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

Riistrilantaus

•
ROME, FOREIGN, AND COLONIAL.

PROSsIANOI IN A mrßitA .—the Philadelphia
serreapeadent et'ke Times writem

At thb opening of the congeals In December, It le Mated
that a reoolntlon will he introdnced calling for information
11,.111 the •uleell of the notion of promote agelnat American
oMe-ne of foreign birth who happened to be in Germany
dining the recent war ; and the temper of onr people 16
tool, that a Shorongh twreetleatlon of the Matter *III be
demanded. Prima, la C lamed *oh forging American
(Miami to wares In her semi.; and It to Siso announced
that the conduct of the American minister to herlin upon
the antdect does not meet with the aPprorel of the American
gonna***
nig f'o77oef Tsens.—An enormous quantity
of raw entton hail been imported this year, and this
increase continues to be maintained month by month.
Elm value of this artioie went from the United State,
alone up to the end of September IS computed to be
hetwe-n 30 and 40 millions marling. That sent from
British India in valued at 19 millions, from toot at
nearly seven million., and from !tread at more than
four millions sterling. A wrest comparative &crease
has taken place an regards that Pent from Chins,
Mexico, and Bermudas, but the total value of our
cotton imports for the three totartere of this year to
nearly 6.3 !album, °reborn 90 per cont, more than the
quantity brought into this oountry during the corres-
ponding months of beet year.
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A " CHIRRYDLIC COMMIWORA-
TTOI.—A festival of more than local interest was
held on St. Andrew'. Day in the Ewit Lancashire
town of Ramilbottom. The occasion we. that of the
presentation to the minister end congregation (Scotch)
of St. Andrew's IT Mr. Win. Grant, of Nuttall
Hell, of a church built noune yrare ago, and now very
elaborately decorated at that Rend...mares expew.,.
in memory of his father and uncles, the. well-known
originals of the "Cheeryhle Brothere." The ah•
OP new of Mr. Charles Dickens was very much
regretted, tint the author of 'Nicholas Nickleby"
will he glad to hear that he was cordially re.
memberei by the repreeentativen of those who
in dap, long past sat to him for two of the
kindliest and meet memorable of his portraits. And
so also of Mr, Harrison Ainsworth, with whom it is
said that Mr. Dick ens used to compare sly natee of hie
seancea with their common friends. the Grants of
Rraisbottom. rho religious portion of Wm festival
consisted ot special serrices in the church morning and
evening on both of which occasions an overflowing
congregation was present. In respect of the quality
the attendance, dlfferencee as to what is called creed
seemed in almost all itoitences to be for the nonce
utterly laid *side. As WIN mentioned by one of the
speakers riming the evening, five "daarmainatimes"
were warned in the building, the Mueller &Wand '
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1866-12-08

J. GRIERSON, General Manager.
Paddiogton, Nov. 29.

ALL PERSONS having CLAIMS against
the ESTATA of the late JOHN LtOULD. of
Bromley. ue. Brierley Hill. (deceased), are requeeted to
send them to me, with the full particulars, on or lief. lo
the 10th day of Decanuza NEXT, or they will mat to
acknowledged.
ILLIAII HINTON.
Auctioneer. ke.,
Penanett, near Dudley.

LONDON AM) NORTE•WkSTEEN RAILWAY.

THROUB TICKETS can now be obtaine.l
at KIDDERMINSTER and STOUI:ItMOUE to
LONDON (Eriaton Station) on application.
Paasengers wishing to adopt the London and North-
Western route sin old becaitful to ask foramd oblaiu
Tickete accordingly:

Ey id:der,
W. CAWKWELL, GI nervl Manager.
Euston Station, London, November, ltditi.

BIR. G. HAYWARD,
MUSIC DIRECTOR,

AND CONDUCTOR OP IRE SATURDAY CONCERTS AND
ORCHID THAI. UNION. )A(RA? NA, IA I. PFDIMPTON

AND MONDAY CONCERTS, DUDLEY;
TEACHER OF THE PIANOFORTE, VIOLIN,
SINGING, HARMONIUM, ke.,
By Single Lesson, Month, or quart,.

PLIMOVORTHA TrNED BY A TUNER PROM BRoADlrnao'R.
QUADRILLE BANDS PROVIDED IN A ANY NUMBER.
PIANOFORTES,
By every Maker, 5 per cent. off for cash.
Agent for the new Three-pedal Finn°forte, by Nntting
and Norminton; and Lea's Patent Comprannel 41.0.
forte and Harmonium.

