The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1866-12-29 00:00:00

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TOME OF NEW

BRITISH AND FORBIGA.
Eight hundred and eight London trad
been fined during the present )ear a, the N.
'inflator having in their peatession

tradomen have
.al the Neitlegton 9011.
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Mr, William C.A.I, the " oldest inhabitant" of
Chippenham, Cambridgeshire, has juln died. He had attained
the advaimed NO of 102 years.
The New York Tierus says that • new Atlantic
Cable Compepy la being formed under American schp.ces,
awl • bill hais been introduced in Congress to groat pri-
vileges of landing on the American side
The wholesale prises of meat and other provisions
In America have, during the last two months, decreased
from 25 to 50 per cmt. The pipers complain that the retail
traders and the hotels wpm not to have heard of this fact.
The United States government has decided to send
to he Paris 'Exhibition • large delegation of the north weatarn
Indians They will take with them their wigwams, war
and agricultural implements, mad every variety of costume.
A new island is forming in the Minsouri river,
opposite it. Joseph, and two citizens have built a shanty
on It, In order to secure the first claim to entry when the
government place. It In the market.
Apart from the great Mantic cable, fifty-four sub.
marine cables, 6,811 miles long In all, with 11,0204 nit es of
'mutated wire, have bean laid in various parts of the world.
Count de Biemarclia physicians have advised repose
for him in a southern climate, end letters state that he aril
shortly pass through Paris on his way to the south of France.
The average cost of a Proseian soldier, including
th , pay of officers, &T., is istmnted at 200 linden ) a
year; of a French soldier, 1 000 franc& (401) • year,
On the 12th of December the Imperial Academy of
SCIOII.II of St. Petereburgh held • solemn public bitting to
celebrate tbe 100th anniversary of the birth of Karamrire,
the author of the great national history. Among the
andience were the son and grandchiltren of the historian.
The Czurewitch and several if the twand Dukes were also
present The Univeraltles of St Petersburg and MOSCOW
have also held similar celebrations.
It in stated in the American press that the New
reit,. Tribune has engaged Sir. DlCkelk• to write a novel for
it. weekly edition—paying for it 25.000 dollars Mr. Car-
lyle has also been engaged to contribute a single article, to
cover a page of the daily °Midi, for which he receives the
sum of 150 guineas. Mr. John Stuart Mill haa beentecured
as • contributor for 1807.
It is stated that, at a large military hospital este).
tithed in Breslau, on the Oder, in SUeala, by orders of the
Prussian government, • circular saw, worked by steam, into
be used for the purpose of amputating such limbs of wounded
soldiers as the surgeons shall direct to he taken off (1
If Royal chriateninga can make a season brilliant,
that of 1867 bears unusual promise. We learn that three
addition* to the Royal Family may be expected, It being
probable that Princes. Christian in March, the Princes. of
Wales In April and the Princess Mary In May, will each
contribute a "little stranger" to the fast-increasing list of
descendants of George 111.
It appears that the visit of the Enaprees to Rome is
deffoltely abaudoned Oddly enough, the ohjection Is said
to cme from the Pope Ills Holinees was quite willing to
receive& suit fro., her Majesty as • Pilgrim but he declined
entirely to r.ceive her as a Political emlistry, In which
capacity it was the desire of Napoleon and Baron Bicsioll
she should go to Rome,
The great ocean yacht race from New York to
Cowes has Men won by the Henrietta She arrived off
Gowns on Tuesday evening at twenty minutes to sir o'clock.
the Henrietta Is the properly of lir James nor.lon Bennett,
the sou ol the proprietor of the Neu) York Herald. She
is described as being • most beautifully•modelled schooner.
She was not at first entered for the race the match
, being made between the Veda and the Fleetiring However,
on paying down her stakes ,30,300 f. she was admitted to the
race, and, as we have seen, ha. won it.
The men connected with iron shipbuilding, boiler
making, and engineering, are now on strike in Liverpool,
the wasters having been obliged to lower the exceptionally
iron shipouilders of other ports. The masters are,
high wages hitherto paid, In order to compete with the
In con-
/6411.., advertising for fresh hands.
An addrean from the Irish Bar has been presented
to the Right Hon, Thomas Lefroy on hia retirement from the
office of Lord Chief Justice of Ireland, Maned by about 250
barrister& including sixty Queen's Counsel The a•iswer
was read to it ny the venerable ex Chief —Althougo he will
I shortly enter his 91tui year. it was written with his own
hand, and without the use of glass..
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It is a thing not generally known that some
actresses pay for performing in Londi.n theatres About a
month since • young lady applied for an engagement at a
respectable house, and was asked hy the manager whether
she rtgutred a salary, or was prepared to cimtribitte directly
to his treasury.

