The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-02-15 00:00:00

EPITOME OF NEWS,

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

At a meeting of ironworkereheld at Wolverhampton
on Monday, It wan resolved to send £2,000 to the relief of
the workmen on strike in South Wales.

The Empress Caroline Augusta, widow of the Em-
reror Francis, died M Vienna on Sunday afternoon, aged
eighty-three. _

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In the Lower House of the Hungarian Diet, a no-
tion for the expulsion of the Jesuits ham been tntrodueed,
end le to bet ellscuseed in dee fem.

The Stalybridge Town Council have resolved, by a
majority of ten to eight, to petition Parliament in favour of
the repeal of the Income-tax and the Property-tax.

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From an official document jußt issued it appears
I bat the declared value of " apparel and elope " exported
luit mouth vas £301,903, and £178,025 In the same month
last year.

At a medical examination a abort time hack a gum
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tine was put to the student. al to the meaning of the word
"hypothesis." One 'sandhi..a replied that it was "a
machine for raising water ; " another gave the answer that it
was something that happened to a man after death.
An alteration in the atria and character of the ser-
vices at St. Paul's is, it is said, ilo commence at Easter. The
Litany is to be omitted at morning prayer, and is intended,
eith a sermon and an anthem, to replace the order of the
evening service as now performed.

A short bout between a School Board philosopher
and a scholar is thus related The Board hesitating
and swellishly) What part of speech Is the word egg Boy
!rellevA): Noun, Sir. The Board : What le its gender?
Boy (perplexed): Can't tell, dr. The Board (getting con-
fused) Is it mescaline, feminine, orneuteri Boy looking
sharp); Can't say, sir, till We hatched.
The schoolmasters of Edinburgh, so far as [ewe.
tented by the boost branch of the Scottish Bducationg In-
stitute, have resolved that it to not necessary to their pro-
fessional interest that they should be represented in the
Edinburgh School Board, about to be elected under the Edu-
cation Act.

On Tuesday morning the Convocation of the Pro-
vlll,o of Canterbury assembled at Westminster for the de-
epatch of business. In the Lower llobse it was announced
that Archdeacon Denison intended to withdraw from further
participation in the proceedings of that body. The draft
declaration on the subjea of the Athanasian Creed recom-
mended by the Joint Committee of the two Ilouser appointed
to draw it up was laid upon the table.

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In the French Assembly a Bill ham been introduced
•twbidding French newspapers to publish any but the official
reports of the proceedings ot the House. These reports are
of two kind. one abridged, the other in full. The general
opinion to rail., Bays a correspondent. is that the Bill will
be passed owing to the hatred of the liberty of the press
which prevails in the Versailles Parliament.

The Record says that Mr. Justice Denman has de-
clined a knighthood, his rank as a peer's son giving to him-
self and his wife superior social rank to a knight and a
knight's lady. Mr. Justice Denman has, in avoiding knight-
hood, followed the precedent of the Hon. Mr. Justice
Erskine. fie alai escapes heavy fees, amounting, we believe,
to about 410 d, for what in his ease would be an empty title.
The horse epidemic, which last autumn bad so
general a bold on all our horses (writes an American corre-
spondent), has gradually travelled since then southward and
westward. Southerly it has been lost in Ur. Gulf of Mexico ;
westerly it has just reached Salt Lake (by, where it is having
the usual effect of prostrating nearly Mi the horses and com-
pletely paralyzing horse MOLL It also seriously interferes
with mining operations In Nevada.
At a recent railway sksembly of the various German
railway companies, a scheme of general regulation for the
work of all the lines was approved. It wall also resolved to
otter two prizes of £450 and £l5O respectively for the inven-
tion of a new coupling for the carriages of railway trains
which shall be automatic and dispense with the intervention
of railway servants between the carriages.

The Yorkshire Port Bays that the so called " card
trick '' was, alter all, not no great a (alive at Liverpool as
has been stated. It appearod that at half past three in the
afternoon the Conservatives issued a return, giving figures
very closely approximating to what was after a ards found to
be the state of the poll at the close, half an hour later, the
majority chimed for Mr. Torr being Le5J, while that which
he actually obtained was 1,912.

