The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1866-10-27 00:00:00

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The dekth is announced of Lord Plunket, Bishop of
losal—a Prelate who has been ilmgrumental in the b Meting
Cud endowment of more churches in the west- of Ireland
than have been built in the same time in all the other Irish
dioceses put together. Ily his lordship'. demise the Govern-
, meet are put In possession of a piece of ecoleslastied
patronage worth 4,6001. a year.
It is said that a well-known cottish baronet, wbo
had promised 5001 towards the erection—so long susPelldivi
—of the Wallace Monument on Abbey Urals% near Stirling.
;c,ontingent on a certain Interesting event happentog in Mt
family), has fulfilled Ids promise, and the monument is to
be completed forthwith.

The length of the Atlantic cable, from the point
where It leaves Vslentla to the spot where it was lan .ed at
Heart's Content, is precisely 1,866 miles.

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During the last few days in last week the Thames
between Erith Stench and the Sands was literally swarming
with porpoises, of a siro larger than any previously seen of
this place, cud of the order seldom seen out of -the Atlantic.
The paragraph that eleven J ova pheasants had been
sold In England for 2401 has awakened the astonishment of
the Parisians, One of them exclaimed at • club the Other
day, not havlag an idea that the pheaiauts were [(abrading
purposes, " What yourmantiw these English are, Ida often
rail at us Parisians; for extravagance in eating !"
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A curious social gathering tdok place lately in
Paisley—namely, to enjoy a dinner couslatieg entirely et
potatoes and herring, variously cooked lt was the sixty-
eighth anniversary of the Potato and liming Club Gen.
tlemeu were present from 'sago,/ and other places, u well
as from Paisley heat.
Ad /ices from America say that Stephens, "hem!
centre," having bled his Northam Fenian Mends to the Let
drop, has gone South to apply the phlebotcmhbig process
there.

The New York papers publish a telegram from
Chicago, which announoesthe death, in that city, of Augusta'
Dickens, brother of Charles Dickens, the novelist.
On Saturday a party of drunken men commenced
quarrelling at a public•house near Dronneld. Two of them
named Wilkinson awl Turner drew their knives against a
man named Rookies, and the former at length plunged his
weapon into lionicles' heart, death being instantaneous
"Mr. Chatterton, Q.C.' has been appointed to the
office of Solicitor-General for Ireland, 'in room of My. Morris.
who has been appointed to the office of Attorney• General.
vacant by the promotion cot Mr. John E Walsh to be Magee
of the ltolla.",—Dublin Express. •

Ah•Yuc, a Japanese prince, is reported as on his
way to Yale College. There are now bid students at Yale
The following curious advertisement has appeared
In The Times:—" Ritualism without dograatism.—A clergy.
man, who le abbot to try the experiment of combining simple
beauty of ritual with the very broadest doctrine; seeks the
co operation (not pecuniary) of Laymen Interested In the
matter. Voices for the chew especially deaked. For per.
titulars, apply, de."

It is atud that the Thames embankment goes
on slowly, although 600 men are employed on Use
works.
The Emperor of Austria has given to Mr. Thomas
Braasey, the weilknown railway contractor, the Order of Me
Iron Crown.—Very appropriate.
A ship is now in Portland roadstead in which Casely,
Phe Cornhill burglar, and other convlcta are to be deported
to Western Australia,
In London and the suburbs the price varies from
Old to 91 the quartern loaf. In Manchester it ranges from
bid. to 7d. ; whilst at Liverpool the only price reported Is 9d.
Aberdeen and Edinburgh people pay from ftd. to 70. ; whilst
at Woolwich and Brighton the inhabitants have to pay trout
7i.4. to Sid.
A comical piece of political intolerance is reported
from Leeds. The Rev. J. H. Morgan, Independent mWater,
of Holteck, who was engaged to preach in that town on
Sunday, received from the deacons of the Chapel, a letter
prohibiting him from doing so, " on account of the promi•
cent part he took in the late Reform demonstrstion at
Leeds."

Jefferivon Davis is allowed 20 dola • week by the
Government tor the purchase of rations.

A ball Lon ascension from Albion, in Orleans county,
was recently made. Next day the balloon was picked up on
Lake I)ntario. The unfortunate aeronaut was not picked
up, and is probably at the bottom of the lake.

