The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-08-27 00:00:00

EPITOME OF NEWS,

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

A 1 oy, aged thirteen, has died at Andenahaw of
hydro' h,bia.

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The reilittry force et liong.Kong is held in resdi•
nese to lino° immediately ha the event of complications.

A notice is publishel in the Journal °Pict that t}e
commeacement of ihe shooting season [fur game, only lin
the department of the Seine Is postponed.
Some lova were on Sunday playirg near a volunteer
target at Peterhead, when the target, weighing fifteen cwt.,
fell forward Epon four of them, arid killed one, John Slater,
aged eleven, en the 510 t.

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All the Para newmpaper correspondent who have
eh:mud to see the Emperor since he left Mete agree in
saying that he ordinarily exhibits • singularly dusrucaat
air.

Michel Ney, Doke d'Elehhogou, or of the E.
peror's orderly oftlsers an Adonis of the Tuileries, and a
lemons leader of ominous) received three sabre cuta in the
face at Gravelutte, red was made A colonel on the field of

We learn from America that a deep gloom has been
cast uncle the summer galetlee of the White Sulphur Springs,
by a di•tressing melte ed accident, at Jerry's ktun, within
eight wiles of that watering place, on the night of the 61,12
'rodent, In which nine persons were killed and eighteen or
twenty others were more or lees severely injured.

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A Wel.h girl, with a limited acquaintance with the
English language, after a recent c nfirmation, infordied her
friends that the "Bishop had told them they were all to
strive to got to Pont Aberglaslya"—by which locality it is
supp sod was blended the " life everlasting "
"It is etated that within a week, at our London
churchea alone, seven men, elm had seceded to Rome In
peeving 3 ears. having returned ti their old c Ininiunion, to-
gether pArtook of the 11..1y Sacrament."—Court Journal.
Wine. Canrobert, the wife of Mondial Canrohert,
and family, accompanied by Lady Macdonald, arrived at
Dover from Paris by the English mail boat Ware on Monday
morning, and went to London, where she will take up her
residence till the end of the war.

The plait-wan who we-nt to Ulster for the rand
purpose of procia.ming to " liohby " 'I am a Fenian," is re.
pilled to be going to Paris to utter these words, '• I am a
Prussian" lie will And out that ho will not play poor to hot
de Flues&

A London solicitor warns ladies not to he content
with reading only the marginal notes to th.. torrlet
Women's Property Act, those notes being, he thinks, C/11-
culated to mislead the public.

The Wakefield Chamber of Commerce bee pet iti4 .neri
G,vernment to issue an older prohibiting the rate it top r•
tation of firearms and munitions of war to either of the
powers now at war on the Continent.

General Moltke is rather prowl of P 213 ing efigrarn-
matic things. The other day he replied to the question as to
how he ehOrOvet of the progress of the war, Sly potatoes
are flourishing, but rhy wheat to only FO so." 80, perhaps he
doesn't hear well, and the cross answers are taken for epi-
grammatic replies

Two Napien journals—the Nuurs Pairia and the
Pieeolo—state that Maszini was In that city befi rd be went
to Palermo, where he wee arrested. The authorities were
inclined to detain him, having a strong suspicion who he
was, hut finding that he had an English passport, it. which
he was =Led Henry Zannitb, they let him go.

Thomas and Elizsbeth Avile, the two membrre of
the sect of the " Peculiar People" wralnat whom a cr,roner'.
jury returned a verd:ct of manslaughter last week for neg-
lecting to provide their child with proper medical attendance,
were or. Saturday brought up at the Wooleuch pohcc-court
and c.dumitted or trial.

Ac' urteoue Frenchmen, in reply t a quest iat why
ladies were uot admitted into t!le Cuaml.er of Deputies, said
that to be a member it was requisite to be forty years of age,
and it was impossible to suppose that auy lady would reach
that unseemly age.

Fightiog for the rectification of frontier ought to
bring with it some depree of geographical knowledge. Toe
Roamer Zeitung, however, has a story of • French adder in
the Lazarette at Bonn, who commenced • letter he was dic-
tating to the hokpital nurse thus :—"My dear parents,—l am
now a prisoner at Bonn, in Spain"

A c,Tresporalent writes that the publistion of the
King of Prussia's letter to the Pope in sneerer to the proposal
made by his Holiness to mediate in favour of peace has
rather tor, wi the sympathies of the Irish Itomsniqs, which
were pr. , ,usly so strong in favour of France, in the direc-
tt 111 ; rnsany.

Ou hay night a meeting was held in the Guild-
hall, Li ater, prioided over by Major George Stevenpon,
when t ,e was a large al d influential attendance. It was
ilecided t• ra6e a tuivt for the telief of the woutided in the
Franco l',ussian war. About £l7O was subscribed In the
room.

