The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-05-07 00:00:00

EPITOME OF NEWS,

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

At L.eds, Abraham Cro.pleyr, proprietor of the
Hamlet Pottery. has been hued 1:16 and costs for employing
boys after six pan.

A telecram from Wa•hington announces that the
H tune of Representatives has granted Mrs. Lincoln a pension
of 3,000 dollars a year.
A rude fellow once told Mr. Barnum he had never
exhibited any thing that wasn't a barefaced humbug. "
1 have," said Barnum : "the bearded lady wasn't barefaced.'

On Saturday, whilst a workman named Bakewell
was engaged at a knife and file grinding factory, in Liver-
pool, a large grinding stone slipped, knocking him through
the roof and gaming Instantaneous death.

One of the two of thiren of Mrs. Knewleß, a widow,
who were burned in a pig-stye, at I.yrham. on Saturday
et ernoon, the rd ult., died on Saturday, making the third
death that has resulted tram that melancholy accident.

In the Court of Queen's Bench, on Monday, the
publisher of the Liverpool Porcupine, who was lately con-
victed of libel upon the managing director of the Merchant
Trading Company, was sentenced to a month's imprisonment
as a first-class misdemeanant.

A document signed by the ArehbiThop of Dublin
and Armagh has been publi=hed, retninding the Protestant
community that nest year the Church commences to be sup-
ported by voluntary gmtributions, and pointing out that its
sustentation should not devolve on the wealthy.

A publishing house in London announces its inten-
tion to i-sne fat kinilre of the original me, u.cripta of Burns a
Tarn d Shunter and the Lament of Mary Queen of Scots. The
work will be produced by the photo-m0n...41th process, and
will be accompanied by an introduction and explanatory
notes.

The Scotsman save, two smart shneks of an earth-
quake were felt at Coinrie en Friday night in last week at
eleven o'clock, as also at Sir,. an. They were accompanied
with a eunVdmg noise. The vibration was from west to east.
The wind was westerly and the night tine.
The Civilian states that the cause celebrc of "lisward
versus Howard," recently de, ided by the Brian of Lords, will
shortly be renewed in a new form—an action for ejectment
against the present sari will be immediately instituted in the
Irish courts.

One of the novelties of the season iv a slimmer hat
looking like very good straw, but In reality made of wood
shaving., and sold for the f.:bulously small !UM of 21d. A
highly superior article of this kind of ruanul-eture Ina) he
had for hid.
Several candidates for the Presidency in Ign are
already In the hell. George Francis Train and Daniel Pratt,
the " Great American Traveller," have already an,lounced
themselves, whilst Mra Woodhull, of the New Yolk female
brokers' firm, has written a letter to the New 't ore papers,
placing herself to nomination.

The War-office has determine 4 to lame a quarterly
publication to be called the " Reserve Forces Orcular'
which ciii be a complete record of all future orders. In the
first unnkl.er. just Hooted, the scheme for the reurgenisation
of the Volunteer force Is limit:med.

A one-eyed mountebank, who exhibits the other eye
preserved In spirits of wine, itairatel, the canto of his mis-
fortune whenever he finds a Onipathetic audience. Holding
the ihtereEtlng relic aloft, be c6ineneooes :—'' I am the
eon of a distinauishe.l actor; when oung I played the
rote of the child in Willient Tell. The I,or uho took the
role of William sent the arrow through my eye inetesd of the
apple.' lie shot the theatrical pupiL
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A deputation representing a large number of in-
dus.rial societies waited upon the Chancellor of the
Eseloquer on :woodsy, and in placing before Lie right hon.
gentleman one or two suggintions for the amendment of the
low regulating these societies urged that It would be toe,
pedleut to abolish the billets of registrar, as proposed by a
hill now before Parliament. Mr. Lowe, In admit:lug that a
case for inquiry had been made not threw out a hint that a
bill might be prepared analooms to the Joint Stock Corn.
mulles Ant, in which a carol, liy erssen set of rules for in-
dustrial societies could be included.

