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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-11-19

BREACH OF PROMISE.

At Judgee' Chambers, in London, in the case of
"Wilson v. Wilson," the plaintiff, Louisa Wilson, had
obtained against James Wilson I:100 damagee in an
action for breach of promise of marriage, and since the
alteration in the law abolishing imprisonment for debt
there is no remedy where the defendant has no goods
to be taken in execution, unless it can be shown that
he has means of payment and under the Debtor.' At,
1569, an order can be made. A summons bad been
taken out under that statute, and the parties attended
at Chambers. . . . .

__—
The case on the part of the plaintiff was that the
defendant was a master marinpr, and supposed to be
;.o-pePsed of si vie property. The verdict was given at
Liverpool 144 year for £lOO, anti the costa were
Vi'.l 12s. lie bail upwards of £2OO a year as mariner.
In answer to an inquiry, it wa, stated that the de-
fendant was on land, but, being a master mariner, his
whereabouts was not correctly known.
Mr. Justice Byles Paid Vie young woman was en.
titled to an order, and the defendant must do something
toward, paying the damages and coat in a few days.
His lordship made an order that £lOO should be paid
by the 20th inst., and the remainder in three months.
The plaintiff's attorney supposed that if default was
made he must come agam to commit the defendant to
prison.

• 1E47 Lc,- 'Alp said another application must be
made bt.,e he could be sent to priaon for default of
payment . . . .

•
oan spy I Awn for costs it was mentioned that the
' out was ahoy, k5O, and that regulations as to County
urn; would r.: t apply to this ease.
latup reserved the question of coats, remark-
that the pi tintiff bad obtained a very good order
r in a ten- days,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-11-19

AO
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FIELD'S

DUDLEY AND WORCESTERSHIRE
%LIT-JIMA-RAF- BAND_
UNIPORNS SIMILAR TO HER MAJESTY'S LIT LIFE

GUARDS' BAND.

-VVFIELD, Bandmaster, respectfully
• returns thanks to the Nobility, tientry, and
Committees generally, in the Midland Counties, for
their liberal patronage during the past Twenty years,
and wishes to intimate that the shore BAND is
composed of Reed and Brass Instruments, from tint.
class manufacturers, and includes Soloists of great
experience.
Future favours will be much esteemed.

gementa wade to attend Archery Meetings, Flower
Shows, Exhibitions, Fetes, Bazaara, Dejeunera,
Ac., on reasonable terms..

Progrsrunies forwarded for publication, consisting of
the choicest Moans. new and onginal.
Vicar-street, Dudley.

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for the year 1871, Now ou Sale, M the "OBSERVER
OFFICE, 92, Higb.strest, Stoorbridge.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-11-19

TOWNS NOT ADAPTED FOR A SIEGE.

An officer from Schmeling's division quotes the-/ nringtriel
Al6acien to show that the accurate fire of the cast-steel
heavy guns employed before fichlettstadt thoroughly
astonished the garrison, as it did even the division with
which they were employed. No batterie, were erected
except those of the first parallel, in which forty pieces were
mounted, and yet, at the end of the first day's tiring, of
fifty guns belonging to the works on that side, all hut seven
or eight were dismounted or otherwise driven out of action.
The Wrench In the night made Immense exertions to bring
up other guns from the side unattached but the next day
saw all but two or three silenced. Meanwhile a ittarter of
the closely-bullt town had been destroyed by the effect of
shells, and a breach made close to the southern gate, the
chains of the drawbridge being also shot away. The com-
mandant then thought the capitulation, for whiel the
municipality begged, could not he withheld any longer.
The moral of the story of Schlettstadt Is that these crowded
little town., with their old bastioned enceinte., of which
France has so many, are defensible against columns of
troops armed only with ordinary field guns, but are quite
unable to resist a regular siege.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-11-19

LAYING UP A STORE OF HATRED.

" No one can realise who does not witness its growth the
store of bitter and lasting hatred which the persistent eg-
ression of Germany is accumulating In every Frenchman.
heart." Such Is the declaration of our Correspondent at
Tours, who confesses that from taking an optimist view of the
power and fortunes of France In the earlier weeks of the war
he is now constantly tempted to form a pessimist estimate
of the military situation ; and yet, gloomy as his anti-
cipations are of the future, he cannot disguise from himself
the truth that the temper of the French people Is becoming
harder, fiercer, and more stubbornly defiant se week tier
week passes by. Franc may ha broken Int., atoms, hut each
atom retain. the hostile spirit that animated the whole. A
store of bitter and lasting hatred accurnulales in every
Frenchman's heert, and it will pass from father to son—
Leader in Timm.

