The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-06-29 00:00:00

illistellancous linteffigente,

NOME, FOREIGN, AND COLONIAL,

SPREADING.—This morning at a quarter past
two, Mr. Frederick Locker, Junior, on arriviinT at the
family residence, found that the long threatened "lock'
out" had taken place. —Punch.

Too Rmario Passrox.—"What's to become
of me if you die?" said an affectionate Isle of Skye
lady to her guideman, wanting to cheer him up.
" Donn°, and don't care!" was his affectionate re-
sponse. "What I want to know is, what's to become
of me?"
THE LATE DR. MACLEOD.—A funeral sermon
for Dr. Norman Macleod was preached on Sunday in
Park Church, Glasgow, by the Rev. Dr. Jamiesdn,
the 11txlerater of the General Assembly of the Church
of Scotland. Dr. Jamieson read the following letter
from the Archbishop;of Canterbury:—

" Lambeth Palace, London, June 10.
" Nfy dear Moderator,—Will yam allow me to expre.s to
you oftheally the deep feeling of sorrow with which I have
heard .1 the loss that has be filhi the Eetaldished Church of
Sc. Maud by the death of Dr. Norman Macleod I Ile was so
widely known in England us well as In Scotland, and Indetil
wherever our mother tongue is spoken, that his death se: ms a
national lose. So e,alous, large-hearted, and glib e a pastor
could ill beeper.] at any time by the Christian Church. While
his own people lament that they no longer hear his familiar
voice. %toning them by his wim-spokeu coun 'el, his vritleu
words will be missed in thousands of homes In every quarter
of the world. The Established Church over which you pre-
side will deeply feel the removal of o-le who held so high
a place among her wisest and most strenuous defenders,
Believe me to be, my dear Moderator, your faithful servant,
A. C. CAhrnalt."

AN APPEAL.—Lieutmant-Colonel AEtell, Staff
Officer of Pensioners, Dorchester, makes an appeal on
behalf of James \Vinyard, aged 82, and Anne. his wife,
&gel 80, who were with the British Army at Waterloo.
The man took part in the action ; the wife was engaged
in the care of the sick and wounded, under the instruc-
tions of Dr. Small, of the Staff Corps. \Vinyard was
discharged in 1821 with a short pension of Est. a day.
He belonged to the Corps of Royal Engineers, for many
years he maintained himself as a day labourer, but fail-
ing in health and strength Colonel Astell was able to
obtain a renewal of his pension—not enough now, how-
ever, to keep one of the two from starving. The wife
has lately become so feeble as to be totally helplerss.
Both bear an excellent character, and any aid to the
present wretched pittance from a grateful country will
be thankfully received by Lieutenant-Colonel Astell.

" THEN YOU'LL REMEMBER M!"—The Con el
Journal narrates the following:—
It is related that In the performance of Doctor Fang?, once
upon a time, we don't remember when, and don't care, there
appeared a devil too much on the stage, and he was some-
thing, mr re than a super—that is, super natural—so the other
eveni,g, after the opera was over, while the plaudits re-
sounded at the call €1 the rent tenor, a bright, powerul, pleas'
Ins tenor voice commenced singing from the gallery, "When
other lips and other hearts," while a friend who was with
him shielded and protected him underan open umbrella. The
remainder of the audience, puzzled and astonished, cheered
hirsetl, laughed, cried "Bravo i" "Torn himcut,"
and "Step him;" but the unknown singer's voice, with a
clear .d ringing quality, overpowered all the noise, and his
earnestness showed that he ws.. indifferent to all atternp.s to
stop him, and It was only when, in giving his upper A an
extra sforzando, and It failed him, that he was quieted, hut
only for a moment, for the audience In derision demanded
encore," and he taking It serb onsly, sang the second verse,
and sang It s., well that, when he finished with the words of
the song, "Then you'll remember me," there was scarcely one
ishr, was present who would fail to take htm at his word.
There were Milner' both before and behind the curtain who
knew that • certain young Englishman who had been re-
ject.- el, declared that he would be heard hi the cpera house,
and made • not Incomiderabl" wkeer upon the urttlier. He
lizan head tlinto now, in a full Mute, tlio, and tinn ttekn

