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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle. — 1870-05-21 (Stourbridge, West Midlands, England)

SEARON.--A Nire C unter.—P::,2A  " WOMAN NATUR'."—Ther'S DObbUt one way o managin' a woman when hoo'e made up her mind for mischief. Talking thunner-en-leetnio' to her, or knockin' her deawn like a keaw, would have no moore effect than tryin' to dam a bruck up wi' a spoon, or Win' a pit we a riddle. Hoo'd go forrad, if it wur through &re. Th only way o' gettin' her into the gear, an'.inakk,in! her t' drew nicely is, promisin' to buy her summat neW. Thirty years' Andy o' woman natur', wi' plenty o' practice i' temper docterin', bag towt me that; an' if I had no' profited by it, Ab's a foo', an they may order him a cap-an-bells any mina. —Pen Brierley's Journal.  THE MURDER OF GENERAL URQUlZA.—Advices from Enenos .41.yren given us the following particulars of the death of General Vreitda , . General Urquiza was murdered on the night of the "flth of Arta On that evening, about 7 p.m., he was sitting in the patio of his palace at San Jose reading, when he was notified that some armed men, numbering 300, were surrounding the house, under General Lopes Jordan, who is son-In-law of General Unlike. He at once ordered that the guard should he ,dled.out, brit the guard disobeyed and refused to move. General Crquits thereupon took alarm nett shot himself in his library. Suddenly a band of armed men Penetrated the premises, broke into the house, and burst open the door of the room in which he was concealed One of the men, placing a blunderbuss at the very mouth of the General, tired, end the General felL Instantly the whole of the household rushed to as room, and the General's daughter Lola flung Mese!f anon the litotes:: body of her father, railing upon the assassins as they had killed hilt, to kill her also. Dolores, another daughter of the General, rushed to the scene and with her own hand shot down one of the assassins and "'Minded another, The murderers left the palace, took to horse, crossed the Uruguay, and are now in the Banda Oriental. They are said to be known, but their names are not given. The Sational Government are throwing %Oen soldiers into Eutre Mine, tinder command of Colonel Campos."  LOTH TO Platt WITH IT !—King William of Prussia is not lavish on pergonal apparel, Its valet recently gave him a bint by substituting a new coat for one which he had worn two or three years longer than he aught, and was thereupon summoned to the Hoval presence. "Where is my old cost, Jean?" " I have taken it away, your Majesty: it is no longer fit to be worn." "What are you going to do with it, Jean?" " I believe lam going to sell it." "How much go you think you wid get for it" This was hard to answer, for no old do' Jew in the world would have given a Balling for the old coat. Jean, therefore, hesitated a moment, and then answered ! " I believe I shall get about a dollar for it, your Majesty." The King took his pocket-book from the table, opened it, and handed Jean a dollar. "Here is your dollar, Jean,' said he. "That coat is Bo comfortable ; bring it back to me I want :t yet."
The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle. — 1870-02-26 (Stourbridge, West Midlands, England)

THE TRIAL OF PRINCE PIERRE BONAPARTE.  The Chamber of Accusation of the High Court of Justice has found a true bill against Prince Pierre Bonaparte, and commixed him tor trial on a capita charge. The word, meurtre (often incorrectly translated murder), signifies in French legal phraseology manslaughter of an aggravated kind. And had Prince Pierre been indicted for the homicide of Victor Noir alone, the maximum sentence that could have been passed upon him would have been imprisonment with hard labour for life. But Article 304 of the Penal Code enacts that when a moirice is committed concomitantly with another crime the punishment shall be death. Under this article Prince Pierre is charged—firet,with having committed wilful homicide, or neurtre, on the person of Victor Noir with the concomitant circumstance that the crime was preceded or followed by an attempted meurtre of Ulric de Fonvielle; and, secondly, with havii g on the same day and at the same place attempted to commit wilful homicide on the person of Ulric de Fonvielle with the concomitant circumstance that the crime was preceded or fol. lowed by the wilful homicide of Victor Noir. As soon as the decision of the Chamber was made known, M. Demange, one of the Prioce's counsel, went to the Conciergerie prison to aunounce it to him. The Prince had his wife and some intimate friends with him at the time, and therefiTe M. Grobon, the gaoler, thought it delicate to call him into his own room to rece a the serious c nimunication. On hearing it :lc. Prince merely said it was better so ; that publicity was the best way to bring out the truth ; xsol that all he now hoped was that there would be no long delay before his trial. An Imperial decree has been published, ordering the High Court of Justice to assemble at Tours on the 21st of March to try the Prince.  The correspondent of the Daily Yetegmpit Writing on the affair says : A great deal has been said about Prince Pierre Bonaparte's being found sitting in his library, or rather armoury, with a loaded revolver in the pocket of his trousers. It certainly did seem rather a curious preparation for the rt caption of visitors, friendly or even hostile; but, to my astonishment, I Mid it is not the least uncommon In Paris. The day before yesterday a friend called on me and said, "Of course you have one of these?" and so saying produced a ride " shooter," about five inches fl length, wittt a gm.rd, which acts indeed as the stock, while it utterly prevents the danger of your shooting yourself in the thigh, which I consider to be the logical consequence of loaded arms in your breeches p ,cket. The truth is, the breways of Paris are so dangerous after dusk that no one will traverse them without stroog means of self-defence. By byeways I mean the avenues of the Bois, beginning at that of L'lmOratrice, and all the side streets of the Champs Elysdes.  Of sinecure rectories there are now in the Church 0 rialeau4 sistl-two, wish an average inoolue et 4449.
The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle. — 1882-10-21 (Stourbridge, West Midlands, England)

