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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-03-20

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-03-20

OPPOSITION TO THE VACCINATION

ACT.

At the County Police Court, Strangeways, Mr. Pit-
man was charged, at the instance of Mr. Parker, clerk
to the Prestwich guardians, with had, ing contravened
the Vaccination Act. After an explanation of the
case was made by the prosecutor, Mr. l'itman said he
appeared to pay the tine, but under protest, because
he had seen in his family the evil effects produced by
vaccination.—The Magistrate I an. sorry for you.
Magistrate then handed the Vaccination Act to
Mr. Pitman, asking him to read it for hitnself.—Mr.
Pitman stated that he was quite familiar with the act.—
Magistrate Would you just show me how it is possi-
ble to avoid sentence in this case ?—Mr. Pitman said
he did not ask sentence to be avoided, lie only
thought that that act for compulsory vaccination
should be repealed. It was not convenient for him to
' suffer imprisonment on account of his public duties,
else—Magistrate: I suppose you would not like to be
made a martyr ?—Mr. Pitman: No I should not. Mr.
Pitman subsequently stated that he had made no com-
plaint against the guardians for bringing up this case.
On the contrary, he had rather urged them to proceed
with it, as he believed that the way to get the act
repealed was to enforce it strictly, lie hoped the act
would now be enforced more strictly than it had been
hitherto, lie had a conscientious objection to com-
pulsory vaccination, founded on examinations of the
subject. Ile considered it was positively injurious to
society at large, both directly and indirectly. Mr.
I'itman then paid the fine of 20s, with costs.—
Another gentleman, named Snmuel Brooks, was con-
victed of a similar contravention, and the same penalty
vas infliced.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-03-20

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-03-20

AN AMERICAN POISON CASE.

On the 28th of January, Miss Maria M. Stennecke,
a maiden lady of seventy years of age, who had
previously resided in Baltimore, but had been staying
in the neighbouring town of Carlisle for some months,
died suddenly at the Mansion house, under suspicious
circumstances. During her visit she was attended by
a young German physician, Dr. Paul Schoeppe by
name, who was also a comparative stranger in the
community. Dr. Schoeppe was in attendance on Miss
Stennecke on the evening previous to her death, and
on the following morning she was discovered by the
chambermaid lying in an insensible condition, in which
she continued until the afternoon, when she died.
After the death of Mrs. Stennecke, a will, hearing
date November 17th, 1868, was found amongst
her papers, which devised her property to various bene-
volent and religious associations. When this will was
offered for probate in Baltimore, the attorney for Dr.
Schoeppe offered a later will, written by himself and
witnessed by his father, Rev. P. 11. Schouppe, and
himself, devising all her property to him. The court
directed an issue to be joined, to test the validity of
the will; and, in the meantime, suspicion being aroused
as to the cause of Mies Stennecke's sudden death, an
appropriation of 300 dollars was made by the court to
have her body exhumed and her stomach submitted
to a distinguished chemist for examination. The re-
sult was that the chemist discovered poison in the
stomach of the deceased, and Dr. Schoeppe has been
arreeted en the charge of murder. Amongst the
papers of the deceased were discovered documents
which shewed that there had been a contract of
marriage between Dr. Schoeppe and the deceased.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-03-20

NATIONAL EMIGRATION.

On Saturday evening a public meeting convened by
the National Emigration Aid Society, was held at the
Agricultural Hall, London, for the purpotie of urging
upon the Government to take up the question of mi.
gratii in to our colonies as a national course of policy
necessary to relieve the distress prevailing throughout
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-03-20

the llaelingden

The Correspondent of the Inverness Advertiser at
Fort William writes as follows :
About 8 pm. en Tuesday Lochaber was visited by a aevere
shock of earthquake. Tnere is scarcely a mail to he met
with here who has not felt It, and each gives a different de-
scription of its effects. Some compare the sound which pre-
ceded the shock to that sauced by a boat when dragged on
shore, or the trembling noise experienced on board a high-
pressure screw steamer. A gentleman who via at Strone, a
distance of seven miles from here, states the noise he heard
was as loud as the report of a cannon, and that the
whole earth shook violently, around him. Another gentle-
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-03-20

AN EGYPTIAN STATE BALL.

A correspondent sends a long account of the Viceroy's ball
given on the 4th inst. at his new palace at Clezireh, on the
barks of the IN ile, about five miles' drive from Cairo.
On reaching the gates (the writer says) we were
stopped by a crowd of Turkish officials who asked for
our tickets, and who on receiving them saluted us, and
we passed on through the gates into the grounds. We
were at once struck with the beauty and magnificence
of the place—the drive on either side studded with
trees of the densest foliage, and here and there lamps.
whose *tete were gilded, and whose soft and blended
lights had a beautiful effect.
We arrived at the palace too soon, for after having
given up our bats and cloaks, we were asked by one
of the officials if we would not like to go out in the
grounds for half an hour. There WWI evidently some
reason for wishing to get us away, as we soon found
out, for at that moment the Viceroy himself appeared
and told one of the attendants to take us out and show
us the grounds. The fact was he wished to show the
palace when lighted up and before the guests arrived
to the ladies of the harem. We were taken to see the
Grotto, a place in itself worthy of much note, it being
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-03-20

OLD HILL.

