The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-08-17 00:00:00

EPITOME OF NEWS,

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.
More than 900,000 plaints are entered at the County
Courts every year, the claims exceeding two and a hall
milliona sterling.
At the Liverpool Assizes Joseph Speight, a tailor,
has been sentenced to penal servitude for life, for attempting
Co drown Lis site by throwing her into the Mersey.
It will be a sad loss to spinsters of every land and
widows to hear that a correspondent at Ptah informs us that
"Brigham Young announces that he shan't marry any more.
The formal dissolution of the Ballot Society at Man-
chester has taken place, but a committee has been appointed
to watch tue working of the new Act,
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According to the census of 1670, during that year,
in Massachoetts, six girls were married at 14, 33 0 15, and
181 at . A woman of 25 was also married for the fotwth
time.
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At a recent inquest, one of the jurors put the follow.
log philosophical question to the surgeon who had examined
the body of the dead man :—" When you made the poat-
mortem examination, had you to cut open the body?"
A movement has been started for the purpose of pre-
senting a testimonial to Mr. George Smith, of Goalville, near
Leicester, who has laboured to ameliorate the condition of
the women and children employed in bricidields.
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The sport on the moors- on "the Twelfth" was not
generally good. The cold and wet in the early part of the
season diminished the number of birds, and disease has ap-
peared in some district.
On Sunday morning the mutilated remains of a
factory operative were found on the railway near Ashton.
The man was last seen alive on Saturday night, when he was
drunk. He has loft a widow and seven children.

The sentence of death paned upon the servant girl,
Ann Hawkins, at the last Cambridge assizes, for the murder
of her illegitimate child, has been commuted to that of penal
servitude for life. She will be removed from the Cambridge
Gaol to Milbank. _ _

The Athencrum states that Mr. Stanley is preparing
fdr publication an account of his adventures in Africa. The
book will be published in England by Messrs. Low. The
Livingstone Expedition, the same journal states, cost the
Neu York Herald between .C 5,000 and £O,OOO.

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The number of suicides in Paris last year is put down
at &M. Their classification is curious :—Want, 393 ; family
quarrels, 032 ; disappointed love, 701 ; physical suffering,
930 ; brain affection, 1,377; fear of punishment, 22 ; abuse
of absinthe, 232.

A correspondent of Notes and Queries assert that
Inigo Jones was baptised Ynyr, a common Welsh name, but
corrupted into Inio abroad ; and that in Wales the architect
was known as inco, a name which still adheres to a house he
In said to have built,---" Tyddma Inco," or Inigo's Farmhouse,
near Bala.

The President of the French Republec has received
the following letter—" In Midi I made Cu> a pair of boots—
you ezpreseed yourself pleased with them. May I ask of
you, therefore, the privilege of furnishlug the army with
boots? Your devoted subject,— D."
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The Committee of Council on Education in England
and in Scotland appeared In I uesdey night's Gazette. Earl
Spencer is ma..tted Lord-Lieutenant of Northampton, and
the Rev. John liaclood Dean of the Order of the Thistle.
An analysis of the Sah supply of London ehows,
that hi 1671 the quantity received by water wan 44 077 tons
while 72,386 tons same fry rail. In 1848 the water supply of
fish to London reached 108.739 tom, or comlderably more
than double the quantity received by way of the Thames
hat year.
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From April Let to the 10th instant the total receipts
into the Exchequer was 4125,020 268 as compared with
£23 061.548 is the corresponding period of last year. The
expenditure has been £2.3 297,300. on Saturday last the
balance in the Bank of England amounted to £3,720,362.
A French journalist announces in the Biers PuVic
that a vast social crisis bi at hand in Great Britain ; that the
landed aristocracy is about to be swept away that the agri-
cultural labourers of 44 counties are on strike ; and that Mr.
Arch is at the head of an army of 150,000 men! ! M. Barot
also states that there is • tacit understanding In the British
press to conceal these facts from the knowledge of the
public !
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Advicee received in New York from Lima announce
that the President of Peru. Colonel halts, has been assassi-
nated by tie leader of the revolutionary movement, Gutierrez,
who was himself hanged to a lamp pled by the people after
he had declared himself Dictator Colonel Bane 'ass elected
President hi lend, and his term of office would have expired
next year.
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The number of foreign animals brought by sea to
ports in Great Britain, which on inspection on landing. within
the month of July, were found to be affected with contagious
or infectious disease, was 316 Of these 326 were suffering
from foot-and-month disease, 12 from sheep scab. and 8 from
cattle plague. The whole, with the exception of three which
died on landing, were slaughtered. They comprised 166 head
of cattle, 172 sheep, and 6 pigs.

