The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-11-28 00:00:00

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his conduct. Ifs stated that he took advent a-_;e. of ' Lady Emily Peel was safely delivered of a daughter
the opening, and in effect de-lared himself ready to use on Saturday afternoon, at
iler ladyship gild infant are doing well
still stronger language, aml even to resign his appoint- II hall•gardens.
went and submit the whole circumstances to paths- A daring robbery Was Committed at the Victoria
went. It is to be hoped the matter will drop here, for Station. Mancherer,
though there are limits wit Lin which it is unjustifiable from Southport was stolen from .
tathuerdaf itai'i'letiiiitgptltti trii.l whenet hei nniit'ill:ilttae-a
difficult anculotffitocialixththt
on
I"",ttlot%';',.ZlTif tit7ifte'd to-day for ninth-ft est Lam'a
ohrseowii.diirtt,onahnids ditepiarts
wiser to
ytoet
ilt.iss The following.paragm,hhisrLareLmi eevt:heeral,panfitt!7.,
without notice the inflated utterances of a minor official ti,r,..,Gla
petition will be prezenoid against his return tor
than to attempt to lett him down at the risk of making .
a martyr of him ; for it must not be forgetten that if a
man has ditties as a clerk, he has rights 11-4 a citizen, petition was decided, which could not be done far several
and it is difficult to fix the line where the duties end weeks."
and the rights begin. .!ree'alsd'ilinitl:heirle'''tol'agki::',uthefrutnhil2Tl;''te-rdoi:gut tulialtt:
MARRIED FREE CP EXPEsS6 !---If the abolition ingdistrial"iortfipProiteav:i
water supply, but the effect upon the public health is found
ti,
iii: Theh
acsulrtei cultivation
heo,furi
of the Concordat has done nothing else in Austria, it to lie very hijarimis, intermittent fever having prevailed iii
has made marriage cheap. In Gratz a man wanted to several villages throughont the Indium. King Victer
v.t private estates Ito more rice shall Itt grown.
not permitted, except on payuient of 300 Both., the ecesteitneted certain
oa
dispensation tax. This was considered too high a SlIlll "The will of Baron James de Rothsebild," says the
marry his deceased wife's sister, which canonically is Emmanuel has, in consequence,
_Well% orders that en his
by the young couple, anti they expressed their inten- Porn,, "was cloned on Tuesday in Last i:e„cik.alt,t,,hses,„Fsalaist
thin, since the church dignitary would Dot abate his tle,...ixtti!ce,
~laiitiet,h,tsipsrzesnuel
jostotfhgerefx,t!
length
h.
bat
tit
it
ti.lt.
price, of being married by the registrar. Whereupon u
reati hy the president and th eloemnent handed over to the
the usual public notice was affixed at the town-housm
executors. Iwo codicils of considerable i xtent 11,8
This, however, however, was too much for the bishop of the pended to the testament, and will be read in! sunday."
. •liocese. He not only sent a vehement letter to the Among the favourite themes of popdar song has
magistrate, demanding the instant removal of this h5,,,0 "the ~y life of a young recruit," Tie said ear hits
" placard of notification," but, which was more to however, not unfrequeittly results in a shstiered roe‘t,r,.
the point, declared himself ready to marry the attlb- lima ; and this most have been the ease w oh, a goi;talii,initi:j ,
born couple himself, free of expense. The magistrate the young Diet, who were tired uiotilii niie:rti
• replied that he was very happy to hear it, and that
,•on a hate.-.untler thtme circumstances, he would, provided the t primary inmtection . I,l*sically untit!
parties consented, order the removal of the obnoxious
document which he had caused to be written and . " Pit ' and • Why so cruel, delrest ? Your
zllei.,:ty,,rergeg,,,l.l;..stil
~,,, Out of t,s, 1, rtel:tat?; gir,
0ita,,,,,i,,,it'.,11 i,iai :ail; i rii.,1,1,,,t..dri,:!,,it
affixed in tie lime to the established laws td the the sante. Fulfil your wend, as soon as is Js;ble. Pray au
country. And so they were married free of expense not disappoint.'—Advertisensent In the Tim. a.
