The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-06-24 00:00:00

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EPITO E OF NEWB
BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

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f foe of tie multitticlin,ne eons of Brigham Young hag
entered the Feat Point Milltray Academy ass cadet.
The etaodsrd foe recruits has been raised from 5 feet
1i Inches lot feet 5 15chsr.
A Tennessee gentleman ban a " demon.frog " in his
atomadt.
The Duke of Edinburgh Cietted the Emperor Nm p deou and the Emprwe Erheote at l'ldaelhorei on Saturday.
An American paper tom the following :—" Lotmlom
h.ea malt pcx. Vaccittate the cable..•
A Lirerpnol contemporary. in reporting • meetiog
@lye that ohe tbe ipeatata srtetl enersesed tz• =Moue
U some length.'
The Seer, tary of State foe War has notified skim.,
inliiiiano.u—whei her wareed or .ingle—Oi gOO4 comemer,
I; eligible to ti enrolled for the Mllit:a Re/erre.

The unit's barracks at Mailow have been brok-ro
Into Iry Frate,e, yew oueeeded in rem.,vlpg alimit $0 1 Slider
rlfieo, the larer part at wklee wen aSaunoned rnsentns
rolenrs acre pureue,Y.

The welhinown—leader of the Wmocratic party id
the n atea M. Vallmdisham, was scetdeetally .Qoa h 1
S durdey, and the wound wee of so lesions a character that
a ter lingering a few hours the a:eons-we geuklinsan dial.
The Md&ournt Arves states that the aggregate ex.
porta of cool from ail the Australian culJntee for tee ec,ron
jut ennerl *hew a decrease of 71.9 bales as camper with
those of the presto:le season.

From April 1 to June 17 the Erehiquer rrmiph.
emnunte Ito 414 72001, au Increareof nrorrly l 4 'MU/ Urre•
the c,rresponsula period of lett year. The czneeditare has
atuounted to LIS 1te,462. The balance Is the EAU fEcg
land on Saturday lac nas Aka:Val. eZlrad dta
The hothisdler announces thet the ea,le of the lilt
wort, Ike Sinner's Friend. by Mr. Mall, of
father of .11. v Newman Ilan, haa Jart reused fie 413th
edition, or ..1,8f,0,000th thoutand." 1,855.0er1,t 00!
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The Crown Princess of Pruesia bap, at her own re.
quest, received emcee! repre•ehtativti of Ilia Easilib Prue
bow in Berlin, and mores.' I, them Lee ay, rematlon of
the services rendered lay 'model correspondents chulta the
late cAmpsign.

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The Berlin correspondent of the Ladipea22nce Beim
ISIS that the French Government luse sem • f TrOld revue..
dation to the Italian Government not to trtntier the ctigtd
to Boma.

Oa Monday afternoon, during a heavy thunder.
storm. Ir Edward Perry, igentlemen farmer, of Swindon,
nesr Dudley, to-,s refuge, with his florae, under a hedge, enst
both were inetanteneously hided ay a dub uf
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The Duko Anmale minted the Prince and Prin.
caaa of Wale; on Monday, at alarlborJugb Louie, awl
ttlyed to lapel. Its Duty of Enlobargb was • atattor at

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Mr. G. J. I tolyoake states that the name of one a
least of the I mlun members of the lute rnattorril Nattily
which appears at the eon if the mud' esto lately tuned In
L melon, was used wi.hAit his Consent or knowledge.
The gown which the Archbishop of Paris wore at
his execution h. 4 been cot Ink, small Wien, arid dlarrtboied
amongst the Parisian clrrgy. The princ.pal part hoe been
deposited in Notre Dame.
A mass meeting of engineers on erike at Newcwitle
was held on Town Moor, on Monday. There wo,e 6 000
present, and tires resolved that the men will. on no account,
recommence work on mop other terms than illiy-four lit en
per week.

Tbe latest novelty is the word " umbrella oratory.'
It originated In B.;atland, and Is ap-Ileti to npplanne
Slumping Iheor with the end of the umarolla. 1.1 spew..
It is footed thus, In the place of (near ! hear brela ;
or (mgorons ombrella).