ACCIDENT TO A POLICEMAIe.-011 SAtllTaily Dielt. ED
accident happened to a policeman of the name of Thomas
Slynn, stationed at Blackheath. Sloan was getting out of
a carriage of the 7.45 train from Birmingham, and the
train going on beyond the station, lie stepped from the
carriage on to a tramway from Messrs. Swindell and Col-
lie's pits, when missing his footing he fell from a great
height, breaking his thigh and collar bone, and otherwise
severely injuring himself. Ho lies in a very precarious
condition.

FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Thursday evening, 11th lost,
Mr. F. Hooper. Coroner, held an inquest at the Golden
Cross, on the body of John Thomas Hickman. On the
jury being sworn, it was found that one of them, named
Joseph Bannister, had not arrived, and the Coroner fined
him £2. Bannister arrived just after the jury had been
to view the body, but the Coroner declined to remit the
line. From the evidence given it appeared that deceased
was employed at Mr. Hose's pit, and was helping a man
named John Dauks. who was getting some hanging coal
from a gateway. While so engaged, a piece of coal fell
from the roof, causing such severe injuries that he died
shortly afterwards. Verdict, "Accidental death."
CAUTION TO BREAD SELLERS.—At the Petty Sessions,
on Wednesday last, before F. W. G. Bares and E. Moore,
Ewa., Eli Shaw was charged by Superintendent Mills
with selling a loaf of bread otherwise than by weight.
Police-constable Slynn said he was in the defemlant's
shop. and biught a loaf. It was not weighed. Fined Is
and costa; in default 11 daya.—Thomas Cook, William
Ralph, George Millinchip, Benjamin Clapham: William
. .

Wiaitl.lll4, Abraham Italiri;s, W:lliato Lee, and Ilarriet
Holloway were charged w,th sluillor off,nees, and ordered
to pay costs.

gaiuca or TUE PE amt.—Brmjarnin Hinton and Jo-
seph Hadfield were charged with committing a breach of
the peace by fighting, on the 11th inst. Police-constable
Hughes said he now the two defendants fighting, on the
above date, at Portway. They both cm to the ground.
Ordered to pay costs.
CAUTION TO OWNERS or Dons. Joseph Bennett,
Solihull, was summoned by Mr. E. Thomas, Siverviaor
of Iniand.ltea.enue, for keeping a dog without having a

licentie. Mr. Thomas said Lo ''wished -this to be a cautron

to those iu Vint to as there were a west utruber of
persons keeping dogs in that locality without having
licenses. Fined 255.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-03-20

WILLIAM AKROYD, Deceased.

ALL Persons lowing CLAIMS upon the
Fetate of the late Mr. WILLIAM AX WAD, of
Perkfield, Stourbridge, are requested to stud particulars
thereof to Mr. George Ilollowey, No. 1, Church-street.
Stourbridge; and all Persona Indebted to the said
Estate are desired to PAY the lame to him on or before
the t‘t ,Inv of Apra. Neat.

Parkfield. Farm-bridge,
March 4,1869.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-03-20

THOMAS BROWN,

In aneeeetlirg to thf• ut.ve fttp,inf,t, begs to inform
thellentry an.l Puhlie generally, that he C Nupply thet,
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-03-20

TO MALSTERS.
BEST WELSH MALTING COAL, at
eollicry prices, in Truck locilc,to any Station.—
Apply, G. J. non, hallway Coal %hart, Stourbridge,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-03-20

THE LATE DUKE CHRISTIAN.