The eath is announced of John Brocklehord„
et tre advanced age of eff,,ty-tw, A; tor the passing of the
first n-,-.nn P.zl in 1d32, he was rturaed as one of the
repre,ut Macclesfield, but, it November, 186 f.
haviug sat for that therm for thirty-sit sears. awl
eded by his eldest sou, the present member, W. C.
net, Esq.
' 'wet oi..(1.40•:•4.
.oelo..Phed hum Tero.r., ; with the lees of some
i the deatruction of conch p-eperty.
.-• :tor is very brisk in Livert.ool, but it t.
itokab!othat most f t. 1.5 men prrier U ei.ter for
or., pref, ranee I. serving six years in the army
...a 5 ears in the reserve.
Archer, a widow, righty-iiia year; of are, con,
sob suicide at Liebfb.l.l last week by pressiug her throat
sgsb,st a piece of tape which the had tied by the bedposts
wroth barbed.

At an nthlttic sports meeting, held at Leicester, on
tiy, the grand !nand, holding abut 100 tenons, till
suildsidy to the ground. Many were Injured, some
seriously.
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The competence money remitted in a year to the
Chancellor of the Exchequer Is lecrensioe In amount In
the financial 'tar 1867-60 it was Et ; In 18138-09 it declined
to £4191; In 1869 70 it has been only £3,933.

Prince Orloff. who on pasting through Brussels was
reoeived by the King, has otheially communicated to his
Niapety &writ... Lees of the eordl.l friendship and lively sym-
pathy entertained by the Russian Emperor and nation tor
Belgium and her Sovereign.

The Archbishop of Paris has been requested by the
Papal Nuncio to give a contradiction in all the churches of
his diocese to the report of a Ittter from the Pope to cum
gratul.te t'•e King of Prussia on his victories. The Core of
the Madeleine on Monday morning, at the nine o'clock mom,
made the announcement front the pulpit.
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"Upon all hands I (Dully News Com spondent)
am apsured that there, no chance ot a revolution, or even
of an enteutt in this nmltal, let the fortune of war be what
it may. 0 eof the principal bankers in Perla said ti me
}eat °Hay, If you were to carry. beep of silver and gold,
and pace it in tho middle of one of our streets, half a dozen
men would immediately make a ring round to protect it.'"
[Rather doubtful!

Satnrday evening the butler at
.Killybevilbhall,
Swansea Valli p, shot himself through the head with a rll.l,
lulling himself instantly. Ile was perfectly rational a few
minutes before the act was committed, and his master, Mr.
ilerb..rt Lloyd, was from home, but expected the same even-
ing to return. No cause is wail/nod for the act.
Bucharest has just had the excitement of a coop
d'clat on a small rode. Oa Sunday, an attempt was made
to proclaim a provii tonal government, with Nicolana Golesco
as regent, and John Glints and John Bratisno as ministers
The attempt failed, and two of the ring'eaders, as well as
several partisans, were arrested, without ally disturbance of
the public peace.
The Dublin police have issued a proclamation an.
nouticirg that bands playing in the streets ao as to cause an
obsi ruction In the thoroughfare vii uld be I rohibited, and the
bondsmen prosecuted also the crowds following the bands
would be liable to be similarly dealt with. The proclamation
had the desired eff,ct, as no bands have been seen in the
streets since.

At Chelmsford, on Monday, a boy named Thomas
Twine, aged eight, committe I suicide. He deliberatAy
walked into the Ceehnstord and Mahlon Navigation River,
while his brother. lag.' ten, stood quietly by and watched
him drowning. The hoes h,rl been gleaning con, and their
mother bad threatened to thrash them for laziness. Their
parents belong to the Peculiar People." At the inquest the
Coroner said the boy appeared to have been sane, but of
violent temper, and clearly committed suLide to avoid
flogging by his mother. Ile disamvroved thrashing children.
Pbe jury returned a verdict of "temporary insahity, arising
from fear and excitement."