Caithness exports about 10.000,000 eggs annually,
amounting in value to upwards of 30 0001 , • value greater
than the entire rental of the county fifty years ago.
Some ow, has proposed to "paddle his own canoe"
from Liverpool to America, to cut out the deed of the cap-
tain of the American two and a half tanner, the Red

White, and Moe.
Saxony is still compelled to pay Prussia a we,
contribution of ten thousand thalers a-day. The unification
of Germany is a jolly thing—for those who get the Milers!
Some one has been getting up a list of Lord Mayors
of London dyitg in office, a pleasant gilt for the one soon
Incoming!
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Presi'dent Johnson hag presented a silver medal, a
certificate of merit, and one hundred silver dollars to Mus-
ket p, an Indian chieftain of the Blackfost tribe, In recogalv
Mon of that ravage's gallantry in rescuing a white woman
from captivity amongst the coax.
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A little orphan boy, who bas recently supported
h.mseu 11, blacking boots in Little Lock, Arkansas, ban
be.ome the possessor of a fartune of one hundred and
twenty thousand dollars by the death of a wealthy relative
In Louisiana.
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It is stated that one reason of the deplorable
condition of the Empress of Mexico is that her father, who
left her 25,00),(00 francs, so tied it up that the Emperor of
Mexico could not get possession of it to spend Prof:Nosily,
and consequently she is unable to assist her husband in its
need. _

"A voice from Hell" and "Diavolo" are among
the sensation *Mks of forthcoming booka. _ _ .

"All Americans agree that there never has been in
their country such a parry tight as that which will make the
present autumn memorable."—Tiolf,',
From the lot of -January to the :lrd of October, 186,
the number of immigrants that arrived at New York from
European ports was 156.612, as compared with 140,218 during
the same period of 1865. The number that arrived during
September was 15,482.
Colonel Boxer has made a further improvement in
his cartridges, and tki3OuC mainly • day are being produced
at Woolwich. This number is to be raised to 200,000, and
40,000000 are to be prepared during the present ftnandal
year.
A supply of the Snider breech-loading Miles and
ammunition has been received from the War Department.
at the School of Musketry, Eleeetwood and the oftLers
and men at present under Instruction at that establishmenti
are daily exerciaed in the new drill.
The directors f the North• Eastern and Stockton
and I isrlington Railways have averted the threatened strike
of their engine-drivers by conceding every demand made.
They have reinstated the discharged men, diannwd an
onnoxions over-looker, transferred the power ef (lumina
from the Superintendent of the Locomotive Department to
, themeelver, and made certain modifications in the manner
, in which the men are to be paid.
The American papers mention the death of Mire
Cummins, author of the "Lamplighter,' "Mabel Vaughan,"
and o, her tale..
An inquest has been held in London, on the body of
a youth, who poisoned himself with cyanide of potassium.
Ile had left his situation In consequence of • difference with
his mployers, and while seeking another lost his num, which
seemed to have depressed his spirits. The poor boy's mother
said her son was a quint, studious lad, and "never had
a thought about such a thing as • young woman." The jury
found that he was temporarily Insane.
A Paris correspondent of the Independence 13c19e
says i—" Mr. Gladetone is expected in Paris about the 15th
November. The Societe des Re.onomistes, of which If.
Michel Chevalier la chairman, are preparing to give him •
welcome. It has been decided to offer a grand banquet to
the illustrious English statesman."
The Nobles' Ga.:clic of Moscow contains this carious
phrase:—" Until now, thanks to the visible protection of
Providence, the cholera had only attacked the lower classes;
bat at present the terrible scourge attacks the middle classes
and erect the nobility."

