The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-11-02 00:00:00

EPITOME OF NEWS,

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

The importation of guano in the last nine months
amounted, in the dellared value, to £515,977.
There are said to be etc(' hundred railway directors
in Parliament.
The corn crop in America is 8 per cent. shove the
average.
ie rumoured that Government will call Parlia-
ment together in couple of weeks earlier next year than
usual.
The death is announced of Mrs. James E. Parton,
better anre under her n 0,,, de plume of #li.nry Fern."
She was witsrte P. Wfllia, and 67 years ofd.
M. Charles Blanc has ee;et, the Presided of the
French Dramatic Society 1,000 francs tow aede the funeral ex-
penses of ThEophile Gautier, with a message that the -tats
wished to participate in the honour paid to his memory.
Tenant-right has been discussed by the North of
England Chamber of Agriculture—a committee of whom re-
ported that the amount of capital applied to the soil would
continne insufficieut till a legal 'Taira was established to
corps-eerie foe imneovements.
"I wonder what camics lbe clue cl young men 0-1
the present day to be so weak i" said a young teWu hely to a
country aunt, who was reading the Pilgrim's Progp.a in the
smallest type without barneys. "My dear," was the tart
response, "the eyes of young men are in these days placed In
the weakest part. '
Ihe Chateau of Millemont, where Prince Napoleon
was atrested, it an historical residence, which has it. remi-
niscences. it Leloeged tc rrinte de Poiignac, and In the
very room where the decree of expel:fide wet notified to the
Prince, on a table which still exists, the famous oidialuees
of July were prepared.
The new Broad-street station of the Great Eastern
Psilwav is rapidly approaching completion. It will be the
largest sta:lon 10 Lenten, the frontage being 294 feet. It will
have eight platforms, ana covet an area of nine acres of
ground What a vinery it would mal'l, t•ot, neeful and
beautiful!
What is described as "a great mass meeting" of the
inhabitants of Sheffield was held in Paradise square in that
town, on Monday, to protest against the Licensing Act and •
the restrictions mider it imposed by the borough magistrates.
Resclutioes were,rmeed denouncing the Act as an unjust and
arbitrary measure.
The Jardin des Plantes, at i3ar2a, bra lust received
a young Lithuanian auroch tbosurux), the race of -ehieh is
now rapidly dieappearine. This animal la the largest quad-
ruped in Europe, and attains a height of over six and a half
feet. The few which still remains in the forests of Riabili
are reserved for the imperial hunting parties.
Acoording to the Springfield Republican the price of
preaching has risen in the rritarisn denomination. Its
church in St Louis is almost in despair foe a pester in place
of the Rev. Dr Eliot. Its last offer of 6,000 dollars a see to
a young man settled in New England came back with tire
demand of nothing less than 0,000 dollars and three months'
eacation.
A nano frdl between two trains of cars at the station
on long Island last Tice.s, l'aiN attempting to jump from
one to the other. With the except'cis al it slight contusion,
he was unharmed. When some of the railroad complerfs
stooped to pick him op he waved them elf, saying I can
pick up my own corpse."
Sir John Pakington, speaking at Stonrbridge on Mon-
day night. nontroverted with some warmth the recent speech
of the Attorney General in which he characterised the Con-
servative policy as one of stand still opposition—and
declared that their party wan ready to promote an cow
Stitethriel reforms,
The directom anal sulwribers of the Manchester
Surrisy Charity Fund held their annual meeting nu Monday,
when it wee reported that the special annual collect:ere ha
=ream factories, At., in aid of the local charities,
amounted to £6,e71, increased with interest to £7,007.
A remarkable revival has been in progrese for more
than a ieitr on the island of Cape Ereton, to the cost of
Noe., Portia, alione a popultition of 00 000 Daily meetings
are largely attended, and often anthem, far into the night,
and in some districts the cotruntinion roll lies been increased
liVe to one.
A month ago the magistrates of Liverpool decided
that the hour for elo-ing pnbli^-honses on Sunday evenings
should be nine o'clock. The decision took effect last Sunday
night. Just before nine o'clock between a 11717 end 7.500
people assembled in front of St. George's Ilall to prob.st
against the decision. No speeches, however, were made, as
the police interfered, dispersed the crowd, and took eight
persons into custody on a charge of riotous conduct.
