The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-12-03 00:00:00

THE IRON TRADE.

As usual in Cattle Show seek, there was a
large attendance of the trade in Birmingham on
hursday, but the business done was compare.
lively limited. The more favourable position of
the Itussian " difficulty," which lately wore so
thaeatemng an aspect for the iron trade of this
counntry, was a subject of general cougratula-
tion, and this influence, combined with the news
from France, which is believed to point to an
early termination of the war, produced greater
firmness than has been observable at the last
two or three markets. Orders, however, are
coming in very slowly, and buyers express con-
fidence that the present firmnees cannot long be
maintained, unless peace should collie to the aid
of the export branch. The descriptions of iron
chiefly in request are hoops, sheets, bars, plates,
nail rods, and the smaller classes of merchant
iron. Some good orders are reported for first-
class sron for Fovernment purposes, and the
tin-plate branch is specially active just now on
army contracts, both for home and foreign ser-
vice. The pig-iron market is slid afflicted by
the large iwoprtations Irma othor diatricts, and
though prices have not further receded, stocks
are on the increase.

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THE WAR.

FRANCE.

THE SIEGE OF PARIS.

GREAT SORTIE FROM PARIS.

100,000 FRENCHMEN DRIVEN

ACROSS THE -MARNE,

Tousa, Thuniday Evening.

I: is announced that General Dncrot, with
nio than 100,0110 i n. tun& a great sortie y, s-
terd y front P.iri , aed crossed tile Marne.
Th n_ovenient was a rotorArto sneees.,.
THE FRENCH DRIVEN BACK

APR, TIN.: MARNE.
litiv Al, HEAIM2I'ARI'ERS.

Vr Wednesday.

(IERMAY 0E1.'1.1 U. ACCni*ST.)

,e of our SiAth
An! of

After the tits
C 'tits Ili Lot 1, t
Paris yester,lity,tia
rip Miring Lhr wil
Till 9 mornine, the use.lay eltpeared simititane-
dlll.n a: a •, in voi.:. eto.siderable
force, between the Seine and Marne.
Our position; were attacked at 11 a.m., and a
?cry sanguinary fight ensiled, it hieh, on mi.
part, pritleirtliy t, 1 ' \Vint—
Mug Division, the greate: , of
Twelfth, and a portion of the Seemal and Sixth
Corps d'Armee.

,S'aS f:el t

The fight lasted until 6 p.m., by which time
our victorious troops had repulsed the enemy
along the whole line.
The King has telegraphed the following to
Queen Augusta i—
" The Sixth Army Corps repulsed yesterday
sortio from the s,mtli of Paris, near L'ilay.
Ovia 190 pris-ners ivere raptured from th.,
enemy, who o!sollst ii,versl hundred men demi
and ,rfmnded. Out loss was Idd men.

" To-day important soirties were made on ti
east side af..,,:,inst the IViirt-inlinrgers and
at Pion ' '1 . •
whi,•!.
t ifterwl,

I of our S,s eat :dm same tints
, import sot nd towards t 1..•
th-w r.t, at St in.,l t.;.aiLst the Guard and
I Fourth Army Curi:l.

I wale linable. to leaave isailles. qii I ht:.l
desired to remain in the een!re. It sect..ii us if
the tnv,reclci.g ups iel .i.t.
had anticipated fr listieet v. leli
however,

WIL HELM.

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Tor i:g, Thurssilay Evening.

'rho 1,0;4 neeonets relueseni the l`eits,iLin
Ariuy s foming i eurvol line before the Army
of the Loire.

TOURS, Friday.

A special edition of the iffmiteur says that
General Dncrot crossed the Marne on 'l' iirsday
night, and on Wednesday morning occupied
Mcsley and Mont Mi.sle3.
. . . . .

At tile close of the d the French maintained
their posithm, after cuptiirrlg two guns.

On Wednesday. Nam.y ,Ivaneea
on Lung Jumean, and cariiml the entrenched
position at Epernly.
Despltchas this morning announce a French
success yesterday at Patay Loriet.
A despatch from Ceneral Chanzy announce,
the suce,s:fid advance of the Vrench let, yes-
terday.
The French carried U Plr,t Pensamn Lh• .
and afterward: thcir position at Nonnevive.
Villepain, and Faverelles.

. .
The Pressians reLcated tavverda Lingwy and
Chateau Cauiliray.
The St,nolard Rouen c.aTespoiident telegraph-
ing last uight confines the nova uf a succe,-fa
sortie.

the Stand irl correspandcnt at Galata tele-
graphs that another 'Turkish loan will be shertiy
annotured.

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