The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-09-12 00:00:00

SATURDAY, SEPT. H, 1868.

On Saturday, the body of Thema.: Wilkinson, aged
twenty-one, one of the four lied, young melt droaned a
fortnight ago by the upsetting of a leA, near .carbro', ‘s"
found says the Leethd 31, rcury' aniongpt the roas attiley
Brita. 7. The other bodies hive not yet been rteovered.
The well-known tdiemist Sehoubein haLjust die I at
Baden. Ile .Isa th years ‘.l age, having NMI 111 at Miteji.
Or. UI Wurtemherg in 17aa. For many years he had resithd
at lii- i Ire IL, no is famous no the discoveth °Mow aid
tle• ii:vcaLor of gun cotton.

snot k .4 earthquake was felt 14n the coast (4 :stew
S,thNt ales On the P>:11 td June. The Sydney Morniny
111 pf .1 s:o. that the motion does 11,4 appear to have luau
vi4.l,i.t, or to Lae been perceived by a large propurtian
the pt•pulat

I:Yvan Is ~1 40‘) Ito,otheatis of I.ilettards o- 're eauollt
Oh the tit 11.1111( the put oeok. Lt .ulk of t‘as
slipply oas eno..d for the Mediterranean ports
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The heat in Paris on Saturday. Sept 5 was alin..t
as great as at any time in I) or
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That "mighty hunter,-" king fictor Ea. :• !amid, Lad
late!) a nail,a escape while sheeting in the Leonia:ens at
%lab %% lien IR pursuit of a chan,ois, ant at t lie In ill
he was surmounting a RIO,. a portion of the latter gave nay,
and his Miji••ty would lei‘e infallibly fallen m ii precipice
If a peasant hail not lent him assistance. Ile I warded his
. . _ preserver with a met cut of Ll2il. .
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" - 'Many thank for your lcttsrf the fth
het Eves) thin.; is quite safe, HMI ever at pie:valve.
lv think, alai conical, tale, Little I', is watt !..o."—.Atlver-
tisculeut in Louden Times

From statistbas just published it appeari that the
quantity of grapes brought annually to the .o is market'
amounts to Or) near!) u Inch is up, ar6 of 1;5.
per head of the populatt a.
La Finite remarks on the extraordim.ry influx if
visitors into Curls, during the previa,: trrew 'four hours,
from the prtvince. and other parts. on great “3.1 the mina.
ber that the increase of persons 1,, Lertain sb,ts was very
perceptible.
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For a single house in the Roe de Ride lien, Paris,
about to he demolished for one of the new ru eels leading
from the “raliti Optra, the Jury has :mimed Ow large stars
of 2,6, so,o, of. or 0:t. 4,0* 0. In MI6 the same I.,oise was .1.1
for 20,000 f. 'Among the indemnities accorded i•, tenant, of
this and adjaeant loonies, a rii_ciVei 01.4
a jeweller, £2,40,1, a milliner, 02,000; a dental, £3,00; an
hotel-keeper, Xls,ooo.
" e see that a Mims Minnie Hawk, • from New
York, has been signing with sureea in Anierit,, and is en-
gaged to appear iii Europe. We are &lighted to acknow-
ledge our channing sister. If she has as great 6UCCCIIB torr
here as her loother, Tom•ry Hawk, she will Its nothing to
complain of."— Tomahawk.
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In the last fourteen years, nearly 4,00 aliens—an
average of ?...S3 a-year—have obtained certiacat, of naturali-
zation from the Secretary of State for the J...1e Depart-
ment, under the provisions of the Act of 1844.
The Rev. Philip Hattie, a Wigan cler..eman, wino
some time since made a speech in .f.svoiir of th,
nicht if the Irish (torch, bah received a I rt from the
Pastoral All society that (ho grant itenbas Inn --rtoreeein vii
frill that society's funds will be dibeolitMll,l . he dues no;
behave himself better.
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The l'iyan, having announced that Cur ral Thibaui
who recently distinguished himself by ream', a imbiber .1
persons at a lire, hail lieen offered 40,1.01. by .
for the prielik.ge ofwn,,,g his jnhtr.hit, that 1. :lOU 1% rite, Li
say that he wool.' never ronileseenil to take ii, tiny for sa,h
a putipo..e, but is abi :0 A willing to allow If.
to .Jltl for any charitable idject.
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An Illinois pat or, noticing the arrest ..f a man who.
attempted to destroy a house and its inmate- by setting or,
to a rooin containing two barrels of itimpowd, r. Isc
ought to be sent to the workhouse for at lea,- thirty days."
Judicial punishments are very severe in the V. est.
Germany is deei,letlly ahead of all otf„er countries
for plan:nide exercises. It numbers now no le,ss than
2,053 u 3 ulna:stir unions ,Turtiscichic , with almost aa.,tea
members.
A la.y sixteen years old has made a " lan "
point, :it billiard,, in Detroit, playing. throm:l.out one even-
ing awl all the mat slay. The :Ramat, were i.node, hoarser,
Innis balls wedged into the comer of a table.

