The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1866-12-08 00:00:00

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SATuRDAY, DEC S, 166 d

Dr. Richardson states that iodine placed in a small hog with. perintatel Id &ramie or, auto p loti In roomy,
1nC0.., 0, small pox he bas seen thm methot um( With
great benefit.
The Emperor of Anode,* hex pent his portreit, with an autograph letter, to Ler D untigh, chairman of ten Tom.
mitten eetahli.hed in London dmirg she late war to raise
fun,. in aid of the Aocrlan wonedwi.
La Belle France is now the most heavily taxed oeuntry in Europe, If we take into SCCOOIit the tet
Is England the amount paid per head la perhans sender,
but then the average Income is greater also, s that iro.
portionately the sum is lees The calculation is that a man
or family with the modest Income of 3.012 feast. 11561 11.1
Pays taxes no less than 475 francs (191 The sum is
exornitank
The Glowworm nave that a strong flight of "Owls"
were seen, cro. tog the Channel the other evening, en route to
the Mediterranean.

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A great fire occurred at Mews. Wilkinnon and
Cot
flag mliii, ITunslet, Leeds, on Saturday, and damage
to the extent of 6,004 was sustain ed.
The following in from an American paper :—"I met
her In the stinset bright, her gingham gown was blue ; her
eyes that danced with pyre delight, were of the same dear
hue. And always when the sun goes down, I think of the
girl in the gingham gown."
On Tuesday afternoon, to the great grief of her
family, the Baroness Ferdinand de 11,thsehl!!t died durit g
her confinement lbs baroness wee the yonneest dmnshter
of ltsron Lionel de lt,trsehtld, treater of nerliarm.ot fnr
the City of London, and was rnsrrie, to her dentin, )3 von
F,,,lnand, the reeond son of Ittrou A nselm de ft thset.ild,
of Vienna The premsture death of the 5 lung baroherehar
cant a deep gloom °err the family.
The Huddersfield calnArivern have sent in a notice
to their emylnyers desiring an lucre., 0( 2. a week wires,
to he allowed to he •losent one Sutlegy In testy three,
and to hare 14 days' notice before heing discharg..d. If
these terms are not granted the men state that they Will
e.t.a work on the 15th Mat

From the lat of January to the 14th of November,
185 ti, the nomhor of immierents B,cl-icing 0 if.er Yore from
Eur..ipe we* 212 752, as compared with 1E8,255 during ills
corresponding period of 1E65.

Madame Riatori ham, in two month., given twenty.
Mr representation. In the Ur Ited Stem and her receipts
Oars been 100 000 dol.. In gold.
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At Naplee the tenor Pistelli has been struck with
mental allenatinn.

An nld lady named Elizabeth Brett clle,l at Snail,.
hem on the 24th of Novemher, aged Orl She hal live I here
the whole of her life. nhe wet mother to IS children, grand.
mother to 49. great grandmother to 72, and great great
grandmother to 'meting • total of 135.

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It is announced that the Quieen will conferthe howitie
of kolghthood on Mr. Alderman Phillips, the late L^rd
Mayor of Loudon.

A Boston joornal states that Mr. Slidell recently
applied tor pardon. and that the American Govenonent
replied that no Intercourse whatever could be held with

Mr. Bright has addreseed a letter to a gentleman at
Exeter ra the rid jeet of him propoal regardinm the Irish
lard question He attributes the stubborn pol'et of the
Irish landlords to their ronselonensse of English surimxt,
and says that, If Ireland were a thousand niXes away, either
fu.tleo would be done or thelandlorde would be exterminated.
He seea no hope for the Irian people until the people of t
United Elngdoru are properly represented in the House of
Commons.

It is said that Lord Pahnerston used to be celebrated
Inc his luck in leshops whilst Lord Dirby Ii bavitg his
Innings among the Wm

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"There are to he PiX bull-fighte in Pane daring the
Exhibition The strain are to be on a eori-igeont locale, and
ambition to the aeene will he hien. Imperial conevaion tin
been finally obtained "—Cont.( Jrnerne

LaAt week there was come cerionn play at one of
the Pavia Cl iii between a rich young Russian and a Turkish
lord. Ou the first night of the pl.iy the RePetah het
150.000 f. The next day be won hack 20 NV., brit on the
f01101•Ing night he not only log the 200001. hot eeRH,
2.50.000 f in addition. The Russian then gave In, having
soffered a net loss of 00,000.. 00 each of the three dap;
the gamblers plated for twelve hours

The Empree• Eugenie, ay one %any of killing time
has, it is said, tried to bring shoPting into lishion among
but among the people of her net the,m are not miny
lel, like to flre guns. This is vexing to the Empress, an 6he,
like many Spanish ladies, likes sport exceedingly, and ix
even • very skilful shot

"Gentlemen of the jury," Paid an American
lawyer, "would you set • rat-trap to cdch a hear? Would
,on make fools of yourselves by endeavouring to spear •
buffalo with a Imittlng.needle ? No, Gentlemen, I am sure
you would no.. Then how can you he guilty of the gross
absurdity of Coding my client guilty of msuslaughter for
taking the life of a woman !"
A very deplorable event ocenrred kat Friday at
eutraghmore, the residence of the Marrrtis of Waterori, by
wlreis as many as ten tredesmen and isbourers were re,y
setleasly injured. They haft been employe° in rceflue a
h,mss with felt, when the buildtag gave way, preemitetiog
them from a c nsiderable height There were many of
them hurled in the dl, and three so Injured as to be
unable to be removed to the hospital.

