The Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle. — 1864-11-19 (Stourbridge, West Midlands, England)

EPITOME OF NEW,  BRITISH AND FOREIGN.  A man was married the other Sunday at Worksop, who has had three wives within the last twelve months, the one married on Sunday being the fourth wife.  - At Gihro!ter, reo-mtly, &seaman fell from the top mad of the Enchantrees, and, knockiog 017 in Ids fall a man who was on a yard below him, both were killed.  It is reported that Priivie Humbert, during his sojourn in Paris, on his return from England spoke in warm terms of the slight that had been placed upon him In this country, and he has not spared hospitable Britain in warm words or. Lis return to Italy. Ha straws a comparison betseen himself and Garibaldi on English shores, and there eel taLuly was a difference.  Last week wax a very quiet week at 'Madera. Cutle, the Quen having limited the Court proceedings strictly to the enjoyments of a family circle, excepting on the erelong of the Prince of Wales's birthday, when only those parsonages connected with Court were invited to an evening party, hut there was no music. The Castle Guard contlemes to he relieved without military music when her Majesty is et Windsor.  - Lord Broughato was preeent on Sate!,ley at the sitting of the Academy of Moral and Political Sciences in Perla and was received by the merenera with unusual rte. mmatrations (.1 respect and affection in comeonence of the active part tshicii he had taken lu the brilliant zeception given to M. Be rryer by the English Bar. .  Earl RUBRell wan installed an Lord Rector of Aber. dent. University on Friday, and in the course of his address said of the civil war in America, "that whatever way it may end, whether the States may again unite, or whether there Is to be a final separation, I cannot but believe that out of these events the African race are to receive their freedom. It is said that very recently General Grant proposed to attack Richmond with large MM. of men at four points, and estimated.* probable loss at 40,000 men I Three tame swans recently IMAM from Scilly to the Land's End, a distance of nearly thirty miles. one of them was picked up dead among the rocks the others were very hungry, and their thirst intense. The suicides committed at the Rhenish spas have this season res-bed the awful number of thirty-four. Seven fell resin,. to the roulette at Wiesbaden, three at Manheim, two at Wilhelnishad, and thirteen at Homburg. None shot, hanged, or drowned themeelves In that fatal neighbourhood wtthout being distinctly referaMe to one of the several hells. A girl living at Cudworth, being rated by her mother for staying not into at night, nelinerately walked away and drowned herself. A verdict of " Felo de wo" waa rnturned. The Italians have been conducting some important experiments In tiring steel shell through plates from about 41 to about 6 hich..s, backed by wood, from a distance of nearly 1,100 yards. Inc shells were exploded without fuse, and teem to have acted lathe most satisfactory manner. We regret to learn that in consequence of the attack of g .nt which hen for the time disabled the Earl of Derby, the Prince of Wales has postponed his visit to Liverpool. The preparations made to receive the Prince and Princess were on a nossrbilicent scale.  The acco-unte in the celebrated case of W. F. Windham have just been flied by Me•ers. Johnstone and Co., the 'mono, tants appointed by the flanlipritcy Court. The debt..re 4.6121. ; aud there tx &surplus of 4.,75l Ja. 4.J.; tithing out of property held p time truetees under. a deed executed by Mr. Windham b.fore his bankruptcy. Thenert sitting Is appointed for the 23rd Instant.  The third sou of the famoue Lord Erskine expired at Bournemouth, on Wednesday last, in his 77th year. A commlsslonership of the Duchy of Cornwall becomes smut by the decease of the right honourable gentleman.  _ The sinful announcement WAS mime the other day that some one required a tender for 7,20000,1 Mil-boxes, nearly a box for each adult In England, Ireland, and set* 1 cid. A child, eight months old, has just been mothered at Umbra' (icon Scat lying on it while tudeep In • cradle. A pamphlet in promised shortly to show now scraggy Iliti"tingm." Theti ge pfsee h t.Thu ag of course, in opposineq to guinea.  A notice of a recent Rterunboat exploaion in an Americas' paper ends as follows :—'The captain swam ashore. So did the chambermaid; she wits insured for 15,000 dole., and loaded with iron.'  • • t'olonel Chambers, writing to a friend in London, says that Garibaldi accept. with great pleasure the yacht presented to him by Ins Liverpool friends The yacht had not arrived on the 7th, but was daily expected. The general II In excellent spirits, but is very lame. At Glallow, last week, a boy found a parcel con. taming I,