The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-10-23 00:00:00

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FOUR RESOLIITIONS.—Arehhishop Mac Hale and
the Roman Catholic clergy of the deanery of Town
have published four resolutions adopted at a meeting
of their presbytery on political matters. Of a land
settlement they say that "nothing short of an equitable
covenant, regulated by the price of produce and entire
security against eviction" will satisfy the demands of
the Irish people. They also state that the " malignant
influence" of the Protest...it Church continues in the
educational establishment ina'ntainal "in dsference to
Protestant ascendancy." They declare that it is not
sufficient to "proscribe the model schools, or Queen's
colleges alone, or to support a Catholic university ;
whilst the elementary schools" are, "in too many in-
stances, under the vicious control of the enemies of our
religion." They favour the amnesty movement, bid-
ding the "gaolers reflect on their own public mani-
festoes on the subject of the insurgents in Spain and
Italy."
PROFITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE.—VOIUDies might
be written upon the benefits which result from life
assurance, but we question whether a more striking
illustration of its value could be afforded than has re-
cently come under our notice in the case of a right rev.
prelate just deceased, (soya the Railway News). In 1821
the bishop insured his life in the Rock Office for £5,000.
In 1826 a bonus was added to his policy of £2OO, in
1833, a second bonus of £715, in 1840 a third of £675,
and in 1847 a sum of £833 was added. This brought
up the total additions in the way of bonus to £2,426
in twenty-six years, or at the rate of nearly £lOO a
year. For this accumulated bonus of £2423 the bishop
received in 1851 a net payment of £1,816. An ar-
rangement was made with the office at the same time
by which all future payments of promiuma on his part
should cease, and he commuted them SUMS for a pay-
ment of £1,055. thus realising a net sum of £751 and
freedom from all further payments. In the year 1856
the bonus added to the policy was £1,060, in 1861 it
was £1,137, and in 1868 a sum of £1,341, making a
total addition since 1851 of £3,545; or, including the
bonne purchased in 1851, of not less than £5,968. On
his death, which occurred a few weeks since, his repre-
sentatives are entitled to receite from the Ra,k a SUM
of £8,345. At a time when public confidence has been
so rudely shaken in the stability of life offices, it is
well that facts such as these should be known, for they
prove in the most convincing manner the advantages
which may be obtained alike to the assured and to the
shareholders in well-conducted corporations from the
business of life assurance.
HER MAJESTY'S SPINNING WHEEL—The Spin-
ning wheelwhich the Duchess of Athole presented to the
Queen SUMO years ago, has just been prepared and im-
proved by Messrs. Nimmo and S in, Airdrie, who
despatched it the other day to Edinburgh, whence it
is to be conveyed to Balmoral. The wheel is fully
three feet in length, including the stand, which mea-
sures about twenty inches, and the diameter of the
wheel is seventeen inches. Hound the brim of the
wheel are transferred the engravings of Balmoral
Castle, Dunkeld Town and Cathedral, Taymouth
Castle, and other Scottish views; while on the lid of
the band-hoz there is a representation of Burn's
Monument. Her Majesty complained of the noise
made by the wheel while in motion; but various al-
terations and improvements have now been effected on
it, so that the whole machinery revolves at the greatest
speed necessary with scarcely the slightest noise.
TIM WILL OF A MILLIONAIRE.— The Will of
William Henry Forman, Esq., merchant o: Queen-
street. London, and of llorking and Doncaster, was
proved in the London Court on the Bth instant, and
the personalty sworn under £1,000,000. The exe-
cutors and trustees are William A. Collins, Esq.,
Stone Buildings; Henry Kebbel, Egg., All Hallows.
lane ; and Mr. George 1-larrly, 28, Queen-street Cheap.
