The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle. — 1868-06-13 (Stourbridge, West Midlands, England)

IVA./i strive to out do him. Died Nnvember 3ril, 1,17, aged 7.1. In the General Aasembly of the Irish Presbyterian Church at iieltlSt. 11 resolution was carried, after three days' mtmoeiieciou,, ti *favour of coati 111 l iug the Real !Mourn. The map wity was thirty, toot there were 390 mentben present. At Christchurch, Mr. William Summera, who is I,llllt.y3londfliQt Priory years.age, ('hunch,aini "fho'r bilofotyl'yeeuen il'e'gderoffin tiro Whitsuntide peal this year. The Bishop of Rochester yesterday heti a general ordination hie the ti Owen of Rochester at St. Mary's Phureh, Ghent:el 'ilt*t.thireitenTwhicehreeillsiiT trlir at Furelin7h'rachdeQuo7tl}2ie izinhetui there reaonrn, "me Cat-anti was won on Smiley by the Marquis of Pas PriThr dee lgre' ings' famous horse " The Earl " which was expected to have achieved a good place, If not that ot winner, in the race for ! the English Derby . The second was 111. Schickler's "Sane, rain," the winner of the French Derby; and the third Count Lagrange's " Nelusko." All the jockeys were English. A few days ago the Pope ordered one of his Canlinals to protest alienist the toilette mutter:dims of the Roman ladies lie reproached them wth being bm mutts in the French fashion, with going to church in too small bonnets, anti hi dresses too slowt, and he reminded 1110111 of w hat •t. Paul had said, who desired that women should be veiled at church. Byron was charged with plagiarism in his description of the shipwreck in Don Juan. Irecati•e a'l his facts and sea-pbrases were ta• en fri ni narrative, of actual wrecks. Curious enough, Switt did the name. The Rev. E.lt Kimwles has discovered that the de.cription t•f a storm in the v •Yage to Illndelignag is copied or stolen from Sturn.fa '•Compleat Mariner," 16 9 Dr. Fisher, of the Tsle of Man, committed suicide the other day, while a patient, Mr. Turnbull, WWI N itin 11101, by drinking as ounce aitil a half .1 laudanum. Ile returned to the room where Turnbull Wlle, and turning to him, said- Tont, do not leave me, for you will see the end of it." Ile then handed hini a paper, telling hint to keep It safe. This paper turned out to be a will of somew hat incoherent u attune. Assistance was old:tined, but without avail. lie had been drinking heavily of late. . The death of Mr. Joseph A idea-sty, yeoman, Aspatria, Cumberland, at the patnarchal age of ninety-seem], is recorded. Ile Illoki 01 the same house ill which Inc was born, and out of wh.ch he had never slept hot twice since he was married. His mental faculties remained 'repaired till the day of Ili. decease. Almut six PlOlllllB ago lie was able to sub-crihe his mime to the codicil of his will n ithotit the ahl of spectacles. He belonged to our student 111141 respocalde Cheshire family, located for centuries at Ailersey-ball ire that county. Cardinal Andrea is the eighty-fifth cardinal who has diet since the accession of Pope Phis IX. 'the first two died In. 1846, and were folloaed to the grave by six In 1847, one in 1-48, three in 1849, three n 1850, five in P5l, three in 1852, • four in 1553, three in 1854, flee in 1055. four in 1856. four In ' 1857, four in 1058. two in isto, four in 1960, six In 1861, three ' in 1862, three in 1043, fenr ii, 1,414. two in 1865, hve in 1806, eight in 1867, and one Andrea, Is 1868. The BritiA Medley,' Jograa, says it hoe been ascertained by the Soled Committee of Lords, now sitting on the Contagious Diseases Act, 1866, that during the first quarter of 1866, 1,535 women have been brought under the operatiou of the Act at the military anil naval stations. Of these only four needed to be proceeded against by Information aii the test submitted theniselves voluntarily. Out of 616 women detained in the hospital at Devommrt since the Act was put in force, 35 pet rable pursuits. cult have been reclaimed and res'foreil to lo mou The Rock says that Mr. Spurgeon, feeling alarmed at the resistance offered Ily Mr. Gladstone and the Liberal leaders to Mr. Sini lair Aytouna motion against alaynooth, sought an Interview sill, the right hon, gentleman, to .k 1 thy the 1110t1011 was opposed. The result is stated in the following letter, which the Pork pri• fur." I fear that Pright and have a hankering after eat-lout Mg the wret me m tin' ul5 them ; but Gla•lstone till make rn 1,0 sweep of them all, sae e only the reserve of vest. d interests 1 'sect last Friday and eaw him perto ally, attn feet trimnaat,re,l, I prophecy that the Wen y nih go tn 841,1100 h. mliii that grnnts be made IYO o pOrtiollAte to the Loter of each body, in•tl tlos if the Ia Hour of the objection t• a resolution whit h •orbade the gtalng of any of the funds to Catholic institutions." "The possession of a grod voice seems to be emits untiecessaly to .uccess ns a comic singer. We I aye hi int sevithl of the modt. ys pular of the Sinitic Hall Gibe, and althoull they were sill bur entirely di at it sir iii ally Ciolll/ to niuticed Weld, their poifoninauces set re ;fleeted with the utmost eithusiall•••• The only iequisite for the attainment .1 popularity ay pears to be the ability to m..be all Slats of idiot •c gt imaces. tin ow about the lees and aims likes 11131141ic, and in .Mge in importinent obstavations t.ioui acme of the audit bee."—St. Joon tar•rine for June. A flesh case of disputed identity is at present mint Thomas Roldu--or Craustoit—was charged last week alt e Thainss police-court, 11l London, with Itevinfr deseiltd from the Queen's own ..MlUtia Iteglinent. The evidence of four sergeant • of the regiment went to prove that the ',Hamer had enlisted is December last under the 11111110 of Cranston. The prisoner declared that lie had never as-urned that name, and had never enlisted Irl any regiment. Mai ocscrmni 11:011.I/0r8 of his family corroloreted I.ls eVldtrice. 05 ben he s measured In court. tOO, it appeared that he stood an 'nth short r than the Thomas cranston who had served in the Queen 's O•vit. tie Magotrate said that 88 11X INJllloloeli on both sides were so positive, be ahould remand the prisoner fora week, in order that further @widens* au& be *dewed  Notices of Births. Deaths, sod Marriage., when duly authenticated, will be inserted iu the Observer '' free of charge.