VON MOLTKE!

There is suddenly an uprising in the eating-room of the
Hotel des Reservoirs, where we sit listening anti pondering—
a great clanking of steel scabbards and spun, and clink of
glasses on many tables. Dukes reigning, and Dukes who
will never reign, and Princes It iyal and Serene, and all the
uniformed host at many tables rise, and stand, as it were,
at ' Attention as a tall thin old man, with slightly stooped
shoulders, walks out hurriedly with an abstracted air, purling
his cigar; round-headed, with many-wrinkled brow, face
clean shaven mini hairless, no moustache nor whisker, enly
a thick eyebrow over a speculative eye, which looks out as if
far beyond at a distant object. 'Whole that? asks one of
the Rupiah refugees, 'he must be somebody.' 'lt's Von
Moltke.' 'oh, Indeed ! Well, he has driven us out of Pans,
any sway.' There is the great painter %Verner come to paint
his picture for the town of Kehl, where V* a noon was horn.
Ile is to be represented directing the investment of Paris,
which is seen in the background with the German armies
dedling in the middle distance —Tintei Correspondent.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-11-19

A VIEW OF THE FRENCH
OPERATIONS.

The Times' Correspondent writes :

From the 30th, the day on which Queen Augusta's Guards
retook Le Bourget, an almost constant fire has been kept up
in the direction of that village by the French forts. Vester•
day Nov. 9, there was a rapid and heavy cannonading for
several hour. from three of the forte and their redoubts. At
quarter-past twelve noon, when I woe riding through
Ailing, lee Bondy on my way to Le Blanc Mandl, the tiring
began from the Fort de Noisy arid the Fort de Emmy. Thy
directed their fire on Clichy and ',lvry. Alined immediately
after the Fort de It onsinville followed suit, discharging
shot and shell on the outposts of Le Bourget. Arrived at •
tiehl battery, placed CM a alight eminence between MVPs),
and Blanc Meant!, I had • capital view of the French
operation.. The day WU somewhat foggy, rut 1
woe sufficiently near all three forts to Bee every discharge.
'rho sight, however, was not anything like eci terrific as the
noise. First there WWI the thunder of each dischame, and
then the screaming noise of the balls, becoming each
instant more deadly distinct as they pierced their passage
through the Mr or the rapid ascent of the ponderous shells,
!olloired by their fall and instant explosion. The artillery-
men, ready at the battery guns to act in case of a sortie, the
sentinels along the field road looking towards the forts with
watchful anxiety, and the thousands of birds taking wing
and ii p 1 ng from the Forest of Bondy a. the shells buret
among the trees were not tile least remarkable features
of this awfully grand scene. On reachli,g Blanc Slesnil
I found that the battalion of Queen Augusta's
Guards at present stationed there were also on the
look-out for a sortie, their main duty being to
prevent the enemy from passing a water-course which runs
on the A uluay Side of the village, if by any chance he should
reach Blanc Mosul' itself, Nut • gnu was fired on the
Prussian sole. At Le Bourget and Bouneutl, • village • little
to the north-east of Le Bourget, other battalion, were in
resdinese: but up to five o'clock, a hen the fire from all
three forte gradually ceased, there was no sortie Evidently
the garrison of Perlis ettaohes much Importance to the pos.
session of Le Bourget Two nights ago 100 projectile. o
various kind, were fired against it and Its foreposts, though
without any very serious injury
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-11-19

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

FOREIGN NEWS
FRANCE.

LUXEMBOUnIi, Friday.

The Prussians occupy the frontier between
Liingwy anti Montuietly, the echo tit which will
soon commence. The Mobiles of Montmedy
bare been surprised by the Prussians. Some
were killed, fuel others taken prisoners.

RETREAT OF THE PRUSSIANS.

OkI.EANS, Monthly.

The Prussians have fallen back five miles be.
yond Artenay.
The French are constructing a formidable en-
trenched camp, with heavy artillery, at the rail-
way junction outside Orleans, and another camp
is to. he established, facing the Prussian lines.

The French are massed between Orleans onil
Arteuay, and the Prussian right rests on the
railway.

SPAIN.

MADRID, TIIIIIIRhy.

The Cortes have appointed a commission of
25 members to proceed to Italy, to present the
crown to the Duke D'Aosta.

AUSTRIA.
MUNICH, Thursday.
It is semi-officially stated that Couut Benst
during his recent visit, expressed biniself in
most friendly terms towards Prussia.

VIENNA, Thursday.

The semi-official correspondence of Russia
has created a most threatening situation The
question raised involves most vital points of the
security of our Empire. The signitaries of the
treaty of 1856, have every reason to agree to a
common course of action

SWITZERLAND.
BERNE, Thursday.