In the small church belonging to the Monastery of
Angnstine, at Pairegate, on Surday, an imposing and
significant ceremony to. place. 1 his was no less than the
cool erring a mitre on an Abbot, according to the ancient
clue, which resembles in most respects the conseeratfon of a
Bishop, and indeed has nearly the same effect. The event
is noteworthy es being the brit of its kind siuce the Ito-
formation.
Father Hyacinth' has written a letter to M. Louis
Veuillot, in which he says that, untwithetanding the violent
and unjust attacks upon him in M. 's eulltiot's paper on ac-
count of hie marriage, he shall go on celebrating mese Just as
the married bishops and priests did in early times, and as
the Eastern priests dote this day. Sather ifs scinthe de-
clares that he believe:a in the sincerity of M. Veuillot, and
considers him a bigot, not a hypocrite. Ile forgives him,
and will pray that his eyes may be opened to see the iujury
be has done to the Chnrch.
In receiving a deputation of his conetituenta on Tues-
day on the subject of the income-tax, the Attorney. General
expressed his wish for the abolition of the impost, but he
declined to pledge himself to ate fur its extinction. As long
as the national expenditure remained at its present figute he
saw no hope of getting rid of the tax, for he did not see
where six millions now raised by It were to come from if
would represent to the Inland ktevenue Board the defects in
its machinery, and he was satisfied that no system of espion-
age or of underhand dealing would be tolerated by that body.
The Dowager Marchionees of Queenebury ham
written a friendly letter to Mrs Kelly, wife of Robert Kelly,
who was tried for the murder of Talbot, and subsequently
sentenced to 15 years' penal servitude for shooting one of the
pawl,. who arrested him. The marchiouesa conkin;,s
with Mrs. Kelly, encloses hero sum of money, anti promises
to undertake the education of her eldest son. 1-p to slew
weees since—when he left for America—the son of I arkln,
one 't the men executed at Manchester for the murder of
Serjeant Brett, was being educated at e leading Dublin
school, at the marchioness's expenses

The subject of Rosa Bonheur's last painting is a
combat between& tiger and a hyaena.
A strike of stocking weavers has taken place at
Hayrick.
Ferdinand I. once Emperor of Austria, who abdi-
cated in 1010 &your of his nephew Francis Joseph, liea
seriously ill in his retreat at the Royal Castle of Prague.
In consequence of the illness of his wife who is said
to be dying, Mr, Horace Greeley Oeclines aleluvitations to
speak at public meeting&
A Manchester paper advocates the free use of alcohol
as a cure for smile bites. The only difficulty is that many
would get expressly bitten in order to enjoy the remedy.
Complaints of cruel ill-treatment, put forth the
other day through The l'imee by Communist prisoners in
France, are semi-officially denied from Paris.
According to a Geneva paper, Dr. Merle d'Anhign6
has left two volumes on the Reformation, almost complete,
bringing the history down to the death of Luther.
The War-office authorities have directed that all
the rifles in use by volunteers that were not sent to Birming-
ham last year shall be sent not later than„next week.
The Hospital for Skin Diseases. in Great Marl-
borough street, London, has received a third donation of
£l,OOO from V. S. T. _ . .

The pay of the French soldier iA in future to he 71
Instead of 5 sous per day, and his allowance of food hes
been augmented by nearly a pound.

ti,arly all the hotels in Paris that bore German
names have been replaced by patriotic sigudvards, where the
neutral celebrities of France are duly honoured.

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The Archbishop of Dublin has been awarded by
arbitrati,m a son of £1,914, instead of £1,514 given to him
by the Temporalities Commissioners for renewal. Fines of
£3,9e5 had been originally claimed.
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Lord Boyne, who was created a peer of the United
ingdem during Lord ilussella tenure of office in 1666, died
on Tuesday at Braneepeth Castle, in the 76th year of his age.
Ile Is succeeded by his son, who was born in WO.