A well-grounded complaint has been laid before the
War Whoa by a deputation from the licensed victualleis of
iharnes, against the low scale of billeting
allowances in free. The complainants averred that for •
soldier's meal, which cost th.,m Is. Cid., they recsive only
lud. ; that for forage, which coats them, at the lowest
estimate, in,, they have to accept Is. 91 , and that, while
soldiers quarter. d in towns pay ed. for a bed, when on the
march they only pay 20. Sir Henry Storks undertook to
report these grievances to Mr. Cardwell.
Mr. Charles Reade, the well-known novelist, was the
plaintiff in an action tried In the Court of Common Pleas
against the proprietors of the Morning A duert iar, to recover
damage. loran alleged libel. Thin was contained in • Criti.
clam on Mr. Reade's comedy entitled ,*illy She ly, which
was produced at the Gaiety Theatre in April last, and the
plaintiff complained that the play was described in some of
its passages as Indecent. Mr. iteade went into the witness-
box, and we. examined at some length. The jury returned
• verdict for the plaintiff, damages £2OO.
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Mr. A. It Hill read' to the members of the Social
Science Association on Monday night a paper on the labour
question. Taking ignorance as the primary cause of the over-
stocking of the labour market, he thought another evil mu
the want of organization for facilitating the supply and de-
mand. A great deal was also duo to the poor laws, which its
they now existed blunted and paralysed much of the indus-
trial activity of the country.

The Emprres Eugenie, who ha I not previous to that
loft Camden Mouse since the death of the Ensperer, attended
early wise last Saturday at the Roman Catholic Chapel of ot.
Mary, thiselharst. The it,e. tic. Goddard ofkciated The
Empress, •ho was attired in deep mourning. and looked
somewhat pale, wax acoompauted by the few remaining
members f her reite. The Prince L•inis Napoleon returned
from Woolnieb on Saturday, and hi, understood will remain
at eideeihunt for a fortnight. It is believed in the neigh-
bourhood that the Impress will continue to remade at
taindOn-plater

Fifty-one vernacular newspapers are at present
published In the Bombay Presideocy.
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A continued improvement is reported in the health
of the Rev. Dr. Posey, who, however, will remain at Genoa
the rest of the winter.

Some one is going to ask Mr. Lowe to spend £15,000
to bring Cleopatra'. Needle from the banks of the Nile to the
banks of the lhames. [Don't they wish they may get It ')
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The Journal de Paris centracliete the reported
rupture between the Duke cle koutpensier aud the ex-Queen
Isabella.

It is rumoured that one leading prelate in the North
has been fortunate enough to discover a coal-mine upon his
estate, which will very materially enhance Ma income.

It is: maid that a company has been formed at San
Francisco for the supply of steam to factories and works
through a system of subterranean pipes similar to the supply
of gas and water.
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Mr. Thomas Taylor, a well-known cott manufac-
turer of Wigan, hai offered £5,000 for the foundation of a
free public library In that town. The offer his been ac-
cepted by the Town Council.
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A tender for the erection of the new Natural History
Museum at South Kensington, on the site for the Exhibition
of 1862, has been accepted by the government. Tne amount
of the contract is £400,000, and work is to be begun at once.
An Extradition Treaty between Great Britain and
Italy WWI agned on the sth inst., at Florence, by Signor
Visconti Venosta, the Italian Minister for Foreign Affairs,
and Sir Augustue Paget, the British Ministerin Rome.
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Paul May, the survivor of the wretched Chelsea
tragedy, has been sentenced to eighteen months' Imprison-
ment, at Berlin, for forgery and robbery on hie employers;
fully admitting hie guilt, but seeming "neither ashamed nor
repentant."
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In connection with the London International Exhi-
bition of IS7S, the committee for the School of Cookery met
on Saturday and resolved to have 100 recipes prepared for
cooking in the best say 100 dishes particularly suited to all
classes with incomes not exceeding £6OO a year, such dishes
to be the subject of demonstration in the school.
A Scotch postmaster, puzzling out a very uncertain
superscription to an InsU letter, jocosely remarked to an in-
telligent son of Erin, who stood by, that the Irish brought a
hard set of names to Scotland. "That's a fact, yet honour,'
replied the Irishman "but they get Larder ones after they
arrive here."

An official statement has been published showing
the expenses hummed in connexion with the recent contest
for the representation of the county of Forfar. fhe ex-
penses of Mr. Barclay, now M.P., were £13708.. 4id , and
of Sir Janes Ramsay, of Banff, the unsuccessful candidate,
£1,449 Os.