A circular, eigned by thirty-two of the brewere of
Brlstol—tnc,suling the Imes of nearly. If not sl', of the
pr firms—has been sent to their customers in he rstsil
trade, deprecating the mtthod of giving Clristmas beam
and expressing s determination to depart from Me custom
this year

"General Charles G. Minnie, better known as
• Private Mylea 0 Reilly. ha, bee. elected by • majority of
20,000 yob., to the post of Reel rrrrr of the City of New
York, worth upwares of 6,00 N trerlina At Minor of the
Citsren, General Halpine has n-adored important sappers to
the Conservative nary in America by his popularty and
active political service "—Tablet.

We regret to say that a sad accident occurred on
Friday at Wolrerhamptcu to one of the grorirmen reap...yeti
in firing a royal salute In honour of her Majlsty's re.it in
that town to insugurare the statue to the late Priam

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Contort. Th. poor fe;l,,w was in the act co ramolVgdown
a charge of powder into the cannon, when the powder ex-
ploded and comp!etely blcw ort his right hand, at the same
time !mocking him down. He immediately limped no again
and sr. about to proceed with his work when be first dis-
covered his loss.

Hamnton, the man who atranglKl hie wife at
Birmingham, and then shot himself with a r died In the
hmititel- Hie wses of a pecnilarly disiressing
rioter to Me Mende who were- e,eniled he fee,
quently .tared suddenly and cried alomi,
1 see her ; she is not hurled They tell me ahe is burte
but she is cot" Again, "There she is ; I see her coming
out of the grave." With very few Intervals Hampton con-
tinued to rave about his deceased wife in this way up to
Cloven o'clock on Wednesday night, when he basso to sink
rapidly, and In a few honn afterwards he died in great
agoi,y. The jury has returned a verdict to the sffert that
he had emnionitted suicide whilst in a slate of insanity.

The daily consumption of oysters in Paris amormte
to 'towards of three quertem of a million ;which reach the
eamtsl in something lire 8 bi 0 Isipkets, es chof which contain
a aross`., and fornishet altogether nt an average half an
oyster per head of the potulat!on. The number of Pistils—.
tow so lay torte an edible with the Parisian gourmand. as
to have thrown the fr g. the national delicacy par esC.lleo re,
completely Into the shade—brought daily to the Parts
market is rot to essity ascertained : all one knows is that
from litargundy and C Ihteht2llo. the Ith•t teal nrodneirs
districts. upwards of 100,00 are despatched to Paris every

Poring one of Lord Brongham's electioneering ram.
Patens, In which he was oppose I by the powerfni hnese of
Lowther, he made nee of • familiar illustration in ILO dressing
• crosed-d meeting: he .all th.t •' one m'scht .teal. horse,
whihrt another would he polished for merely looking over •
hedge." L'nfortnnately he WIWI Doe clearly bawd ft every•
y preemr, and one sturt'y north-countryman informed •
circle of natonhhed friends that a member of the L'iwther
t.rnt'y had of es etolen • horse, and that Henry Brougham
onuld punlah hon for it, as he happened to be looking over
the hedge at the time of the theft.
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Mr. flriehtla views have found an echo from abroad.
The Independence Rogge. in an article on the state of
Indium, goys R g and should not met the first atone at the
sister itle. If England does not concenie largely at hon..
she will soon see analog°os facts reproduoed &MOUS h or Oats
pnnulation, for all one evil ptoceeds trete the abuse of 1,"•
petty in land. In Elglst.il, as in Ire, did, people no.. phi'.
of the absorption .4 the soil hy the wrens proprie,..r...
E,.glish economists themselves are Coinpelled to nd mit [lint
this exclusive possessina of the soil is incompatih e with
imitice and the welfare of the whole population T. evil is
great to England—ft is worse in Ireland ; that is the only
difference.
There are many neat things, and no doubt many
foolish °nth said in the clubs of London. Here is me or
the last, and it belongs In the neat A enh-Dran was talking
to a Dean In the ...inn room of the Athenterrn it/ont tne
titles accorded to Church il•guatarles, and be was talking in
the tone of a man who feels him. If aggrieved. "An Arch-
bishop," said he, "Is • 110 st Revere,. d : a B shop is a Right
Reversed; and a D with &Very Reverend. 1/ in% yen think
a :tub-Dean should have some pr, fin of the kind ?" •' Well,
yes," answered his sopeHor, "?es, I certeinly time with
iron How ...add Esther Reverend do?"