Mr. Hayward attends Wordsley, Brierley Hill, and
Stourbridge, on Thursday..

A. SZARKOWSKPS
POL SKA PHOTOGRAPH IC STUDIO,
71, HI WI-STREET,
:OPPOVITE THE lITOURBIUDOS AND KIDDKRIIIN6TII BANE,

ASZARKOWSKI ',ego to inform the Pub-
. lie generally, that he is n•w forming 1110 10-
GRA PH IC ENLARGEMENT SOCIETY, so drat the
Lovi rs of Art may enrol s as Member,, by pay-
ing Is 6d per week, and receive a Large Size Portrant of
the value if /5 5/,

For itartienlam enquire at the abort, addreaa.
New CABINET PICTURES, CARTER de VISIT F.,
and all other tyle. of Liken, ~aeit lays, in any weather
from Ten in the morning till Four in the evening.

ASTRoLOWVI ASTUOLOGY.

130,000 SOLD IN OMR WEEK.

A sTßomioy. plat, ,
published ad.; POS4
Free 4d.

" DOCTRINE OF NATIVITIES."
By which ci.), one mltv eal,nh.tetheirown NATIVIIY
and learn 'their own NATURAL CHARACTER.

BY LUOILIta CARONA, AN NOIPTIAN ASTROLOGNR.

Fleet..treet, London.
N.B.—The Trade auul Hwl,r. ibermlly dealt with.

OYES! 0, YES!! 0, YES!!
Certainly; the BLUE PIG INN, DUDLEY,
FUR WILBLINU,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1866-12-08

DR. HUNTER AND THE "PALL MALL

GAZETTE."

An action for libel, brought against the Pall Mall
Casette. was commenced on Wednesday, in last week,
in the Court of Queen's Bench. anti concluded on Satur-
day. The plaintiff was the Dr. Hunter, who has, by
letters in newspapere, advertiYed a new method of
treating consumption. The Pall Mall Gazette, in a
leadinir article, treated these dtters and slim a book
which Dr. Hunter had published, as the writings of a
mere chaeatan, queetioned the genuineness of the
doctor's degree, and, finally, referred to the action for
assault which had been brought against Dr. Hunter
by Mrs. Merrick. one of his patients. As to the mode
of treatment, the evidence only exemplified the fact
that doctors d der, some of the W1,12.1P01 being warm
advocates of Dr. Hunter's system, while other. were
as &slew' adherents to the old formula. The right
to use the title of doctor had been conferred after a
regular examination in the New York School of
Medicine. Th., main question left for the 'itry to
determine was whether the plaintiff had put forward
this book fig the honest purpose of benefiting the
profession and mankind, or of putting motiey lute hia
pocket, und whether tee wrier of the artiele had
written it from a bona
_ride belief that he watt dis-
charg,ng a public duty, for the benefit of the proles-
Kinn and suffering humanity, in exposing what he
honestly coneid-red to be an unfounded attack upon a
high and honourable profession. The j try, after a
lengthy deliberation, found a verdict fig the plaintiff,
; with a farthing damages [lt is said that the coats of
both sides in the case amounted to about 2,001)&1
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1866-12-08

RITUALISM IN THE CHURCH.

The following protwitt le hieing circulated in the
di'ocesfa of Loudon ; it has already received numeroue
signatUren
We, the unitersiened, taring clergymen In the &acme of
Lonoon, d•alre to m he our public and emphatic protest
&menet the introd action rimier cover of an etaboraie ritual-
ism, of sortie of tie lute nine n'al and most t,erniclon• errors
of tee Conrch of Itonte In the Protestant a d Reformed
4Chfleft of Aida realm. We are not Unmanly to the Oleo-
'thins Which may he urged retinal much vrountary declare.
doll. on the part of der, men who have antra ty made the
runscrlption• legally imposed on th. m. Bat we are cot—
winced In oar coit•clet ree that the limo I XS fully .me
when,. for the eetlafaction of the great mai nit), of tile
lay members of the Chltrell I,f EArlai.d anti for the
•Indicail in of our Church in the sin. of when,
authoritative check ation'd be til•fli to pease ices. wi 'eh
are e We...11y In rodoced and malt talncti on /I,mholicesi of
siesPrines sealost which our Reformers pr iti•tted and in pro-
letting against whleh many of the melte At my of martyrs"
loved no: their lives unto the death." Raving waited
at xl• us'y for the effective appllcatlon of any such check by
lawful atehority, we now make public this our solemn pro-
Auld &relents all doctrine and rituAl the tendency of which la
to assinttlete the teaching and worship of • Jp United ceneeis
n• Enslatal and !reland to the teaching ext worehip of •
Church which we have declared to he "Idoletroua" and
whose "sacrifices of "We have been called on to re-
nounce as t. blasphemous fables and dangwous deceits.'
And we declare our conviction that the claim of one Church
to be the Established Crutch of this realm rests Mainly upon
her hlefty to the principles... 4 the Raformatton.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1866-12-08

