The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-01-18 00:00:00

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

" A negro haa been tied to a stake and burned by a
mob in ieftersor, county, Georgia, for an alleged outrage on •
white girl—Nero York Herald.
The aggregate, says the Dames, of the armies placed
on foot by the European powers amounts to nearly 7,500,000
men; and each soldier costing on an average 1,0001. Spear,
the whole expense is equal to close upon 20,000,000 f. daily,
600,000,000 f. monthly, and 7,200,400,000 f. each year.
A lioness in the Zoological Gardens at Dublin
recently gave birth to six healthy cub. Over fifty lion cube
have been born and reared in these garden.
There are eighty-six original applications to be
admitted attorneys in the ensuing term, with a long list of
renewed application.
A Belgian paper is using. up Mr. Disrarli's novels
for its fewilletom
Thomas Quigley, the man charged with the murder
of his wife, and who was apprehended at a village near
Rotterdam, has been before the Liverpool niagistrates and
remanded. Quigley seemed to be quite indifferent to the
serious position an which he was placed_
A couple of swell mobstnen eluded the vigilance of
the doorkeepers during the grand ball to the royal visitors
at Liverpool the other evening, but were identified in one of
the drawing.rooma by Detective.olli,er Carlisle, who was
hiniself in full evening dress. The officer watched them for
some time, anti], basing seen them pick the pocket of a well-
known local lawyer, he quickly arrested them, and had
them locked up in Bridewell.
The largest share of the emigration from the Con-
tineeit of Europe to America continues to Ic from Germany.
In 1847 no fewer than 74,000 persons left Bremen for the New
World, the greater number of whom were from Bohemia
and the Eastern provinces of Prussia
The winter set in this year at St. Petersburg with
unusual severity. The cold has been excessive, and there
Iran been much sufferings in consequence. At Serponkholf,
a tewn beyond Moscow, twelve persons were found frozen to
death.
An extraordinary phenomenon is reported from
Niagara Falls. A strong wind no pressed back the waters of
Lake Erie that the seaters of the falls fell twenty feet.. The
American fall could be passed on foot. A great many
curious and unsuspested rocks and holes were revealed, and
the pit, below the fella presented a wonderful appearance. ,
Such a decline of the waters hun never been known before.
In Paris, the first day the public were permitted to
skate on the Sobo a sergeut de rate in full uniform was
aminig the most industrious and enduring of those who thus
mimed themselvs. It is supposed that his duty was to
test the solidity of the ice in the interest of the public—
another proof of the paternal care of Government.
Nearly five hundred smart young fellows, members
of the London Irish Volunteers, have been sworn in as
special constables, and supplied with those truncheons
Which are at once symbols of loyalty and very expressive
warnings to all would-be disturbers of order.
An act of robbery almost as daring as any of the
late Feniiisnr exploits has been committed in Dublin, where
Mr. Peter Aungier, a cattle-salesmaster, having quitted his
00101 10 a crowded locality for a quarter of an hour, locking
If after him, found on his return the door forced open. his
desk broken into, and £6OO in Bank of Ireland notes taken
away.