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A new industrial art under the name of " helioanto-
graphic printing," the invention of M. Jose, is now attract-
ing attrution Ia Paris This process is said to enable an artist
to make his own designs and drawings, to print from them
upon photographic paper, and reproduce the same upon
lithographic stone, so as to obtain iniprrssions of his own
work, in the minutest details, independent of the engraver
or lithographic draughtsman.

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The ihkencus of Fiume says :—" For some time past
our waters have been freque,ted by sharks. This fact is
attributed to the battle of Lions and the catastrophe of the
itedetzky, by which these marine monsters found plenty of
food. other persons attribute their presence to the works
of the Isthmus of hum the fish having having no found •
shorter way from the seas in which they me numerous to
people the Ads tette. •
A hard reproach was given to a well-known French
poi iti den of very red Republican views the other day, who has
recently announced himself a Monarchist. " After," said
one of the persons who was accusing him, •• spending your
youth and e wly manhood in listening attentively and
earnestly to the doctrines, and fully exploring )ourself all
the principles, of Republicanism, you dare to avow y ows
self —" "Stop, step l" said the changed man; "it is just
because I did all these things

The G-nsus for the United States for 1870 demon-
strates that in the Unael States during the year ending
the Ist of June, 1870, there were MOD:led 31,842,119
tons of coal, of which 16,081 948 ton/Rawer° bituminous
and 10,760,171 anthracite. In getting this coal, 93 895
persons core employed, 64 440 being underground workers
The capital invested in collieries, machinery, dc,c., is stated
at 86,087,231 dole.

Cape mails bring from the diamond fields news of a
robbery of £50,002 worth of diamonds, from the post-bags at
De Liem's New Rush. A man has been captured on board a
ship at the Cape, on suspicion of befog concerned in the
robbery, and a double -barrelled gun belonging to him MN
found to be charged with 1,05,7 Vaal diamonds. 1,200 more
of the precious stones were found about his clothing, besides
money to a considerable amount.

In the House of Commons, last Saturday, in answer
to Mr. Whalley, who wished to know whether the fact that
the Claimant had been committed for trial, not by a magis-
trate but by a Judge, would deprive him of the right which
he would otherwise have under 30 and 31 Viet.. cap. 35, sec. 3,
of demanding from the magistrate who committed him such
assistance, pecuniary or otherwise, as might be necessary to
enable lam to Ming forward material witnesses for his de.
fence, Mr. Winterbothain said that If this man had any
statutory rights, he could enforce them in the ordinary way,
In the ordinary courts. But It was not the duty of the Hume
Office to interpret statutes, or to offer opinions in such cases.
(Hear, hear.)
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In accordance with ancient =dem, the Derry
Apprentice Boys, on Monday, celebrated the anniversary of
the relief of the city with a proeosslonal visit to the cathedral
Alter service they made a circuit of the city, accompanied
by bands and bannereta : and, tbe Catholics being conspicuous
only by their absence, no serious disturbanoe took place.
Although the city is at “raerit " proclaimed," cannon were
tired in honour of the occasion, and the proceedings closed
at night with a banquet.

One of Dr. Coyler's Letters, now publishing in The
Northern Whig, says :—" Mrs. Wad:toile is not only a lady
of most genitia and attractive nmnnets, but la thoroughly
devoted to labours of love among the poor. Her ' pet'
stitution of charity is an hospital 1.,r convalescents near
Woodford. This she visits every week She often goes to
see the poor ,54 tuffererc in the .1d ' City ' end of London,
sometimes leaving fresh flowers, as well a. material aid, in the
room of suffering. From no woman in England have I heard
mole noble utteiances of devout and tender biblorelig ion
has from the wife ,d the BriVsh Premier. They have a
large family, one of the sons being an Episcopal clergyman."
In their report on Education in Ireland for the year
1871 72, just issued, the Commitsioners say In many of
our former animal reports, but especially in those for
IMO 70 and for 1870-71, we took the liberty to submit to your
Excellenc)*3 consideration sdegeationa . which appeared tons
to be most important) for the varying and the enlargement
of the very limited powers conferred on this Commission 111
reference to the funds which form tile endoei molts of schools
committed to its: and also as to the selection, control. pro-
motion, and auperanuation of the teachers. We urged the
necessity that exists for the appointment of paid visitors or
Inspectors of the schools and establishments generally and
we pointed out certain alterations in our count (tut' .n which,
In our opinion, would be of great public advantage and
having heretofore brought these matters specifically under
your Excellency's notice, we feel that we now sufficiently
discharge our ditties in respect to these suggestions and
modifications by respectfully but urgently recalling your
Excellency'. atter lion to the annual reports alluded to.
An abstract has been published (says a Dublin cor-
respondent, by the Irish ItegistrarGeneral, shoeing the
number and value of horse., cattle, sheep, and pigs in Ire-
land in 1271 and 1872, from which it appears that there has
been an Increase lathe total value in 107201 £276,526. There
was a decrease in the number of Vim only. The Increase In
cattle was 00,250 over Ib7t, or in value £621,625. The total
value of Irish cattle is set down this year as £.26,368,043, but
this is meetly under the real amount, as the Registrar-
General takes still the price which was adopted us the rule
of value In 1841, "In order to facilitate comparison." Irish
bore, are valued as worth .6:4 322,776, an increase of £18,016,
or, in number, 2,202 since lass year The total value of
horses, cattle, sheep, and piss is £.37,111,282. The Registrar
appends to his table a second abstract showing that the total
value has risen steadily in every year since leB4, when it was
£34,722,910. Thls year shows the hnthesit ilgnyea ever at.
tanned.
A vessel, containing 580 Communist convicts, left
Aix on Friday last for New Caledonia, Meanwhile, tits
trials by court' martial still continue. The other day a
woman was sentenced to seven years' imprisonment with
hard labour by one of these tribunals for having been
President of a Communist club, and member of a battalion
of women specially chsrged with the street of deserters from
the Communal army. Now the great offend, ra
dispoaed of,lhispolice are contimiallglsyla Informatdor.
sgainglianoWeeMiseellMsefis Mete or douftebedulth the
de/ado Government of the Commune. One of these citizens
has just been tried at the Paris Police-court for "usurping
functions." Ile had acted for awhile as a sort of justice of
the peace. Aye.r ago he WY arrested for this offence y
the military authorities, and dismissed. The civil tribunal
has now found him guilty, but with "extremely" ex-
tenuating circtunstaaoes, and he barn been sgoittliCed to •
week's imprboomect.