THE PUBLIC SPIRIT-CELLARS.

It wan growing late, and our guide told se that the
public spirit-cellars would be getting full. In a street
by no means very disreputable in appearance, we
walked down a few steps leading from the pavement,
pushed open the folding doors at the bottom, and were
in a Russian enirit store. I have seen low drinking
shops in St. Giles'.; I have been into common saloons
in the Five Points, New York; I have seen whisky
stores in the wyntle of Glasgow: but I have never
sewn anything, ad a these are, approaching to the
squalor and degr id misery of these Russian walks
'hope. The cellar was damp, and reeking with a hot,
fetid air; the walls were bare, and slimy With Wet;
furniture there was none; around the walls there were
wooden settles, on which men end women sat huddled
together, stupid with drink. Every face was bleared,
blotched, and blurred by intoxication. None of the
company were talking, or even quarrelling. Wrapped
in their sheepskins and soiled furs, they eat there
silently. There is nothing sociable about the drinking
of the common Euesians ; when they get liquor, they
gulp it down, and will go on gulping till their supply
is gone or they are dead drunk. The only ornaments
of the room were a rude coloured engraving of the
Holy Family, panted a.ninst the wall, and a plain
woolen bar, benind which there was an array of
white glase bottle, holding, I should think, about a
quart. Our c nductor ordered a bottle to pay our
looting, and said something to the host, a tall power-
ful man, who stood behind the counter. He thereunem
poured Os Ihniur into two trunblere, holdin6. I should
think, full half a pint, and called out to two men
dozing on the bench opposite. Lazily the poor wretches
rose up, half stupihed with drink, lurched over to the
bar, swallowed the whole contents of the glans.s with-
out taking a breath, wiped their months with the back
of their hands, crawled away to their mutts and dozed
off again. The less favoured occupants of the bench,.
woke up at the spectacle, and offered to do the same
feat if we would provide the liquor; but the spectacle
was too disgusting, and I was glad to get out of the
squalid den. Through the window panes I looked
into numbers of these stores. They were all the same
—all bare, all filthy, all crowded with men and women
besotted with liquor.

A ?LTC TAVIEN.

And then I had a hideous vision of is public tavern,
where a hundred men, sunk to the level of brnten, and
unsexed women all in raga, all far past the stage of
feeling the slightest care for their personal appearance,
all filthy, nite,t of them with hlsok eyes and broken
heads, sat ho, z;ng together at long deal tables, I.te-
rally black with dirt. Neither the men nor the
wnnisn looked like human beings. There was no riot-
ing, no singing, no entertainment of any kind; and
from the wall the picture of Cnrist looked down upon
ilia wallowing mass of creatures made after God's
own image. I had seen life enough, and I went home
wiser perhaps, sadder certainly.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1866-12-08

OROCER AND PROVISION DEALER.

VOTTCE IS HEREBY GIVEN, tl.st
by INHENTT'RE dated the 2ud day of Nov, tuber,
ISM. and made between the several persons win-. n: Ines
were seheerthed and seals affixed in the Schedule Go ro-
under written (brine respectively. eat., r r
in copartnership with other ('redttors of Samuel P. she,
on b.-h,ll of II 'mule, K snit all and cv, ry i•titrr it..,
Creditors of the said Samuel Praire, of the first part end
Samuel Pt dm. of Pieh.street. Crmiley Heath, ir. the
county of Stafford. Grocer and Provision Dealer. ti ere-
in -after called "the mid Debtor." of the second psrt.)
The ...A arveral Cr. ditors, in consideration of the Plt•-
ment by the said Debtor ifs composition of Two Shilliroes
and Sixpence in the Pined on the amount of their
respective Debts. did release the said Debtor, his heir.,
executors, and administrators, from the payment of the
same.

