The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-05-03 00:00:00

EPITOME 01 NEWS,

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Enterprieing New York saloon keepers are organ.
Icing their dens Into " dilleges," no as to get the drawback on
whiskey used for " scitntinc purposes," under the bill just
passed in the house.

An Ohio legislstor hai resented a resolution for.
bidding any more babies being named John Smith in that
state.

From the Hague it its annonnced that the Dutch
Government are vigorously collecting men ang materials to
despatch to the Esst, so as to secure the success of their war
Lu Acheen.

A now goldfield has been discovered in South Africa,
within. hundred miles of Cape Town.

A Connecticut philmopher alike In hie favourite
journal the following momentous question :—" Would you
rather go throngh a giddy walls with a pretty girl than go
through a pretty waltz with a giddy girl?"
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It is ststed that anather clergyman who resignei
holy orders In consequence of the Bennett Judgment has can-
celled his resignation.
They have a judge in Kansas who fined a lawyer for
saying tic &comfit. The official thought it was swearing. and
remarked indignantly that no body should •• sick ' him In
that court.

M. Fr. Kastner has been investigating the ph..
Domes,. of singing name, and he has been led to the con-
struction of an instrument which he calls a "pyraphone."
The Princess of \Vale, with Prince Albert Victor
and Prince George, attended Sendringham church, on
Sunday nviming last, the suite in attendance conalating of
TAdy Emily Kingscote, Gen. Richton, Sir Wm. Knollys. and
Mr. Dalton. The rector of Sandringham (Rev. W. Lake
Onslow, M.A.) officiated, and preached the sermon.
The Royal Society of Naples, for the advancement
of natural and social ecienoe, has published the programme
of its next annual meeting, and Wiens a prize of Leon litres
and a gold medal for the best essay which shall set forth
clearly the causes of the strikes which are taking Ilace
amoog operatives all over the world, show what effect they
are likely to have on the social state of the various popula-
tions, and suggest effilent remedies for the evil.
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The Pnnc. of Wales, Prince Arthur, and s.veral
members of European royal families, have been re.'eived at
Vienna with great state on their arrival to witneu the open-
ing of the Estdbition. Our heir apparent was specially
honoured, "God rave the queen" having been played as •
trioote of Austrian friendship to England on the arrival of
his Eval llighness at the Austrian capital.

From Rome we learn that the health of the Pope is
satisfactory, but a,. few days ago he was again r,,porttd LU
the Rowan rumour must be accepted purely for whit It Is
worm.

The moral of the Geneva arbitration has not been
lost on Prussic An award has just been mode at Washing-
ton under a Prusso-Amrrican treaty, whose dote is given as
179, by which Pitmans hen been allotted ti3Orteen thoumod
donors for the detong it, of certain Plu,ddan men-of• war,
during the recent war on suspicion of carrying cmtrabaml
goods.

In the House of Commons, on Monday evening,
Mr. I.; illford Unalow presented a petition, Mental by certain
inhaqtants of the town of Nottingham and its vicinity,
which was read by the clerk at the table. In it the ped-
tioners humbly submitted that the pu4lic money should hot
have been expended in attempting to defeat a claim whlei
appeared to th,ro to be one of a purely private nature, and
for which expenditure there appeared to he no precedent ;
that this having taken place, they respectfully asked and
prayed that equal advantages would be afforded for the
defence, whi,h they also humbly submitted would, in •
mea,...re, %limy the exist eg Itelbug that this tam a case of
might a ?WAG riaht.

During the week ending last Saturday 5,517 births
and 3,285 deaths were registered in London and twenty other
large citlea and towns of the United Kingdom. The mortality
from all causes In these towns was at the rate of 22 deaths
annually to every 1 000 nereoni estimatet to ho living. In
the metropolis 2 359 births and 1,25 deaths were registered,
the former having been 60 more and the latter 283 less than
the avenge number. in the carreepouding week of the lot
ten year.. The mortality showed a decline of 351 or 22 per
cent., upon that of the proi no. week the failing oil was
equal to 21 per cent. among children under five years of age,
27 per cent among adults aged between 20 and 60 ears, ad
and 25 per cent among penone aged 80 and upwards. The
1,262 deaths included 2 from small.pos, 15 from measles, 8
from scarlet tem, 9 from dlptheils, 73 from whooping.
cough, 10 from different forms of fever, and 1 from Eller-
alma. There were al persons who died in Es diseases of the
respiratory Organs and phthisia, while 85 deaths were re-
ferred to dderent forms of violence.