under the auspices of the Church. kmd letter of the 2,th ult. received safely. All's well. Ever
On Monday a number of men were charged at the
THE WORST OF WEALTIL—ROSSiIIi is stated to Blackburn Police Court with II breach of the co ittinia,,t,tel,
have left a fortune of two millions and shelf of francs. A:,t,,tlVrej,°:-L"P,thirm‘l,'..Vb'r,",Pl'ogititcht:iii,V: TV.`:;i'd,P,a -tba
Few compoeors have been SII succe.ful as he Wall t
Liberal shie at the late nmnicipal election. The facts ivere
in turning notes into cash. Fancy leaving a fortune not denied, hilt the magistrates decided that the offence did
of above two million francs ! But perhaps that is not come within the act under which the information Waa
what you would'nt fancy. The worst of having made laid. The defendants, were therefore, di: charged.
a large fortune is being obliged to leave it. —Puttee. Two curious incitlents have to be noted in connection
Barn ON THE SAME ERRAND.—A very interest- i der.atal election. Two imitates it the work-
rlthe Snie% their votes in favourThottuison, the
Mg incident is related of the jour des mods, the day : ..
us°4eated candidate. The names of these paupers were on
when all Paris goes to pay its annual tribute of respect the register before they entered the workhouse, and of course
.to the memory of the dead. In one of the most secluded as every vote comas ti -.le supporters of Mr. Thompson Were
alleys of the ea.ston cemetery a young lady, clad; .n I t t.e.erm_i
ned not to lose them. At the ssme elect,l.,ati,tse
black, was kneeling upon a tomb with a wreath of
women, whose namea have been left on the registe, ~ . itt ut
in:mm.olles in her hand. In the morning she had favour of Mr. Gourlev.
waited anxiously the departure of her husband in order King Charles XV. of Sweden has recently refused
at ot death-warrant aminst a wonme coevicted by one
to attire herself in a black dress, wrap a large cloak to sign
If die tribunals of poieoning. His Majestyexecuti declared, at the
round her, and go to the cemetery. The tomb on Hine
which she was kneeling contaieed the inscription, take place in his kingdom, and that if the4icath penalty were
" Alfred X---, born 1840, died 1562." Not far from t not abolished by law, he desired it to cease ill fact.
lame , that tor the future no capital on should
her, on another tomb, was a mi•itilesaged gentleman of I A convention of "the thoughtful men and women of
some fifty years. The grief of the young lady was New England" has been called ill Ito-tins to diselisS the •
silent, but her neighbour loudly wept. The former got feasibility—for with the " thoughtful Ilieli and wollien " the
up to leave, and in doing so her cloak brushed against desirability is a matter of course—of making the suffrage et
the gentleman. He turned round and looked up ;it WOlllell all accomplished fact.
was the lady's husband! She wan young and had been According hi the Pot I _Volt Gov in Mr. lilacrorie
poor, but with a reputation above all suspicion ; he the Bi.h"P-desilt=f"f,..Ngrtli,huatirl:l'l'llr:si.etigo.lV,e,„"ti
was rich, had taken compassion on her destitute cir-
itietolheironeterl'ape, where lie ern he c Pllfieel'aled by the
conistaimes, anti had married her. The encounter wax Bishop of Cape Town aud his sliffragans.
awkward. To the question respecting her mission at
the cemetery, the inscription on the tomb, " Alfred X Harvey, late M.P. for Thetford, have been created baronets.
—, born 1840, died 18112," was the sole answer. oil, will also be made
Mr. Smith Child. of Staffordshire, and Mr. li. J. !
Several other gentlemen, it is understo
Cross-examination elicited the facts that Alfred X-- baronets.
had been tile lady's lover, but had died before she The arguments in the came of Wagon re Walter,
had seen her husband. "Brat what tomb," she inquired which turns on the important quest I'll a 'tether the reports 1
in turn, "were you visiting?" This was a poser. of parliamentary proceedings
In Von it'ishi'slt"nrayi." 9liet 11.7111
The inscription above the grave which the gentleman !`, P .t'P. .: a
trrteteefit'eilnetelede. ws
oecticrodjhief Ju;ticLer ;aid itiliere could be
had come to visit was " Blanche." He was precisely no hesitation on the part et the judge. in forming their
lin the name caste as the lady. The two quitted the opinion of what their judgment ought to be ~ but, lodine; at
cemetery, agreeing to come there that day next year. the great importance of the question, they thought it right .
REMARKABLE ELECTION COINCIDENCE.—Ii is a that their judgment should be delivered in writii lg.
