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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-10-24

RULING THE PLANETS!

A remarkable case of planet-ruling was heard before ,
the Leicester bench of magistrates on Saturday, when ,
an elderly woman named Susannah Ward was charged
with obtaining a large quantity of wearing apparel
ceoni Mary Clarke, under the pretence of ruling her
planet. On the sth inst. the prisoner called at pro-
secutrix's house with some caps for sale, and asked to
be allowed to sit down in the house while she had a
lope of tobacco. While she was enjoying the weed,
she noticed an imbecile daughter of !tilts. Clark's, and
mid, "Mims you've a heavy heart ; you've a daughter
that's not right. I have a ilatighter whose brain has
been turned by fever. Your *daughter will stab you
and commit suicide unless she's altered." Mrs. Clarke
said she could not 'help it; upon which the prieoner
replied that she could make her a different girl before
Christmas-day by ruling her planet. Prosecutrix
observed that she had no money, upon which prisoner
suggested that she had clothes; and an arrangement
was then maile for Mrs. Clarke to give her the whole
of her best wearing apparel, valued at several pounds.
Prisoner NVullt away and called at intervals until
within the last few days, on each occasion of her visit
not (suiting to take away with her some of the clothing
three shawls, toe gowns, and one jacket On one id
her litter visits she told Mrs. Clarke the ruling of the
planet would have to be postponed for a month, as she
could not do it, the weather being against it. She
was afraid that the girl was born to destruction, and
to, to hell, but she would do her best to prevent

it.
On the prisoner presenting herself at the house a few
days later, she WWI hauled over to the police, to whom
she said she coal rule the planets. but not eards.
The magistrates sent her to gaol for three months as a
rogue and vagabond.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-10-24

PROTEST AGAINST RITUALISM.

The following memorial has been addressed to the Arch-
bishop of Canterbury :Ind the Bishop of Chichester
We, the archdeacon and undersigned rural deans of
the archdeaconry of Chichester, with the greatest
affection and respect, beg to address your grace (lord-
ship) on the dangers arising from the ritualistic ex-
cesses of the present day. We feel that the practices
and principles in question are irreconcileable with the
doctrines and rubrics of the reformed church of
England, are alienating the affections of the laity, and
are eventually endangering the connection of church
and state. We should rejoice at any well-con-
sidered measures, consistent with justice and fair-
ness, for their repression, and hereby tender our
hearty support in our several spheres to any means
your grace (lordship) may think it expedient to
adopt in this province (diocese) for the purpose.
(Sh,med) James Garbett, Archdeacon of Chichester ;
E. Eedle, Vicar of S. Berated and Prebendary of
Chichester; it. Blakiston, Rector of Ashington ;
T. S. I, Vogan, Rector of Walberton and Yapton,
MA Prebendary of Chichester; W. Sinclair, Rector of
Pulborough, and Prebendary of Chichester ; C. Holland,
Rector of Petworth ; C. Burnett, Rector of Boxgrove ;
C. Klanert, Rector of Iping ; T. F. Hodgson, Vicar
of Horsham, and Prebendary of Chichester.

The Archbishop of Canterbury, in his reply to the
above memorial, states that he is deeply sensible
of the great dangers which arise from such practices,
and that he is anxiously considering what ought to be
done to repress them. The answer of the Bishop of
Chichester is to the effect that the sentiments
expressed in the address have his cordial sympathy.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-10-24

Rliscrliantons Ifntrlligruce,
TOME, FOREIGN, AND COLONIAL.

A WOMEN'S TRAT Es' UN7ON. The female '
printers of New York have formed a typographical
union, similar in form and purpose with the Printers'
Union that has long existed among the male professors
of the art preservative. Hitherto, the journeyman
printers have been inclined to look with dislike upon
the efforts it women tie learn the trade, inasmuch as
the women were willing to work for lower wages, and
thus tendril to the injury of the business. But one of
the rules of the newly-formed Female Typographical
Union is that its members shall not work save at the
wale of prices established by the male union; and har-
mony between the boys and girls is thereby again
restored. But as experience has shown that women
do not make as good printers as men, and as the chief
motive in employing them has been their greater
cheapness, it seems probable that they have acted un-
wisely in thus resolving to claim men's wages. The .
morning journal which in New York made the experi-
ment of endeavouring to have all its comhosition done
by women, was compelled, after a fair trial, to dis-
charge them. On the other hand, there is an evening
paper in Brooklyn, and a very handsome sheet it is,
which is set up wholly by women. They work at the
rate of 37 cents per LOGO ems, and the liftat 14 them
earn IS dols, per week. This is only at the rate of
abut 6,000 ems per day —an amount of work far less
than a good male compositor could accomplish.
A REMoNSTEANCE. —The Nem York Times

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says the I /ernocratic party in England argue that if the
Episcopal Church be disestablished all the people
will turn infidels and Papists. The only thing which
holds them to Paul and Luther is the Establishment.
Now, why is it that, in this country, where we have
no establishment, the people donut turn either o Tom
Payne or the POPP, but adhere to Christianity and the
Reformation' Will Churchmen acknowledge that it
is because the Americans are wiser and better than the
English? Or what?
THE Comic-nom or RATES.—A circular has
been issued to clerks to magistrates, by orders of the
Rome Secretary, stating that, in consequence of the
large number 4.f summonses for the recovery of rates
which have been issued in certain boroughs, his atten-
tion has been directed to the mode of excusing poor
persons from payment on the ground of poverty. -The
result of the process of summoning is that poor persons
are often put to inconvenience, and parochial authori-
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-10-24

LIFE.