There were only fonrelks at the last Russian bath..
Neither the Emper. nor the Prir re of Wales wa, f,rtm.sta
rnonan to get • sta.. Prin. Daneskin'd Sams.. of t.
Prinoent Denmark's rah°, shot noe era very sporarmanlike
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manger Prin. Albort, who rarely mime a ehot, kllie4 Ice
second ; the third, after being hie by the Doke of Me. ki..to
burg, wee brought down he the eesureeitch and the fourth.
though wounded by the MU. of Denmark broke Omagh
the rine and got away.

Dr. Pneey ha. written another letter to The rinlfg
litß,lng hi.,,pinton of ahoolntion. fie believes Vint Corot,
conferring noon the Apo.. les the lever to remit eine. in-
tended to confer it M. upon their 'successors" tie there-
fore holds that every sncceseor Nal the power to remit ins
.Ini of penitent per. no as Chrlat himself outhi neve
done, and In he eflit ins, On toe authmity of the Oedittation
Service, the Church td E 'gland Also ho'..
The gennomie holde that the scandal of Rhea
wrighti wed measun • suo adulterated articles :empecially to
L mion; is rained] becoming in bugs Mn termer/040 a. to
amdunt ton national disgrace and erhiesnce. The rohberie•
coodnitted iry this mitt of retatl frond are of fs,nlotto
amount, If they could he caromed in aceregare emir, ; and
the hardship falls chiefly on the artisan aid poorer classes.
It Is perfectly clear moat it munt he stopped, And that
ertt Ovally, both In the interests id lattice and One national
conscience andcharmver,

"By latest advnien from Vera Crnz, via New
Orleans, Maximilian was still at Orizaba, and Its ireprOved
health, It la said. The improvement is attributed to Lie
recent MIS •oyago, which Was 110001,0001. We 110 W PST,
for the sake of his health, and not Wllll the view nl aban-
doning the country Verily, this Mexican hu,ine-e is a
puddle. One day we hear of andication: the next das's
sell ill of she eery opposite and thus it goes on
—an endless round of connter-statereents and mom .1 crin•
trotictious. The public melt hO C.F .101 srPh the
that It will all be cleared up In time." —New lurk Tribune,
Nov. ln.
A young man named Purvey, whom, family omipiee
a most respectable preition in Liverptol, has loom appre-
hended in l'ortotrall on the charge of stealing 1,1371 helot g
hot to Messes. Patton le Co of tha• town, to when Le
was an anon ntice !felted rites away to C wnwalt, where he
'mewed a Isorae and phaeton, and was smnsing Mundt
ily driving ate on the 0 ototry untl, an as.•nntrd name, wheat
his care, rot toolish indiscretion u cut short ny tOS arrest.
Ile a is brought before the magi trates and comMlttttd for
trial.
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" Tn one respect the demonstration of Monday way
like ell be predecessor.. The speaking was not worthy of the
occasion. TWO hundred thousrad men had been invited to
walk through the metropolis in it-minion, to h Sires' Prin-
cipe, and enough ote-yed the summons to make an, I inpo•l•,ir
proc salon; but when they arrived at their destinatt.di their
feel,l hail very little to sty to them It was Into no f
the splendid tetertouiments oue hears ..1 where everytion,
is gorgeous, abundant, Mid costly, ts.' the mental pa"—
the eft that shonl.l enliven, and the tas.e hat should rule."
Tine ObloerVer, in suegeeting that the present Go, -
meat might V.'; insetuby like a leaf out 4of the ink k
inn -it predecessors. ststm hro.o ly thel the ,ate linverteeee •
I lied it in oontempiesion to 'flay rip the olffereilt
systems of this coantry from the companies who own then,
and to wink the whole of the lines lu cohlutecthen s.d', an'l
105,011 of the Pint OW, Of (soiree. • septiate detodt
ment would in that case have to be created in the Poet Office
for this special purls...
An inquest ham been hell at Moyle Park, Clondalk
ini
irrefeert), on the bvy of gnntlenlan named °dyer irona
mod seventy two, who lived ft! Pds place with rile shier, a
Mrs Lyst.r. abierice wan etre. by serest —negt ic., win"
etateo that the deceased hid not received sufficient food or
atte,thin, ar d that hts person wee allowed to get Into •
deplorable title from 111,h and waste..... Toe seven's weir
ordered to clean him, lett rehired to do so Mr.. Lyster, h
me, nearly ninety 'ears of go, Vat elgeilged anq tole.:
Uwe MAWS,. ete. She tat, hat she g.l 110 rernurerstmo
Ow keeping Mr Irwin and armored helm, ees !".
Swath. tie Jun leered that Mr. Irwin used from emigration
ge OM MIL emeterated by want of proper nourishment
rad roblraos,