The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-04-17 00:00:00

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gate that he was about to offer a prayer which he did
—one of the expressive collects of the English church.
He is a tall, well-formed man, with a tremendous
black board and moustache, and his sermon'was of the
most schalarlike and polished character.
A CALIFoRNIAN ANECDOTE.—A well-dressed
gentleman, a new arrival, addressed a Reedy-looking
man at San Francisco, "Here, fellow, I'll give you a
couple of dollars to carry my portmanteau to the
Plaza." " You will?" was the tart reply; "Pll give
you an ounce [of gold] to see you take it yourself." The
gentleman at once shouldered his baggage, and was re-
warded, on arriving at his destination, by the stranger,
according to promise.
AN AGREEABLE SURPRISE.—MT. Lowe will go
down to posterity as the author of a Surprise Budget.
1 He may be said to have surprised everybody by
Lowe-ring taxation.—Punch.
LEAVING A CHILD IN A CARFET-BAG.—OLI
Friday evening, when the last train from Manchester
and Liverpool reached Sowerby Bridge, a suppressed
cry was heard, which appeared to come from under
the seat. The attention of the station-master was
called to the circumstance, and on looking under the
seat he found a carpet-bag, locked, with the key tied
to the handles by a piece of cord. In the bag was a
pretty-looking male infant, apparently about six weeks
old, and an infants feeding bottle, the maker's name,
" Edward Taylor. :Salford, Manchester." The infant,
which was well dressed, was in a very exhausted state,
and a surgeon at Sowerbv Bridge, who was sent for,
stated that laudanum had been administered. The
foundling has been removed to the infirmary.
LANDLORDS AND TENANTS.—The right of
tenants whose rates had, up to the passing of the new
Reform Act, been paid by the landlord, to deduct from
the rent the rates which they are now called upon to
pay, has just been decided in the Leeds County Court.
The plaintiff had paid his poor rate, and deducted the
payment from the rent; but the landlord refused to
allow tha deduction, and issued a distress on the plain-
tiff's goods for the amount deducted. For this illegal
distraint the plaintiff sued the landlord and obtained
damages.
SHOCKING DKATFt OF AM APPRENTICE.—In
London, a young man, an apprentice to Messrs. Evans
and Hayward, drapers, of l'cntonville-road, has been
killed under the following shocking circumstances :
It appears: that the deceased was allowed to go for a
walk on Friday night, and he returned at a few minutes
to twelve, when the house was closed, and, according
to the rules of the establishment, he would have to re-
main out all night. By some means or other he woke
up some of the assistants, and they tied 801110 sheets
together, and lowered them to the ground from the
third floor window. The deceased clung to the sheets
and the aasistants pulled him up, but unfortunately for
the deceased the sheeting gave way when he reached
the second floor, and befell on the pavement, striking
his head with great violenceagainet the flag-stones, and
he died shortly afterwards.
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JUST WHAT HE DESERVED !—A threatening-
letter case of unusual interest was tried on Monday,
before the Dublin Commission Court judges. The
prisoner, J.irnes Magill, was clursged with sending a
letter threatening death to Mr. R. S. Cusack, chairman
(.1 the Midland Railway `2.ompany. The document,
dated January 12, 1869, ran :

Take notice, that if you don't discharge Ramadge your life
Is in danger from the day. We will shoot you as sharp an
ever shot Baker. Get shut of him at once. Spare your own
life, and colder with )our brother directors, or the line
will he bloated, and all the police in Dublin will not
save you. He has deserved a good deal. Don't delay,
for your fandly's sake. This is all we want. Hold no
ceremony over it. Some any Baker got no notice. You can't
say that. We wrote to Maunsell and Waldron calling them
up in time. You are not taken unawares. Yours well-
wisher. We will not wait long on you.
The prisoner had been a year before dismissed from the
employment ot the company, which is that lo wlne,e
service Anketell wag sin S lately at Mullingar. Mr.
Waldron and Mr. G. W. Manned ll produced like
letters which they had received. The prisoner wag
found guilty and recommended to mercy. Mr. Jus-
tice George sentenced him to penal servitude for five
years.