Norma Grrr TO THE TOWN or Wisszsca—
Miss M. E. Watford Southwell, of Hyde Park, who is
an owner of landed property, in the neighbourhood of
Wisbeach, proposes to erect in her own propc,ty, and
at Mr own c-oit, • hospital in that. town, to be called
the North Cambridgeshhe Cottage ltoepitdd. It is
stated the building will cost upwar& of £2,000, and will
be furni,hed and fitted with c very snr;ical appliance.
Miss Southwell will also endow the hospital with 0,000
to provide for its future maintenance. This munificent
proposal has been suplemented on the part of Mr.
William Peckover, of Wisbeisch who has placed in the
hands of trusts so a sum of £2,000, aud Mr. Algernon
I'eckover, if the Berne to* n, £5OO, to permanently
endow the hospital. Both these gentlemen are members
of the banking firm of Messrs. Gurneys, Birkbeck, and
Peckovers. The site,pf the hospital fronts the public
pork at Wisbeach. The plans of Messrs,. Adams and
Son, architects, Wi beach, have been approved.
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MAC VERII E DIELANC. —The learned Judge
who tried this case having signified to the Secretary of
State his concurrence in the recommendation of the
prisoner to mercy by the jury, Mr. Bruce has advised
the coromutati n of the sentence of death passed upon
her to that of penal servitude for life. The welcome
news was immediately made known by the Governor
and the Ordinary to the prisoner, and she wag deeply
affected by the announcement, expressing at the same
time her gratitude for the Royal citmeuey.

THE POPULATION OP PARIS.—Tho Census of
the population is terminated in Paris (says Galig.
mini). A diminution is shown of about 5,600 inhabi-
tants—an insigni6cant nuraber hi comparison to the
total of 1.800,000, The return of IS6d gave au augir,en-
tation of 130,000 over that of 1861 ; the deduction may,
therefore, be drawn, either that the former progression
has slackened, or that the causes which produced the
incree.se at that period have ceased. The central ar-
roudissemouts have, as during the former five yea's,
lost to the adiantage of the outlying districts.

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MITEDZR OF A FATIIER-IN-LAW.—A murder
was (inmates' on Saturday on the person of M.
Chatel, a wine merchant, of Berry. France. About
two years ago he took into his employment an iudi-
Mal naordCaill, who had mars ied his god-daughter.
Having reason to be dissatisfied with the conduct of
his assistant, he recently dismissed him. The dis-
charged dell( had since been heard to utter menaces
against his late master, and a few days ago he went to
the residence of M. Chatel, at Fontenay-sous-Bois,
and finding him there, fired the contents of three
barrels of a revolver into his breast, kiuli sins on the
spot. The wife of the murdered man havi attempted
to save him, also received two bullets, one in the
shoulder, and the other in the hip, and now lies in a
dangerous state. The murderer has been arrested.

AN UNPUBLISIILD LETTER. (From "The
Postman's Knock," in Temple Bar.) —This is an un-
published letter, from an American lady we believe,
who some quarter of a century ago aspired to be the
instructor of children. Me quaintness and simplicity,
for it is all sober earnestness, are worthy of being pre-
served :

" Dear Sir,—Having heard that you are in want of a
governess for your children, I write to oiler myself as a
candidate for that twat. My acquirements are Einlish
in all its branches, French, German, inu-ic, which 1 play
well, storing, painting, drawing, and dancing. My age Is
just 28. I am a lady by birth, high spirited, anal lam sorry
to say slightly quick tempered, bait still very fond of
children, likewise of gentlemen's society; I am rather deli-
cate, and when not as well as usual require a few tempting
viands. I hope, If you decide In having me for your children
as their governess, that you will allow use the entrgot your
drawing-room at all times and that you will also allow Use
to join in all )our domestic amusements. I wish to Inform
ou that 1 have been in the habit of receiving A:.60 (sixty
poitinhi) iier annum, or 0 ty pounds (g 51 with laundress, and
all travelling expenses paid. You easy be glad to hear that
I have an elegant figuie, small hands and feet, and am, if
my friends and admirers are to be believed, engaging.

Sux WORSHIPPERS Mr. William Beek,
writes the following letter, from Stamford-Hill, to The
Times :