pro-
minent ministers by the death of the Rev. John Stott. For
The Wesleyan body has lost one of its most a
long series of years Mr Scott has held one of the foremost
places in the connection, and has tilled most of its inwritiet
offices, amongst others that of president of the Coiderenee.
During the last few years he has been president of the
wesieyan Training College at Westminster, which becomes
vacant by his death, lie was seventy-six years of age.
A man named Bourke has been lodged in Limerick
Gaol on a charge of murdering an old man named Low, who
resides near Rathkeale. The prisoner, it is stated, went
into Low', house and got a glass of whisky, but demanded
more • on being refused he beat the old man to death with a
stick.'
The Melbourne papers record the retirement of
Madame Celeste from the Melbourne stage, wLich event
took place at the Haymarket Theatre on the 16th Nov. 'I he
house wee a most brilliant roue, sod the leading members
of the Theatre Royal company gracefully offered their
services.
An inquest has been held at Liverpool, on the body
eta young man, named Morris, Who had died from the
effeets of drinking a tumbler of opium. The deceased and
a carter named Cornish were engaged to take a number of
cases of opium from the Huskisaon Dock to Grove-street.
• after having delivered the nlll,OB, the deceased and Cornish
helped themselves to a tumbler of what they thought was
brandy and water, but which afterwards turned cut to be
opium. The deceased was found dead in bed ou the follow-
ing morning.
At the last state ball at Paris, the object of atten-
tion was a negro general, the splendour of whose uniform
excelled that of his European brethren On inquiry he
proved to be the late President of Hayti. Two young
Japanese ladies were likewise among the novelties of the
evening. The Empress's ilress was white tulle over white
satin. striped with gold and silver, tier diamond necklace
consisted of ten rows of splendid stones a very small row
of diamonds, fastening an aigrette worn on the left side,
• was her only head ornament,
• Four locomotives will be shortly at work in Abr..
dela upon the railway formed in connection with the ',leg-
, fish expeditionary force now in that country. Two of these
locomotives were obtained from the Kurrachee /harbour
works, one from the Bombay, Baroila, and Central Judie
Railway, and one from Messrs. Wells and Glover.
On dit that at the ball at the Tuileries the other
night the tjliaterpr, in the course of a conversation with a
, member of the crept Diplomatitme, uttered the following
sentence loud enough to be heard by others than his inter-
' locutor :—" The 'black points are vanishing, and we niay
' now be convinced that diplomacy win succeed in maintain-
ing the peace of Europe." . ••
The large alatequarriee of Grande-Catrvaux, France,
Just been entirely buried by an eakthstip, amid three
to be in a dangerous state, and all the labourers were with.
hliavevse The works 011 the previous evening were observed
' drawn. Eighteen hours later the overseer and two men
were mimed ill fixing harriers to prevent anyone from ap-
proaching the entry, when the earth sunk in beneath them
or an extent of two acres, and to a depth of 200 feet, and
buried them in the ruins.
The Mayor of Dewsbury has taken a step which
shows that in that time, at least, the Irish population, if
they conduct themselves peaceable, have no reason to fear
the hostility of their neighlioura. 'His worship invited them
to tea, and 200 accepted the invitation, the tea being fol-
lowed by addresses, amongst others from the priests who
were present. They denounced lenianiam, and expressed
the deepest sympathy with the tudortunate victims of the
recent outrages.
trii to the present time twenty-four thousand staves
have been manufactured in the royal dockyards at %Vool-
wich and Deptford, and forwarded to Scotland-yard, for the
use of the special constables. In addition to the above,
live thousand truncheons—polished and of an ornamental
character—have been manufactured in the Royal Arsenal,
and are ready to be served out to the employes in that eats-
Btlehment, who have recently been sworn in special
constables.
The Lynn Constitutional Association has resolved to
celebrate the passing of the government Reform Bill by a
public dinner to be held shortly before the re-opening of
parliament if possible. Several omiservative members will
be invited to attend.
A correspondent at Rome gives the following "The Scotch volunteers tar the Highland company Isi the
pspai zoueve Regiment having turned out to be chiefly
let-h, and smacking of Fenianism, have been dismissed by
the Pope, and were sent away Beni Rome some days ago to
the number of nearly fifty. their conduct in barracks was
extremely bombordinate There are now 120 Irish and
twenty English in the Zouave Regiment."
Eleven persons, chiefly Irishmen, etnployed in the
ironworks In the neighbourhood of bowie's, were brought
before the Merthyr Tydvil bench on Tuesday, charged with
administering the Fenian oath and generally with treason-
felony The principal evidence was thet of au approver,
named Patritk Ceffey. One of the accuted, named Barrett,
was discharged, the Magistrates being of opinion that no
inculpatory facts had been deposed to with respect to him,
but the other ten were °untreated for trier
A fearful accident is reported to have happened
near Pane On Wedueselay a heavy waggon laden with hay
was crossing the Seine, which was frozen over: one of the
wheels slipped into • crevice and stuck fast. Twetity-eight
men want off to help the waggoner to pull it out, but the
ice gave way, and all fell in—only nine were rescued The
uisum.g,:dteorbs tine
idge.
Orphan
Refuge,
str.mewii}..
Manchester.
twenty bodies have been recovered. The waggoner made
the attempt to cross the Ice out of a foolish wager,
In of
A girl, aged thirteen, named Harriett Alcock, an
the walls of the bathroom. suet lying down lu the seater and
has committed suicide by knocking herself violeetly against
ts withner returned
receiptlated
drowning herself. tin • previous °merino when she hail
itit;
rib::: ai:vue:rdnietichtt:t,ndh.ast:dth:eit
altempted injure herself, she said that the devil temeted
her. It was shown that the establishment was tiroperly
The South London Preis is responsible for the
deceneil was nf unsound mind.
nm
revolver in the other ia a mode of procedure one • ould have
since the phasing of the Reform Bill, Mr. Brown, the largeet
compounder LI Camberwell, has had to adopt that plan in self-defence whilst another conmounder— Mr
r(imminent a veatryniaii, has also had his life threatened epeatedly by troublesome tenanta.
°M Some of the new-made voters not
yr decline to pay rent, but won't turn out, even if paid
foe It.

