The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-04-20 00:00:00

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litZacomm.'s crognigoa, wife of Ur R 1 11111111111 IMAM;
li Vienna, boo beau ?Oboe of mon thin MAW
worth of Jewell&

It le intended to call in the fenrpenny-pieeee,
to avoid the cenhuign wMch now adage from having two
echo of nearly the •^ • One and appearance.
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Dr. Thomas Yowler Short, who rcohined the
bishopric of St. Asap about two years ago, has just died sa
the age of 10.

A—Paris telegram states that a great impression has
been produced there by a sentence of fifteen 11 els imprison-
ment to which Velnei, iiibenco has been condemned for having
engaged inc duel with the Prince de lienuffremont.
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Au Irish paper earl, trying to get up businees with-
out akivertusiug ia like wlek ins at a pretty gui through a pair
of green je,les You may know What you are duiug, but
nobody else does.
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A grand ceremony will take place at Orleans on the
Bth May, to commemorate the 443nt anniversary of the de-
liverance of that city by Joan of Are. A panegyric on the
heroine will be pronounced by Father Pertaud.

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Mr. Bright's appearance in the House of Commons
the other evening gave general satisfaction to the public...,
well sP. the whole or his brother members. It is not known
yet whether during the present session he will take any put
in the debates.
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"There is at lead one State in Europe," says a
Dutch ethieetineel weekly, "ii here there is more money
spent nu education than on the army. In Switzerland the
educational lolt. it,rt Mtioalite to over ten millions of francs,
whereas the military expenses remain below that sum yet
in time of newt the happy Republic can mix an army of
200,0.0 men."
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The fundamental etudy of beer in a peculiarity of the
fi wane. We read the following announcement in the
French papers, and it seems thereby that the °mums wish
to win their victims over to their taste :—"School of
Brewing at Angsburg.—Practical and Theoretical Study of
the Art id Brreing.—The Course of Study will commence on
the lath May."
A cormpondent writes that nightingales have been
singing at liroinley, in Kent, since the 2.int inst. This date
is unusually early, as in former years they have not helm
I heard before the Tali April.

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The Times gives the heading to the following :—"A
practical nihop"—" The Bishop of Winchester, in ' Prayeis
and Rules for District Visitors,' directs the visitor to ,nquiee
In fo,sjli, whether the children have been baptised and
whether all have been vaccinated."

The Washington Capital asserts that the sexton of a
fashionahle church thcre caught several couples dancing the
Boston in the vebtihale of the church on a recent Sunday
morning, to the tune of Come, ye digcowelate, which via
being sung by the choir.

Al original idea VMS lately started in Hamilton,
Ohio, who e a fee of twenty-five cents was collected from ill
persons who entered a church to witness a wedding The
money WSW given to the young people to start them in

According to a Daily News telegram, the Paris bone
show is A laTentable,failure.
.As aD exh2 Winn It a pot la

itself, and the absurd entrance fee of five francs acts as a pro-
hibition. There were not twelve paying visitors at the
show curing three hours on Monday morning.