At a tneetinif of the Couricil of the Central Chamber
of Aaricultoste a resolution line Is en grried, espre•sing
af prov tl of the order in which the Government have lid!-
eaten their intentbin of cuis d•rdsz the subject of local
taxed .n, and dealt* g the. in It nj ost trent tat the present
mstens net accele'etb'a wti ci tenet not preceded liy a
thorough imbsiry Petitions t to e House of COMMOIIII were
ftlihtCl a li.lb ilning of tin, prAseswi aliolliion of emit
taros lag Or evemp• no: (mu the pun tax. and paint.
n • mus tine liency of shut ailing hawker.' licences.

A n eAtr azette, publishA last F. irlav even-
. CI of prwelantatlon Ithder the

ie Preettvation Act, which include parishes in the
ies of 1 ii ;f, r.t, R•tscontmon, Meath,
e.o.h. Ntayo, and Ktne's amuty.—Part IL of the a,:
which lo 1,00 :01, bi tome for the first time tunnies specially
ii 71,04,11.1011 of arias licenses, to the arrest of persons
out at MO; under suspicious circumstances, to closing
puttlied.ouseit, and to the arrtst of strangers.
At Beaumont, near Orkanit, a yrung mtn named
Piettnotr, who an I. en ept6indo from a tmito, wont to his
mother's lieu hi the night than, and cut her to pieces with a
hatch, t. tie attrramtd tkilled tint father, who was sleeping
in another twat, with the tisme weapon. lie ran away to
eravant, and tent to the house of ids tither-in-law there,
but without saying a Cord of what had happe led. His
father-In-law, seebor that he was in a stir° of excitement, '
recommendet him to go home to bed. This he di t, but first
• covered his father's dead body with straw. At three iu the
morning the gendarmes came and arrested hint.
Cardinal Cullen left Dublin last Sunday morning, .
for Rome. A putt.trat front him woe read in all the chapels,
in which he denounced Fetii.inbm and treat:Dario:ll:y, urged
opposition to Mr. Newdegates motion, and, referring t, the
Land Bill, said : "The statesmen who, have displayed so much
zeal for the public good and the welfmu of IreiaLti Icy under-
taking a work of such magnitude may be deleated by their
opponents; hut they desetve our warmest thanks, and the
hating gratitude of th., country. In my opinion it wood be
latat policy to do an thing to weaken their hands or assist In
drifts them from power."