Protected by Royal T,vtter% Patent nf England, and
Eacetinned by all the Continental Colt-gen.

Ot; It W D ROOS'

At NT Iib:TABLE LIVE Ditt)PS,
have ,n numb -rice* instances proved their suspect. city
over every •other sdeertised remedy for languor, depree.
eine of spirits, indigeetion, pain. and pslpitsitiom in the
side, giddiness, noise iii the lie u& kr., which if neglected
Own result in consent pti•on .instinity, and untimely death.
This Illedleitu strengthens the vitality of the whole
system, gives energy to, the niti,eles. speedily removes
nervousness. renovates the minaired powers of life, and
invigorattA the most chattered e•oustitutian. For akin
er•ptilltill. pimples, blotches. f reckles and other unsightly ,
where mercury. earssparals, ke.. are too often
employed to the ruin of health, its surprising efticacy has
only to be tented. Price is Gd, lie, or four times the
latter at 336 per bottle, of Wends. Chemist, 27, High-
strict, Worcester; Wiley and Brown, Worcester; Whit
well. Chemist. tit,nrhridge ; and through nil eneanists in
the world, or direct i-old '25, Bedford P1•0e...
square. Landon. W.C. c. ear the British 3, flu. tam re
thoiaands of tertunonisis may be ee,

DESTINY AND N XTIVI'rY
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-10-24

WAREHOUSE,

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PUBLIC NOTICE.

THOMER. News Agent. Cradley Heath.
• Leg.; io inform tbo Public that be ia able
to SUPPLY tbom viLlt the LONDON DAILY NEWS-
PAPERS.

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NOTICE OF REMOVAL.

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CHURCH OPINION, 2(I. WEEKLY.
A NEWSPAPER contoinimr Articles from
Pi all the lolding Paners and Mag,lzines of the day,
Choreh anb1,.(44. The only P.toor of its kind.—
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-10-24

Just Published, l'riceGd.. hy Post 7d.,.

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A FEW WORDS to YOUNG MOTHERS
.111 nn the Care of their Children, in Sietneas and
Routh, by MRS. INGATE.
LONDON: SINPRIN, MARSHALL, AN o CO., StAtiODell,
Hall Court.
STODURRIDOR : B. BROOMALL, BOOMBILLIIII6
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-10-24

FREEDOM OF ELECTION.

The following notice, need creditable to its authors,
has just been issued :
. .

,
London, llriahton, and South Coast Railway.--Secretary's-
office, 14th October:—
•"

,
In view of the approaching general election, the directors
strictly prohibit all active interference by any officer or ser-
vant of the company in the political contests now pending,
and will mark with severe displeasure any overt act of parti-
sanship on either side. The directors al,o in kit it to lie dis-
tinctly understood that every person in the company's em-
ployment is at full liberty to vote as he thinks right, without
fear of VOllfiellUCHCCS;tool Stati,nl-111aSterg and I.titer officers
of the company are expressly forbidden to attempt to in-
fluence any servant or porter under their orders in the
exercise of the franchise—By order of the board, A. Salle,
Secretary.
- • • • • • .•

The follmving letter has been addressed by the
secretary of the Great Western Railway Company to
Mr. Glyn, M.P., in reply to an inquiry from that
gentleman :
Great Western hallway, London Terminus, Paddington,
Oct. 6, MOS.—My dear Mr. Glyn,—No resolution has been
passed by the directors of this company In reference to the
exercise of the right of voting on the part of their officers
and servants. Every otticer is entitled to vote as he may
think fit, and no interference with the exercise of this right
would for a moment 1,0 tolerated by the board. This is so
well known throughout the service, and has so long been
acted upon, that any spend l resolution would appear to be
unnecessary. Believe me, truly yours, Feel, G. SAUNTERS.
You are, 1.1 course, at liberty to make any use you may think
fit of this communication.