And the raid Indenture hits been executed by the said
Di btor, and also by a majority in number, repmsertinq
thi re-fourths in value of the Creditors of the said Dater,
whose Debts respectively amount to £lO end upwards,
end war duly registered in the Court ot liorkruntey on
the 16th day of November. 18cn, and 111011 lies at toy
office for perus•l by the Creditors of the said Debtor.
And al) the Credit Ora of the said Debtor who have Lot
sent in piatienlery of their Claims are required to,. rid in
the some forthwith to me, the undersigned, the Solicitor
to the said Spronel Peske, or the', will be excluded toe
benefit of the Composition abont to be paid.
Dated this 30th day of November, 18G0.

W. 0. c..iDLIKON,
Solicitor to the said Samuel Peaks.
Brierley Hill.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1866-12-08

HIGH PRICE OF FANCY POULTRY.
The days td extravagant prices for fenny ponitry may be
BMA lid have departed, hat that breeders enjoy atarg. do
Mnurt for hlgh•clem birds appears from the sales of the
lbrotegharn Port.try Show of last year, and shich are fle
follows:

A pen of three Cochlea was gold to 21/. ; two
Cochin oocks made 10t. eath one game cock was sold
for 20/. ; a pen of three R.onen ducks for 15 guineas,
and a pen of three game bantams for the same. But
ordinafY prices ran an followe ; 23 Dorking covks
made 445. per bird, and 100 other Dorking. averaged
264. per bird—the claim in by far the largest demand.
Spanish was of limited male—two cock, fetchint two
guinea. each, and 20 other Spauieh 35a. per bird ;
11 Cochin cocke, benide the above-mentioned
soecial mom, made 72m. 7d. per bird, and 63 other
Cochin., 36.4. per lord; 30 Ilrahmse were mold
for 28s. per bird, and five Brahma cocks at 384. per
bird. Only six 11/slaye fonnd owdoinen, at 245. 63. per
bird; the name number c/ Dive. Coeur, at two guinea,.
p. r bird; nine Hamburg cocks make 32... perAbini)
and 62 other Hamburg., 21s. 01. per bird. Nine Polish
fowl, were sold at 194. sd. per bird; and one cck at
four glllllOlll. Three enekoo Llorkine were sold at
245. per bird; three Da Fieche at 334. 4d. per bird ;
and three Andalumians at 214. fit per bird. Thirty-
two game (owe fetched 33.. fid. per bird. Thirty-three
bantams sold at 254. each, and 6 bantam 'cock, at
524. 9d. per bird.
Forty-five duck, (being the high-priced pen) sold for
234. 9J. per bird. 12 gene at 31a. 3d. pet bird, and Is.
turkeys at 375. per bird.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1866-12-08

FENIANISM.

Whatever sentimental views may be held ad to
the wrongs or rights of Ireland, they must for
the time be subordinated to the preservation of
public order. Fenianism, as a political creed,
may be, as we believe it is, a silly, wild, fantas.
tical belief; but Fenianism put into motion and
practice is a dangerous enemy to liberty, an
enemy to our queen and country, a bitter, unre-
lenting foe to public peace. James Stephens,
the Head Centre, has left the United States for
Ireland, with the avowed intention of leading a
rebellion in that country against the crown and
constitution of Great Britain. A reward of
.£2,000 is now set upon his head, and if he be
not captured before these lines are read, it is
scarcely likely that he will long remain at liberty.
Every day also brings with it the sad budget of
news from Ireland—news of the arrest of sus-
pected Fenians, and of the seizure of arms and
ammunition, and now we have the intelligence
of the proclomation of the town and county of
Limerick. All this is most painful to read of,
for no sensible man can fail to see what must be
the cud of it all, or at least what must be the
immediate results. That the Fenians can suc-
cessfully stand against the government, with
troops, money, tuld eiii/ci.i4 at their command,
is a ridiculous delusion ; and so far as the edu-
cated leaders of the rebellion is concerned, it is
a cruel and wicked delusion—a mockery and a
war in its worst sense.
We fear, however—hopeless for the Fenians
REI their struggle may be—that till recently it
has been too much sneered at and pooh-poohed;
it is not the weak, silly thing that we have boon
in the habit of regarding it; ills a wide-spread
conspiracy, the bitter malignity of which goes
far to make up for that want of complete organi-
sation which is inseparable from conspiracies.
But wide-spread as may be the conspiracy it
must be put down by the red right hand of
! Force. There is nothing elsa left to our Go-
vernment, and deeply as we may regret the ne-
cessity which impels the steps that have recently
! beea taken, we clearly see that it is a necessity.
The blood which will be shed will not be on the
head of those who try, in the only way in their
power to put down this dangerous rebellion, but
on those who who will have been the that cause
of this bloodshed.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1866-12-08

