The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-10-30 00:00:00

settlement of thut part of the proceedings to the decision
of • special jury, so that the various deponents might
be submitted to the ordeal of croseexamivation, and
the verity or othi wise of their avirmeuts asextained.
The respondent has been residing at Worthing, and is
reported as much improved in her mental and bodily
health, so that it may be anticipated that, instead of
the seneatioual investigation that has been expected in
the ensuing term, the lady will be so far recovered as to
tile her answer in the ordinary way. Shoul 1 this be so,
it is more than probable that another co-respondent will
be added to the petition; but at all events the care has
been duly set down for trial.
THE WONDERFUL GlRL.—Mark Tram writes: -
The wonderful two-headed girl is still on exhibition in New
England. She sings _Wets by herself. She has a great ad-
van' age over the rest of her sex, for she never has to stop
talking to eat, and when she Is not eating :he keeps both
tongue. going at once. She has a haver, and the lover is in a
quandary, because at one and the same moment she accepted
him with one mouth and rejected him with the other. He
does not know which to believe. Ho wishes to sue for a
breach of promise, but this in a hopeless experiment, because
only half of the girl hag been guilty of the breach. This
girl has two heads, four arms, and four legs, but only one
body, and she (or they' is or are) seventeen years old. Now
Ii she her own sister? Is she twins? or, having but one
' body (and consequently but one heart`, is she strictly but one
person? If the above-named young man marries her will he
guilty of bigamy? The double girl has only one name, and
I:,ageLf or
herself
Dwelt gig; btu:. wmhoeustihniseet,aelk.s,liiiitcoiLia:gl forth
she expect to have one vote or two? Has she the same
opinions as herself on all subjects, or does she differ some-
time,? Would she feel insulted if she were to spit In her
own face? Just at this point we feel compelled to drop this
investigation, for it is rather too tangled for us.
FALLACT-WOREHIP.—The" Ilevivers of British
Industry" have been holding meetings in the East of
London, at which resolutions are passed attributing the
present distress among the worlung-classea to the im-
portation of foreign manufactures duty-free. If this is
not a revival of industry, it is at least a revival of
l'rotection. Considering how soundly that theory has
been beaten by facts, we should say that these " Re-
vivers " must be the " black and blue Revivers" one
used to see advertised by the dyers. We thought they
had died out long ago; and that Protection was not
dying, but dead, along with them.—Punch.
SALE OF TliE PRINCE OF WALES'S HARRIERS.—
The royal pack of harriers, the property of the l'rince
of Wales, were sold on Monday at Tattersall's, under
the auction hammer. It having been currently known
that the pack would be bought by a subscription raised
by gentlemen who had ridden to the hounds, all com-
petition was at once withdrawn. The pack, consisting
of 20 couples of hunting harehounds, 42 couples of
unentered dogs, and seven couples of puppies, were
put up in one lot. 120 guineas was the reserve price.
130 guineas was bid, and the hammer fell to that offer.
Mr. Tattersall announced that the pack was bought
by Sir Richard W. Harvey, and a loud cheer was
given. The purchaser has consented to act as 'master
to the pack," and the harriers will be retained to hunt
the Windsor country.
A RAILROAD AT JERSEY.—The Island of Jer-
sey will shortly be in possession of a railway between
its two chief towns, St. Helier and St. Aubin. An
English company has resolved to construct a line round
St. Aubin's Ray for passenger and goods traffic. The
company, it is said, have in view the ulterior forma-
tion of a deep water harbour at Noirmont, from which
the mail packets will be able to enter and leave at any
time of the tide. The States of the island, on Friday,
passed a Bill sanctioning the formation of the railway,
which is to be completed in twelve months from the
time the Bill is agreed to by the Home Government.
WAITING FOR THE END ! The numerous
friends and admirers of Count Montalembert have
been rendered very anxious by his dangerous state.
The following extract from a letter he lately wrote has
been published .
" Twice ins few weeks have I touched the brink of the
tomb, without obtaining the deliverance utter which I sigh,
and which the good God so long makes me wait for."
H. delllontalembert suffers, and very severely, from a
chronic malady. In the intervals between his attacks
he still works at the last volume of his great work, the
Monks of the West, of which the volumes already
published are known in England by an excellent trans-
lation.

