The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-01-25 00:00:00

EPITOME OF NEWS,

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Lord Dudley haa munificently cleared off the debt of
the Guest Hospital, Dudley, with a cheque for £469 3m. 2d.

During last Saturday night's gale a number of colli-
sions occurred in the Downs, and several vessels have out
Into harbour with loss of spars or rigging, or otherwise
disabled.

It has been resolved at the Livet pool School Board
to r,carnmend to the Education Department additional
measures to aupplement the Education Act, among them
being the empowering of magistrates to order the whipping
of truant school children.
Dominica Malmo, the patriot and poet, who, an one
of the most distinguished of the advanced Liberal party In
Italy, was widely known and greatly respected, died on
Saturday fl Florence of cancer, after a long and painful

It in rumoured in Dublin that the Prince of Wales
Ii about to visit Ireland, and that he will be Installed Pre-
sident of the Order of Chivalry, a new grade reoently 'stab-
hailed or revived In Masonry, and that the event will be
celebrated by • grand Masonic entertainment and ball in
Dublin.

The Tichborne Claimant addressed a large meeting
at Bright.° on Monday oktht. Ile etated it to be to. inten-
tion to petition Parliament that Lord Chief Justice Cock-
burn should not preside at the approaching triaL The
Claimant s cab was dragged from the Lecture-hall to the
hotel by an enthusiastic crowd.

ltliall, M.P., speaking at Bradford, on Satur-
day evening, said It was possible to exaggerate the im-
portance of the abolition of prlmogenittire and entail A
more important measure, and one which would probably be
carried next session, was that which would give entire free-
dom in the purchase of land, and would reduce the expense
usually incurred In Its conveyance.

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Paris poeseeses a living microscope in the shape of a
little gamin living at (May, who can discover atinnvlcuhe In
water when they are completely invisible to the naked eye of
otherA. To show that there Is no deception, he draws what
he professes to see, awl ill a microscope being applied to the
water, the correctness of his drawings la thoroughly proved.

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Since the French d.iineeties have rebelled against
wearing cape, their young mistressee have adopted them;
the latest and most piquant° specimen of this head.kear is
n the Princess," a small edition of the Normandy peasant's
cap, made of clear white muslin, with a narrow lace border
and coloured ribbon, or black velvet band and bow.

It W said that Sir Peter Tait was so confident of
winning the election at Orkney that he ba I a large quantity
of fireworks ordered to celebrate his rettnn. These were
fired oft by the inhabitants.to celebrate the victory of his
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opponent. It is moreover stated that 30 votes were lost to
Mr. Laing owing to the papers having been marked on the
wrong side 01 the name.
])Laing the heavy storms of November end llacem-
bet last the lifeboat' of the National Institution saved 311
lives from different shipwrecks on our coasts, besides assist-
ing to rescue, when no other craft could hlp them, 14
vessels from destruction. The Fishmongers' Company has
fora arded additional donation of 100 guineas to the
institution.

George Cooper, alias John King, who bad given
himself up to the police on a charge of having committed the
fired Comm-street murder, was brought up at Bow-street
Police enurt, in London, on Monday, when he stated that he
had been drinking hard for several days, and did not remem-
ber anything he had said. The magistrate remanded him for
a week, in order thst further inquiries might be made re-
specting him.

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Five convicts at Ward's Island, New York—three
w men and two men—attempted to escape on the 4th of
January by getting tbto a small boat end rowing through the
floating lea to New li-rk across the Fast River. The boat
became unmanageable and ..,on capsized, two of the women
being drowned. The others were rescued and taken bark to
prison.
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The reigning family of Portugal ham just given a
new proof of Its characteristic generoalty. The King, Dom
Lute, relinquishes to the nation 6lci millions of reLs out of
his own allowance, nine million. out of that of the Queen,
and ea millions out of those of his sons, the Princes Dom
Carlos, and Dom Alphonse. The late King, his Majeatj's
father, Dom Ferdinand, by the second decree, makes a pre-
aent for his part of 15 millions of refs out of the .urn
allowed him by his marriage contract, three milling of
which he desired to be applied to the purchue of picture
by Domingo de Sequieras. An Eigdah Sovereign passe*
curriat for 4,500 reia.