ODD QUERIES.
(Front Punch.)
What kind of mineral productions are "Vocal Gems," and
have they ally connection with "Sermons in Stones"?
What is an "Amateur Farm "?
Is the " etropolitan" Railway named after the Archbishop
of Canterbury
What were the sensations of those people in India who are
reported to have been full of the Eclipse " ?
What sort if a business is " the Bachelor's Kettle and
Lover's Lamp Business "I
What can be cheaper than "Foreign Operas Six for a
Shilling?"
Which are the " Bridal Squares"?
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-10-24

THE EXPULSION OF. THE JESUITS

FROM SPAIN,

?el/joined is the text of Mheriotnnler expelling the

Jamas from Spain

I decree the suppression throughout the Peninsula
and the adjacent islands of the regular Order called
Company of Jesus. All the colleges and training
schools for priests shall be closed in three days, and the
temporalities taken possession of by persons appointed
by the authorities of the provinces in which these
establishments are situated. In this latter measure
will be included all the property iv effects of the Order,
moveable, and unnoveable, buildings, and revenues,
which shall form part of the national wealth, in con-
foi mity with the provision of the royal decree of the
4th of July, 153.. The members of the company shall
no longer be able to meet as a lowly or a community,
to wear the dress of the Order, nor to lie in any way
answerable to the superiors of the body existing in or
out of Spain. Those not ordained as priests shall re-
Alvin entirely subjected to ordinary civil jurisdiction.
I charge the archbishops, bishops, and all those who
exercise ecclesiastical or civil authority, to aid, each in
what concerns him, the faithful execution of the pre-
sent enactment, in conformity with the Pragmatic
Sanction of the 2nd April, 1767, and the brief of his
B Ames of the 21st July, 1773—Antonio Romero
Ortiz, Minister of (.race and Julio%
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-10-24

COUNTIES FOR

STATIONERY OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.

" WHEN FOUND MAKE A NOTE Or "—Captain 01 (tie.
WILLIAM WILLEY,
WHOLESALE PLAIN AND FANCY STATIONER,
1-11.101 C PASSAGE,(Pull•xtrat Tvd),
BIRMINGHAM.

Ledgers, In n. is to 100 e, always in Stk.
Shopkeepers supplied on such term, that must commend
• continuance of their favouis.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-10-24

FORGERIES BY THE SON OF A
LIVERPOOL SOLICITOR.

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At the Liverpool Police-court on Tuesday, Arthur
Pemberton, son of Mr. ('harks Pemberton, solicitor,
Liverpool, was brought up on the charge of having
forged three cheques for £5 each, purporting to be
drawn by his father upon the North and South Wales
Bank.
Mr. Walter prosecuted, and, in opening the case,
expressed the regret he felt at having to prefer these
charges against the son td one of his old friends, adding
that the prisoner had been the black sheep if the family ;
that his father had done a great deal for him; that
when he returned from Australia a few days since in a
destitute condition his father clothed hitn like a gentle-
man, took respectable lodgings for him, and alb wed ,
him £1 a week pocket money. This did not satisfy
hint, it seemed, for he raised money by forging these
cheques, and squandered it in extravagance and dis-
sipatittn.
The evident:- was then taken, from which it appeared
that on the :nth of August the prisoner purchased a
hat at the shop of Messrs. Gillham, tendered a cheque
for £5, and received tt 4s. change. On the 3111
he purchased s coat for42s. at the shop of Mr. 'Vassal, ,
outfitter, gave a cheque for £5, and received the change.
On the 13th inst., he bought an overcoat at the shop of
Messrs. Wren, for £3 155., and received £2 ss.
change.
Mr. Pemberton, sen., who was very much affected,
proved that none of these cheques were in his hand-
writing, nor had he authorised any one to write them.
They were in the handwriting of his son. Prisoner,
who admitted his guilt, saying he was very sorry for
having caused such unhappiness to his father, from
whom he had received the greatest kindness, was cora-
mitted for trial at the asazes.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-10-24

MR. GLADSTONE'S UTTERANCES.

In continuation of his election tour in South-west
Lammshire, Mr. Gladstone addressed a large meeting
at Newtown on Saturday. Confining his observations
exclusively to the question of the Irish church, the
right hon. gentleman delivered an elaborate criticism
on the report of the Royal Commissioners. He de- '
dared that he was not satisfied with the reconimeoda-
ti.w'aiidcxpreoeeil his belief that the great body of
the Irish clergy were rapidly coming to the conclusion
that disestablishment would be preferable to the treat-
ment suggested by the Commission. He argued that
on every principle of richt and justice the state church
in Ireland should cease to exist, and contended that
so long as it was maintained it would serve to keep up
a continued agitation and a bitter controversy.
On the previous evening Mr. Gladstone made his
rittrmairie,asrotmeamtfialtiuvneexrAc.teleattli.egreativtiguof the
passage of the Prime' ginister's address which referred
to the confidential relations which had existed between
the present I'remier and Lord Derby during twenty
years. The right hon, gentleman reminded his bearers
of the efforts made by the two conservative statesmen
to restore protection after the corn laws had been
swept away with the concurrence of Sir Robert Peel,
and spoke of the opposition which, under their guidance
and sanction, had been made not only to free trade,
but to the repeal of the paper duty, and the extension
of the franchise. He appealed to the constituency to
support men who had approved of good measures from
the first because did bedeved them to be so, rather
than send to parliament men who gave such measures
a reluctantacknowledgment after t hey hail became law.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-10-24

A USEFUL INVENTION.