Frontier places on the Juata range are occu-
pied by Prussians.
Marquis of Chateaurenaud on a mission relit-
tag to the occupation of Northern Savoy, has
been received by the President.

ROYAL HEAD-QUARTER.
VERSAILLES, Thursday.
I,IERIILN OFFICIAL ACCOUNT.)

On Monday the lot Infantry division repulsed
a sortie of the garrison of Mestere. German
loss small.

NEW YORK.

Thursday.
Gold closed, 1124. Exchange 1094. Bonds
U.S. 107
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-11-19

FRIENDLY SOCIETIES AND THE
WORKING CLASSES.

At the recent conference of the Friendly Societies'
'Association an interesting discussion took place as to
the beet means for encouraging provident habits among
the working clanger. There can be no question that a
vast number of the existing societies are unsound in
principle, wasteful in management, and, when in con-
nection with beer-houses, subservient to the interests of
the publican rather than to those of the labourer.
Mr. Edward Stanhope at the conference revived a
proposal which had already received the approved of
the Royal Commission upon the employment of the
the agricultural population, and the effect of which
would be to convert evety poet-office savings-bank into
a friendly society. The advantages and drawback.' of
the scheme are obvious. It would afford the best se-
curity to its members and preserve them from incurring
any loss or inconvenience by change of residence. On
the other hand, no society can succeed which in not pro-
vided with effectual means for guarding against impo-
sition and malingering; and it is very doubtful whether
the Post-office servants already burdened with mul-
tifarious duties, could undertake the amount of personal
supervision which would be necessary. The objection
to the scheme on the ground that it savours of Govern-
ment interference is less tenable, for the failure of
ninny benefit clubs has been due to the entire absence
of legislative control, and it is not proposed that the
Pont,ffice societies should drive all others out of the
field. . .

The most original suggestion made at the conference
came from the Rev. J. Stratton, one of the secretaries
of the association. After stating that at present the
poor rate is the virtual superannuation fund of the
farm labourers' societies, he proposed that the board
of guardians should make their out-door relief to mem-
bers of clubs dependent upon the solvency and good
management of the clubs ; and also that cottageri
should pay rates directly, instead of indirectly by
means of additional rent.

The tendency of these proposals is towards the es.
tel Bailment of an almost compulsory system of inn.
mice against sickness, to be undertaken by Govern.
mewl with Government security. But it is question.
able whether it would he wise to destroy the feeling
that yet lingers among the working classes, that, as a
general rule, it is a degradation to accept parochial re-
lief. It augurs well that the Royal Commission to
inquire into friendly societies has been appointed, for
ia very desirable that the subject should be discussed
in all its bearing,.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-11-19

FREE AND ASSISTED EMIGRATION
TO QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA.
Queensland Government Offices,
32, Charing Cross, London. ,
trig Land orders for 40 acres per adult are
; CAR, CAB, AND POSTING ESTABLISNMENT.
given to persons paying their Own pas- ;
. sage. The selection free. Land can be .
seguired at ss, 10e, and 15 per acre, pay- '
Ode in ten annual instalments. r RS. A. BROWN, in returning thanks to
, the Public for the support she has received in
Assisted Passages so anted to Farm Lebourere,
tlardeners, Mechanics and other eligible ,
the shove BElnilllllB, itigs 1., announce that she lies trans;
persona.
!erred the Business to lii r son Thomas Brown on o
; behalf she wonlil solicit a continuance ef it 'favours
Erre Passages granted to Fewele Domestic Servants,
for whom there is great demand in the colony.
Statistics lind further infornietion on application.
JOHN DOUULAS, AgentAieneral. ; THOMAS BROWN,
Di succeeding to the above Business, begs to inform
Appointed Agent for Brierley : Mr. E. Bent, Bent ;
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-11-19

MARSHAL CANROBERT.

A Correspondent at Metz, writes to The Times:—
A. one of the first Englishmen to enter Metz after its
capitulation, as one who has had very remarkable oppor-
tutiltiem of ascertaining French feeling, and as one truly
neutral both by duty and by Inclination, I ask you to insert
these few lines In justice to a brave man whose name la held
dear by many in England.
_

--- --
I have seen attacks upon Marshal Emrobert in the English
and foreign Press, as though he were a party to the so-called
treason o Biteable. 1 write to say that such is not the
feeling of the French Army of the Rhine. Marshal Canrobert
Is called by them an honest man, and the worst ...scion
made against him is that he was not clever enough to See
through use sine's intrigues.
I have every reason to believe that on one occasion at least
Marshal Canrobert's vigorous military movements were foiled
by Marshal &aline's neglect to send him ammunition and
reserves. lam morally certain that he was deceived as to
the actual condition of affairs outside Metz.
-- - -