In Montana there has been discovered a "mine of
petrified mud tattles."
Toni Thumb, it is said, went to Australia for 30,000
dollars
A Tennevse-orator, eulogising Washington exclaim",
"Ili3 mind loot a powerful grasp of the future ; Washington,
a man
was nun cows s inentis, 'Washington was that man."
A Scdt Lake boy, shooting at a cat the other, day,
sent a bullet in among a man's wives, in a house MAY by,
using up two or three. But he killed the cat.
The tramway from Brixton to Kennington was
epeued for tragic on Monday. This is a great boon for Use
London people who live on the line of road.
"Almost a whole family on a faz Aida near Canoeirs,
has been attacked by hydrophobia, through being bitten by a
small dog."—Angio-Biasilian Times, April P.
Lion.hreeding is very successful at the Dublin Zoo-
logical Gardens. The society was the first to rear lion cobs
Is Europe ; and six have been recently born, of Which five
are doing well.
The Railway Noes believes it is in a position to con-
gratulate railway shareholders on the abandonment by the
Chancellor of the Exchequer of his plan for equaliiing, or,
rather of increasing, the taxation of railways.
At the Liverpool Police-court, on Monday, a IMO,
whose Christian and surname are Louis Napoleon, was
charged wiih being drunk, and disorderlyill the public streets.
lie was ordered to pay the customary 59. and costs.
Bells Life in Sydney reports the death, from con-
sumptlon, of Tiger, one of the aboriginal cricketer, who
visited England two years ago. Mullagh, the "crack " of
the team, is very ill from the same disease.
Two lads in the gallery of the Dublin Theatre, hear-
ing a doubtful ddiutants singing, caLed to one another,
" Pat, what's that ?" " That! Oh, I think it's the gas *-
squeaking I"
• Tee Marquis of Westminster has offered t , give a
piece of ground in E I,pury.street. London, on which to erect,
a winking tuebla club and institute, together with 5..1,0e0
in aid of the expense.
On Friday tile girls employed at Airdrie Cotton
Mills, Glasgow, struck work at ureakfastrtime for an increase
of 4d. per cut on the warps. By dinner-tune their demand
was granted, and work was resumed.
The Pittilairg Graette Pays of a State senater that he
" has gained nothing a. the late session be mid the execra-
tions of his outraged constituents, and the hearty conte rapt
of honest men everywhere. Aud all that he had before."
Of Mr. Calhoun's letters, developed in the McFar-
land trial. the Sew York Times says that "cite gif led crea-
ture like Mrs. Calhoun is enough to oestroy the friendly
relations of a dozen families.
At Lorgforgan, near Dundee, a young man named
Taylor was found lying on the road quite insensible, with
the handle of a velocipede which he had been riding jammed
lin his mouth. When lilted, the unfortunate youth expired.
The Rack states that Lady Lambert, widow of
Admiral vi, Germs Lambert, K CB , who died suddenly
about a year ago, in one of the moms of the United Service
Club, has joined the Church of Rome.
I Accounts received from Carlsbad record a decided
Improvement in the healrh of the Crown Prince eh ce he has
begun to use the waters. The indispoeitiou of his Royal High-
ness is of recent origin, and is supposed to have been occa-
sioned by the fatigues of his journey in the East.
The Empress of the French has just given a fresh
proof of her sympathy for the suffering poor or going to the
workroom for young girls, established under her al ajesty's
pstronsge in the Staison de Picpus, and visiting the numerous
patients attacked there with the small-pox
' In reply to a question from a Birmingham gunmaker,
1 Mr. Lowe has intimated hat a liability to licence will attach
to any person carrying a gun "outside his house. ' atm per-
sons alluded to in his correspondent's letter as being la the
habit of shooting sparrows in their gardens would, alr.
Lowe adds, incur the liability.
M. de Malarce, a French political economist, is at
present in England on a scientific mission, being charged by
the French Government to study certain questions of an
economical nature, especially the institutions tending to an
improvement in industrial production by tne practical educe-
cation of women of various classes of aociety

.
The Archbishop of Canterbury's bodily health is, we
(John Cull) are glad to state, much better ; and it seed
hardly be added that there is absolutely no authority for
the paragraph which has appeared in the papers ann to his
Immediate resignation, awl the supposed arrangements con-
sequent thereon.
Latt Sunday evening, in compliance with the wishes
of the Brazilian, residents In Loudon, a solemn 7e Drum was
sung in the Roman Catholic Carmelite Church, icarage-
place, Kensi, gton, London, as a thanksgiving to Almighty
God for the peace now restored to BraziL The congregation
was large and distinguished.
The captain of the steamer Hemlock, from London,
has reported that, on Friday, he fell In with a small steamer
laden with ma-ildnery, and no person on board. Ile found
her to be the Fox, front the Tyne to Constantinople. Ile
took her in tow, and got safely to Bridlington. ller value Is
estimated at 0,000.
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On Friday last, the body of a woman supposed to be
foreigner, only partially dressed. was washed ashore on the
inland of Sunday, one of the Orkneys. A medical ex imination
showed that the skull had been fractured, and, as two large
emigrant vessels pawed the idand on the previous day, it is
feared the woman was murdered and thrown overboard.
A large Pee or idol has been sent home from China
by Admiral Kerma as a present for his Royal Highness the
Prince of NI ales. The figure weighs about 30 cwt., being
waded, metal. Ills lintel greatheight, but of massive propor-
tima Tile ornamentation is elaborate, and the win de details
of the figure are distinguished by the painstaking minuteness
Which generally characterises Chinese workmanship.
An exciting boat-race came off on Monday on the
Tyne, between the veteran Harry Kelley, and John Bright, of
Newcastle, the stakes being £2OO, and a level bet of £lOO.
The race was very closely contested, but towards the finish
a foul took place, upon whlch the referee decided in favour
of Kelley, who was declared the winner.
The Treasury receipts and payments from the lot to
the 30th of April have been published. The month's revenue
amounted to £5,041,765, or nearly £OJO,I/ 0 less than in the
oirresponding period of last year. The expenditure had been
£7,445,C37, and this wan more than £1.300,050 under the tam
, issued from the Exchequer in April, IMOO.
"

