The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-05-14 00:00:00

Eke *ottrinibge &writer.

SATURDAY. MAY 140, IEBI.
----IVE-Dl3-1-14S—IN-RUY—A-C encI.:LES. --

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The .esiiiials of Europe have -their
tu:na from time to time in the celebraion• of 1
Royal and imperial weddings. Pat is has had
'ewer than the others; for eight-end-twenty
years have now elapsed since the late Emperor
Napoleon was married in the grun t old church
at Notre Dome to the Empress Eugenie, and
the joy-bells which then rang out orer the fair
city were the last that marked an Imperial wed-
ding in the capital of France. The only child of
the union was killed by savages in a foreign land
after his parents had been driven from France
into exile; and, judging from appearances, a
conbiderable time is likaly to elapse before Paris
is again the ecene of an Imperial wedding.
London, owing to exceptional circumstances,
has not fared much better over these ceremonies
than Paris. More than three-and-twenty years
have passed away since the marriage of the
Princess-Royal in the Chapel Royal, St. James's,
and that was the last which the people of tne
British capital were privileged to look upon.
Since the death of the Prince Consort none of
the Queen's children 'have been married in
London. The Duke Of Edinburgh went. to St.
Petersburg for his bride and there was then g
splendid ceremonial in ti:a Winter Palace. There
had ale° been a very gay wedding at St. Pete: a-
buzz when the present traperor of Russia inartn d
the second daughter el the King of Denmark.
And Copenhagen was en fete when the King'
youngest daughter, Princess Tigre, became tni
wife of our Duke of Cumberland. Rome bur 4„
out all its flags at the marriage of the Crow'.
Prince of Ita;y, the present king; Madrid has
witnessed two weddings of the young King
Al.onso ; and Berlin has twice 'within three
years, been bright with marriages of Quer:,
Vict, riu's grandchildren. Constantinople car,,
for none of these things ; bet just now it is the
turn of Vienna ; and Charles V. has OA us th,
if there is a ei!y on the surface of the earth wel
adapted for pageants, it is the capital of tin
Austrian Empire..
From the frequent visits ofsthe Empress of
Austria to this country, and her impelial
Ml.jssty's enjoyment of the thbroughly English
sport, of hunting, the people of these islands fee,
more interest Au this match than under ordinar)
circumstances they could have been expected to
do. Nor is this all. The bride, the Princes.
S•ephanie, as the daughter of the present
B. lgian King, is the grand•daughter of th-t
Pr:nce Leopold whose union in early life with the
only chilli of CTeorge IV., w4a hailed as being so
.-.ußpieions an event for the future of our land
Unhappily the beloved Princess Charlotte die,
not long after her marriage ; and the youve
Pfince, thus left a lonely widower. was compelle
:p seek a second uotieort. The Wog of tin
Belgians often pays us a flying vieit ; so that
rhe mother of the bridegroom and the father ot
the bride must be personally known to many la
our p ipulatiott. Hence the attethion which ha.
this wiek been turned towards Vienna, one o
Lilo most picturesquE cities in Europe. D. is
very I. ug tiwe blued Vienna celebrated a,.
;niperial wedding; and ja proportion to the:
length of time have been tbe preparations for
this week's festivities, The Viennese appreciate
;i Royal marriage all the more from the fact tha'
it is not so very many years ago that their city
was threatened with a siege No farther bad'
than July, 1866, after the Prussians had be: n
victorious at S lowa, they marched upon tin
Nuetrian capital, which only escaped invest
went by the conclusion of a hasty peace. Seven
years after that, Vienna started an International
Exhibition; but not being so easily accessihic
Paris, the number of visitors from this conotr!
was comparatively limited. tint Vienna now
made up its mind to counterbalance ev
previous drawback to its full enjoyment. I
combines the attractions of the middle aces Witi.
all improvements which modern arebi!ectur.-
an:lsycutnetry of arraug. innt can suggest. The
marriage of Prince Rudolph gives an excellent
opportunity for popular rejoicing; and as a R al
wedding does not come about every year in the
same capital, this one commemorated in a way
which will not sJon be forgotten. But Vienna
is no:. to have a monopoly of felicitations; Bed—
Pestli, the picturesque capital of Hungary. wii:
rih royallv receive and entertain the illustriou,
couple. The bridegroom is twenty-six ; tht,
bride is barely scvanteen ; they have thia best
withes for long life and good fortune. The
'nonfat is May, tue days ar bright, and we Nvil•
apply the pretty line so often quoted " Happy
is the bride that the sun shines on !"