The Mayor of Wilma has received a letter from
Lord Lindsay, stating that the Mace of Wales will wire In
that bon, on Vi hit Tuesday, and will open the Innfinery on
the following day

A meeting of Glasgow shipownera was hPI.I on
Tuesday, at whiah a resolution was unanimously Monied,
approvirg of the appointment of a Royal CO1=148:1.111 to
Inquire into the carnation of the mercantile merino, hut
deprecating hasty legislation In the sense proposed by Mr.
Ph anon's Bill

Freon troubles with the Indians are repolt ii from
the United States The Illackfeet have attacked the troops
at Fort Garry, in Manitoba. and other tribes are said to be
threatening the settlements.
The officers of the 79th Highlanders (whose unani-
mous request that the Queen would be pleased to accept their
old colours was so graciously acceded to by her 11.1esty are
highly gratified to know that the honoured and tatt.-r,i
relics abould find a resting place at Balmoral. The Qusen
has pr-sented several copies of her book to the officers, nom
commissioned offl .ero, and men of the regiment.

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Tuesday night's Dublat Gazette contains a proclama-
tion by the Lord Lltutenant offerinc a reward of £2OO for the
annrobenston of the murderers of James SUCollagh who's
bod4was found In the River Lagan, county DAM, on the
6th Mat.

On Sunday Father Hyacinthe again preached brfore
a large congregation at Geneva, and announced that a very
disiinguithed priest would shortly eatabliah himaell in the
city.

There le a euue relic to be seen in the Holy Trinity
Church, Mtuoriea Loudon. It D nethlog leas remarkable
than the head of the Duke of Sesser, toe tether of Lady
Jane Grey. It Is kept in a small tin box. There is a mark
uof • cut from an axe on the neck. The akin is very like
thick parchment.

Marshal llaeMahon has given orders that three
under officers from every battalion shall be attached to the
telegraph offices, in order to learn telegraphy, and to form
the basis of a military telegraph staff.
Mrs. Montgomery, the mother of Sub-Inspector
Montgomery, who is awaiting his third trial for the murder
of Mr. Glass, the bank cashier at Newtownstewart, Is about
to embark with her daughter at Lough Foyle, for America.
Other members of the family have left this country since the
tragic occurrence.

The Observer Rays: The following telegram haa been
received at the Foreign °Mee :—" Telegraph from Colonel
Stanton —Cairo, April 25, 1878 p m )—A private telegram
received from Khartoum, dated 21st April, states that Sir
Samuel Baker and party were at Bepabrookre, south of Gondo-
koro, in good health, The date of the Intelligence. which is
laid to be reliable, is unfortunately not given.
On Sun lay afternoon large meetings of railway em-
pie) As were held at Liverpool and Birkenhead to take action
for the redress of their grievances, especially excessive hours
of labour and low rate of pay. PeAltions t Parliament for
legislative Interference and the appointment of railway
specterl under the Board of Trade were adopted.

In a recently published work it is calculated that
English la spoken by 40,000 000 of persons, InbalaMing Great
Britain and Ireland, North America, the Berm'.las, Jamaica,
the Cape of Good Hope, Australia, Von Diemen's Land, Nes,
foundland, and the East ladles German by 55,000,000,
Spanish by 55,000,000, mut Fr, nch by 40000,000.
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It is vouched for that a collier entered a music shop
In Manchester the other day and remarked to the owner,
'Am wants a peawuy." A cheap nth) would not do. ire
Selected the best piano, and struck a bargain at sixty pounds.
Ile merely remarked In addition, " Aw promised my las in a
peawny on her hairthday, and she shall have a good
too." While astonished at tho mean. of the man, and under-
standing thence the price of coals, we Nee more to respect
in his doings than to smile at. Better spent no than on dawgs
and drink.

