The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-07-15 00:00:00

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HOME, FOREIGN, AND COLONIAL,

MEI.I.I.ESI.ME.—The Address from the House
of I t. the Queen, praying her to withold her
assent fr, on the Scheme of the Endowed Schools Com-
missioners for the Management of Emmanuel Ho:Thal,
now under the fostering wing- of the Corporation
of London, was ordered to be " presented with white
staves. 'Twas a great pity that it could uot be staved
off altogether.--Poscle.

"THE TIMES."—More than four-score years
have elapsed since the "Jail!, Universal Register, (esta-
blished in 1785,) changed its name I* The Times,
"which," (it was said of the name,) "being a mono-
syllable, bids defiance to comiptors and mutilators of
dl c language." The change was made on New Year's
Day, MN. Five years later the circulation of the
pap, dhl not exceed 1,000 copies! We (Atli( now )
hear that a history of the above named journal, from
its f.aunlation to the passing of the Itefonn Bill, is in
progress, and is likely to appear in the autumn.

THE IMPERIAL PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF
ERM ANY.— Timis, of Wednesday, said :--" A
very natural mistake hits been made with respect to
the visit f their Imperial Highnesses the Prince and
Princess of Germany. They were ins it'd by the
Queen to be her guests at Osborne and II it- Majesty
will receive them there, 80, had lieen iiriginally pro-
Ishii:di They, however, desired before going to 1 Wrirue
to spend a few days in London to renew many old
acquaintances, to accept the public congratulations
after the toils and anxieties both have endured, and to
honour IT their presence some of the great entertain-
ments if the London season. The visit of their Im-
perial Highnesses to Her Majesty will be paid at the
date whicli had been from the first appointed by the
Queen."
SINGULAR EFFECTS I*" LIGHTNING.—The Mutt-
rues/re Examiner states, that on Saturday evening, in
the neighbourhimil of Ashton-under-Lyne, about forty
anglers were contending for prizes at a paid, when they
were considerably alarmed by a revere storm, in the
course of which many of the party received unpleasant
shocks of electricity from the lightning attracted by
rbeie tackle. Suddenly, Koine five of the anglers lost
their risls they knew wit how, while three others were
forcibly thrown to the,imord, arid one ot them, a man
named tieor,i Hill, of Hurst, was rendered insensible,
hut he came 'to himself on being well shaken by a com-
rade. Another if the sufferers, William Marshall, a
man who had been looking on, was not so fortunate.
He was unable to help himself, and had to be carried
to the rendezvous of the party, the' Cottage" Tavern,
where every kindness was shown him, and a doctor was
summoned to Ids aid. He was put to bed, but after
about two hours he was sufficiently well to lie sent
loime to Stalybridge, and it was thought by the doctor
that lie would be well again in a day or two. One of
the anglers describes the scene as awful. A liquid fire
seemed to hover round the margin of the pond for an
instant and then suddenly to draw itself into a small
compass in the centre of the water, which was much
disturbed. A man standing in the same field was struck
on the leg by the lightning, but, beyond his stocking
being scorched, he received no injury. The effect
upon those who witnessed the scene was to cause them
to offer thanks for their own deliverance.

PROPOSED EMIGRATION DEMONSTRATION IN
HYDE PARK.—A committee of gentlemen interested in
emigration have prepared an Emigration Bill, which
they intend to get introduced into Parliament, in the
hope that, if unopposed by the Government, it may pass
into law during the present Semi it. The preamble of
the bill states that it is desirable t. sold the unemployed
labour of the United Kingdom to the uncultivated but
fertile lands in Canada. The leading clauses enact
that the uncommissioned ships in her Majesty's
Navy be formed into a Government emigration line;
that all emigrants be conveyed free by railway to the
port of embarcation ; that every family or two single
persons emigrating should receive free 60 acres of land,
with rations f flour, and £3O in money, to maintain
them until they obtain their first crop; that rentcharge
bonds of £3O each be issued, to be repaid in money or
kind by the holders of sections at the expiration of
three years or redeemed ; that interest on the bonds,
at the rate of 3 per cent, for three years, be guaranteed
by the Government, 1 per cent. being paid by the
:overmnent, 1 per cent from the poor rate, and 1 per
tent. from the unclaimed dividend money in Chancery,
&e. A "mass meeting" of the people is called for
next Sunday in Hyde Park, at which it is intended to
viii.thit petitions in support of the above bill to be pre-
sented both to Her Majesty and Parliament—ln
iloticing the above paragraph, The rims in their City
article, remarks :

