The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-03-28 00:00:00

THE APPROACHING ROYAL VISIT

TO IRELAND.

The programme for the installation of the -Prince of
\Tales as a Knight of St. Patrick is so far determined
upon that preparations are being actively made for the
musical and other ceremonial features id the event.
The changes to be effected in the interior arrangements
of the cathedral will enable it to accommodate about
three thousand spectators, but about five tirnen the
number have already applied for thketa of admission,
and the task of selection will be one of difficulty. On
the day of the installation, the knights with their
esquires will assemble within the castle precincts in
full costume, where a procession will be formed, which
will proceed from thence to the cathedral over pretty
much the same route of streets an was talcen in
1121. The procession will be headed by a smiruiron of
cavalry, probably of the 10th Hussars, after which will
come the "State trumpets and drums; messengers per.
rod mints ; nergeants•atiarrns, with their maces; Athlone
pursuivants ; the knights .4 the Order of St. Patrick, in
the order of juniority, with their esquires; his Royal
Highness the Prince of Wales; the Lord Lieutenant,

A few nights ago a young lady, returning home
along Sparth-road, Rochdale, was stopped by a man who
first asked her if she "would have her throat cut " and
then producing a carving-knife, attempted to wound her in
the neck. In saving herself, her hands were much cut. The
sereania of the lady brought assistance, but the man escaped.
Ile Is supposed to be a lunatic, and is being looked for by tile
police.

A Western editor remarks that he is glad to receive
marriage notices, hut requests that they be seat soon after
the ceremony, and before the divot,e Is applied for. He has
had several votive. spoilt in this way.

Salt Lake law requires young men to marry at nine-
teen or pay three hundred dollars fine.
The convict Miles NVeatherill, under sentence of
death for the Todmorden murder, has been visited by his
'mother. 'Hs demeanour is said to be mogyliftlxlned thai
heretofore. The convict Puberty, the Drofrgiiin murderer,
has not been visited by any relatives or friends. The execu-
tion of the unhappy culprits will take place at eight o'clock
on the morning of Saturday, the 4th of April.

A woman has been committed for trial at Liverpool
for having, by means of a false certinelte of death, defrauded
the Royal Liver Friendly S.,ciety of a funeral allowance
amounting to £6. The prisoner's daughter was in Alle
society, and by representing that she was dead, when she was
alive and well, the prisoner obtained the money.

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An authorised German version of the "Queen's
Journal" is about to be pubhshed by Panties, at Gotha.

A very extraordinary incident occurred at the
Surrey Sessions the other day, on the trial of a young man
for stealing a gold chain and locket from a lady in the
street. Among the witnesses called to establish an alibi the
prisoner called his own brother, who admitted that it was
he who committed the theft. The prisoner was acquittea,
and the brother was ordered into custody.

Lady Rambold, wife of Sir A. Rambold, Preaident
of the Virgin !sits, died lin the 27111 February, at Tort&a,
from severe nines., arising in the first installcu from terror
at the earful hurricane ii hic.h swept the islar4l, and the sub-
sequent earthiniaktic

A very tragic affair took place the other morning in
nee of the Purls barracks A captain of loot Chessmen
mustered his company, and when the men were all in order
ant at "attention," he said, 'Good bye, 'oleo enfants, you
won't see me any more," pniled out a revolver, and shot
himself through the chest. Ile was not killed on the spot,
but his wound is mortal.

On Monday rooming twenty-two metobere of the
Walworth Pigeon Fly contested a niatch bra sweepstakes of
£ll. The dbitabce was a fly home from Guildford, and a
pigeon of the dragon tribe won, acconspliehing the Miirmay
to thirty-three minutes, a distance of about thirty miles.
Two other lords of the saiue breed performed the distance
within thirty-six minutes.

The following lines are said by the Dublin Daily
Express to have been written by Mr. Bright on a pane a glass
in the flirt at itrsnlnndrochit :
" In Scottish glens 'Ms far too oft observed
That men are chased away and game preserved,
Glen Urquhart is a glorious glen,
Where grouse and deer have not supplanted men."