Marshal Canrobert refused the command at Paris urged
upon him by the E npress, thst he might lead his corps
against the enemy. lie consented to serve under his junior.
His corps lost 10,800 men at Gravelotte and Rezonville. He
objected to Castel as his residence in Germany. These are
proofs of honesty of purpose and devotion to France which
convince the French army, and should surely convince the
English people, who remember in him the brave and genial
soldier of the Crimea, who never shrank from the hottest fire,
and made many a true English friend.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-11-19

THE OAS QUESTION AT CRADLEY
HEATH.

The adjourned meeting of the gas constunere of Crad-
ley Heath, Cradley, and Old Hill, was held id Mr W. H.
Nock's, the Four Ways Inn, Cradley Heath, on Tuesday
evening. Among those present were Messrs. Barker,
Standish, ti. Green. J. Green, H. Orson, J. Brazier, T,
Parsons, I'. Tibbetts, J. Burley, Beavan, T. Homer,
Kendrick, Yardley, Hampton, Hickton, Humphries, B.
Billinghern, Pugh, Harper, W. Billingbam, Cope, Pear-
son, Grainger, Wallace, Ilingley, Harris, rte., dm
It was proposed and seconded that Mr. Harker take the
chair.

The Chairman said he would do the be.t he could, but
he would rather some one else had been in the chair.
It was as some one had said, the Chairman was not ex-
Footed to say much, and that spplifid to him. Re ogled
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-11-19

THE QUEEN'S BUILDING SOCIET)
BRIERLEY-HILL BRE NCH.

Head Ogees Waterloo Sired, teratioviass.
ATONEY promptly advanced on approvei
.I.VI Freehold and Lea.hold Securities.
Five per cent. interest allowed
,on Deposits, with Boom
additions.

Prospectus and further information can in obtain..
from

AGENT: --
Ma. T. FEREDAY, lltgli.etrret, Brier an.
14, Lower Iligh-street, StourbridAte.

S.LICITOR
Yr. 3. WAI.7 ER LLULOM, Friel'ley Hill.

MR. JAMES BOSTON HEYS, Professol
of Maxie, Ifigb-strert, Croaky Heath.

N.B.—All kinds of in tn.hul leginii 1.6 tuned
repait ed
New kiwie
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-11-19

A CASE FOR APPEAL.

In the Court of flute no Bench, the cause of " West,
nypellant, r. Vex, respondent " baa been heard, and
WM a heel house apt eal, which raised a question of con-
siderable interest. The appellant applied to the
magistrates at Blackburn for a licence, and it was
refused on the ground that he kept a disorderly house.
'I he oily evidence of this was that he let lodgings to
tramps, and the question was whether this was suffi-
cient to warrant the refusal of the licence on that
ground. Ihe question was reserved by special ease
under the JusticeeAct.

Mr. Gond, for the appellant, maid the quenticn come
to thin"— whetter On Co was a prenumption of law that
• loriging.heuse for tramps must he • dinorderly house.
How could this he to when probably their lordoM pm in
their time had la en tramps A pedentrion tctir jet was
a tri.mp, and, after all, • tramp ;night lie an honest
. . . . . .

Mr. J indica Mellor remarked that the context of the
statute pointed to thieves, prostitutes, and other dis-
orderly characters—that is, apparently persons of the
same class or character
Mr. U rat said that 11 fig Ihe view he so! witted.

_
The Court, however, thought that the CaPe was
rather one for api.eal to the Curt of Quarter Seseions.
Mr. Littler eaid to. should also contend that the
question was one of fact for tbe justices. He cuuld
not tind ni the dictionaries any definition of the term
" tramp.
The (load, however, di,. mined t'le care, on the
emend that it was et e Ur up„ eal to the Quarter
Beadone.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-11-19

HAWKINS'S HAIR•DRESSING AND
SHAMPOOING BOOMS,
120, HIGH-STREET, STOURERIDGE
(OPPoSITE COMMIRCIAL BVILDINt.).

A CHOICE ASSORTMENT OF BRUSHES,
COMBS, PERFUMERY, etc.

SCROOLS AND FAMILIES ATTENDED.

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-11-19

COMPLETION ON THE NEW SCHOOL

BUILDINGS.

riIHE above Sato As baying been greatly
1_ enlarged, it is proposed to re-open them by a TEA
PARTY, on MONDAY EVENING, NOVE)181211 28, 1870 ;
after which there will be a MUSICAL ENTERTAIN-
MENT, with Addresse. anil Readings from Clergymen
and others : at which WILLIAM ROBERTS, EN., will
preside.