A few years since Mr. Bessemer carried to a 50..-
cessful issue the pneumatic process which bears his
name for the manufacture of steel from pig iron.
The Bessemer proce,s, however, demands iron of
the first brand, and is unequal to the conversion of
iron of inferior quality, charged with impurities of
phosphorus and sulphur in large quantities. In
short, until very recently, no marketable steel las
been produced from Cleveland or Northampton-
shire pig. Great interest, therefore, is stated to
attach to the successful operation of a process
patented by Mr. Heaton, of the Langley Mill, in
the Erewash Valley, by which inferior iron is made
into first-class steel, thus utilizing for the higher pur-
poses if manufacture vast deposits of ore hitherto con-
demned to the lowest rank. The process is chyrnical
and not mechanical, and a great economy of time and
labour appears thus to be secured. Nitrate of soda Is
the agent employed, and the personal investigations of
Professor Miller, of King's College, Vice-President of
the Royal Society, and Mr. Robert Mallet, F. RS.
together with the results of experiments by Mr. David
Kirkably as to the tensile and resisting strength of tbo
steel manufactured by this method, appear to be CI in-
clusive as to its efficiency, placing Die steel upon an
equality with Low Moor and Bowling. The saving
in cost of production is said to be several pounds
a ton.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-10-24

ARCHBISHOP MANNING AND MR.
GI,ADSTONE.

A correap•lndence lint been pnbli,hed between a
gentleman named Davidsnn and Archbishop Manning
reelecting Mr. ( llad,t.one and the Irish church. The
archbishop's letter is as follows :-
8, Vnrk-place, W., Oct, ..12,

beg to thank you for calling any attention to the
pan avraph in which an attempt is nettle to calumniate Mr.
Gladstone by the fact that his eldest snnn is my godson. This
Is a Meat] artifice which can damage only those who iise it.
The fact is so. Mr. Hope Scott and I stood sponsors to the
eldest son of Mr. Gladstone about the year 1840. Mr. Hope
acott and Mr. Gladstone were at Eton and Oxford to-
gether, and have been friends liming a long life. My
friendship with Mr. Gladstone began when we were
at I istord alsott tine year Is3o. e had the same private
tutor, and were in niany ways drawn together. Froni
that time till the year 1851 our friendship continued close
and intimate. In lasl the intercolirse of our friendship was
suspended IT the act demanded of nie by iny conscience in
submitting to the catholic church. We ceased to correspond,
and for more than twelve years tie never inet. In the last
years, public anti oflicial duties have renewed our
cations. I have been compelled to communicate with many
public men in successive governments, :mil among others
will. Mr. Gladstone, with this only difference—of the others
mo-t were either strangers or but slightly known. 11r.
Gladstone was midis the man whose friendship has been to
me one of the most cherished and valued of my life. To
found on this an insinuation for raising the " No Popery "
cry, or suspicion of Sir. Gladstone's tholity inn Itis 11, a le-
lig.ous convictions, is as unmanly, baSe, sad false as the
Irlorence telegiani in which the same iolitical party, for the
same political ends, united Mr. Glatlatone's name with mine
last skimmer. 'line indignatio in you mimes: at this new trick
will, I :4111 sure, be shared by every honourable man in the
Comitry. I cannot conclude this letter without aiding that
a ft iendship now of eight.anddliirty years, close awl intimate
till 1-51 in no common degree, -enables ale In bear in itness
that a mind of greater iiitegrity, or of more transparent
truth, less capable of being swayed by faction and party, and
more protected from all such baseness even by the fault of
Indignant impatience of Insincerity arid seill‘liness in public
affairs than Mr. Gladstone's 1 have never known. The allega
Hon that the policy of justice to the Irish people, by removing
the scandal of the Eitabli.,:hed Church has been inspired
either by a mere dedre to overthrow the Government, or by
frlendsliip with me, is imposture, and imposture is the mark
of a feeble and a failing cause —Tialliklag you for your
caultesy, I remain, sir, yours faithfully,
+ HENRY E. MANNING.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-10-24

A RACE-HORSE
_PROPHET SENT TO

-laR-ISOIC

At the Salford T:iw-n---11;di," on Friday, George
Demford, who said he was seventy years of age, and
that he had recently come from Quebec, was charged
with fortune-telling.
The prisoner has been living in lodgings for the past
fortnight, and during that period he hag been engaged
largely in the practice of fortune-telling, setting hu-th
his avocation by means of circulars, which he distributed
extensively throughout the borough. In fact, the
open manner in which he conducted his "business
led to his detection. In the ciiurse ti his visits he left
one of his "trade demises" at the house of a promi-
nent member of the police force, and this led to his
being watched. His lodgings were visit-ti by
men, who met two women coming out, and upon being
questioned, they admitted that they had had their ,
fortunes told by the prisoner, to whom they had paid
Is. each. The house was then entered by the police,
who found three other women waiting to he initiated
into the mysteries of the future. On a seAreh being
instituted a number of volumes relating to fortune-
telling were found and seized ; al.) is memorandum
, book, the contents of which showed that the prisoner
had been in the habit of prognosticating the result id'
the races. To one of the young women who had been
met coming out of the house he had promised a couple
of husbands (the one after the other) and nine chil-
dren. The other said she was promised one husband
and five children.
The prisoner, in defence, said he was a bons Pe
astri ,higer, and he was, therefore, a legal practitiooer.
The magistrate twitted the prison' r upon the fact,
revealed by his diary, that his prophecy as to the
winner of the Derby had not proved correct. The
prisoner was sentenced to six weeks' imprisonment,
the magistrate informing him that he would have bad
three months but for his great age.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-10-24

DUDLEY.