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In Cork, on Saturday, Captain Mackay was aen-
traced to twelve years penal servitude tor treason-felony.
lie was convicted chiefly ora the evidence of the informer
Corydon' who Is said to have made his appearance in the
witness-imx in very elegant costume, and to have been as
frank iS usual in has statement of the 'great expectations "
he had trona the Government. The Jury recommended the
prisoner to mercy, and the Judge, in sentencing him, ex-
pressed commiseration for his position, such said there were
extenuating circumstances in his career.

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The marriage of the heir presumptive of the King
of Italy with the Princess Alargaret, his cousin,. is fixed to
take place at Turin on the ;:hid of April. ihe ci‘il part of
the ceremony will be performed at the Ring's palace, and
the nuptial benediction Into be pronounced in the cathedral.
Prince Humbert and his wife will afterwards visit the prin-
cipal cities in the peninsula, and about the period when the
empress of Austria will go to church fur the first time after
her confinement they will pay a visit to the Empress Marla
Anne, the great aunt, at Prague, and then pass a week at the
court of Vienna.
Mr. F. Goodall has in hand for the forthcoming
Royal Academy Exhibition two pictures which deal with the
life of the Virgin at opposed points 1, " the Purification
alter the Birth of Christ." She is represented aligning to the
temple with doves in her arms. In the background Is the
entrance to the temple. 2. Mary, after the Crucifixion, in
the streets of Jerusalem, leaning against a atone wa I, and
clasping her hands in passionate grief.

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Amongst the company who attended a wood sale
at Iludriltscengh Hall, Penrith, on Friday last, wars an old
man named Hutchinson, residing at Fell Gate, who Las
reached the extraordinary age of 112 years. Although con-
siderably shrunk, the old man is said to possess a compara-
tively robust constitution, and was able, by the help of two
stout sticks, to follow the auctioneer sill lot 89 was "put up,.
when the old gentleman made a bid, and became a pus
chaser. Old Tommy, who has stood six feet in height In Iris
day, was a soldier ut the British army, and was present at
the battle of Waterloo.

It is Raid that the Belgian Government is about to
make the following propointions to the proprietors of the
gambling-talks at Spa :—Play to he allowed Mr five years,
to close at the same time tilt it closes at the tail, a w
existing in Germany. During the first three years the
profits shall he shared as before. In the two following
years the runts are to be given to the town of Spa, with the
rioeption of a small percentage.

Of all the whimsical advertisements that appear in
the fair city of Paris (says the Court Journal , the most
curious is that of a matrimonial agent who 1148 lately opened
business, and announces to the public that "offliness" I, no
bar to his arranging marriages - and that ever) lisman being
I. formed for all the witching arts of love. F..on the future,
"Sigh no mole, ladies." Apart from the tuner of mar.
risers that are ma le in heaven, a goodly ptreentmze of
those taking plus. in Paris are negotiated by the I)l.:.cueal

waif . ''`' ocension of the twelfth birth-
day of the Prince Imperial tt ri.. -. 1,4 he it, tlet tlrA
heinapperent to the tltrone who tor me.... a tti.y has
lived to no .0 rid iv that character. iktliS XVI ii n ii 11.1 i
in the Temple, at the age of nine. Napolenti' the
.• King ot It.cae," was exiled at the age of three. Tito Duke
of Bordeaux was scarcely ten when the revolution cf July
In-ohs. out. Tie Covet he Purls was still younger M'hen Loma
Ptilippe Heil front Paris in 1148.
Thg.hinatralian Aborigina4 cricketera from Victoria.
Australia, are expected 'says the Field) to arrive in this
country in May. They are thirteen in Ittintlwr, and are
veritable Australian natives, with the straight hair and
peculiar physical organPation of the Australia,. aborigines.
Their traintnit in crieket has hem, received mini Mr.
Hayman, formerly if Devonshire, and for many years pitk
witus_ter in the %lumens district on the (Ilene* River,
VI doria. They will be accompanied to Eogland 1,7 Mfr.
Charles Lawrence, of Dublin, 1. Imerly of the All England
Eleven. In Australia they have attracted conshieralde at-
tention, alai last year won seventeen out of twenty-
two At the time of the last mall leaving they were atxtut
to play the Duke of Edinburgh and the crew of the &Waite
at Sydney

