The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-12-06 00:00:00

EPITOME OF . NEWS.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

A meeting of the Agricultaral Labourers' Executive
Coomitte was held at Leamington, on Monday, whec Mr
Joeeph Arch presented an offichti report of the results of Me
minion to Canada.

Her Msjesty the Qaeen has, it is announced from
Berlto, &finitely thclineJ the Inritatlon from the Burnie
°our% to attend the marriage of the Duke of Edinburgh, at
Bt. Petersburg

There is a great acreage In t e importation of game
find rabbit., especially as to Ostend rabbits in ten months
col 1871 She do:Mar.d vale* imported was £101,325; Es 1872.
£140,e17, ani tat. yesr. £1e8,552.

From the Crt[ e Gold Fields there are encouraging
report, of fresh discoveries o 7 gold. Fair-sizad nuggets are
presenting lb. twelves to alluvial diggers. The Magog
weighed ldoz and 2305. respectively.
The Ring of Italy has conferred on Sir Sydney
Watetiow the order of the frown of Italy In recognition of
the valuable services he rendered to the snlmerlpuon for the
sufferers by the Wend ttton in Lombardy.
One of the attractions at • San Francisco theatre
• man who, with • rifle at thirty paces distance, shoots •
halt dollar out of another man's hand. It la considered •
great hit in the theatrical world.

For the information of Spanish bondholder, it is
announced in the /Madrid Gazette that the ooupona .43., now
due by the Ciovarnmeut may be ntillied in subseriptions C 3
she National Loan.
Ninety-four enaye have been sent in competition for
the 4100 prize offered by Lord Cathcart for the best paper on
the potato disease. The Advs report on the subject wilt
ahoray be made public.

The question of arming the Italian troops with •
repealing rills, which was agitated after the war as a means
of more than counter brimming the power of the Chassepet,
enema again to be seriously entertained. A contract hem
been recently t ntered Into f euppl)lng eighty•lonr of the
v.tterit rifle& to eaeh line regiment as an experiment. The
Vatted* patent la that already adopted by the Swim troops,
who are now nearly all armed with it. It carries the spare
cartridges In a ICILIK chsmher underneath the barrel, and can
deliver twelve shots lu succession without taking down from
the shoulder.

The Duke of Bedford, being desirous of marking
hie moue of the services of Lord Lawrence sod cf the Board
over which his Lordship Imo presided, has made a donathu
of £l,OOO to the Lawrence Scholarship" Fond. This
scholars lip, which is open to girls as well as bon 1.00. of
S.. which helve now been placed in the hand, of the
School Board for London, to enable children to pane froze
She puha° elementary schools of the mitropons to schools of
I higher grade.

Some time since a number of learned mcicties,
Rations for another Arctic expedition, requested Mr. Glad-
stone to receive a depatation, selected to set forth the
dwirabllity of that step. They have now been informed that
the Government site no reason to alter the decision arrived
at dating the present year, not to undertake any further
expedition until the Challenger ham completed her voyage.
After the duel which took place at Fontainebleati
between Priem °Wks and Prince Boutin., in which the
freer Was killed, warrants of arrest were lamed against the
letter and all the seconds. The Pram he. ad count to the
Procureur or the Republie a latter, In which he dee area that
he will appear he court, and the seconds have done the
NM.

Captain Williams, M.P. for Barnstaple, has met
with a lamentsete • oblong It &mai. t he owns •
Grin duel Hoiridge, a taw miles fr B,rnstsp'e. H•
late y eri cted s m • eteain machinery thiire, aid n Monday
went to sae Vat lieu pl,cs in proper end, r. Ous of ii.
1. h. eta ciught h's hand, and, drawing t in tore us •Imi st
coop MeV from the aeon C.iptstii Williams was at once
ugaa e, hi. r wenn, PIP.. House, an I the limb w,s
soccessfuliy amputa al by Drs Budd and Gambia
A Parliamentary Return, obtained by Mr. Gilpin
mu irnted of the age of the youngest boy and youngest girl
in each workisouee, under Industrial teaching in March
and also of the ',umber ol boys In wurkhonses who, during
the half-year end. d UV) -lay, were iihNottd to cisrporal
punishment. The counties are siren, and corporal punish-
ment, seem to have ham few and tar between.
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Mr. Chamberlain, chairman of the Birmingham
liducatton I:agur, to a epe•ch OnslCurday evening, islet It
was iropoulnls that two antagbeistic opinion c'uld prevail
In the lAMB C.bliiet at the same time. Mr. Bright's services
eo,at at be dbrtented with by the conotry at the present
Urns. Then either Mr. Forster meet leave the Cetitwit or
bait net undergo a second conversion.
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The Emperor of Austria haft conferred the Order of
Knishthood of the Iron Crown on Mr. E. Bowes, Commis-
sioner of Imperial Custom. at Canton and Mr. Charles
El‘onen, Commissioner of Imperial Customs at Ile, kin,
memb. rs of the Utdueee COMMIU4IOII at the Vienna lahlbl-
Ugh.