Sir William. GuU, writing with reference to the M-
oen. of the late Emperor Napoleon and the causes of his
death, says :—" I do not think it incumbent upon me Indi-
vidually to enter tip u asy elpfaeations, but shall leave it
to the private physicians of the Einper rto record the full
ditaili of the case when they may think It proper to do so.
In the meanwhile, however, I feel it my duty to deprecate
the hady and ri• tidal commenta which are made, and which
can only muted Cie public, and give pain to thme who are
better unformed ea to the whole course of the Emperor's
Ulnae

The declared nano of ham Imported last yeatime
£402,964 .omit £196,326 In the preceding year.

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There were no lees than 57 deaths-by homicide in
New York city hit year.

The Hon. and Rev. Baptist Wriotbesley Noel died
on seedily afternoon, aged wventy-three

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In 1872 the value of cheeee exported we., of British
and Irish stock, £82,866, against £6,128 in the preceding
year.
Two Europeans have been tried in Lahure for ex-
paing bef in such a way as to hurt the feelings of the na-
tives. but they have been acquitted.

We learn from St. Petersburg that the Russian
Curt has gone into mourning tor fourteen days for the late
Emperor Napoleon.
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From New York it io reported that the steamer Erie
was burned off Pernambuco, and that 31,000 bags of coffee
were destroj ed. _ _

A Bengal paper supplies a neat inetance of confusion
of metaphor. Crlticieing the income-tax, our contemporary
hopes " the Government will not repeat the blunder of kill-
ing the calf which daily produces the golden egg"

Mrs. Ann Martin has lodged with the grand jury a
notice of claim for £3,000, for the murder of her husband
during the 13,1 fut note. Altogether claims for Some
£20,000 have been made in connection with these riots.
A Paris correspondent says there can be no doubt
that the French Treaty with England will ho ratified by a
majority of at least a huadred votes in the National
Assembly.
It is noted sea strange coincidence that Napoleon HI.
died at Chiselhurst at 10 45 a m , which was precisely the
hour when the great clock of the Tuileries stopped after the
Palace was set fire to'by the Commune.
Last year the value as declared of cocoa imported
was £407,484 tgainat £396,151 of the previous year, and
£371,997 in 1070. The consumption has been increasing for
some time.

The Empress Eugenie continues to gain strength
physically, and the despondent condition In which she re-
mained for so long after her husband's death is gradually
passing away.

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The State Legislature of Arkansas Liam resolved to
re enfranchise those who are deprived of the suffrage In cow
sequence of the part they took In the late rebellion. A third
line of rails la to be laid along the Erie route

The price of milk in Bristol has been raised from
10d. to Is. per gallon. The didrymils assign as reasons for
this advance the increased coot of cattle and the reduction
in the supply of milk, through the foot-and mouth disease.
On Saturday morning a baud of Carliats set fire to
the railway station at Kraal on the Northern Railway. They
shot the pointsman, and than proceeded to Ashgarraga, a
neighbouring village, to shoot two Liberals A column of
Volunteers Immediately assembled and went in pursuit.

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On Saturday evening a man named Fearon, while
attending the Confessional at lit. Vincent's Roman Catholic
Church, Liverpool, dropped down dead of disease of the
heart. Two other awfully sudden deaths were also reported
OD the Mite day in LiverpooL

A fatal boiler explosion occurred at Seghill Colliery,
In N.rthumberiand, on Monday. It killed a brakeaman,
named John Thompson. two other men, displaced two large
boilers, and occasioned considerable damage.

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The discovery of coal near Bridgnorth (Shropshire),
reported in the papery • few weeks ago, is exciting consider-
able Interest in that district. According to the latest re-
port, the coal is 131 t. thick, of good quality, and Is estimated
to yield 20 000 tons to the acre.
The Franco-German Gommission for marking out
the new frontier between France and Germany has termi-
nated its labonrs. The stones, eluding about four feet
out of the ground, are placed about a t undred metres apart
from each other. Except in two instances, it has been found
possible to avoid dividing any commune.
Answering s communication in which his attention
has been drawn to the mischievous effect of the 40th clause
In the Mutiny Act, whereby soldiers are reheved from re-
sponsibility for the social consequences of their immorality,
Mr. Cardwell has promised that the clause shall not be again
brought forward in its present form.

Another atep in the planting of the streets of
Brighton with trees has been taken within the last few days.
Two lines of line young elma (presented by the Earl of
Chichester) have been planted on the outer skirts of the
central pavement of the Stevie.