The Melbourne papere state that Mr.— it H.
Horne, who has been sojourning in Australia for the last
fifteen years, is about to return home. Ills Royal highness
the Duke of Edinburgh lately, In "a kindly oonsiderate
letter," expreseed his regret that he could not offer him a
passage in the Galatea.

On Saturday, at the Oxford Aseimee, a Mr. Siner
brought an action against the Great Western Railway ('on.
pany tei recover compensation for an injury to his wife. In
alighting from one of the defendants' carriaiees at RIG,
which had not been drawn up to the platform, Mrs. Smer
hurt her knee, and is now obliged to go on crutches. The
jury found a verdict for the plaintiff—damages, £3OO.

A Paris paper publibles an article by NI. Leroy
Beaulieu, containing a number of terrible statistics taken
from official documents. One gives the return of the number
of men killed in action in the wars during the last fourteen
years :--Crimea, 744,991 ; Italy, 45000; Schleswig.lloistein,
3 590 ; Northern America, 381,000; South America, 519 090 ;
War of 1866, 2,000;4' natant expeditions, 65,000--total
number of men killed, 1,743,491.

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The statue of Napoleon 1., one of the 6,74cf5-ar(r urn
of Canova, which under the reign of Jerome stood In
Salle des Etats, Westphalia, has been found in a hayloft of
the garrison at Cassel. In 1812 it had been thr,w,i
down mot broken. As soon as this discovery came to tie
knowledge of the French Consul at Frankfort, he has!coed
to apply to the Prussian authorinee, claiming the. muti•
I ated parts.

The Prince Imperial has forwarded a slim of 200
francs (amount of rewards received for good marks in his
studies) to the patrons of the Female Asylum at Saßanches
for the purchase of a sewing-machine.

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It is said that the poorest of the Fenian prisoners
now In Nee gate awaiting their trial on the charge of murder
In connection with the outrage at Clerkenwell, will be aided
to a limited extent from the Sheriffs Fund in defraying the
expenses of their defence, but only to a limited extent ; that
is to say, they will be provided with enough money to fee
counsel, but riot enough to cover the preliminary cost of pre-
paring document. to put in the counsel.' hands.

The Australian papers Pay hi a Eireelledey Sir
thuniniek Daly has received a very friendly letter horn him
Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, dated Sydney'. 23rd
January, in which his Royal Highness enclose_. t2llO, and
asks his Excellency to distribute it among the Mritalile in-
stitutions of South Australis. It appears to be his Royal
Highness's intention to visit the Weat Indies before he re-
tarns to England In the spring of 1860.
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Mr. Holmes, the representative of the trustees of the
British Museum, has made SOTTO sketches in water.colours
of the mat striking views in Abyssinia, and these have been
forwarded to the Secretary of State ter India for BllbluhiSioll
to the Queen.

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The Emperor of Anatria has approved of the niodi- •
firations ju•t introduced into the uniforms of the tr,ops.
The infanti y will have the jacket and overcoat of dark lane,
and the trousers of light the officers are to wear the some
colours. The cavalry Is to have red trousers and brown
cloaks. The hussars, in future, will only have blue jackets
with the dolman, brown mantle, and red II ungarian panta-
loons. The permission to wear the beard has not been
accorded.