Before. quitting Paden, the other Su day; Int the
two o'clock train, a gentleman went to the 1: Iling.tal:4, in
travelling cantina. arri•ing at the stat, it at hal;-p4.%
one, lie hind to one of liLa fi kink, .• I have vll while xait•
lug for the train 510,000 francs" telkil .
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The spinning wheel ii,,i by queen hi to AUtoinette
during her imprisonment at the 'reuiple, and _leen after her
execution to one of her ladies in waiting, has ja,t
inherited by a granddaughter 4d the family, I • •.ently inalaira
to a Hungarian of high rank. This relic we to be ,ceniest
summer at the Universal Exhibition, and excited lunch
interest amongst lovers of historic souvenirs.
An " }:x-Director " adonis, with some show of
rea+on, the practice of locking the dOOl9 if .11way carriages.
Aertitleg to him, the object • if the 7ruirtici'it, that When a train
atopsin conrequence ot an accident, many of the pa-,engers
will get out if they CHO, and swarm over ti:e Opposite 1,,
of rails, end thus are in imminent danger ot being run
through by an approaching train on that liae. This is, of
course, a very fgt.! argument lii favour of the practice.
Indeed, it is a choice between two evils, and the great diffi-
culty appears to be which Is the lesser.

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His Serene Highness Prince Eaward of Same'
Weimar was enrolled as an "Alum:mice toy " of Is r:y
during the late festivities there. itila is tAI lisa his eettille.ite
presented to lain in 3 MAO (Weed 1e.311 3 HOCk of the
cathedral Oak, The Prince, ill isletter aehnowlesigine Ule
honour, says that, although he cannot, claim to be a
deAceiniam of their gallant forefathers, he will alwais
member a ith pride that his name is " mir, died among t ,e
meinhers of a ie amity f led in remmaihninee iii tics-,•
whose deeds will live in history and he reit Mated thimeTi
all times for their unparalleled heroism and endurance M
defence of their city."

Mr. Wilham Scully, of Ballyeohey, has forward, .1
a hater to the Irish journals. ColllplaThiiti of uut. inded
statements regarding Ids conduct towards ids tenants. aid
such •• ugly aorta" as •• atol Ora11110:18.* Tillie and
space revolt him from doing more than a-toning that his
•• dealings awl conduct have been not only entirely-legal.
but equit:O.le.and just." There is he sw only one staieno,.
oryote • iivh le one Waii'a right from snot Let's. That nile
is the co.le ~f ivil law nil.l e.ttilly of the land, and not
Captain flock's law. if I had transgressed that rule d
easy to cot ,nntice from the constituted tenets. Th.
murderers and sympathizers knew this, but they abio knew
that 11. e kind of rule they desired could hut, tar (mem. mem,
be sustained it, reason, in law, or Wily."

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An American item infortna uc that Mr. Plnnet.'a
/annals in use 'letter luta trotted a mile in LiVo minutes four-
teen seconds, the quickest trotting tune recorded. 'eat the
trotter wile helped alomi by a running horae..n hinh veg. wined
all tee work of draw lint the light waggon to snhtele Deta r
was nominally attacked.

A Canniiian paper ototno that Mr. Morley PunO.on,
a well-known :d thodist orator, was recently Manic,' at
Toronto to his deceased mires sister. The °pint.,s f
large portion Iti the Nonconformist lasUes are known toe.
favourable to the oestri,hboroo ha it ere at present placed
upon this tie and Mr. Punahou, like many other Diseenter.,
has not hetdtated to anticipate an alteration of the 1.0,
hith he douhticia believes ts . of evitable.

The Rev. J. M. Belivw write; to contradict a
graph cxtmeted Irma the Orchestra, whirl; say the icv
gentleman Is going ou a reading tour through the triton
:gate,. owl if he &fleece& le not likely to return. Mr hn l-
ieu- says if he ever dors go to America, it will certahily net
tie uith the intention of staying there.

"Tire defeat of the S;p7l,, in the recent yacht rac,
has caused a feeling of profound disgust among a vg ry large
class of Americam; a great deal of money has changed hands.
Jonathan had unfortunately imbibed the nor that no
n America yacht could ever he beaten by an En lish vessel;
and now, to think that the crack Sappho, WWII CrObil d the
ocean specially to conquer arrogant Brit.:lDS, is beaten, awl
badly beaten—the last in the race ! Alas that is too notch
for Yankee equanimity.'—.New York correspondent of
London Standard.

Crabs are sometimes found very large on the
Japanese coast. One was lately brought to Yokohama, which,
according to the Japan. Gazette, measured 11 feet Anclies
from the extreme joint of IMO ChM to the other. The hody
was 19 inches train the eyes to the tail, and the breadth ~f
tire back was one foot. It was so heavy that two linen
mere minired to carry it.

A Quaker, at a recent aervice in a Friends' mertOrz-
house, stated. amongst other incidents, while tr,s'ella,
that when in Paris he met Abilel Kadir, who led his-full..
Nuasulmun for fifteen years against the French tome, in
Algeria. Ile is now a Chrisiian awls nnoL is actively euga,;‘,l
as a tract diatilLutor mai avasyselima Us Yana

The Fronch Prince !inled, it is f,ail, shows great
aptitude f. unek. 104 the I.:nue-tor rather iliscourages lid
inclihaUOn in his .ou. "1 willtiot have him a Coburg," was
the observation of his Majesty.