ADS:. FENNELL, Mibel DAVIS, and Mr. JAIIZI
MATHEWS, will take pail in the Musical A rrangetnente.
Tea on the Table at Sin p m. punctually.
AdmisSion (by Ticket only) one Shilling each.
The proceeds will be applied to the furnishing of the
flew Room, and to the providing add.ti ,nal School Books
and Apparatus.
Donations towards the School Funds will be thank-
fully received from those unable to attend.

I'.l HOMAN LANE, of Cradloy Heath, will
1 , not be Responsible for any DEBT or DEBTS,
my WIFE, AMELIA LANE, may contract utter this
late.
Nov. 19, 1870.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-11-19

CUTTINGS FROM AMERICAN PAPERS.

When an acquaintance soya " how are you ?" and
niches by you without waiting for a reply, if I were in
your place, I wouldn't follow him more than a mile to
tell him I was well.
"Washington," exclaimed a member of a Nashville
dehating club in stentorian tones, " Washington was a
great man; he was a good man; he was a noble man;
bia mind had a powerful grasp of the future; if ever a
man was non compos menits, Washington was that
man."

At Cincinnati & new burglar•alarm is exhibited,
which not only rings • bell and indicates the window
or doer attacked, but also turns on and lights the gm.
Why not seize the culprits, imprison, try them, and
bang or cat them as requisite ? The machine is not
half perfect.

A tombstone just "matedtn. churchyard in Con-
necticut to the memory of two children, bears the
following ungrammatical inscription, "My children
has reached their heavenly home, Ac."

----, --
Some of the questions proposed for die...union at a
meetieg of a Western debating club were these :—" Is
it necessary that females sbud reaeave a thurry litters 7
education? " "Oct femails to take part in polytix ? '
A western editor, in announcing the demise of his
paper, says, "The brilliancy of our career has only
been equalled by ita brevity, and the lack of business
management kaa only been excelled by the lack of
business itself."

ECCENTRICITIES OF A CTHORN.—Bulwer rit Night
and Monti's'. What he did with the rest of the day
is not stated. Collins rit Atter Dark. Perhaps he
couldn't rite so well by day, dome orther rote Bound
in the Wheel. An unknmfortable poeiehon in rite in.
Gilmore rote Four Years in a Saddle, so 'tin sed. He
must have had a "quiet horse."--Josh Billings.
A widow, who had followed susceseively three hus-
bands to the grave, recently entered • well-known
jewellery establishment in Boston, and producing the
three silver plates which had adorned the coffins of the
dear departed, desired the astonished proprietor to
have them "made into a butter-knife of the newest
fashion."

The New York Sun thinks that "stars are clearly
the beet aatronomers, because they have studded the
heavens since the creation."

A man in New Jersey, named Hotchkies, thought
it would be • good plan to mare the wife of his bosom
• little the other night, ao he slipped out of bed, got on
the roof, and dropped a few bricks down the chimney.
Mrs. IL didn't scare worth a cent, but quietly arose,
bolted the trapdoor, and again sought her peaceful
slumbers. The rest of the night was spent by Mr.
Hotchkiss on the ridgepole, shivering in the cold, and
sadly panting 'Thou art so near and yet so far."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-11-19

BOARD OF GUARDIANS.

The weekly meeting of this Board was held
yesterday ; Mr. Grainger in the chair. There
were also present : Messrs. Brooks, Darby, Bit.
lingham, Gritlin, Fereday, Guest, Higgs, Pas-
kins, Raybould, Rhodes, and RoHinson. The
minutes of the last meeting were read and con-
lirnied. Admitted into the house during the
week, 25 ; discharged, 19; dead, 1; remaining.
49l Corresponding week lest year 435. Out-
door relief, Kingswinford district, £ll 168 4d;
Stourbridge district, £95 is 3d ; Halesowen
district, £95 45 6€l; total, £92 2s Id, against
£93 7s 914 last year.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-11-19

RESUMING THEIR PEACEFUL OCCUPATION.

At Met, all the usual Attaining is going on again; and pro-
visions have been proeured hi large quantities The fugitives
who thronged the c.ty from the neighbouring villages are
now marching by thousands behind the trains of prisoners.
The number of these in enormous. The village, it whbrh our
troop. are located ore becoming full again with the inhabit-
ants, who are at last accommodating themrelvm to circum-
stances. We tall in now and then viii friendly faces, and it
seems anti the people were glad t ibe liberated from the
cage. Of course, none of these foolish peotle tlnd their
houses exactly as thee loft them Won, windows, tir
chair.,. rig,and everything r 1.6 that was handy has either
been employed in erea ng our barracks er has been burnt for
furl. Ewen thing useful, generally very little, however, has
been Made Sae moat
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-11-19

WOOL.