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The London and North-Western Railway Company
have annoNuced that during the winter months, commencing
on and from the Ist ,d November, they will provide foot-
warmers for first and second class travellers free of charge.
The Dublin dairy-keepers, harassed by repeated
convictions for adalteration, have resolved to increase the
price of milk, from the Ist of November. to fivepeuce a
quart.
The line of the South-Western Railway running
through the Richmond station was so flooded on Saturday
morning that the trains had to proceed slowly through it,
the engine and carriages dashlog the water over the platform.
Mr. John Reid, author of the favourite song, The
Good Rhine Mine, died recently in Edinburgh at the age of
73. He was a working slater, luid died in very straitened
circumstances.
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A lifeboat service, whereby the crew of the Zebrc, a
French ketch, were saved, is reported. The vessel, which
was at anchor off llymchurch, parted from her anchor soon
after the crew were taken off, and became a total wreck.
Her Majesty the queen has sent her customary
donation of three sovereigns to the wife of a labourer Is
Woolwich Arsenal, and to the wife of a workman living at
Tunbridge Wells—both of whom have bore triplets.
The Museum of Bile, in Switzerland, has just re-
relied a valuable acquisition in the shape of the skeleton of
a gorilla. It was recently purchased by voluntary contribu-
tions for the sum of 4,000 franca.
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Acting Inspector Ryan, of the Kingstown police, has
committed suicide by cutting his throat. Death was instan-
taneous. No cause is assigned for the act, but the deoeased
had been for some time in a state of despondency.

Ins long letter to The Tines Mr. Isaac Butt, ,
recommends a distribution of toe town representation Of
Ireland. Mr. Disraeli's Reform Act of 180 is taken as the
basis of his conclusions.
It is stated that a pamphlet issued by the American
Treasury, in reference to the position of the Public Debt,
that a reduction of the total by a hundred millions of dollars
in each of the past three years has been effected.
According to a Roman paper, the Pope, when re.
cent's, asked by Cardinal Cullen to take some steps irn behalf
of the Galway priests, refused to do so, and spoke with
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intend g Men'shlnternational
meetings
!egret of the disobedience of the Irish clergy.
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towns. in furtherance of their views, and
n'oc'fe in Manchester in November.
of Al2l Oberon, has been prononuced of the
vciaeresatkfrfoomun7autitralia inform us that the diamond
first water; £630 eernr,ed !or It. Number of smaller gems
found in the same district.
According to a Treasury pr:ulphlet just issued in
reference to the Public Debt of the I:4;ited States a reduction
of 100 million dollars has been annually ,:lected for the hat
three years.
Gibralter is still regarded by Spaniards as a " r,,ck
of offence, ' and the other day a petition was presented te
Congreas praying Government to renew negotiations with
this country with a view to its cession to Spain.
morning,
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a cheque for £3,100 was presented to Dr. Halley, on the oc-
casion of his retiring from the office of principal of New
College.
Two Roman Catholic Bishops—the Right Rev. Dr.
W. Weathers, ctradjutor Bishop of Westmiruister, and the
Right Rev, Dr. Herbert Vaughan, Bishop of Salford—were
consecrated at the Roman Catholic Cathedral, Salford, on
Menday.
"One of the philantlimpists of the clay on g Quixotk
etrand complains of the sameness of the life the poor
sonera /nest, lead. Yes, poor fellows. Why not introduce
part-singing. end billiards, and a weekly reception with light
refreshruents, begloeing with rum."—Cottet Jeurnal.
In the class of "Nth," which forms one of the in-
dustries selected for next year'. International Exhibition,
It is proposed to admit specimens 9f sewing and embreader-
tug machines which possess speciel fr attires of novelty and
exceltence in the working of sewing silks upon different ma-
terials.
Father Igncties, last Sunday. in the Drighton
Concert Hall, conducted what was called a "Requiem" for
the soul of the late Mr. Porches, another recalcitrant against
the known civil requiremenre of the Church of Eugland.
Although much lull was strainer: arid theatrical, the service,
in its personal part, was earnest and heartfelt.