Anther mend ento ban been berweel by the Interns.
What Sudety he Paris. The eectlon ft ..m which it emanates
roma t b I aselmileted with the bandits who have burnt
Parb," and declares that the struggle was an honest ono
against deeponsm, with the view of crushing capitalists and
mouopollbta.

A reader of 71/4 Time", one day 11/44 week, amorg the
par tealars of Its table of C IntenU, uottctd a reference to
.• Oxford Unlverrity 14:121i5." Eagerly turning ti this sug-
gestive heacilng, he found It to be a rowing 1131 stch. kin vas
greatly disappointed, being a phrenologist.

Sptanal CorreopoLdent in Pans eaya that the
Partslaus have begun to amuse themselves ag.in as though
nothing extraorilloary had happened durlug the last too
mnuths. Nearly all the principal theatres In P.ris ars open,
and are so crorded that It Is dll2ldult to obtain a steal.
them.

l'he Pritialt Mehra, Journal say 3 that the Emperor
of Russia hu tutireate4 to the University of livistoglors,
through the Senate of Vinland, his svihtog_ow..., prn.ss
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worn-el-to attend the toeing lac:fusee st ;at:- C giver:l:y In
furtherance of the expreseed lathes of His Majesty's Paul*
eubj acts.
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Land a,4 Wator says that grouse are Ikly to be
unuaualTplentital thin staaon on the Wehh liLt.. Boned
Bala and on Sir Watkins mat re the hatching ae.aon was es
tremely favourable, and mmaequantly the broods are Large.
In Plynl.mmon the brands at, numerically anuti?er, WI a
general rule, but the bird. sra much m urn forwent awl
Munger on the wing

An Amelia-6n lady who ham been nizic at Mwreiller,
and has received frequent kind attentions from many of in
sex, both Enoch and English, has been evdra I to glee her
opinion reenacting the two dames of her sy mt.:Weer. Her
reply IN. They were both vary kind Abe French ladies
brought roe Hower' nil day; the E iglish ladies sat up MA
mo all night r

L. hi a singular fact that the finest diamourle sold in
Europe o! late years have hued their way to the United
State. The New York market to the most difficult of all to
Bulk many gems highly thought oi In Neal. ze befog ielicieit
by the American COIIIIII,IIIIOIIM. MS greater p 'Mon of the
African diamonds sold the other day by Danenham suet Sion
were bought for eeleetion by the New York trAleis.

The munifioent bequest ot i'6,ooq by the late JoLn
Abbott, l q , of if sisfet, has after some darner been nocepted
by the U.itversity of Oxford for the purpose of foondhl
three " Abbott " scholarships, which are Intended ty the
donor to Shut claret men of the C.,ureS at England in sou,
log their sous to the l'alversly, which they could fert other.
wino too alie to do, IN 1,11 KG W =slat orphans of eleigesoon
no" er niraisi c.rounastances.

A widow, named Susan Clay, aged 95, is now
at 0 'cry sc. Miry, DdV..n. She has etght e'ltrdren Ilv!nx Ike
oldest beteg fit cod the youngest 48. Her arleashddren
humb,r 67 cod her greet gmdc Althea over Toe eldest
of the fourth ger.e•atho It 23 pars al. Mrs. CA, 1, 10 the
col parent of orcellect heath, end speaks er.th prul• of the
extent to rhtell her cle&ceed.ants are dtspe.vd sorer the eirth.

"Gentleman, 28, boiling a really g.ioi commercial
paittion. Wishes to make the acqnslntati,e of SU scare,
youog hay of domeatlz held it and an amiable
dispotltion, with a view to mstrimony ; means no: necewary.
tddrese," ,—" A yuung lady ( widow) w 1,1,8 to none..
stand w:th • gentleman with • view io matrimony.—Addrew,.
&c.,—.l.lvertisemen't In Manchdlt r Emaminer.