A TALE OF THE SEA.—The Constitutionne/ re-
lates the following sad story
The trading vessel Adelina Eliza sailed in August, ISM,
from Bordeaux for Hongkong. A month later she was spoken
off the Cape, but never afterwards heard of. A solitary sur-
vivor of the crew of fourteen bee just returned to narrate
the dismal fate of his companions. The vessel having been
driven from her course by a violent tempest in the Southern
Ocean, b St her masts and rudder, and finally struck on a
coral bank, and the men had only time to get into the long
boat before she sank. They landed on a neighbouring island,
and being exhausted, went to sleep. On their awaking they
found themselves surrounded by • number of natives, who
made tnem prisoners. Their captors turned out to be can-
nibals, and gradually killed and ate eleven of them, including
the captain. The other three managed to get hold of a
canoe and make their escape to an islet not far off, but there
two of them succumbed to fatigue, And died. The last, after
moving by degrees from one small island to soother, and
living on shell-fish and roots, finally managed to construct a
raft, and committed himself to the mercy of the waves.
After a period which he is unable to calculate, he was at last
thrown on the coast of South America, where he was found
by acme whites and treated with every consideration, and
finally sent to Europe in a Portuguese vessel."
POACHING AFFRAY NEAR WARWICK—There
was a sharp encounter between a gang of poachers and
two of Lord Warwick's keepers in the Old Park, near
Warwick, at an early hour on Sunday morning. The
keepers met with eight men, who were armed with
bludgeons, with which they assaulted the keepers,
knocked them down, and severely injured them. The
poachers also threw stones at the watchers, and having
disabled them, managed to escape. Two men, named
Thomas Goddard, and Joseph Bagtock, both labourers,
residing in Warwick, have been apprehended, and were
taken before the county magistrates and committed for
trial.
" THE CONTROLLER OF THE MINT.' "—The
Greengrocer.—Puncli.
„ LINES IN AN ALBUM. The following linen
were written in a lady's album, nearly thirty-eight
years ago, by the late Dr. Raffles, of LiverpooL The
album is now in the possession of a gentleman in
London.

PROVERBS 111., 6.
Acknowledge God in all thy ways
And lie shall guide thy footsteps right—
Shall fill thee with Ilia heavenly grace.
And gird thee with His Spirit's might,
Thus, thou shalt fight the tight of faith.
And run the race, and reach the goal,
And welcome, in the hour of death,
The full salvation of thy soul!

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PRESENTS FOR THE AMEER.—The govern-
ment of India (says the Englishman) are determined to
act right royally by their visitor, Ameer Shere Ali. The
Toshakhanah is busily engaged in furnishing the
present of fifty-one trays which the Viceroy will
bestow on his guest. Amongst the contents of the
trays are some splendid Cashmere shawls, one of them
being valued at 1,500 rs., some valuable guns, a Dam mewl
sword, and a pair of splendid revolvers, one mounted
in silver and one in gold. The latter is valued at
400 rs. Then there are some beautiful silver and gold
cups and tankards, and lastly, jewelled turban orna-
ments for the Ameer and his son. The sirpaish fir the
Atneer cannot be worth less than from 8,000 to 10,000
rupees. There is also a beautiful ring set with brilliants
and worth at least 1,000 re. Amongst the dresses there
are some magnificent specimens of gold embroidery on
velvet, rich silks, and Benarea f sbries. Besides the
presents for the Ameer are gifts for his son, Algpioollah
Khan, and for his principal Sirdars. No presfrnt to a
prince of the Ameer's rank would be complete without
a gift of horses. Some beautiful Arab horses have
been selected for his acceptance. The Ameer, it
seems, has been so much impressed by English
civiliaation that be has ordered English clothes for his
500 followers from a Peshawur
FENIAN Comvicrs.—A return has been issued
of the names and sentences of the Fenian convicts not
proposed to be released, stating what portion of their
sentences is unexpired, and distinguishing between
those confined in Australia and those in Great Britain
and Ireland. The following are those confined in
Great Britain and Ireland Thomas F. Burke, John
M 'Cafferty, John larClure, Jeremiah O'Donovan
(Roma), Thomas Clarke Luby, John O'Leary, Michael
Sheehy, John Devoy, William Halpin, John Francis
Kearnes, Edward PGA Cr, Patrick Walsh. Patrick
Lennon, Brian Dillon, Charles Underwood O'Connell,
Denis Downing Mulcahy, William Francis Roantree,
George Browne, Edmond St. Clair, Mortimer Shea,
alias Moriarty, William Mackey, John Murphy, alias
O'Leary, and Martin Hanley Cary. Those confined
in Australia are : Edward John Kelly, James Dunne,
°Jima Cody, John Flood, Cornelius Dwyer Cane,
Thomas Babes, David Bradley, Thomas Fennell,
George Francis Connolly, and James Kearney. The
following is a list of persons now in the convict prisons
who are under sentence of penal servitude for offences
in connection with the Fenian conspiration, and who
were convicted in England Edward Shore, Patrick
Melody, John Brannon, Thomas Seatley, Timothy
Featherstone, William Murphy, Patrick Doran,
Henry Shaw, Richard Burke, Charles Moorhouse,
John Carroll. Daniel Redden, James Anderson, aikut
Loam. Patrick Ryan, William Pherson Thompson,
and Peter Mohan.