THE QUEEN IN THE BLACK COUNTRY.

ORACiore QOIIIN VICTORIA, Wolverhampton greets you;
Pranks her unlovely face in smile., With homage aa she
meets you:
Underneath her Arch of Coal loyally entreats you,
Wreaths nails locks and bolts, and near the iron trophy
seats you.
Grimy labour washes and put. on It. Sunday clothes
For holiday unwonted forge. cool and amithies close :
Pule totl.stunted children leave their nailing for the oh.;
The stream of subterranean work, idly, above ground,
flow.
In honour of the Queen, whose very name sounds strange
and odd
To many here that know no more of a Queen than of a
Jod.
Slaving from dawn to darkness at nall•hammer and nea-
r° I,
Their backs bowed to the anvil, and their souls chained
to the clod.
The Queen comes honouring those who honour him she loved
and lost,
Albert, good, wise, and thoughtful, who in spite of chill
court frost
Kept the green spring of head and heart alive, not counting
coat
Of time or toil, or scorn that scoffed, or doubt hla work that

crost. .
Tla well hlsstetue should stand high, In this Black Country's

Looking arrow these cindery wastes, seamed, scathed, and
ashy-boar
Where the eviscersted earth knows seasons' change no more,
Whrre the only Ned II gold, the only harvest coal and ore.
Where greed lose gone upon It. quest, with naked band and
linked Lao mod not asharned—bent to gain, not caring how:
Blighting trao's life, even a. It blights the blossom and the
bough ;
Over souls and over bodies driving its iron plough.
Tlll stamp of sex is beaten out, and youth le hard and old;
Rude toil makes ruder leisure man grows brutal, woman
bold
And eo the Iron ils hot dug and forged, and hived the sold,
Few question how Heaven-4 grace recedes, and the Devil's
sway gains hold
'Tie well the good, wise, thoughtful Prince elsould show his

gentle race.
Betwixt the wealth and wretchedness of tbis unhallowed
place, •
Pointing to Chrl.tian goals Competition's reckless race,
M ticlue Proparty lose seta Oa, to rule Labour siding grace :
Guide, for teaching of the highest, bow good work should
Ito done ;
Proof, for comfort of the humblest, that the high and low

•
are one .
Record re a life, noun., by love's and du'y's rompass run—
All lessons needed bare, that Earth's smoke on-net not
God's sun ! Punch.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1866-12-08

.111•••••.-

THE CARLTON MURDER.

The most persevering efforts are still being made by
the local authorities to dispel the mystery which still
hangs over the perpetration of the murder of Mr.
Henry Raynor, whose dead body was found on the
railway near Nottingham on the 17th of November
last. nil the discovery of the crime suspicion fell upon
John Watson, of Carlton. who, with his wife Mary,
was taken into custody. Four protracted sittings have
been held by the coroner, and the inquest is further
arljonrned to the 13th knit A groat main of evidense
has been adduced, consisting principally of minutely
circumstantial statements, but not sufficiently non-
fleeted to inculpate the prisoners, although constituting
a grave cams of suspicion. Meanwhile the county
magistrates have commenced an inquiry independently
of the coroner, which was opened on Friday Let at the
Sire-hall. The prisoners, on being brought into court,
looked anxious; their demeanour was quiet and
respectful, but they evinced no particular emotion,
except a nervous flush of temporary excitement when
the widow of the murdered man and her sister entered,
both attired in deep mourning.
The father of john Watson was also present, and
manifested a deep interest in the proceeding& The
respectable character which his family has always
borne naturally adds to the public anxiety as to the
result

