The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-12-09 00:00:00

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A TYPICAL Roorz.—A Contemporary lately
publised a report of a case of sivindlin,,,, headed
" Extraordinary Fraud by a Person calling himself a
Froal Marvin." Is not the fraud ot obtaining
money under false pretences, committed by a person
caning himself a French Marquis rather the reverse of
extraordinary f -Punch.
TUE INVENTOR or LITHOGRAPHY.—Nov.
was‘ I,IA 111 various ways by the Att Institutes of
Au-tin And Germany, in remembrance of the birthday
of Aloys sencfelder, a handl-id peals age (siia-s the
Arc', grvi). Senefelder, who was the inventor of litho-
graphy, a, pi ;raised even now with but few modifica-
tions, era, 1..111 at Prague, Nov. fj, 17r 1. and baptised
in the aural where nose began to preach the first
reiormatron. His father, who was an actor, removed
his faintly to Munich ri hen Ahr3 s Was yet a boy, and
there Senefeller rem:tiered until his death, which
occurred in 1581. A enrionseircimrdame is mentioned
in connection with his death. His artist friends had
repeatedly naked him to sit for his portrait, bet he
always declined, stating as a re 36011 that his mother
had always ref used is similar request, because else had
a presentment that she would the soon after; she had,
however, been at last prevailed upon to yield to the
wishes of her Wein,, and the catastrophe she had
dreaded actually occurred very shortly after. Finding
, him inflexible upon this point, his friend Ifanfstaugl
took his portrait without his knowledge when visiting
at a friend's studio, the picture Icing to far completed,
Haufstrinid showed it to his friend, at the sonic time
begging bun for a last sitting. Matters haring gone so
far, Sent-feller could not but consent; that day week
he was carried to his grave, at the early age of linty-
three years.
MR. Tomunz ONCE MORE.—Mr. Tomline
has forwarded to us (Tire Tindo) for publication, the
following letter,_ addressed to him by Mr. Lowe, the
Master of the Mint :
'l,Carlton-terrace, Nor. 25, 1871.
" air,—l have the honour to inform you that a department
of the Government applied to the Bank of England last
week for i:400 in silver coin, and received for answer that
the Bank had no ether eta, and can unable to supply it.
I do not name the department, as there may be more than
one in the same 134,bi1i011, and pm can ascertain the facts
from the Bank. I repeat my request that you will coin my
standard silver.--I have the honour So be your obedient
servant, (it SOP TOMLINs. Right lion. 11. Lowe, 111. P.,.
Muster of the Mint."

A NEGRO LEI:ISLATOR.—A coloured member
of the Texan House of Representatives recently
brought up a resolution in that House, and came to
grief thereby. At the elect' some tier Democrats
were elected to the Lower House to till unexpired
terms, and on caning up to the clerk's desk to qualify
took the customary oath to support the 13th, 14th, and
Eith amendment". At this a sable member named
Cotton, thereunto incited by a carpet-bag Satan behind
him, moved that whereas the epalaele of five Demo-
crats swallowieg all the amenthuents in tone day was
glory enough, the House do now adjourn. From the
Democratic side came a request that the mover should
read his resolution over, mid then was develops,' the
facts that the Hen. Cotton could neither read nor
write, and was then hohling the manuscript of his re-
solution upside down.
PITEOUS APPEAL.—" WATCH THIS FRAME."—
That is ;ghat poor Penton Screoby, who is growing
oppressively stout, implores his Medical Adviser to do.
—Punch.