A SAD DEATH !—An inquest has been held in
Waterford, on the body of a woman named Bailey, the
wife of a shoemaker, who died shortly after her con-
finement It appeared from the evidence that the
husband of deceased went out while the wife was
rio er-
ng
to be confined, and did not return until the
llowiug morning. In the meantime the woman was
confined of twins without anyone in the house being
aware of the fact, and when discovered on the follow-
ing morning she was in a state of great exhaustion,
from which she died in a few hours. A singular feature
in the affair was that both infants were washed and
dressed, and that the deceased asserted she had been
attended to by a woman named Power, who, however,
entirely denied having visited the deceased or aided
her in her confinement Ibe medical evidence showed
that death resulted from gross neglect, and the jury re-
turned an open verdict to that effect
MISS POPIETNIe DISAPPn INTMENT !—The Paris
correspondent of the Daily Telegraph narrates the ,
following
When the Nabob was in Paris, he met with the usual fate
of lions and was hunted to death. Among others who
solicited a presentation WM an elderly young lady of forty- I
eight, highly genteel, intensely reel-ie.:table, very good to the
poor, and as strict In morality as she could be to be alive. !
Her name we will say, was POpkyrß—MWS Popkyns, Single-
ton Cottage, Batheaston, apiece said to be duller even than
Bath. Meill P. effected her purpose ; was introduced to the I
Nabob and his eon. " What &charming youth!" said Mies P. !
" Has your Highness any more children?" " Madame,"
replied the Nabob, " I have eleven sous and nineteen
daughters still living ; but then, to be sure, I have thirteen
wives !" Exit Miss P. in hysterics; and, Indeed, it does rather
remind one of Artenuts Ward's speech to the Mormon party
who had forty-ent wives ; " Well, sir, and bow do you like
matrimony as ISr as you've gone?"
A GREAT SELL.—One of the many anecdotes
told of Rossini is too good to be lost (remarks the
Orchestra). When Napoleon returned from Elba, Italy
rote in revolt and Roesini wrote a revolutionary hymn,
which soon resounded from one end of the Peninsula
to the other. The hundred days were soon over, and
when the Austrian troops occupied Bologna., Rossini's
name was at the bead of the list of "patriots." His old
master, the Padre Mattel, besought him to flee in dia.
guise, as he was sure to be shot., but the fumloving
composer only laughed. " lay a wager make
General Stephanini give me a free pass," said he. Two
hours afterwards he waited upon the Austrian general,

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and presented him a roll of music tied with ribbons of
the Austrian colours. "General," said he, "I have
felt it to be my duty to thew my loyalty to our mag-
nanimous Emperor by setting The Return of Astrea'
to music." General Stephanini gravely opened the
packet, and perceiving that the words were indeed the
is.em Monti had written, made out a free peas for
It 'smut, whom he rather contemptously, however,
classed as an insignificant patriot." Rossini makes
all haste to get to Naples, and the next day there is a
great scandal in Bologna. The regimental bands
Played Rossini's "Independence Hymn.' He had
given it to General Stephanini without omitting a note.