Duke Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, whose death
has just taken place, played no unimportant part in
the strange and confused imbroglio which led to the
war between Denmark and Germany, and to the ulti-
mate aggrandisement of Prussia. Being the head of
the elder branch of the House of Holstein, the late
Duke was unquestionably the lawful heir of King
Frederick VII., so far as the Schleswig-Holstein
Duchies were concerned, in the event of that monarch's
dying without issue. In 1848, however, the chance of
his reversion seemed of no great value. Frederick
VII. had just ascended the throne of Denmark and if
the Duda. ; and his Majesty, who was still in the
prime of life, and was very likely having been
married and divorced twice -to form a third mar-
riage. During this year the Schleswig-Holeteiners
revolted against Danish rule, and Duke Christian
identified his fortunes with those of the insurgents.
The insurrection failed; and from that time Frederick
VII. resolved that, whoever succeeded him upon the
throne, it should not be the kinsman who had made
common cause with the rebels. as the inhabitants of
the Duchies were styled at Copailnwen. .Moreover,
poor Duke Christian was under a cloud because he had
nontracted a left-handed marriage with the Couritees
Daneshield—a union which was never recognised by
the Danish Court. After the collapse of the
insurrection, the Duke was induced, in considera-
tion of a large sum lif money, to renounce all pre-
tensions to the Duchies in his own name and in
that of his children ; and, by the famous protocol
of London, a Cadet of the younger branch of the
Holstein family—the Sonderburg-Glucksburgs—was
declared to be the lawful heir and successor of
King Frederick VII. How far this renunciation was
morally or legally binding upon the Duke or his heirs
was a question which German jurists and politicians
spent years in discussing. Immediately alter the late
King of Denmark's decease, Prince Christian assumed
the title of Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, and then
transferred it to his eldest son, who during the early
stages of the Pans-German war held a sort of mock
sovereignty at Kiel, under the title of Frederick VIII.
ProbabL if the Danish Government and nation had
Dot attempted to interfere with the regular course of
the succession, in order to exclude Duke Christian of
Sonderburg-Augustenburg, the annexation of the
Duchies by Prussia might have been deferred a few
years longer. However, the Danes may console them-
selves by the reflection that no dynastic arrangements
could have permanently rescued the seagirt Schleswig-
Holstein from incorporation with Germany.
The late Duke leaves two sons and three daughters.
Frederick, the eldest son and present Duke, is married
to Princess Ada, of Hohenlohe, niece of Her Majesty
Queen Victoria; the second son, his Royal Highness
Prince Christian, is married to Her Royal Highness
the Princess Helena of Great Britain and Ireland.
The daughters are unmarried.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-03-20

COWS.

FREE by Post. for 7 Stamm a Practical
TREATISE on their Diseases, with plain direc-
tions for treatment and cure, written expressly for the
guidance of owners of Cows, by Richard Harvey, Vet-
erinary Surgeon, Derby.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-03-20

. .4. t

Air HA A. BROWN, in returniug thai.ks to
..*1 the Public for the support bhe hoc received ir
She above Business, begs to announce that she ins trans.
Wired the Business to her son Thoinns fir on, in who,,
behalf she would solicit a continuance of I,a,t favours.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-03-20

DU'Dt.Vlt WOOD.

SCHOOL SERMONS.—Con Sunday last two sermons were
preached in the Wesleyan Chapel, by the Rev. R. Eland.
of Stourbridge. At the close Collections were made in
aid of the minuet, *Men amounted te SID.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-03-20

They coomieuced on W'',lnee'isY syssingi I'
Thursday morning ;hes, ht.! ules,d sesrlY ibirtT
but this was not solid :•eadicg snii the progress
hail not been so rapid furtl•cr the men get bat
heeding, the harper and more awkward is the proc
working.
Before they reach the men dtiOnee. of El yere
.hiabteredtr7oisbptbegoid,nrbgi i 'uttetitliriadeßohinne
ht.hreati ;etnh ee
elegLe orTp,
the entombed men and buys will be recovers.l alive.

FRIDAY.

The unfortunate m,sy
.and boys are still entowhe*
but very faint hopes are ente7tAined et their being ts.h
out of the pit alive. A large body of men are wo•
and trying to mike headway front' the Robin Hnor
where some of them are supposed be. The pet
engines are all at work, and the water' ie being re,
at the rate of 2i inches per hour ; and Occorditig t
calculations made, if everything goes on u well
be expected, the workmen engaged will net be a'
make headway to get into the pit before the middle
day (Saturday). While every one is doing the hue
can, the greatest anxiety is being manifested by •
gaged, and the wives, children, anti friends of the r
Ornate men are mourning their loss. Crowds of ye:
estaious to hear h(u they are progressing, visit the.
of the accident. It ie earnestly hoped that eve the
closes the fate of the men will be known.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-03-20

,
Vu thee I've got no lorush shtandi:
'Ma's too mush sorra-warra—an brandy.
—Puna.
THE BISHOP OF MANCHESTER AND
RITUALISM. _ _

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On Saturday the Rev. J. E. Sedgwick, of St.
Alban's, Cheetwood, received a communication from
the Bishop of Manchester informing him that the
inhibition that was rec,ntly put upon his preaching in
the diocese of Manchester had been "relaxed." This
relaxation, it was understood. was at the instigation-of
the Archbishop of York. The Manchester Guardian
states that "the relaxation of the inhibition is accom-
panied by certain conditions, the acceptance of which
by Mr. Sedgwick will cause sore alteration in the mode
of conducting services at St. Alban's, and the appear-
ance of the church. The charges against Mr. Sedg-
wisk amounted originally to seven; but they were re-
duced by the Bishop to three—namely, the use of
lighted candles, coloured decoration, and the practice
of auricular confession. Mr. Sedgwick extinguished the
candles as soon as be became aware that the Bishop
objected to them. On the coloured decoration' ques-
tion sonic doubt prevails as to all that may be included
withiu the term; but we believe the substantial result
up to the present time is that the vases of flowers on
the altar or communion table have been removed ; that
there will he only one colour of altar cloth, stole, dos-
sal, &c. ; that hi all probability the small banners now
suspended over the nave will be removed ; and that the
decorations of the church at the great festivals will be
much more subdued, if they do not altogether cease to
be used. , With regard to confessiou nothing has been
altered, Mr. Sedgwick stating that he has never gone,
nor will he ever go, beyond the mode of confession
which is prescribed in the Book of Common Prayer."
Mr. Sedgwick very briefly referred to the subject on
Sunday morning, in terms of great thankfulness, for
the removal of the cloud that had for five months
overshadowed the church. The large candles on the
"super altar," and the great gilt cross were in their
usual places on Sunday morning, and the communion
table was covered with a rich violet-coloured cloth—
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-03-20