The Mos 'ow Guatt rvorte that great activity N
shown in the asrbour and tho step ni Ition port% of N iodated.
New machlorry Is coustautli arriving from England. and a
groat burnh, of officen of acarlues are to ho transferral from
the 13 &lc fi:et to the Black See.

At meeting (A the tradeenvu of Marlborough, a
revo!utleu In farm,' o! seepenelog blulnet. Pm o'clock
' every Monday, so as to estenith an avrovlrnete telt-
holiday weekly, has been unenloauttl, agreed ta,, after
repreeentetlonv tram M. W.lave, who attended Iron the
I. metal It trly Cl .eiug taeociatlea, and atveral of the local
employer,.

On Tuttday the leen completed the 34th year of
her reign, having acondel the Throne Jaae 2.1 113.17.
Shortly bsfore II:110 o'clock In the morning, accompanied by
Mace Lsopold and Plums. iteatrice, her Malan y arrived at
Windsor Castle from Balmoral. Toe Lob.. mid the
Ilivoints of Lirne paid a visit to Windior Cwlle in a egotism
of the day.
The Bowe of Lordg hat even lodgment in an aPPrla
from a dedlton of the 113 /tch Court of Session, In whl
Earl of Perth had tomtit to recover certalu estate, now held
by the Wllloughby c'Lcosby truttees, hut which were for-
merly attached to the earldom of rth. I.e ettatee Wire
forrlted by attainder of tcr the rabid!' ic ol fits, and were
au a.quilt.y gra Asa Lin the family of Lord Willoughby
lbelr lordship, dim:tarot th, apprail, wfth costa.

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It apvars first the costs in the caw "Noble y,
V.rysey, ' for wl:ich the Archolshop of Y irk made himself
personally responsible, exceed £1 400 1 w trda this £1.170
have been subscribed, and there will be a great deficit,
although Mr. 17,4 rey was condemned in cost.. The Dean
end the Arolidesc in of York, Archdeacon I. mg. Canon Hey,
Canon R sndolph, and the Rev. C Arundell St John Mildmair
(rector of SI arstoi ) advertise themselves as willing to receive
subscrlptions towards the Archbishop', guarantee.
In London, on Tuerdsy night, at the dinner at
Wil.ta's It moms In connexion with a charity known ste the
It, stmluster Jaws' Free tictioolr, Sir David Si aeons in the
obeli., an event was announced web& jarred mournfully upon
the festivity of the evening, 84 It had Weedy thrown. glo,m
upon the Jewith quarters of London. Mr. Memo Ii Ward
Hartog, Senior Wrangler of the University of Cambridge in
WO was buried is, 1 uesday, hawing died on Maids), night
at eight o'clock of smallvx.
It is said that the labeare of the Royal Commission
on Coal, ap,minted • few years ago, by fkr file tree Grey, We
on the point of C uopictlon, and the moll is the demons:re-
ti not the fact that, assumtl • certain &Lintel ingresse hi
the rate of consumption, .1 HI :lent economically gettable
coal exists in Great Britain and Ireland to last from SOO to
1 000 years. II thin he so, Lather Mr. Gladstone Der any
future Prime Minister for tu toy generatiors to come Lend
urge the House of Commons to pep eft the National Debt nu
the ground of the approaching ertnturton of our coal-fielle
A member of the Arkannan Legislature, who goes
for economy in public expenditure, in speaking on an extra-
vagant qapropristlon, indignantly excialmed, "tientlemen,
tat'k eh nit ',equate compensation of pima seer:nits '
Why, sir, daring the late war, I was to 37 battles, was
wounded 13 times in the Cause of the South, and the entire
pay I rec-lend was 30 dollars In Confe.lerate roomer, every
cent or which leave for one glair of old rye whisky"
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Mr. P. J. Smyth, the Nationallat candidate, who
was defeated hy Mr. Bernal Oaborate at Wave-if ell last ye‘r.
Wlll on Saturday elected for the county of Westmeath, with-
out eppoattion. In returning thanks, Mn. doesth described
himself as mac of the people—a`most the 14/1; survivor of
a baud of patriots." Although he appr3ved of the iMurch
and Lend Ace, he promised to oppao the (Lover-bum%
dependent of f-c fun.
• chemist's &assistant recently put up • preacription
furs young lady of a dose of cattor oil. She Innocently
inspired h3w It could be taken without tasting it. Ile pro-
ansed to explain to her, awl In the Inean•lme offered her
caarteontly a ela-5 of flavoured eel scent. d aellzir water.
When she had finished It, he eattl triumphantly, Y e,
miss, you hove token y ur oh eu,t Old not know It ' The
young lady *taunted out th bard.n co: the song—. It sae
for thee, my mother

