The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-02-21 00:00:00

El'11:0AIL Of NEW etk
BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

On Tuesday afternoon Mr. Gladstone proceeded to
W.ndscr cud had an audience of her Malady. The Pint
L ,rd 1 reasurer reached Windsor at 248 P.m.. hull an
hour after her !deputy's return from Osh• rae The I. molar
had the honour of isshosins with her Majesty, and returned
to L oidou at 415 p.m. Mr. C. isastons walked to and from
the Cootie, and Cl hi, departure was ace—consoled to the
station by the 11,0. Gerald WeLealei . Dom of Wunisor.
From April lot to the 14th inst. the Exchequer re-
ceipts amounted to £e4 07,211. as compared £O4 023 229 In
the corresponding period of last pa or. The s xpeuditur hu
been £60,014,322 on Saturday last the balance In the Bank
of Englaud exceeded three millions and a half sterling.
Adjutant-General C omit Lu 'era, one of the Russian
heroes of the Crimean campalgu, has died at the ego of 84.
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In the month endrog the 31at ult the value of wheat
Imported 'p.m 1t11.61b1 WAS £444,111 , In the ram. period WI
year, £7.14,111
A Now York telegram fommtces the death of
Idnialllo King of the S tuartich Maud/. Ile died ou fhe..Brl
hat at it twatt
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Last rnouth the value of cheese importc,l hacl in
creneed to £164,573: in the same month in 1873 it win
£ll9 uB.. .

The English Eleven in Auatralia have played
another match, thts time with Twent)-twe ot Itontligo, and
won by seven wickets.
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M. Fraillet de Conch., who has f.,r many y.Larn
acted so "introducer of adoosesadere in Franca, 1. about to
retire upon e penalon.
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The Italian journals anuounee the death at Rome,
on the 13th filet, Si the age of seveuty-one, of the Dibliees
Anna Sform-Ceearlui, the widow of the Bute Marino
Torlocia. She had long suffered frcm dropsy lu the chest.
The hadependance Be ye state, that Mies lirrwo.i,
an American lady, MCBLacti the J ungfrau hat moth in con,
posy with a dozeu English William.
The Dumfries School Board have resolved that the
Bible and shorter Catechism shall be taught in all the schools
under the, charge.

A motion f..g the removal from Calthorpe Park,
n,rmingham, of two Haulm cannon cornmernoratlng the
e ;lateen wur was brought b.fore the Town C .ursoll of
itirmingham,on Tuesday, end was rejected by a large m .jetty.
Among the parreengere by the shawl. State of
Alabama, whrch arrlvtd at L'verpool on Sands), from New
()than', was 31.. Jefferam lbrvis. He hsd besn directed by
pb)stemu to take a ace voyage kr the benefit at Lie

The DuVn Evening Post cxprerees great Batts's:-
tion at the' partlug plea ge " whica Mr. (i[adstoue has even
•' of his c-ntll.ued Interest In the welter. Irel.d" by ay.
pointing Mr. Pants Ufliet Barou of the Each q
Absinthe is • prt fitahin article of sale to the eaffs of
Paris. There are now 25,000 eAshilahments where Wu,
avourite drlck Is sold.
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Frog-catching has become quite a brininess in E retern
lia•sachueetts At riewburyport a numbat it men are em
ploy ed In the frag-tlah.ry. the market for them is la BJ•tou,
where the epicures like them as a change alter tar many
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Anew high•class illustrated weekly newspaper is
announced for first appearance on the 7th March. Toe title
is The Pictorial World, The Ilst of artiats and contributors
comprises many welinnown names; and as the paper will
be published at a popular pries—threepence—a large oirsiP
Wien is anticipated by it. proprietors.

An amusing story is told Tespecticg one of the "Ire,
and ludedendent eleci•es " Asked to vote for one of the
candidates, he said. Well, maester, I b'aint a ;woo:deal fur
any body yet ; I Like the old Squire :0, boa fine hk.iv g.n le.
man ; but I blitint promlsPo S and. Ulf t•—if you ligis 1 a
pig, I'll vote for ytu!!"—Court Journal.
A shrewd election agent was asked the other day as
t his opini it of what a seat would fetch II it coald be 'put
up" at tlB aiction mart, and a cold data could Wu. um.
• 1 the turmoil and trouble f ee4Blug t'Le soffragos of the
elector,. Ua thouabt from £lO,OOO to 4.16,00,1 would be ob-
tained under the hammer.