The aui ide mania has broken out afresh in Park.
Among the last oases is that of two elderly ladies, sisters,
named Mesdames Celestine and Julie Rate'. who were found
dead together In their bath. Both bed wallowed a strong
dose o laudanum. It is said they were in love with She
same young man.

A lady -residing in Dublin, who has been recently
desponding, threw herself into the Liffey at midnight on
Saturday, but was rescued by a young man. She had upon
her at the time £6,000 in bank nettle and securities.
From an official document just issued it apponrs that
that in the year ended the 81st of December last the declared
value of merchandise imported from Prance into the United
Kingdom was £41,920,674 against C 20,844,448 In the proceed-
ing year while the exports of British and Irish produce
was last year £17,261,721, and in the previous year
418,205,858.

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Mr. Plimsoll's appeal on behalf of the sailors has
met with a very sympathetic reception in the north. Requi-
sitions are in course of signature In Leeds and Sheffield ask-
ing the mayors of those places to convene what are called
town meetings, In order to support Kr. Plimsoll's efforts.
In Birmingham also arrangements are being made of a simi-
le: kind.

Severe puniehment has been dealt out by the Board
of Trinity College (Dublin) to the students who took part in
the recent snowballing disturbance. One student ku
forfeited • valuable exhibition and his chamber. ; another
medical etudent has been condemned to lose • year; others
are to undergo extra examinations; while others again are
ordered to pay heavy fines.

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On Monday, at the South Hants Farmers Club, the
improvement of the New Forest was under discussion, and it
was resolved to petition the Government to bring in a bill
providing for Its cultivation and utilisation with due regard
to existing rights, including the claim of the general public
to make use of the most beautiful portions of the forest for
the purposes of health and recreation,

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The Tribunal of Correctional Police at Lieenit
(Calvados) has Just tried nine workmen of that town charged
with being members of a local branch of the International.
They were condemned to terms of imprisonment varying
from a week to eight months, according to more or less
active part they had taken in the association, some also with
the addition of a fine of 501.

One of the most curious bodes of referenoe is
Macki eon', Church Guide. Therein are elaborately-prepared
statistics showing how many churches in London have sur-
pliced choirs, how many use incense, how many have adopted
Gregorian music, how many perform 'evening celebrations,"
and in how many the colebration is in the morning. The in-
crease or decrease under each of these heads for the year
1072 is given.

About eight o'clock on Sunday morning the dead
body of a married woman, named Evans, 65 years of age,
was found lying us a public green at Irvine, Ayrshire. A
quantlty of blood was found by she side of the body, and
there were marks of a severe struggle hawing taken place.
The clothing of the deceased was also saturated with blood.
The unfortunate woman, who was addicted to drink, was
seen going about the streeta in au intoxicated state at a late
hour on Saturday evening.

In addition to the vote for fortremes, the Chancel.
lery of the German Empire is about to lay a much larger
demand before the Dint for the purpose of forming a fund
for the support of invalid soldiers. The money asked for—
of course out of indemnity—was originally intended to be
£30,000000, but It has been raised to £42,000,000. Of course,
It lithe interest only of thhf sum that Is to be applied to the
payment of ptlll3loll

"We reported some time sin m that fabulous orders
for arms and ammunition had been given by Ramis and
Germany to Birmingham. We see our COB emporaries this
week have also Maud out the fact, and express unbounded
surprise. They calculate the °Menai two million rifles,—
Court vOILIII4I.

A boxing match in London with kid gloves, arranged
SOS. to leave raw knuckles and Joints, came off lately, and
in ita results was the exact Jac simile of a prise-fight. The
entrance fee to the room was a guinea a bead, and no stand-
ing place was to be found. A Scotch gentleman, who repre-
seated one side of the argument, received considerable
punishment, and retired from the amusement with two ribs
broken.
Florence witnessed an imposing ceremonial last
Saturday—when a solemn funeral mass for the late Emperor
Napoleon was performed at the Church of Santa Croce. The
official assemblage woo of the most conspicuously represen-
tative character : and outside the Church large bodies, of re-
gular troops and National Guards were drawn up, while im-
mense crowd, braved the inclement weather to manifest
their e) in pa I hy.

