The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1866-10-06 00:00:00

EPITOME OF NEW;
BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

At the Ilan Police Court, on Monday, • man named
Robert Hodgson, a native of Beverley, was lined 1001 for
having falsified a certieeste of birth in order to obtain an
appointment at Hull as on out fr officer of the Cuatoms.
Lie bad sunetituted the figures "1842" for "1840."
It is reported that Count Karolyi, the Austrian
diplomatist, when mowing through Buten recently, made a
small venture at random on one of the roulette tables, and
won 70.000 florins.
Her Majesty has caused a smoking•room to be fitted
up for the use of the servants at Windsor Castle.
The Newcastle Chronicle understands there is a
probability of Mr. Joseph Barker, the once famous free-
thinking lecturer, becoming ordained as • clergyman of
Church of England.
According to the last census, the population of Italy
amounted to 23,000,000. The annexation of the new pro-
vinces will rake It to at least 25,000,000.
A Chinese mandarin is expected to arrive at New
York to study the inetitutions of the United States.
Letters from Frankfort date that the chief bankers
of that place are preparing to transfer their establishment.
to stuttgard, Augsburg, and Vienna, in order to escape Prus-
sian domination.
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A young lady, fourteen years of age, has been charged
at a London police-office with putting out • street
lamp. It seemed that Mina Ingram and one or two
of her companions had been In the habit of putting out this
particular lamp for some time, to the great annoyeince of th c
policeman on the beat. She wag let off with • half-crown
fine, but cautioned that if she continued her anineemen
she would get sent to prison.
At the petty mentions, Pareonstown, Ireland, on
Saturday, an engine driver and fireman were brought before
the bench for being drunk while in charge of • railway train
on the Great Southern and Western Railway. The court
sentenced the engine driver to • fine of Si, or • month's
Imprisonment, with costs; and the fireman to pay • line of
24 10., or • month's imprisonment, with costa.
" We have • good many English young men," says
a letter from Baden, "get up in the prevailing style, Ugh
costa, short hair, small hats. 1 was asked as this very Baden
racecourse, Who are those collou, men, are they grooms?
I regret to say they were our most, distinguished English
visitors—at least they thought they were."
The Ex-Ring of Hanover has addressed to the
Cebinela of Europe • protest agaituit the annexation of his
kingdom by Prussia. Hie deposed Majesty appeals to the
Courts for ski in his restoration, and declares all the seta
of Prussia in Hanover to be null and veld lie has no
doubt, he says, that in the course of time Hanover will be
his again. Ilia faith Is touching; but few people Will share
'twilit him.
The whale oil business is looking up In the 'United
Statee. During the war the stocks of whale oil and sperm
became very low, and in spite of the rivalry of petroleum,
their value became so high that a fresh impetus haa been
given to the business ; and no law than three hundred and
four vowel; averaging 350 tons burtben, Sr. now on whaling
expeditions from various New England port.
On the river Earn, at Dupplin Castle on the 28th
and 29th September, Lord Charles Ker killed seven flab,
weighing respectively 451 b., 281 b., 201 b., 211 b., 221 b , 221 b ,
211 b : 1801 b. in all-averwing nearly 261 b. The 4510, fish
was killed with • small lip in half an-hour, and mownred
dl t. 21n. in length, 141 n, from back to belly over idde, and
13In breadth of fall This is believed to be the largest fish
killed with the rod for many years.
The remains of a sergeant of the 11th depot, named
Herd, have been discovered on the South-Western Railway,
about a mile and • half from the °capon terminus, the
head being completely severed from the trunk. It
suppoeed that the unfortunate man on Monday evenin
placed himself in one of the cavities by which the line is
drained of water, his peek resting on one of the metal., and
thee the 6.35 p m. train passing Just afterwards oompletely
.cut his head from the trunk, the body being discovered in
the ditch while the head was found between the rails.
An inquest has been held in Newpie Prison,. Lon-
don, ripecting the death of Louis idor de Londoa, a
Frenchman, aged twenty six years, who was convicted of
burglary at the last sessions of the Central Criminal Court,
and sentenced to five year.' penal servitude. He had run
awe, from his Mends In France, and within three week, of '
him 'arrival in London, being in extreme poverty, had nom- I
minted the burglary of which he had been oonvicted. He
was taken ill in prison, and died on Saturday last A ver-
dict of "Died from natural causes" waa returned.
A literary periodical of Marseilles, called the Pere
,Irouquiti.,l,is jut been tried le that city for -hoeing dis-
ouseu, without authority, subjects of political esonomy,
and outraged the Catholic religion' The responsible, editor,
Royanner, haa been condemned to three months' impel-
MISIMent and 403 francs fine, and the printer, M Gilbert to
NW month and 400 francs. In addition, the publication has
I boa sapralestod.
._The Maneeiester Courier hail a curious paragraph-
-511 the more curious lunette it appears now It is enabled
to oontradlot, "on tbe highest authority,' the rumour that
Prince Christian had contracted a morganatic allianoe pre-
cious to his marriage with the Princess Helena. As to the
Prince of Wales not giving her Highnew away, her Majesty
had consulted the Archbishop of Canterbury on the propriety
of doing no herself, and the arrangement was carried Out
with hie Grace's sanction, according to the Queen's wishes,
the real cause being that it would have been awkward for
the Prince of Wales to give away his Meter to ono who had
advanced claims ton portion of the doodah= ot the King
of Denmark.