THE PERILS OF THE DEEP h—On Monday,
George ' Turner, William Murphy, said Edward
Howard, only eurvivers of the crew of twenty-five and
two jetssengere on board the Nonpareil, arrived at
North Shields' ghit.g distressing accounts of the
casualty and their sufferings. The ehip left Bombay
for Quebec, and was caught in a terrific gale, when she
became unmanageable, made water, mid the crew
worked at the pumps until almost exhausted. The
sea swept the desks, and at midnight, the vessel lurch-
ing heavily, Captain Johnson ehouted, "lank out,
she isover l" She immediately fell over, throwing the
crew and passengers into the sea. Their cries for help
were most pito us. Ten of the crew seiztel portions of
the vessel, but were gradually wadesl away and
drowned. Turner, Murphy, and Howard, after being
dragged down, rave to the eurface, and with great
ditlieulty get on the fore-house, *here they remained
seven days and nights, suffering great hardehipe,
having no food or water, except two tidies. At Out
end of seven days they were almost in it dying condi-
tion, when they were picked up by the American
schooner I), boon t, and taken to Martinique.
MACBETH ON TIIE TICHRORN TRIAL.—‘‘ What,
will the case stretch out to the crack of doom?"—
Pouch.
MR. WHALLEY'S GRATITFDE.—DI noticing
recent correspondence, the Graphic remarke :
Mr. Gladstone has Just shown us how severely be tail Teri
primate', and Mr. Whalley has shown us how he can take
the reprimand MS kindly favour. There aro certain people
who are possessed with the idea that the Premier is a
Roman Catholic in tn.:guise. They are always being foolish
enough to elite to him for information : he is sometimes
h,olish enough to answer them, lie has so treated Mr.
Whalley in this case. This, says Mr. Gladstone, involves the
question whether he is the basest creatme In the kingdom,
which he has a share in ruling : and presently he adds, " it
I have said thus much upon the present subject it has been
ant of personal respect to you. Per lam entirely conehwed
Shot while the question you put to me Is in truth an insult-
ing ono, you have put it only from having failed to notice its
true character ; since I have observed during an experience
of many years that even u hot you undertake the most start-
ling duties you perform them in the gentlest and most. con-
siderate manner." Mr. Whalley is delighted, and writes
quite au effusive letter of thanks.
, FOOD AND FEVER.—M. Weller having sub-
mitted to the Paris Society. of Practical Medicine some
i observations on typhus, and the employment as feed,
during the siege of Paris, of the meat of cattle that had
suffered from aphthous affections, diarrhea, and
typhus, the Doctor says M. Vatel expressed his belief
that the use of such food was innocuous provided it was
sufficiently cooked. He had, nevertheless, observed
the occurrence during that time of a large number of
cutaneous diseases and of boils. He was also aware
that since Isll, a prejudice had existed against the We
of home flesh, it being comsidered as giving rise to
hiernerrhoids said boats H. Danet ob-ierved that M.
Brochinhad peived that. except as regards children, no
special epidemic 1.1%18 elite to ahuie,etati,ia ; that typhoid
fever, which had prevailed in I leteber, November, and
December, IS7O, was due to overcrowding ; the diseases
whit& prevailed in January and February, le7l, to the
influence of add ; and scurvy in Starch and April to
the want of fresh vegetables.
A PLEA FOR ENGLISH.—" A Parent " writes :
The University of Cambridge is providing nobly for
the study of Oriental languages. What is it doing for
our own? Myron has resently taken his 8.A., and is
a candidate fer holy orders. He has never written a
sermon • he has never given an exposition; he has
never Cad a lesson in reading the eervice, for there is
no one at Cambridge to teach him,

Wito'B TO BLAME i—This country was once
governed by a Ministry known ns " The Broad
Bottom Administration." When the Megmra Com-
mission have found out through whose mismanage-
ment that vessel was allowed to go to sea, the Ministry
in fault will have an undoubted right to be called
"The Rotten Bottom Administratiom"—Punch.

