The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-01-30 00:00:00

EPITOME OF NEWS,

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.
It is rumoured that Mr. Merry, MP., has backed
his horse lielladruin to win £50,000 on the approaching

Derby.
A Scottish contemporary startled its readers, the
other day, by a paragraph headed "Capture of the Dell.'
The first few lines, however, showed that it was not the
enemy of mankind that had been caught, but a notorious
fellow who had earned for himself the title of "the Dell."
On Tuesday morning seven men went to a fishing
, ground at the mouth of the Ribble, not far from Lytham,
to "pot " for shrimps. A fog coining on, they were unable
to lind their way out of the fishing shoals, and were sur-
rounded by the tide, and all drowned. Their bodies were
recovered in the course of the day.
A daring burglary nas been committed at the Exeter
Bankruptcy Court. The offices were closed on Saturday,
and on Sunday afternoon it was discovered that the office of
the official assignee hail been broken into, the tier having
been forced with a chisel. e... 6 in gold, the private property
of official assignee, a gold watch, and other valuable
articles, the propertY of the chief clerk, were taken, but the
safe, in which ma. £2O, was untouched, although the key was
in one of the drawers turned out by the burglar.
The trial of two election petitions terminated on
Monday, those relating to Bewdley and to Limerick. in the
former case, the electban of Sir It. Glass was declared void,
and Mr. Justice Blackburn found that treating had exten-
sively prevailed, but that general bribery had not be,'
proved: Sir R. Glass was not shewn to have been a party
to the illegal proceedings, and the petitioners were ordered
Ito pay outs. At Limerick the petition was dismissed,
and the members declared duly elected.
"E. G. G. (en voyage).—The present at Christmas:
as I predicted, has turned outs fool's paradise. You wilt
find K h. Y. at Greenoble ; that will not turn out a fool's
paradise.—E. W."--"Meiatone.—Dear Kate, if you go to
Mentooe, as new proposed, look out for Dr. Punch. Judy
will be with him. Bat avoid."—Advertisements In The

7 tines.
The Fremdenblatt of Vienna states that the Biehop
of Trieste, being hurt at a demonstration made against hint
by the ultramontaines of this latter city, had gone to Cap.,
d'lstria, where, the day after ha arrival, he ascended the
pulpit, and taking for his text the words, "My kingdom is
not of this world," demonstrated that the temporal authority ,
of the Pope was incompatible with spiritual powers.
Some of the papers publish another Admiralty cir•
outer, in which Mr. Cotbiers refers t . the notorious fact thot
naval officers seeking appointments or proo•otion, and
civilian employes seeking an increase of salary or other
advantages, have their cases frequently brought before the
Admiralty by members of Pal lisinent ant otter persons
posse.ing political influence The obvioulleVils attendant
upon such a practice are pointed 0.4 t, and it is intimated
that for the tutme any attempt to apply pressure of this
kind to the Board 'will be treated by their Lordships as an
admission that the case is not deserving of consideration on
Its own merits, and the application will be dealt with
accordingly."