present century. And, in a Idition, two pages of in-
Ai:naive di dogues, told in sn interesting Iranner
y6' Any Ken." It is conveaient, in siz
p ii,tcd, and ii.irt,rds a arger amount of intur&Cr.g
inalter than anything of the icind yet prodacedyand
th contents .1:e such !tat the nost innocent gi
_nay read without injury to her morals, and thos:
.note advanced in life will derive b .th pleasure and
advantaspa-: from She. perusal. Good and cheap
nu ion, such as the Novelette, eilted by Rita,'•
-ntains, should command a very large circulation.
It is published in the ordinary book form, and
thus when bound, is handy in size, end forms a
"aandsornis yet cheap addition to the book-slielf.—
Weekly Times.

" ViiICILTIOUS PROSECUTION UNDER. Tlia "FOOD
AID Danes Acii."--An information under this Ace
we preferred en the 13th ult.' et the Ligotti,l-
Petty Session's, Belfast, before nit.,
W. T. B
Lyon and Oavid Tayltir," the sittin Madietrates,
against 'Sarritiel Darling, Grocer, Ligoniel, for sel tug.
to Constable John Shannon a pircel of Mustard
Ileg d to have been arlif terated with flour,
although sold as being Pere Mustard. The report
of the b at analyst was in due form, and certified
adulteration, but Messrs_ J. & Ji Cotatax, fihe
Manufacturers of the Mate ard, represented by Mr.
Harper, demurred to the correctneto of tie
analysis, affirming that any package of Mustard
issuing from their Factory, whether in the form of
an Admixture or Genuine Mustard, carriee a
distinct and leOble Notice on the Label, declaratory
of the nature of the centents, in conformity witn
the requirem;;nts of the Act, a id that this course is
invariably followed in the conduct of their busine‘s
confidence with which this assertien w.:s made
on behalf of Messrs. ;.*OLDIA'S induced the magic-
tra es to adjourn the c:ise, for the purpose of sub
mittiug the original sealed ts,mple, in the custody
of the ceurt,- to Somerset House for official I
analysis. Upon the a jeurned he 'rip r, yesterday,
the Goverment Analyst's report ' was produced,
testifying to the absolute purity of the sample of '
Mustar i. The cat- WA,,, of course, dismissed. It
is Satisfactory to know that the punla may accept
with entire confidence toe declaratien by Messrs. '
(tolima:sr on their Labels,- ato the contents of any
-eackage of Mastard be.tringtThoir.Name and Trade -
Mark.
TuE PL2,II.OA!D INCORPO.,%TION or TR 3- Tow N.—
The adjou.ned meeting of rapr sentapvtts from th
townshi.:}s in the Stourbridge district as hull •in.
Thursday night, Mr. I-I mrhes presiding.. It- wag
-
repot led that toe feeling in the townships 'as
stronzy against incot pei at ion. It :•preseriati.-
'rorn toe Lye wished to propose a resolutiti
tgainet the sc'ieme, but toe Cnairman ruled ;his
iiiiietes:ary. The opinion of the district having been
..scertained ho should report to the committee,
and he apprehended that the scheme will be post-
:wiled
DRUNKENNESS •-itt. the Pelice Court, yeiiterday,
iefore Colonel.Fletcht -.aid Mr. F. Ever-, Michael
,leDonild was ciairged with being drunk on the
th inst Poliee-! enstalele Webb proved the case.
it'ined 2s GI and costs:—Berijamin Dunn was charged
with being dunk on the 3tii inst. Sergeant Payne
--moved the case. Fined 2s (id and costs.--Henry
?well was chargial with btiing drank on the th
lust. Police-constable "%Villains prover, the ceett.
s'ine42a Gd and costs. Charlea Kendri,l was
ohatged with being drunk at the Lye, on the sth
inst. Police-censtabie Jew son gave evicitiee in
-tnpport of the charge Defendant denial being
dunk and callcd Arthur Taylor, Who said he worked
with the defendant until half-past nine o'clock and
that neither of them went into a public house to
•:ave a spot of ale- Adjourned for 7 114 ye —Sarnu.
Collins. of the Lye. was charged with beinwdrunk
at the Lye, on the 7th inst Race eonstabl
Paynter Iroved the case. Fined 21 61 and cs s.—
roseph Adams, of Cradley, was charged with 14,1 c
d tank on th- 7th ist. Police:a mate.' la 0 they
pored tlyt case. Fined 2s 61 and costs.—Shadrach
tlomer, of the Lye. was charged with being drunk
ud disorderly On the Bth
.inst. Scrweant Pepe
iroved the c Ise. fined 5s and costs.
STEALIvG IBON.-134), e Colonel Fletcher and
It. L. Freereikeieph 1100k3011 was oh 'reed with
,te.,ling an iron bar on the 10 h inst. the property
of the Gat Viriett-rn Railway Company. Prisener
-'laded guilty. Thomas Wittinghaut, g r-ta ,n shed
p) ter at Anahlteete, said he ~a 7 t!.• prisoler vet
the fencing- on to the Company's g ount. He
I eked rouni and then pi-kel up the iron litr tro-
duced. He dragged it across the field and threw it.
over a fence, and then put it into a pond. coy-Ting.
.it with gra.-s. He was walking away wiien witneet
copped him and told him he was on trespa,s and
that he had hidden the bar of iron. Sentenced to
two months hard labour.