According to the Rappd (Paris paper) order!' have
Just been received at St. ELtenue to push on the manufacture
of arms with the utmost &vetch, and arrangements have
been made for the manufacture of 1200, Chassepots per day
by 7,000 workmen.

" Q.B.—So relieved to get your letter, dear. I shall
there unless I hear from you to the contrary. But don't
mind me, or do anything rash."—" Trust (A.E I —So
sorry cannot possibly come next week. Really glad to hem
at last. Shall look anxiously for next letter, and for address
for answer. Shall see you somi."—Advertlsement in Daily
Zelegraph."

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The Democratic Convention started a few weeks ago
Is assuming wider proportions At its last meeting In
Grafton Hall, Sotto, London, it. platform of three "planks"
—universal suffrage, equal electoral districts, and nationali-
sation of the laud—wee scouted as ridiculously inadequate
and unworthy of notice. A committee of twelve was ulti-
mately appointed to draft a more satiafactory programme.
The other day, when taking down some Id buildings
at Bramley, a curiosity in the shape of • 'witch-box" was
found se3reted in the roof. The box is in a good state of
preservation, neatly lined, and contains • runty nail
wrapped in cotton wick, and about halta-dosen pins in an
upright position, with a little spare cotton wick for the use
of the witches.
From April let to the 18th instant the total receipts
into the Exchequer were £44,791,093. as compare I with
£62,815 4SO in the corresponding period of last year. The
expenditure has amhunted to £58,307,660. On Saturday last
the balance in the Bank of England was about two millions
and a quarter.

The results of tte simultaneous collection!, in Livers
pool churches and chapel. on "Hospital Sunday,' the 12th
instant, reach £7,850. Horpital Saturday" was fined for
Saturday last, when over £1,00.) was expected te be realized
by collections among working men. Last year the Sunday
collections realized £7,300, and the Saturday collections
£720.

The Paris Figaro gives the following detail of the
late Emperor Napoleon'. domestic life at the Tuileries. Every
morning hie eon used to knock at the door or hie study.
'Who is there ? " the Emperor would ask "Itia I, the
Prince Imperial, papa," the boy would eometimee answer, or,
" I, Prince Louie," or tome other title. The Emperor, however,
would not open his door till his son replied, Well, then,
cent noel, Coco !'"

Greet damage has been done by floods in the C, .untv
Longford. Lskes Conbay and Garteen and the River Camlen
have risen nearly 20 feet. A portion of the town has been
submerged, and the whole place surrounded by a vast sheet
of meter. Toe Midland Railway lire near Bellyshannon has
also been submergedto the depth of three feet. Several acres
of a bog, on the property of Mr. Fos, the high sheriff, have
been moved &considerable distance ins northerly direction,
covering valuable land.

The -first division of the Edinburgh Court of See-
don has given judgment in an action of great Interest at the
linetencs of Sir Archibald Douglas Stewart. of Murthly,
against Mr. Henry redwing, London, and Mr. Frank Nicholas
Stewart. The late Sir William Stewart executed a deed of
sale of the estates in favour of the defendants for the sum of
£30,(0). It waa alleged that the deed was executed within
sixty days of ole William's death, and when he was la,ouring
tinder the &mute of which he died. Under the law of death-
beds the plaintiff sought to upset the document In question.
Their lordships found that the plaintiff had not proved his
case.

The emotion caused in Paris by the death of the
Emperor Napoleon was very great. The desire to go into
mourning was no general that the talLas and dressmakers
were unite unable to execute the orders pouring loon them,
although they employed extra workers, and kept them
employed day and night. On the evening of the day the
news reached Paris, L'Ordre sold 180,000 copies of its
edition. The windows of the photographers displaying
pictures of the late Emperor were literally besieged all day
long by immense crowds, whose faces were generally sorrow.
fuL

For several days a wealthy Spanish gentleman haa
appeared on the Parisian boulevards, dressed in a light
costume of alpaca and a straw hat—s suitable attire for the
month of August. This eccentricity is the c.msequence of.
bet of fifty thousand francs (C 2,000 that he will dreu in like
manner during the whole winter. Hitherto the unusual
mildness of the season has prevented any bad effect upon hia
conaltution. but, unless he takes the precaution to wear an
inside suit of chamois leather—supposing the terms of the
wager to permit this indulgence—the first severe frost may
possibly send Don Juan after his Castilian ancestors rather
more speedily than he intends or.desirec
A number of German tini-rista have arrived in the
capital of Italy. These rov.ng gentlemen, It appear.,
reached Italy in the beginning of December through the
Brenner Pass, and have gone through Lombardy, Venice, and
Piedmont, surveyed Tuscany, its cltlea castles, towers and
most celebrated villages, and propose remaining In Rome and
its neighbourhood for several weeks. We are informed that
the "scientific men of the party' have forwarded to Berlin
specimens of rare flowers, the. : and then follows the very
curious statement, that "the officers are also commissioned
to make observations and report fully on the defences of the
country and the state of the Italian army."