THE DANGERS OF ANTHRACITE COAL—The
Warmer Tag Watt relates an example of the danger
that people incur by burning Stonkohl (anthracite
coal) to heat the rooms in which they sleep. In a
house near the gasworks two families were residing, a
tailor, and a day labourer, with his wife and five
children. A few days ago' at seven in the morning,
the tailor was struck with the fact that none of She
family of the labourer had yet appeared, the doors
of the apartment remaining still closed. This led
him to suspect that all was not right, and, is con-
sequence, be gave info-motion to the police. These
Officers came awl immediately forced open one of the
doors, and discovered near the door a child all but dead
fronisidfocation. When the second door was opened,
there lay the mother with her face upon the floor, and
grasping with both hands the right leg of her husband,
as if craving assistance, the poor man himself, mean-
while, being atretched on the ground unconsci 111 l a, and
utterly incapable alike of saving himself awl rendering
her aid. It was stated in another paper that the latter
died coon after, but, it appears, erroneously, and it is
hoped that all will recover, thanks ho the medical
aasiatance which was procured without loss of time.
No doubt the whole family would have perished but
for the well-timed interposition of their fellow-lodger.
LIVERPOOL EMIGRATION RETURNS. —According
to the returns supplied by the emigration Government
officials, Liverpool, it appears that for the month ending
November 30 there sailed from the Mersey, under the
Act, for the United States 32 ships, with 848 cabin and
7,09$ steerage passengers, of whom 4,033 were English,
105 Scotch, 1,03 Irish d 2,707 foreigners, making a
total of 7,938; Canada,sai one ship, with 33 cabin and
190 steerage passenger., of whom 175 were English and
38 foreigners ; total, 21$. Ships not under the Act.—
United States, seven, with 692 passengers; Victoria,
one, with 69 passengers; East Indies, three, with ten
parierngers ; West bathes, three, with 27 passengers,;
Chiaa, one, with 12 passengers; Africa, two, with 24
pasWngers ; South America, five, withl92 paseengers;
making a total of 1416 passengers. This show)) a 6Aal
of pasiengerm—under the Act ri,151, and not under the
Act ,93(1, which makes a mold total of 9.117 pa,Asengens,,
showing an increase of rsiil as compared with the cam-
respondiug month of lad. year.
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PENAL SERVITVDE ON JURIEB.—The Jury im-
pre.,ised on the Tiehborne Trial are much to be pitied,
but a ease still more grievous than theirs is conceiv-
able—that of having to try a felony, to be not allowed
to sepal ate before dclivering a verdict, and to be locked
up every night And why deed,' they not be kept
together, and locked up night and day, if those pre-
cautions are of use iu any case? .I i appily for them,
the, law in this respect, Is inconsistent as well as
absurd. When will reflective \\ elm aliolish the
absurdity? An it is, however, the Tichborne Jury
have suffered so much, that they dinervna MeinoriA
of which the cost would be a mere fleabite, compara-
tively, if defrayed out of the Tichborne Estate. It
ought to consist of a Monument with Patience on the
top of it, smiling at the Claimant —Punch.
SABBATH OBSERVANCE IN AUFIVRALIA.—ThO
uee•tion of Sabbath observance has been recently
brought prominently before the public (says the Ilitl-
-1,0,4,,e Aye). The Ccrberus has for some time attracted
a considerable number of visitors Loth on Sundays and
week I lap', and during her recent visit to Geelong the
rush to see her had a very injurious effect open the
attendance both at the churches and Sunday schools.
A request was ma& to the Treasurer that he would
interfere, but he declined, pointing out to the depu-
tation that for many years past the public had been
allowed access, on every day in the week, to the
various Government vessels, and that no reason
bad been shown for acting exceptionally with
the Cerberus. An attempt was made to induce
the Chief Secretary to take some action but he
declined, unless some strong feeling, one way or
the other, was shown to exist amongst a large section
of the public. The friends f,f Sabbath observance have
held a meeting, at which addressee were delivered by
ths Anglican Bishop of Melbourne, and several leading
ditinea and laymen of evangelical proclivities. Resolu-
th no in favour of a strict observance of the Sabbath
were carried by a large majority, and a petition em-
bodying the views of the persons present is being ex-
tensively signed. A large portion of the community
regards this movement as a retrograde step towards
Puritanical interference with rational liberty, and a
iition praying the Government not only to allow
es s to the Curberws on Sundays, but to throw ipen
t Public Library and the National Gallery has re-
ceived a large number of signatures.