The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-11-26 00:00:00

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Nortwicar Caows Besor.—The litig.ttion in
reference to the tangled affairs of the late Sir It.
Harvey appears to be about to assume a new phase.
The claims brought forward by certain stockbrokers
alone amount to £1.80,000, or thereabout.; and if these
are admitted the private estate of the late baronet
would not yield much surplus. It is expected that
these claims will be admitted, but that the dividend
which the brokers will receive will be materially
reduced by the &mission also of a treat claim
on the part of the trustee appointed under the
hankfuotcy of the surviving partners in the bank.
This claim is for the restitution of vast sums
which the accountants engaged allege to have been
improperly appropriated by Sir It. Harvey in con-
nexion with the current administration of the affairs
of the bank. The total amount if these appropriations
is set down at I:660,000 in round figures ; and should
this heavy item be admitted against the private estate
of Sir 11. Harvey, the dividend paid to his private
creditors, the stockbrokers included, would not be
more than 51. in the pound, or thereabouts. The
Norfolk County Treasurer has been declared liable by
eminent counsel (Sir hi undell Palmer and Mr. C.
Pollock) for the loss sustained by the county from the
failure of the hank. This loss is estimated at from
£1,5f0 to £2,600, and it is propeged to reimburse the
County Treasurer (who is coneiderel free from all
blame in the matter) by a voluntary mute ziption and
a voluntary rate.
THE STRUMS no EDINBORO:IA.—The Lord Pro.
vet of Edinburgh, who had consented to act as arbiter
in the stonemasons' strike, gave his decision on Mon-
day as fellows:—
The Lcod Provost, having carefully considered the state-
ments su4mitted to him on Saturday last by the master
masons and also by the men In their employment, is of
opinion that the most equitable decision he can come to is
to halve the difference b‘tween the parties, and he there-
foresee decides."

The maters and men agreed to abide by his Lord.
ship's deeision, and the strike has accordingly temd-
bated. The men will now be paid at the rate of co.
per hour instead of WA.
AN APPOINTMENT FOR THE NIAEQIII9 OF LORNE.
—The intimation conveyed by telegraph that her
Majesty had granted her consent to the marriage of
her Royal If ighneas Princess Louise with the Msrquis
of Lorne has been received with very lively satisfaction
throughout India (remarks the Times of I 'olio). Not
a single comment expressive of aught but warm ap-
proval and hearty good wishes has, as far as we are
aware, been uttered either through the press or less
public channels. India claims a special interest in the
coming event, and even goes the length of congratulat-
ing herself noon the prospect of soon having a daughter
of teen Victoria in Government-lnuse, Calcutta.
One journal (the Ci plots (sbserver) writes:—" What may
be the future destiny cf the Marquis of Lorne it is
hard to say; but should he show the needful capacity,
there is one great Oboe in the State for which his
position as husbacd of Princess Louise would seem pre-
eminently to fit him, earnely. that of Viceroy and
Governor-General of India.. Youthful as he is, there
is no reason why we should not have the Marquis and
the Princess taking up their quarters at Government.
house, Calcutta, on the departure of Lord Mayo in
18;4 or

Tux RmAL Senoot-IlJusr.--The Scholars.—
Punch.

PriPSSJAN FEFLING AGAINST ENGLAND.— The
Berlin correspondent of the hail!! Telegraph writes :
Not a single newepaper in the Premien capital—not even
the most Liberal and anti Governmental—hm one word to
nay in favour of a people • hose good intentions cannot be
doubted by the unprejudiced, and whose active benevolence
has been proved by the subscription of more than • quarter
of • million of pounds strtling. The fact is, the Prussians
are at this moment vi.dently prejudiced &Wont England
They ascribe her intervention to the mint selfish and basest
motives. They attribute our proportions to jealouay, and
maintain that we are possessed by an overmastering dread
of German as .endancy. Whether the newapap,ra make
public opinion here, or merely reflect it, is a question not
easily answered.