The other day Mr. Smith, butcher, of Wrotham,
killed • bullock, and on opening the animal • large needle,
geherally on tel a 11-p clplng needle, 11410 In length, woe
disco, re I It had actually worked Its way into the thin
Pert of the skirt. It is supposed the needle was .wallowed
by toe bullock about theeiht of August, as the abirual about
that time began to fall, but since then it has done wed.

Trie Serriee 7rfte mies th. Jamaica CoM-
mitt... have Jekyll out • ,It against NI r. Eire, mid mean to
have Lim immediately before the c urn.
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An advertisement, which would have startled our
fathers, and Is outlandish enough to trouble the graves of
our gravdinothers, appears in one of the London morning
journals This notification states that a certain Weal End
firm ..f dealers in eatables is now able to supply not only
Narbonne honey hit French frogs, which are sp.ken of so
"dellolons rarities," cietainable in the "original packages."
The 111.tratims alai:Aire, a French paper. states
that a trudesman of the town of Koniggratz hue lii r early
ruse yufhtais of ouili tow piceeel up On that field t.f battle.
Tne balls are Prmalart, cant re prowss Twenty of
these balls welsh a p mid this would hitt. 2iNo halls per
loititat The proves that no less tbas 200 4,00 halls were
*not away With an result, and we may RS 1 lilt triple the
wh'cli hare not been found. Thus 800.000 shots
bane linen fired for nought.

The funeral of Don- Augustin G. Yturhide son of
Vturliiiie I . Emperor of tiesteo, t oh place on the lath. at
J.ible• 1{,M1.11. Cithllie chapel, lhliadoiphla. Tne To-
mah.. were liiterre.l In the "me vau t with the mother and
brotlivr of the deceased. Tee ceremony was privately con-
Ard, 'sty few per•ons beteg priwent.

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I.:ambling continues to increase in Paris, sad regent
heavy losses anti gains have been the subject of much coo-
ls/sat/on Amongst the Vrtne: Ea winners is Kelii Bey,
on Siturday evening edited in all a million of francs.
Visc. Ufa LI-- lost the same evening 150.0..0fr • which he
psi immedistely !leaps of gold are on them occasions
Jail oo•n upon the table, rnd have • visible and sometimes
to niattshle effect I it uPutt the play,s awl sp. ctat •rs.
The ph, a • 4iresort, are in the thichilly of tie Pads 11t74
and are very Intel ii attract • volt from the police
The military authorities at A-lenna have fixed the
sant to be paid for exemption fr,m minter> service at '2, OGO
flout,. Several families have alreely purchased exemption
It Oh rate for all their male members whine ages range from
Si. to twenty-two.

An absconrling bankrupt was arrested at Glasgow
ranee)? elation, • few day• ago, neatly attired as a female.
l'he Pope has addressed an invitation to the bishops
of the Catholic world to assemble et I; ,Ine In the month of
J,lne, 1867. to celebrate the 14th centenary of the martyrdom
of ills .ti,ostles Peter and Paul, and the canonization of
several martyrs, confessors, and virgins.
The Earl of Warwick had a narrow escape whilst
shooting with a party of friends the other day. Ilia lord-
shlp's gun exploded as he was in the act of tiring lt but
although the stuck was rent to pieces; the noble ead
escaped utdolured.

At the Assizes for the West Richng on Friday, •
man owned Beaumont, was convicted of a garotte robnery,
at Chnrwill, and sentenced to flee years' penal servitude,
and to receive two dozen lashes with the e•it-o,ntne-talls.

Four years ago the books of the National Debt
Commissioner@ showed less than 1700.0001 belonging to the
Post °Mee Savings Rank. Two years awo the amount had
risen to manly 5,00,0001. At the beginning of the present
month It had reached the large sum of 0,155,2001.
Recently a French farmer got up, hearing his
calves mairg • noise In the stables. At the d or he met a
man, who said, am St. Martin, come to bleu your
beasts " The farmer returned and told tits wife what the
good St M anti] was doing 'they were both very thankful.
The next day the calves were nowhere to be found.
The Armr, and Nat,/ Ga:tetc ham reason to believe,
notwithstanding tne reMarks ol tha M.rning Post on the
state of the Chatham dep,te, that the recruiting generally
has been pretty good all over the country, and that there is
a considerable improvement on the old rates.
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A curioun piece of red-tapeietn hen oozed out at
the tireenwich Police-court, London_ The district surveyor
summoned a builder for putting hot-water pipes to heat a
new church at Sydenham. within two inches of the wood.
work, tee 21st section of the Metropolitan Building Act de.
claring It to be unlawfal to pls..« such pipes within three
inches of woodwork. The msgistrate said it was doubtful
if n Inciter could he !Wed hy a h•at so given out, and it
being pi,ved that at he offices of the Metropolitan hard
of Works, in London, the hot-water pipes wore actually laid
on the word, the magistrate dismissed the summons.