The Erotsuran understands that the 'Bishop of 7f atal
intends at an early date to publish the result rat hie researches
on the feutateuch in the form of lectures written ia a popu-
lar style, the six volumes on the subject he has already solo
listed being found too balky and erudite for general readers,
A Californian telegram received in Southamptin
states that a vessel hailing from that port has been taken up
at San Francracd to carry wheat to Europe, at a freightage of
Pe per tom California shas 200,000 tone of wheat to spare
this yeer. end 150,000 tons are already ou their way to various
parts of the woeld.
Lord Granville, In distributing prizes at Rams,,,ate
to succesafol candidates in the Isle of Thunet centre of the
Oxford exernivations, eulogised thtf efsorts of his own A luta
Mater in thus extending its educational leffuence. Ile be-
ttered the competitions, as a rule, had a wholeness° effect on
both pupils and parents
Endeavonre fir^ being made by the working view
who have decided to give a testimonial to Mr. °deer, to
enlist the sympathy and aid of all the various trade and
political assonations in the country • and with this view a
circular has been eddresled to each eociety, asking that
delegates may be sent to 3 getisrai meeting to be held very
shortly.
Prussia, thank, to intelligent and thrifty adrninis-
-teation, Is revelling in all the pleasures of a most prosperous
Budget year. Not only has she a large surplus, brit it has
not been obtained by any extraneons aids, such as the envy-
moms indemnity drawn from prostrate France it is of
strictly home origin, and has arisen independently of all
draw backe oecalioued by the cant Union and cost of the
war.
Probably the wealthiest actor now upon the American
stage is Apple Sass Owens. lie is worth somewhere between
one and two million dollars. He mede a fair portion of it
out of his apple "sass," but the main part of his fortune
accamelated from the increase in the value of the property
which he owns.
A novel proclamation was made in Conpar-Angue
the oditr night. The town's bellman, followed by an im-
mense crowd, merle a proclamation of an intended marriage,
a 11,,e? fide one, between two persons, one of whom, at least,
the Scotsman says, is well known to the place, Any one who
had any objections to the match was Weed to come forward
and state them.
The Dundee Courier says : "On Sunday the Queen
and Pantem Beatrice, accompanied by the Ladies In Waft-
ing, attended ffivine seryke in the parish cbmch at Crattae.
The autumn celeMatiov of the communion took place, and
the service was conducted Ny the Rev Dr. Taylor, minister
of the parish, assisted by the Rev. Mr. Bowman, of Braemar.
ller Slejesty retired after the first taiJa had been served."
Lord Westbury, the arbitrator in the liquidation of
the Eurrffiefin Insurance Compauy, has decided that share.
hold sea Who Meter the *deed of settlement had a portion of
the dividendj credited to them, as an addition to the anemet
paid by them on uncalled capital, are entitled to have that
amount deducted fITRO the emoant of uncalled capital for
which they are liable.
The London correspondent of the Scotsman nays the
out-and-cut Republicans have for some time past been
eyelet/3 to effect a national organisation remove themselves.
My Haim to have Bomethieg like eighty different Repub-
lican clubs Ni the metropolis, and in the principal towns
and cities of the kingdom, but there is no correspondeum
maintelmd between thew --labs, and nothing like unity of
action or purpose among them.
A l'aris Correspondent sari thu the unfortunate
collision between French and German trooper, at Chalons
has greatly shaken public confidence in the reorganinitioll of
the army, end that the attempt of the official papers trm
throw all the blame all the sergeant is severely commence';
upon The Tr isgs declare! that this misadventure makes it
almost despair of army refoiM, nod It fears that M. Thiers'
measures progress by his own great effects, not by the re-
sults obtained, and thus demises himself.
" The Floods in Italy are a.ssnming proportions of
yffilch our own experience of English inundations would gnfe
a very imperfect idea The tidings of disaster reach us from
every quarter of the Peninsula ; from the Geneme lumen,
where betaeen the Apennines and the sea border there
seems br he hardly a span tit Intel lAliel ; from the extreme
point of Calabria, aliere the hare ribs of Aspronemte plunge
almost perpendicularly into the deep. PHIL it is front the
level plains 'lint we hear reports of the greatest ravages, and
more elpreially from those flats of Piedmont, Lombardy,
and the troills which are apt to assume the appearatice of a
dismal sivemp the monareit they cease to be a fertile para.
dise.--leader in The l'irnee.