COMMITTAL OF A COUNTY CoURT BAILIFF FOR Ex-
BEZZIXIII, NT.—At the Public Office, on Wednesday, be-
fore Mes.rs. S. Badge and (i. Bagott. George Bannister.
a bailiff of the County Court, was charged on remand
with embezzling various sums of money received by him
in the course of levying distresses. The total amount
on which the prisoner was charged was £3 Os 7d, which
it was alleged the accused had received while working for
Mr. Boot, the high bailiff. and had afterwards converted
to his own nse.—Mr. Stokes was for the prosecution, and
Mr. Wannington defended.—The evidence of the first
witness, William Bryan, superintendent bailiff, was to
the effect that the accused was appointed under bailiff on
the 21st of Fctober, 1868, at • salary of 258 per week.
It was the duty of the prisoner to serve sninmorses and
levy excenti ~, Vr t 1... (....rt. it 0..• i... do:y. ou it •
ceiving in,ii,y OD CYcCllliuli, to account for it the ncxt
morning at the court. There had been occasional den- '
'aims from this practice when there were an extra num-
ber of summonses to be served. It was usual for Priso-
ner to hand to witness the warrants of execution when
, be paid the cash he had received. lie had not received
1 the tillrn of 8s in respect of an execution against George
o Barn . f Tipton, issued at the suit of James Edwarex.
He hal uut received the sum of £2 On 74 from the rt.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-10-24

ELECTIONEERING IN AMERICA.

On the eve of a general election in England, the fol-
lowing article describing the manner of conducting
elections in America, will be read with interest. It is
furnished by the correspondent of The Times
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-10-24

WORDSLEY.

SHEEP STEALING.—At the Stafford Sessions, on Mon-
day last, before the Earl of Lichfield. Henry Harding,
(55), shoemaker, was indicted for stealing a sheep on
the tath September last, the property of Henry Pear-
man, and sentenced to two months imprisonment. Mr.
Motteram prosecuted.
THE LATE LEATHER STEALING. At the Stafford
Sessions, on Monday last, before Mr. F. Twemlow, Geo.
Jones (43), miner, John Mallen (10), chainmaker, and
Thomas Hewitt (on bail) were indicted for stealing. on
the Ist of September, a quantity of leather, the property
of Samuel Swindley. Jones pleaded guilty, and was
sentenced to seven years' penal servitude, having often
beau convicted. Mallen was convicted, and sentenced to
12 months' imprisonment. Hewitt was acquitted.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-10-24

CONFLICT WITH HIGHWAYMEN.

At the Notts Quarter Sessions, two men, named
William Beattie, 28, and William WAllen, 28, were
I charged with assaulting John Gregory, with intent to
! rob him, at Hucknall Torkard, on the 23rd August.
! Another man, named Bennett Knight, was charged
with being concerned in the assault.
It appeared from the evidence that, between ten and
eleven o'clock on the night in question, prosecutor was
walking home with two friends from &dwell to
Hucknall Torkard, a distance of three miles. After
walking some distance he left his friends to take a
short cut in the mad, and came up with the prisoners.
WAllen advanced towards him, and told him to
"stand and deliver." He replied that "he would de-
liver to no man." APAllen then seized him and struck
! him a violent blow on the side of the bead, knocking
him into the hedge-bottom. He got up, and then
Beattie struck him in the ribs and felled him to the
earth again. Again he rose and succeeded in fighting
them off, when they left him. Shortly afterwards
'Allen and Beattie returned and repeated the attack,
kicking and striking him in a most brutal manner.
Prosecutor again fell, Knight falling with his knee on
him, while the two other prisoners further assaulted
him. He was still suffering from the effects of the
treatment he had received. His clothes were torn
and bloody. His lip was cut open by WAllen with
a knife while he was in the hedge-bottom, the latter
saying, "Shall I cut your -- throat?"
The medical man who examined prosecutor was of
opinion that the wound on his lip wag a contused, not
an incised one. Knight was acquitted; M`Allen and
Beattie were each sentenced to six months imprison-
ment with hard labour.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-10-24

NEWS FROM SPAIN.

Amnesties are still the order of the day in Spain. Those
who have had the benefit of the last are the persona accused
of defrauding the revenue. The captain of the Royal trope,
however, under whom some atrocities were committed at
is said to have loon arrested, and placed at the din-
posaPof the Junta at Main 11.