BIRMINGHAM AND THE CLOTURE. ; sista in the movemeat, was eutlusted with a bagto colieet money at the services. He was a volun. In reply to a resolution passed by the Binningte?,r, receivins nothing for his services. On this him Trades Council expressing strong disapproval d. is-, from information received, rhs treasurer, of the existing patent laws, and in support of re. Mr. W. Smith, hotelkeeperonarkedhalf a cro vn. formation of the rules of procedure us prop.sed by: and had it droppel into the Prisoner's hag. After Government Mr. Chamberlain says he is glad to ' the fe lection piison ras ( rderei, made his returs see the Council is in favour of the Government ts the tressurer, He handed in some threepenny proposition. He has no doubt if the new rules pieces and coppers, but there was no half-crown were adopted it wculd be in his power to introduce amongst it. Mr. Smith taxed the prisoner, who a Bill for amending the parent laws next session. declared he had given in all the money dropped into Mr. Muntz, replying to the same communication,. his bag . Some conversation took place, and expresses himself generally in favour of the prisoner' said, "Well, if it is only about half-a Government suggestions, although they reneire crown I can get it "He then attempted to go home modification, but was not allowed to do so and finally prisoner 1""'4,.0 produ'v rr d from his Pocket the markid half-crown .:. "" which had been put into the bag. —Mr. Smith was called, and ,bore out these facts; and in crossexamination he said that prisoner had served in the army at Delhi and Lucknow and wai respected. Ile was also a musical man, and had been engaged on a Dadiey newspaper. He was eccentric, and witness did not think that of late the prisoner was at ell times responsible for his actions. Prisoner was in a very excited condition in court.— The jury found the prisoner guilty, but recommended him to mercy on account of his good character, The prosecution also asked the Court to deal leniently ' with the prisoner ,—The Court senteoced him to three months' hard labour. Prisoner declared his innocence, and said he had been convicted through his counser,"making a mess of it." He added that the idea off his taking half-a-crown was absurd when h 3 could get £2OO a night at singing, and it was absurd to talk about his being insane.si oss. ors*  ALLEGED MURDER IN LIVERPOOL tt' August Forettier, a French seaman, aged 35, on the Barque Forestier, lying in Liverpool Docks, was charged at the Police Court, yesterday with causing the death of Mary Ann Oliver, who was fatally abused in Wapping on Tuesday morning. , The prisoner had been caught ruuning away from the scene, but was set at liberty. He was, however, re arrested, and stated that he was with the deceased, and she tried •to steal his watch. Wbat followed he did not say. Remanded. ti
The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle. — 1882-06-17 (Stourbridge, West Midlands, England)