The Austrian general was terribly angry, and Bologna
, was searched high and low for the audacious composer,
while scouts were sent out to bring him but all to no
purpose, and the matter came to be rega;ded, what it
, certainly was, a most capital joke.
I DON'T FORGET THE PARCEL.—Mr. John Lo-
throp Motley, the delightful historian, is likely, we
, are told, to come here as the new representative of the
I United States. He will be welcome—he is well re-
membered—in fact, we do "wear Motley in our
, Brain." But Mr. Punch hopes that something in the
I shape of an English tribute will be offered to that
kindly hearted gentleman, Mr. Reverdy Johnson, be-
fore he is allowed to go away. He has been assidu-
ously doing his best to create the international sym-
pathy which we desire to believe exists, and if ever a
man came under the provisions of the beatitude about
peace-makers, Mr. Johnson is the man. "Welcome
the coming, speed the parting guest" is an admirable
social rule, but there will be less good speed than haste,
if we let Mr. .Tohnson drive off without our kind re-
gards tied up in as large a parcel as he would like to
add to his luggage.—Punch.
MELANCHOLY SOICIDE.—Mr. John Simpson,
formerly a reporter on the Nottingham Daily Express,
and subsequently sub-editor of the Manchester
Courier, committed suicide on Sunday last. The
deceased gentleman had been about a fortnight in Not-
tingham, and the last few days lodged at the "Oliver
Cromwell Inn. It was noticed on Friday that he was
depressed in spirits, but on Saturday he assumed his
usual gaiety, playing at whist with some of the company
in the evening. He retired atmidnight, and not making
his appearance at the usual hour in the morning, the
landlord sent his eon to call him. The deceased replied
that he was getting up. At one o'clock the landlord
became alarmed, as Mr. Simpson had not come down
stairs. He then went into his bed-room, and there
discovered the unfortunate gentleman dead. In one
hand he held a handkerchief, upon which he had
vomitted ; the other hand was placed under his head.
A bottle was found under the bed with the label
scratched off. The bottle, it is supposed, had con-
tained poison, and very little doubt was entertained
that Mr. Simpson had committed suicide.
REFORM YOUR Scrawls' &LL.B.—Writing upon
naval retrenchment, as proposed by Mr. Corry, a con-
temporary observes that there are "mountains of red
tape," and the like impeding obstacles, for him to sur
mount. But what are mountains to a man who has
the staff of Punch to help him? Be they high as
Alps. all that Punch need say to vanquish them is
merely this :—'l, Corry, per Alpes!—PtNCH.
' A WOMAN OF SEVIINTY YEARS SENTENCED TO
PENAL SERVITUDE.—Mary Clark Or Cleary, and Eliza-
beth Cleary or Adam (the former being an old woman
about 70 years of age, and the latter a young woman
about 2(1 years of age), have been charged at the Dun-
dee Circuit Court, before Lords Weaves and Jervis-
woode, with having on Saturday, the 28th November
last, stolen a vest from a pawnbroker's shop. The
first accused, on being asked to plead, said in a peni-
tent tone of voice, "I am guilty, and I am sorry for
it, and I throw myself on your mercy." The second
accused pleaded not guilty, and the diet against her
was deserted. Lord Weaves, in passing sentence. said—
It is perfectly impossible for the court to do anything else
than sentence you to penal servitude, and the smallest
amount we can give yod seven years. iiins is Irmo as
melancholy case. You are 70 years of age, and there is
something really distressing in the idea that, having
foliOleil
the ordinary portion of human life, you should be again
sentenced to spend another seven years in penal servitude.
It ia deplorable to see you, to say the truth, and if God Al-
mighty spares you, take advantage of your time, and code..
viny to lead a better state of life.
The prisoner then burst into tears, and was removed
from the dock.