The Junta, on Saturday, adopted all important declaration,
which seems to have for its object the transfer of the power
to decide on the form of government front the people to the
Constituent Assembly, the people, however, to have full
right of giving expression to their sympathies and views in
the discussion of the Assembly's proposals.

A rumour was in circulation on Saturday to the effect that
an attempt had been made to shoot General trim, and that
the General hml ordered the auass:n to he released. The
attempt was probably never made, as no further news of it
has been received.

It was announced from Lisbon on Saturday that Dou
Enrico, the son of Don Carlos, %as on his way to Spain.

The Ind.)lendance Belie says that the presence of Queen
Isabella at l'au, the constant movements to and fro of her
parttime, and the intrigues they are carrying on even in
Madrid itself, are beginning to cause the provibional govern-
ment of Spain some anxiety. It has accordingly addressed
the Fieneh Government upon the subject, and the latter
Its submitted its oinervations to the dethroned Queen. at
the EOM, time placing at her disposal any of the imperial
chateaux of France in which she may like to fix her residence,
but without immising upon her any iMlisation to leave that
which she now occupies In Paris there is a rumour that
the intendant of the Queen is negociating for the purchase
fan estate in the neighbourhood of Manly.

The manifesto of the Provisional Government of Spain has
now been is,tied, in the form of a diplomatic circular which
is described as very lengthy. After explaining the causes 14
the overthrow a the late government, it says that the
jainciple of popular sovereignty, now naturulbed in
tran, is the principle of national life, and that
tat sovereignty will decree by its representatives
at complete system of liberties. The manifesto states
I hat it is the desire of the govennnent to be on good
terms with foreign pow era, and that it hopes to obtain their
moral support. If they do not follow the example of America
It will not be discouraged, but will quietly pursue its task,
havino no foreign Intervention to fear. It trusts, however,
that the support st ill be accorded.

The Gazette (le France announces that the father of the
Ling of Portugal has peremptorily declined to accept the
crown of Spain hi his o.n name aud that of his sous.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-10-24

OFFER OF A WAGER ON AN
ELECTION.

The 1.414 wing crrelomkne has just passed between
Colonel Richardson-Gardner and Mr. lb ,gel Ilykyn,
Ml'.,with reference to the probable results of the
approaching Windsor election, the former ) ing the
Conservative and the latter the Liberal candidate

The cloisters, Whylan! Oct. 24, 11 am.

..... . ,
Dear Sir,—Several of your friends have been offering to lay
• braggart ' wagers as to the result of this election. When they
have been accepted your friends have invariably declined on
one pretext or other. lam not a betting nice, and very much
disapprove such a mode of testing the probable success of a
candidate. Nevertheless, I cannot submit to the effect in-
tended to result from such Molested public offers on the con-
stituency. Therefore, to save all further trouble, Igo out of
my way to offer to stake with you 45041 that you do not win
this election and retain your scat; the reverse being, of course,
your bat.
As I do not want your 1111,ney, or that of your friends, the
conditions must be :—tat. That you and 1 eaCil deposit our
money in the London and County Bank within 24 hours
of your acceptance of the net. 2nd. That your acceptance
must he within '24 hours of your receipt of this letter. 3rd.
That the manager of the bank lieu W ratoun instructions,
signed by both of us, that the £3OO lost is to be handed over to
the committee of the Windsor Infirmary for its use and
benefit.

Awaiting your reply, I remain, dear Sir, yours truly,
R RICIIARDS"ti-GARDNER.
Roger Eykyn, Esq., M.P., Windsor.
The subjoined is Mr. Eykyn's reply :

_
Windsor, Oct. 14.
Dear Sir,—l must express my surprise at the contents of
your letter of this date. I haven,, right to interfere with any
bets ,braggart or otherwise your friends and noise may choose
to make upon the result of the forthcoming election,
although fully satisfied the verdict of the electors will be in
my favour: and, with you, 'disapproving such a mode of
testing the probable success of a candidate,' must decline
your proposal.
- It may be right for nie to add that I must refuse to enter
upon any further correspondence on election matters,
I am, yours truly,
Roe Elt Eyt.YN.

Col. Richardson Gardner.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-10-24

A RIVAL FOR STEAM.

The Stockholm APonbladet gives publication to letter
from Mr. Ericsson, the well-known inventor of the caloric
machine, in wldeh a novel apparatus for the condensation
of the sun's rays is referred to. If it fulfils what Mr.
Ericsson promises it shall, the apparatus, by supplying a new
force infinitely greater and cheaper than can be obtained by
steam, will rank among the most remarkable inventions ever
made. Mr. Ericsson, in his letter, which reads like a fairy
tale, says:—

