The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1866-10-13 00:00:00

EPITOME OF NEW.

BRITISH AND FOREIGg.

For the hundredth time it is vociferated that Car.
dinal Antonelli Is about to resign, and to be succeeded by
cardinal de Luca.
A lady who is opposed to baying whist played in
her house, recently sent cot invitations for • social party,
and lest there should be a mistake she added, "No cards."
More than 1,100 volunteers have taken tickets to
entitle them to participate in the Invitation ot the Belgian
authorities. _ . •

The Tribune's correspondent at Washington says the
trial of hfferson Davis cannot take place in October, and its
postvinement is a legal necsesity, owing to ass irregularity
in the advurnment of the Circuit Court at Norfolk in April
last. Chief Justice Chose announces his readiness to call a
special session of the Court to proceed with the trial.
Heinlein' a guumaker of Bamburg, has just brought
out a new breech-loader, which, of course, beats all that
have gone before it. Ten to twelve shots a minute, ten
halls hitting the target within the space of the palm of the
hand at bOO yards, nobody able to shoot himself by accident,
and the whole weight of the gun lighter than the Prussian
needle-gun by sib. Such is the description.
We (John Bull) regret to hear that the Bishop of
London is suffering, in Scotland, from an attack of illness of
a similar kind to what he had last spring.
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A Milan journal revives the runiour that the riesce
between Austria and Italy will be further cemented by a
marriage which Is asserted to have been arranged between
Prince Ilumbert, eldest son of King Victor Emmanuel, and
the Princess Mathilde, daughter of Archduke Albert of
Austria
When the Pruseian flag was hoisted for the first
time on the royal palace at Hanover the flagstaff broke, and
down toppled the black eagie, to the great delight of the
loyal Hanoverian,. It is shrewdly suspected that this In-
nocent omen was not altogether accidental.
On Friday at the meeting of the Chemico-Agricul•
tural aoclety of Ulster, in Ilelfast, Dr. Hodges exhibited a
large malls of heavy, solid substance, taken Irons the stomach
of a horse which had died from inflammation. It weighed
71b., and was almost round, reeembling in shape a great
cannon ball, and on examination it was found to be com-
posed principally of phosphate of magnesia and the Iraklion
the husk. of este This large stone, salt may be called, was
the cause of the horse'. death.
An trio little boys were amusing themselves in the
line de Charenton, Paris, playing at homes by means of a
cord round the body of one and attached to the arms of the
other, they were surprised by a eabsiolet eeming on at a
sharp pace. To escape, they began running, bet in different
directions, se that the horse, coming on the cord, drew them
together, and crushed both. One was killed on the spot,
and the other survived but a few hours.
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On Friday evening, an inquest Wag held at Lea
Green on the body of Franowf Parrett, aged sixty-eight years.
During the absence of the servant the deceased was striking
a light on a Wolfer match-boo, when the end of the match
fell on her d rem and In a moment she was enveloped In flames.
She was much hunt, which, with the effects of the fright,
caused her death, alter lingering In much agony. Verdict,

Acch!ental death'

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The steamer Flaride, belonging to the Trannatlantic
Company, was preparing On Saturday to leave Havre for
New York, when all at once she was observed to be sinking,
and before another half hour she grounded in the basin.
The vessel was abiut to take out 500 emigrante ; and Wanes
the stores necessary for so many people she had on board
supplies for the French troops in Mexico and 150 tons of
various merchandise. No conjectures can be formed as to
the cause of the dleaster. Divers were sent down to examine
the ship's bottom and position, and the pumps are at work
to keep her as free as possible of water.
According to a Vienna journal the Prussian Envoy
has complained of the publicity given by the Vienna news-
pimento the protest of the King of ll 'mover, and WU told
he reple"by the Minister for Foreign Affairs that the press
thrdtighout the empire was free, but that it was competent
to any person who felt hinuelf aggiieved by it to resort to
the ordinary tribunals for redress.
A few evenings ago a theatrical representation was
annouuced at Closiedien (canton of Schwytz). The places
were taken, the house well filled, and the spectators pre-
pared for an evening's pleasant amusement. The curtain
rose, but only for a sad announcement. The director dis-
appeared with the receipts.
A writer in the Aualbuep Gazette, in describing recent
Englfsh itublicatioes, speaks In high terms of Miss If
new novel, which he calls "Felix Holt, the Rascal."
At a general meeting of the Working Men's Ass°.
elation, held on Tuesday evening at the Brougham
Fleet street, Loudon, it was resolved—" That the commtttee
of the association be Instructed to prepare and forward an
address to General Garibaldi, congratulating him upon the
union of Venetia to the Italian kingdom; and that the
meeting write to the general, inviting him, should hp visit
lingland, as expected, in 'November next, to meet the Work-
lug men of London eta cure' at the Crystal Varies, or some
oiher suitable place as might hereafter be determined
TlPc'n."
Madame Ristori made her debut at the French
Theatre, New York, in Medea, omthe 20th Mk The audience
included the French and Russian 'Ministers, and promlfient
American Authors, divides, lawyers, and politician.. The
New York journals are enthealastie as to her perforrnence,
though they have little to say in praise of the rest of the COM-
pany. The Nero reek Herald devotes no less than three
columns and a halt of closely.prlnted type to the inbject,
divided tinder headings of this kind.—" From our critic in
the private box." From oar mitt, in tho dress-circle '
" From our critic in the parquet." "From our critic with
the promenade ticket," d`c.—The receipts of Madame
Kin-
tort's first night's performance were 5,10 dolt, of which she
gets 1,000 dot., and 2,100 dole, goes to tibe skanapr, aid Ma
adverilitug bilk gad Oboe sower,