At the public sales of colonial wool the &Standen°, of
buyers has bceu :ironed, owing to the annum of foreiguera
Bidding, have progressed quietly, and inferior quelitiee
have tended downwards in value. Loglish wool has been
quiet. Current prices of Lognah wool—Fleece.: South
Down nugget& Is. aid. to Is. lid.; half.bred ditto, Is. 34.
to it 44.; Kent fleeces, la 24. to Is. 34.; South Down
ewes and withers, bid, to hid, ; Leicester ditto, Is. Id..
to Is. lid. Sort,: Clothing, Is. to i.e. aid. combing, lid
to Is. So. per lb.
FISH.

Pickled herrings, 30s. to Si..; ditto red, 101. to 13s. pin
barrel ; ditto bloaters, 2s. to be. 3d.; ditto kippers,
Os 81. to 3s. 10d. per bus ; turbots na. to las. 6d. ; to
6s. each; plaice, 12s. to ; trawl haddocks, 10s. to 15e.
per hoz ; soles, is. 6d. to as. 34. per pair cod, £5 o a par
score; live cod, Bs. to 16s. each : eels, Is. to la 24. per lb.;
mackerel,2l. to Ss. per dozen ; smoked haddoclo, 26e. to 358
per barrel ; red mullets, 10s. to las. ; lobsters: 12s. to 171..
crabs, 10s. to 18.. per dozen; nail,. oysters £lO ; COMIIIOIII,
12s. to Ms. per Muds&
POTATOES.

These markets have been only moderately wipplied with
potatoes. The trade hes been dull at our quotations Engnth
Sheers. ;Os. to loOs. ; ditto Itegente,• 455. to filoe. ; !WO*
Regent... 80s to 70e.: Soria, aba. 5.55. per ton.
HOPS.

A fair amount of animation has been noticed In the hop
market. Medium qualities have been In request, at full
quotations ; but tt e demand for other sort. has been Inactive.
led end Eut Kent, 56. to 160. ; Weald of Lest, Ws. to
he.; Molex, Ws. to Ds. /anthem and cotuatry, The, SO
126 a ; old, 205. to he, per cwt.

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N.B.—Patients attended at their own residences,
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-11-19

CRADLEY HEATH.

5e31.1,30.—A young woman named kichards, of Cod.
met with a sad accident on Tuesday evening. It
was washing day, and the boiler was filled with scalding
water. Having occasion to reach something from above
the boiler, the was attempting to do so, when her foot
slipped in and io endeavouring to extricate herself she
fell in with the other. Both legs were badly scalded,
but she is alowly improving.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-04-30

APPREHENSION OF MEN IN FEMALE
ATTIRE.

APRIL 29th.

Titre° of the young men who have so long
been in the habit of walking about the streets in
female attire, were tracked last night to the
Strand Theatre, and on leaving the house were
apprehended. They are respectably connected.
'rimy appeared in the dock this morning in
their women's clothes.
Itanauded.

ATTEMPT TO SHOOT MR. BUXTON, M.P.

April 29th.

An attempt was made this morning to shoot
Mr. Churks Buxton, M.P., by a young man
named White, employed by Mr. Buxton, as his
secretary. The attempt was made in Mr. Bux-
ton's own house. The hon. gentleman was not
hurt. White has absconded.

DREADFUL ACCIDENT AT A RAILWAY
STATION.

A DOZEN MEN BURIED IN THE RUINS.
April 29.

At four this morning a terrible accident oc-
curred at the new station in the course of for-
illation at the rid of Earl-street, Blip:l:friars,
through the giving way of a newly built brick
work archway, over which workmen were con-
veying materials for the completion of the rest
of the structure. A cart laden with rubbish on
the archway at the time fell a distance of some
J. 5 feet upon the workmen below. The driver
was instantly killed, and about a dozen of the
men buried in the reins. One labourer was dug
out dead. Many others are in a most precarious
condition. It is feared that at least one man is
still buried in the oh'brix. '1 he men are working
night and day to complete the contract before
the let of May. The arch was used before the
brickwork was thoroughly dry.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-04-30

HAIR BRUSHING BY SUMMERY.

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SCHOOLS AND FAMILIES ATTENDED.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-04-30

"VIVIAN v. VIVIAN AND WATERFORD.'