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FILLAIDAY. JAN. 18. 18*

A hnree employcd in towing on the canal at Meux,
receo:'N mid and bit another horte. Three
othci ,p.www exJ.i :I mllar symptoms, ind were lulled.
It was found that ih, h&o o, h,to h 5.

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At New York, on the 1t night of 46 Old Year,
Mr. Dickens read Latvia Copperneld" and " Bob sawere
Party "to a large and brilliant audience. At the close fir
Dickens stepped to the front and said—" Ladies and gentle-
men, I wish you, from my heart of hearts. a ham Y. happy
New Year." This 11th. only speech Mr. Dicken has made
In America.

Senator Stewart, of Nevada, ham introduced into the
1-rote,l States Senate a 101 l to establish a nation •.1 School
Mines.

'I he Dyer Sombre ease id to be brought before the
fioube of Girds.

More than 200,000 special constables have been
enrolled in Bradawl alone.

AChicago -divorce case rests on the complaint of the
lady that her husband had compelled her to get up in the
middle of the night and make the bed.

It *canna by -the Act of Parliament that the State
boils the person of a "special '• as far wore valuable than
that ,4 an ordinary constable, for that While the tnaziinunt
penalty for " pitching into a hobby" is only £5, that for
assaulting • "special" is 1:20.

A curious medal will lie sold at Paris iii a few days.
The lead of which it is composed was a portion of that used
to rivet the chains of the prisoners of the Bastille. On one
site la a somewhat confused representation et the taking of
the Bastille, and the date, 14th July, licti On the obverse,
the following inscription : This lewd sealed the chains
which chained the victims of despotism, and recalls the
period of liberty conquered in the year ler."
—•

The negroes in the neighbourhood of Lynchburg,
Virginia, were lately frightened out of their wits by the
apparent rising of three suns. There were two re: nhows over
the central sun. The optical illusion did not last any con-
siderable length of time.

•
It may Intone, if not interest, your readers (says a
Paris correspondent; to know that one Frenchman out of
each 550 wears the Legion of Ilonour, and that is what Is
termed being distinguished.
"Another ornament to the French stage ha S not
taken the veil, but the mask. A cantatriee, said to hp of
rank and fortune, will sing at the Depuet Theatre, on Satur-
day night, the Recto • and Madame de Rothchild .• si
Toni Waves rims t me dire. She stipulates to be allowed to
sing in a mask, and that no attempts shall be made to dis-
cover her name or donileile."—Gaiignani.
Writing at Magdala prison, Abyssinia, on the sth
of November, to Mrs. Bake, Consul Cameron says I have
been ill, but the news that our soldiers are coming seems to
have set me all right I believe I have shot up two inches
aims, the intelligence came. Pray God wit may not be dis-
appointed. l'he poor Metropolitan ill dead. I feel it severely.
Ile was a good friend to me anti all of us."

Mr. Gladedone haa declined an invitation to.viait
Sheffield for the purpose of addressing the people on rot'.
affairs. The right hen gestleman • Rates that, hitting
recently loclared his views to portions of Ms-great' °frost,-
tneucy. he il.kes not think it would be for the public advan-
tage that at the present time he should reopen the discussion
upon the same or similar questions.

Mrs. Woodgate, the wife of a Norwich policeman,
residing in Waddingtoostreet, Ileigharn, in that city, has
been delivered of three-female children. Each child was
well and fully formed, but only lived twenty-tour hours. An
application has been made to her Majesty the Queen for the
bounty usually granted in such cases.

_
In Buxton U.S. another bank, the " Shawmut
National Bank," has met with an accident, owing to its re-
ceiving teller running away with 60,000 dole, t.i its hint%
The bank capital Is 75,000 doh. but it is said to have a
sufficient surplus fund on hand to cover this loss, awl will
not have to suspend operations.

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On Sunday a letter was found on the premises of
the Shrub-hill railway-station at Worcester, which con.
tamed a statement to the effect that the reniana intended to
make an attack upon the station. Several Of the porters
were armed and remained watching all night. hut nothing
came of the alarm

David Watson„ a labourer, has been sentenced to
eight years penal servitude at Edinburgh for wilful fire-
raising on Lochend farm, causing the destruction of twelve
stacks of grain. The prisoner gave himself into custody,
and could assign no motive for the act except lowness of
spirits. The medical men, however, declined to pronounce
him insane.
Michael Serridge, a policeman, who haa been in the
Birmingham force for thirteen years, was brought before the
Watch Committee on Monday charged with using seditious
language in reference to the attack upon the prison van at
Manchester, and also in regard to the prisoners who have
been committed to take their trial at Warwick amizes. On
the case being heard, the committee considered it of such a
serious nature that they ordered Surridge into custody.

