The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-05-23 00:00:00

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HOME, FOREIGN, AND COLONIAL-

A NOVELTY.—A live albatross, the first ever brough.t.
to Europe, has just been received in the Paris Jardin
d'Acclimatation.
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HANDSOME DONATION.—The King of -rt seven
given •a donation of £l5 towards the funds of the
German Teachers' Association in England.
DEATH OF HUGH CONWAY.—Mr. F. J. Farris,better
known as Hugh Conway, died recently at Monte Carlo.
He was the author of " Called Back."
THE INVENTIONS EXHIBITION.— The number 0f,„,,
visitors at this exhibition for the week ending May tv
was 97,590. Total since the opening, 192,549.
CORN AVERAGES.—The following are the averse.
prices of British corn for last week, as received from
the inspectors and officers of Excise: Wheat, 375. 51;
barley, 30s. Bd.; oats, 225. 10d. per imperial qr. Corre-
s
sponding week last year: Wheat, 375. 10d.; earleT
295. 9d.; oats, 21s,
GORDON'S DIARIES.—AII the principal publishing,
houses were asked to tender for the copyright ot
General Gordon's diaries. The net proceeds are to be
handed over to the funds of the National Memorial. 4..
EDUCATION IN RUSSIA.—The Russian Governme
.nt
has sent an official of its Education Department,
Wischnegradsky, to Vienna to study the State NW
mercial and industrial schools of Austria' these est*"
blishments being regarded as models, and the Russian
Government intending to organise similar ones. „ a
MORMON CONVERTS.—The "New York Herein.,
states that then now 65 Mormon Elders constantl
at work in the Seeth Atlantic States, and more csell:
vests than ever are being made. It is expected Ulla;
fully 700 proselytes will leave the South for Utah all'
Colorado this year. •
DAIRY PRODUCTS.—III eight of the American State
thc re are 1798 butter and cream factories, and the
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value of the dairy products of the whole Union 102
year was 500,000,000 dols., while the value of the ton'
cows is estimated at 700,000,000 dols.
CONTINENTAL CONGRESS.—A Commercial and
dustrial Congress is to be held this year at AntwerP. ".
the provisional programme it is proposed to divide the:
Congress into the following five committees: fooneci
mical, Commercial, Labour, Industrial, Properth all
Technical.
GERMAN ExurerrioN.—The preparations for the great
German Industrial Exhibition in Berlin in 1688 all
making good progress, the authorities having diminishes:
their opposition as soon as support began to be
to the scheme in the highest quarters.
LARGE CorroN SALES.—Two million dollars Worth
of cotton goods have been sold by auction at New Yorks
being the largest sale of the kind known to the trade:
The total brought an average reduction from currena
rates of about three per cent., and the purchases Were
widely distributed theoughout the United States. „,„
A USEFUL ALBUM.— The "Rogues' Album," in a.",.;
Berlin Criminal Police-court, did good service duns's.
1884, 124 criminals having been identified by its mean
In the same year 363 phettgraphic portraits were aloes' -,
to its number, including those of 4 murderers,s3 burglar°,..;
21 pickpockets, and 16 shoplifters, making a tew." ~
number of 3822.—" Graphic." of
THE LAW COURTS.—The railing in of the pieces,.
waste land situate between Clement's-inn and tut
western block of the Royal Courts of Justice is neuvr
almost completed, and directly that is finished ttl:.
ground will be laid out as an ornamental garden, vil
flower bed, grass plots, Sze. A wide and spacious ear"
siege drive for the judges will also be made, with an
entrance opposite St. Clement'a Church
A PANIC AVOlDED.—Considerable alarm was cause('
a night or two ago in St. Helens by the outbreak of I
fire in the local theatre. At the climax of the soon,'
act, a representation of the fall of Khartoum, a jet;
from the gas button shot into the scenery, which in*
few seconds was all ablaze. The lessee of the theatill
requested the audience to keep their seats and they `"
so, and thus a panic was averted.