1
e Wh!tworth nine-inch gun by whit, It the um
1
1 singular coincidence that, ninety-four years ago, the
TIII'I 111 id 10.300 Yards Ws; oletailled at Shoel.lle,
two Liberal candidates for the representation of Bed- P illtl
ere:se Mist ,rJi T j',"
Will, tired tieain on Sate, dity, Is 11..11 it 1.-4
ford were Samuel Whitbread and John Howard, the even its previ,,us performande, and with 33 degrces r, o, 1 .ht oi
philanthropist The former was elected. hut John elevation, and a tab change, flu cw a 310111 shell to 11.117
Howard, a man whose name will endure as long as the yards, first graze, being about 1,0! 0) lads farther than ever
English language is spoken, was rejected, principally iron mras was hurled SY any ether giiii•
Inn account of his nonconformity. At the present elec. The Time, of India, of :Bet October, fllyl Hie
tion fur the borough of Bedford, the taco Liberal can. epidemic which first made its appearance einem: the horses
dilates were again a Whitbread and a Howard. Tide of the cavalry midi artfilery at
uSeetTinsra,,bail,le.s trav,elled
time, however, both were successful, and Mr. Howard tteadily
tair.itssii'itan,ii:dainol,iese no pl )int., haven amon, the
was at the head of the poll, a fact which has more than or,rhses:o;e6°, A.,,,,,,i,,, ~,,' „midi, „f 1c „‘„.„0„.1. 7 „..„.
local Importance, as it indicates the growth t.if pulilic
pletes tnie °AM marriag'e announceinents with the Tollowing
opinii in on the question of nonconformity. Mr. inforrnation:—. No cards ! No cake ! ! No wine !! !
Howard, a Isionconformist, received nearly twice as A Parliamentary return showe that M the year 181'5
is an influential local Conservative
many votes as the highest unsuccessful candidate, who
. there were 5,638 iptassitices hound Ind reci-tcred in
British merchant ships . in 1566 the number w. t.. 555; and
SOME CiNSOLATION.—Many of those ladies who in 1E67 it was 5,444. They are generally lasted Inc three,
four, or five years, but stone tor longer periods.
were disappointed at being refused the franchise are
have been told that one of the questions Electors are '
now quite contented to be without a vote ; for they I 'I he Paris correspondent of thedexertAJnorczt xit'lst
hound to answer at the polling booths is, "What is I tetantirrgt:e.,Aarati% thelt'ig:Mpe' Oat is als'as CIIeSCII
your age ?"—Puneh. croupier to secure the innocence of the game.
THE FENIAN " MARTrRs."—As Sunday last was sorti‘eirreiAijesse "reenwe,ul, the landlord Id the " Woe:I--
ms," Halifax, has died of hydrophobia. This's the
the anniversary of the execution of Allen, Larkin, and'
O'Brien at Alanchester, for the murder of Police- third ease hi Halifax eithin a few weeks, Ile was bitten on
constable Brett, in Dublin, a number of those boy whom ! Vie nx;;ln leoLigis epttodottTpti
4 e2ett lat7l.Tiv'e'T,l.e.t',V,
1 ilt'vle in, alld died is ith all the marked speptime ot hydro
these men have been elevated to the dignity of ! phobia,
political martyrs
es took an y opportunity of publicly ex- It ie definitely arranged that the Earl of Ellesmer y
e
prsing their f eelings b visiting a Memorial Croes
erected near the O'Connell Monument to the memory wKilihbe.imnear
jirliaopliz 11=tdhdoi:414eteimixitnhire n:sl;iieritiiiiii.t.tititlastoli
of these men. The names of Allen, Larkin, and ! Normanby.
O'Brien are printed on the cross; and that of Michael ! The Massachusetts Homeopathic :Bedieal Society
Barrett, who was hanged in London for his part in the : declare against the use of butter, which they aver" contains
Clerkenwell tragedy, was lately added to them. The no elemeet of food required by the human family."
I cross was decorated with green leaves, and small pieces , According to the Unita Dal io nu Mazzini is not in
of silk, green or black, bearing the words, "The-Malt- such abort ,tate . was recently represented. The advie,a
cliester :1,1 artyrs," or the letters "H. I. P.," and it lets received from Lugano state that his health is Me
adorned. with barps and shamrocks. For some luaus l'r"vi"'
I visited t
fia., and 8011110.11111,8 by iwayers, testffied their feelings. surprise has been expreeeetl that Lord Bast-
a tiumber nip' .r.otis his cross, and by raised
Sonic
r !Did. should have been interred at KilkSlll-green. ni-
-1 stead oef his ancestral vault at us.ington ; but the choi., 4
There was nothing like a procession • and. owing, the former place was made, it is Paid, front the Mar-
-1 doubtless, to the constant bad weather, the number of i chioness's Milted fIVerfiLIIII (0 ever seeing Dottiest.)i again.
visitors was not large.