It is a very long time since any promotion t this
highest rank in the army has given such general satisfaction
as that of Sir John Burgoyne. All over the United Kingdom
he is • favourite. Everyone regards him as a soldier In the'
true sense of the word. It is remarked that it is not-often'
that we find a man who has seen no much of the past able to
gob heartily with the notions of the present

•
Mr. Isaac l'itman, whose name is associated, with
the invention of shorthand writing, has added to Ins other
achievements the publication of the complete Basln in
phonetic shorthand. It is beautifully lithographed from
transfers supplied by his oan hand, and comprises upwards
of Suo Closely written pages, which are a model of neatness
and a monument of industry in connection with shorthand
writing.

A free eating-house ham been opened by vortain
Germane in New York. Tickets are leaned, each ticket
entitling: the bearer—who nntat be one of the " deserving,
poor "—to one meal a de*.

It io understood to he the intention of Government
to confer a title on Professor Wheatstone, In consideration
of his great scientific attainments and of his ea/uable •
Inventiens.

It is etated by Caktain Palm, Chief Constable of
Manchester, that a sufficient suni has been collected to afford
a comfortable provision for life for Mrs. lirett, the widow
off the policeman murdered by the Fenian/ at Manchester.
_

The favourite sweetmeat made by the Neapolitan
sprzierie this Christmas appears to have been a cat matte of
sugar, Me sire, holding a mutton cutlet In its month.

_
Mr. Charles Banyan, M.P. for Belfast, is to his
knighted, on the reprefieutations of the Lord Lieuteuaet to.
the Premier.

It .is seldom thatjournalists are so candid in the
exposition of their designs *A If Henri Rochefort, who, in
annolincil4 the appearance of his new venture, La Sant mac:
says he means "to make himself generally disagreeable."
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The Prince Imperial is first for calcuLition in his
' class of the Lye& Bonaparte. One of the profeswirs attends
twice • day at the palace, and thus the Prince follows pre-
cisely the college c,urse, and does the same, work as his
fellow students at the Lycee. This le the firet time the
result has been published, lire elan egnaiste of lorry boys
of every possible rank, from the sons of butchers and tailors
to that of the Emperor,

A distinguisked soprano recently asked £3,500 •
mouth for her services. They were declined.
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In Paris, a spectacle may be seen, which drawl; a
crowd daily to the Tuileries gardens, is that of a lady, who.
in her daily walk, attracts around her fliehts of .the wdt
pigeons who lodge in the old trees, and scores of sparrows
and other birds, who perch on her shoulder, and even have.
the audacity to peek at her mouth. The lady is daily.
escorted to her home by a perfect squadron of her feathered
friends, who then return to their quarters,
—•

The Dady News published on Saturday an appeal
for funds to conduct the defence of the Fenian Colonel
Burke, now in such a position that his trial will be the
merest niockcry unless money is placed at his disposal. "I
do this," writes Mr. Gol.twin Smith, in forwaroing dve
pounds to the Burk., Defence land, "without the slightest
reference to any political question connected- with the case, •
and solely on the ground that It is not csmatstent with the•
interests of public justice or with the honour of the
country that any accused person should be left without thei
means of defence."
A:deposit of guano covering four square ranee 6'4
been band on the banks of the river Ashley, in SP-
Carolina.