SPIRITUALISM us LONDON.—On Tuesiay even-
ing a meeting of spiritualists was held in the Cam-
bridge-ball, Newman•street, to welcome Mn. Emma
Hardinge-Britten, on her return from America with
her husband. The chair was taken by Dr. Coleman,
and resolutions welcoming Mrs. Hardinge-Britten, and
pledging the meeting to procure funds to enable her to
carry out her mission, were propos, d and spoken to by
Messrs. Burns, Dodd, and Pearce, and were unani-
mously agreed to. The object of that mission, as des-
cribed by Mrs. Harding-Bpitten herself, is to preach
spiritualism ea something more than a philosophy, as a
Tel gion founded upon the doctrine of compensations
and retributions. Beyond claiming for spiritualism
that it iP founded on demonstrated truth, and has sub-
stituted for the motto, I believe," the assertion "I
know," the lady did not favour her audience with ofty
definite exposition of the new religion; but she did
make one admission of some significancy, of which her
opponents or critics will not be slow to take advantage.
She acknowledged that spiritualists are apt to occupy
ground " where angels fear to tread," and urged that
they ought to proceed only step by step am they can
demonstrate the truth of their position.

WHAT A TRUE DIAMOND SHOULD DE.—The
in a lead«r on the regent discoverita of dia-
monda at the Cape, says :

A true diamond to a cryotal of carbon, or charcoal; and
the Damonds of South Africa doubtleas answer this dant.
lb-, But the value of this gent is so artificial that a very
slight variation from the accepted standard may materially
affect the price. Diamonds to fetch the prices quoted iu the
market, must be, as the technical phrase goew of the purest
water and without floe The gentle found of all colours,
black, brown, blue, and red, as well as white, and stones of
these colours will occasionally command high prices as
rarities or curiosities. The true Diamond, however, of
jewellers. is • perfectly colourless and transparent
stone, with a certain brilliancy or play " about it,
possessed by no other Jewel in the world. Even the woe.
derful stories of the East respecting It. Illuministing powers
are not atuoletely without foundation A Diamond will
really absorb light and give it out again for • short time after-
s. onto in a darkened room, while the sparkling coruscations
of the stone when cleverly cut and set, are enough to aczonnt
for the estimation in which it is held. But ilia rarity of hi •
specimens is remarkable; though it will be easily ends,
stood when we state that the supply has probably remained
without material addition for hundred, of years. The only
rich Diamond mines formerly known were UlO6O of India, and
these have heen long exhausted. The stones which at various
times have reached us from those parts are mostly of tn.-
known age. The Kot.'-noor was said by the Ilindoos to be
of fabulous antiquity, and a good Diamond ring Is likely
enough to cdotalu come of the oldest specimen, of the earth's
riches. In more recent times valuable mines were dDcovored
In Brazil, but the Braelan Diamond is, as a rule, decidedly
inferior to the Oriental Diam•imt Ills a true at eao regards
Its substance and composition, but it Is rarely found of
any considerable sire, and It is seldom of the finest wale,
For certain use' of trade it answer, well enough, hut all the
finest J.:wels may usually be regarded as coming from India.
The queotion, therefore, is whether South Africa will prove
another India or only another Brasil, lit the former event
the results may be incalculable; in the latter, though the
,tisc'rnertr. would be still important, they would be of far
len moment.