The Court of Assizes of the Aube (France) ban been
engaged in trying. man named .Genet, of Cusaangy, for
murder. The evidence went to shove that on the let of
January the accused had killed his wife by striking her re-
peatedly with a woodman's axe, and then set fire to the
house containing the corpse of his victim. The motive of
the crime was a wish to marry a younger woman. and to
enjoy an inheritance which he had got secured to himself by
will. The court condemned the prisoner to death.
Inspectors of agriculture in France sae often ap-
pointed who quite understand • salad, but do not know •
turnip from a beetroot. A story is told of one of these
gentlemen who was parading alarm with the owner, teeing
a crop of rye growing next • field of barley, the sapient
official asked why on earth was one so much taller than the
other. "Because," replied the fawner, with a grin, "one is
corn growing for two years !" "llth ! that'e It, is it ? " ex-
claimed the inspector, taking out his tables and making •
note.

The Council of the South Yorkshire /diners' Anemia-
non, representing 16,000 collier., on Monday, passed p resole-
tioneexpresaing approval of the arbitration proposed for the
settlement cf the weavers' strike, the terms of which the
operatives have rejected. The proposal was that the men
should at once return to work at the old rate of wages, sub-
ject to any addition that might be decreed to them by
the arbitrators, The Miners' Council at the same sitting
made a grant of £250 towards the relief of the men on
strike in South Wales, and £6O to the colliers in Lanarkshire.

In the course of the restorations now proceeling at
Worcester Cathedral, arrangements had been made for laying
down ou concrete in the nave, a new flooring of liopton
wood, stone, and slate In diamond shaped slabs. Lord
Dudley, however, has just offered to defray the additional
cost of a flooring of white and black marble, and the offer
has been accepted by the Restoration Committee The cost
of the marble flooring will be between £4,000 and £5,000.
The choir is already floored with 611CAUltiC tiles and-marble
of various colours.

The content for the great pigeon-shooting match for
a prier of 10,0001. took place at Monaco on Sunday, and
caused much excitement and interest. The weather was
splendid, and there was a very large assemblage of specta-
tors There were forty nine competitors, and the first prise
and the splendid cup were carried off by Mr. Sec, of the
liurlingham Club, killing ten birds out of eleven. The
second prise fell to Mr. Arundel Teo, who killed nice Ii
out of twelve. The third and fourth prizes were wo., by Al r.
lieid and Mr. Martin respectively. _ _

A leading scientific aeronant, has received from
Vienna a letter describing a new aerial machine, which is
stated to have accomplish. I the almost unprecedented feat
of travelling backward. and forwards for sorne distance in
the air, independent of the cause of atmospheric motion. A
few years ago the Duke of Argyll and the Duke of Sather-
land offered prizes for ally description of apparatus other
than a balloon that could sustain and be guided by a man in
the air. The prize was never claimed, though there was a
rumour at the time of an inventor having raised himself by
mechanical wings against a strong wind, and having Injured
himself in his efforts to get down again, provisions for that
somewhat essential requirement of aerial navigation having
been overlooked in his anxiety to achieve a single ascent.
Sir Joseph Whitworth, the well-known inventor and
manufacturer of rifled artillery, was defendant in • suit in
the Court of Queen's Bench, brought by a French officer
named Ddury, to recover compensation for his services in the
sale of a large number of rifled guns to the Irsnoh Govern-
ment after the overthrow of the Empire. It appeared from
the statement of the plaintas case that the orders for
artillery on.which the chine was founded had beers obtained
by Captain Doury's intervention ; and it was stated for Sir
Joseph Whitworth that the plaintiff's claim had been resisted
through a misconception, anifthat he would agree to a verdict
for £2,20 in tWplaintitta favour, expressing at the same time
the itesurance that there was not the slightest Imputation
against him as a man of honour and a gentleman. A verdict
lor the amount named was therefore returned by consent.