ASSAULT CASE. —.l seph Maiden. of Hagley, was
charged with assaul'ing Isdah Parkes on the 9th
inst. Tnere was a cross-summons S,g,inst Parkes
his wife for assi.ultioi M.,iden, Mr Roskell
topeared fur Parkes. Alt,•: he:ring the eciele.a.,o
the Bench considered it a disgraceful ease twd
hound brit.o parties ovt.r to keep the pp ,ce.
RlDtris WITHOUT 11-12;11.—John Richatis, of the
tave, waaor :ered to pay costs for riding in a cart
witimut rems. Sergeant Payne
‘proved t
11 iowwy Orrasca —Jamas Pinch, of Chum%ill,
was s,Autooned for allowing a cow to stay on ,he
higway on the sth in-t, Police-cons'able Smith
Pri,Ved the case. Withdrawn on pa&nient of cods
A Dr-HNsr SERvANT. E,izabeth Benett, a
.niestio s..rvant, was charged wit'i stealing from
a t:11 4s 3d, and a elild's id..tifore, 0., lie 12t,11, mat,
property of Edward Hawkeswood, landlord ot
rli,. Star and An‘lor, Covehtry St•eet. P•patcritor
siil that prison,4r lived with him as servant. He
had oftsm rniss.d money and maked some silver
and copper coins, which he put Lto the till and
locked t. The next morning he we. tto count up
the wouey and fetrid the 1 ck had been tampere
with and forced. He mia,ed f or mark- d shillin s
and thr• epence in copper. Police•co7stable W;1
!ia'ne was re'.t for anrl in his pre-ence pr.soner
turned the marked money pro luc.ri out of her
po.k,-t. Fined 40s; in default one month.
CHIMNEY ON FLRE.—John Britow, K•cl lermin-
ster S•re,ft, was ordered to p•iy co-ts for haying'
his chi•onf.y on ire, on the 9th i st. Police c
stabh, Williams proved the case.