EARTHQUAKES.

Reports from yarding pasts of East Lancashire and
the West Yorkshire borders concur in stating that a
slight earthquake occurred a few minutes after aix
o'clock on Monday evening. The vibration wan
violent at Accrington, Haslingden, Itosegrove, and
Waterfoot, lasting seven or eight seconds. It was
more or lees perceptible at Blackburn, Bury, Middle-
ton, Todmordeu, and Sowertiy-bridge. A momentary
tremor was experienced in the central district of
Manchester. In some of the nuburbs, Pendleton and
Cheetwoiul for instance, the direction appeared to be
from east to west. Accounts differ by a few minutes
as to time, but none are mentioned as earlier than six
o'clock, or later than a quarter past six. At some of
the towns mentioned above people malted out of their
houses in alarm, asking one another what had hap-
pened. A chimney is said to have been thrown down
at Newchurch and a crack has been left in the wall of
Railway station.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-03-20

GENERAL GROCERY AND PROVISION

WAREHOUSE,
No. 1, COVENTEY-STREET, STOURBRIDGE.

To THE INHABITANTS or STOURBRIDGF

AND as VICINITY.

,
ItTHILL begs to announce that he has taken
• to the above pet wises, lied trusts that a ith strie,
assiduity to bto.iness, together with flrsbelass articles
• small remunerative profit, to share a good portion of
public patronage and support.

SAMUEL INSULT,
AUCTIONEER, APPRAISER, AND GENERAL
AGENT

HIGII-STREET, RRIERLFY 1111. L.

All Business ptuctually attended to. Charges striclly
moderate. Money advanced upon every description of
Household Furniture, Stock, Ito.„ for absolute sale.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-03-20

CARDINAL CULLEN and the RELEASED

FENIANS.

Cardinal Cullen in his letter refusing permission
for a collection at the chapels hr the Fenian prisoners
lately released, says that for eight years he has been
warning the Feniana to withdraw from their evil
course. Ile often informed them that if they remained
in the brotherhood they would incur the same censures
se Ribbonmen or Freemawns, and be cut off as rotten
branches. The scenes at Tallaght and elsewhere
enabled the enemies of the country to taunt the Irish
with being fools. All that is past. Ireland is in so
peaceful a state that those who had been sentenced to
along and painful imprisonment have been liberated.
Prudence would have suggested that they should be
allowed to pass into the world quietly. The Amnesty
Committee had given each of them a sum sufficient for
their immediate want, and in a single acknowledgment
he (Cardinal Cullen) saw that £.1,000 was received
from America for the same purpose. He could not
look on the movement to make a collection on St.
Patrick's Day as springing from pure charity. "It
was rather a political stratagem to obtain from the
country a mark of approbation of the conduct of the
released prisoners, and an adhesion to the cause for
which they suffered." Perhaps there was something
more in it. "Is it not an attempt to stultify the
Catholic clergy by making them identify themselves
with Fenianism, which they have constantly opposed
for many years, and inducing them to sanction secret
societies, repeatedly denounced from their altars ea
under the anathemas of the Church and most dan-
gerous and destructive."

-- --
The Dublin Fenian Amnesty Committee have pub-
lished an answer to Cardinal Cullen's letter. They
say that the liberation of the Fenians was treated by
them as an object of national interest, and the col-
lection as a work of mercy and charity. They do not
wish to commit themselves, or any one else, to any
political opinion; and they still feel confident that
by whatever machinery the subscription may be
carried out, the Irish people will respond to the
appeal."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-03-20

A SAD CASE.