On Tuesday the claim to the Borthwick peerage
occupied the attention of the Committee of Privileges for the
last time. Their lorthhips held the claim of Mr. Cunningham
Borthwick to have been eetabii•hed. The claim to the E tri-
dom of Mar was aleo before the Commatce, and its further
considentiou was adjourned sine die.
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Toe weavers of Bury have determined that a request
shall he made stundtaneously by the weavers of Bury. Black-
burn, awl Bast Lancsahirefor an increase equal to the amount
taken off their wagtpi last year, which was promised ou the
revival of trade. A circular to this effect ban betu snot to
each employer. _ . .

The Co-operative Company's Cotton Mill at West
nought., near Dolton. was turned to the ground ou Monday
morning. The tiro is supposed to have originated in conse-
quence of the friction of one of the cog-w heels, which re-
quired oiling, and this set tire to some colt .11 waste I}ing
near. The ciao aces are estimated at from £30,000 to £40,000,
which :um is covered by insurance. Between 400 and 600
persons will be thrown out of cmployment.
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It is stated that Mr. Henry D'Arey Irvine, of
Enni-killen, who has recently evicted many of his tenants,
was fired at through the windows of his re &twice, Castle
Irvine, on Sunday night. The ball passed quite close to his
head, without injuring him. No arrest has been made but the
p dice are investigating the matter.
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Fuller Pilch, the well-known cricketer, died of
dropry, at Canteroury, on Sunday evening, in the 681 h year
of his age. His gr, atest achievenients with the bat were ac-
complished in the matches of the Kent team against the Al!
England Eleven and the representatives of Sussex.

The animal meeting. of the Wesleyan Mationarp
Society wee held at Ex-iter hall on Monday ; Mr. W. 8.
Allen, MP, in the chair According to the report, the in-
come during the year had amounted to £145,750. The
document dwelt at length upon the work of the missions,
%Inch had been for the moat part of a satisfactory and
enc,omeging character.
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Oo rnr.day, 94 the congregation of St. Luke's
Church, West Holloway, London, Ntas asseMbling for even-
ing service, a gentleman named Fuller WAB seized with an
apopletic lit and suddenly expired. The ft,v. Richard Glover,
the vicar, took for his text Acts an. 9-12. and preached a
touching serreon on the lamentable event which had been
witnessed by thoos whom he addressed.

At Canterbury, on Monday, a woman was sentenond
to seven days' imprisonment under the pr. 'visions of the Con-
tagious Diseases Act. She had been previously ordered lay
the justices to present hrrself for medical examination, and
she refused to du so. She was again summoned, and sentenced
as elated.

Thrre wai a serious di,turbance at Crenzot on Sun-
day, owing to the authorities having determined to arrest M.
Arch, the fomentor of the repeced strikes in the district.
While M. Asey and another person was being conducted to
the railway station, the people attacked the police with
stones and other projectiles, and were only dispersed by a
charge if a body of cavalry. On Monday Wet was restored,
and work was carried on as usual