On Monday, the National Agricultural Labourers'
Union meeting at Leamington had under consideration the
ciliation of emigration to Brazil now exciting so much at-
tention on account of the distressing account,. received from
Warwickshire emigrant. The committee denied that, as
had been reported, Mr. Arch at the last meeting offered to
take 101 Widnes to Brazil, and stated that the Labourera'
Union in no way identified itself with einigrati in th that
country, and long ago prohibited It. agents taking part In
promoting it. On the 16th Decembi r last the Union resolved
not to grant further assiatamie until more satisfactory
accounts were received from Brazilian emigrants.
The resignation is announced under the Incumbents'
Resignation Act of the Very Rev. George Robert Cities,
Brovoat of TUIIII, and Rector of Moylough, county of Galway,
after fifty years' laborious service. Mr. Oildea's name will
long be remembered in connection with his exertions and
labours Is relief of the poor during the Irish famine of 1947-8.
Through his instrumentality, and the support of friends, the
churches of Newport, county of Mayo, and Sloylough,
county of Galway, have been restored; and the church and
schools of Kilmaine, county of Mayo, entirely rebuilt. Sir.
Gildea retains the l`rothatehip of the Cathedral of Tom, in
the restoration (just complete) of which he has taken an
active part. •

The Rev. Cape! Molyneux, late vicar of St. Paul's,
Onslow-square, South Kensington, who resigned his benefice
in consequence of the decision of the Judicial Committee of
Privy Council in the Bennett case, preached on Sunday morn-
ing last In St. James's Hall He stated that he had seceded
from the Church of England, and stood before the curigrega-
lion, not as • minister of the Eaten Wheat Church, nor of any
other denomination. He read the prayers of the Church,
with the Litany. In his sermon he said that hie intention
was to preach the Gospel in its simplicity, truth, and tutet.
city. His position that day was owing to errors which he
believed the Church of England oommitted. after forty-flee
years In it. ministry, he had felt It his duty to leave it ; and,
with whatever ability and power he had, he should cintinue
to preach the Gospel every Sunday morning in that hall

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A correepondent of rite T'lnces illustrates the griev-
ance of regameutal otheen under the Arm) ILgulatim. Act
by the following parallel case :—" The London and North
Weitern R diway agree to take me from London to Goblin
for a certain sum, one half to be paid in London at starting,
the other at Callan. On arrival at Carlota they ',fine my
money, awl leave me fretting and tuning on the platform.
Tiny will neither return to me my money, nor allow me to
pay the remaining half tr insure my arrival at Golapie." The
hidignation of the traveller thm deceived may be imaginild,
and how he would write to TM TUNA

The Chinoellor of the Exchequer acknowledges,
under the bead of "Conscience Money," Use receipt of 11190
In bank-notes from "Z X. Y." for Property.teme.

The Tyne tug-owners have Iski up all their boats,
theintention being n.l to resume running till the hoard el
Trade sanctions an advance of twopence in the shilling on
towsge rates granted by the Tyne Commissioners.
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The Correspondencia observes that Spain contain*
63, square kilometres of land bearing coal, for which it fore-
sees a growing demand in other European countries.

Continued and heavy falls of enow are reported
from P.,ris and Madrid. Considerable detention of the mails
haa been the result.

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Mr. Matheson of Ardrose, M.P., ha,' contracted for
the °rectum of tote blocks of dwelling houses at Livens:es,
at • cost of £6 500.
The medical evidence given at inquests held in Lon-
don last week showed that the deaths of several aged persons
had been accelerated by the cold.
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On Tuesday, the Birmingham Town Council resolved
to dthallow the annual preen% of the School Roark', unless
that body gave an assurance that no part otthe money sobs
levied would be used to payment for sectarian Instruction.
The Pope has complained to the Italian Government
that Si. Reuses We of Jesus is being published in • Roman
newspaper, nd has asked the Government to confiscate the
paper. The Governmel4 has, however, refused to interfere
In the matter.
On Monday morning the owners of property at
Brightside, Attercliffe, and Gmbrok, outlying dthtrids of
Sheffield, gave their tenants notice e an increase of rent
amounting to irons 16 to 26 per cent. There are about 16,000
houses affected by this Increase.

From April let to February Bth the Exchenner re-
ceipts amounted to £42,426,677, an increase of £1,11115,766 as
compared with the corresponding period of last year. Ii may
be mentioned that in the week ending December 7th the
balance to the god was nearly two millions and • halt.
Twelve men have been loot through the fouadming
of the steamship Talisman, from Hamisurgh to the Brazils,
which sprung a leak when 100 miles from Lisbon. The sur-
vivors, including the captain,_ have been brought to Wey-
mouth by the steamer Charks Howard.
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John Day and Sons, manufacturers, Moldgreen,
Huddersfield, whose mill has been working night and day
for some years part, have discontinued night work, and Ms-
charged tto ir night hands, about 150 in number, on acamat
of the high price of coals and gas.
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The Ile;. Dr. Cumming requests us (Pall Mall
(hazette) to say that before reading the telegram announcing
the Pope's death at • recent public meeting (as repotted by
• correspondent of the Daily News, whose le, ter we quoted
he told the 1111,1i812:9 that he knew nothing of the sender, an
believed the despatch to be In every respect unreliable, if
not a hoax."