At the assizes held at Manchester, Sarah Crawford,
aged 24, (self accused), has been tried on the charge of
drowning her illegitimate child, at Great Harwood, on
the ni.dit of the 28th December.
It appeared that the child had been maintained and
kindly treated by the prisoner for a year and nine
months, but this winter the mother, formerly a mill
hand, hut who had been obliged to take to sewing for
a livelihood, fell into great dis; res, for want of work.
She was obliged to change her lodgings on the night in
question, the people ohs lived with being too poor to
keep her any longer. It was a tempestuous night,
liqt there was no want of kindness imputed to the
prisoner's landlailv, to whom the prisoner seems to
have returned after all hour or two of alisence in quest
of lodgings, saying she had succeeded. It is sutqa.sed,
however, that the murder was committed in the
interval. The child was found drowned in a mill-dais.
The mother was not heard of for about six weeks,
when she came to the police-station and gave herself in
charge.
Mr. Ton- urged the jury not to rely upon the self--
accused, and to consider the possibilities of the dis-
tracted woman having accidentally let the child fall
into the water.
The jury convicted the prisoner, but strongly re-
commended her to mercy, and expressed a doubt as
to her
.state of mind at the time the murder was

committed.
Mr. Justice Brett, in passing sentence of death, ad-
dressed the prisoner as follows :—On that fatal nicht
there is no doubt you were reduced to a position of
terrible temptation, but that was the result of your
own former misconduct; and being so tempted, you
killed your child, in order to relieve yourself from diffi-
culy and distress. It was a cruel act. We may pity
you—we cannot excuse you ; and au that we can hope
is that you may bitterly repent. Your case will be
immediately laid before those who will consider it with
'are and mercy.
The prisoner sobbed violently on being'ren.oved, but
said nothing during the trial.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-03-20

ACCIDENT to the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE,
SIR A. E. COCKBURN.

Chief Justice Cockburn, on Monday afternoon,
which, although it has only resulted in a temporary
enforced withdrawal from his lordship's judicial labours,
might easily have been attended with the most serious
consequences. Monday was the commis-sion day of
the ASSiZeS for the county of Sussex, and his lordship
left town for the purpose of opening the commission at
Heyward's Heath. He left the train, accompanied
by his marshal, with a view of riding across the Downs
to Lewes. It appears that after entering upon the
Lewes Racecourse his lordship's horse was tripped up by
a chain which had been fixed at a particular spot to
keep off trespassers, and the consequence was the Lord
Chief Justice was thrown with some violence to the
ground. He was unable to remount, but his lordship
managed to reag.th the judges' lodgings on foot. On a
medical gentleman being summoned he directed that
his lordship should remain perfectly quiet for some
days. 'the opening of the cominia.ion, therefore, de-
volved upon Mr. Banjo Bramwell. It is a remarkable
circainstance that this is the second instance of a judge
of the Court of Queen's Bench being thrown from his
horse during the progress cif the Spring Assizes; Mr.
Justice Hayes having met with a similar accident
whilst riding in the vicinity cl Warwick.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-03-20

TO BRICKMAKERS.

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N R.—None need apply without testimonials as to
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February 11th, 1869.

JUST PUBLISHED (COPYRIGHT),
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-03-20

CRADLEY HEATH.

TITE LATE STABBING Con AT CIIADTXT ITEATTI,—At
the Staffordshire Lent A,ssizew, before Mr. Justice flan
yen, Tht'unte *organ surrendered in he tried upon ar
indictment charging him with unlawfully wounding Wit.
liam Hampton—Mt. Green prosecuted, and Mr. blot-
teram defended the prisoner —Frill particulars have al-
ready appeared in our columns.—The Jury twice declared
their inability to come to an agreement, and the Judge
put it them to find whether. M the first instance, the
prisoner u.ed a poker or a knife ; and in the second—if
the latter—whether he used it simply for the purpose of
tickling the pros, actor, or with the more serious inten-
tion of stabbing him.—A rennet of guilty of stabbing
was then returned, and the prisoner was sentenced to fif-
teen months' imprisonment.
ST. LEEK:9 CFIIIRCIT —On Sunday last the annual err-
moan on behalf of the choir were preached by the Rev.
Huband Gregg, M.A., curate of the place. Large con-
gregations were present at both services, and the collec-
tions amounted to over £9.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-03-20

DUELS IN ITALY.

The Italian papers have recorded four duels during
the course of la 4 week, at Turin, Bologna, Piacenza,
and Parma, no fewer than three being attended with a
fatal issue, whilst in the fourth one of the parties has
been severely wounded. The duel at Bologna, be-
tween the Marquis Pizzradi and the Marquis Mazza-
miati has, from the social eminence of the combatants,
the supposed cause of the encounter, and the instant
death of the Marquis Mazzamiati, created a great
sensation all throughout Italy. The police authorities
at Bologna have been greatly blamed for not having
taken steps to prevent the meeting, as its probability
had been the subject of general discussion in society
for a considerable time, and it was well known that it
threatened to be one of a most sanguinary character.
One report had said that the two noblemen were to
fight at pistol length—only one of the pistols, to be
chosen by lot, being loaded; another report took the
still more frantic form that they were to draw lots who
should commit suicide; another story said they would
walk round, approach or retire from one *another just
as they chose, with the sight to discharge the pistol
close at the bead or heart. With reports of such a
character in circulation for so many previous days it
certainly says little either for the judgment and fueling
of the rOatives and friends of the parties, and stia
less or the efficiency of the Bologna police, that the
duel was allowed to take place almost at the gates of
1 the city.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-03-20

DRESSING THE HAIR.