FEMALE MEDICAL STUDENIS.—On Friday after-
noon. in bait week, while the lady students were pro-
ceeding to the claas-rooms in the Royal College of
Sdrgeone, Edinburgh, they were hooted and jostled
by a large number of male students who bad assembled
in front of the building. As the ladies approached the
College the gate was shut in their faces, and it was
only after the janitor came to their aid that they
obtained admittance. The anatomical class-room, to
which the ladies proceeded, was crowded to excess' by
the male studente, and, in consequence of repeated in-
terruptions, Dr. liandyside found it impossible to pro-
ceed with his demonstrations. A pet sheep belonging
to the college was brought into the class-room amid
much laughter. On the class breaking up the ladies
were subjected to considerable annoyance as they left
the College, and four students were apprehended by
the police. Oa the same day the following statement
was issued
In the name of the committee recently engaged In pre-
paring the medical student.' petition to the managerl of the
Infirmary, we beg to disclaim all connexion with the dis-
turbances which have occurred at the Royal College of
Surgeons this afternoon. We wish It to be distinctly under-
, stood that, for from having had any share in originating such
! • demonstration, we regsrd the conduct ot the medical
students concerned In tins absolutely disgrase'ul, sot such
as meat nec,garily expose them to the severest scadem'c and
public censure—We are, dzo , &MART TAHSoS, THOMAS W.
FARM."

A RESTITUTION OF CONJUGAL RIGHTF.—In the
Court for Divorce ar.d Matrimonial CAusee, the caw°
of "Giacometii v. Giacometti," hse been before Lord
Petuttnc.. The petitioner was formerly an officer in
the Austrian navy, and he married thereepondent, who
was a lady with a fortune of about .62,000 a year, in
February, 1862. At her instance and that of her family
he gave op hie profession, and having no weans of his

own, and her property being settled to her separate
use, he was entuely dependent oa her. After a short
cohabitiou the requested him to leave her house, rand
ohv has since refused to allow him to return to her. Ile
now prayed for restitution of conjugal right. She tool
fata an unswer alleging cruelty and praying for a
judicial separation, but DO one appeared on her behalf.
Dr. Speaks suggested that it would be advisable to give
the Court power to allot alimony to • husband where
all the property beloresed to his wife. In this case the
lady's owe brother made the husband an allowance,
knowing that no blame attached to Lim in the matter.
The Court wade a decree of reetitution of couj rg•l
rights, and condemned the respoudeut in coats.
A hINT TO MILITIA May.—On MS Additional
Force Bill in 1601, Mr. l'itt had a meeting of country
gentlemen—militia colonels—to cmusider the measure.
One of theee FentieMen 01. j anal to a clause for callim;
out the force, which he insisted should not be done
"except in cane of actual invasion." Pitt replisd,
" That would be too late." PA the gentleman still
insisted on the case of "actual invaaion." lly.and-by
they came to another clause, to render the roma more
disposable. Tie same gentleman objteted again, and
insisted very warmly that he never would c awent to
its being "vent out of England." "Except, I suppose,"
rejoined Pitt, "in case of actual invasion."

liawame Tux BEAR!—liumpty Dampty had
a great fall. So have the various Stocks this wet k in
floe Money Market. They, however, will ri-e a usin
without the nil of tl.e Queen's horses, by that of a
smparatively few of her men. The decline was owing
to the Itossian demand for the revision of the Treaty
which forbi is Russia to rob Turkey. Thus you see its
cause was a Bear speculation.—Punch.
SOICIINC OF A YOUNG LADY. —Dr. Lank Ester
has held an inquest on the body of Miss Emily Susan
Wise, who was found dead in the area of a house in
Dake-street, London. Mr. Wise, brother of the de-
reaged, said that his sister, who had resided with him,
had been affected in her mind with religious mania,
and was also under an impression that she had not
done ht r duty ti her late mother when she was ill.
Deceased had never threatened to unrunit suicide ;
but on Wedne,day evening she was mi.ing. Witness,
after laming searched the house, went to the polim
station and gave a description of her. Shortly after
seven in the evening he heard • strange noise in the
area, and on going clown found his sister lying on her
face bleeding. She died almost immediately. On the
roof of the he use were found a pockethandkerchief,
with sixpence in silver, and some pence, belonging to
the deceased. After hearing medical and other evi-
dence, the jury returned a verdict that the deceased
was found dead in the area of the honer, but whether
she threw herself from the roof or slipped off there
was 110 evidence to show.

