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

EPITOME OF NEWS.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

The Corporation of Dublin met on. Saturday, and
adopted a petit Don to Parliament praying for an amnesty for
the political prisoners.

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The 20th exhibition of Stock. poultry, Fec., in Bir-
mingham will be held next week. This will be the lath show
in Bingley-hall, the first having been held in a temporary
building ; and the managers may be congratulated upon the
successful results of their labours.

It was recently stated in the papers that a working
painter at Worc,tel, named Albert, had picked up for 4:4
or LS a picture "Christ bearing his Cross" about which
there had been a great deal of excitement, and that he hail
sold it to a Worcester tradesman for 700 guineas. It is now
said that the present owner ol the picture a Mr. Milton, a
grocer has been offered £1,500 for it. Mr. Milboi has refused
the offer, which was made on behalf of a wealthy noble-
man.

In the opinions of the Produry Markets Perim, Mr.
Bright's tree breakfast table policy is "the only one
which will ?lace the sugar trade on a really proper footing."
Seven Jews -all Liberals—will have seats in the
new Parliament. In addition to the five who formerly sat
in the House of COMMOIIS, Mr. Jessel, Q.C., has been elected
for Dover, and Mr. Set-leant Simon for Dewsbury.

In the Court of Sion, on Friday in last week,
judgment was pronounced breaking the entail of the
lianil-
ton estates.

There hi a provinon in the Act 26th Vict., c. 29,
that an hills and claims on any candidate most he sent in
to the election agents " within one month of the declaration
of the election," or the right to recover to be barred.

The Austrian Government has published a red book,
In which the position of the empire and its relations with
foreign powers are described, diplomatic documents being
appended.

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" Itlatrimony.—Wanted, to correTond with a lady,
by a gentleman of position." Address, etc.—Advertisement
in Manchester Examiner.

A correspondent writing from Waterloo, Liverpool,
on the 22nd lust., says —I was awakened at aliout 4.30 a.m.
to-day by the shock of an eartlionake, which was followed by
vet, other slighter ones in quick seeeession. They were
sharper and shorter wave-like tn. dions than those experienced
in this diitriet a few weeks since."

The obituary of The Timed of the 24th inst., con-
tained some rare illustrations of prolonged existence, par-
ticularly in the case of four ladies and two gentlemen,
whose united ages amounted to 518 years, giving an average
of exactly KU years and four months to each. As usual, the
fair sex took the lead, the oldest having reached the great
age of 58 years; the youngest was 85. Of the opposite sex
one was 87, and the other SC years of age.

An authoritive statement of the damagedone to pro-
perty on the piling-day at Bristol shows that the amouut is
not nearly so great as was reported in the first telegraphic
accounts, when it could only he a matter of speculation
There are niece than a hundred sufferers, whose loses range
from £2 to £3OO, the whole amounting to £1,235.

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On Saturday night, two labouring men, named
Irvine and Graham, fought in Lark-lane, Liverpool. Graham
insisted on fighting, and in the struggle was knocked down,
falling on his head Soon afterwards lie became insensible,
and died the next morning. Irvine was taken Into custody.

It is reported that Millie. Nilsson has concluded an
engagement wPh an English conceit society upon the en-
traordintry terms of 48.000 for two months, two concertv per
week ! One fourth of tlds soul to be paid in advance, besides
the expenses of herself and three companions !

A curious example of the uncertainty of pledges
given by electors in small bor‘mglis is furnished by the
Carinle Sentinel, which publishes the names of 22 voters who
signed a requisition to Mr. Rochfort pledging themselves to
give their " undivided and unqualified support." Nine of
them kept their promises, four abstained from voting, and
nine voted against him.

The marriage ring of Martin Luther is at present
being repaired by a jeweller at Waldenburg, Saxony. it is
of silver gilt, and bears the following inscription on the inner
surface —'b.: Martino Luthero Catherine v. Bra, 13 Junii,
155."

The election of the sixteen representative peers of
geotsland will take place in liolyrood House on the 10th De-
cember next. With amusing quaiotness the royal proclama-
tion enjoins the magistrates of Edinburgh "to take special
care to preserve the peace thereof during the time of the
said election, and to prevent all manners of Hot, tumults,
disorder, and violence whatsoever."' Ms is a relic of the
early phst unions days.
A Virginian paper recently stopped the press to
acknowledge the gift of a can of oysters
Advice, from Canada inform us that the Supreme
Court has granted the writ of habeas corpus sued rut in the
case of Whelan, now lying under sentence of death for the
murder of Mr. D'Arcy WGee.
It is stated that Lord Stanley has consented to a
malification of the protocol settling the Alabama dispute.
The commission of four will sit at Washington instead of
London, as at first agreed upon.
The Irish papers give is sad tale of lawless violence
and great loss of life. Ills stated that at a place bearing
the 111-omened name of If illbriton, six miles from Bandon,
• faction fight took place. which the police Attempting
.t
reprocu were set spin by loth sides, and a terrine conflict
ensiled. Six policemen and colonel Bernard's steward, on
the one site, imid many of the rioters on the other, see re-
ported se