The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-08-01 00:00:00

ground alone. Ile is sure Milton wi uld never have written,
S, aka their own tears their Hellcon."---in interesting little
bit 1 tritLisni contriina, d by a Kentish parson,
"S. M. This gentleman says the pronoun " its' used in
the possessive case is of late introduction • and though it
was known in Milton's time, it was little used, especially In
poetry. The word dOC3 not ocihr in tl.e authorized trans-
lation the Bible, nor, the writer believes, in Milton's
poems, and is only used three times in Shakspeare In the
Epitaph it occurs four times.
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OH Monday afternoon, sentence was paved on the persons
charged with the assassination of Prince Michael, of hernia.
Fourteen suffered the penalty of death. Among their number
are Radovanovish, and his two sons, Sims and Sestovar
Nenadovich. Prince Alexander Karageorgievich, and his
secretary Trifoovish, were condemned to twenty years' penal
servitude; Philipp Stankovich to twenty years' hard labour
in a fortress; and Jeremiys to live years' imprisomnent.

Advices received from France on Saturday sum up the
results of the French harveat as follows :--Wheat, generally
good; barley and rye, of good quality; oats, leaving some-
thing to be desired: straw, small in quantity; vines, inducing
the best hopes; beetroot and potatoes' suffering from
drought, like most of the products still in the ground;
hops, beautiful; Sax, of mediocre quality ; hemp, very Sloe;
tobace, of rather bad quality in the Nord, the Dordogne,
and tile Landis'.

The question of explosive balls, says the Cour" ier Ruse.',
which to some of the French journals appeared so ineigniti-
cant, is making headway. The Gazette de la Croix announces
that the Prussian Government has just adopted in principle
the proposition of Russia already received, as will be remem-
bered, by the majority of the Governments of Europe. Not
content with a platonic adhesion, Prussia demands that an
international ColainiSsioll be appointed tO tlx precise limits
to the employ of these projectiles for cannon and rifle, and
the Cabinet of St. Petersburgh agrees to this proposition.

On Tuesday evening a meeting of the unemployed working
men of London was held hi lloxton Market-place, to call
upon the Government to relieve the existing distress, by
utilising the waste lands of the country, and providing free
emigration to the colonies. About TOO persons were
present, the majority evidently belonging to the class for
whose benefit the meeting was called. A resolution WM
mlopted ottirming that fits the dmy of the Male to pi ovide
work tor the unemployed upon public works, especially Upoll
the reclamation of the waste lands of the country, and
another calling on the Government to provide free emigra-
tion for the unemployed. The proceedings were very orderly
throughout.

Mr. Henry Morley occupies two columns and a quarter of
Monday's nines with a letter on his Miltonie discovery. Ile
still believes the writing to be Milton's ; but waiving that
part of the argument, he insists that nothing which has yet
Inca published ought to lead anybody to doubt the internal
evidence that Milton really wrote the poeni which Mr. Morley
has printed. We have one more emendation of the text,
which Mr. Morley assures us is 110 W corrected for positively
the last time. It seems that for •• caverned " in the hue
"This plant now caverned into dust," we should read
calcined."—Mr. Bond, in another letter says :—" 1 have
several times examined both writing and signature, and
rn always with the aae conclusion, that tile i writing s not
Milton's and the signature is not ' J. M."

The death of Lord Cranworth has deprived the Upper
House of a most active member, and one whose services the
highest court of appeal can now ill afford to lose. Within
+nine months the number of law birds has been diminished
by four, Lords Brougham, Cranworth, Kingsdown, and Wens-
leydale having been removed by death. Practically the
appellate business of their lordships* house is now left to
the Lord Chancellor, and Lords Chelmsford, CoWilsey, and
Westbury, for Lord St. Leman's, now in his titith year, has
withdrawn from public life, anti Lord Retailly nails ample
occupation in the Rolls Court and at the sittings of the
Judicial Committee 44 the Privy Council. Lord Cranworth
had, perhaps, a snore varied expel trace in the courts of law
and equity than any of our living legal authorities. As Soli-
citor-General from 1535 to 1839 he had a large Chancery
practice; then he sat for eleven years 811 A COMMOTI law
judge in the ('art of Exchequer. Next be WWI a Vice-
Chancellor, afterwards Lord Justice of Appeal, and twice
Lord Chancellor of Gieat Britain. Like his predecessors.
Kingsdoten and Wensleydale, Isis title becomes extinct.