THE MURDER OF MR. BOTJRKE AND HIS ESCORT.. The Dublin Correspondent of The Times, in alluding to the murder of Mr. Bourke and his soldier escort, writes :—The fate of Mr. Bourke and his escort has called the attention of the anttririties to the expediency of altering some of the existing arrangementwith a view to a greater efficiency ot ttie system of police and military protection. Mr. Bourke was one of the bravest of men; his courage might he called foolhardiness, but it was indomitable. He knew for more than a year that his assassination had been resolved upon. A correspondent of the Daily Express states that he was told twelve months ago that twenty-four men were lying in wait to shoot him on his way home from Claremorris to Curraghleagh, but he declined protection, saying that he would shoot any _head that appeared where it ought not to he. He always carried a Winchest-r rifle, and when approaching his own woods used tl tire several shots into them to clear them. An incident occurred some time ago which illustrated this practice in a rather startling manner. A constable was reconnoitring in a wood which he knew Mr. Bourke was to pass, when he drew up and fired 16 bullets into it before he passed. The constable, it is said, found it necessary to get quickly under cover or he would have had a ball chance. Mr. Bourke was repeatedly warned to have protection, but he refused it, and it was only within the last two Or three months that he was persuaded to allow it. He had three dragoons at Rahs.ssane and two infantry soldiers at Curraghleagh. By a singular omission of the authorities, however, the dragoons were without their horses, and these would only be provided at the expense of the person protected. The result was that, bringing but one guard with him and having him on the same vehicle as himself, he lost the advantage which a separate and double guard would have afforded. It was a dear piece of economy which cost him and the poor trooper their lives. The fact that the soldier's carbine was unloaded was due to another regulation the folly of which is unhappily proved by this outrage—namely, that no trooper is to carry his carbine loaded unless at full cock, and, as it is liable to go off by the slightest accident, the practice is not to load until the occasion arises. Poor Wallace was in the act of getting out his cartridges to load when the messenger of death intercepted him. The authorities are now considering the propriety of arming escorts with the Winchester repeater. Better experience ought by this time to have taught both the persons threatened iand their protectors the necessity of adopting the most efficient means of defeating the purpose of the assassins, who are ever vigilant and prepared.  Two fowling pieces and a Snider rifle which appear to have been ued in the murder of Mr. Bourke and his guard on Thursday were found on Saturday in a field near an old abbey about two miles from Castle Taylor. Two of them had been recently discharged, and the third had a charge about 6in. deep in it.
The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle. — 1882-12-30 (Stourbridge, West Midlands, England)

THE PMENIX PARK MURDERS.  DISCHARGE OF WESTGATE.  In Dublin, on Tuesday, in the Northern Divisional Police-court, before Mr. Curran, Q.C., William Westgate, sailor, was put forward, on remand, charged, on his own confession, with having been concerned in the murders of Lord Frederick Cavendish (Chief Secretary) and Mr. Thomas H. Burke (Under Secretary), in the Phoenix Park, on the evening of the 6th of May last.  Westgate appeared to be exceedingly nervous during the proceedings, which only occupied a few minutes, and listened attentively to the statement made by Mr. Murphy. The court was not unusually crowded, and comparatively little interest appeared to be taken in the case by the general public. Mr. Murphy, Q.C., appeared for the Crown, and said :—With respect to this man, William Westgate, he haa, as you are aware, been brought over from some place in South America on a confession that he was alleged to have made of being one of the persons who were engaged in the assassinations of Lord Frederick Cavendish and Mr. Burke, which took place on May 6 last. Those concerned in the investigation of the matter in this country, having the statement placed before them, came to their own conclusions as to the nature of it. But it was considered here that the most prudent course that could be adopted was to have the man brought over to Ireland, in order to satisfy themselves beyond all question as to whether there could be any truth whatever in the statements made by the prisoner in the alleged confession. On his being brought here, and placed face to face with some of the persons who had the means of knowing both who he was and as to whether he has ever passed under any aliases, as to whether he could, by any possibility, have had the knowledge he alleged of these terrible assassinations, they have been convinced beyond all possibility or shadow of doubt that the man could have had nothing whatever to do with them. He was in Du!..--lin undoubtedly on May 6, but during the whole of that day he was on board a vessel called the Ibex, and sailed from this port for Swansea on the afternoon of May 6. A number of persons on board that vessel, and the captain, mate, and others saw him engaged there the entire day. Furthermore it is known from them and from harbour officers here, and it is established by the log-book even that I have now before me, that the vessel cast off her moorings and left the Liffey at seven o'clock in the afternoon, and must have been out abreast of Howth before ever these assassinations took place. Having convinced themselves of the utter , falsity—one does not know what term to apply to it— and hallucination made manifest by this man's statement I come now before you, Sir, to say that we consent to have him discharged. Mr. Curran: Discharge him. The prisoner then hurriedly left the dock without uttering a word.
The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle. — 1882-12-16 (Stourbridge, West Midlands, England)