side. The will is dated 1860; and a codical November,
1868 ; and testator died at Fonthill House, Tunbricl;:e
Wells, 28 August last, aued 7, 4. He le.ves to each
of his e;:ecutore an annuity of £lOO for ten years, for
their trouble in the execution of the trusts. He leaves
annuities of £1,500 to one of his sisters, and to his
sisters-in-law, the widow of his brother Thomas, and
the widow of his brother Edward, as also a like
annuity to his brother Richard Forman, and to the
latter a further bequest of £lO 000. There are legacies
to each of his godchildren. lie has left his residence,
Pippbrook House, Dorking, to his sister-in-law, the
widow of his br“ther Thomas, and in mucceern di to
others of his family; and bequeaths the sum of £250 a
year for the keeping in order of plantation and shrub-
bery; also £3OO a year for clothing the domeetic ssr-
vants ; and £5O a year for fuel. The reaidue of his
property, real and personal, he leaves to his nephew,
Alexander Henry Browne, eldest son of his sister
Helena Qwimirfrid, wife of Major Alexander Browne
CTRICITY.--.As to the electric light, we in
England are shamefully neglecting it, in the opinion of
other nations. The Prenhh age trying it everywhere',
and twitting every maritime country with not using it
THE EARL OF DEVON ON THE on shipboard, improving the occasion whenever a col-
babel occurs at sea. One American railway company
EDUCATION QUESTION.
is about to light lip its tunnels a giorno by electricity,
At a meeting in connection with the Exeter and illuminate the awkward curves of the line at night.
Diocesan Training College, on Monday, the Earl of The engines, too, are to carry electric lamps. Mr.
Devon, having alluded to the fact that as diocesan Morse, famed in telegraphy, is experimenting upon
inspector he had enjoyed -.zany opportunities of bp- the produetion of electsisity by the i•rihtioa of the
coming acquainted with the condition id education ui carriage wbeels at their bearings. The medical gateau-
the diocese, went on to say that he quite agreed the i.ta —quack'', mostly—are asking for greater faith in
position of the parochial schoolmaster was one that their asserted cures. One of them, in France, declares
placed him in contact with various classes of the cam- that he can render children, bodily and mentally weak,
munity, and made him a link between the clergy and physically and intellectually strong. The dull girl or
the lay members of the Church, imposing upon him the [stupid boy can be brightened, and their aptitude
high duties and grave responsibilities. Schoolmasters for learning vastly increased, by stirring their
too had often great difficulties under which nothing brains with electricity. There may be something in
could support theca but that strong sense of this; clever surgeons know that the fluid stimulates
duty which was lik.ny to be metaled into them in, the aetiun of tluggish nerves and muscles of the body.
such institutions as the Exeter T,,,injug College—the Why nht those of the brain ? Schoolmasters, lay
conviction that they were playing an important part aside the birch, and buy a battery !—The Genlientan's
df«ga:ine.
isnuthhe improvements,ntze r engoetn
tender ati ot ti
iesitrfi.c ottoi n tarnyy.
THE CITADEL OF ANTWERP.—The sale of the
feelinz of pride or self-coneeit. Education year by
year was occupying a more prominent part in the die- Southern Citadel of Antwerp is now an accomplished
fact, the contract having been signed at Bruges's be-
Dr. of Parliament; and there was no question
tareen Dr. Stroutiberg of Berlin, on the one hand, and
but that it must occupy a very important position in
M. Frere Orban Belgian Minister of Finance on the
the deliberations of the Legislature during the en-
other. The price is 14 millions
.francs. The State
egretbwatostwldbath:
reserves ten hectares acres each) of lsnd to be em-
measure ssegran• vet:
alipprbeedluiliviepdantthafteeitihn
I d f d goods'
p oye or a new, paseenger an g station;
hectares age to Le need tor.: a determined gurpose ; Dr.
definite recognition that religion should form a part of
Measure might be adopted sLould ba,;ed upon a
Strousberg engaging by his contract to establish large
education; and further that in so incorporating religion
with education, due provision should be made for the docks, warehouses, &c.. at his own cost. He has already
religions privileges of those who might claim to absent
made a deposit of 500.000 L, and the works will be
themselves at certain times from the teaching, recog-
commenced immediately.
nising their claim to that freedom of opinion which VERY PRECISE INDEED !—A Parisian contem
was the right of every citizen. porary gives an amusing instance of the lengths to
which here of routine will push French officials. When
a dog is found wandering about masterless in Paris he
is taken to the fourriere, or municipal pound, where
lag is kept eight aays, and if not clath—ed thz end of
that time, either hanged or sold acoording to his value.