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Mix. C. BUXTON, M.P., ON THE IRISH LAND
QtESTION.—Mr. C. Buxton, M.P. for East Surrey, in
a speech which he delivered recently before the Chertney
Agricultural Society, said that the Irish land question
was the most important political subject of the day.
The demand for security of tenure had been heard in
all the agitations of which Ireland had been the scene.
The grievances which the Irish tenants suffered were
real. The Parliament of England was now brought
face to face with the question. If we were to tran-
quillise Ireland, we must meet the Irish tenants on the
line, no to speak, of their demand. The law must cease
to recognise tenancies at will for Irish farms, except,
perhaps, in very minute holdings. It must cease to
recognise any tenure of land short of leases for a con-
siderable number of years, under certain conditions.
Those who knew Ireland best knew that that country
would never be tranquil until the great land question
had received a satisfactory and lasting settlement.
RESCUE F Six LIVES RIC ROCK ET APPARATUS
—The Prussian schooner Eivirta was proceeding for
Wick, laden with staves, from Memel, when she
was caught in the fierce hurricane which blew along
the east coast on the Nth inst., and was driven on
shore near liattray Head, where she is likely to be-
come a total wreck. Her crew (six persons), who were
in great danger' were rescued by the rocket apparatus,
worked by Mr. llendy, chief officer, and the crew of
the llattray Head Coast-guard Station, who effected a
communication with the ship with much difficulty, in
consequence of her masts having been cut away to
prevent her from capsizing, and the hull being fre-
quently invisible from the heavy seas washing over it.
THE ELECTION OF A BISROP.—The opponents
of Dr. Temple (says the Law Journal) urge upon
the Dean and Chapter of ileeter the duty of refu-
sing to elect the person nominated by the Crown
for the See of Exeter. If this advice is followed,
the Chapter will be liable to punishment that
is to say, the refusal to elect, Dr. Temple will
be a violation of the law. Now, the function of
the Dean and Chapter is not really elective, but
merely administrative and formal. The Act (25 Henry
VIII., c. 20) sets forth that the Sovereign may grant
a license to the Dean and Chapter to elect an Arch-
bishop or Bishop; that with the license is to be sent a
letter missive, containing the name of the person to be
elected; that the person so named is to be elected
"and none other ;" that if the election is delayed for
twelve days after the delivery of the letter missive, the
Sovereign can nominate by letters patent under the
great seal. It follows from this that the Dean and
Chapter have no responsibility as tothe character
of the Bishop. If the 'Bishop is orthodox,
it is no thanks to them ; and if he is a heretic, it is no
blame to them. It seems to us that the Dean and
Chapter ought not to break the law, and that if they
cannot comply with the law without violating their
consciences, they ought to resign their positions. No
doubt the election of a Bishop is a eolemn farce and an
anomaly, but the English system of government, both
in Church and State, is full of anomalies. For example,
in theory the Bishop is nominated by the Sovereign,
the temporal head of the Church of England, but in
fact by the Prime Minister, the elect of the House of
Commons. Of course we offer no opinion as to the
fitness or unfitness of Dr. Temple ; we merely desire to
point out that in accepting the nomination of the Crown
' the Dean and Chapter of Exeter will incur no re-stein.
bility, whilst in rejecting the nomination of the Crown
they will break the law.
WHAT SIXPENCE WILL Do! —ln London last
Friday evening, a very novel affair took place within
the precincts of the Kennington-lane police-station.
Shortly after the usual assemblage of "casuals," num-
bering on this occasion seine eighty persons in the
yard approaching the station, a gentleman, who de-
clined to give his name, addressing the inspector on
duty, said, "I have got more money than I know
what to do with. I shall give then, poor people some-
thing each." Accordingly he pained down the long
, line of miserable creatures, giving each of them six-
pence. In consequence of this the yard WWI goon
, cleared, and instead of the usual large number sent
from this station to the workhouse but six had orders.
A SIMPLE REMEDY.—Accoutits are given of the
healing qualities of a new oil, which is made from the
yolks of eggs, and is said to be much employed by the
, German colonists of South Russia as a means of curing
, cuts, bruises, scratches, etc. The eggs are boiled hard,
the yolks removed and crushed, and then placed over
, afire and stirred carefully till the whole substance is
on the point of catching fire, when the oil separates,
and may be poured off. Hen-eggs are considered the
best, and nearly two tea-spoonfuls of oil may be gained
from a single yolk.
A PROPHECY FULFILLED! A singular inci-
dent is recorded in connection with the Bishopsdeeig.
, nate of Oxford. It is well known that when be was
at Eton few boys exercised a greater influence than he.
At that time it required eonie moral courage openly to
kneel down and say morning and evening prayers. But
, Mackamese never failed. A contemporary, in a
5 poetical exercise, wrote an follows of him, as it now
5 turns out in quite a prophetic strain
With care devout, beside a lowly bed,
Mai:harness bows his mitre-destined head."

DUELLING IN FRANCE. —lt is impossible,
(remarks the Pall Mall Gazette.) not to feel sympathy
for a nation so near to us as France under the terrible
scourge which bids fair to decimate its population.
Each day we hear of a fresh duel between the Count
de Beaumont and somebody else. It was the Prince
de Mettemich's turn yesterday, and whose turn it may
be to-morrow nobody knows. The Count announces
his intention of calling out several more people, and
those who survive are to be called out again when they
have recovered from their wounds until the Count has
killed all his enemies, and there are only himself and
his friends remaining in Paris. Anything more grand
and gallant can hardly be imagined; still we are not
without pity for the Count's enemies; it must be very
disagreeable, after going through the pain of being
hacked about by a sabre for thri Count's amusement,
to think that it has to be gone through again and again
after each recovery until death puts an end to the
sufferings of all who have been unfortunate enough to
incur the Count's displeasure. We shall almost feel
relieved when the slaughter is over, and this brave
gentleman resumes those friendly relations with man-
kind which have been so painfully interrupted.
THE PASSENGERS LUGGAGE QUESTION. —At
the Liverpool County Court, Mr. Christian, solicitor.
brought an action against the Lancashire and York-
shire Railway Company to recover }..25, the value of
certain &ilia a of dress and ornament belonging to his
wife and daughter, which had been lost on the com-
pany's line. Mrs. and Miss Christian were returning
from an evening party in Liverpool, and were taking
their seats in the eleven o'clock train for Southport,
when a porter told them that the box which they had
with them, and which contained the dreasen,
could not betaken in the carriage, but must be removed
to the goods van. Mrs. Christian objected, on the
ground that the box was insecurely fastened, but the
porter undertook to cord it, and so it was removed.
When they arrived at Southport the br, s miagiAg,
and has not since been foun.t. The Linin rieftlnce was
th it the plaintiff could not clahn un,l,-r the Common
Carriers Act for a higher value than CIO, as no special
declaration had been made to the company. But for
the plaintiff it was urged that the compary had waived
tair right to plead the C..rnslon orro re Act 1-1, the
act of their own servo',tkss seg.- of the box and