The Went Norfolk Hunt met at Conghas Home,
thereat of Mr. Robert. lt ear, on Battuday, mak sad •
most brltllant sod mist, oriole held assemnled ea the lawn
sell doing the seat of Mr. E'wes. A great number of thole
who had attended the county ball at liandringham Helm. the
previous night wm present. The Prince and Princess of
Wales and the Dube of E Itnbursh, with • large suite,
attended the meet on hormback ; and shortly af the&
arrival Mr. Hrmond, the popular muter. set Mr (anent
hound. et week

Mach excit.ment prevails at fravannah, where the
Pee Pl. and the preen are opposed to the eurreeder of the
Virginia,' to the Unite t brain s ante o Mee. the Cohan
G°V....ent telegrsPhed to Mehl sat leg thst the
dec'sl not the Cabinet my be inepebded runtl I 4 on be
amertalued whether or no. the proceedings connected with
the capture of the 'kip sod the execution of a portion ot
her crew and psssengers were waa:ly condoled.' Seiner-
dinars defensive preparations are being made.
Great excitement was canoed at the Gassings Court-
marmel by the evidence of Genera Levateconiet, who di-
cier.] that be e1,.1 not execs' e the ...der too nye, the gags
to the arsenal a Metz that the order had seemed to him
Magnesia] ; and that he preferredpsylng military honours to
the Mew Nan burning them to sending etch glorious trophies
to the AMenal lite old horses to the shambles. General
Jaanningroa another wlto.ei mad be owned the Zocaver
Rags to be eat In plecee sad dieietbatsd among Ms mos.