A gathering of the Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely
Chamber of Agriculture was held on Saturday, when after •
long debate a resMution was paseed, expressing regret at the
agitation amongst the labourers, and declariug that the
movement waa hot calculated to promote the interests of
either the employer or the employed.
The Fifth Avenue Journal, of New York, dated
March 23rd just, publish. on its front page a well-executed
likeness of Queen Victoria, "a. an evidence of the estima-
tion in which tier Majesty Queen Victoria is held by intelli-
gent itmencane, who have not only sympathised with her
during her recent trial, but have never ceased to admire her
wifely and motherly virtues."
The report on the capitulation of Metz is terminated,
but subject to revision. It la to be re-read paragraph by
paragraph, in order that the wording may be in entire accord-
ance with the intentions of the Committee. Notwithstanding
the pledge of secrecy taken by members of the Comrilt
se
it is said that the report will very severely blame t
Duane.
Official notifications convey the welcome intelligence
of the abolition of passports in Frtille... From the min of
Aprtt passports will no lancer be required on the Franco-
Btigilll3 frontier or at the Channel porta. the only formality
neeersary to he gone through by travalers will he giving
their names and signing the daily ponce leporta
The Loane to Infante Bill, which wee printed on
Monday, sets forth that money-lenders and others are access
turned to solicit infants to borrow money, by which they are
often defrauded, and that it is expedient to prevent such
edicitation. It is proposed, therefore, to make the solicit&
tion a misdemeanour, and to enact that any bond Rivet, bys
mince for the purpose of procuring a loan shall be invalid.
The bill bears the names of Mr. Mitchell Henry, Mr. Head.
lam, Mr. icon/told, Mr. Gilpin, and Mr. Maguire.
Replying to the Secretary of the Greenock trade
delegates, Mr. Bruce has wiitten a letter giving dttails of
the operation of the Criminal Law Amendment Act and de
claring that although in a few instances convictions net
justified by the Act have taken place, they only call for its
amendment to the extent of removing ambiguities of ex-
pression leading to conflicting construction, and that BUCk
a change he is prepared to make.
A• hi elbourn e paper says :—" The meat-preserving
business is in an active poaition ; and the days will sax
arrive when a full export trade will be resumed. The Mel-
bourne Company, which at present exports thetbnik of the
meats preaerved in Victoria, is working up to the highest
pressure. During the six months ending to-day, no lees
quantity has been shipped by the compeny than 2.100.0041 W,
weight of meat, contained in 41,0.0101 tins, or 32,000 cam.
Mutton is still the principal meat operated upon."
A stage coach accident occurred at Wigtown on
Friday 111,. ht. Wnen enteriug the town the horses became
unmanageable, and, in taking a share corner, overturned the
watch. All the passengers on the vehicle at the thne were
more or less injured, two men being picked up iesensible and
suffering , fractures of the skull. Their recovery: a
looked upon a hopeless.
Monsignor Capri has been taking part with the
members of St Vincent de Paul's Society at Cork in their
animal "religious retreat." He preached a series of eleven
sermons, one oi them being an eloquent denunciation of the
'' canker of buniau respect," which, he said, was eating Into
the Catholic life of our times sad making many Catholics
ashamed of their religion.
The eruptive period of Vesuvius, says the °Pia
GOozdlle of Italy, which began in the first days of the year,
Se now manifested with mere intensity. The noises are more
frequent, and the lava bursts out with greater force.
A Fenian, over the water, was called on for a toed.
Ile gave the Milos Mg :
All hail to the American aigle !
Proud inlet of freedom, all hail !
The fowl that no one wan invagle.
Or put salt on it: beautiful tail.

The eale of 30 cases of cigars from the ex-Emperor
Napoleon's stnek will take place at the kouvre on the 26th of
Ain't. The weed.is of the.choicest kind., such as would scarcely
be found in the trade, having been ohb fly intended for the
guests at the Tuiteens Napoleon, during the last years,
had become too unwell to enjoy a cigar to the end, and had
taken to the use of cigarrettes on the advice of Dr. Conners.
Last Friday evening the Pope gave audience to a
large body of ROMILIIB, and on Saturday 10400 foreigners from
various countries. Repqing to their address, he successively
blessed all the nations represented, recoinmending them to
the prayers of Catholics. His Holiness praised the immense
charity of France, and counselled certain French Catholics
who have shown themselves too intolerant to use more gentle-
ness. He also said, " I blebs poor Italy, who is not free.
Is she not bound in chains by this contribution of blood that
is asked from her by the service in the army I pray for
Germany, now subjugated and divided by an anti-Catholle
and ambitious spirit, that she may remain firm and con-
stant Let no pray to the Almighty to give strength to the
German Bishops, that they may uphold the rights of Gad,
, the Church, and society. Let us pray for the conversion of
the.fools who mill themselves 'old,' because they reilll3o.
I duce old errors. Let us pray for Austria, who stands muck
in need of our prayers. I bless the Catholics of Ireland.
Poland, and Holland and the Catholics of America."