An important trial for conspiracy has been heard at the
Maidstone Asfir.es. A North Sea pilot and two Deal boat-
men were elle] ged with having conspired to obtain £426
from Lloyd's Salvage Association for services which had
never been rendered. Baker, the pilot, brought the Olivia,
a vessel of SOO tons, into the Downs through the N erth Sea,
and, with the tw 3 other prisoners, concocted a fraudulent
claim for salvage, arising out of services alleged to have been
performed, by means of which the vessel was represented to
have been saved from a very serious collision. They suc-
ceeded in obtaining t. 126 on an award by Lloyd's agent at
Deal, but on the ship's agent at Deal bringing an action
against the owmr for the amount no advanced the Court of
111 l non Pleas gave a verdict for the defendant, en the
ground that the services were fictitious and tee claims
fraudulent. The present prosecution was then instituted,
anti the jury having found the prisoners guilty, each of them
was sentenced to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for
sir months.

The Nolo York Tribune says that the reception of Mr.
Longfellow in England, has been quite as enthusiastic as the
first accounts represented it, and his visit will prove as
gratifying to his countrymen at home as it must be to
hhuself. "It is not only that the honours bestowed upon
our poet are a compliment to American literature, but they
are attended by so many remarks of national good-will that
we think they must contribute to a cementing of the friendly
dispositions which now prevail between the countries. In
the political welcome with which The Times greets Mr.
Longfellow there is something more than a simple com-
pliment for the poet ; there is evidence of friendship for
the poet's country.'

The camp at Wimbledon is now closed for the year LW,
and the Common will be adandoned to the comparative still-
ness which prevails there during fifty weeks of the year.
Aar..led by the announcement that Lord Napier had con-
sented to deliver the prizes to the successful competitors, a
large number of fashionably-dressed ladies occupied the
stand last Saturday, and several thousand spectators pressed
as closely to the platform as the barriers would permit. The
hero of Magdala was greeted with an immense cheer as he
drove up with the Countess Spencer and the Marquis of
Donegal. Having first accepted the badge of the National
Ritle Association he entered upon the agreeable task of pre-
senting the serious prizes, which he performed very grace
fully, accompanying each presentation with a few appro
iodate words. The Volunteer Review which took place in
the evening was by no means a success. The number of men
who took part slid not reach 4,000, and several of the best
metropolitan corps were not repre,ented, the arrangements
that had been made not being considered satisfactory. At •
six o'clock the movements commenced, and the march past
concluded about seven. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince
of Wales and the Duke of Edinburgh were present.

A diplomatic mininderstanding is said to have arisen be-
tween the United States and Denmark. (In the 2SI of May
the American consul at Elsinore sent a report to his Govern-
ment, in which he complain.' that on several occasions the
Danish Government had compelled criminals to emigrate to
the United States, and had even paid their passage money.
Mr. Seward at once wrote an energetic mite to the American
minister at Copenhagen, and requested him to read aml give
a copy viii to the President of the Council. This note was
dated the 27th June. NO reply has yet appeared—A letter
from Rome in the D,,Lats also states that the rupture of
diplomatic relations between the Vatican and the Austrian
Government may bow be considered complete. M. de
Meysenburg has left, after placing in Cardinal Antonelli's
hands the protest of Herr von 'Must against the Papal allo-
cution of the 22nd June, smhici. declares mill and void the
laws passed by the Austrian Parliament, and sanctioned by
the Emperor.

General satisfaction will be felt throughout the country on
the announcement that in the course of a few weeks the
Galatea will set out once more upon a lengthened truise,
under the command of the Duke of Edinburgh. During
this voyage his Royal Highness will visit China and Japan,
and will return home by way of New Zealand, in order tel
complete the tour so lamentably interrupted at Sydney. It
was felt, both here and at the Antipodes, to be matter for
genuine regret that the injuries sustained by the Duke
through the marderoun attempt to which lie so nearly fell
a victim, necessitated any interruption of the programme
originally fixed. Ills Royal ighness's health is now
happily restored, and lie returns to complete his broken
visit.