The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-03-28 00:00:00

n 11111,4 El $-6 ie y, q,,ireti to be vote...llo4'We y
cabin, Lae Slit 31. rob, l 4 li deft.), the ,ott of Levie
chtlng I,nd rept,
A horticultural curiosity le now on view in the
INlice In the shape of • hyacinth with no fewer
than eleven flow, ayikee, Si lercellent ohm.. Issuing from the
satno twit, the total 1,11111,Cr of bells bell,g 171).
Am,tg the Archbishve and Biahope of the Roman
Catholic COMICtI Who have r, eetted lull rwttlon that they will
be dented to the tlhenitr of CArctinal at till Cent Conefetor)
Dr, Manning I, mehtione.l.
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Mexican advices state that the Protestant Chapel at
Pubis has been sttseked by • mob and the pastor stoned.
Mr. Dieratli hais declined to receive • deputation
ming the release of the Fenian convicts who are still de-
Jailed In prison.
Berlin advices state that Prince Bismarck is slowly
regalein4 strength, but that he has no appetite, add can ,nly
obtain ad by means of sedatives.
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lta Sunday li.mg Victor Emmanuel received the
oorgretuanione at thy rilLs.omatio Oody on tho coca Mon ot
the 25th aunt of hla scessalon to the throne
[he r ptfou hued twa h. on. Ws Mej sty has ahio re•
eeivni cog gralulatory letterp from the winos novereigns at
&grope —Monday 'rap ohrerved as a nail tat hol,day.

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Lint iambi.? morning the Roman Catholic Chapel
it cr, w :ea • t e!esen ceelcck man, tire
NrepteSe, hr., AM, Prince Ciarle. lioraparte, and the mem-
ber, of the honsehold were present and among the congre-
gation were several (nattily olsoeti fortlgners, and of those
sir, have rtaohed I fselhuret dent the teth Gerona La-
fa)ette and General Leorun ocrup,ed seats.
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Easter Monday ie not to pane away without its
Vceut, terr It-vlew A field-day Imaa been contrived, by the
autholitle• of the Hone allartill, for the 8,000 or 10,000 men
of the metropolitan regiments, the litddlesei troop. being
er'ir the command of Prince Edward of Saite-Weimar and
too Snrre, Brigades under Colonel Stephenson.

The Civil Service Eetimatee for the year ending 31rt
March. 1875, were tuned on Saturday morning. The total
amour t reguirr d £18,800,601, a net decrease of iE243,454 as
conunired with the estim•te. of Last year.

A .craifylng proof of the advat,cernent of edneation
was elfvultd by a 'onus otters, who, bang asked by his
solosel whale Reredos meant, replied thst it was the !Lear
Division o ithe AMY of Martyrs—Court Journal.

kler hfxjeety the Queen he been graciously pleued
to direct th d the St.tte umbrella of the King of Atalanta*
shalt he exhibited In the South Kensfusion ‘luseum. It la
toped thas soma of the Interesting gold wosk from Ashaute•
may also find Its way to the museum.

It has been observed that when the ash tree opens in
leaf bet,re the oak a wet summer usually follows ; and when
the oat tree opens Its leaf the first It is prophesies or a dry
summer.

The Queen's Proctor's costs in the divorce 0118.11
beard In the 131,,ece Court for the past year amotn.ta to
£2,138 bn nd tha,a3 OPO orlgtnally vow,.

In the forert of Scotch firs at Ballochlyn(e, on the
estate of Balmoral, there are some remarkabb floe trees A
tree was n moored the other day, and found to have s cir-
cumference of I 3 feet at a height of IS inches from the
ground. The tree is about 75 feet in height.
Quoting the passage from the Queen's Speech as to
our foreign rotenone, the Nomteur Universal says: "if
theme are not vain words we ma) h •pe 0000 more to hear the
vol.xt of England in ail the important questions which may
diro elfin other great powers. NI any other French pipers
sprat much in the same 4410.

The losses of liritisiti troops in Asbantee are reported
to have been as tonne,. actions Included. Officers,
non-commissioned (Aileen, and men, white and native troops
—killed, 8; wounded, d angerously, 12 ; very eeverely, 9 ;
severely, 77; slightly, 163 ; total killed Ishii wounded, 2t9.
Carrier pigeons are largely need by Parisian
pertodteals for carrying latest imedigence. They .tart from
Versailles from two o'clock in the afternoon till three. The
average muniner Is thirty pairs, rud the chsrge four shillings
each par. The journey Is accomplished In twelve minutes
when fogs are not frequent. It le not legal for newspaper
editors to hire a wire tor their private use.

The Company of Grocers has made a donation of
£lOO, the Unmpany of Drapers of £lO5, an.l the Company of
Fishm9rgtrs of £lO5, terards the enlargement of gt,
CJlno.bs'a College, near Dublin, and to help to place It on
the footing of an English public achool. These London
compaulea all have et .tea In Ireland.