We regrSt to announce the sudden death of Mr.
Frederick Dunaas, M.P. for Orkney and Zetland, late on
Saturday night at his roadenoe lii Hanover-square, Loudon.
It arose from heart disease The late hon. member, who
was cousin of the Earl of Zetland, gar in his 71st year. lie
was the son of the late lion. Charles Lawreace Dundee, by
Caroline, second daughter of Aubrey, tifth Lake of St.
Albans, and married iii i!ii a daughter of Sir Ralph St.
(*veto Gore, who died in January, 1668. He was Lord
Lieutenant of Orkney and Zetland. and had represented
Orkney in the House of Commons from July, 1837, up to the
present time, with the sliaht interval of July, 1847, to ISA.
'Poi lien member was a Liberal tri politics, and advocated
vote by ballot.
The importation of foreign potatoes, principally
from Germany, Ilelgiani, Mid Denmark, into Liverpool is
enormous, 110 less than 12,2e4 hues arriving last week, ac-
cording to the "Customs Bill of Entry!' l'he majority come
from Antwerp and Hamburgh, and these, though monied,
have a peculiar earthy taste ami smell not very pleasant to
-English palates. Tho,e iron, Demnark are far superior, and
it Is to be hoped that they will be extensivdy used here for
seed purposes. Mt of the potatoes arriving at Liverpool
are sold by auction at the Commercial Sale Room, and cm
Friday about I,eoo bags, out of 2,500 offered for sale, brought
£thtetuotalitpyeriri:gf,er,iiiclieoililtrlyuntstilatediti..4sgoodperotrodnht.o,ye ils. minuet's,
Mr. Stanley hair entered upon a series of lecturing
eevagements in Scotland. On Wednesday, in last week, he
was entertained at luncheon by the Corporatioa of Glasgow,
and In the evening he lectured on central Africa in the City
Hall. On the following day he was presented with the free-
dom if the burgh of Hamilton. lie was afterwards enter-
tained at a public dinner by the Corporation, and in the
evening he lectured On his search for Livingstone. fin Friday
he again lectured lathe City Hall, Glasgow, and on Saturday
he proceeded to Greenock, where he was entertained at
luncheon in the afternoon, and delivered a lecture in the
evening. Mr, ritanley is also to lecture at other Places.
During the week ending Saturday last 5,143 births
and 3,353 deaths were registered in London and twenty other
large cities and towns of the United Kingdom. The mor-
tality from all causes in these towns WM at the rate of 24
deaths annually to every 1,00 persons estimated to be living
la the metropolis, 2 205 births and 1,310 deaths were re-
gistered, the former having been 115 anti the latter 101
below the average. Six persons died from small-pox, 4 from
measles, 22 from scarlet fever, 9 from diphtheria, 31 from
whooping.cough, 29 troM dilf,ent forms of fever, and 32
from diarrhma thus to the seven principal dimeses of the
cymeatic elasa 132 deaths were referred, aeainst lbe and 163
113 the two preceding weeks Each of these numbers WU
below the corrected average for the corrmpoeding week of
the last ten years, and the deaths from these seven diseases
were In the aggregate no lees than its below this average,

Shiehl Hell 'grief., four miles from Gls WOW, ham
been bought by Mt. Proucitoot, an American me rchant, for
£112,000.
A gale occurred on ;Sunday in the Italian p rovince of
Syracuse. Sere ral houses were blown down, Uhl thirty-two
persons buried 1.1 the ruins.
As showing the mildness of the season at I fading%
a correspondent has forwarded to the Dein/ Neos a specimen
of apple blossom gatilvred from a tree in his garden near the
railway station.
Air. Henry Draper Heed, brother of the late Chief
Constructor of the Navy, a gentleman about 50 years of age,
died on Tuesday night at his residence, Upper-Thorpe,
Sheffield from taking an ovs,rdose of Mudanuru.
