The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-11-19 00:00:00

SAYINGS AND DOINGS.
Let's hope, In teaching "here," at length "be facts,"
With school-board candidates about in herds ;
'fit surely time for "Elucation Act.,"
After such waste of Education words—Punch.

Plisttllantous

ROME, FOREIGN, AND COLONIAL

A CENTENARTAN.—There died at Kilburn, on
the :ilst ult., in the 100th year of his age, Mr. Edward
lisle Adderley, a direct descendant by the female fine
of Sir Matthew Hale, Lord Chief Justice of England.
Ho waa born on the 14th of May, 1771, entered
Westminiater School in 1784, and went thence to
Chrh4 Church, Oxford, where he finished hie MA-
vomit, education. He was the eldest eon of Mr.
Thomas Adderley, of Innishannon, who was M.P. for
Bandon in the Irish Parliament. His father was first
married to the Countess of Charlemont, and after her
death to Margaret Burke, cousin to Edmund Burke,
the orator and statesman. She survived her husband,
and afterwards married the Earl of Buckinghamshire,
who was Governor-General of India in 1793, and Mr.
Adderley accompanied him to India as his private
secretary. There his mother died, leaving one daughter
by her second marriage, who married the Earl of
Ripon.

BELEAGUERED AND BELLICOSE.—No wonder
the French Government of Defence refused to listen to
any terms of armistice which did not permit the re-
victualling of Paris, That Government is simply Pro-
visional.—Punch.

A USEFUL HINT.—To preserve a bouquet,
"sprinkle it lightly with fresh water, and put it in a
vase containing soapsuds. Evch morning take the
bouquet out of the suds, and lay it sideways in clean
water; keep it there a minute or two, then take it out
and sprinkle the flowers lightly by the hand with
water. Replace it in the sude, and it will bloom as
freshly as when first gathered. Change the suds every
three or four days. This method will keep a bouquet
bright and beautiful for at least a month.

LYNCH Lew IN LONDON.—The Daily Telegraph
reports that a place in the immediate vicinity of the
Stock Exchange was on Friday the scene of a very
remarkable application of Lynch law. It appears that
a youth about fifteen, the son of • stockbroker, was
recently accosted by a well-dressed person, who made
criminal proposals to him. The lad communicated the
circumstance to his father, who, after consulting with
some frends, planned a scheme for the chastisement of
the offender. An appointment was made by the boy,
and the "gentleman," on arriving at the place of
rendezvous, found several persons in waiting, who, with
somewhat peremptory politeness, requested him to ac-
company them, they conducted him to the counting-
house of the boy's father, tmk him to • private room,
fastened the door, and then began a process of sum-
mary punishment. The unfortunate wretch was
soundly beaten with lists, and even, it is said, with
sticks; his coat was torn in two, a piece of his nether
garments was cut out, a bottle of ink was emptied
over tie head, and, bruised, bleeding, hatless, and
begrime d, he was then kicked out into the street,
where he staggered into a cab. Another account
says that the victim of the thrashing made no
complaint to the police, although after his punishment
he had a good opportunity of doing so.

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A ROARING TRADE. —Keeping a Met agerie.—
ru nth.

MR. AYRTON, M.P., ON THE LIQUOR TRAYTIC.
----on Saturday night Mr. Ayrton, M.P., presiding at
a lecture delivered by Dr. Lees on the Permissive Bill,
in the People's Hall, Whitechapel, London, said that,
on the whole, he thought the friends of the Temperance
movement had much cause for coxgratulation. He
was happy to think that in the first erasion of the Par-
Lament elected under the new Reform Bill an attempt
was to be made to deal with the subject of the liquor
traffic. One of the first efforts tithe Government was
to apply themselves to the consideration of it, and to
pass A law respecting it. He believed that effort was
a precursor to the introduction of a much larger mea-
sure of the same kind which he hoped to see carried
through Parliament next session. He was glad to
feel that, in his humble position as a member of the
Government, he should be able to afford some facility
to the passing if such a measure. He had himaelf
moved a clause which would have prohibited the use of
public-houses by candidates at contested elections, and
he hoped such a dense would be inserted in the next
bill of the kind introduced.