A seal was captured the other day in the rver
!Slaver, in Autherlandshire. Its appearance in a quiet call, y
so far up the liver greatly surprised the inhabitants It as
first wounded by is shot from a fowling-piece, but after thin
it immediately dived into the water. several allepia.rds.
however, came to assist in the capt me, tool after a good dkal
of labour, the animal, which had wandered terribly out of
beat, was secured.

The "cattle plague" ha l; excited a panic in (Ind"-
nati ; it is discovered that the I ti,eme has wrought great
havoc anioug the cows upou which the Cincinnati:ma depen.l
for milk.

James Stephens, the head centre and chief organiser
of irniunistn, has returned to Paris, where he has resumed
his old profetsion no teacher of 'mega:N.:es.

A writer in the Hired who has been examining tin
budget of the oily if Paris Mot discovered that a IL lie, Is
has been in receipt of an milinal pension of Kittle fri.nes
from the city of Plain for twenty-five years, through having
hail the honour when a page of Napoleon I of announcing
to the mtusicipality the birth of the King of Rome. For this
simple act lie has already received, it notate, upwards of Ira
a million of francs, or more than £20,000. Inseritted.beride
this pension to Nat...husk's imeient patse are the pensions ac-
corded to thins -title old schoolmasters and schoolmistressi s
of the city of hats, which amount in the aggregate to it,
francs, or loss than £2O per annum to each.
" It is not true that Sir Howlanil Hill is to be doe.-
rated with with a post•tiflhe order."—Cen /1 lucerne!.

There have been but two cases of yellow feer at
New Itrican. this season.

Parliamentary canditiatea meet with some very stupid
people. Among the opzestion recently tut to Mr. !Mall, cue
of the Liberal cand Ades for ltratlbll d, WAS the following :
" Which in the most direct line to America ?"

At the Portidthnith hfirough police collet, fin Mica-
day, 'lse master bakers, MI highly respectable sirs, were
charged at itic allow leg their earls, 1,, which bread was re-
tailed to customers, to no uliprovidul With I
and weights. The defence was that weights and seales had
been provided, bat that the employ( Es had failed to tate
theta in their carts. lie longish Me, however, NH :re
masters responsible, aril they were tine! lbs. each. The
formation was laid by the tnperintendent of weights and
nseasureg

An alarrnin4 re-cum-nee took place an Saturday
altenemn at Wakefield, the accaelon being the show of the
West li.liog Agrivtilitual S.lriety A ja.141 bland thronged
with Ppertators. wilt, were wane-sing a brass hand conte.t
fell without warning, and many 'masons were severely in-
jured.

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In tonne of the fashiorahle elineehes thelirog%rinanes
of the 11111de are printed and distrilo,ted in the pews it is
supg,te4l that opeva Washes will come iielre.•
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A Firignlar pack of cards has just liven published.
They are Intended for kitchen use. The iniatrem calls
the cook and presenti her with one, from which the co,k
learns a hat is required for dinner, and how to cook it...,

The following tempting offer a made per adverti,e-
ment :—" Not-el to /Lead —A tutor to a Belgravia')
loan desile6 to re,td, to lonic lady or fl intkiuon. or lea-hug
publisher, his novel, in mailuecript, considered unique for
life and variety. There ie no dulin, or. The episode. are (.f
touching interest. and [Leh in quaint illuetration.uk am-
meter, English, iriab, French., and heigiuns"

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The carrying into effect of the provisions of th.-
Workshops Regulation Act of 1566 is bringlo4to light a g..AI
nutily facts not hitherto generally kilo.. sate the 1113Iili-
facture., of the metropolis. Mr. 'touch, one of the sanitary
Inspectors to the vestry of St. Pancras, has reported that he
found at a house in Camden tows, bartlon, a w.dkshop
occupied by forty-eight persons, who had breathing space
for only twenty-five. being aoti jet call, and several
children 11101.1 thirteen )ears working twelve hours a day.
The articles manufactured is e• e chiefly lea side presents ,4
shell, flowers. NIA la-lea. having on them A wesent from
Brighton,” A Present from Rainsinite." 4c. Tilt: London
manufacture of sea-side presents has, we are told, been very
laxi•k 1.1115 Realil/11.

The ascent of the grand and precipitous Mount
Pilate by the ()men is a feat of which her subjects abroad are
I justly proud. tier Majesty rode her English pony, alld was
eacorted by her Highland attendants nho, it is said, outdid
, the Swiss hillinen in mountain walking. The names in the
; travellers' book at the Belie Vue Hotel were, the Count.. of
Kent. the Lady Louisa Kent, Lieut, tlie lionble. Arthur
' Kent, ILK, the Marchionessof Ely, Colonel Henry Ponaonl,y.
The mountain takes its name from a legend that Pontine
Pilate, seized with remorse while traversing the spot,
drowned himself in a small lake enilicsonied iunit the
ravinesg and ins spirit, it is popularly believed, still haunts
the neihbourhood.