The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle. — 1886-03-06 (Stourbridge, West Midlands, England)

OOO. tralia are estimated at £300,000. The manager has been suspended, and is under surveillance. 0 Lieutenant-General T. F. Wilson, Military Member 'of the Calcutta Viceregal Council, who contricted Prince Albert Victor has signified his intention of sungle fever towards the end of December last while on of being present at the National Eisteddfod, to be held visiting North Wales during the coming summer, and a shooting excursion with Prince Napoleon, died on at Carnarvon. A great fire occurred on Monday morning on the St. At Odessa they are having the most severe winter Sunday evening. I Ouen border of Paris, causing immense destruction of known during the last quarter of a century. The English steamers have had some difficulty in cutting property and loss of life. I Three young men were drowned on Sunday while their way through the fast accumulating ice in the elidine on a pond adjoining Prince Christian's residence, harbour. The Italian Minister of Finance has declared that i Cumberland Lodge, in Windsor Great Park. The steamship Missouri, of the Warren Line, bound the finances of the country had never been in a better from Boston to Liverpool, went ashore on the Holyhead position, and denied that there was a deficit, coast on Monday morning during a heavy snowstorm. The movement against Home Rule on the Liberal The Missouri is a three-decked iron steamer of 5146 side of the House of Commons is receiving considerable gross tonnage, and was built at Glasgow in 1881. support, and it is said tnat between sixty end seventy 1 On Saturday the French Chamber, by an overwhelmmembers have already declared themselles oppo-ed lug majority, sanctioned the ratification of the Madato the establishment of a National Parliament ,in 1 smear Treaty. Dublin. I The German Ereperor fell down at a Court ball The Home Secretary has intimated in the vale of and braised his left hip. Llangollen that the Director of Public Prosecutions will . 1 Sir Edward Reed, Liberal, was re-elected for Cardiff, take proceedings in the case of the great lottery frauds, on Saturday, on his appointment as a Lord of the by which 50,000 people have been swindled. Treasury. His opponent was Mr. Llewellyn, who ung The official return of expenses of the re-election of Successfully contested South Glamorgan at the general Mr. Gladstone as member of Parliament for the county election. Sir Edward's majority on Saturday showed a of Midlothian is as follows: Returning officer's exlarge increase over that by which he was returned in penses, £l4 7s. 6d.; election agent, £5 55.; cabs, postage, and telegrams, £2 12s —total, £22 4s. 6d. I Presiding at the annual dinner of the London and A beautiful mosaic pavement has been discovered in Suburban Railway Officials' Association, at the Freethe Via Appia, four kilometres outside the Porta 'November. masons' Tavern, on Saturday evening, Mr. J. Fletcher Portese, Rome. It dates from about the first century, Moulton, Q.C., M.P., said that the social aggregations and is the floor of an upper room of a tomb or colum- of those who had common interests, formed an inbarium. The mosaic is finely coloured, teresting and promising feature of the present day. Two gold watches and chains have been sent by the , Lord Morley, First Commissioner of Works, received President of the United States to Captain Hughes, and Mr. Roberts, second officer, of the British steamer Lord ' a deputation on Monday from the Royal Institute of British Architects, who protested against the proposed Gough, for rescuing the crew of the American secooner treatment of the site of the new Government offices in Cleopatra, on the 27th of December, 1885. Springsgardens, London, and advocated a scheme which ! James Whelan, a young sailor, was on Saturday corns rd Morley promised to consider. i nutted magistrates, for trial by the Southampton -----charged with the wilful murder of George Richardson. 1 on the high seas on the 15th November last. The prisoner was a seaman on board the Emma Shaw, the deceased being the second mate. There was bad blood between them, and when on a voyage from New York to Buenos Ayres it is alleged the prisoner knocked Richardson on the head with an iron belaying-pin, and afterwards pushed him overboard.  to bull pel