The Committee of the Mold National Eisteddfod
have had • reply from his Royal Highness the Prince of
Wales in which he states that it is with great regret that
he cannot comply with the prayer of • memorial so in-
fluentially signed and be president tor one day, as his exist,
fog arrangement.. make it impossible for him to be present.
The reply will cause an intense disappointment throughout
the Principality, as theusauds looked forward to the time
when a thoroughly national reception could be given him.
The Eisteddfod will most likely be held In the fourth week
In A uguat, as originally intended.
The bill to amend the law relating to fairs in Eng-
land and Wales has teen reprinted with the amendments
made in committee. Bills have &Ho been printed which pro.
pose to declare and define the power of Inspectors of fisheries
In Ireland with reference to free gaps in weirs, and to con-
firm a provisional order made by the Local Government
for Ireland relating to the town and borough of Wexford.

The London National Society for Women's Suffrage,
of which Mr. Mill is president hell Fen t op to the House of
Cominnus • petition from Cambridze, Mated by (among
others) eis Prlfessnrs of the t iversity of Cambridge and 413
realdeut Masters of Arts holding Fellowships, Tutorship.,
and other College offices. The same society has also for-
warded • petition from 15 Ausistant-Sfuters of flarrow
Sch, 01, m d one from the Head Mentor and 17 Assistant-
Masters of King Edward's School, Birmingham, in favour of
the:Bill now before Parliament.

T-he bright pnapecte of business which the Vienna
Exhibition brinks to the Austrian capital have proved too
much fur the cabmen. They have struck for increased fares,
which the aniho,ities refused to authorise. They are now
threatened with the deprivation of their licenses if they do
not return to work.

James Smith, the American poet laureate, is senti.
mental In the follow' g beautiful lines Islands, ye are
penniless. Job's torkey were a millionaire compared w tn
oar present depressed treasury. To day, if salt was two cents
a barrel, we could not buy enough to pickle a onion.'
Senor Castelar has requested the Spanish hfinist
In London to thank Mr. Gladstone for his recent declinations
In the House of Commons respecting the Carlista and the
state of Spain. Senor Castelar considers ill me dealer; Mons
a fresh proof of the sympathy which thin country has always
entertained for his own.
The death of Mr. Macreaily occurred at Cheltenham
on sonde), He was in his elghty-flrst year. Mr. Macrealy
retired from the stage in 1857.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer acknowledges as
" Conscience Money," the receipt of the second halves of
three 5 notes, sent anonymously; of both halves of a £5
note, from "X," for Income-tax ; £2 51. In stamps from
"T. W. W. W.," for Property-tax; the second half of a
.flO note from "X. Z." for Income-tax.
A public m..,ting fir the re rood 1 of the electoral
disabilities f women was held In the Town Hall, Brighton,
on Saturday afternoon, the Mayor of Brighton presiding.
'lye first resolution declared that the exclusion of women
otherwise legally qualified from voting for the election of
members of Parliament Is Injurious to those excluded, con-
trary to the principle of just representatioe, and to that of
the laws now in force regulatha the election of municipal,
parochial, and all other representative governments. On the
motion of Mr. F. Merrifield, seconded by the Right lion.
Lord Campbell, petition, to both Houses of Parliament were
adopted in favour of Mr. Jacob Bright's bill. There were
about 300 people present, principally ladies.

A man named Clark, employed at the Post-office,
Peterborough, as iaiter.Carder, WAS on Saturday evening
killed near the level croulng of the Great Eastern 11.ilway
It appears that to, trains on the up and down Ikea were
passing over the crosdng simultaneously, and Clark passed
at the rear of trie up train without noticing the approach f.l
the down train, the engine of which struck him on the back,
threw him on the rails, anti no severely crushed his skull
that the unfortunate !chow died within the space of a few
minute..