The newspaper; speak of the continued illnest of
Count Bismarck. which they describe as a prostration,
accompanied by loss of appetite. Private letters so far con'
firm this, that they talk of an attack of paralysis.
On Saturday, as Mr. James MKenzie. captain of
the brig J, cony Dmis, of Newcastle, lying off Deptford'
getting up the ship's side, his hand slipped, and he fell into
the river. Immediate attempts were made to save him
from a watery grave, but all failed, and he unfortunatel7
perished.
A curious point of law was raised at the West
Riding Quarter Sessions, at Leeds, on Thursday. A miner
was charged with stealing some fowls, the property of
Messrs. Briggs and Co. (Limited), who have recently taken
their workmen into partnership with them. If. denied the
charge, and also set up the plea that he was a shareholder
in the firm who prosecuted, that therefore he wasa partner,
and that the taking by one partner from another was no
theft. The point was reserved for the Criminal Court of
Appeal.
The solicitor to the War-office has published in The
Times a defence of the manner in which Mr. Snider, the
Inventor of the needle-gun, has been treated. The Times
repeats that when the poor man In helplessness asked only
for 2,7001 as his recompense, it was theextreme of stubborn-
ness to dissect inch a claim and strike off nearly two-thirdl
01 11. It was not thee that oh' William Armstrong was paid.
and it will not be thus, It trust', in spite of Mr. Cloches
special pleading, that Mr. Snider's remuneration will QM-
metal}, stand.
One of the latest additions to the Museum of the
Ro3 al College of Surgeons is • perfect skeleton of the Great
Auk—a supposed extinct bird, of which only thres other
examples are known to exist in Europe. This skeleton,
which has been recovered from the accumulations of many
years, as deposited in the cellars of the Museum, is in better
condition than the others. Skeletons ef the Awantibo, a
lemurold animal, and of the Aye-Aye, have been added to
the collection during the past year.:'—d Memnon."
Mr. Ilarey, the horse tamer, is dead, A New York
paper says that his death took place Suddenly at Cleveland
on the 4th inst. Last December he had a stroke of para-
lysis, and since that time he has been treated by several
eminent physicians, Oa the day named he left the
Wa ldelohouse for a walk. bet soon returned, complaining
of a pain in the hea.l. After being seated a few minutes
he exclaim al, " I am dying,' and in about an hour he
expired. Mr. It stey was a native of Franklin county, Ohio,
where he was born in Ida
A case of remarkable difference in the intellectual
character of twins has just been quoted in connection with
the brilliant academic triumph of one and the defeat of the
other. The matter being (Greened In the penance of the
brace the other day, the younger said, "hut my brother Ii
the elder one, and he ougt to do better than I, he was
bore hall au hour earlier." " True," ansuert.,l the prize-
taker, "hut what could I have learnt more thou yen in
that half hour."
llatlter a smart saving is related of the cel..hrated
German battle-paintt r, Fritz Lailemaud, who el- iolee, days
so". Ile was at the head.quartept of Cf.) Bredek
dartng the late esemaign in DAMN A-tor the terrible
defeat at dadowa Lallemand went to t u Commander tof the
Austrian forces, and requested I „•inission to reteru to
"tiers tots not engage tier the whole time of the
war?" asked Iteeulek. " t. ctuly, your Excellency," replied
Lallemand, ''l was enesg ••1 as a painter of battles, and not
sea palutertof routed :relies."
An old stabl.., with 100 infants in the horse troughs
;sad hay cri either a novelty, hot is to be seen In the
locality oil fen-street, Borough-road, London. lan work
has to n undertaken hy the Rev. George Aldington, who has
s. cued an old stable to form a nursery, mad has fitted it up,
ter taking care of the yoniqi children of, women obliged to
go out to char or work away from home. •
Mr. Pope -11ennessy hasmiade a trpeech in the' town
of wexford, in which he incr. the decline of the Irish
population not to the "three bad harvests," but to "twenty
years of almost unbroken Whig rule." The purpose of
Whig Cabinets, wa,,, he said, to he thus expressed ne -Drive
the' humaft beings ...way to Arnertcao send in colon and uncle;
-make het Cud, arilsut pasture farm for feeding the mauutacs
tutees of England." •
The usual battle of the sanatoria of the Smith of
France Is raging •la The. Theses. "Ai. B. WhiteleY, Ml)
writes,kern Cannes, to protest there is not and never has
.henna Ololera there: and "X. Z.," In the same paper,

rocoruM'ouls thvait'is nut to rlduk of 'wintering at any one
place, MO to try them all in turn for a mouth ot, two.
"What an Dread requires from November up to the end
of April," says "X Y'. 1 " "il a warm, dry, sunny climate,
Where chilling unwholesome winds are unknown. Now
notch, re In the south of Franco are suck conditions to be
met vpth for six montbs in 141C.8.404." "X Y. Z." advises
that Noramber, December, and January shall be spent at
Mentor., Nice, or Cannes, February Lod March at Pau, uld
April at Biarritz.. As thy lodging-house keepers of these
ves only lit thi tr upartments for the season. oh,rging sa
rru!f- two months an for iii, "X. Y.
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