THE LOUGH MASK MURDERS—VERDICT. The trial of Patrick Higgings for the murder of Joseph Huddy at Lough Mask, which had been proceeding during Monday and Tuesday, was reineel and concluded in Dublin on Wednesday by a vet diet of Guilty. The Judge's charge occupied about two houis and a half in its delivery. The jury retired at a quarter-past two o'clock and remained in deliberation for little over an hourThe Clerk ot,the CCOWiI (interpret(r) asked the prisoner had he anything to say why sentence of death should not be p issed upon him. The accused on being informed of the verdict, appeared much agitated. Through the interpreter ,he said that he left it to God and the Virgin that he never lifted hand or foot on the man, and the Court might do with him what they liked. His Lordship: Is the prisoner does not understand the English language, and as there are other prisoners to be tried on the same charge, I forbear at present from making any observations in pass ng sentence upoe him. Concurring, as I do entirely and completely, in the justice and necessity of the verdict of guilty as found by the jury, I consider it my duty at the same time to staee that, in my opinion., the prisoner is the . least guilty of the persons concerned in t:iis murder, and thit the evidence has produced in-my mind a • firm belief that the design of this murder did not loriginate with him. Anether observation I make because an opportunity might not arise for making iit again. I understand that the rent on account , lof the non-payment of which this crime was committed has siti2e been paid, but tht, only result of I the crime, so far as his life is concerned, is that he will never see his house or his land again. It is not permitted to me to hold out to him any hope in this world. . The Judge, then passed sentence of death in the usuallarm the execution to take place on January 15 1 When the interpreter had communicated the sentence the prisoner outstretched his hands and going On his knees, said in Irish " Welcome be the will of God." 1 One of the jurors said that the jury did not wish ito express any opinion as regards the amount of the guilt of the present prisoner, as there were 1 two others to be tried, but his lordship, in passing I sentence, having mentioned that Patrick Higgins I was the least guilty, they fully endorsed that opinion. li Judge O'Brien : I shall take care to present to f the authorities the expression of your opinion. Q. The prisoner was then removed, and the Court adjourned. ,i It was observed that in sentencing the prisoner, i his Lordship did int put on the black cap, and, -, although it is not necessary to exhibit the ghastly , symbol in order.to make the sentence valid, the V omission is usually regarded as signiacant.
The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle. — 1886-08-21 (Stourbridge, West Midlands, England)

CARRIER PIGEONS.  These birds have long been an object of attention to the Governments of Germany and France. In this latter country the Minister of War lately directed a census of the carrier pigeons to be made, when it appeared that at Lille there are 8000, at Roubaix 15,000; at the little town of Wattrelos, in the Department of the Nord, there are 3000, partly belonging to private individuals, partly to societies who endeavour to improve the quality of the birds. Attention is paid to the birds chiefly in the manufacturing districts of the east and north. In Germany the War Department has 6000 pigeons. There are about 100 associations that have about 15,000 birds. Independently of business messages, there are frequent flying matches, and it has been ascertained that every year some thousands of pigeons are lost in those matches, or at least never arrive at their destinations or return to their homes. There is an erroneous impression generally prevalent that carrier pigeons always find their way, but German experience at least is quite against this. It has been found that birds frequently fly, not straight from point to point, but making a detour by some place with which they are familiar. By direction of the German War Office, Dr. G. H. Schneider, who has devoted much attention to carrier pigeons, is investigating the question of how they find their way. He is inclined to think it is purely a matter of training and habit. They will almost always go astray if taken to distant places or neighbourhoods to which they are not accustomed.  TuE story is told that Whittier and Ticknor, his publisher, were making a short pedestrian tour some years ago, when, to their surprise, an angry bull stood on the footpath, evidently determined to demolish both poet and publisher. " I think," said Ticknor "that it will be prudent to give this reviewer a wide margin." " Yes," replied the poet; "it appears to be a disputed passage." " WHAT a very pretty girl your friend is, Miss Constantine. !" said Dumley. "Such bright eves and clear complexion one seldom sees. Hasn't she Irish blood in her veins ?" "Oh, yes," Miss Constantine replied; "she is a true daughter of Erin Go Bragh." "Well, all I have to say is," added Dumley, "that Mr. and Mrs, Go Bragh ought to be proud of her. As a young couple were on their bridal trip to Europe, the husband remarked to his bride, as the vessel stopped at her first port: "My dear, they have dropped their anchor." To which she naively replied : "Well, it serves them right, for it has been haneing over the side during the whole voyage." IT is related of an impetuous English judge, that, with his usual desire to be expeditious, he once sentenced a convicted murderer to be hanged, and dismissed him without the customary and important closing formula. The clerk reminded him of the omission. "Ah, yes. Quite so," exclaimed the judge. "Bring the prisoner back. Prisoner at the bar, I beg your pardon. May the Lord have mercy on your soul. Remove the prisoner, jailer. Next case "