It seems, however, that to claim a dog it is necessary
to have a "certificate of morality," delivered by the
commissary of police of the quarter in which one may
reside. Here is a specimen ot the document required.
It was delivered to a lady :
We, Commissary of Police of the City of Paris, and
specially appointed to the Quarter of—, tinder our personal
responsibility, certify that the black and white haired dog
answering to the name of Bailin, which is at the fourrPre,
helengz tb Mime. L., living yiai and that the comiuct
of this lady has never given cause for reproach: in faith of
which we have delivered the present certificate," Am.
On the margin of the paper is a blank form, to be
filled up with the description, not of the dig, but of
the lady.
AFFRAY WITH POACHERS.—AnOtheII' somewhat
serious affray with poachers recurred at Leicester, on
Sunday morMng, making the second that has occurred
in the borough during the past few weeks. Is appears
that on Sunday morning, about half-past seven o'clock,
Police-constable Kendall was out op dsty, and when in
a street leading into Leicester he met five men whom
he knew to be poachers, each carrying full bags and
nets, and armed with bludgeons and flails. On being
accosted, the men acknowledged that they had got a
few rabbits, and two of them at once commenced a
savage attack on the officer, while the rest decamped
with the poached rabbits up a neighbouring public-
house yard. In the meantime the officer was attacked
in a most savage manner. His staff was taken from
him, and he was belaboured with it severely about the
head. Securing one cf his atsailanto, he was knocked
down and kicked most severely on various parts of the
body, and rendered almost insensible. The others of
the poachers having at this time arrived from deposit-
ing their spoil in a place of security, the prisoner was
rescued from Kendall, whom they left on the ground
sadly bruised about the head and face, and seemingly
TrLknirw SHIP—Atn to the police.
the o
insensible. The officer was obliged to take to his bed
l;an.
I.
CHARGE from the injuries received. Warrants wi-re issued
against
nAu theeE
or poachers,scuNo
whoi are A
sion House, in London, on Saturday, Thamasßulman,
late captain of the ship Old England, was charged
with scuttling that vessel at sea in July last. Accord-
ing to the statement of the counsel for the prosecution
the Old E.fgand was a vessel of 1.030 tons, and left
Cardiff on June 15, on a voyage to Point de Gabe. The
prisoner was the captain and a part owner of her. The
vessel was in a good and staunch condition, except that
the pumps were somewhat defective. On the 24th of
July, within thirty hours voyage of Pernambuco, the
the
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pumps were sucked dry, and on that day the • praiiner
arranged with the captain of a Portuguese shipto take
prisoner and the carpenter went down ints the hold,
rush of water was heard, which continued to flow into
the ship, soon causing the prisoner and the crew to go
on board the Portuguese vessel. The prisoner was
also said to have made anew big-book, and his c-rtifi-
cate bad been cancelled by the B .ard of Trade. Some
evidence was given in support of these statements, and
the prisoner was remanded.
EXCELSIORES.—The Spaniards are not com-
monly supposed to be a progressive people, and yet it
is certain that Spain at this moment is the most iidng
country in Europe, not even except Ireland.—Pench.
THE CAREERS OF MEDICAL STUDENTS.—A brief
but interesting paper on the careers of medical students
appears in the last volume of the "St. Bartholomew's
Hospital Reports," and is written by Mr. Paget, with
the assistance f Mr. Callender and Mr. Thema

Smith. Mr. Paget has collected particulars ot 1(00
students • has, with the aid of his colleagues, watchtd
and toted their respective careers during the fifteen
years subsequent to the commencement of hospitsl
work, and gives the following analytical result :-23
aehieved distinguished success, 66 considerable success,
507 fair success, and 124 very limited success ; 56 tailed
entirely, 96 left the profession, 87 died within 12
years of commencing practice, and 41 died during
pupilage. It is noted as a strange fact that 'nearly
10 per cent, of the whole number left the profession
after i3eginning either its study or its practice," and
that 7 only came to it from other studies and pursuits
in life, and sof these attain changed their ininds and
never engaged in practice. Mr. Paget remarks that
" it wnild be interesting if, with such facts as these,
one could compare our profession with others as to the
chances and degrees of success that it offers to its
" "