"Rana Goma r'—Bat Russia is encumberei by
the immensity of her existence, restricted by its inde-
pendence, and overcharged with its strength, (remarks
The Times, in a leader). She has herself only to fear.
She may topple over by her towering bright, or out-
grow the possible scale of earthly unities. She may
provoke the Nemesia that ever waits upon excess. She
may reach the Lumbers which are not strength, and
the union which tuskes not force. But could all the
world combine, it would leave Russia alone, except for
self-protection against her imminent out-pouring. If
such a Power is to rend a Treaty whenever its suits its
purposes, there is an end of Treaties altogether. Bid
is has a destiny, and looks at the stars. The
Treaty which chafes her has lasted half a generation.
Of its two chief authors, France lies on her back in
mortal strife and helplessness. England is blowing
blasts about her own providential insularity. With
the victorious side BUM& can exchange smiles. Now
is the time. Here goes. The famous Treaty of 18.-6,
which cost Hogland and France a hundred thousand
men and two hundred millions of money, is torn into
fragments and cast to the winds.

A nor SKNSATION.—An ingenious foreign
gentleman wearing a fireman's helmet parades the
quiet irreets of the Went End of London, with a
refined instrument of torture. By dexter 4 and
mechanical apparatus combined, he manages to pro.
duce c insentaneonsly the noise of a side drum, a
kettledrum, • Pandean pipe, a triangle, and a ring of
bells. The bells are worn on the helmet; the pipe is
played in the usual manner ; the triangle is struck by
a neat application of stung and wotd, in ived by the
thumb of one hand as it beatn the side drum ; while
the kettledrum is rattled altogether by clockwork
acting on its interior. The foreign gentleman cam.
?Deuces by setting the cltckwork going; you have a
r-r.r.rataplan and a pause equal to so many bars or
so many beats in a bar; from this, an from a metro-
nome, the musician takes his time, and starts his
orchestra merrily. It is tlidnght that the intelligent
foreigner will soon have amassed enough to return to
the land that deplores his absence—so fast do the
coppers tumble in.

-Tu CE 's
—Mrs. Malaprop's youngest son, the
Civil Engineer, is at preeent in India, so she Las
no one to tell her what the gentleman meant who hrur
lately been reading a paper all about the Cofferdams
which were used in making the Taames Embankment.
She would be glad to know where she mull get a good
cup.—Punch.
DR. NORMAN MACLEOD AT STOCKPORT.—The
Rev. Dr. Norman Macleod, of Glsegow (editor of
Geed Words') preached, on Sunday night, in the
large hall of the Stockport Sunday school, in aid of
the funds of that institution. Every available inch of
space was occupied, about 5,000 persona, including
2000, children, being present, while hundreds were
unable to obtain admission. Shortly after the pro.
ceedings had commenced, a serious disaster was ner.
rowly escaped. The windows of the room were open,
to admit fresh sir, and a chimney in a neighbouring
house cawcht fire. The smoke poured in through tte
open windows and filled the no ,m, and an alarm of
fire was rained; At first it seemed mif a panic would
get in, hut the leaders of the meeting retained their
presence of mini, and reassured the excited audience,
who, when convinced that their was no danger, quietly
resumed their seats. Had thepeople become thoroughly
panic-stricken and forced their way out, the conse-
quences must have been lamentable, the hall being on
the third story from the ground. Dr. Macleod assured
his hearers that even had the alarm been true their
beat chance of safety lay in retaining their seats
quietly and preserving order. The reverend doctor
took for his text the 4th verse of the 4th chapter of
Galatians, from which he preached a sermon of great
eloquence and power. The discourse occupied nearly
an hour and a half in delivery, and WWI listened to
throughout with the utmost attention. The collection
taken at the close amounted to about £460.