magistrate remanded him.

A petition to the Archbishop and Ilishora of the
province of Canterbury in Convocation assembled is in course
of signature by a number of priests of the Church of England
declaring that they are usable conststently with their duty
to God and the Church to acknowledge the authority in
sptritsal matters of the Judicial Committee of Privy Council,
and praying the ir lordships of the 1 "ow and the reverend
the clergy of the Lower House to shield the Church from
such unconstitutional Interference of the civil power in
questions belotgirg to spiritual Jurisdiction.
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Mr. Birlsy, M.P.. presided at a meeting held at the
Manchester ito3al Itfinnary on Monday, to recognise the
liberality of Mr 'Lobel t Ban no, who at a cost of £35 WO has
frundei a cmvale- cent home and a Imu e of recovery or
fever wards 1.1 cmnectou with tne tuff, mary. The Bishop
of Manchester, Is the .m 8 of the tilt, crtbera, premnte I a
portrait, tainte dl y Sr Francis Grant, of Mr. Barnes to the
trustees of the inlirmary. A bust of Mr. Eames te also to be
place,' in the convalescent home, and a reduced copy of the
host ens presented to Mr. Barnes's daughter.
The balloon pont.bag, sent up from the Crystal
Palace on the 27th October, it now appears, from Informs-
tin received from the Postmaster General, was found In
France by a working man, who, after comilderable delay,
banded It to the French postal authrrlties, who In their
turn forwarded It ti our General Post Office. The card.
reached their destination. a few days ago without any pat-
mark beyond the new perforations In use at thechlef office,
not much curloalty has been excited to know the cause of
the long delay.

An action has been tried at the Canterbury County
Court, in which Captain Urchin, of the Elizabeth, claimed
damages from the Margate Pier Company, for injuries sus-
Weed by the bring of a cannon from the pier In celebration
of her Majesty'. birthday. The plaintdf was engaged upon
the pier in making the I;lizabeth aecure, when, without any
warning, one of the large guns was Bred, and he was blared
severely on the face and shoulder. The defence was that
there was no negligence, and that tie Captain must have
noticed the Volunteers engaged in firing the salutes prior to
hia leaving the veinal. The jury gave a verdict for the plain.
tiff—damages, £12..
A very pad affair ban taken place at Kilburn, from
wine% it is feared a cabman will Icse Ma life. kir.
D'Eyncourt, the Marylebone magistrate, wan cylled to iit
Mary Hospital, Paddingt, n, to take the dying depatition of
John Parks. It appea. ed that n Saturday he conveyed a
renilem,,n and lacy to tbelr residence at Hilburn, woos: a
dispu'e arore anent the fare. It wt u'd stem the. the Wo-
man repdi el ten mud', and en followMg the lay and
gentierean up the Wept,. the ge Wleman, Cu teiclving a
tine if, told him to go off the stets, and eventually struck
the COMbll. The Mow is described as "not a rely hard
one," but it knocked Park, over the parapet by the side of
t,.e eters Into the area, and broke his back." The gent!e-
me n whs bound ever to appear when coaled upon to answer
acy chirp that may be brcught agalcst him.

The Dram of Cambridge is for the present prevented
Sarum attending to his official duties by gout.
The Address in reply to the t.jawan's Speech will be
ffiorefl in the House of Lords by the starquis of Westminster,
and teconded by the Karl of Rosebery.
it is said that the Prince of Wales has decided to
MEM Ireland this year. His 'loyal Iligliness will be accom-
panied by the Duke of Cambridge.
I M. Mensionier, who is in Paris, has just solci to an
amateur of that city his great !Arturo of lz•e7 for ilOO,over
runes rt,r,vo,) it is as yet mandril:red.
No day has been iced for her Royal Highness Prin-
cess Louise's marriage, but It will not be celebrated so early
as the 9th of March, as hiss been etsted.
The Rev. Dr. Unveil, who is in the Wisconsin State
prison for murdering his wife, has requested that he be
Sprott tea chaplain of the Institution !
(Inc of the twin danAtters of the Count of Flandere,
brother of the king of the lielgians is dead. The Me of the
other Is In dar. ger.
Mr. Cnarlss Reads hi tn4agesi upon a New Serial
Story, which will be commenced shortly In Cassell's Mod,
Lost week, nearly 240 recruits enlisted at Woolwich
fm service in the itosal Artillery, most of them being of the
' Matdard requisite for drivers.
On the meeting of l'arliament (John Mill undo—
stands the Scotch supporters of Mr. Gladstone will demand
an explanation of his letter about the Dopes splrDisal
authority.
It has been noticed as a alngular circumstance that
the last day of 1070 coded the weak, the mouth, the year,
and the decade. This has not happened before during tie
;resent century; nor will it happen again before the cc c'
ration of that term.
Two or three of the London morning papers haves
been authorised to say that Mr. Caliders Is better, fend that
Ice soli continue to retain office ! taking, however, for a
limited perio), compleit respite from work, to order to MG,
bitch a thorough restoration to health.
Sir (It /ow Ilaytxr, l'rinciprd l'ainter in Ordinary to
her alajvaty, died Ibis went at the age of :t!. Ile was
appointed Painter of Miniatures and Portraits to the Princess
Charlotte and the late King of the Belgians when ohly
years of age.
The Bristol magistrates have fined Ellen Shute, a
miserable•looking woman, cs. Mid costs, withal.° alternativo
of a months imprisonment with hard labour, for being drinK
• , and disorderly, end Wriggling a constable. It trsigOred
! that this was her tt.ilst appearance at the liristol l'ollee-court