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glossy, and in curl, or in any position, in all weathc,,.
even though it possesses no natural inclination to do no
at a cost of Id per seek. This elegant preparation is
also in universal repute for its unprecedented success in
cleansing, strenthening, and bearitifying the human hair.
Large sheets of testimonials and full directions are sent
with each parcel of mattrisis, post free for 14 stamps.—
Address, Miss A 11., Mr. Sevin's. Stationer, Dunmow,
Essex or apply to my anent, Miss Yates, Fancy Reposi.
tory, 8, High-street, Kidderminster.

PRICE ONE PENN'
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-03-20

BALLAD OF THE BOARD OF TRADE.

() say not trailemien cheat in weight,
I r paella* triad ill measure,
To such extent as to create
Much harm, or gam much treasure.
0 say not with intent unfair
The shopkeeper arranges
Unequal scales; hut wear and tear
Their due proportion changes.
'Tie few that can with rogues be classed
Of all the trading body ;
No gross aspersion on them cast—
Excuse a little shoddy—Punch.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-03-20

SAD DEATH OF A CLERGYMAN.

An inquest has been held at Pirbright, Surrey,
touching the death of the Rev. John Tiehe Wells,
clerk in holy orders. The deceased was 60 years of
age, and although a clergyman of the Church of Eng-
land had officiated for years past at the well-known
Irvingite cathedral of Aldlrury, built by the father of
the present Duchess of Northumberland. Of late,
however, Mr. Wells had shown symptoms of insanity
which greatly alarmed his family, and a change of air
was recommended and he was sent to Woraplesdon,
ander the charge of a keeper. Tire physician who had
been consulted stated distinctly that the deceased
had no suicidal tendencies, and depended like
a child on his keeper to keep him from invisi-
ble enemies. On Saturday evening, however,
during the temporary absence of his keeper for
, five minutes, he left his lodgings and wandered
away on the dreary common. He was seen about
eight o'clock, by a pereion named Revell, splashing
about in a pond ; and he, tsking him to be a drunken
man, tried to persuade him to go home. He followed
him hr some time, when he saw him deliberately got
over a Inalve and get in another pond. Corning out he
aaked Revell where he it ul.l tind clean water, and
llevell h n we it ton house near for assistance. Before
be came back the deceased had again disappeared ; and
now comes the very sad and extra. oalinary eirumatance
of the case. A labourer, named Richard Gunner, gave
his evidence ta. follows :
On Saturday night, about halfirast ten, some one rapped
at my door. I slept on a bed near the door and asked the
person what he was at. Ile said, "Let me in." I refused,
and he entreated me again to allow hint to come in. I
told hint to go on I thought Ile was a drunken man,
as I have been served the same way before. lie left,
but came back in a minute or two. lie asked
me three times to let hint come In, but I still
refused. Ile said he was "lost," and I asked him who
he san and where he wanted to go. lie said be was
a aergyrnan, but did not say where he wanted to go. I
thotight lie strange place ler a clergyman to be, and flay in
my bed and told hire to he off. About a quarter to seven
the next morning, when I opened my door, I saw the de-
ceased a little distance from my door on the road. I went up
to Mtn and found he was dead and cold.
In answer to the Rev. Mr. Hawkins, the foreman of the
jury, the witness said he heard the clecerved say, "I shall
die," bat It was only a fortnight before that a•.me one wanted
1,, come into his cottage in the night, and he served him the
same. It was a lonely place, and no one kuew who might

be about. _
The constable who wan in attendance on the coroner
said it woo 'mown, g fast all S stitrilay night, and the
deceased chid in the snow.
The coroner, in summitic up, Pahl that he could not
attribute nor -h blame to 4:onto r. con-idering the lone.
linens of the place, and that he thought he was
speaking to a drunken man.
I he jury almost immediately returned a verdict to
the effect that the deceased had died from exposure to
, cold.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-09-11

EXCITING SCENE OFF RAM3G ATE
PIER.