. i A man killed himself in Chicago on the 1O•vel grimed
that his wife wished to get a divorce from him, and he watdol
' Mir. ROEBCCK'S FAREWELL ADDRESS.—Mr.
to spite her..
Roebuck has iesued a farewell address to his late con-
Her
,Majesty's
.ship Nan? plt has, it is sail, ", thi:_
I stituents at Sheffield, in which, after thanking his sup-
stetson, captured mile slave dhows on the east co&st of
porters for their exertions on his behalf, he says : Attie,.
I We must all aceept the decision of the electors as the faith-
B • roness James de Rothschild has sent °,ooofr. to
ful expression of the present opinions of the Inap•rity of the
the ass. of the th Irrondissen i,t it) Pu-is, linl- .;,, , to
electors It cannot he expected that we should acquiesce in
those of the Uth,'l .11 'the occ;.si.ei i'd her I:usliattd& death.
the wisdom or the justice of this decision. Whether time is
in to nhweluyn ea
jir adl
,o, f.,t, iri.e.i
li
ei tatnh :1,1,
el. ill
nI tort°
,Ig 1,1 e
edaat tonikneacet, oriereveirsaeiiithtiiiso dieicdreteo,
wthaintefonrorhtealgents• tiofictar
omf Liiiite,istahoflugnahl
lam confident that when calm reflection takes the place or ti on. An inueense number of people lads-led in pro,es-
excitement and prejudice, it win lej acknowledged that I. ! Mon hi military order, wearing crape and ;;,,s•it rild,
have been elways a faithful servant, alid that my services .
The If.'4lta and Glotweler Stand ard publidn-
.s a
deserved a different return. I make lie complaint. I stake no
who
ow :tot et he d the
for
eitherll on. A.
,Ao.ldl 4 tet
accusations. The future must decide between nie and the complete list ef the poll taken at the co•encester election,
nevvly-made constituency of Sheffield.
A eubscription has been started in Sheffield for a Inderwick. Not folly are the names and addresses of nose
testimonial D. Mr. Roebuck, and already over a thou- neutrals ill the borough is also given.
el mra
published,' 'svi
'6:: tr i 'a" lint o'
''.. f. Stirt h
sand pounds has been pronnsed, and this amount, it is During the polling in the North City Ward, Dublin.
supposed, will be greatly increased, a womitn named Jessie Bruce presented herself to record
her vote for lam and corrigan. It was found that hue lame
was on the register, and utter going through the form of
voting she was borne away in [demi& by an enthusiastic
' crowd of matrons and spitYsters, who cheered her to the echo
, on her way home.
At Ashford, in East Kent, the names of thirty-five
! women were on the register, but the chairnem of the Is'.eral
and Conservative committees hail issued a joint 'n-relllar Ic-
questing theni not Lo vote. Several of the la lies, not al,
proving of this, went to Ole poll and recorded their cons
In Finsbury more than fifteen ladies registered their Volts
whilst perfect order prevailed.
I
: On Saturday Captain Vesey, of the 2nd Hattal'on
• of Coldstzem Guard*, whilst hunting with the Guards flying
, pack of bragliounds, which met at Southall, met with an
ambient soon after strating. His Mom fell on a Mies, and
on coming to the ground rolled on its rider, breaking the
bone ot his right kg immediately below the knee.
A gentleman of wealth and position, and one who is
well known in Manchester, was recently asked by a f'on-er-
, vative deputation to offer himself as 5 candidate for that
city, and to pay the eApelises of the coldest. •• hi Mink.' lie
replied, after a nedneot's reflection, " I think, gentlemen I
can be beaten somewhere else for less money.'
Friday in last week was the fete-day of Queen
Isabella, and on the I Fec:‘,loll she received illieritlilall•ry de-
spatches from the Emperor Napoleon and the Eill•11.81.1
}:,lgenie• the Empet,r of Austtia, the King of the D-Lians,
Count and Countess de Paris. the es-King omit t.,l'es•li "f
Naples, and several high Spanish personages iicr haictl,
also received on this occasion a great number of visits from
persons of rank.