OUR I -14 RESERVED CORRYJUON DENT& —The
yapers, of late, have been abounding with long letters
about our Army and Reserve. The writers of there
communications candidly inform foreigners that we
have a very small Army, without any Reserve at all.
—Punch.

ECONOMY or FURL—At this season of the year
many may wish to know how a small and cheerful
fire may be kept up in a grate which is much too large
for ordinary requirements. There are various plans,
such as iron cheeks, fire-bricks, and fire-balls, but all
these are more or less unsightly. We have for some
years adopted a plan which answers admirably. It is
simply to get some lumps of "clinker." the refuse of
foundry and gas-making furnaces, and place as much
as necessary at the sides of the grate. In appearance
"clinker" i, the same as cinder or coke, and after the
fire has burnt some time gtves out a great heat. Being
of irregular shape it does not impede the drought, and
none but the initiated would imagine that the fire con-
sisted of anythime other than coals. By using more or
less of the "clinker" the quantity of firing is easily
regulated.
VICTORS AND VANQUISIIRD.—Denmark was in-
vaded and deßpoiled. Danes were slaughtered by their
invaders. These, in their turn, have been invaded
likewise; and though victorious, many of them
slaughtered too. Might we not call the authors of
these slaughters, respectively, Muller and Tropmann ?
No; for the very reason that their names are not those.
The differenci between them and the above-named in-
mates of Madame Tussaud's Chamber of Horrors is
nominal.—Pooch.

Ma. SruttozoN's OPINIONS. —Mr. Spurgeon has
formed a bad opinion of the religious condition of
England. He is reported to have said in a recent ser-
mon :

" The Church of England seeme to he eaten through and
through with sacramentarlaniem, but Nonconformity appears
to me to he almoat as badly riddled with philosophical in-
fidelity Those of whom we thought better things are turn-
ing wide one by one from the fundamentals of the faith.
At first it was the doctrine of the eternity of future punish-
ment that hod to he given up; now it must be the very
do-trlne of the Vail—flrat one thing, then another, the
whole must go. They treat our doctrines as though they
were all to be knocked down at their good pleural.° when
they choose to amend our theology. Through and through
I believe the very heart of England is honeycombed with a
damnable infidelity which dares atill to go into the pulpit
and call 'tacit Christian."

" WE LIKES TO BE DESPISED."-Our martial
neighbours on the Continent call us a nation of shop.
keepers. So indeed we are, and as such feel ourselves
to be very ignoble—in their eyes. We are as much
ashamed as we ought to be that we cannot subsist, in
in our present magnitude am a people, but by the
pursuit of commerce. Shopkeeping Is our vocation;
it is not a lofty one : but do our martial and predatory
neighbours not thick it rather more respectable than
shoplifting

JOB'S PARAPHRASER.— (FPOIII " Font Months
with Charles Dickens," in the Atlantic Monthly—At
St. Louis th. re was an r ld man who came and stayed
about every day. Ilis shirt bosom and pockets were
running over with mantocript, and in a letter to Mr.
Dickens he ivformed him that heS" had paraphrased the
entire Book of Job, and wanted to read it to Mr.
Dickens and get his opinion of it." I bad to meet the
old gentlenrili every day with some excuse, kindly ex-
'
,raised, why Mr. Dickens could not see him, and so I
tried to put him off each day till our time came to
leave. But as the time approached, the old man deter-
mined that he would waylay Mr. Dickens in one of the I
passages of the hotel, and the loot I saw of him he was
standing linking round • corner in the hall, his bosom
and protein bunting with written and printed matter.
When I told Mr. DiAens of this, he expressed the
greatest pity for the old man. "God help him, poor
fellow !" said he.
A I.—When we read of "vessels, now at Ply-
mouth, of the Audacious class," we feel that the more
veesele we have of this class the better, for they are
just the sort we shall want if we are ever obliged to
go to war—Pot.
FEARFUL EXPLOSION ON BOARD SHIP.—We
learn by the arrival of the African mail that a fear.
ful catastrophe has occurred in the Opobo River, re-
sulting in great low, of life. The brig Locomotive,
while entering the ()polio, struck on the bar, and,
although every effort was made by the crew to get
the vessel off, she stuck fast, and was abandoned by
the crew, as all hopes of saving the vesael were given
up. After the crew had left the wreck the natives in
the vicinity boarded the Locomotive in great
numbers and took possession. They then come
tuenced to strip the vessel. The hatches were
broken open and • regular system of plunder com-
menced. One portion of the cargo, consisting
of gunpowder, wan being appropriated by the natives,
when by some means the powder became ignited, and
an explosion of a most fearful character occurred. The
vessel was literally blown to atoms, and the unfortunate
plunderers shared the same fate, How many natives

