The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-08-21 00:00:00

EPITOME OF
_NEWS,

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

The Rev. George Prothero preached before the Queen
on Sunday at OsWine. Lord Cowley, Lord Sydney, and Mr.
Lowe dined with her Majesty on Saturday.
A few weeks since a licensed victualler, at Ports-
mouth, ha I a quarrel with his wife, at whom he threw a
plate, which, however, missed her and struck his son, aced
one year and eleven months, fracturing his skull. The
poor little fellow lingered until Sunday, tram death put
an end to his sufferings.
"The equine hero Balaclava,' and the charger
which was ritidsn by Colonel den) as at the renowned charge
of the Light Brigade, were shipped on board the steamer
Corinthian on Tuesday for Montreal, en route for England.
These animals are retained by the officers of the regiment
in consequence of their illustrious antecedents. These are
the only two animals which were not sold at the late
auction sales "—Toronto Daily Telegraph.
A New York church, which lately tried the experi-
ment of having the contribution boxes passed by handsome
young women, inflow called the "Church ef the lioly Waiter
Girls"
"The Chancellor of the Exchequer has much to
answer on in having thrown down that problem of the Gold
Csdnage for the consideration of public men during the
vacation "—The Tames.
"Gail Hamilton," in a letter of regret that she
could not be present at the silver wedding of the lion. S. W.
Moulton, at Shelbyville, on the 2.nd inst , said :—" When one
has stayed married twenty-live years in I lituois, I suppose it
is worth while to ring the bells over it." Why, Gail, it is
nothing like so trying as it is to stay unmarried fifty years in
Massachusetts—and you know what that is.
While a woman was standing in the Gray's-inn-road,
London, on Wednesday morning talking to a friend, a child,
ab at two years of age, who was standing by her side, fell
under the wheels of a cart laden with bricks which was
pas-ing, and was killed. 'the driver picked the child up, and
found that it was his niece.
A workshop belonging to a dye•maker, in Pitt-
street, St George's-road, Southwark, London, was blown to
pieces on Tuesdvy night by the explosion of a bottle of nitric
acid. Some adjacent dwelling-houses were much shaken, but
no one was hurt.
A new church, to be called the Church of the Holy
Trinity is about to be built at Richmond. The site .:given by
the late Lord Justice Selwyn) is close to the high road to
London by way of Ilammersmith-bridge. The cost of the
cluirch will be from £6,000 to £7,000 The Princess Mary
of Cambridge will lay the foundation stone.
Late on Monday night a shocking collision took
place on the Great Northern Railway. A train which runs
only from King's-cross to Barnet, had arrived at its destina-
tion, when, before it could be shunted on a siding, a heavily
laden goods train dashed into it, breaking some of the car-
riages in pieces. The debris caught fire, wnich was soon ex-
tinguished, but not before the guard of the passenger train
had been burnt to death. The driver and fireman of the
goods train were seriously injured.
"On the coffin of the late Bishop of Salisbury the
words 'Requieseat Pace' were inscribed. Does not this
Imply a belief in the doctrine of Purgatory, and is not that
doctrine repudiated by the Thirty• Nine Articles, to which
all clergymen of the Church of England are bound to sub-
scribe 7"—Werkly Register.
The personalty of the Right Hon. A. J. Plunkett,
Earl of Fingal, hex been sworn under £70,000.
Mr. Henry Keep, a noted railway shareholder in
New York, died in that city July 30. lie was one of the
boldest and largest operators on the New York Stock Ex-

change.
The Rev. Prebendary Mackarness, of lioniton, and
several members of his family and household, are now re-
covering from severe stomachic derangement, owing to the
presence of some deleterious ingredient in a junket of which
they partook.
In the Central Criminal Court, in London, on Wed-
nesday, Charles Michael Harris, a letter-carrier, pleaded
guilty to stealing a post letter. The prisoner stole a letter
containing a cheque, and on the following day burned the
cheque, and then gave himself up to the police. It was
stated that the prisoner was "strange" in his conduct at
timer, and several witnesses were called who gave him a
good character. Ills mother, it was stated, had been con-
fined In a lunatic asylum. The Recorder sentenced him to
six months' imprisonment.
A correspondent of the Church News writes that he
attended three City (London) churches in succession last Sun-
day morning. In one at them he found an old woman and
the charity children ; in another, there was no service at all;
and at the third, up to the time at which he left it, no clergy-
man had airlved.
Tuesday night's London Gazette contains an official
intimation of the recent vacancy in the See of Salisbury,
through the death of Dr. Hamilton, and the Royal recoom-
mendation to the Dean and Chapter for the election of
Dr. Moberly as the new bishop.
A velocipede artist gives an epitome of his accom-
plishments. lie states that during the performances he
"draws a four-wheeled cab, containing four persons, runs
up an incline, leaps twelve feet in the air while on the veloce,
performs with chairs, bottles, to carriea six men at one
time, and within a space of eight feet."
A journeyman painter of Castlemain. says the
Me/bourne Angus of June ii, named Duncan Leonard, has
just come into a legacy of £20,000, by the death of a distant
relative in Scotland.
The presidentship of the British ASSOCiIItiOLI for
1870 Into be offered to Professor Huxley.
The Independance Beige states that Miss Burdett
Coutts has accepted the invitation of the town of Liege to
attend the fates of the forthcoming "hr International."
"There is living at Sapperton, at the head of the
Golden valley, a hale old man named Thomas Fisher, who is
106 years old. He has spent all his days at SAppert, on, and
belongs to the labouring class. The parish register contains
an entry of his baptism 101 years ogo, and lie was some
years old when the ceremony was perfouned."—Gloucester
Chronicle.
A meeting has been held at Bradford with the
object of strengthening the hsiols of the magis rates in
their effort,. Lu suppi e. disorderly houses, awl urging them
to decline to increase the number of licensed houses, or to
renew licenses to idioms where music or exhibitism were
provided. A niemoi ial to the Town Council was also adopted,
asking for the appointment of all inspector, with assistants,
for the supervision of licensed houses.
A correspondent of a Dublin paper, writing from
ifillyliegs, says that for months Donegal Bay has been
literally alive with salmon, mackerel, herrings, sprats, and a
variety of other fish. A few days ago a fisherman took at
one draught 200 salmon, while of mackerel as many as 7.000
have been taken in a single evening. Recently, owing pro-
bably to the abundance of fish, several whales have visited
the bay, as well as some specimens of the misshappen
monster the sun-fish. Due of the latter was capturel through
a well aimed shot flew a musket discharged by Follies
Kelley, but as a rule the local fishermen are too poor to avail
theniseives as freely as they might of the singular abundance
of flat sad manna Ulaalnali& ill their bay