At the Assizes held at Douai, (France), on Monday,
nine persons were brought to trial charged with • long series
or robberies, murderous assaults, sad atrocious outrages on
women, committed from the beginning of 1870 until Septem-
ber, 1872. These crimes were perpetrated in a wood near
Lille, where the band lay in wait every "ming. lest Sep-
tember a young man was strangled, bat a lady who was with
him escaped, and owing to information given by her the body
of She murdered man was found and the band were nab's-
yuently arrested. The trial causes much excitement lin the
Department.
Street singing in Paris appears to be a lucrative and
not undesirable profession. The number is strictly limited
to 100, and the police never grant a fresh licence (for no one
Is allowed to sing professionally In the streets without •
permig save to replaces member dead or retired. With the
licence the artist receives a medal, which heti bound topre-
dud when called upon, and he mud submit every song Mtn*
Censorship. Meat of the,members compose their own words,
which are printed and distributed in thousands in tea papers,
Ac. A good singer can make from eight to twelve shillings
per diem. _ - -

A sad case of depravity in horseflesh is reported by
the Paris rigor). Toe favourite horse of • certain baron fell
seriously ill, and, though every care was taken of the animal.
it rapidly. grew worse, and began to show signs of sinking.
As a Nat resource, the coachman, an American, s
that two glasses of brandy with ginger should be =ld
tered every morning. The cure was most speedy ; but ever
since, the horse, having been acetutomed to stand at the
door of • wine-shop to receive its inatutinal beverage, now
stops at every similar establishment it passes, and last week,
angry at not being attended to, forced itself right through
the window of • megrehand de isqueurs

"The importation of tobacco from China is decidedly
a novelty, and therefore it is worthy of record that during
the past month there have been received large arrivals of this
description of tobacco. It is nand in some measure u • sub-
stitute for Turkey, which it resembles in appearance, though
not equal in quality. The leaf lignite yellow, and is ehetost
void of flavour. At present it might, wham be premature
to speculate as to the probability of • large trade being done
between England and China in tobacco; but the imports
which have come to hand show, at any rate, that the Celes-
tials can cultivate the weed pretty successfully."—The
Tobacco Trade Rene..

The Liverpool Mercury reports the death of Mr.
Frank Langley, If LC.., under very painful cirsumstancaa.
The deceased, with Nome 200 emigrants, mu on his way to
New Zealand, but, owing to the stormy weather which pre-.
veiled, and the disabled state of the vessel, the captain at-
tempted on Friday last forint back into Felatouth, but with-
out success, the timbers getting so badly Injured that it was
feared the vessel would Joinder. A panic ensuing, an
mediata rush wee made for the deer. Every effort was made
to keep the passengers below, Mr. Langley assisting the cap-
tain and crew in a most gallant manner. In the confusion
which followed, Mr. Langley and a seaman were crushed to
death. Eventually the vessel was towed Into Brest in a bru-
tally disabled state.
A pamphlet addressed "Al yen i Cattolici" is creak-
ing a sensation in Roman clerical circles. It accuse. Cardi-
nal Automat of all the misfortunes which have happened to
the Pope and hls Church. To him it is attributed that Plus
IX. did not leave Rome immediately Ike Italians entered In
1870 H Is called a " miserabile di Bonnier," because he
rejoiced in secret at the Bill on the religion. corporations.
Lie is said also to be for the reconciliation of the Falun
with the Quirinal, because some months ago his brothers, as
members of an economical society, signed • programme In
which it Is said that the present Government Is more favour-
able to the development of the resources et the country than
the old ragime. The friends of the Cardinal are not forgotten
In the pamphlet, notably Cartinal Berardi, the Ca•diturb
Archbishop of Naples, and the Archbishop of Bola,
whose sin it was that in taking possession of his arebblep-
ric he sail publicly, "Our mission Is henceforth entirely
U-,.