A singular mistake occurred in the report of the Em-
peror Napoleon's funeral in the colamns of a contemporary.
When the procession returned to the home, the Prince Im-
perial was saluted by the ourriers and by a host if fiends,
and a cry was raised of Vire Napoleon IV! At this
moment a lady, clad in the deepest Mourning, appeared on
the balcony, and, In the haste and excitement of the occasion,
many imagined it was the Empress. It was not so. Her
Majesty had never quitted the prayerful seclusion of her
chamber. The figure that showed itself for an instant was
the former governess of the Prince Imperial, who in her
emotion sou,:ht to look upon her old pupil in the supleme
hour of his trial. The incident, by its misinterpretstior,
has giver pain to the E opress who would be much hurt if
she were thought capable of accepting any public or •aylitical
mani'eitation In the solemn hour when her whole heart and
thoughts were absorbed In sacred grief.

From the tables published in the French Journal
Officiii it appears that the pi, med, of the indirect taxes in
France are considerably less than the estimates The falling
off amounts to 153,105,000 francs of this t 'tat 55,001.000
francs belong to the old taxes, and 08,604,000 franca to the
new. The increased duties on wine and sugar have had the
effect not only of dmrntshing corummpti,.n. but of encourag.
hot fraud. The //Chats, in drawing attention to these results,
says that the fiscal system which II Thiurs has so obstin-
ately defemled is evidently not favourable t,, the Increase of
the public revenue, and it asks whether that system has not
passed what are called the limits of elasticity, beyond which
its action ie trammelled at the expense alike of consumption
and the revenue.

In London, on Monday, a deputation from the
Working MeWs Lord'. Day Rest Association called the atten-
tion r f the Bishop of Loden to the Sunday use of public
vehicles by professing Chriatiatis, and asked his lordship to
bring the matter under the notice of the societies which were
bi tan habit of sending out agents to preach in different
churches. The deputation suggested to the right reverend
prelate that, should he preach a sermon on the subject In
Si. Bind's, it was the untnimous desire of the Committee
that he might sleep at the Chapter house on the prevlouil
night and thus, by walking to the Cathedral in the noire-
log, set • good Example. The Bishop admitted the im-
portance of diminishing all kinds of Subday labour, and
promised to give the question hi. earnest consideration, at
the game time pointing out that many were compelled to
perform ministerial and other ditties on Sundays, and that
the silence of public vehicles would put them to ranch
Inconvenience

Lord Dudley's priee.i for household coal have been
advanced Is. per ton all round, the following being the lin o-
teflon. current .—Thick coal, beat 2.04 ed common, les. ed
lumps, Its. ed ; Week, 14s ; screenings. li., heathen coal,
2,4 &I.: lumps, Cs. ed. screenings, lls Brooch I
coal, mixed, 17s. fld ; screenings, 145. &I. per ton. The
psi -e of forge coal remains for the present without change.
It Is reported that the colliers Intend In consequence of this
advance to demand a rise of ls. per tier in wages The
Mines Regulation Act, generally assigned as the cause of ,
the last advance In coal, the provisions of this Act having,
It is alleged, materially augmented the expenses of working
a colliery. It appears likely that, so far as South Stafford-
shire is concerned, the half-time clause will remain a deal
letter, all boys under 12 being Ilsmlued, on the plea that
the regulation respecting school attendance is too trouble-
some to comply with.
An iniuest has been opened at Falmer, to inquire
reelecting the death of Mr. James Patching. aged 19 years,
who was found cut to pieces en the London, Brighton, and
South Gout Railway on Sunday night The deceased was
the son of a butcher, and resided at Brighton. He left his
home in cheerful spirits on Friday evening, hot we, never
wen alive again John Chancellor, an engine-driver In the
employ of the Railway C,1111.0), said that he was the driver
of the 720 pin train en Honda, to Brighton. When near
Faimer he felt the engine pass over something on the line,
aed when he got to Brighton he reported lie Met to th•
Witness examined the engine, and found blood an I
nieces of fleets on the iron guard, fle we. ordered to go back
up the line. and found the ceceaseda body in the "four-font
way." The head was on:Wesel, severed, end one anm mae
cut off. If a man was walking along the line it would he Ira-
possible for witnesa to see him if the night weeder!. There
was no evidence to show how Um deceased toe opeethe Uwe
end We case WM Weaned.