Admiral Roue hae addressed a long letter to The
Times on "Turf Pr. sdecte," In which be asserts that our
thorough)), e at,mk a ws Rood as ever. sod must be Imp or
log every other breed. lie struoitly u.aiJtalue the wisdom of
our system of mot iu; two-yeer-olde, which Is the very
roue& thm and eillcliCs of our pre-eminence. NAtting could,
In Ms cplulon, be so fatal to the 'fur. as ihe Interference of
Parliament In matters of this kind.

An old &adman of Boston need to say, "Fm open
to convlc; JAI ; but 1,1 like t s see the man that can conviame
Old Minister Weds, the predecessor of the Bev, Dr.
Storrs, of Braintree, Massachusetts, himself a Scotchmso,
used ti say, "It hebovss a tic,dehmau to be 114 ht ; for 110.
be wrong. ne wit' tie for over and eternally wrong,'•

A gentlt mon woe lately countering -along the streete
of Varhs, cigar In mouth, when a child with one of thous little
1 .tired balloon. DO COMMOD in tne French capital ran
sgti,st him. The balloon buret In coming In contact wlth
tl.O llghted cigar, and the exploring gat set fire to the gentle.
man'. beard.

The South Australian Parliament has voted £20,000
for emigration during the current half year. IL haa also sp.
pointed an emigration leoturer to 'flat the rural olstricte
Toe wheat harvest was turning out well iu the th,rthern
parts "(the colony, though on toe whole iG will be under
average. _ _

The Executive Committee of the Bengal Famine
Relief Fund had a meeting at the Mansion Boum ou Tu nedaY,
at which n any additional struicriptions were announced.
and it we• resolved that the ,u n ot £lO,OOO shr,uld be hn-
mediately forwaried to the (2acutta Ittuitt Fun-, to be at
once disputed of by them In the 11.111114 best suited to local
',quirt merits An appeal late be made to tie whole of the
Moots of the I, oiled Kingdom to co-operati In the weak
A cable telegram from the, American Correapoulent
of The Tams ea). that the poet mortem examination of the
Shame. TaMe shows that t ere was no anatomical rococo
Why their separation should cause death. The blu.d coo-
talned four memioraneous pouches, continuations of the
peritcheum. The three pouches were 111 such a posLion that
cuttlag Ws hued at the centre would divide them, but inch
an incision, t ugh dangerous, would not here been neces-
sarily fatal. Vane us (Agans of the abdomen lay very close
to the poacher, but were not continued hlto taszu.

According to the figure given by M. Hconheeg, In-
spector of Ponla-el-':hatur., Fob, contaiur 6,, 00 ho nreS
chtlonni.era (randth re), and at least 3,000 unprlvllegtoi Ir.
teri..pers of the .1.1.13 Chafe. On the average Snob Of them
flue a hotte (the basket airy carry on their backs) which ha
worth If. 51.1 e. That make. for the *hole capital 13,000 f.
per day, and about 4,9:7,50f. a year.