It'll stated that the Emperor of Austria in future is
to omit from his Mike that of Apostolic Majesty."
"Dolly Varden bathing suits are the lated
novelties. . _

A dreadful murder was committed on Sunday even.
tag in Rosbercon, near New ROPI, when A man named
ran, had his skull hammered in.
Earl Granville has presented the Japanese Envoy to
her Majesty the e seen at Osborne. Prince Terashima, on 1215
cart handed In his credentials as the representative of the
Mikado.
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t)QMOUdAY the Princess Christian was safely
drily red of a daughter at Cumberland Lodge. It appears
m the utheial bulletin that her 'kind Highness and the
Infant are going on well.
The death of the Rev. Dr. Walsh, Roman Catholic
Bishop of Orson. Is announced. Deceased was defendant in
the ..a of "O'Keere venue Walsh," which has created such
x itement in Parliament.
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The engineers who are on strike have held a infttinir
at Birkenhead, when it was ststed that the commltte” hurl
proposed to take shops at the north and south ends of Liver-
pool, and execute repairs on their own account,

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In consequence of the great increase of the foot and
month disease, it was resolved at a meeting in Norwich on
Saturday to memorialise the Privy Commit to close all bii.
and markets for six weeks.
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According to Humboldt, the gold imported on
America eince the discovery of Hispaniola to the revolution
of Mexico amounts to seven and a half milliazds, which is a
Little less than the last war coat France.
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A Peruvian surgeon has earned almoet a fabulous
sum by shaving off the tittle toe of the ladite, thus malnu:
for them a very email foot. Ladles look upon the little toe
as an absurd superfluity of nature.
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The colliers of the Aehton.under-Lyne district were,
on Saturday, granted an increase of 14 per cent. on their
wages. The concession was in compliance with a denand
made by the men • fortnight ago. During the past sir weeks
the wages of the colliers of this district have been hiereased
27i per cent.

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On Monday, at the Froxfleld Petty Seaaions, a girl
named Dorset Good's'll, who said ahe was 14 years of age,
wag charged with setting fire to a barn, and eauelig the
destruction of property amounting to £l,OOO, at Colemere, a
village in Sussex. the was committed for trial for arson.

New York City is at length to have an under-
ground railway to connect the lower and upper proportions
of the city by • system that will secure rapid transit. The
new hue is be charge of Commodore Vanderbilt and his
friends. Two years will be necessary to complete the line.
A statue has just been erected in Berlin in honour
of the founder of the athletic societies in Germany. Deputa-
tions at the unveiling of the memorial were present from oil
part. of Germany itself, as well as from England and America.
The Minister of the Interior seed the civic authorities
attended the ceremony.

The 8...i0n of 1872, which commenced on February
6th, wan brought to a dole on Saturday 10th, when Parlia-
ment was prorogued by Commission. The Royal Core-
missionero were the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of
Ailesbury, Earl Granville, the Karl of Kimberley, and the
Iliahop of London.
Some experiments with artillery commenced at
Trouville on Saturday. 11. Thiel-, was present, as well at
the 31thister of War and the Staff officer.. The pieces tried
were breech-loading four and seven pounder*, and the range
was about 2,000 metres, the target being a vessel anchored
out at see.