A SEIOCKING ACCIDENT.—An inquest has been
held at St. George's Hospital, London, on the body of
William Drake, who was killed in endeavouring to
stop the horses of Mdlle. Tietjens' brougham in Hyde
Park on the 2nd inst. It appeared that, as the
brougham of the distinguished artist was entering
Hyde Park, a waggonette crossed in front, causing
the driver of the brougham to pull up so sud-
denly that the pole broke whereby all control
over the horses was lost, and they became
unmanageable. The deceased ran forward with
police-con-stable Wright, but in trying to stop the
off-side home he was knocked down and received a
severe kick on the right knee which caused his
death. Mr. Tagart, Craven Hill-gardens, who saw
the occurrence, deposed to the heroic efforts of the
poor man to stop the horses, and had he not succeeded
in doing so, the consequences must have been moist
serious to the two ladies who were in the brougham,
Mdlle. Tietjens being one of them. A verdict of
"Accidental Death" was returned, and a gentleman
in the inquest-room said that those dependent on the
deceased would be amply cared for by Mdlle. Tietjens,
who was in the waiting room at the hospital, but did
not give evidence.
THE QUEEN'S BRIDESMAIDS.—Our lady readers
(says the London Guardian), may possibly feel inte-
rested in learning what has since become of the twelve
young ladies whom her Majesty—slime nine-and-
twenty years ago—chose as her bridesmaids, and whoi
carried the royal train in the Chapel Royal on the day.
of her marriage to the late Prince Consort (Feb. 10,
1840). Two of them were married durino that year,
Lady Mary A. F. Grimston to Viscount Folkestone.
eldest son of the Earl nf Radnor, and Lady Elizabeth
A. G. Howard to the Hon and Rev. F. R. Grey. Two
others were married in 1841, Lady Frances E. Cowper
to Viscount Jocelyn, eldest son of the Earl of Roden,
and Lady Ida H. Hay to Viscount Campden, now
Earl of Gainsborough. In 1842 Lady Sarah F. C.
Villiers married Prince Nicholas Esterhazy ; in 1843
Lady Catherine L. W. Stanhope married Lord
Dalmeny, eldest son of the Earl of Rosebury ; in 1844
Lady Elizabeth West married Mr. F. C. Hastings
Russell, heir presumptive to the dukedom of Reified;
in 1847 Lady Jane Harriet Bouverie married Mr.
William Ellis, and Lady Eleanore C. Paget married
Sir Sandford Graham, Bart ; in 1849, Lady Mary Char-
lotte Howard married Lord Foley, and Lady Caroline
A. Lennox married the Earl of Bessborough ; and,
lastly, in 1851, Lady Adelaide Paget married the Hon.
F. W. Cadogan. Of these fair ladies three are dead—
Lady Gainsborough, the Princess Esterhazy, and Lady
E. Graham; one of them, Lady Jocelyn, is a widow ;
and one of them, La(fy Dalmeny, having remained
some years a widow, is now Duchess of Cleveland.
WORTHY OF IMITATION.—A Paris correspon-
dent ol a London contemporary, describing the useful
work in which Prince Paul Demidoff is engaged, says:—
Paris being the centre of the intellectual world, he has
selected it as the basis of his operations. Already an estab-
admen, where the prince and his son live, has been founded
in the l'aulx,urg St. Antoine, which supplies work to 200
sempstresses, and affords them a shelter when engaged at it.
There is a lecture-room attached to the institution, where
clergymen of every denomination are admitted to feeling.
English, French, and Russian ladies direct, with the assist-
ance of skilled workwomen, the ateliers. it is in contempla-
in to add a crache to this establishment for the children of
the women employed in it. The little prince, whom some
ladies of my acquaintance describe as the loveliest little
fellow they ever saw, will he brought up among his father's
prote7l4, and be thus practically taught the principle of
equality. Prince Paul Denlidoff is intimately associated
with some ministers of the Baptist persuasion, at whose
prayer meetings he frequently takes a prominent part.
HATTENTION !—Members who find it a sell to
discover some other M.P.'s hat on a favourite seat,
and who wish to know how to act under the circum-
stances, are recommended to go into the Library and
consult " Hatsell's Precedents of Proceedings in the
House of Commons." Or they might take the opinion
of the Law Officers of the Crown. —P such,