Earl Forteocuo presided on Saturday at a conference
of Church school manager. and teachers at Barnstaple,
which met to carry out the Bishop of Ereter's scheme, for
supplying the place hitherto occup'ed by the State lo the
matter of religious education. Lord Fortescue highly
eulogised Church teachers for their public-spirited repudta-
Mon of any gratuity for contituing this work, • work most
important, but which sadden legislation, with which he
could not agree, had taken from them, allowing the
Government of this Christian country to repudiate all
Interest in the religious instruction of the rising genera-
tion Ito rejoiced to see laymen of the Church show
undiminished zeal in this labour, because the Church of Eng-
land, more than any other body, has educated the people
during the last century. Re should support any
scheme which would educate the young to religions
knowledge, without which any other knowledge wet worse
than uselesa

"A new royal author will, I hear," (says the London
correspondent of the Manchester guardian), "shortly make
his appearaum Toe ex-King of 'Spain is turning his expe-
rience in that country to accouLt by writing a book, which,
it is said, will bear the title of ' The History of King Amaden,
written by himself.' According to my informant, the bookie
divided Into four parts, treating respectively of Queen ha
-
belle's rOginie of the interregnum under Prim of the Hohen-
zollern incident and of the two years 'reign of the writer.
have not heard the literary ability has • itherto been sup-
posed to be among the undoubted accomplishments o the
Savoy Princes, but a short letter addressed by the Duke of
Aosta to his father three years ago Indicated very ,onsider-
able power of lucid 8111 forcible writing. The ex-King may
certainly count on being read."

A Mormon conference was hOll at Manchester on
Sunday, at which several hundred ' Saint.' assisted. From
• statistical report presented to the meeting. it appear. that
there are 570 Saint. to the Manchester district, and that
among those residing in the city • "spirit of emigration pre-
vails which mat pre,ent checked in its natural development
by the want of fund.. The yresident of the conference
"recollected the Manchester branch when it could boast
1.000 member.," and he accounted f, the falling off by
tiding that the richer Saints had emigrsted to Utah,

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In a letter respecting the financial policy of the
Government, Sir George Balfour remarks :—" Inatead ( f pay
hag the 4talea,oa indemnity out of the revenues and cam
Winces, thereby using the current revanue of the year for
a service which, it I. to be hoped, cannot won% and also MA
turbing the mom y.market by forcing the Government to
raise money OD temporary b uTowinas let the whole amount
be At once raised on Co Annuity terminable in ten years, this
being the period aince the liability was incurred:

The Slier Department has ordered the purchase of
800 homes for the forthcoming Autumn alsatcenvres, and the
Control Department are taking measures for collecting them
throughout the country. Last year about 3,003 were part
chased for the manteuvres, hut it is expected that about
half that number will be sufficient for the next campaign.
Another relic of the great naturalist Linmens has
last been brought to England of a very different nature from
those perishable treasures so loyally guarded by the [Anneal]
Society. 111, • silver tankard standing on three feet, and
has • lid and large handle. The height is live and a half
Menet. On the outside of the lid is engraved "J.tcob
wrestling with the Angel,' and on the inside A woman wear.
Mg a helmet and holding a staff In her right hand, and a
cornucopia iu her left. A lion and a f u stand on each side
of her. The arms of Stockholm and the stamp of the gull
of goldsmiths are on the bottom, and in front are the letters
" If. T. o.' and S D." beoeAh a crown of palm tw vs.
The tankard was bought by • merchant of Timis from a
daughter of Lienreus, and from him It was purchased by the
present owner, a professor of Stockholm. The genuineneas
of the re lc la beyond a doubt.

The screw steamer Glendale, coal laden, from Welds
to Reggio, was totally wrecked on the Goldwin Sands on
?tumidity morning at two o'clock. The crew (23 in another)
were all laved hi, the lugger Florence Night.noole, of L. 0111.1-
Stain, and bronght to Dyer They were re, ',red anti well
owed lor at the National Sailor. Horne. They lauded at
Dor, during Divlue

Judging by the enthuadatatic marks of Mei:l3.'lp
thowereal on the Emperor of Germany in SC Petersburg,
Rapala and Germany are the clocast possible fan ruts
KaPer William is beihi; rleh royaly /geed by his bratler
Alexander and his people. The Russia a p.ornalst nterpict
the aignincance of the event by atatiou that the to, Cotta.
tries have bean companion. in arms since 1,13, srlitan may
lau a tootle reminder that they intend to be companions
in arms for the future.