- "We have it on good authority that the Messrs.
sotheenikreenbeeription list to the last French loan amounted
to 110 million pounds sterling, and that of Messrs. Baring
Brothers and Co. Co el millions sterling. A member of the
House of Commons put down his name on Messrs. Roth-
child's list for eight million sterling."—Lirerpool Daily
Courier.

An apparatus has been lately introduced into car-
riages by means of which a lady inalde may communicate
with the coachman withont opening the carriage windows.
It consists of a handle with a dial, by moving which a eininar
apparatus on the dash-board is acted on. By this means the
driver may be directed when to stop, which way to turn, and
'Mahar messages, without letting down the carriage windows

A powerful body of manufacturers are forming •
company for the purpose of bringing over American coal.
It is believed that coal can be imported from Ainerbm at a
considerably less price than they are now paying, and if t its
project should succeed it will have, very important in ilaenco
on the coal market. If our manufacturers can obtaiu coal
from America, it will relieve our own collieries, from the
strain now out upon them, and thus cheapen the price of
coal to the domestic consumer.

On Saturday last the Shoeburyneas meeting of the
National Artillery Association was brought to a close by the
distribution of prises to the successful detachmento the
presentation was made by Colonel Fisher. The Command ant
of the Camp, Colonel Chormstrie, has issued an ardor es.
pressing his entire satisfaction with the manner in winch the
duties of last week were carried out.
Among the suggestions for the new street nomen-
clature of Paris Is that proposed by a cynic namely, rue
" notaminch.of-territory," rue, " war to-the-lost ;" and roe,
the Choternor-of-Paris-never-surrenders ; "'the Itemise Is
peace;' France is live tirnm ready fur war," La Another
title has been ougs,ested—" He-quiet-greet."

At Saltburn-by-the-sea, on Tuesday afternoon, a
small wooden box was picked up from the surf on the shore,
curtail bag two pirces of envelope, with the words " the
Arrow," written In pencil, apparently very hurriedly, on one
of there, and on the other written in a similar manner, " We
are eirdrfog fast, all hope re gone."

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"The tquestrian statue of Napoleon IIL, of which
the clsy model was made after Stagento by M. Aleshiser, boa
now been cast in bronze. Ibis work may be seen in the
studio of the sculptor, 235, Faubourg Saint-Houma It is to
be shortly offered to the Emperor u • pledge of Mkt:Mutate
remembrance."—Galignam.

The Chicago Inter-Ocean records the death, on the
2ud of July, at that city, of Mr. T, Belson, • Norwegian,
" prol,ably the tallest man on record of the present der?
lie was 7 feet 9 inches In height, and weighed 375114. Lie
refused all alone from specul.ding showmen, proposing that
he should exhibit himself. He was "in the saloon bush

A correspondent writes to The Times to say that,
so far from the harvest in the Fens being likely to
produce a good yield (as wOe stated in a previous im-
pression), and the grain being of floe quality, the very Coo-
trary will in all probability be the case, iusamuch as many
hundreds of acres of corn, have daring the last 101 &nigh{ been
under water.

As is al ww3 g the case on the 12th August (and 1$
of September) borne remarkably early birds were on Monday
for sale in the London markets Althotah there are no
grouse moors very near London, a good supply of shot birds
arrived by midday. They were in plump condition, and cold
very freely ; young birds at P2s. to 145., and old birds at 75.
to Os. per brace.
August is a month of bitter memories for the exile
of Chise'horst, more lonely than ever now that his who and
son are lu Scotland. It was en the 2nd of August, two years
ago, that little Lout received his " nantism of fire" at Jaar-
bruck. On the 4th the Crown Prince of Prussia burst upon
the French at Weireenburg, and 011 She fith, while rear was
doubling up glacSialion at Woerth, Von Steinmetz was hurl-
ing Iris legions against the Spielienti Berg, and on the 18th
Grarelotte was fought, with what disastrous results lvr the
French all our readers will remember.
Last week the mortality in London and 20 other
large towns in the United Kingdom was at the rate of 23
deaths annually to every 1,000 persons estimated to be
living. In the metropolis 2,1, 9 births and 1,590 deaths
were registered, the former having been 27 and the latter
70 below the average. Fifteen persona died frum smell-Iron.
10 from measles, 12 from scarlet fever, 6 from diphtheria,
37 from lanoping.cough, 92 from different forum of fever
(of .which 3 %vcre certified as typhus, 12 as enteric or typhoid,
and 7 as simple continued fever), and 441 from diarrbma.
The fatal cases of each of these enemas, except diarrhea-I,
were considerably below the corrected average numbent lii
the corresponding week of the last ten years ; those of
whooping cough showed a considerable decline upon those
returned in recent weeks. So few deaths from small pox
have not been returned in London in any week since
October, 1370.