Fa Wearable awootinte of Upon madam Clsonnarell
mired ley the Cys unfl. fie bate. tar recorarsa
able SO Sae some open sir aserelss.
The Town Council of Briatol on Friday, with
ass dinentlent, adopted a resolution In tavoar ot tas ;7„,
bilduasna of tree libraries In Bristol ends, the hi;
Libraries Ads, 1868 and 1886.
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A =ions AVOW Pen", WI. reallitgrde _
thane slatesman writing to • political • „
ass widtati do en for apt... in our nest ildalway,
w.ll-known rapacity demand ' A,. the Illulatertm
bad written the italicised word with an r Instead of
The number of seta of pions clepositrd
vats BUS rho of the Board of Trede I. kw
these 121 relate to railways, five to tramwa3s, siOS
water, road, harbour, pier, and misoenetwou whatten,4
ey ere projects In which the promoters elect to roxied 4
way of provisional orders.
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In the first eight months of the financial yew d.
Rxchequer receipt* uncuoted to £46,711,852,
with £41,054,685 In the corresponding pen,' of
The expenditure ham been £50,219,445. On 44turd.,741,1.
balsam la the Beak of Ragland was name ma Wee
Rona sterling ea
Lord Aberdare distributed the prism on Tamar, I,
the sum mini andante of the School of Aft at igg
onaingtort Museum, anct In the course of Ills ream.
*fterian to tfteruired the estabilittlient of inch Instiggpir4
net -noting to promote the study of *Meier standard d
throughout the contry. PI
On Saturday an inquest was held at Coggdaen
William Raven, employed on Mr. Bidet, Of b's tank
picking up a loaded grin, might the tar la • Imargyr_
of kits coat, discharging the weapon, an lodging mg
teats in his breast. Rxelalming to a youth staadier
" Ran and tell my wamMata r.avq 5100 t myself
ths air;
fell back, and expired immediately.
Lientenmet • Frederick Eardley-Wihnot the yea%
°Ricer who wee killed to toe battle with the Adam.
at Hunquab, was the third son of ST John Rutile,
14 'lmo* Reoorder of Warwick, and furmsrly judge of
Marlebone County Court Be was horn to Isle, gor
the Royal Artillery in 1887. Be wet one 01 the era mt.
teers for asrvice at the Gold Coast, galling with *dew
Wolsaley from Liverpool In the Aware*
In his official report on the second battle of Ink.
gush and the engagement at Abrakrampa, Sis Hugo, 4.
pests hie feraisr acquainted cond. mnation of bathe lir.
Be gap they behaved moat eftgracef ally, whole trlbm mg,
ohm away. Colonel Feeling, in hit separate
relative to the Hanqualo affair, speaks of the aismidigrt
possibility of getting the natives to fight. To prool ft
gallant oonduct of his oft rers he stated that only tr.,
*aped unwounded.
Monday (Dec. let) was the 29th anniversary th
birth of the Princess of Wales, and it was oaleteeht
Windsor in-the usual =MOW" gaudy* gm mom* th
be It 01 46. Oeorgea Chapel and the parl church nod ed
rily; the Royal Standard wail &dated above the bylaw ,
at 0 m sal utedwere fired at Windsor and from Fort Sim.
and the Royal Adelaide frigate. At Sandringham, ahe,
Royal Highness s Birthday was celtbrated with the imm,
ties which always prevail. on that auspicious oomeloa,
Hippophagy • pears to be on the increme luFromm
The follotaue le from she comnstmee Mad
that country for popularising the practice t—" The coaling.
tton of this artiste of food Is making continual peam.4
Franca Daring the third quarter of 1673, in Parli Misk
1,548 horses, 140 donkeys, end 15 mules were killed, MM.
8e8,070 kilos. of MULL In 1872, the figura wen I,al
and 8 resPeotteelyip she eapital there are forty b
for this article, oted by veterinary rougeous. Ms
la about half that beet"
"The forgemen and millmen employed ia gm
Remmear staid department at the Atlas Work amid
belonging to Mews. John Brown and Co. (Hrelts4 tee
received notice that from the 14th lust their were, eg
reduced 10 per mat. The company find that, (ming to im
cast of production, they cannot compete reesamfally
railway material with Cos tbsental imam The dams eg
affect about 1,500 men, and they will not, It le belleved
the yeed el the peculiar oonditton of the tradesibralikliels
to it."—The
An somidemt, unprecedented o the /Ism tek
place ma Tuesday morning. The steamier Sr Gawp ago
Wee between the Formby and Crosby Ilementm rodeos
• French berque, which the had to bang up. An handsaws
on deck, except a croal-trtmmer, named Cuter, gram fir
tugs port boast. burst, Sesame open Greed, of Ilte vefteloal
literally dividing ler in two. She sank in • few ammo* ad
the crew were left straggling In the water. Fortunately&
gm gig, manned be boatmen, towing astern of theism.,
sucoseded In rescuing the ere sr. It ia &Imo.; wish ON
Carter wita killed hossinntaneously by the explosion. somas
mu the force of the exploaon that fragments of the tag am
were blown on an outward-bound vessel some oisesacasvp
&story Is told in a Paris paper of • new ailed
for emovseing dates 'ma ether day a crowd raikall k
the vicinity of the Odion round'• girl with a 1,00,1411
whom a gentleman at an adjoining window was OWEN
phtsing with loud Min and gesticulation It Corned se
that the girl wee a washerwoman who bad gone to the pa
Wotan so ask foe payment of her bill, and Wog Mai Mt
money wee not forthcoming, she had melasd bee castonwell
wooden leg, wtieh was lying In a comer, and bad walkal
off declaring that she would not return lidS she .24 pit
At six o'clock on Sunday evening, the Primithe
Methodist Chapati, Quo.. .treed, Ramans., war dim..d
to be in dames. It appears that the attendact entsftd II
building for the purpose ol preparing for the aerobia 's,.
and on prodneing • light an escape of gati ignited, sad he
body of the *Mc& was quickly seesloped in gam TM
chapel, which wee under the pastoral eve of the," W.
Hinnies, has only been toompisted shoat two yam Ms
braiding, and adioialvg rooms were mmplensly toed*
though the ff,rts of the local brigade were
saying the neighbouring property.

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Daring the week encieng Saturday mat 2 222
and 1,6r5 deaths were registered in London, the Yaw
haVng been 99, and the latter 106, below the wasp awe
bag in the corre,pcniing week of the lest ten pro.
cleeths included 3 !rem smal.pos. 12t Yom inserft /1111.
mottles fever, 8 from asplitheria, 34 from whooptilremplall
front different forms of fever, and 15 from disables...
to the sees n principal sessesol the artuotic class 111 ills
sere referred, against ni and 262 In the two =
week.. These 232 dew, s were 72 below the
average number referred to the same dismisses In She earns
pending week of the hut ten years. The fatal cams el Meade
considerably exceeded, whereas those of the ale other ht
in... were below, this average.