"the very last thing is a patent paper bhirt--cost 1
twenty-live cents, warranted perspiration pr4;and wears
thre‘weeks wirt washing w ."—A rica,
It stated at soap manufactured from e0a1,,,0il its
• better remo of dirt than that ordinarily used.
Wicen the President of the "United Staten was
Governor of Tennesa% he sent to the neighbouring Governor
of Kentucky a coat of his own making and he the Ken.
tucklma), who had been &blacksmith, made him a present of
a shovel and tongs.
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The Board of Equalisation halt determined the I
amount of property fn New York to be as follows :—Real
estate. 1,106,403,416 dots. ; personal, 334,826,220 dole. Total,
1,431,229.636 dole.
The Erenell manazers have, ot late years, largely
imported Engllo, beautiful ballet-04s for their stage, where
the meows are all the rage. A London manager is &bent to
return tha., c2t.npllm,mt by Importing piquant and pretty

ftecen hallet-daneers.
54,000/. have been eubeeribed ea a guarantee fund
for an exhlnitten, wnieh It is proposed to be held at Leeds,
I, 1,n3, The prelloilukry steps will be taken durzug this
week. •

" Miss Spurgeon, the daughter of the popular
preacher, accompanied Queen Emma to this, country. Miss
tipurgion 'is on her way to the Sandwich islands, in the
hope of hying /We to instruct the natives in the doctrines of
Cistimisnity. She is twenty four years ot age, has a tine
Intallectind face, and very prepossessing manners."—New
Fork Home Journal.

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Owing to die excessive wet season the trees in the
New Forest are being prernaturt ly stripped ot their leaves.

The boiler of a steam thre;bingi-maclrine burst on
Friday evening on a farm belonging to Mr. Thom., at
ilauningileld, near Chelmatord. Much damage was One ;
and one man was killed and seven others were dreadfully
Injured. Three of them are not expicted to survive. ,
According tp the New York Herald, General Grant
and Mr. Stanton have, at a personal Interview, urged Presi-
dent Johnson to abandon his present policy, and advise
the Southern States to accept the terms offeret by Con-
green ; a fact, if it be a fact, of great slgidneapcs, for
General Grant Is C.immander-in-Chief, and Mr. Stanton,
MlulsterAt-War. The President is reported to have replied
, that he believed himself in the right, but would give In
directly he saw It Was for the Interests of Ms country to
.do so.
• Sword blarleit resembling those of bamasens are
made at Solingen in Germany. A faggot is first formed of
alternate tine bare of iron and steel. It .th drawn out,
doubled and twisted several Uwe., and then formed into a
ribbon. Two such ribbons are welded together, enclosing
between them a thin blale of the best cutting English steel.
Alter polishing it, it is dipped In dilute sulphuric acid to
give it • pattern.
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A etrike has taken place among the coal workmen
of Charleroi, and has extended to all the establishments In
Ahrst.distdat _The insole", ham. latinnttol to their cut:ti-
mers that for the present they esonot amply them.

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One of President Johnson's former slaves called on
him at Cincinnati, during the recent tour.
The formal annexation of Frankfort, Nassau, And
Ilesto,(4101e1 to I'rUSSIS, took place on monaay. The Crank-
furtera seem to have preserved a gloomy silence duriug the
proceedings. They did not approve of their "free city" be-
coming simply a part of Prussia.
The Emperor of Austria has announced that he
gives up the title of 'King of L,mbardy and Venetia. Which
of his many remaining titles will he yield next? This present
abdication is probably significant of a better feeling between
Italy and Austria. The latter POI•0r will soon have a repre-
sentative at Plorence, and it may be we shall see some-
thing in the nature of a close alliance between the two
Powers.