At the Leeds assizes, the widow of Mr. William
Armitage, j no c mint meo ufacturer, lieckmondwike, brought
an action agaiut the Midland Railway Company to recover
compensation, on behalf of herself and her infant sou, for the
death of Mr. Armitage, who wen killed in a collision which
occurred while he was travelling from Bradford to Glasgow.
When the Care was called, it wail announced that an arrange-
ment had been come to whereby the defendards, without
admitting any legal liability, agreed to pay the plaintiff
‘l,Boo.
Popular demonstrations in honour of the French
o victories" have taken place in Clonmel, Nenagh, Thurles,
Carrick and other places in Tipperary and Water-
ford, In Thurles, Nenagli, and Carrick-onSuir the mob
were guilty of great violet ce ; bands of people paraded the
streets singing Fenian songs ; the houses of several of the in-
habitants who refrained from Illuminating were attacked,
anti their windows smashed. The police interfering to stop
the demonstrations, were assailed with stone.. Numbers of
young men have left Tipperary, Waterford, and Cork to Join
the French army.
Perhaps of all the freaks of Fortune in the present
carnival of her caprices, which she now appears to be revel.
ling in simultaneously all over the world, the most outré is
the arrest of Ms milli, at the very instant of the Balaton
forty years of unparalleled toil Call no man happy till he
dies, says the proverb Bat Martini seemed to have lived
Just long enough to turhish • paraphrase Call no man on.
happy till he dies !" Marr,nt was the unhappiest of men, so
far as infelicity msy Inc measure •I by unsucceu. [rho
Comere del Campo of Nanles polishes • despatch from
PalerMO, annollnetne that JoiephiNalrint has been trans.
ferred on board a ship of war, where he is to await the
decision oi the Minister.
A. letter from Wiseentourg in the North Eastern
Correepondenee says that every Prussian soldier has in hia
pocaet a sort of album containing coloured drawings of the
various uniforms In the French army, so as to enable him to
report whys on outpost duty the exact nature of the troops
he has seen. Be is also provided with • little book published
this year at Berlin under the title of "The 'German Soldier
in France: Manual for enabling any German to Make him-
self understood by Feenclimen without knowing the language
of Om country." This " manual " is simply a vocabulary
tbea ords and phrases which • German winter in France
• moat likely to require in his couverSatiou with
the pa o.de.
At the Liverpool Assizes, Edwin Swift, late a bar-
man in the service of Mr. Procter, a publican in Liverpool,
has been charged with robbing his muter of • watch and
chain. Swift on the previous Thursday had been indicted
for feloniously wounding his master, but the Indictment fell
through iin the teehincAl pint that the skin viaa not broken,
though Mr. Procter was dreadfully Lraised. The robbery
was committed on the same OaeasiOn as the assault —air ,
early in the morning of the lath of May, when Mr. Procter
and Swift were alone in the bar. Swift leaped upon Procter,
knocked him down, and afterwards threw him into a cellar,
and heaped boxes and barrels upon the trap door connecting
with the her, with • view to prevent his muter from raising
an alarm. Swift then 11,d, taking with him the watch and
chain. It was believed that his real object was to obtain
£7OO, which Mr. VrOCter had deposited in a safe, hut he did
not succeed in this deign. Afire the outrage Mr. Procter was
Alacurereil In the cellar in an .neell.lble et 'to Salt w s or.

Impost..rs who pretend to have loot limbs in 11-uln—e
of the recent betlles on the Continent here already made
their op. cunt., in the streets 01 Loudon.

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A despatch received trout Florence announces that
the brigsud luoco has been killed in the previa,* of Terra
dl Lavora

According to the Levant Iftrald. the Shah ef Persia
In expected at Constantinople soon with a retinue of 6,000
Person', and from this visit some important political results
Sr. anticipated.
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On Saturday evening the Elcho challenge ehield and
the Enfield challenge trophy, both of which were won at
Wimbledon this yearby Engllshteams,were placed in custody
of the Lord Mayor of London.
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The Prince of Wales with his mite will visit Tet
dale fore week). grouss-shoottog at the end of this month.
Grouse are said to be very plentiful, bat very strong on the
wing 00 the Teesdale moors.
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At Ratnagate police-court. on Senriay, Edwar
Welby Pugin, the wolf known arehitoct, waa committed for
trial on a charge cf nbriling Mr. liodgeon, the liannota
portmatter. Bell wu taken.

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A monster pic 'lie of German citizens of New York
was held on August 19, in Jones's Woods in celebration ol
the German victories. 40,0.0 penons were present at the
festivity, and greet enthusiasm prevailed.

Early on Wednesday morning a fire was discovered at
I he rectory news, Wistasto se, Shropshire, the residence of the
Rev. Charles Swinsou. The Smarr,. escaped with difficulty.
Before the names could be extinguished the house was com-
pletely gutted, and the whole of the valuable contents
destroyed.

Mr. Jefferson Davis, ex-pnaident or the C ,nfeJersts
States of America, has arrived la Eog'aud by the snail
Steamer Ricvvia.

On Turaday, at Deda, four persona wrro summanert
before the magistrates for refusing to have their children
vaccinated. One of the defendants, • chemist nstuel
"fouls., was summoned for the thirteenth time. Alt the de-
fendautsisere ordered to comp'y with the Act, and to
costs.

