The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-07-23 00:00:00

GREAT EXCITEMENT IN AMERICA!

The rumour Schick coined no much agitation in London on
Monday, that Russia hid determined to join in the war wan
at ntiCi telegraphed to America, and produced great excPes
merit in the gold market Gui is sai,l to hive reached 03.
The rising price wa. 121 Numerous meetings hove been
held throughout the United States by Frenchmen and Ger-
tnitha to excrete sympathy with their respective nationalitles
It is stated that the Rtisrian rumour emanated from tne
Baltic Colt. Goose, and was put in circulation exactly at
the rght moment to exert a p ,averful influence on the corn
market. The first effect run to raise the pretensions of
holders of wheat to an on ray mmut degree, and an env mos of
Ss. to 10s. a quarter was asked corn purchasers Transactions
were, ill consequence, bnnght almost to act sndstil), hue WM-
merely factors abated their demands, and business War dote
at a ri.e of about Cs, to 7e. a quarter; barley and oats were
24, to 3s. per quarts r dearer ; beans, peas. and maize, 2'.;
nireign anal country 11 mr, as. a barrel and 6s. a seek dearer.
The rates of premium against war risk ou vessels at sea, or
about to sail, also rose, arid an enormous businew is reported
to have been transacted at Lleyd's and with the various
marine Insurance C dnpaniell Inc rates Retrial] y p ail on
yeses!' of different nation-slit:es from the Meiliterrawnn or
Black Sea to Be .land were as 1011, ws: Under the I' shun
Sag, 154. nee emit,; the English, 7s ti. per cent. ; the North
G-rman, £3 per cent ; and the Austrian, 205 percent., "ship
eailed " Or, m It Bolt,c or from South America to the
United Kingdom, 5 guineas per cw t. was charged on German
vessels. For skips not sailed, the most wnlels.vary lug rates
were asked, but the general range was between 5 and 10
guineas per cent.

RECKONING RIM UP !

The Exchanpe Gozette of Berlin, Which is said to be
" impired by the Pruesiau Government, in an article
prildbdied on the day ef the renunciation by Prince
Letpcld father of the Prince's candidature says :
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The flohenadlern cmdblature was evidently need by
the Emperor as a pretext for picking a quarrel with
Geristaby. The kmpire, which Is daily tailing In the pubdc
memoir of France and the wor:d, is now striving to save
the lynestyby a great war. Among other motives which
influenced the FrombpoliCY ot,o iya. the dominion saercised
over" the sickly and helot.). Eta perdr " by "hi. bigoted
wibs," who is a slipnerter Cl Queeti lAribolla, and that
Napoleon would certainly not have allowed himself to be
persuaded itl4o taking such A csdirse if he were still in pos.
session of •• his former clear.headeibiess and indeoenuent
spirit" Th 3 present Crisis, proceeds the Gazette shows
how shortsighted were the statesmen who permitted
Napoleon to ascend the French throne in 1653 Since then
be has not only shown "a talent for supptessirg liberty,"
and "a disgraceful contempt for all human Triable,. but has
also continually ,letied the neigh, wring nations, and abed
their blood 'slier the manner ot his uncle." And now W.

" wetly despot" asks for new victims. 'Too weak to
remedy old evil. he Is yet strong enough to add new eel!, to
the oil. If his shameful desigus should be carried out . .

we h-or;si t.3;idin-nUiTii;;;;arte will, when the war in Over,
meet his deserts; that he will he deprived of his throne
and ins honour, banished, and left in solitude, with his
physical stifkrinrs And ilia stained conscience to torture
him. Germany will One every off al to achieve this result,
Oa, the catastrophe will at letictil put an end to
the constant ne,gers and anxieties under which she has
been long suffering.