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A clerk in a London banking-house, on Friday
hat, having neglected to attach the usual protecting chain,
lost hi, case, containing upward. of 1,8001. In cash and bills.
It was brought back to the bank the same evening, with its
contents untouched, by an honest omnitms-driver-
A French gentleman who left Vera Cruz by the last
Royal Mail packet died before he reached St, Thomas. Os
°polling his baggage to ascertain who he was, in order to
communicate to his friends, despatches for the Empress of
klex!ce and for several European Governments Were found
amongst his pspers.
It is stated that Lord Cowley has withdrawn the
resignation he had pi iced in the hands of her Majesty's
Ministers, and that Il e noble lord wt.l remain at his present
post until after the Eta:dolt-ion of 1867.
A monumental brass, designed by Mr. Butterfield,
is ;says tne SaMury JoIowa) about to be placed In the
chancel of liureley Cnurch, to perpetuate the memory of the
author of the "Christian Year."
Mr. Thomas Young, an English gentleman, has
been appointed to the chair of English literature In the
Queen's College, Belfast, vacant by the death of the late
Professor (Talk.
The Aetair National of Saturday publishes the
greater part of a brochure, tilling six of its columns, in
which Admiral l'ersano enters into a defence of his conduct
at Lissa.
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During last month 759 sheep, 179 pigs, and Ii goats
were imported into Poole, in Dorsetehire, from Cherbourg.
An advertisement appeared in the London Times a
few days since, purporting to emu:vale from -a gentleman
of 1,40 i. a-year Income" who wanted a situation in which
'to employ his time." Surely with 1,4(0/. a year a man
could contrive to keep out of the already over-stocked labour
market.
The Atlantic cable is making up for our bad harvest.
That Is something to owe it. We mean that hundreds of
orders are now in the 'sited States ta send corn to this
country with all speed.
A good story is told of a breeze between a gallant
yecht.oener sad the bow-oar of Ins cutter The gallant
owner the other day was steering rather wildly; perceiving
his low oar looking round continually, he exclaimed, •• What
the elavoln are y, u looking round at. man ? you are paid to
go doica with me." "No, Sir," replied the cautious bow,
steatite "tin paid to keep you aitut I"
The latest Yankee invention is a machine for ruling
paper by electricity.
A St. Petersburg correspondent, alluding to the
death of Mouravieff, informs eta that "thousands of sorrow-
ing mothers, testers ad wives now pray the Almighty to
inflict that just retribution in Ilea nen which he escaped on
earth."
Amongst the curiosities recently exhibited at the fair
of et. Michel. at Havre, Is a Prussian, who, with the spike
helmet (pickelhoube) on his heat demonstrates to the
cull..s sne aeatiecionee ot the famous needle gnu, for the
small chems of let. The crowd is always clue, sloe, aeit the
showman is making a little fortune
The Soki/ publishes the following anecdote con-
cerning the Emperor of Austria while out shouting His
Majesty is always attended by a captain of the Guards,
whose duty ills to observe the effect cf each shot and an-
nounce it. The Emperor, for instance, strike, a partridge.
' 'Partridge!' cries the captain. Next time it is • buck.
'Buck!. shouts the captain. One day the Emperor tired,
Steed hi. game, and wounded one of the gentlemen of his
solve. The latter on being struck uttered an exclamation.
' Highness the Duke of Hackenberg I' announced the
captain without the slightest change of feature or tone."
The Earl of Shaftesbury, on Saturday, laid the
foundation stone of a ragged school in Angel Meadow, Man-
chester, mid subsequently addre-ie el a meeting of Lancashire
facto: y operatives tit the Towiettall. In the eventng lie was
present at the inauguration of the Chotiten acid Ardwlek
Free Ltlnaly.
On Saturday, the late kingdom of Hanover was
formally mergol into Prussia—the bellrineers the capital
being induced to celebrate the deatn of their nation by
corp peals. The ex-King has absolved his subjects from
their oath el allegiance, and, with many fair promises for
the future, the hinged Prussia has caminanded a transfer
of their dutiful obedience to himself. Hanover, therefore,
Is blotted from the list of European states.
An action has been commenced against the directors
of overend. Gurney, and Co., by Mr. Pandas, of Pandas
Cattle, with a view to make them personally liable tor the
capital subscribed by the shareholder. on the faith of the
prospectus issued The Attoruey-Geueral has been retained
for the plaintiff, and the Solicitor-General for the
directors.
A movement, looked upon in some quarters as almost
the beginning of an extension of the volunteer system to
Ireland, alit be inangurated on the 10th Instant on the
demesne of Lord Dufferin, when a first or All Ireland Rdia
Match" will take place, with the object of commencing the
selection of the beat marksmen to join the Irish teams for