The above cause has been before the Court of Divorce.
It will he remembered that in this case the petitioner,
Captain Vivian, member for Truro, and one of the
Lords of the Trettetiry under the present Government,
obtained a decree nisi for a dissolution of his maiviage
on the ground of his wife's adultery with the co-
respondent, the Marquis of Waterford.
Colonel Leslie, a member f the cl.reapondent's
family, subsequently intervened, and tiled affidavits in
opposition to the decree being made absolute. Re
afterwards withdrew from the intervention.
_ . - .

The Solicitor-G.meral (Sir J. D. Cole—ridge), with
whom were Mr. Prentice, Q.C., and Dr. Swabey,
now moved the Court to make the decree abiolute, and
to condemn the intervener in coots. The was no justi-
fication for the intervention, and it had been voluntarily
withdrawn.

Sir George Honeyman, Q.C., with whom was Mr.
Searle, said it was quite true there had been no corn.
munic.,ti in whatever between the narties in respect of
the withdrawal of the opposition to the decree, but he
submitted that the Act gave the Court no power to
condemn the intervener in costa
_ . . . . .

Lord Perz‘nce asked if the Qaeen'a Proctor had had
notice td the withdrawal of the intervention.

The Stiltwor-General replied that he could not say.
All they knew was that Colonel Leslie had withdrawn
from the interveutitin, and that no other netics of opi o•
sition had been filed in the registry. A, to the question
of costs, unless interveners were liable to be condemned
in them, petitioners woula he at the mercy of every
splenetic man or woman who might think proper to
oppose the decree tn which they were entitled.
Lord Penzance: The case had better stand over until
next week to give the Queen's Prrictcr the opportunity
of intervening if he should think proper. Should he
not int-rvene the decree will be then made abs lute,
and the Court will also decide the question of costa
The case accordingly stands over until next Tuesday.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-04-30

SHOCKING DEATH OF TWO
CHILDREN.

A shocking occurrence, which resulted in the death
of two children and serious injury to two others, hap-
pened at Lytham, on Saturday afternoon. Two
children, named Ribert and Lawrence Clarkson, aged
seven and four years, and sons of Thomas Clarkson,
fisherman, were playir.g with two children of Mrs.
Knowles, One of the children proposed that they
should go into 31rs. Knowles's pig-sty, and all the
four entered it at once. It is not yet known whether
they found in the sty a quantity of strdw and shavings,
or carried those materials there, but it is certain that
when the four children were in the sty they made a
fire, and were instantly enveloped in flames. The
children's shrieks attracted a large number of persons,
who endeavoured to extricate the little victims. After
some delay, owing to the difficulty of access to the sty,
they were brought out—the two children of Clarkson
befog then dead, and their bodies charred and horribly
disfigured. The children of Mrs. Knowles were so
seriously burned that they lie in a very precarious
condition, and their recdvery is doubtful.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-04-30

WASTE OF SEWAGE.

The celebrated Mr. 111echi writes to The Timm

Will any reasonable person believe that the available
animal produce of 00,00 l acres of cultivated land (which Is
the daily consumption of the population of London) can be,
after digestion, poured Into our noble Thames without
creating not only a liquid nulsanoe, hut a large solid deposit
of disgusting mud especially when are added to it a portion
from snottier 20 00 acres which weekly feed our London
horses, and all this supplemented by vastqua.utlties of refuse
Irons other sources.
I fear that the mischief already done tenor noble stream
Is Irreparable—at least, for ninny years—judging from the
condition of its nindbanks and water.
Let us hope that the Thames Conservancy will compel the
tletr,p .titan Hoard of Works to apply this vast mass of
wealth to the produAlon of toot tor the people. No one
doubts the benefit of the aheepfold, but Acts of Parliament
and compulsion are necessary to convince us that the mau-
-1 fold will produce equally valuable results.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-04-30

THE LYE.