THE FRENCH PASSENGER Max.—The subject of
tax of one franc per head on passengers between Ensg;
land and France via. Calais and Boulogne has ed.
some time occupied the attention of the munic`ssar—
authorities at Calais, and at a meeting of the Chanw`i,
of Commerce it was decided to petition the Ministe
of Finance of the French Government to abolish the
tax.
RUSSIA AND AFGHANISTAN. Professor Vatrils4ll'
who has been favourably impressed with his reception. ,
in both the provinces and the metropolis, is likelY t.°.
contribute a characteristic paper relating his exP6sari.
ences to an early number of one of the principal ruse:,
zines. The professor is going to add another voluels;
to the works he has already published on the esent7,
Asian question. This book will relate more 1)0601
larly to Afghanistan and the Russian intrigues there.
—" Athenum."
• VALUABLE PUBLICATION.—In 1853 Sir George GOP
then Governor of Nsw Zealand, published in the colon° ,
a copious collection of Maori songs and stories under
the title " Koin a kotuatea," and two years late
same diligent schelar published in London an Evgli d
translation of the original Maori in a volume entitlee
"Polynesian Mythology and Ancient Traditional air
tory of the New Zealand Race." Both these boo ti ,
having been long out of print, the New Zealana
Government has determined on their republicatial
and the reprinting is now preceedieg in AlicklaDa
under the supervision of Sir George Grey.
THE BRITISH MUSEUM.—A very important acquit
tion has been made by the trustees of the Brides& „
Museum from the Osterley-park library. It is a copy
of Ovid's "La Bible des Poetes Metamorphoses," Paris, '
1493, folio, translated by Colard Mansion. It is printed. f
on vellum }2. black letter and ornamented with 14.
magnidcent large - bordered miniature., 643 initial •
letters, and 205 small paintings illustrative of poets` •
metamorphoses, all beautifully illuminated, in geld and •'
colours. This volume was evidently executed for Henri, :8
VII., of England, as his arms, emblazoned in gold and 1
colours, are inserted in each of the 14 exquisite borders.
The price paid was p5lO. sa.„,„
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LAST WEEK'S WRECICS.—Twenty-two actual nut'
wrecks were reported last week, of which ten were
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British and twelve Foreign vessels, making a total for •
the year of 421. Only three vessels (a Nonvegiol, ,
sailer, a British sailer, and a German steamer) sank on !
Great Britaie. By collision three Foreign sank, one ,s
being lost off England with ten lives. Two Britislcs -!
t
sailers and a Belgian steamer were crushed by ice, *is°i 4
a Scotch steamer was reported missing with all hairs; 1
Corresponding week of last year—wrecks, 26; toiallt
year, 615; off British coasts, 8; li collision, 4; lice' '
lost, 95. 1
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THE TRAINING Sures —The five naval training sease
e„'s'a •
are at present crowded beyond precedent, especia',l '
the two establishments at Devonport. Boys are het",4 • -jj
admitted wholesale, and the supply of candidates su
largely exceeds the acceptances. The numbera born! ~
on the books of the Impregnable and Lion are nows,
neatly 1200 in each case, and the officers' instructor; . .
and schoolmasters have their hands pretty full, and are :
making praiseworthy efforts under difficulties to carr'
out efficiently the important duties fur which they
responsible.—" Army and Navy Gazette." tea "
THE FENIANS IN NR4V YORK —The jurors who vis. 1. "
Rossa's office during the progress of Short's trial
a New York correspondent states, been sentenced
imprisonment for 30 days and fined 250 dollars for esCIZ. •
tempt of court, although his motives were not impugsrf ,
The judge, in sentencing him again expressed his lsele..
in Short's guilt, and hinted that the cowardice of I,L"' t
jury explained the acquittal. The "Evening Post "
timates that the sentence upon the juror is oppressive,
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and will be attacked by a writ of certiorari. It declares_ .
that the judge was influenced by the public censure o:•
the course taken by him, and by the weakness of th '
prosecution.
THE DARWIN MEMORIAL—The general commit
of the Darwin Memorial Fund has resolved that"
statud of Darwin be made over to the trustees Of t'
British Museum in trust for the nation," and that thS/, al
balance of the fund, namely, £2200, be transferrel
under the name of the Darwin Fund to the RO9B . .