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lt is no slight inducement that will take a person Into
so expos d a situation as Salisbury Plain at the chilling
hour of three o'clock in the morning; but unless bad weather
prevails a group of visitors, more or less numerous, is sure
to assemble at that hoar of dawn on every list of June,
there to watch for the rising sun. As the hour approaches,
they gather to the circles of Stonehenge, from the centre
of which, looking north-east, a block of stone, set at seine
distance fro, the min, is so seen as that its top coincides
with the line of the horizon, and it no mist or cloud pre-
vent, the sun as it rises on this, the morning of the longest
day hi the year, will he seen coming up exactly over the
centre of the stone, known, from this circumstance, as the
Pointer. Our group of watchers on June 21, numbered
some 35, assem Anil chiefly from the neighbouring towns—
four of them, however, from Louden, who had walked
m fro Salisbury through the night, for the chance of
seeing this interesting proof of the solar arrangenont of
the circles of Stonehenge. As one who has now on trveral
occasions been present, ant seen the sun thus come UP over
the Pointer and strike its first rays through the central en-
trance on to the so-called Altar Stone ot the loin, I com-
nsend this obvious proof of solar worship in its constructors
to those recent theorists who see in Stonehenot only a
memorial of a battle or a victory. Let a visitor, also, on
any day at noon, look to this Pointer, and see if the huge
stone be not set at such a particular inclination as to be like
the gnomon of a sundial.

STRUCK OF NAVVIES.—A large number of
able-bodied navvies working on the railway near New
Bliss struck work on Saturday hr an increase of 2s.
per week. The Irish North-Western Railway Com-
pany would not comply with their demand, but paid
them off. A great many of them proceeded to various
places in England and Scotland on Monday morning.

THE PEERS AND THE BALLOT BILL.—The fol-
lowing petition is in course of signature throughout the
country :

" To the Right Honourable the Leeds Spiritual and Tem-
poral in Parli,ment Assembled.—The humble petition of the
undersigned, electors of the parish of —, showeth—That
whereas the bill before parliament for the enforcing of
vote by ballot in parliamentary elections is nit in accordance
with the m coral wishes of the country, nor likely to be o in-
ducive to its interests, therefore your petitioners humbly
pray that if the bill be allowed to pass the amendments in-
troduced by your lordships may be insisted upon, as stf,d-ding
the only means sf en eking per,onotion, aud of perniitting
those who, considei ing a vote as a public trust, desire to
record the some openly. And )oar petitioners will ever
pray, Ac."

The petition must not be lithographed or printed,
and must have at least one signature appended to the
sheet of paper on which it is written.
TAKING LUNCHEON WITH THE PRINCE !-21:
good story, and one said to be true, is told of a certain
United States Treasury cleik, who lunched with the
Prince of Wales when he went abroad on some Govern-
ment business. One day in the streets of London he
met the Marquis of Ripon, late Earl de Grey, chief of
the High Joints, and at once rushed into his
arms, so to speak. "Delighted to meet your lord
ship," he exclaimed effusively. " Don't you remember
me? I showed your lordship through the Treasury
at Washington." " Ah," said the narquis, "charmed,
I'm sure. Ah, much obliged." 'Not at all, not at
all," the syndicator hastened to reply. "N'. trouble.
So glad to meet you again. Where does your lordship
live ?" Here the Prince of Wales interposed, and think-
ing to bluff the enthusiastic American, said to the
Mai gun; of Ripon, "Let's go to lunch." Before the
marquis could answer the syndicator hastened to accept
the invitation for himself, and followed the two, Prince
and marquis, into a fashionable resort, and actually
lunched with the heir to the British Throne. Whether
the said heir particularly enjoyed the lunch does not
appear in the tale ; but the recipient of this honour
never fails to make delicate allusions to the day he
had the delicious lunch with Wales and Ripon."
THE " TURNYER KIN " AT THE CRYSTAL
PALACE. —The German Society of athletes, assembled
on Saturday evening at the Crystal Palace, for their
annual display. There was a good muster of the pupils,
some German, some English, and the strife was carried
on with the most fraternal good humour. The squad
exercises, with which the exhibition commenced,
were much applauded. The precision with which
they weie given was quite military, and Mr. Schweit-
zer fualing perfection. After this came the lair and
the staffed horse, and the fencing and the jumping —all
of which were gone through with great fire awl, in
some cases, with equal power and activity. A pasty of
rope climbers, who successfully mounted a rope which
was fastened to the roof of the transept, gave the
audience quite a "sensation," and the programme
finished with the " maze," a sort of military dance, as
intricate as a Scotch reel, but done in a iprave, met ho.
dical way, very different from the wild vivacity of the
dancing Highlanders. A crowded audience witnessed
the exercises and applauded all that was done ; and
deservedly, for the exercises were gone through in a
highly creditable manner. There was also a Burschem
duel, very interesting, at one side, the rope climbers in
the centre, and a whole troupe of vaulting acrobats at
the other side, all going at once. It was impossible to
watch all at same time, although all were equally well
worth exclusive attention.