The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-01-17 00:00:00

'gATURDAY, 41N. 17, 1871.

The ax-Sing of Naples, Fraoyea 11., has taken
his naidaaes in Paris.
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A ?Aria bred:seller hag published a book entitled
Merenires de Cilia.iharst," and M. Fourier ban subscribed
fur 2,50) copies.
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Her Ma-jeety the Qdeen has graclon•ly sent a present
of ten brace of pheasants to the nee lioaphal, Gray's-
Inn-road, Lond in, for the use of the p.tients.
Animals, it w ,111,1 seem, are well protected in New
Orleans. A c. driv, carelessly ran over a dog recently,
whereupon the animal't owner calmly shot the driver on the
spa%
The Scotsman states that the Duke of Tioihntghe
has lutituated to the farmers on hit estates that they will be
entlticd to ezerelse ajtint right with himself to kill hares
and rabbits on the lands in their occupancy.

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The Baroness Burdett Coutts bas nobly offered to
devote 45 000 for the benefit of the destitute boys ot London,
and the sum Ist,. he devoted to the atal liniment ot *second
trainlug-shiP similar to the Chichester.
Up to the end of 1373, the tots' turn promised for
the Out .rd Diocessu Memorial to Bishop Wiloerforce was
over £4 000. This amonnt falls short cf expectations which
it I been formtd, especially with regard to a propeeed
status and • missionary studentship at Cudd. s:one College.
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A movement has been set on foot for the establish-
ment of I pyschologicsi society of Great ktrifaia. The o jtct
of the prop mei roclety beingpa-ely ecientilic it I. luteiated
rlgittly to exclude theological tilt ctuelon oirefereucta.
The Prince and Princess of Wales left London last
SaturdAy Light for Russia. They tzevelleki iron cautoe.
cross by special main to Itaver, and a considerable crowd
mustered on the plAform to take leave of them.
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Speaking a. a dinner of the Leicestershire Agrl.
mitten' Society, n Saturday, Mr Pell, M. P eepri seed a
wish that the labourers could J. 41, in the Macomb,s of that
body ; ant said he bad nt s reed with admiration the that
proceedings of Mr. Arch. though he now regretted tnat
rl,•veluent which had promised so well should be clog..ed by
political feeling.
Of all the mushroom cities of the Western plains
le history of the Pithole City (an oil me di Id it the
Wannest. It hal an 80,0v0 dot hotel It. first mouth it, its
itecohd, a daily paper, is its third, • theatre; sto to it.
fourth, another hotel, another theatre, aft au scAlemy
music. Li six mot ths it ha t 74 hotels sod saloons in full
bloat, and a populatbm of 18,000. Now the woodbine hold.
posseeston. Al the above-mentioned institutions ale "Wet
up," and but Moe families live there.
The Rev. Mr. A— won more eminent in his day
for the brilliancy of his imagination than for the force of Ts
logic. At one time he was presehing on the "Mint.try of
Angels,- and in the peroration he suddenly ob.erved,
hear • whiepee !" The change of tone startled the deacon
who sat below, from • drowsy mood ; and, eprlegiug to his
feet, he cried, "Ii is the boys in tl e gallery !"
In the East-end of London most of the Engineers on
stilts hats returned to work on the faith of the agreement
entered into at the employers' °anti roue., to grant the desired
advance of wage: to such men wi were considered worthy of
It. A general revision of wages is consequently expected at
the end of the current week.
In England and S,iotland during tho past month
there were 21 railway disasters, out of which there were 18
collisloi I, causing the death of three pereu,s, the probable
death of another, ft:oring 160 persons, 73 being more or len
seriously, anti 16 dwgetously hurt. What a catalogue ol
horrors!
An important event in connection with the coal in.
duetry of ottlegh mehtre is the breaking into the minerals
en the Newstead Ab'my estate, f. rmerly the property of Lord
Byron, and embracing upwards of 5 0 0 acres of flue coal, at
well as Iron-stone in commotion with it.