In Paris, the other evening, a very learned professor
of Hebrew, whose college occupations neceultated his ab-
sence during most of the day, returned, as usual, at ids
o'clock He entered the dining room, where his young wife
happened to be, and luatantly said, I must eat you " Ile
then matted at her, bit off a large portion of her nose and
one ear, and had got as far as her right shoulder, when her
screams attracted the servants and neighbours, who with
great difticnlty seined the lunatic Ilia unfortunate victim
is not in danger, but is disfigured for life.
M. Krsexewski, of Itomanow, ham decided, from a
long series of observations-1. That 63 times In 100 the
weather changes to had when the moon crosses our equator ;
2, When the ronon's declination is north bed *gather occurs
more frequently titan when It Is south 9 When the moon
Is In its perigee, and at the eqnator, had weather occurs 67
times in 100; when in it, ap-gee, but still at the equator,
there Is had weather 63 times In 100, and t Generally the
moon near the equator determines bail weather in the game
proportion.

'I; he following model of testamentary conciseness is
given m the account of the will of the life Mr. Sergt. Storks
inuilehed In the rilust rata, London Nor,: "lleave to my eon,
M. (ben Rt.' Storks, all my I.,.rsonal property absolutely
which Is not specifically heemolethed. To Kearns SQL a
pier. Slr Henry and Mary are protdded for Tom I omit, as
he pones.. fortune. 11 tied (let. 12, Is.-0 " Thle brief
document disposes of 120.0001 air 3..001 id. woc'd

In Spain the other day an unfortunate baker was
near being garotted for the murder of his wife—a lady Who
loved an officer not, wisely hot toe well Suddenly the baker's
wile was mimed, and the baker was accused of having sem-
'Mated her. Appearancee were urtly against him; he was
condemned to die, and the clergy were ordered in. The rion-
lessor, after heating mil the bailer had to my, suggested to
the authorities to Faye the barracks searched. That building
wee successfully drawn; the taker was released, and the
°Moor was promoted to another regiment.
'the Lancet, bud Week, has *an article in whisk it
does juttlec to the fat oxen of the staton A few years since
sonic investigations od the muscular tissue of fatted beasts
seemed to rh.irr that degeneration of structure resulted from
the fattening peewees, and that cur Christmae rattle, instead
of furnithing types of rude health, were really whole
invalids The result of more recent research tends Perongly
ageing, this clew. it would seem that the fat which Is found
In connection with muscular strncture under these circum-
stances IR interstitial—ts is bet reel the fibres, and not in
thrni Ihe contrary idea probably arose from mistaking the
adipoCere which Is formai in muscular nesse daring decom.
portion for fatty matter produced there during life. As a
rule, therefore, the Christmas meat In not less healthy than it
looks, . _

The Rev. Dr. Fitzgerald, a Roman Catholic clergy-
man, who has preached an eloquent and effective sermon In
Limerick against the Penton ae• "Secret society," concludes
h the customary statement of " grievanoes." He com-
plains that one of the highest functionarie• of the present
Government attended the Senate of. the Queen's Vnlyersity
to vote against the supplemental charter; he declares thet
the country cannot be happy as long as the tenant IN liable
every year to a notice to quit; and, "above all," he in not
content that the "eoclainutlcal revenuers Intended for the
whole people should be used too often for reviling the na-
tion', faith." He would not, however, "absolve an iinpeni.
tent Follan. even U by so doing he could sake the country
a paradise," .

fhe John Bull has an article on the recent appear.
once of a Church clergyman of Lincoln (Modem In a Dlnentlng
pulpit at Manchester. The reticle point* oat the only legal
prorets by which the reverend offender caa be benaght to
book, end shews that It Is at once so expensive and ao un-
certain that the Bishop, of Lincoln and Manchester cannot
be expected to undertake it. " If, however," our contem-
porary observes, Churchmen feel the ease one of inch
gnevons scandal that legal action abonld be taken, and will
ilind the frinde, there 11,011 bi, we believe, be no unwilling-
ness on the part of the Mahon., who keenly feel the scandal,
to act. The cam shows the wretched state of our el-cholas.
lire' law, and the mcersity for seam Is shown by a bene-
ficed clergyman In the diocese of Norwich being advertised
In preach In a mastlatbottia at Barad.