An open competitive examinatii n for the situation of
supplementary clerk In the solicitor's din., of the Treasury
to to be held on Friday. the 23rd of May, a ceding to
the iipplementary ep,cial regulation, the loni-a of age are
eighteen to thirty, not csndidatea Inuit be of the vescrib•ii
see no the first day of the examinatbn. eindig sus will be
iequired to show what preliminary trah.ing or technical
education they have undergone to qualify themselves for a
ottuation of this nature. No emendate will be eligible-hole
not serving, or has not within two years been serving as a
clerk, (not articled) In aa. licitor's office. The examination
will be in the following eubjecta, vie :--liandwriting, ortho-
graphy, arithmetic ;to vulgar and delmal fractious), Er glob
compoaltion. C.... Mates falling in any of the above-named
subjects will not he eligible. A fee of 10s. will be required
!ram each candidate at ending the examination.

On Monday the Plymouth Chamber of Commerce
maintained for three hours • warm dissuasion ou Mr. Film.
tthipplitc Survey 1111. Fiat. Mr. Moore, a shipowner,
moved a reaolut on, shinning that ite clauses wt.uld In pac.
tics be oppressive, injuri, us, wad haff-cival, and urged that
It should he referral to ii Royal C mnuission now siting.
This, however, was rejected, and a motion approving of the
principles of the bill and referring details to • committee
11 as adopted by • large majority. A letter was read from Mr.
Bates, 111,P , who cited the bill as an instance of the pom
ability of having too much of a good thing. Re guile agreed
with Mr. Plimsoll th many ships were overloaded, that
many steamers were built too long, and that deck loading
wu objectionable : but under this hill the slatpownershad
only to register their ship. in Wrap ports to escape its
provisions.

The inrival of the Shah of Peixia in London will
probably be dela)ed until the third week In Jane.

The que,tion of a tribunal of experts, instead of •
jury, Is under cormlderatlon In Routs because • sufficient
number of capable and educated nano,. cannot ho got to-
gether. It Is st eted that recently a court of sesslon oould
not he held to the district of Dlilepr,w4ki I: h.-non becau FO
not of thirty six jurymen not one ...odd be found who could
read and write.

A eircular memorandum ham been leaned from the
War once to facilitate the discharge from the army of bad
characters who may all, be coush!ered as medbally unfit Iry
further service. A medical certificate will be laid before the
court-martial to the case of every deserter tried before It, to
the hope that this c'ae of offenders. Already much reduced,
may be ultimately weeded out entirely.

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The Rev. F, W. Farrar, Head Mater of Marl-
borough, and Chaplain to the Queen, preached the special
sermon Dame the univer,ity at St. Mary's Cambridge, on
Sunday afternoon. The churcn was crowded. Mr. Farrar,
in an eloquent sermon, combattedthe atheisticyl tendencies
of the preisuit day, making somewhat direct allusions to the
presence of atheism amongst men of high Intelligence and
educational attaintuants.
The London correspondent of the Manchester
Guardtan makes • statement to the effect that the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer contemplate, devoting the Prooeffdr
of the taxes upon carriages and horses to the relief of local
burdcns These proceeds amount for England alone to
about 1.1500,00 v • year.

A Frankfort paper nye that while the police inquiry
all flod out the true causes of the late riots, there are cer-
tain peculiarities, such as the red Peg, the contemporaneous
appearance at various points of exactly similar sign of
organisation, the tenacious resistance opposed to the armed
force, and the attempts at fraternisation would indicate
that the tumult had deeper and more durable causes than
are supposed, and that there is .11 the appearance of • ten-
dency and organisation working against property.

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At Lord Ayleafordk meeting at Packington Park on
Saturday an incident occurred which canoed • panic. A horse
named Kitty threw off the whipper-in of the North Warwick
Hunt, and then took fright It Jumped the chains, dashed
among the conveyances lining the course, sad among the
people, knocking over bookmakers, and then cleared some
iron rails Into the Judge's bon The hone was eventually
caught in the ropes of the course. Several persons were
injured. One man had to be conveyed to the Birmingham
Hospital.