The l;neen has ent a reply to the tOdrees of congra•
tulatlon voted In convocati n at Oxford l'otversity on the
marriage of the Dote of Edinburgh. Her al +sty expresses
a now, teat, under Pr..vldenee, the union may strengthen
and perpetuate the good-witl already existing between her
faithful subJels and the people of Hugel.

Sir Arthur and Mn, Cecil Guinnesa have received,
throush • deputation beaded by tbe Doke of Leinster, the
I.anks of the Irish people, and especially the citizens of
DOM.,. for the munificent and patriotic support of the
Itsbibliiol3 Palace, during the past two years. as a place of In-
struction and amusement.

Her Majesty has given instructions for another
white Ckshinere goat Iran tle Buck In Wlnd.or Greet Pork
to be presented to the colonel and officers of the Welsh
roomers.

The children are dying fart (says an Indian telegram
to the Daily IVetaa); the labour test la breaking down ; the
whole popuottion la thronging to the relief works to enjoy
comparative hileneam. Tillage for the nest crop la thus
Le glected.—The TimetiuurrespondEnt atates that 4?,l1,0 per-
OMs ens receiviog pellet in lirhoot and he add. that In the
B fl'arce districts and Banda the harvest pro.pects have tin-
proved, esoept In North Gl,rucknore.—The Mansion louse
relief fund amounted on &fonder last to about £58.4611.

The autograph letter, addressed by the Emperor o
Germany to the King of Italy, is couch^d In the moot friendly
terms. After cousratulatlng Ids ally ou the 2bln anniversary
o• Ins accession to tie throne, the Emperor Icy. God ha*
brought your Melesty to behold the complete triumph of the
liberty and Independence ot Italy My ,iooolltllbh Is that
the Almighty aid always prot,ct yore blajecy and the
Italian per ple,"

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The Bombay Gastfte f the 2nd of March Rays :
Three men were hanged t r murens, on bue..iy nu.rulug,
two Paisees and a ftb,j Maboujo ratan. lb I.4ser ex-
hibited the Mittel ltdilf eyed., of his ra e, lint the Z losstrlani
evinced all the signs of I h., must abject felr. A large mili-
tary twee was ha attendance, and there were no signs of
commotion.

A correspondent, who lives at Rochester, -.settee to
the II thenewm :—" Permit me to miners% thiit aw edition of
&cilia.s W sks &heelu be brought out in Glandes! English.
The word. used in the author's curt. lie eXtrt.tunly eilsagree•
able to relY. I think that tbe language of the lower ordep.
ought neva to appear in print."

A dispatch from Atalanta, Georgia, dated March 6,
Mis :-1 he Marshel of Lawrencevitle, Georgia, yesterday
shot and killed a young man who was trying to escape front
him —To- lay a prominent citizen of Lithonle, Virginia, com-
mitter* suicide by rho3ting with a bird gwr —Mrs. Pettlbo;ae,
ot this city, committed enfold° today by morphine, r;s. ac -
count of tinancial difficulties, fine promised Lee little
daughter IS cents. to take a dom of the poison, aLd the girl
rild so, but the physician will save her life.
The youth named Brooke, who was recently Oi4-
victed at the Worship-Atret t PJlicr •court, Lc op, of cruelty
ton cat, and rentenct-d to fourteen oays' Imprisonment with
hard labour, haa received the 4ueen's

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It appears from a parliamentary paper inet leaned
that the foal number of bills deposited this tension which
relate to railway., canals, tramways, and the supply of gas
.d water Is 226. of these 165 relate to railway, and
canal,; 9to tramway.; 22 t gas ; and 19 to water. The
mho which prow se to author,z, the conttructicu of new
railways or additional railway works Is 1-21. Else bills re-
lating to railways within tie metropolitan dtstrtet are four-
lion in number, and Urea of ti.em propose the omstru.ltion
of ragnaya which have for their object tho completion of
tile Inner circle of railway.