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Eliza Sinclair, or Clef ton, belonging to Stow, wag
placed at V a Oar of the Men Ci.uPt of Jue,lciary, tUn
Picea, on lil a: day, charged with hiring tour lered honor
Children on the oth of If itch She olesoca not guilty, and
a plea of haw was lodged. After evti.nce had been
heard the Jury retarnen a verace to the tft pee that et the
time Phe c immltted the dccl she was lan nut, g usOer Woo
purely loesnity. lite Curt eenten..:e.l her to Loyd-mom ust
during her df alesty'r pleaaure.
After the June, 1848, Palle Insurrection, 11,000
phantom were outdo, ho; not wore than 0.11-telliti we re liblat
to ii plural settlement, the other,. were nodose"d when the
dar ger wee over. A popular ditty expreand thh c'eceecy
thus:—

id pardoned the pocr ',surgeon.
In order that au) &light eon ,PC,1111"
Eel tie Gry nod Ripon 'IA wcz lied to a instnnielte.
Te...:.t) two }et.ta have psaaed 1.11.L0 ii e ereatlrn of fist,
list ein the peerage. The le. t 11,0,0 all colder red visit
1/49 on the 1,0 Lord Dilholuie L r his brilitant sPretcs. In
the Oorsroteent of lonia, at the teem coot L sd Rowell,
Who WOO 05 en Prime Minister. use ;Poe aspired at the noble
lord'. dealt, and wert.tisly to L r 0 R'pon's advaintement
the it IC ir,pinhate ea+ thi4 at N et inisehy. I was cleated
to 1-38, when it,, its, pc,r was L ,rd•Lleulensut of Inland
it the At' Inlntalratlon of vi.couht Melbourne

A ringulibr eircum4ance is inPotioned in crnnection
slth the death of Sir JS.. C. It. When Sr John was fret
attack. el, the late Dr. Ayoeonde, of llrtetol, with Dr. BMA ck,
attended him,ed hr c dlverestiou Dr. Sp:sonde told him
that he lattat not exAct, altcr Chat attack, to live more than
three jeers. sir John remselLd to his Mende a few weeks
ago tha. According to Ate medical adviser. t.pluten, he meet
soon now donut Ole Me Ile then, g eve an orJer for the
beqdlog of • vault In the churchisrd dote to his residence
to eoculve hi. Magee

A,41.1,111,:! th- New 1," tlz pap. rd a pretender to
tho I. nc La. tutu...lop 0 Loot. lehod In the hereon
of M 11.1 s In It Gracie, who clahns to to. Ito het of it to
%wets owe one lasa, ft seems, a.sortrd that has off,red
to cit one Lia clam to Mr. Varßell. 11th he Indignoutly
dent., hot It be true,' Le say. V •tnely. " that In a letter
to Itloht 11,0. B. Dlaraell, I aogte: led In inh.tat ce
by merchul no live.) a fled-nit ...ffat, g of co.ito iUIIoD
bounds at, : Hug w toa,t raw ccudlti.., WO. 61Rbi
Mr D'aracd, hosevcr, rejected what, Mr. Geode forcibly
says, "tho Minh' allty of parties In k:agLand being known,
and ail the facts within GoternmeLts and Cublocts being
known, r ,uld appear to be a mecatblc oourss," and til •
requeure ttto most spnallina rasulta ore to 'a, expected.