The Corporation of DuAin, et a special meeting on
Saturday, resolved to promo to a till to enable them to
purchase the works, plant, &c, of the Allie'..Um Company.
or to erect works for the mantas ctire f gas for the 500 0! the
citizens.
polrtlede
ownorfltivont4ofiytthye
ham, in which town, during the past two months, there has
tLiheee"Chise7geo-I,lesttalholue oftrnmiirieg--
been a deerease of crimes connected with drunkenness to the
extent 01 20 per cent.
Aooording to the Treasury returns, the Exchequer
receipts from April lst to the 50th Instant amounted to
£30,573,627, as compared with RA13.231,50a hi the correspond-
ing period of lint year. The expenditure has been A:12.511,73.i
On Saturday last, the halauce in the llAuk of AI/gland was
A 2,574,244.
Appeals are being made, it is said, to the sympa-
thisers with the Orleauists to effect, for about the fiftieth
time, a fusthro with their elder brethren, the Legitimists : and
the Orleans Princes themselves are summoned lip 1)1.1555
Right organs to declare themselves, and choose either Henri
Cin I or the Republic.
On Friday night, in last meek, Knowsley Hall, the
residence of Lord Derby, was entered, and a large quantity
of diamonds, jewellery, .3: e., the property of thellon. Miss
Constance Grosvener. was stolen. Fifty pounds have been
offered for the apprehension of the thieves. Ilse estimated
, value of the stolen property is £3,000.

A monumental tomb to Ilaudin, the deputy who was
killed on a barricade by the troops at the time of the coup
d'Otat in ISSI, has just been erected In Paris, and the corpse
transferred to It The Republicans propose to celebrate the
neat anniversary of Paudin's death by a grand coronsentor•
ation.
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Laot Saturday a funeral took place at the Green-
wich Cemetery, attended by a large number of the ancient
Order of Foresters, who had walked in procession a distance
of four miles, attired in the regalia of the order, io pay
&heir last respect to the memory of a brother named hem
lett, of Greenwich, who dropped down dead while attending
the wedding of his son.
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At the Felton Fell Colliery, Durham, on Saturciar
night, a young man named Hall was precipitated down the
shaft, which is sieve 200 yards deep, and five men had a
narrow mope. It appears that through some mismanage-
ment the cage in chick the men were seated Was drawn up
to the pulleys, when it was tilted violently on to the side,
throwing HMI out and killing him instantly. The other
Wen held on and were saved.
Charging the Grand Jury at the opening of the
Central Criminal Court, on Monday, the Demity-Recorder
aescerbaa the edendar—on which there were 72 prisoners—
as not long, considering the interval sines the last session,
anal pointed out that drunkenness on the part of one or both of
the parties courerned iu the crimes of violence had had a
part in causing exe offence.
The Archbishofi of Dnblin, in opening the synods of
the united dioceses ot Jiublin. Giendislough, and Kildare, re-
ferred somewhat disccuragiugly to the financial position:
but, on the whole, it &weaved that their average income of
incumbents will be at less.'- equal to what it was under the
old ',gime, without trenchlog on the capital of the Church's
property.
Writing to an American ccgmedpondent, Earl Russell
declares his wish to see the material wants of Ireland fairly
examined, the necessary remedies fairly tried, and means
employed to bring about the huprovenmut and prosperity of
the country. Rut his lordship most earnestly deprecates
the setting up of an harsh Parliament, which would lead to
the waste of all Ireland's energies in political contention.
Archbishop Manning took the learligg part in a
gorgeous and imposing ceremonial at the liorran Catholic
Cathedral, Salford, on .Moriday, when he consecrated Dr.
Vaughan as Bishop of Salford, and Dr. Weathers as Co-
adjutor-Bishop of Westminster. All the English Roman
Catholic Prelates were present, with a single exception and
the attendance of clerical and lay spectators numbered more
than 2,000.