The Church Herald expreeies ranch eatiefaction that
Biehoptkrris of GIIn altar, hut refuFed in soy way to help a
party of Spatiihr.is who wished to leave the Church of Rome
end become Arglicaus. The Record deplorts the circum-
stance.

The Pope, on the Where of Ws efforts to bring about
peace by direct vocals to the co,tenliou soverclgus, has
ordered special prayers for the object The prayers are to
continue for three days, and are to be offered in eight of the
Roman churches.

The Gaornale di Roma annout CPI 4 that eeveral bish rod;
who were ahsent from the uouncil during the definition of the
dogma of Infallibility, Including Cardinals Schwarsenbee g,
Mathieu, Rauscher, and Rotteulohe, have sent In their ad-
hesion to the new doctrine.
The Qoeen attenied Divine vervice at Crathie on
Sunday. The Rev 1). Taylor preached. The Princa and
krlncees of Wales dined with her Majesty on Saturday.

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The Times learns from the at licitorß ft r the acting
executor of the late Marquis of Hastings that the whole of
tie debts of the late Marquis have been paid to full under
the order of he Court of Chancery, with Interest at 4 per
cent Some few cre.itors have not been able to attend In
time, but their cheques are ready, and can be received In
November.

A. diatressing occurrence hi reported from Bridport.
Andrew Burnett. a sesmsn, bought a pistol, powder and
rhot on Friday and bavaig purchased n one ruin proceeded
to a held, where he laded the pistol, put the MII7IO to his
f,rehead, and drew the trigger. The top part his head
was completely blown away, but, strange to say, be was not
killed He slow lire in a dangerour condition. lie comes
Iron Montrose, where he has a s ire and I. in dy.

The executors of the late 3farquie of Meetings have
sold the collieries belonging to his lordship's estate to his
eldest sister, the C,nntess of Loudonir. Toe amount paid for
them was about C 170,000 These collieries, lying on the
borders of Leicestershire and Derbyshire, between Burton-on-
Trent, and aalny-ee la Zouch, are of considerable extent,
The first shaft of this group was sunk in the commencement
of the present century by the first Marquis of Basting., better
kilos n as the E irl of Mica, who gave thug same to the
colliery and adjoining village.

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A specimen of German humour, certainly of a very
pronounced character, has fallen into our hands (says the
Glob,:. it, a sketch of a throne, with •L. N.' in large letters
on the hack. The seat la occupied by—a lady's crinoline;
and above and on the eft corner are hangiog a very 'dowdy
nightcap, with long strit.gs, and whet appears to be an
attempt at a fashionable lw y'e hat. The sketch is headed,
"How the present French throne appears

A letter by Lord Elcho on the subject of our military
organisation has been published in the dailies. HIS lordship
says that our rulers of either party have 'never yet rightly
appealed to the patriotism of the people, and tried upon that
sure foundation to organise cur military strength and array
the war power of the carton," and be contends that we most
not rest satirled with a f.wce of less than P00,0(0 men of all
arm., and the power to tutu them out ready for the field in
three weets.

A convir t died in Portland prison last week; he had
placed his foot under a passing waggon, aid injured the
limb so severely that it had to be amputated. The operation
was not successful; mortification set in upon the wound,
and the man dieJ. It appears to be the ambition of the con-
victs at Portland to obtain a mission into the infirmary; and
in order to reach their objet they put themselves voluntarily
in suck positions that it juries muat no a necessary conse-
quence come upon them, and the deceased had recklessly
chaffed his comrades about being eo very careful of them.
selves.

At the Midland Railway station, Nottingham, the
other morning, William Hollowell, a lamp man In the employ
of the company. endeavoured to jump on to a train suit waa
coming into the station at rather a rapid rate, missed hie
tooth g, and fell between the platform and the carriages, the
latter running over his head and nearly severing it from the
body. The d. ceased was about forty yearn of age, and hee
left a widow two children.

'A tbriii of nu 1., en tary horror goes thrrugh In when
Ir.:1 ad the numbers I killed and wounded In the great
bi tide which are being fouglit so close to us; we could wish
It t snme more permanent Melina may be produced by the
ri.ol. cation of Dr Bryden's medical statistics of the Bengal
y. The table ter 1n419 lepresent, the loss sustained by
ath and lnyalielim, as err nearly 14 i.er cent —,13 07 per
00. The re • sy was poAser than in any year since
. to 42 89 pest iv() Is Is equivalent to
myths force of 100,410 nearly 000 men have
posh', ra she stwou. •*-- P.ll Ma, Gq
T - rrlief of
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the. litonel some 'line since
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