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perished is uoknown, but the number at the time the
steamer left Bonny was stated to be upwards of fifty,
besides those who were in the canoes alongside the
wreak. The Locomotive was an iron vessel of about
200 tons register. She sailed from Liverpool for the
Gaboon on the 31st of August last, and was proceed.
log on her trading voyage when the disaster occurred.
DIAN BOYD 021 Scimic n RZVELLTION.—
The Dean of Exeter, Dr. Boyd, spoke at a public
meeting at Exeter, on Monday evening, contending
there was no opposition between true science and
revelation. True science was patient, candid, and
willing to make concessions; but false science rushed
hastily to conclusions. Many scientific men of the
present day were dogmatic, with no toleration or in.
dulgence for the opinions of others, not allowing them
to say a word for themselves, but striving to thrust
their doctrine down other people's throats. A truly
scientific man would not do this, for, being • scholar,
he would be willing to learn. True science WY deeply
reverential, and true philosophers would reverence
God's Revelation, accepting the Bible as a marvellous
book entitled to their respect. They might try to
meet its arguments but would not sneer at or ridicule
its statements.

OfIR Ali XIOUS ANCESTORS !—lt would seem that
our ancestors as well as ourselves disquieted themselves
with regard to the efficiency of the land forces of Eng-
land, for we find that Fielding in his " Voyage to
Lisbon," after comparing our navy with those of other
countries, proceeds thus :
'And sure I am that not our honest tan alone, but every
Inhabitant of this Island, may exult In the comparison when
he considers the King of Britain as a maritime prince 111
opposition to any other prince in Europe, but I am not so
certain that the same idea of superiority will result frim
comparing our land forces with tone of many other crowned
heads. In numbers they all far exceed us, and in the good
ten and splendour of their troops many nations, particularly
the Germans and French, and perhaps the Dutch, cast us at
a distance, for however we may flatter ourselves with the
Edwards and Henrys of former ages, the change of the
whole art of war since those days by which the advantage of
personal strength is in a manner entirely lost bath pro-
duced • change in military affairs to the advantage of our
enemies."

FRANCS AND EIIROPE.—M. Jules Favre, in his
last Circular addressed to the French Ministers abroad,
makes much mention of Europe, saying that Europe de.
manded this, Europe was moved by that, Europe will
judge between France and Prussia. Yes; and Europe
will not forget the French statesman's modest saying
that "When Franco is satisfied, Europe Is tranquil."
Perhaps, indeed, when France is tranquil Europe will
be satisfied. No doubt, at least, Germany will.

TEEM EMPEROR MAXIMILIAN'S TOMI3.—A solemn
religjous service was celebrated on All Souls' Day in
the imperial vault at Vienna. The tombs of the Ern-
peror Maximilian and other members of the Imperial
family were covered with flowers cent by the Empress'
the Archduke Charles, and the Archduchess Elizabeth.
After the 'black mass," twelve Capuoin monks de-
scended into the vault with lighted candles, and sang
the " Miserere." They were followed by the Arch-
duke William and the Archduke Charles Louie. On
the tomb of Maximilian were laid a silver crown of
laurels sent by the Empress Charlotte, and a magnifi-
cent wreath from the Emperor of Austria, bearing the
following inscription :—" To the never-lo•be•forgotten
brother, the true Christian, the noble hero." There
was also a silver wreath from the Count of Orizaua,
inscribed 'A la &lomat' memoria de S. M. Maxi.
lian L, Emperador de Mexico." Another wreath sent
by a person unknown, was tied by a blue ribbon, with
the word "remembrance,"