•
The Leeds police have subscribed £ll in
n
amongst themselves, with the object of
family *of Sergeant
Brett, who fell no devotedly in the ,i•I ' theme alsulbscsurmips:
thin for the ienetit of the widow and
Manchester last September.
At the Dewsbury petty. gegsion.ie% aiceu
lrad.victualier
has been committed to ' got his duty at
Wakefield House of CorrectiOn
nere were goo subscribers at Is. each.
Pw'initting • Christmas sweep, or drawing.
A
asi oat rahol:npeli tua..71;1 e beceniber. The prizes were geese
A tro.gazine called the Drawing Room is about to
aPP,...r. Its motto is "Something that iny daughters may
• It is said that many of the principal firms of Liver-
• pool have largely redaced the staff in their offices, and that
! many of the clerks thus suddenly throws out of situations,
• and failing to obtain other employment, have, as a last re-
. source, enlisted in the army.
It is now believed that lteade, the seaman belonging •to her Majesty's ship I ',suable, who was sentenced the
other day, by a court-martial, to five years' "wool servitude.,
is a lunatic.
A shipwreck occurred on Saturday morning ac
Salem ahout four miles north of Courtown, harbour, myth.
Wexford roast. The Placate', a brig, bouod from Liverpool
for Rio Janeiro, was driven on a rock by the gale. 'lwomen were seen on board, sod while preparatinna were being made
to rescue them the ',easel broke up. The two men reached
land, hot one of them died altruist immediately from the
injuries which he received. In the evening two other dead,
bodies were washed ashore..
Privite letiers from Paris continue to speak of thu
warlike feeling prevalent amongst all claws of society,
and some id the no wspapers reflect the tone. But
It is said alit Count de Bismarck, at a hunting ban-
quet, lately, made a speech to a large company of
notables. He said that the spectre of a war with Prance
waa a pure phantasm, and he invited all present to have no
anxiety on this subject.
A very handsome church has been erected and
endowed at Leeds, at a coat of about 415,000, by Mr. R.
Denison and his son, Mr. E. Beckett-Denison, Q.C.. end was
consecrated on Saturday by the Bishop at Ripon. Thts is the
third church built by the members of this family in Leeds
within a few years. The last edifice has been called the
Church of St Chad, and is a very noble addition to the eccle-
siastical architecture of the district.
The young man Hammersley, who, along with his
Companion Attenbumw, fell into a vat of hot liquor at Gill
and Tucker's Starch Works at Sandiacre, near Nottingham,
while foolishly playing near the copper, lied l saturday,
havind survived his companion nearly a month. The acci-
dent took place in consequence of Attenburrow trying in jest
to pet Ilammersley Into • vat.
A report has appeared in some of the newuprw
„ra
that a policeman had been shot at in Salford. The icar tendenta of the Salford police force write to the Maar beater
Papers to any that the matter admita of satisfactar
.f expla-
nation. "The case has been most carefully ingot Li bd.°, and there la the best reason for believing that 0 ....erne
ho were
w
spent shot which ten near our men from Per."*"
.!
out shooting wild docks at Mode Wheel, witted' any 'man.
tion whatever of injuring the officers."
Another case of rattening in the tiotorious saw-
grinders' union is reported to havv. taken leeb at, bbeifibbi,
It is stated that • police sergem.it met the .ee men early on
'SI
1117vadetati n"" the' to Pa with
the'S.mi oeri‘n tile
wdhse purpose
a" ad"• tf
I I"hp err; hands:autr Ye i fh' tt mu'
place, and eventually the men got off.
At the last Liverruntl assizes, a Seaman's Benefit
Society prosecuted for libel Mr. IL S dm olio, the proprietor
and editor of the - Liverpool Porcupine, a satirical journal.
In an article commenting upon the report, the 'tutor
list
severely criticised the Management of the societs's elf tire,
and pointed out that, while Egoo had been expended, only
about 0:60 hail been administered In actual relief. Mr
Shirnmin we cast in the action, but his friends immediately
met, and a handsome sum of money was sobseribeil in a hew
days, which not only amply paid the costs, but left about
0,10 over for the local charities.
Mr. Bigelow, late United States 11finiRter to France,
discovered in Parts, and took back with him to America, the
original Mi. of Beidsmili Franklin's Antoidogsegyhy, from
which it appears that In the edition of 1817 large and many
importimt portions of the original were omitted. Among
other things not yet published is a graphic account of
Fred Itlin's negotiations with Lord Grenville and LOH Mans-
field concerning the taxation of English proprietors in Penn-
aylvania, on his first visit to England as agent of that colon,.
Mt. Bigelow is going to prepare • complete edition of the
autobiography.
Mr. Ingrain, the Queen's gardener at Windso,,.
itter fluty-two year.' service. Is shout to retire on a liberal
Pension. Mr. Ingram enteral the Royal servfoe at Ft...galore.
.o 1,10 aa gardener to Queen Charlotte, and amtioned his potition, after the death of Queen Charlotte, during takr -
tosidence of Princess Augusta at Frogmore !louse. In. W
Cir. Ingrain wad appultaltd ,r), William IV. to thy 441,1 teodence of the whole of the Rove gardens Th.n vs, an.",:,
,ardee were planned, formed, end brought to wir. „. haat
state of perfection by Mr. Ingram. Ile will be aurae
by Mr. Roe, gardener to the Duke of itoxburghts. •
at Floors
Castle.