After a consultation. the magistrate'', being of
opinion that the ends of juatice might be fruntrated by
a premature publication f the particulars, determined
to conduct the inveatigation as a private magisterial
inquiry: The representative, of the press, and a few
other gentlemen who had obtainedulafisaion, therefore
retired; but Mr. Teatmaa, who attended on behalf of
the friends of the deceased, and Mr. Cranch, who
appeared for the prisoners, were permitted to remain.
The examination of the witneases occupied the court
about seven hours, and the inquiry wee ultimately
adjourned until Tuesday, when it was again resumed,
and lasted till five o'clock in the evening, and
further aljourned to Friday. The proceedings were
strictly private, and no part of the evidence has
been permitted to transpire. The prisoner. John and
Mary Wataon, who are charged with the murder, were
again present during the examination as also the legal
gentlemen concerned in the case.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1866-12-08

--the wife of the clergyman above.mentioned.
Wasson in a prominent Radical and Ahnlirionist of
Maesachusette. several of his proems have been pub-
lished in the Roston work known asi the' Hymns of
the A ees." He contributes revularly to the Atlantic
Monthly_ and from the pulpit he preaches the social
and ieditioal equality of all men. He has made the
new, a pet, and is one of the few )))) ists who
'earth«, "equality" by associating with blacks.
Negroes were never turned away from his door, and
probably to this fatal facility of access to his residence
is due the succeet of the awful crime above referred to.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1866-12-08

HALES OWEN FREEHOLD LAND & BUILDIYU

SOCIETY.

TIIE SOCIETY being now formed, Um
Secretsry will be Lappy to receive the names
proposed Shareholders.
WILLIAM R. MOORE, Secretary.
Public Office, Ralesowen, Dec. 3, 1366.

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.

SMITHFIELD CLUB CATTLE SHOW, AT Tilt
AQIIICULTIMAL HALL, INLENOTON.
DECNNEER 10, 11, 12, 13, AND 14, 11466.
-1.-41IRST and SECOND CLASS RETURN
TICKION to LONDON isD, .1 tit sny Station a
the Greta Roilwq more thsn three miles .liiilAul,
on haturday, the Nth Decen.her, und follow ine days,
be liviiihthle for &lulu up to Satin-do), the lAli of Pe.
ceniber, inclusive.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1866-12-08

POETRY.

WINTER.

BY THE REV. J. WHITE.

How dark and drew, all nature seem.,
The rivers, lakes, and winding streams,
With ice are coreed o'er ;
The lofty hills are clad with snow,
And chiding blasts with fary blow
Along the ocean's shore.
The sun has now reached f'opricerii,
And of his strength is greatly shorn,
His disc but dimly glows;
Thelitinosphere is seldom bright,
Keen frost prevuila Loth day and night,
Its power all nature allows.
Oft when Aurora takes her place,
All nature wears is silvery face,
And sparkles in the light;
Bat Sob's faint beams the charm dispels,
His power upon blue hoar.frost tells,—
Which disappears from sight.
The barren earth and stormy main,
Alike proclaim drear winter's reign,
O'er all his unintlii's cast ;
Both day and night his influence show,
And round concerts the north winds blow
A loud and angry blast.
The chirping sparrow seeks our dear,
And when healed lie chirps the more,
How truly pleased is lie!
The magpie and the jay laid by
A winter store for their supply,
In some old hollow tree.
The cliim•rous rooks in search of food,
Have left the naked, barren wood,
And scour the country o'er;
Along the roast the corni.raut
Mingling his doleful piercing cries,
With wind and ocean's roar.
The snipe and woodcock now are hem.
They've come to spend the winter dicer,
While 511111 Mer birds have fled ;
And when bright spring rotarni again,
These winter birds will cross the wain,
By strangest instinct kJ.
On yonder pond the all dere hie
And some are swiftly gliding by
Without the aid of skates ;
The traveller plods his weary war.
Tie snow Inns falling all the day
In large and blinding flakes.
(To be cone; lamed sscst
Park-street, Dec. 6th, 1866.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1866-12-08

"PLAYED OUT!"