EVE UK 1.1.1•1711,11,N.
A young woman, whose arm had been atuyiltated at
r.c. Thomas's Hospital, Loudon, without her knowledge or
content, applied to the Lambeth police magistrate to know
hether she could proceed against the operating surgeon for
damages. The magistrate told her that If there was any
remedy at all, it mast be sought In a civil court.
An inquest was opened (and adjourned) on Saturday
on the body of the young woman found in the river Aire, at
Leeds, on the previous day. She bad been misting slime the
29111 of November ; and from the condition of the corpse it
was believed that she had been murdered.
Mr. I)3Vi4, of the 19th Middlesex Volunteers, who
acted as secretary to the Volunteer C. mmittee which pro-
posed to give a public reception to M. Jules Fevre, LUis cell
dismissed from his corps. Ile Lad been a member et the
19.11 MiddlCsex during eleven years.
At a ragged school erecting on Monday the Bishop of
Manchester seld secular e4uoatice alone would bra blasting,
although an inferior one to a religious education. it
could see no way of reaching the immense masses of un-
taught children in Manchester but by compulsion ; and ha
did not know of any anode of come! aion which would he
effective except the system represented by the Police.
The Athrotrum Faye it ie expe•cto d thst the entries
for the Cambridge Higher Examination of Winiten in July
next will-he decidedly more numerous than they haver been
for tither of the two preceMng ones. It is hoped that the
<nomination will be held at London, Leeds, Liverpool, lingby,
and Cheltenham.
The annual auction of pews in Plymouth Church,.
Pro( klyn, was bold on the '.;rd of January. The itev. Henry
Ward Beecher, in introducing the auctioneer, exprened a
hope that the prices would to lover this year, belt said he
thought the preaent was ihe best mode of disposing of seat.
where more are warded than are to be bad. The choice
pews again brought good prices ; several were knocked down
at more than 300 dots, and one fetched 400 dots.
Since the 3rd of Auguet the National Society has
made grants towards the building and enlargement of talhools
to the extent of £49 593, autetbig thereby in providing ad •
dltlonal accosumoiatiou for 133 1511 chUdren. At the latt
meeting a the finance committee, on the 11th of January.
grants to the amount of £1M,Z,93 were voted to mote than

500 places.
In London, the other Sunday, a well.known
" eminent" dissenting rch.ister, before commencing hi ser-
mon, took his congregation roundly to task on account of the
pew-rents having fallen off in value, and the amount of
arrears. lie said that he had numerous r tiers to gtv else-
where, but that ho had resisted every temptation to hare
them ; but he must say there were many ministers of the
Gospel" with not half his brains "who were receiving alarger
income
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President Felton, in his Familiar lAtkro J run
Europe, relates the following Incident that occurred on the
good ship Ilahiet ll' rbder, In which he was a passenger—,
Last night I read some passages from M id.ortme r N
Dream to the captain. When I came to the description of
the mermaid rld:ng upon the dolphin's back, he pronounced .
It a humbug. • The dolphin's back,' said he, •is as sharp as
Se: and no mermaid could possibly ride on the beast un-
less she first saddled him '''

A 'barge of i'l a-head will be made to all young
men who want to enter for the competitive examinatimi for
the situations of second clan assistants of excise In the de
part meat of inland Revenue The s defy is only .1:01 a year
to the gainer of the pr ze. Would it ant Lie, therefore, shout
the Ban.o thing, and quicker over, if the young men were to
put iu their pound each and have a sweepstahe with • goof
prze? The Goveinment would lose something by the non-
receipt of Pl a-head, but they might be coneoled by belt '•
d invited to • dance an supper with the eomPetel". In 07'
evening with the suriAns money after provittinf the prlza:'
—Court Journae.
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Mott persons, writes a correspondent, have been
struck ty the Government's treatment of the itollol
notion, and the lent announcement that time more of the body
left LiverpQl on Saturday welt by the Ruasia (like the
Cuba, a Cunard boat) makes It worth while to point out the
following facts :—There are three lines of steamers runniPg
from Liverpool to New Torii, and carrying passengers at the
following rates: The National line, Lire. 12 and 17 ,01100 50 ;
the Inman linu, forest, 15 and 17 guineas : the Cunard lino
fares 15, 17 and 21 gulneas, and lf no emigrants are carried
Lid and £2O. The 111..sta carries no emigrants, and is con
st gunny the mist esoemilve boat of the most tspensivenne
that could hare been selected. The Cuba is more expensive
than a boat by any other line.
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The Board of Trade have awarded a telescope to
Captain Gerd fiery's, of the Norweigan gaillot schconer,tho
Tarandus. of Stayer gee, for rescuing the survivors of the
crew of the Brit sh chip Cappoe, of liartlepooL This
vessel which was abandoned in a water-logged state In the
&hie on the gad December, left Memel on the 13th Noven.-
her fast, bound to London with • cargo of timber. On the
let D-cernber she encountered a heavy gale from the north-
east, and later in the day capsised. Her limiter Mel three
of the crew died from cold and exhaustion, or were swept
overboard; the remainder, however, clung to the side of the
ship till they were picked oil by the Norwelgan captain, who
landed them at Copenhagen, having treatel them whilst on
board his vowel with mach humanity.
On Tuesday and Wedneriday in last week the w.
rk-
men! employ.ffi on the works of the new hue of railway be-
tween ilawihoruden and Pefficuick were eng.ged to the
formation of a diversion of the river Erk, a lien they dis-
covered the remain, of many of the French prisoners taken
captive. by S r John Moore in S,Ofte, Itlld brought to this
country, where they died. The ground in which their re-
mains have been found is • quiet and picturesque spot, the
property of Government, and neer the military priori at
Greenlaw. n.n monument or inscription has ever market
the resting place of theme forgotten foreigner., but at the re-
quest of the officers stationed at Greettlaw their remain•
are all being carefully preserved with a a view to render-
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