The Hoe. James Thompson, formerly Chief Justice
of the Supreme Wart of Pennsylvania, and one of our leading
lawyers, fell dead from heart els,ese while arguing • note In
the Supreme Court on the 28th of January. 13Is age was fB,
and the sad SAHA nausea profound torrow In this city. He
was a J ast,ce of that Court for fifteen Jean, and had pre.
'lmlay been for six years A member 01 C .ugress.
Sir Antonio Brady prodded over • meeting in
London, on Monday, to consider the steps to be taken In
order to obtain the repeal of the railway pameuger duty.
The Electivity of bringing publiz opinion to boar upon this
question was hilly recognised, and • resolution wss carried
affirming the desirableness of forn.lug au msociatim, the
sole objent of which should be to obtain the abolition of thia
impoit.
At a meeting of the Mansion Home Committee (held
fo L moon on Monday) for the maoagement of the It, ngal
Fent., Robe! Fund, it was,cateo that the eubacriptions oat
reached the sum 01 £7,eO and • lottar from S;r 111 omas
BI dente'', n the part on the (been, was read, the substance
of the &opt missive Mir g that h, alal -sty, woo bar already
coqtrlbated erne° to the amount which is Ming raised in
Cal:utu., will readily allow the Lord Mayor to announce the
civic fund as tnier her patrmisgv.
Two of the eons of the Siamese twins were enlisted
in the mord army during ilre late war, alit when a cont.:rip.
lion was made (a ymto Carolina the PAID, of the twin.
themselves were put on the list. Wh. n the d 'awing woe made
the name if `:bang came out, nut Eug's rr miluem. The re-
cruiting umber wss no, plunked ; he could not take Chang
without aim taking Eng, nut Eng retuned to go, and finally
both were left atone In peace.
Sir Francis Pettit Smith, the inventor of the screw
method of promlllng ship, died at We farad...a at South
K. mingion last week, ad was interred privately at lirnim
ton Cemetery, on tiomiay. For his pensonal services to the
navy her M.jmty In 18,5, on the reCOMllletid•WO of Lord.
Palmerston, granted to Sir. Smnit an annual pALIHOrI from
Clvii List of £200; and in 1871 conferred upon him the
honour of knighttio,d. For thirteen years prior to his d
Sir Francis held the post of Curator of the Patent Office,
Museum, :moth Kensington.
The Three Brother's said to be the largest sailing
vessel ia toe won, sall-d froin Sea Francisco recently with
a lone c-ren of whew, f Enron.. She it the old ineanuer
randerbilt, which was presente'd to the Government for the
Navy, aid whit, not long ago, the Navy department sold.
As a steamer, the tnormoun conaumption of coal, a t bongo it
trounced high speed, made her too corly for nor:audio
ventures. the was therefore changed hy her purchasers tale
a sailing ship, and when she went out of San Francisco
harbour she spread 15,01dd laros of canvas In her suit of amts.
Her mainmast measures 9) feet, her malnyard 100 feet, and
other me.surementa are In proportion. Her tonnage la
3,187.

Prince Napoleon hae written a letter to the Journai
de Paris, In which he proteats acalf fit the auppoeltlon that
he Ulu (scour of the St pt euulal power of Marshal Ma,Alahon.
ite.pe t for the came he bears, the C.3l,ViCtl. 'nu of his whole
lii., end surety for the true luteresta of his c..untry, forbid
ii as, he Ism ti become the 'purr'san of a Goventruent not
directly Instituted by iho people Marshal liacilation's
power could only be supp tied by the B.Tapantsta, Prints
Nap.,leon Maintains, U It were the issue of universal
suffrage.

The '' minority &hose" in the Reform Act of 1867
Is applied to thirteen c inatitnenoles--seven Eagilsh comities,
Pee E igtish cities abd borough., end to the town of GI miaow.
Three return a total of menianrs of whom 24 are Curiae,.
retiree grid 16 are Liorrals. Sall of the liven counties—
Berk', Backs, Cambridoe, H ratt, Hereford, Herts and
Oxford—returns one Liberal and two Conservative; the
City of London seeds one Liberal 111111 three Conservatives
Mari ehestir, Livery 01, and Leeds each sends oho Liberal and
two Conierv.itives Liberals cud cna Conser-
vative ; and Birnitogh4m, three L bend..

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The Marquis of Wo•tnoutf tor preaidel over a meet
fog &Übe metropol tan voittoteer officer. on Ottnrnay, at
which it was r 116 Asily rated that the South Eutern, the
London Chatham, aid Doter, the South Wester°, and the
Brighton Hai way c mtable. had expreis_d ire,, lnarallty te
001..7 the Volunteers to elan, of the towte named f,r the
Zwer Monday Bevies., In sot. quence of the lartviy-lo•
creased traffic oath,' day, seau.ttust from the oporntion of
the Bank lioddays Act. Chneral regret was felt at Ltd., a.id
S se•olulon was unanimously passed, requesting thn S ere,
lay of lima. for W. tot Rward to her SI-J.l.v the earnest
expression of a hope that ahe easy be enabled to renew the
nretropolitso Volunteers In the course of the wonting sea-
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