Calculations which I have just completed have
satisfied me that if the sun's rays, now wasting their
strength on the house roofs of Philadelphia, were con-
densed, they might be used to set 5,000 steam engines
of 20-horse power each in motion. That the new
force can he obtained without occupying ground put
to other useful purposes is one of its remarkable
peculiarities. To give an instance, let no suppose
a Swedish square note (equal to 49 English) covered
with condensing apparatus and sun 111:401111,S. Let
one half the surface be occupied by buildings, roads,
&c., and we have still 648,000,000 square feet free
for our purpose (two feet Swedish equal to 0593
metre.) Now, as any condensing apparatus has
demonstrated 100 square feet to be amply suffi-
cient for the production of 1-horse power, it follows
' that 64,800 steam-engines of 100-horse power each can
be worked with the rays thrown on a Swedish square
mile. Archimedes having calculated the force of the
lever, explained that he could move the earth from its
position. I assert that by condensing the rays of the
sun a force could be created that might arrest the
earth in its course. We have scarcely begun to work
the coalfields of Europe, and already computations are
being made in England when they will be exhausted.
In a thousand years or so—a drop in the ocean of time
-- -there will he no coal left in Europe sinless the sun be
put in requisition. True, the rays of the sun are often
prevorted from reaching us, but, with such a large
magazine whence fuel may be obtained without labour
or transport to draw upon, experienced engineers will
have no difficulty in laying up a store against the rainy
slay. A large portion of the earth's surface is, more-
over, illuminated by an ever unclouded sun. The area
over which the sun machine can work may, therefore,
be regarded as equally unlimited ELS the amount of force
that can be generated.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-10-24

WOOL

There has been rather more activity in the demand for
colonial wool, and !wives hest. mini a shade higher. English
wool has Is.en in improved ri quest. lin: import into
Lomlon last week con,isted. if 2,21 a ales from Itadras and
Colombo, and 2,46 a bales (nom the Cape.— Fleece, —Swab
own hogarts, Is. 20. I. 1,. ad. ; half-breds, Is. l. to
f. ; Kent liveces, Is. 3 t. lb. 31.1 ; Southdown ears
snit wethers, Cs. 20. to IS. i,I. : Leicester ditto, Is. 34.
to Is. 30. per It,. aorta—Clothing, Is. YA. to is. 74.
combing, 1. Od. to Is. 6i4 per lb.

POTATOES.
These markets Are lies, oly sopplted with potatoes. A to

average business lila beau i pasomg, at our 'quotations. The
import into London last week consisted of 240 bags, 20
sagks, anti 1l$.:. packages from Antwerp; 376 sacks 1,77
packages from Boulogne;On 1,4:, from Bremen, 76 tons
7,210 sacks Dunkirk ; 4 bags Hurtiogen ; 110 bags, 3 casks, 2
I..kits Rotterdam, 10 bags Ostend ; 17 bags liamburib
alit) 140 sa,k, An-1840,1M. English Regents, bOa. to Iron
R.,ks, bus. to 1040. ,Scutch Ittstrt4, liOs. to 1400.; kreneli
On. to VA.

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-10-24

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-10-24

THE SCIENTIFIC WONDER.

ITHIS Instrument has a clear magnifying
power of Fe.? 000 times, Phewo all kinds of Animal•
cults in water, Circulation of the Blood. &c.. kr • Advil.
terstion of Food, Milk, ke., and is just the Microscope
that every Surgeon, Dentist, Schoolmaster, Student, and
Working Men should have.
It is pronounced by the Press (and all scientific men
who have seen it) to be the hest, cheapest, and most
simple Microscope ever invented.
It has twenty times the power of the Coddington or
Stanhope Microscope, and iA twice as good as the cele•
heated Rae Microscope (which has been awarded so many
prize medals), as may be inferred from the following
letter received from Mr. Rae himself.

CARLISLF, December 12th, 1867.
To Mr. McCulloch, Philosophical Instrument Maker.
Sir.—Having seen some of your Diamond Plate Lenses
I write to ask your terms ter suppl 3 inn me with theocrat
per 20 gross, as I consider them superior to mine.

Yours. kr..
RAE tt Co, Opticians, Carlisle.

I beg to inform the Public that I have no Agents any-
where, and all pretended Agents are impostors. The
above Instrument can only be had from me, in Birming-
ham. Those at a distance who core for instruction and
amusement. can have it safe and free by sample post,
with book of full instructions, on receipt of 82 Postage
Stamps. Samples sent abroad, two atamps extra.
All persons wishing hither particulars and testimonials
must send stamped and addressed envelope.

ADDRESS
A. McCULLOCH,
fRILOSOPHICAL INSTRUMENT MAKER,
No. 18, Blythenstrat, Diminghani.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-10-24

AMERICAN DISASTERS.