The Morgue town (West Virginia) Post records the
death in that c, uuty, on the leth of throb, of Rivard SUL,
an Englishman, aged 93. He marred In the Peninsular War,
and was at Waterloo, but had been resident In the United
States for the last halt century.
The Swian budget for the preeent year has been laid
before the Legislature from the Federal Council, and shows
a very favourable balance-sheet, the receipts being estimated
at fl 185,000, an against a probable expenditare of £1,100,000.
There are considerable charge., however, outside these
f gems for the supplying of new weapons to the national
forces, the expense of which la being defrayed Ey a special
loan.

According to tho Turkish El.Bdairal, a company is
being C.rmed at Constantinople, consisting esulesively of
alualims, for laying down a railway between Jlddah and
Me kkeb. nobul Muslims are to be eligible as shareholder..
The lame company contemplate making a railway between
Alekkab and el -Madinah, the two holy places of Islam
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A Pastoral from Cardinal Cullen was read on Bun
day iii all the Roman Catholic chapels of Dublin. It deplore('
the opposition shown to Roman Catholicism on the Conti-
nent, linti recommended the Irish to join the recently-eaten-
lished union to uphold the Pos.°.

The Spanish Government has bees thanked by the
Directors of the Bout of Ruglend for the readiness with
which the Cuban authorities handed over the man alleged to
be Warren to the English Authorities.

The sailing ship -Lady Lawrence, which belonged to
Messrs. Garden and Co., of Liverpool, wec partially deetroyed
by fire on Saturday night in the 'Victoria Docks. The cense of
the fire Is unknown,. .

The French authorities have just arrested a person
who In the early part of 1071, participated In the murder of
a ponce.ofncer, who was thiowu Into the St. Martin Canal,
and pelted like a dog with atones WI he sank.

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An application wag made on Saturday to Vice-
Claricenor Sirj. Bacon to approve of a scheme for the ap-
plication of numerous charities established for the relief o
persons confined in L.dadon for debt The aggregate annual
value of these now lapsed charities is £2,700. The Vice
Chancellor reserved his judgment.

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An emigration experiment on rather a large crate
has Jut taken place from Scotland to New Brun...lnk,
About 300 men, women, and children nailed from the CI) de
on Friday evening for the colony. This is the first attempt,
it In stated, that has been made to take outs) large a
camber of penons to one particular place, and to settle
them down there, I-ut from the liberal conces.lone of the
Government if New Arm...rick little fears are entertained
of the scheme being • failure. Each of the emigrant. bear.
a good character, and three teachers accompany them to
their new home. Arrangements are also being made to send
out a probationer of the Free Church to euperintend the
colony from a spiritual point of view,"
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The death is annonneeol of Mr. Ryven the husband
of the lady who a few years ago preferred sf claim to Reyal
honour., as being the daughter of " Olive, Fitness. of Cum-
berland and Duchess of Lancaster." Mr Ryvre, who for the
last thirty years or so had been separated from his wife,
came of au old county family in Dorsetabire—the Ryveses of
Shroton and Royston and by his wife, "the Royal Catmint,"
be had five children, two sons and three daughters_ Mrs
Syyes died about a year age.

Messrs. Itoutledge and Sons have purchased the
copyright of all the works, published and unpublished, of
the late Lord Lytton. Among the unpublished work., ac-
cording to the etrhentrerm is • novel entitled Pansantas,
and • play, the title of which it The Captive.
A very good story is being told in Cambridge pro-
fessional circles respecting a Weal examination held by that
Univerelly (says the Como Journal) Among other things
candidates were asked to give an aceount of the career of
Oliver Cromwell. One of them wrote in vague, but unflatter.
liig, termi of Hr. Carlyle's model ruler, and then, apparently
thinking that he had not been sufficiently precise, this youth-
ful student of history went on to say that Cromwell had died
very unhappily, and on his death-bed exclaimed, "lad 1 but
served my God an well as I have served my King, he would
not have forsaken me now that lam grey.headeti."