On Saturday morning a collision occurred between
the Dore, of Penryn, and an American barque called the
flinfeton, about forty miles NN Wof the Loorships. 3he
Dove, which was bound for Cork, went .town instantly, stet
three out of five hands were lost. The captain and boy saved
themselves on a piece of the topmast until the barque got
her boat out, which necessarily took some time. The other
men were seen after the ship sank. The A rlington, out-
ward bound for Shaughae, afterwards put the captain and
by on board a Sc. Ives mackerel boat, which landed them
at that port about midday.

A very remarkable gold coin ban recently been
brought to this cionitry from bola. Its value and importance
appear in a few words of description communicated by
General A. Cunningham. "But what," lie writer, "is a
double gold mohur compared to the great gold Eucrat ides
which has rust been brought from &Altars by Aga Zeli dun
Bokhart? It is two niches and ahalf in diameter, and
weighs ten staters, or eleven guineas ! It has the usual
helmeted head on one aide, with the horseman and inscrip-
tion MI the reverse. The owner has refused £7OO for it. It
Is genuine, and beat.' all the Greek Wills hitherto die-
covereit:.

Mr. Baron Bramwell had a labourer before him at
Cambridge, the other day, who, on his own confession, had
set tire to a stack, and destroyed some tine hundred pounds'
werth of farm produce. Said the Baron, 'You plead amity?"
"Yes my Lord," replied the man. "You were convicted
once before for arson, and had three years for it, eh?" queried
the Baron. "Ye." " Ah, then, I shall prevent you doing
this sort of thing again ; you'll go to penal servitude for
life." That was all that wan said. Few prisoners, we ima-
gine, have had the privilege of being locked up for life more
laconically !

The hurricane of the 24th of January nearly up-
rooted an elm tree at Lethen House which has, perhaps, no
equal in Scotland. It Measures nineteen feet in circumference,
and Is computed to contain 400 feet of timber. The violen.
of the gale nearly laid the monarch of the forest level with the
ground, but the forester, Mr. Boas, resolved to raise it again,
and has actually succeeded, by means of men and mechanical
power, in setting the tree once more perpendicular. It is
showing symptoms of returning life, and may stand for gene-
rations to corns.
Peter Morgan, or Mohan, the man charged with
Inducing solo feta to desert from the British army, was
brought before Sir Thomas Henry, at Low-street police-
court, on Monday, and remanded. A sapper in the Royal
Engineers, who took the Fenian oath, was one of the principal
witnesses against him. According to thts man's statement,
the prisoner at one time spoke of money that was corning
from America, for the double purpose of buying drink and
par img travelling expenses. A great number of artillery men
who had deserted were sail to have met at • house In White-
chapel, arid changed their clothe.: and a stock of accoutre-
ments belonging to various corps, ladli of regulars and
voluntesrs, was afterwards found in the house by to
no' les,

Leon Collagen, the Emperor 7,Vveleon's valet, who
was in rds service long before 1514, aid has been with him
ever since, died last week and w.i4 buried on Friday. The
funeral sirvice was performcd at the elm eb of St. likrmain
LeAuserrois. .a/I the servants of the I elieries not strictly
requited to remain on duty in the p dace attended. This is
a I, em greatly felt hy the Empri or, who was &mai attached
to his old anti faithful domestic. Leon woe the owner,. in
lee simple, of tho house winch the Emperor occupied when
he, wept to Victry,•andlits Majest* was SOnt to any joci sely
. to his.faittiful set vent, "Leon, I am your lodger."
Under a law just made public, the gambling-
homes at Wiesbaden, amlum, aid bins are to he closed by
tic 31st of December, le/2, at the latest. The croon is,
at the sonic time, empowered to abolish these fashionable
enurniities at aiy time before the date mentioned should it
see good reason for so doing. This proviso is intended to
make the enneessionnaires mochas° at a round sum the
iontionanie of their pitvilege to the latest date allowed.
The very thus realised is to he bawled over to the hostilei-
mil corporations if the towns so lung graced by their pre-
settee, and, ills apprehended, about to be grievously injured
by their removal.