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A remarkable man, claiming to he the Messiah, ham
rentals, appeared In et,a,ta, where his fame has spread gax
and wide. Ile came forth from the desert, whose be spent
many years mortifying the flesh, and he pretends to wort
wonders and perform miracles, mil give the evidence of his
Millie mission. lie has a melodious vice, remarkably bril-
liant tries, and a leschattlug appearance, and Is winning
followers.

A correspondent of the Leeds Mereurp states that
the volunteer autistic* for 1873, about to be Issued by the
War Office, proves that there illa been a great decrease In the
force during the last two years. The number of art led
Volunteers last year was 171,938, as contraated with 178,279
of the prevlone year, being a decrease of 6 341 . whilst the
difference in the figures for 1873 and 1071 amount. to a
decreease within the Met two year. of 1:10 len than 20,671.

There haa been a bonible munler at Belgaum by a
Savoy of the ath Regiment NI. Althensh many persons in
his neighbourhood heard the screams of Ms victim—a woman
whom he [tots to his kul—and a comae of native t ilicers had
an opportunity of satisfying themselves of Me galls, nobody
would Mes ert° the mu B
ederer being a high caste rahmin.
the Hindu witnesses called would not rememiier what they
had seen and heard, and It was only the evidence of
Mussulinane that obtained the nutria conviction.

The Ordre (Pane paper) of Monday, publifthes
letter from the Empress Saketite, dated the 10th inst., to the
Bishop of Crept., to ~lam she says I will not believe
that you have forbidden 'sweet to be said ft. your diocese
for the repose of tha goal of oasl9. I I. The church has
never rehired to oiler powers to IS. dead. You couldi not
refuse to prey for the leandes of the Institution of 2the
alluonart of the Lest Ynyere."

" Me. Dasison, Q. C.. reemotly scoompanied the Rev.
Richard Calddey, • wino/ canon or Worcester Cathedral, to
Bradford, to bear the peal of thirteen bells and to test the
efficiency of the Iltl• carillon machine placed In the clock.
tower of the new Town-hall. lie a, edict of these two en-
was that ON set of bells Is the grandest In England,
their eupertor slza being RI, a putably Hue
quality.' —Sheffield Daily Telegraph.
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During the last month the inspectors of the Fish
mongers Company seizsd and uestrmed no I,ss than 3! tons
2 cat, of diseased and putrid nsh as unfit 1,, linkmen food,
which had arrived for rale at Billingsgate Market. The hole
of at came be rail to Lon, 6n. The bsh numbered t•,6;13 in-
cluding 26 60 smelts, 12 993 whiting. 6414 plaice, 3,850
haddocks, 3,600 gureets, 3i h.iii, 759 cod, 420 dab., 460
hearings, 1 hug, 21 lob airs, 6 041, 120 soles, 330 tboinbacks.
aml 8 i unit ;In addition to stitch were 354 hu.hi la o! sprats,
21 of whelks, 4 of perriwink tee, 6 of min.'s, and 11 of
cooklis, 1,072 gallon. of shrimp., and 2601 b at cod sounds.

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Lord Sorevoilenry, tpeaking at hie Alton rent audit
dinner on the sutlers ci rducatio,„ said an effort was about
to be made on behalf of the scn,ol. on the estate, so as Co
prevent the Alton district from having • school board in-
flicted upon it. ruder the present law, U people did not
supp rt voluntarll, they would be forced to do to, and ho
would rater pay voluntarily than by compulslon. He
deemed it an honour that neither Alton nor the immediate
neighbourhood had a schmd lrosird. lie urged his hearsrs,
who loudly applauded his lordship's remark., to support
religions education as spinet the stcular water°. They
might demnd nip nit that as children %ere brought up to
they could turn out, and he for one did rot want a lot of
ruitisniy ilitta athehta it the parish of
,Alton.