On Monday morning, shout ten tnintatex to eleven,
• small ypc),t, which was subsequently found to be the
Norther. &fie, attempted to make the port of Rams-
gate, from the direction of Deal. The harbour officials
prretaved her danger. OA the fair-weather buoy was I m
Ler line. and careful swering and management of sail
were essential to prevent the Yeteiel from striking on
the Fast Pier. Ar she neared the harbour mouth it
won became evident that she was unable to make the
port, as a south•eaaterly gale woor blowing at the time,
and MI extremely heavy sea was running. The yacht
did net carry eufficient canvas, and she now swung
round and drifted stern foremost to leeward, and in •
few seconds she came into collieion with ttie East Pier
wall. Happily, the rigging first came in contact with
the mse-ive stonework, and thus effeetnally relieved
the .hock; hut so great was the darter that one of the
crew wee seen in the entrance to the cabin making
preparations for the final change, while ropes and
lifediuoys were thrown to the others, and it was
fully expected that the craft would go to pieces. The
excitement of the hundreds who crowded on the pier
wosintenote ; but a cry of horror broke forth when it
was seen that one of the crew wan overboard in
• fuii.ate sea, and holding on merely by • piece
of sail. By s desperate effort he contrived to
swing himself on board, and, simultaneously with the
recovery id his footing, the vessel alien errd her helm,
het k•rti was put out to sea, and once more she was
out of danger. A huge billow next broke over her,
and it was feared she hail shipped so much water that
,he nivat go down ; hut she escaped this new peril lila.,
soil made for the open sea. Soon however, it was
fount that the crew were unable to manage the yacht,
owing to damn, e of sail and rig, and the harbour tug
put I Ut t, her &Asir 'once, bringing her back amid the
cilevre a the spectators on both piere.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-09-11

THE QUEEN IN SCOTLAND.

Invertrossachs House, the property of Mr. S'ewart
Nlacnaghteu, was built by Mrs. Eastruont 141141111
thhity years ago, who changed the name from 'Drunk
to the present more euphonioos appellation. Situate.:
hetween the Lakes of Ven .choir and ekohrity within
the shadow of the mountains ..f Ben Venue and Ben
Ledi, it is clAcult to fiwi a more picturesque spot then
tic remieence, which has been lent by Mr. and Lady
mily Macnsghten to the Queen.
On Saturday the Qaten and the Princesses Louise
cud Beatrice visited Li.ch Lomond. The Royal part 3.
left Invertrosmachs about nine o'clock in the moruine
for Loch Katrine, *where a special steamer was in
waiting to convey her Majesty to htrunachlachar, nog
he other end of the lake. There the Royal parts
tgain entered cmrriages, awl pro., tied to Inversnaid,
, on the east shore lif Loch L ,11i111,11, where they went
lioard the saloon steamer Prince Consort, which
had been chartered for the occasion. The Royal
party sailed down the east ride of Loch
Lomond, in the direction of Balloch, as far
ms Inch Nturrin, and, turtling at this point, the
steal-tor Km... ruled up to the head of Loch Lomond.
this time keeping close to the western shore, and after
wards steamed again for Inversosid, whence her
M tjestt aim the priocesses retirned to Invertrossachs
oy the swine route which had been followed in the mon.-
‘%/z. Mr A. Stu.,llett. 14- NI- P. for Dumbiertousbire,
nail a number of gentlemen connected with the Loch
Lomond Steamboat Company, were on hoard the
steamer, mral at the various tinting stages small knits
~1 rpictators had cougress.trd, but it im stated that ' as
t was w.i.lent that the ',arty were desirous of
r; vet.), awl quiet. anything Ike demoustrative wel.
coin, Wthd dcci. I rd."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-09-11

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ALARMING SCENE IN A MENAGERIE.

On the 17th instant (eays an (Thin paper), a‘iont
three olk. while Bryant's Menagerie and (Arena
wee M foil bloat, at the corner ot First an-I Weintter
110,9t*, there came very suddenly a furion. gilt.,tf iiitl
followed by a heavy shower of rain, which f. ir a alma
time Premed an though it would scatter everything
beinre it. The pirformance war about half over, when
at once the gut -pole. ivaiile were lifted trot the
Ara and coneiderable creakieg wan heard through
the yflll canvas, which niiread great conaternation
• one the emit number of xieople gathered under the
Pavilion. It was evident that the Pavilion would in.
atolls fall unless great force was applied outside to hold
eat° the ropes. Some fitly men took h hi of the rupee
ea the south side, and attempted to hold it (rim
over. but it was utterly impossible. In another instant
the ropes snapped. the centre pole came unfastened, and
with a terrible crash the large Pavilion wan dashed
is the ground. upsetting at the same two of the
'moons containing wild animals. At this point
several voices cried out "The animals are loose!"
This terrific alarm, added to the intense excitement
caused by the falling of the canvas and hreakii g of
the seats end screaming of women nail children, made
• flisi. n sere confounded, slid the ecene one of the
wildest disorder and the greatest danger we ever had
~goion to witness. The peolile were 11.. W all terrified
• (1..,1 everywhere in the wildest ci allusion. Amid
ti, screams lat least A thon.n.l wont- is WA children
who were net log to extricate themselves (roar beneath
the bniken benches, anti crawling ow from under the
canvas, mothers and (Ahern a ized their children and
rushed their way out as best they could.
hb,ny 14 the children were pressed clown in the excite-
ment iuid trampled in the dirt; some were very much
I„,,,ieed. Many men and wAnen fl-ti to adj,eint
housee and closed the doors behind to wattle from
b,ing overtaken by the will animal., which they
imagined were in pursuit of them. But two persons
were seriously injured—W. H. Mitchell, who was
flung across a bench while attemptirg to support a
y, and a little girl, whose name we did not ascertain,
Ld her arm broken and received a severe wound on
the bead.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-09-11

THE FOLLY OF " TIGHT LACING."