The Imperial family of Austro-Hungary will be re
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Presented at the approaching celebration of the "golden
wedding " of the King and Queen of Saxony by Count lieust,
who is to proceed to Dresden as anibassador extraordinary
on that occasion The special personal relation in which
the Count stands towards the Saxon court renders this ap-
pointment a mark lof particular attention, which is warmly
appreciated at Dresden.
Another letter from 111. Michel Chevalier to the
secretary of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce relative
the new French Treaty is published, in which be Say.
•••iaie. Chief of the French Government has but one object,
viz, ti;ye abolition of the principle allow duties on linports;
and he marlines this object, got as a man guided by reason,
but as one possessed by a daminant purpose; and in this
. manner the interests of France are sacrificed."
On Saturday, the North German schooner Lutzlanyi
arrived at Shields from Brake, and Captain Greenhoff rem aria
a painful incident during the passage, namely, that at mid-
night of Thuraday, while at sea, air Henry Rea, belonging;
to Liverpool, who was a passenger on board, accidentally
fell from the vessel into the sea.. The ship Immediately put
about, and every endeavour was made to save him, but he
sank and was drowned. At the time the casualty occurred
deceased was assisting the crew to do some work.
" A widower, in comfortable circumstances, desires
to meet while well-eancated Christian lady, aged 30 to 40,
to act a very kind mother's part towards two very young,
affectionate children ; she should lie good looking, rather
tall fate, with little colour, very amiable, thoroughlY and
econorWally domesticated good needlewoman, musical, and
a total ahateiner. Money no objection.—Ferward all details,
with real 1181110 and address, references,and carte (which will
he honourably rethrued or exchanged.)—No one treated with
milers they closely iesemble the tone of this advertisement,
and whose ehancter Villstand the strictest investigation."—
Advertisement in Mann!'
egfrf'rol'.m"M"ir'.".l. S. Mill to the
A letter is published
Socrofpfy of the Nottysioam branch of the lidernational
Workieg Men's Association, in y7hich he states that he finds
much to approve In the principles of the Association as set.
forth in the programme, and little tt anything from which
he positively dissents; hut he strongly objects to the desig-
nation of the dourines as "the principles of the political and
social revollitlon," there being,, he says, no real thing called
" the revolution," nor any "principles of the revolution."
"We LlmicaeLauld Shod tho rotoo.te froi, a the various
regiments, after a six months' trial of the boot proposed by
Major Palliser, are very favourable. The Pallas r hoot is a
combination of a shoe and a gaiter. its pecullari,'Y Consists
in the back part being made Beau to fit well over ,`,lre heel,
while plenty of spare room is left over the instep for
the boot on and off. When the boot is on, it is la Me:led
round the instep like an ordinary shoe. A further tea .10
on
mifgla more extended Beale will be made."—.l awl agy
Gegeffe.
The Rev. A. J. D. D'Orsey, of Ring's College.
London, has delivered a public lecture at Cambridge on
"The Art of Reading Aloud." The lecturer began by proving
that we were bad public readers and speakers by our mode
of rendering the prayers of +the Church, by the delivery of
our sermons, and by our speeches at Church Cougresses and
other meetlettB Ile attributed this to the want of teaching
and training at nest schools, colleges, and universities, owing
to the unreasonable feeling against elocution ; and he Lug-
grated the establialimmt of Lectureships at Oxford and
Ciunbrldge, and a far more rigid examination by the Bishops.
There was a very fair audience, though but few " dons."
TipAperafarmry,
feeramnatnaheeleßetronf
ilhrarkd.iewatiiientedßalonlhyimphiipa,
as lie
was returning from Tipperary races. A man walked up
beside him, hid him good night, and with one blow drove in
his skull. No cause is known, nor any arrests made.- -An
inquest was beta on Saturday evening on Ryan's remains,
which resulted in a verdict, that he came by his death from
a wound inflicted on him by some person unknown. Ills son
stated that while he was watching by his father's insensible
form several persons passed by who rendered no assistance.
but rather seemed afraid to go near him. The fatal Mow is
supposed to have been ibilicted with a large stone, and the
skull over the right one was smashed completely into pulp.
• Young Ryan states that when his father fell, after receiving
• the blow, he asked him who struck him, and Ryan replied,
"home of the good boys.'