The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-08-08 00:00:00

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TUB PERILS tiF MILITARY CORRISPONDENTS.— '
It would appear not to Inn advisable to act at the
tame time as correspondent of a foreign journal and
as Pontifical 7.01131ne. The Eiterfeld Ua:ette explains
the matter in the following terms :
A native or Prussia in the Papal service, M. Clanging,.
had sent it. several cammunications from Rome. Nte
heard that he hail beim severely punished for so doing, nuni
we wrote immediately to the Prussian Legation in that city
for information on the subject. We received the following
reply:—'' I have the hommr, in the absence of the Minister,
to state, in answer to your letter, that in fact M. (lousing
was condemned for the article in the journal to six years'
penal servitude, but the penalty has been commuted to
three years' inimisonnient. For the moment, unhappily, I
Can 110 nothing to obtain a mitig dion of this extrxordinary
sentence, since I have bound the Papal Minister of War
personally much Irritated with the prisoner. The offices tor
ettli6tinu, which the ROlnfin Goveniment has kept up for
the last eighteen months in foreign countries, have sent
here so many adventurers and area of equivocal position,
that the goml suffer from the bad character of the others.
The former receive the strokes Intended for the latter, who
can rarely be readied, because individuals of this Oast
generally know lone to escape in time. But I hope that a
diplomatic intervention in the ease of If. Claming will Worn
Ito possible. The anteeedebts and personal situation of that
person are quite miknown to inc. I am only aware that he
winos front Worsts, circle of Buren, Westphalia." The
signature is that of M. Kuad de Sclueser, Prussian Charge
d'Affaires.

FRENCH CREDI'LITT.—" Lord Brown" is again
figuring in the French papers—the representative
Englishman who, every second or third week, appears
as the hero of a story which is supposed to be charac-
teristic of English manners and habits (says the
London Rtrient). The last anecdote is to the effect
that an English gentleman insured his whole posses.
skins against fire, and some time afterwards went to
the company and claimed indemnity for a ease of
cigars which he bad smoked. The company laughed
at the claim • but Lord Brown sued the directors, and,
as the wording of the policy ran "whatever gmfds
perish by fire," he recovered the price of his cigars.
A very pod story, indeed; but if this ingenious
gentleman could claim compensation for goods winch
he himself set fire to, why did he not burn up all his
old furniture, engravings, table-linen, &c.? The only
remarkabie thing about the anecdote is that the
Parisians are said to believe it.
LADY TeACIIERS. A corre,pondeut of the
Pall Hall Gazette writes:
In conlirmltion of the opinion that women are not only
capable of a far higher curriculum of instniction than is flow
neutrally open Odium. but are able to tom such education
to valuable practical accomit. I may mention that the boy
who gained the first scholarship at Uppinghant two years
ago, and the boy who is seventh on the list of the Eton
scholarships this year, were both educated entirely by a
lady.
A VETO( AWKWARD MISTAKE. "Enljsh
tourists," writes a Correspondent at Rome, "had
better be careful how they visit the church of Bt.
Agostino. The other day the devotees thsre were
seized with the impression that two strangers who
were on their knees before the image of the Madonna
were thieves, awl were seeking' _under cover of their
prayers, to despoil the sl rine, instantly there was a
rush on the interlopers, awl they were so roughly
handles! that they gladly gave themselves up to the
gendarmes, whom the disturbance brought to the
spot. But the gendarmes proved more unmerciful than
, the fanatos,, for the two captives were no sooner
brought to prison than they were, without examination,
sul je...te.l to -itch a cruel ing that thoy became
insensible. The warder of the prison now threw