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It appears as if the result of the Saturday half-holyday will
simply be to cause Slllolay 10 be eollVtlied into a day of busi-
ness. the operative classes and others, instead of now employ.
lag Sunday as a day of rest, being found able to use it not
merely for political agitation, but for carrying out econo-
mical and financial schemes. 'A committee of gentlemen,"
it appear:4, have prepared an Emigration NH, with the view
of trusting labour out of the country, at the expense of the
public, who already tind it difficult to procure efficient
labour, and its clauses are to be taken into consideration at
a mass meeting in Hyde Park on Sunday next. A meeting on
the Royal Exchange on Sunday to promsde emigration. sir
any other bushiest matter, would he regarded as a scandal,
but Hyde Park, it seems, is ro.iderest by the authorities
who have charge of it as a proper place for such a purpose.
SPLENDID OPPoRTUNITY. MR. PUNcli,
Whv do not the Clairvoyants, and Professors, and
Mediums, (of whose miraculous exploits we have 110 W
for a long time past heard such astounding, accounts,
come to the rescue of the Judge, the Jury, the I •ounsel,
the Solicitors, the Shorthand Reporters, the Witnesses,
and, parhaps, the Claimant himself, in the Tichbonle
Casey A jury sf Spiritualists, if their pretensions are
true, ought to he aide to settle the question if the
Claimant's iolentity in ten 111i1111t08, and so make 1.4 in-
verts (of us all, and secure for themselves endles.s honour
--and profit.--Wint A. WAKE.
PitEsERV INO FR ENt El NS. --Procure a
large stone jar or a glazed earthenware pall with a lid,
such no is etnployed for pickling pork, and put the
beans in it as they are gathered, avoiding thoose which
are too young, as Well as those which are too old. They
should be gathered when dry, and laid in the pan or
jar in layers two or three inches in thickness. Over
each layer put sufficient salt to till up the space be-
tween the pods, and leave them just covered. As each
layer is put in, it must loe pressed down, and a piece
of clean-board that will fit the vessel should be laid
over them. and a heavy weight put upon it to keep the
beans underneath theobrine. The board can, of course,
be easily removed when a fresh layer is added. By this
simple metffisl I have supplied families throughout the
winter with beans scarcely inferior in flavour to those
just gathered in the summer, but better than those
grown in a forcinglionse. Previous to using, they
must be soaked in water for two or three hours, and
then sliced up smith a knife in the ordinary way. --The
Chrreirlocr's Maya:.ine.

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BALLOONS LURING THE SIEUE OF
The following are borne statistics of ballooning during
the siege of Paris, presented to the French Acadenw
of Sciences :---- The number of aerostats which left
between the 23rd of September and 23th of January
was 64 ; they conveyed 9,000 kilogs. of dispatches, or
3,000,000 of letters at three grim each, 91 passengers
besides the 64 aeronauts, and 3.54 carrier pigeons. Five
were taken by the Prussians, respectively at Verdun,
Chartres, Ferrieres, Wetzlar (Prussia), and Bettenberg
(Bavalia). Two were lost at sea. The Ville d'OrWans
under the management of AI . Roller, crossed the North
Sea and landod in Norway, after a voyage of 1,600
kilometres (1,000 miles), performed in 49 hours.

IN THE Qt;Er..N'S REIGN.—Thu Census returns
.show that thete are now in the United Kingdom
5,900,000 souls 'more than there were when her Majesty
began ker reign. The increase thus gamed in about
the lifetime of a generation is greater than the entire
present population f Ireland, and exceeds also the
population if Belgium, of Holland, or of Portugal, and
alcumt equal to that of bwotlen autl Nurway.