Last week, it was said, there were not five tow o
cods In Folkestone.

Mr. John Freeland of Nice has, through his brother,
given £.5,000 to um Western infirmary at Glasgow.
The consumption of foreign butter imported for the
last three years has been considerable. 10 1870 the vallie of
such importation was 1.43,703,877 ; in 1371 £6,95•,,901, and
last year £6,039,&13.
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Mr. Bowyer, a potato dealer, wan returning home on
horseback over Delamere Forest on Saturday night, when he
was shot .lead from hch n I. To horst Went home alone, and
subiequently the body was found.
An American has tonna a method of preserving
reorched er half burnt pavers, which, owiog to their cnnnb•
line, it blimp .ssiNe to handle. Ills pion let , pour collodion
on them. Ina short thne tne liquor hardens, and the papers
can toe taken up with ease.
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The Government has offered a reward of £lOO or
information that shall lead to the cohvi4tion of the mur-
derer of Valentihe Peck. the farmer who WRS shot while
returrflug to Beckin6ham from Newark market a short time
ago.
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Tito chain cable tinkers in the north of England
nuruberb.g about 200 workmen. are at presont out on strike,
In consequence of a dispute with the employers as to the
extra price to he paid up 42 all chain cables tested under the
peovisiona of the new Act. Übe men asked for an ethane,
of 64. per met ; the masters offered half that amount.
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"Recently, a lady had to be conveyed out of •
London ball-room In • complete state of prostration, which
turned out to have been caused by the poisonous particles
emanating from a green robe she wore. Powerful antidotes
had to be employed to recover her. The moat powerful wan
the whisper, by a friend, that her [aim hair was coming oft"—
Court Journal.
To show the estimation in which the Shah of Persia
holds the eiectiie telegraph 111. Majesty has just conferred
upon Mr. Carl Siemens the order a the Lion and Sun, in
comideratl di of the cervices he has re,:dered to electrical
science generally, and or his efficient rna,;2teoauce of the
telegraph lines in Persia in particular.
The Middlesex Hospital has received a kind Resent
f2O brace,of pheasants for the patients, sent by comma.l'd
of Iler Majesty the Queen. Her Majesty the Queen has also
been graciously pleased to present ten brace of pheasants to
the Hospital for Wcmen, Soho-square, London, for the use
of the patients.
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A small railway train is being xonstructed at Berlin
for the personal use of the Emperor Alexander, intended n_
elusively for ohs hunting arid shooting excursions. The car-
riages are luxuriously fitted up with appropriate furniture
and decorations, a collection of medallions intended for the
sides of the Emperor's private saloon being especially works
of supreme art. The medallimss represent various species
of game. . _ . .

The Prince of the Ageurilee, the on of the ex. Queen
of Spain, is pursuing his studies at the J tnephineum at Vtenna
It will be remembered that his Highness was a fast friend of
the Prince Imperial at Paris. We now hear that he has won
his way into the affection td the eldest son of the Emperor of
Austria. The Archduke Rudolf and he are constant play-
mate..
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The Chanwllor of the Exchequer acknowledges,
under the head of "Conscience Money, ' the receipt of both
halves of • A i-note from "X." to; Income-tax, and of two
£2O notes, anonymous. The Board of inland Revenue
acknowledge the receipt of the rezusnlng halves of Baal
of England notes for £2lO, for unpa,o Income-taxi from
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A French optician has invented 6peccles for
animals ws well as poultry. 3lsny horses, he says, :"ff?e
from short-sightedness, and "we often observe fowls s.
poultry yards die suddenly, though shortly before In good
condition. This in caused by a malady of the eyes ; they no
lower see their food, and succumb from Inanition."
The last words pronounced by the Emperor Napo.
leon, in his dying moments, were addressed to his old and
faithful friend, Dr. Comeau. They were pow, a
Sedan" Were you at sedan?) Subsequently the Empress
held his hand in hers, and gently kissed It; the Emperor
smiled, and his lips moved as if returning his wire's em-
brace, but he never uttered another word alter th.v.it bat
thought—" Sedan !"