On the 26th of November, Sir Andrew Buchanan
had the honour of entertaining the Primo of Wales
and the Imperial Family at the British Einbsasy in
St. Petersburgh, and this brought together nearly all
the Court celebrities—of one of which the corres-
pondent of the Daily Telegraph thus write.:—

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Bat amongst that crowd of unknown celebrities there
was one pointed out to me of whom moat of the world has
heard. That small, timid-looking lad, who le standing In •
corner, le the (among Romietareff —the man who saved the
life of the Czar A few months ago he was. mere peasant
Now he is a noblernao, and wears a brilliant uniform, and
has lots of orders on his breast. Last season he was the
hero of the day, he was embraced In public by any number
of Grand Dukes and Docile ees, his portraits were In every
shop-window, his brother nobles were about to
buy him a palsee by prlvate subscrlpion. A de-
putation rept from the greet Trainatlentic Republic
on purpose to congratulate the Czer, Insisted on being pre-
sented to he raviour of a hfe so dear to Americo and All
the Resales bet now hie lion-head—if I may coin the word
--ta lost The rube-Option has never come to anything;
the felicititions of the American delegates, however gratify-
ing, did not take • anhsfatitial form : and, lam toll, that
on his last public apprafance, when he stood in a tent on the
Newrki. at the occasion 41 the Ceserevitch's marriage, he, In
stage parlance, had nested to •' draw " Already oatollt friends
are beg gto declare that he only shoved the mesas el n's arm I
by mlslake, and that he ran away she moment he heard the
pistol go off bat 1 distrust these stories, tie human nature
all the world over delights In loving that attend lion never
deserved to wear the lion', akin at all Anyhow, Komiss-
&roll is " played out." I suppose I was nearly the only
person in that crowded room who had any curiosity what-
ever to look at him. Before be Is quite forgotten he had
better Cross the Atlantic, and there, In the hands of P. T.
'Sarum, at flee mita admission, with a fat woman, stalking
nth, and Washington's puree thrown into the ezhioltion, he
might possibly. earn • genteel competence.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1866-12-08

"LIFE" IN ST. PETERSBURGH.

The following interesting eksteh, giving the dark elde of
the moor. in Petersbnrah, is by the correspondent of the
Daily Telegraph:—

Last night I set out on an expedition 'to see life"
in St. Petersburg I have known enough of
different cities and countriem to bemire that there munt
he a dark side to the oplendour of St. Peteraburgh.
By the inevitable law of compennation there must he
bent oomewhere corresponding to the gorgeous
miasma with which it in crowded; somebody must wear
rags, if only an an equivalent for the diamond« which
are worn in such recklene profuaion. Somewhere or
other there moat he misery to mind... Toni... thc luxury
which characterises the capital id All the Russian.
Everything is for the best in the best. prensible of
wonlds. lam Amply stating facto' ot n propounding
thi oriel.. Knowing that thin must he no, I could not
be content unless I saw n ttttt totting of the reverse of
the medal. I had seen how the notifes lived ; I wished
to learn how the people lived. Let me try and toll
you faithtay what h. wan I oetw.
In company, then, with a fiend, I chartered the
service,. of a German commissionaire, who had lived
moot of his life in Sr. Tetersborg, and instructed him
ti take no to the different hatinto of the city fee-
' fp-tented by the true Runnier. populace. Under his
guidance we went the rounds. At no time, I should
think, did we go a quarter of a mile from tho Newski
Proapekt. In our wanderings we pawned continually I
by brilliantly lit palaces. in fact, poverty and luxury,
want and wealth, live side by tide in st. Petereburg to
au extent which, I suppose, can scarcely be equalled
in any other capital. Let sue may here, at starting, that
I do not thing the working population of the cityopend
their evening., as A Chian, in the low retiort, I violted,
All I can say is, that I told my guide to take me to
every popular place of entertainment, reepectahle or
otherwine, where I could see something of the life of
the lower clement ; and that the places he took me to
were such as I seek to deocrihe them. It in possible
we may have been unfortunate in our ?election of the
places we vi•ited. One conductor moored no, how.
ever, that all the eotahliohmenta frequented by the
1t111.411 working chineue were similar in kind to those
we were taken to are.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1866-12-08

../I.TURDAY, DEC. P, 1866.

THE PRESIDENT'S MESSA-6.1.1.