Mr. Gladstone has been beaten for the Chancellor
ship of the University of Edinbureh. His candid:ems; ea
opposed by the nomination 4A Lord Justice Getesal Inglis,
and, after a three weeks' poll, the leader of her Micesty's
Oppoilitioll Was beaten for the lii ~,,, iltilble dist illet ioil loy too
hutelred and ten votes, the burrs being 1,750 ler the Con-
servative Lord Justice against 1,510 for Mr. Gladstone.
In a letter addressed to the merchants, bankers, and
others, of Lombard-street, Brother Ignatius denies the ac-
cusation that he has insulted them by hia preaching at st.
Etintund's, and avows his adherence to ritualistic ceremonies.
Ile declares that he is a true luernher of the Church of
England, in which he wishes to live and die, mid that that
church is not Frutostant, and does not call herself so hut
Catholic. Further, he says that althonith his Mewls have
been assaulted, and one, a clergyman, was laid up from in-
juries Ire received in Lombard-street, he will not be hunted
out of his convictions.
. The first report of the Commissioners appointed to
. inquire into the employment ~f children, 3-0U11;1. il•el-FiliS,
. and Women in agriculture, has beell published 'tine com-
missioners state that the evidence already collected by the
assistant commissioners, and their reports upon it, mate-
rially advance towards a solution the questions stantnitted
for itiquity , hut any attempt to 4 !raw conclusions 11.0111 Orel
would be premature. t hey, therefore, content themselves
with drawing atterition to the principal points in the doe.-
talents prepared by the assistant commissioners, timi tint y
promise to lay their final report before l'arliament in the
course of next session.
The Vienna Ntue Frtie P I'PSde of last Wednemday
contains a most astimuding telegram from animal -In
Westminster," it says "Mr. Stuart Mill amounted. In
l; roar. nor-aqua re Mr. Smith was elected." This is out', ,Ind as
the famous telegram in the Berlin papers about the up-
pointment of the "Lord Mayor" to the govonorship of
India.

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A very serious riot took place at Sheepshed on
Friday, during the polling fir the North Leicesterihire
contest. The police were overpowered, and a detacluneot
of the constabulary tent from Loughborough were very
severely handled. The polling at shoepshod um adjourned
till Saturday, in consequence •,f the disturbance, lad only
eisdit votes were recommit during the AI hole of the latter day.
Mr. Bradlaugh, the defeated candidate for North-
ampton, says in the SOOOllOl if the Winntil 11 1,0
wept over my defeat my heart is at present too dill to
write"
" A strange Tel oort respecting neneral Prim is sprint'!.
It Is that Queen Isabella has written him a letter an winch
she calls on :din to labour for her restoration to tine throne,
or at least for the establishment of ber son, the Prince of tine
Asturias, as/flng—pronilsing to let him be Prime Minister ill
the former cies°. Regent in the latter :—promising him : t the
smile time ' pardon for the past ; ' and it is added that Paw
has manifested a Alisposition to treat with her 3lajesty on
those bases."—Paris corresponlence of the Globe.
At Armagh, Mr. Vanes, speaking of Mr. Clati,tone,
said, " I believe so great is los audition fir powir thigh,
rather thin be excludeil from othce, he woubt tutu England
into a republic, and become its first president."
The Queen, who, since the lamonted death of the
Prince consort, has used plain note paper in litr c"rres-
pondence, has adopted a moi,ogram consisting of the legal
It under In imperial crown, with the legend Victoria across

the letter.
The Duke of bfontpensier, who is still in Lisboa
With his family, has again heel, requested by the Proth Meal
Government Lot to return to apain, rn the ground that his
presence would greatly add to the difficulties of their bi, ns-
tiOn, and these, it appears, are not trifling It is not true.
as Ira, been said, that the duke has received an order to that
effect There is no order, but merely a wish intimated. Ile
can return to Spain if he thinks proper, anti perhaps would
! be allowed to remain there in quiet.
From what we (Sporting (Jault") have been able to
learn, we can state that the ainuivineenient in a weekly
, paper last Saturday that "the action ' hay e. nous 'will not
be brought nib, Cr lilt, as the plaintiff, out if respect to the
late thirqui, ri Ilavtings, is not w Wing to take up ,11:1in
past events in col flexion with the unfortunate case,- is a
pure fabric:dam The bola:item on both sides are, in point 11
frrl,luulaygtrtieeurr• tit. ir Weis, anti *war! witusigai boa
Weedy bona siatvesawi.