future cempetitlons at Wimbledon.
The bell which in heard in the first act of " Don
Juan d'Antrlche" at the Theatre Francais, Patio. is one of
those which on the 24th August, 1572, gave the signal for
the commencement of the bloody tragedy of St. Bartho-
lomew. Being put up for sale during the Revolution, all
the bells of St. Germain-l'Auxerrois were bought lay a founder
named Flambee, who parted with the smallest of them to
the theatre Hut named. It was rung for the first time at
the theatre in 1801, at the find performance of "Edouard
en Ecosse," by Alexander Duval.
"Looking through a list of Sacred Airs for the
Harmonium,' just published by a distinguished mastclan,
we had the following among the best as illustrations of our
recent reniarks on the custom of playing operatic music In
church. Of the twenty-four 'steered ' ales in question, one
Is from • Faust,' one from ' Matianiello,' one from the
linguenote• and one from ' Mose In Egltto.' That, musi-
cally speaking, these pieces ale all fitted for the harmonium
and the organ is true enough; but the associations they con-
jure up are, to say the least, amusing, according to the
prevailing English notions on such matters, on which, how-
ever, we express no oplulcu."—Poil Mall Gazette
At the Social Science Meeting Professor Fawcett
twitted Lord Shaftesbury with the condition of his tenantry.
"Twenty years Ingo," Mr. Fawcett said. "Lord Shaftesbury
led the landed interest in forcing the Factory Acts upon the
manufacturing Interest. But now I will say this to Lord
Shaftesbury—let him extend the zeal which he showed in
Improving the education in your owe county to his own
district, eay, twee tile own estate."
A notice of the career of Harry Grimahaw, the
jockey, who was thrown ant of his gig last week and killed,
I. published in One of the London papers, and Is thus con-
cluded lay the spot deg moralist:—•• Singular, indeed, are the
lives and deaths of acme of our most distinguished turf-
men : and moralists who remember anti recouut the inci-
dents of ' Gladiateur's year' will also be reminded of the
poet's of ten quoted passage, 'The paths Of glory lead but to
the grave.'"
We have to chronicle the remarkable fact of a parish
emery making a move In favour of church reform. The
following resolution was carried at the last meeting of the
ilishopsgate London) vestry:—" That this vestry requests
the churchwardeus, in making their presentment to the
Bishop of Loudon at the forthcoming visitation, to convey
to late lordship the expression of their feelings that the use
of the creed called by the name of Athanasius is an offence to
• considerable number of the members of the Church of
England, and tends to keep from the pale of her corn.
minion many, who would gladly unite on her otherwise
catholic bases '
Sines the finishing of the harvest work in the south
of Ireland, emigration from Queenstown to America, which
had been almost suspended for some time, has resumed Vs
rapid course. The Cork Examiner says:—" A considerable
portion of the emigration taken place thrown nre-paid
tickets, the friends of parties in America paying their pas-
sage money there, and during the past month the nnailier of
pre-paid passages has greatly increased. This shows the
great anxiety of the Irish in America to have their wintry-
men out there."
A letter from Amaterdana says :—" Among the
illustrious visitors now honouring II olland with their com-
pany we must particularly mention the Brothers Davenport,
who have come an search of dupes and gliders. Their fame,
however, had outstripped them, and thou.), they exerted
themselves to make the Patch believe their a-aertions, they
meet with very little patronage. A clever street juggler has
already declared that he knows their 'gond, and intends to
reveal it. Catch a weasel asleep, Fled then you may cateh a
Dutchman, • sold again' by the Brother. liaveuport."
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At a recent meeting of the Sunday League Mr.
Morrell, the secretary, said legal proceedings had been com.
menced against the directors of the Crystal Palace, by a
prominent member of the Loves Day Society, fora violation
of the charter by opening the Palace on the .econd and ninth
of September last, to other than shareholders, and the di-
rector., had accept. tithe contest. He also stated that an
10,1',rtaut question had arson out of the coming Chu?, h
Cdneress at York. The Rev, W. C Dowding, who holds
similar views to the League on the Christian Sunday, had
been refused permission by the committee to read a paper
at the congress on the Siuu,ny ireatiou ; while at the game
time they had allowed the question fobs put on the pro-
graende f..r discuseion, and had appointed the Ilkhol, of
Ripon to open the subject., and had selected the 'passers teem
the SOW:elan School, expressly excluding the Rev Dlr.
Pawling. A vote of sympathy with Mn, Doweling was passed
and also a resolution In favour of • public dismission In
Loudon on the dandy queetlen.