The Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle. — 1865-05-06 (Stourbridge, West Midlands, England)

SUMMARY OF NEWS.  Ott Thursday learning 31.044 Consr.;:nee Kent was brought lilt 1)...f0re the Trn•:,*,,ridgr v"atitis. Lidos for :to atl triied cx-.:arnatimv.le iluth Cor.:th, Int:•:e, and wb,,, kleva, 1.11 the mune room wit la the mtardoreti. pov, r.the !"1.0.01l c,aiia'J a the time, Thommt firtitnu, „WII° "'.aeovered the corpse in the closet, ..,E"'"-9: "lolly, the washerwoman. and C. A. '.avien, Lady Sn:a•rior of St. Mary's It spitab Bright .m, were tie principal Al Vre.4ioA. She fully eowntittrd for trial on the charge of '• Wilful murder,- and we vemoved to the g3Ol at Devi.ma. The intereA cmattal by this case ia considerably increased by a runwar, to the effect that Royal Itiond swells tl:e veins of the aclfaccused Inurtleress. It is stated, On what authority we cannat say. that Mr. Kent ;a the uutural bun of the lute Duke of Kent, father to the reiguiug sovereign of Englund.  "'ris a sin to a pin, So touch wore a grooti.r  Of mine the rhymester no gave utterance to this familiar eanot.". "a a very Se 1'111)1110M COUSCieII. e°, n' probably never dreamt that the cxpyess:on could be so twisted as to afford a cov4ling for a spirit of vindictiveness. But it has been so. At the ThillUCS Police Court, before Pnget.lthe other day, a respectably dressed boy, aged It, was charged by Mr. Edward S. Johnson, cora merchant, with stealing a piece of coke from his premises. Our readers can judge of the merits of the case from the following conversation :  Mr. Paget: Has this boy llecu locked up all nighty..  :lie Waq let out on bail last . _ _  Mr. Paget: I am very glad of it. Is your fathrr here, boy ? A respectable 111311 Stepp:A into the witness box and said he was the prisoner's father, mid , he thought it a great shame to bring the child to a police court. Mr. Paget : I am of the same opinion. The Father : There is a waste piece of ground, containing 01,l materials and coke, and the boys run there to play sametimer. Mr. Paget : Where is the piece of coke the boy is charged with SieaillW ? A Palieem in held up a 'dee of colie the s:z. of small " aml its exhibition was hailed with a shout of derisive laughter. The Prosecutor said it was not for tha value or the eoke he roseented the hoe, and it was not worth while La lose his lame, but he must protect his property. Mr. Paget; Have you children of your own ? Mr. Johnson : I have, sir. Mr. Paget : Are you not ashamed of yourself ? Mr. Johnson: No, I am not. 31r. Pact: You ought to be thoroughly ashamed of yourself. Mr. Johnson I ought not. Mr. Paget : It is perfectly disgraceful, monstrous, to lock up a Loy eleven years of age, on such a charge. The prisoner is discharged. Newspaper readers, we might ahnost think, have " supped full of horrors " during the past fortnight. They have heard revived the horrifying story of the Road murder, been told of the utter ipt to till the Secretary of the Russiaa Embassy at Paris, shuddered at the recital of the startling ititelligence which boomed across the Atlantic of the attack on Secretary Seward, and the atrocious murder of President Lincoln. Besides these, three other tragic items have been duly chronicled by the daily papers. On Tuesday we read that Mr. W. U. Prescott, the senior member of the firm of Prescott, Grote, and Co., the bankers, committed suicide at his residence, near Boehampton, on the morning of this day week; that Rear-Admiral Robert Fitzroy, the celebrated meteorologist, fell by ht own hands on Sunday morning during +' • time his family were preparing for . e ; and that Mr. James Bliss, who nnrch Inspector of Nniss .-.as lately Chief • .t:eft —irtnnwhani on Tuesday event' • ' —g blew Mt., ins brains at his own house, Gt..,enwrepterrace, Coventry-road. "...,romrhont -England a unanimous feeling of • norrcv and indignation at the assassination of President Lincoln has prevailed. Meetings for the expression of condolence to Mrs. Lincoln and sympathy with the Government and people of the United States of America, havo been held in every county of England, and every country of Europe. On Monday night the Commons and Peers of England met in their House at Westminster, and with the deepest solemnity ratified the avowals of their common country. But the most touching incident in the national sympathy, and OHO which will go nearest the hearts of the Americans, is that our noble Victoria—God bless her !—has written to Mrs. Lincoln words of sympathy and consolation. To every American who has any heart, it must be a glorious spectacle to see this nation—from end to end, from highest to lowest—sympathising mid feeling deeply for them. With Dr. Blaek, we fervently hope that this common grief might be the starting point from which they should march on towards a juster estimate between the great mother-country and her great off-spring; that it would be tho starting point from which they would abolish all prejudices and animosities; that it would be the starting point from which they would march on towards that national alliance which would unite in the closest ties England and America. •