(FP At, erntie Telmraph

NEW Tnnx, Deo. 3.
Congress Was Onenea toolay.
Provident Johnson in hie menage adheres to his
.ormer policy, and urges congress to adopt it.
The Treasury receipts tor the sear ending June will
exceed the expenditure hy 1.18 001.000 doe.
Relative to foreign affair, the message Rays foreigti
rations have shown a more just consideration for the
national character and r•ghts; France had inlimated
to the rnited States Government her intention to
postpone the withdrawal of the French troops from
Mexico until the spring. The United States have
remonstrated acaima the postponement, and the Pre-
sident hopes that France will reconsider the subject,
conforming as nearly as practicable with existing
engagements, and thus meeting the Jost expectations
of
_America._

--Progre----ss—in the matter of the adjustment of the
Alabomrt Maims in slow, partly owing to the change
of Ministry in England. The President expects,
however, that the claims will now be considered in a
becoming friendly spirit. The importance of an early
settlement of the spestion cannot be exaggerhted,

?tine YORK, Nov. 04.
Tt t eportet: that some prominent Bidir•als hive hell a
Catlett. at 1,111.0-intik at which they drew up articles ,f
Imoeschment airaltist President .1 Mmt,n, to he in:omitted to
• Repty.lican Concreted-nal cancus after C tierces assembles.
Montreal d•spstches punished here assert rhatdematches
from the British Cabinet have hren r, cetved by the Csnwban
Government, hinting at the pa ibiliry of trounlie with the
1.", Bed States, and recommending Increased vigilance on the
part ot the Canadian duthorltles.

A lest appeal for arms and money has NMI made from the
hcal entrtere of the relOalle In .Nllll Y.irk, to auist In
utrik ng a Flow in Ireland this year.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1866-12-08

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WORDSLEY.

TRANSFF.II4.—AI the Petty Setedons, on Monday loivt.
before J. 110ler4t and B. St. John Mattliewi,
the following transfer.; of licentes to dr place : The Siren
with two Necks, Anilileeote. from ltieliard Worr d to
Samuel Payton; the }lox and Grapes, Commonside, Dom
Jackson to David Parlionc__

COM. STEALING.—AI the Petty Sessions, on Mantisn
last, before J. lioleroft and U. St. John Matthews, Emirs.,
Martha, Sarah Ann Martha, and Sophia Fanwood wore
chasged with stealing a q flintily of coal, the property of
the Earl of Dudley. The case was clearly proved, and
the defendants fined 104 each. and costs—lsaiah Wright
and Louisa Fellows were charged with stealing coal on
the 18th of October last, the property of the Earl of
Dudley, and ordered to pay a fine of `24 61 each and
coats; in default? days.—Flizt Green, Susannah Wil.
hams, and Margaret Distill were chary;ed with stealing
cal on the 28th nit, at Kingswinford, the property of the
Earl of Dudley. The ease Won clearly proved against all
three defendants. Green WAS tined is and coats; the
other two, lOs each.

MAI:I•Th1:11L —At the Potty Sessions, on Monday las',
William Male WIVI charged by W. Collins uith Assaulting
him on the 21th ult, and fined 'di ti*and costs.

CItABGN AOAINAT A rUNLICAN.—On Monday last, at
the Public °thee, Latauti Payton, landlord of the Swan
Inn, Brettell Lane, was charged by Superinten.lait Mills
with allowing disorderly conduct in his house, on the
31th ult. Police-constable Freeman said that about half-
past 11 o'eloek at :sight he visited the defendant's hone
and found fifteen men in the house drunk. Two of the
men were stripped and fighting, the landlord looking on
at the time. Witness told the landlord that that con,blet
would not do. Witness then left and returned again in
abont a quarter of an hour, and found some of the men
still tlmre, drank, and making a great noise. Defendant
called a witness for the defence, but his evidence only
sacred to corroborate the teatiniony of the officer, and
the Bench fined the defendant is Sd and costs.

DILITRESSING Sulcinc—On Tuesday morning last,
Susannah Clarke, wife of Edward Clarke, photographic
artist, residing at Kingswinford, committed suicide by
taking • quantity of chemicals. From what we learn, it
appears that deceased had some words with her husband
on the night previous, and on the following morning
committed suicide. After she had drank the poison sic
kissed two of her children, and told them to be good
children, and immediately died. An inquest was hell at
the Cross Inn, before W. 11. Philips, Earl., Depoty-coro-
ner, on Wednesday last, and adjourned till Monday nest.

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of Ifee.ir, 11Mb-street. Crudley HI AU..
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