The week's list of disasters is again a heavy one,
(writes The Times correspondent). On Lake Ontario,
during the night of October 5, the steamer PerseePT -
once, hound for Oswego from Niagara, caught tire.
She was laden with corn, and had a crew of nineteen
persons. The flames spread so rapidly that the crew
were able to launch only one boat, in winch but live
pers. escaped. Fourteen, including the captain,
were either burnt to death or drowned. The vessel
was totally destroyed. These disasters on the lakes
are of frequent occurrence, but the public seem almost
callous to them. On October 8 the steam-tug l'int
exoloded her boilers at a wharf in New York, and killed
two men and badly injured six others. The vessel sank,
but can be raised. Yesterday the schooner For far was
sunk on Lake Michigan, and four persons were
drowned. Fires and murders in large numbers have
occurred all over the country, and numerous political
riots are announced. By a row in Louisiania about
the registration Alf voters two men have been killed and
nine wounded. At a disturbance in Pittsburg,
October 7, two persons were wounded, and the Mayor
of the city in endeavouring to suppress the riot was shot
in the arm. Two per, ins were badly hurt in a Phila-
delphia street row yesterday, arising out of a political
procession. Near Richmond, Virginia, on October 6,
some forty penitentiary convicts c ere being taken out
to work by a railway train, when they attempted to
escape. Twenty-four of them leaped from the train
while it was at full speed. Two were killed and three
have since died from wounds. Nineteen escaped,
and it is not known whether they were injured or
not.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-10-24

THE ILLNESS OF THE YOUNG DUNE

OF BRABANT.

The Brussels correspondent of the Libertl
tue interesting particulars relative to the illness of
the young Belgian prince. Leopold Ferdinand, Duke
of Brabant, Count of Hennegan, and Duke of
Saxony, was born at Laeken on the 19th of June, 1559,
so that he is nine years and four months 01a. He waa
to all appearance well and strongly built, with broad
shoulders, a good chest, and a lively temperament.
lie was educated with great care by his tutors, (mint
van der Straeten Ponthoz and Lieutenant Ponies,
and made great progress, though he showed no signs
of extraordinary precocity, and his mind did not setqll
to be developed at the expense of his body. His present
illness, which is pericarditis (inflammation of the
membrane surrounding the heart), began by a slight
, cold which rapidly grew worse, bringing on a dry in-
cessant rough, lie soon list his colour and grew thin;
and all the efforts of science were powerless to stop
the progress of the disorder, which, as is usually the
case in heart complaints, soon turned into dn)psy.
His chest and stomach swelled to an enormous size, his
cough became worse than ever, and he could scarcely
breathe. The unfortunate child, whose amiable tem-
per and intelligence have made him a general favourite,
passes the whole day in the open air in the park of
Laeken, the atmosphere being too confined for hini in
a room, however large and well ventilated. At night
he gets a little sleep in a large bedroom where the air
is constantly being renovated by means of large fans.
Every morning be takes a long drive in the park, often
followed for hours by the King and Queen on hon..-
back. Strange to say, the young Prince, in spite of
his sufferings, has not lost his appetite, and makes
three hearty meals a day.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-10-24

MR. NEWDEGATE ON THE IRISH
CHURCH QUESTION.

Mr. New,legate, in addressing his constituents in North
Warwickshire, on Wednesday night, raised a vital issue
on the question of Church disestablishment proposed by :
Mr. Gladstone. "If Ireland. however prompted," he
said, "presumes to dictate the withdrawal of the Na-
tional Church, then! will say this to Ireland, 'You have
repudiated the chief condition of tho Art of Union.
Now repeal the Union ! ' and then if the union was re-
pealed I would say to her, ' Accept your condition as a
dependency.' If Ireland is not content, then let Ireland
bear a severance of the union; and if she will have that
severance of the union, we will consider the proposition;
but we will not allow this—we will not allow a Roman
Catholic minority to dominate over us here being Pro-
testants, and a majority of the United Kingdom." This
iS the first time, we believe. that this distinct issue has
been put by a member of Parliament ; and, though we
SO not prepared to follow Mr. Newdegate to its practical
consequences, it must be admitted there is considerable
force in his remarks. The disestablishment of the Irish
Church, which would be virtually the recognition of two
forms of government under one direct sovereignty, would
in all probability be the first stepping-stone to the repeal
of the Melon, and as an Irish republic is never likely to
be tolerated by the English Government, Ireland must
become a dependency of the British Crown. Wolin the
• Irish people hail with joy this result of Mr. Gladstone's
' discs, anlisliment scheme ? Globe.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-10-24

ANOTHER LETTER FROM MR. BRIGHT.

The Birmingham Protestant Association have again ad-
dressed Mr. Bright, wishing to know whether he will protest
against all endowment and support of Popery, against the
Introduction of Popish practices and doctrines into the
Church of England by the Ritualists. Mr. Bright replied as
follows :

I think I can add little with advantage to my former
letter. I cannot undertake to expel any persons from
England on the ground of their religious opinions;
and ith regard to those whom you term "Ritualists"
in the Church of England, I feel that as a Noncon-
formist it would be difficult for me to decide who
should remain in the Church of England, and still
more difficult to say who should be expelled from it.
3.1 y principles on the question of legislation for
Churches have been often publicly stated; and my
constituents can be no strangers to them. The policy
of the Liberal party at this moment is that which I
have always advised; it is to abolish the State Church
in Ireland, and to discontinue the grants to the
College of tilaynooth aid the rresbyterian Church in
that country. I have always objected to public or
Parliamentary grants of money to religious sects or
Churches.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-10-24

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