Society in trust to invest for the promotion of biologic4,,_,
studies and research. The statue, by Mr. Boehm, R.''ail
has been placed in the great hall of the British Musenl!,
(Natural History), Cromwell-road, and arrangement°
for its unveiling will be made shortly.
FOREIGN LIVE STOCK AND FRESH MEAT. . 16'23:
the following figures it will be seen that the past wees'"
arrivals of live stock and fresh meat at Liverpool froliflt
American and Canadian ports show a large falling 0
in the imports in comparison with those of the precedinE
week. The total arrivals amounted to 373 cattle, 499'
quarters of beef, and 830 carcases of mutton, whilst t7lsa
previous week's imports amounted to 2024 eat','
13,132 quarters of beef, and 1609 carcases of miitte"„'.
The conveying steamers last week were as follows r
Palestine, 373 cattle, and 872 carcases of mutton; Cii
of Rome, 1580 quarters of beef, and 330 carcases (;,
mutton; Britannic, 840 quarters of beef, Red 200 10
cases of mutton; Baltic, 804 quarters of beef, and ' or
carcasos of mutton; and Lord Gough, 902 quarters
beef, and 150 carcases of mutton. to
TILE EARTHQUAKE AT PU-ERH.—In reporting
Empress of China the occurrence of a violent eartlte
quake at the town of Pu-erh on Nov. 14 last Yearfs•
Viceroy of Yunnan observes with humility that tstf
awful visitation is to be regarded as a penattl.,s
Heaven for his own inefficiency and incompetencY 0
that of his staff. They will, the memorialists promised;
endeavour to take the lesson to heart and earnes '
amend their ways. Pu-erh is an important town (ALI°
borders of the Shan States, with a large trade in
The earthquake here referred to is worth notieet.ll 0
showing that seismic activity during the past Will to '
was manifested over a vast area, and indeed seetnel At
have affected the greater part of the Old World.
Pu-erh the shock lasted an hour, causing the cal&
of a larae number of houses, temples and public, bo:00•
ings, while many lives were lost, and much injury - .a•
caused to the inhabitants.—" Nature." eV

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ANNEXATION BY FRANCE ON THE WEST U01,...;,;0,'
Information has reached Liverpool of the annexativ ,
by the French of several ports on the West CoasAt'
s.
Africa. According to the despatch, it appear° 7b-er
some French gunboats arrived at Grand Popo
12th ultimo, and, in the name of the French Gov`""
ment, annexed that port. The war vessels afterwart;
went to Ahgwey on the following day, and sls,°„.Pay,
that place under French protection. On the 4th J-4"
Popo was annexed. It was mentioned in the re,..to,
that it was thought Porto Seguro had also beeo
over by the French, but confirmation of this could n,d
be obtained. There was, it seems, very little cerein°,l„4
displayed by either the French authorities or
trio ,
natives, the annexations being performed in a clliet •
unpretentious manner. +a the
THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—The additions --de
Zoological Gardens during the past week inel:LIA
yellow green monkey from West Africa, present
Mrs. Wall; a rhesus monkey from India, presente?
Miss Margaret Ellis; a getulen ground squirrel, t.E .1' -
North-west Africa, presented by Mr. W. Cook; 9 'Wiry
ichneumon from India, presented by Mrs.
martinican doves from Bahamas, presented -
Blake; two horned lizards, from Texas, presentSies,
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Mr. J. G. itte ; a dorsal squirrel from Central AoLA :
an,lndian mynah, four white-backed pigeons, s --,
hill-squirrel from India, two Chinese lay-thruset2
C na, a sun bittern from Brazil, two Greek Pow
South European, a double-banded sand :grouse
Senegal, a talapoin monkey from West Africa, a .
bile('
from South America, a viscacha, a scorpion mu 4 t
tamarin, a Humboldt's larothrix, a rosy-
pin from Buenos Ayres, a gadwell, nine spottea
manders, European, purchased; a croBsoptilons4°-
Northern China, received in exchange ; go
long-fronted gerbilles. born in the Gardens.
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