A deputation of gentlemen connected with the sugar
trade waited upon the Char calor of the Exch., quer rn Toes •
day, end askeil fur the remission of the remaining portion of
I the sugar duties The right hon. baronet promised to
examlue the question in all its bearings, rind with reference
to other retniestor.s or taxation which had been pressed
upon Mtn. lie assured them that Vie euhl,ct should home
his nr.st serious onteideration.
A Supplement published on Monday to the .LessardA
Gasette • f Frleay c.el talus additional utspatches respecting
the Arhantee Expedition. Captain Glover draws attentiou
to the service. el officers attached to the V.slta Elpedition,
Commodore Hewett brings to the notice of the Admiralty
"the hichly eatisfaetory wanner" In which the officer., sns.
men, and marinm of the squadr n under hie order, carried
out their duties. ''All indeed," he says, " have realised say
highest expectations ; and In making mention of any who
under my own •brervation, especially distingutshed 'tam.selves by their gailantry, zeal, or ability, I am itur‘Otte that
1 their Lordships shotild not andel...rate the id upon
the services of those who, Teeth g err opne-, lenity, were not
I so fortunate onto render themselves enespicuous."
liy a Parliamentary paper jug issued it appears that
to repay certain miseclanenus adveimes to the Civil Cm.
tingse.cies, £15,037 7s. 61 ;111 be required for the year ending
the 31st Inst. There are three items In reeard to the Shah of
Persia, of which E 489 Is. *l, 2. for his histallw On as Ketch%
of the Garter, £1 5; be. Id for expenses Incurred by the It Of Trade and the Admiralty In his reception at Dover, and
£1,273 the RI. the i evlew at \landau, Park, Incurred by the
Offiee of Wends.
A New York correspondiut says that in getting up
puttee Ii ikUllt city, the proper thing Is go to Delrnontoe's.
Peimorilco takes your order fur our, two, or flee hundred
guests. Be furuishes sverything—ideles, supper, waiting
Wald., and Inieter ions, If you are Cu dhp,sed. It take. It al; off ',lir mind, cud you only have to 'been like any othen
guest, and go to your own pare), ; and you know he 'Otte
own party when yin pay yeur little Oil', and you feel COW
VP cal then that it in yoi.r Own, ea the peacock does when he
louts at ids tall
One of the meannres, aaya the Temps, which, in the Midst of the Mei at St. Petersburg 1,, eS:ehrattou of the
nutriase of the (Arend Duchm, ha; bten scarcely o`serred
Is tile er-oest, granted to poi mod pris niers. the (1 Jeer.-
meet, snlioes to elan° all the traces of former Internal
db.-miens, is tdliocrtg sequestrated estates to their pro-
Tee common wood nettle of America has been
tranapianted to Europe by M. Kowa for the ourpose of bring
I applied ti texlie purpose, It is known botanically am the
Laport•a pt./Wats, and In perennial. As it 1., therefore,
litin-cess.oy Cu anal the seed each year, the plant-M., In this
, respect, an advantage over hemp or flax, while it is sad to necieseltate less I.u,ur and expenee in preparing the fibre.
io a will state, the nettle &Mies a heLht of two Or ter. het ; but It le said that those that have been cultivated it
Ii 'lie have exc eded this limit, sad it appears pond ble that,
I y care es d proper soil, even a .011 gre der altitude may be
galtied.
.A crowded meeting has been held at Wrexham% In
support of worneri's stiftrage. lie. W If Darby prield,d,
tint addresses were delivered by Mrs. Luau, Miss Seedy, and
Miss eaarge, of hirminghau. Resolutions 10 favour of the
hill Introuucei this Session were aimed to, eat petitions
adopted to both Houser.
The soconragement (says leon) given to ingenuity in
the United States, ly the Issue of cheap patents, Las been toe means of turning the reitith liereum of that land into •
mere store. where no eels thread his wi.y except the
officials, atm keep 11111 p 01 the anent. gored regions Liven , ttuu iiroaeeelne at the rate of 20 060 no. emnbluatices Pec
yea,r, a happy Hem may arrive when all the mechaeicai per-
niutstio.is may have been 'load up, and invention, like
tlstory, will Lays to rept:i Itself or cea.e to exist.
A dreadful tragedy took place in Edinburgh on
Battmay night A in.,,, namvd bon whose wife had left
Lim, fancily, that he i,a, cease to be jealous of a fellow'
Workman, mimed Dellse, whom he attacked, after Inviting
him to Lis hoote, and cut his throat, lib then nearly severed
his asp little boy's head from his hedy, and afterwards cet
Its own throat, c ping soon after. LI Ilari Is likely t recover,
Mr. Macdonald, M.P., explained to a meeting of
e ch masers. crib duriley, the reasons whtchtniiimee him to
in tt e /nisei C emaciation on tins liteionr law.. He said that
tt first ht' rco ardcd the nlitedutment oft Commission to be
a more pre,ext for delay in ilea-dug with the amendment of
the law smi.ht by working teen, but he was subsequently
mom, il that the object of the C unmtssl-41 wee to facilitate
the passing of &measure to be Introinced durmir the pre-
sect demean of Parliament, and relieving th it to be the
cue, I.e then,:h he woul,', be acting in the tilternat of trades'
uulunists were he to consent to as a commis:donee. The meetti g unlniceously aoroved of what Mr. Macdonald Led uoce. Mr. Themes Antibes, ii a letter to its Beefinvi
giros a somewhat similar i.c.c.imut of the eircumatesices under
Ira% he I bed the Commission
It ie seserted that France will surpass this year the
pilgrineage...l 1373, and that a proof of lotls fervent piety
sill be shown it the andarah,w of bodily 11:1,141110600..;
there &111 be more travellleg no foot than In Meeping rail-
way curs, and tners will be no proxy pilgrims. A great de-
velopment ta anticipated in tile firm ol luternational pil-
grimages ; one le to be organised for kesiend even next Inasn
a lilies to toe &Wish relli„huto exeuralonisie of last, y,..1 to.
Paray-le-Moulatdees tens nr,w to exoepdonal pilgrimage,
tolhe stet tie ci Jeatme e'Arc. iry pewits, regimeut melees
military Laahlir no t:10 meld. Her roem.4l Is becoming worship. The redlines earrouuding the ststue coutinued
be covered with wreaths, bouquets, and little angels IC
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