A-French contributor supplies the following from
Camden House tot contemporary The Empress Eugenie's
first night of widowhood was terrible ;no entreaties could
prevent her from proceeding several times to the mortuary
chamber, where a sister of the Order of the Dame. des Bon
Secours was in waiting, and spending many hour. in prayer
beside the inanimate form of her hurband. In the morning
her Majesty was more composed."

Dean Stanley preached the annual sermons in sup
port of the Stockport Sunday Selma, last Sunday. There
were large attendances. In addressing a number of children
In the rupruing, he submitted that the thoughts to which
Sunday schools ought to glee rise were growth or improve.
meat, growing better year by year; strength of irUi and
character ; wisdom in knowing what God's will hi, and how
en ought to do It; and kindness and love tothsrde 001
another, and gratitude for the mercies of (Md.

Mr. J. S. Mill, in a second communication on the
land laws which he has addressed tothe Er4maner, discusses
the question, "Should public bodies be required to sell their
lands? " Ile argues that if such bodies are required to part
with their lands, they should part with them to the Mate,
and to that alone ; and concludes by urging that 'the time
has come for announcing, with the utmost decision, that no
private appropriation of land, nor yet private property, shale
herealter take place under any circumstances or on any pro.

Judge Lane, a wealtby and influential citizen of
Hagerstown. Washington County, Md., for many years Chief
Judge of the Orpheus Court of that county, and at the time
of his death President of the First National Penh of Hagers-
town, committed suicide on Saturday morning by hanging.
He was found iu hie girret with a rope around his neck
tached to a beam. It is supposed that he was labouring
under temporary mental aberration, superinduced by a nit
for breach of promise of marriage pending against him, and
which was compromised a few clays since by the payment of
300 dole. He leaves a large estate."—Ji etc York Timer,
Jan. 8.

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'The Bourbonist Fusion is once more talked of in
France The Comte de Chambord, who, to do him justice,
has the courage of his opinions, makes no sign. But the
Legitimists in the NaUonal Assembly at Versailles have per-
suaded themselves that the dtaappearaace of Napoleon the
Third leaves only two competitors for the Crown of Franc..
If the Comte de Paris will only salute Henri as the
Head of the House, Henri Cinfl will salute the Heir the
Throne in the pers fl of Louis Philippe's grandson. Henri
Cing, who is a gentleman and an honest man, ems nothing ;
the Comte de Paris, who is • gentleman and an honest man,
huts very poor Pretender, says that he willingly salutes the
Head of the House, but that he knows no other flag than the
Tricolour : that he will only accept a successor to the Thrones
from the will of the nation ; and that he is a partleau of dal
and elisions liberty."—Daelg Netts.

Mr. Onslow, and Mr. Whalley, M.P., stt-
tended before the Judges of the Queen's Bench on Monday,
to answer fur an alleged contempt of Court, in speeches de-
livered at St. James's.lall, on the 11th and 12th liecein-
her last, in connection with the indictment ageing
the Claimant to the Tichborne baroneLl. hit John
Kerslake, who appeared for Mr. Onslow, submitted that
the matter was not pending In Court, so as to bring
it within the rule applicable to contempt and Mr.
Digny moor, on th-i part of Mr. Whalley. followed
upon the some side. When, however, the Lord Chief Jus-
tice stated that upon the point rallied their lordships had
not the slighted doubt, both learned counsel, on behalf of
their Clients, exPretsed regret at having been betrayed into
doing anything calculated to interfere with the due course of
justice, and undertook not to take part in similar proceed-
ings again. The Lord Chief Justice expressed the unani-
mona opinion of the Judges that both members had been
guilty of a gross and aggravated contempt of the enthority
of the Court, and in each case imposed a fine of £lo—On
i Wednesday, n the Court of lilimen's Bench, the Lord Chief
Justice took occasion to correct a misapprehension which
had arisen with respect to the reason why the judges had not
awarded imprisonment as the alternative of the non-payment
of the noes imposed upon Mr. Onalow, SIP., and Mr. Whal-
ley, SIP. The sole reason why the alternative was not men-
tioned was that, having regard to the social position of the
two members, there was no ground for believing that there
would be any delay in paying the penalty. Be was quite
sure the House of Commons would not desire to interpose
the question of privilege in such a case.