Two months ago we (D,iils News) called attention
td a vieible return of the vicimis twhion if tight lazing,
nods few days since the Lured attempted in its own
towtiright way to release silly women from the slavery
an evil custom. Rut a defender of the stays comes
mrward in A contemwrary, and speaks of the practice
. a ha, Mg "flouroffied throughout Europe for a thou-
,rand }ears at least, with only very short occasional
nterruptions, and by no means among our sex alone."
floe tu quoque is a bail argument, even if it
were haired on truth, and at meat it could
mly be pleaded SIA an extenuating circumstance.
Officers of the French army have indeed been
ohm tied with endeavouring to model their figures upon
the wasp standard of symmetry, and a few of the
'audit... &ding the time of the Regent, tnaile some
tforts in the ..anie ctiim here, but the filly found
do favour. The gm-ghat is one iiiion which discussion
would be thrown sway. Neither the Lane, t, nor any
other journal, shoule. consider it worth while at this
hour of tire day to give reasons on a matter ..n whico
there are not two sensible opinions, ruillirs and
he a.•(1,1, may duff-c, but we suspect 114044 melt 11.2.ree
with the dot:bets, who have al-it''- artists on their tide.
The lady who writes to The Times 'peaks of tight
la..ing as "nit only hamlet., tint t,tu.rn beneficial to
health and ex•remely pleasant." If thhtetatenientbe true
in an lid-lb:bit.' cast, the fact would oniv i•liggest either
. deb entity which neon,. d artificial ad ht. ci direct ion,
or such a w.s.klAq44l intlnced by the pretteire if stave
it baitated their con, inuance for comfort. NO
doubt. after a while, a MAKI gets on very well, and
even cheerfully, with a wooden lee; but we should
not forget that he gets on well in spite if his wooden
leg, awl not became, of it. The flatdiewl Indian
who makes the top f his skull tabular wouli no doubt
tell us that if we only followed his example we should
add another grace and a glory terour liven for folly
of this sort is ever eager to make converts, perhaps
upon the principle 44 thadox A/110, when he het his
tail in a trap, desired that all the race should follow

euit.
to the ladies who have parted with their waists long
to deprive their sisters 14 that useld and, we should
base thought, indispensable piece of economy?
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-09-11

THE IRON TRADE.

The prnspects of the trodo worn spoken of
upnn the Wolverhampton Exchange, on Thurs.
day as so zuneli bettor, that It was canvassed
whether the owning proliniinary meeting GE the
blade would or would not add ten shillings to
the °Melia Twine of tleistvol iron. ''he eallner
and shrewder minds know how recently It wee
diflienit to sfet even present list rates, below
whielt in telt iron is now tieing hit ht. Masters
nes, lirOde!'olP, so xl(mfi if possible in mak, a hot-
ter prollt and give a hotter wage. There are
nioim eiders than of late Sc ail small avid light
kinds of merelisnt Iron ; 'moult is being done In
sheets and light Oates ; and sqmo tiro works
see him with roll inekinv, Thong tits peolnee
of pig iron id landased, prices,aro Witunicag.

On Thang4 at Birmingham, on Thoraday, the
report was that the iron trade lies undergone no
appreciable chmge daring the week. The in-
qmry for manufactured iron for foreign shipment
continues tolerably steady, emecially in the rail
depattment. The IMMO requirements for the
moment me not large, and perhaps there is less
speculation going on now than at any time lot.
lug the last three years. This district feels
niore then ever the effects of the high railway
charges, which practically keep many of our
ironmasters out of distant markets connected
with the home trule. So long as the present
anomalous railway tariff continues there is little
probability of any great increase of trade or
improvement in priers. Some newspaper cor-
respondents have ventured to indulge in rash
prophecies with regard to the immediate future
of prices, and a consequent change in the rate
of wages. Of course whenever the ironworkers
are agitating for a rise in the wages scale, there
are persons conveniently ready to stir the trot'•
bled waters by offering impossible theories, never
to be realised. It renetins to be seen whether
tha time for demanding an advance in wages in
the Staffordshire iron trade nas been happily
chosen ; tut it may be safely assumed that the
trade here is not SO touch better as to lead the

iroiuiiaster to discnos the -probability of an in-
crease of 10s per ton in the price of manufac-
tured iron at the forthcoming preliminary meet-
ing, and, in fact, no such probability exists. It
is only under exceptional circumstances that un-
remunerative contracts are obtained by South
Staflbrdshire firms, and the low range of prices
certainly allows no margin for augmenting the
wegas scale. According to our North Stafford-
shfre correspondent, there is no alteration to
note in the trade of that district, and at present
there is all but full employment for the men at
the various works. Pig iron is being taken nff
rapidly, and there is little probability of making
to stock.