Cultures MIASMIC—A company of young men
calling themselves the "Stourbridge Associated Chriaty's
Minstrels," made their first appearance at the Lyelnsti-
tution, on Monday evening last. The following is the
programme of the evening's entertainment :—Overture
—Company; "Tee Little Riggers," Mr. C. H. Robert.;
"Kitty Wells," Mr. W. Jasper; "The Mocking Bird,"
Mr. J. G. Roberts; " One•horse Open Sleigh," Mr. Harry
South; "Poor Old Joe," Mr. S. Turvey; " Massa's in
the cold ground," Mr. W. Sexton; "The Laughing [
Young Nigger," Mr. C. H. Robert,; "Ida May," Mr. W. !
.Jasper; "Mother, Mother, let me kiss thee." Mr. J. 0 '
Roberts; "Handsome Nigger Joe," Mr. Harry Smith;
"Old Jawbpne," Mr. W. Sexton; overture—company.—
The second part consisted of • violin solo, by Mr. T.
Alleock ; picco solo, Mr. Price; piccolo solo, Mr. R.
Davies; ballad, Mr. S. Heatlicock ; ballad, Mr. S. Tur- .
vey ; ballad, Mr. G. Heathcock ; "Alabama Sam," Mr.
W. Glover ; Cock-tail Joe," Mr. Price; interlude,
Messrs. Jasper and Roberts.—The overture by the coin.
pany deserved the applause it received; as also did the
songs by Messrs. C. H. Roberts, W. Jasper, J. G Rob.
ens, H. Smith, S. Turvey, and W. Sexton. Mr. T. All-
cock was tremendously applauded for his violin solo ; as
also was Mr. R. Davies, for his piccolo solo. The treat
of the evening, however, was the well-rendered picco solo
by Mr. Price, which elicited the well-merited applanse it
deserved. The ballads by Messra. S. Heatheock, S.
Turvey, and J. Oliver, were sang in a masterly style.
, The comic singing of " Alabama Sam," by W. Glover,
and Cocktail Joe," by Mr. Price, were received with
roars of laughter from the audience. The whole was
brought to a conclusion by an interlude by Messrs. Jasper
and C. Roberts. The whole of the entertainment was
gone through in an admirable manner, and reflected great
credit on the:performers. It was a perfect success, and
we hope when they give another performance they will
be as well patronised.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-04-30

WAKr.FIELD CORN MARKET.

APRIL '29th.

Supplies small. Fine fresh red wheat in de.
maud at is per quarter advance from last Friday.
FilleA whites fuil as dear. Secondary samples
neglected. Barle), oats, and beans firm.
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THE STOURBRIDGE OBSERVER.

LATEST NEWS.

PRESS ASSOCIATION TELERANS.
(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

FOREIGN NEWS.

TERRIBLE ACCIDENT IN VIRGINIA.
WASHINGTON, April 27.

The floor of the Court of Appeal in the Capi•
to! t flichaond fell this morning through to
the H.,11 of Deleigates below. Fort, persons,
theluding a number of members of the Virginia
..igislature, are reported as killed, and 150
others as injured.

WASHINGTON, April 28.

The disaster at Richmond has caused the
death of 59 persons, and 125 have been injured.
Ci‘bun accounts received here announce that
the Spanish volunteers cin a state of mutiny,
and that the Count VaMasada has refused to
obey the orders of Senor Caballero de Rodas,
Captain-General of the Island.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-04-30

CAPTURED AND MURDERED BY
BRIGANDS.

The telegrams have in ormed us that the three
Englishmen Mr. V 3 ner, Mr. Herbert, and Mr.
Lloyd—and the Italian Secretary of Legation, who were
captured by brigands in Greece a fortnight since, were
all murdered on Thursday night or Friday morning in
last week. The Greek Government had been only too
zealous in its attempt to rescue the prisoners. and thus
to free the country from the disgrace of their capture
within a few hours' journey of the capital. The
brigands, closely pursued and hard pressed by the
troops, determined that if they did not receive the ex-
pected ransom their unhappy prisoners should pay the
penalty. Tuts telegraph reports that the travellers were
thus murdered in cold blood. Mr. Vyner was a younger
brother of the Countess de Grey and Ripon, and was
travelling for pleasure in the East. Mr. Herbert was
the third secretary of the British Legation at Athens,
and a cousin of Lord Carnarvon. Mr. Lloyd was a
barrister engaged in railway practice, and was called to
the bar in IS.'S. Count Boyle is said to have been the
Secretary of the Italian Legation in Athens. Lord
Muncaster is a Baron in the peerage of Ireland, and a
Bar, net of Great Britain. He succeeded his brother
in 1:412, and married a neice of the Earl of Scarborough
in 1663.
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EAST-END EMIGRATION

In London, on Monday night, about 400 emigrants
were entertained at tea in Buidett Hall, Limenouse,
previous to their departure for Quebec, on Tuesday.
The entire number emigrating in this batch is 761
souls, equal to 570,0 statute adults ; but the children
of the several families were not present at the enter-
tainment, as indeed the hall could not comfortably seat
all who were nhont to leave the country under the
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-04-30

CUTTINGS FROM AMERICAN PAPERS.

When a girl "gets a young woman," she mostly
wants to get a young man as well.
Vegetation is so [scarce at Cape Cod, that two green
leaves and a whortleberry bush Is called a grove.
- - - • • -•

.... - •
A comic paper has been started in Utah with the
astonishing title of The Keepapitchinin. Its name is indi-
cative of its nature, which any fellow can understand.
' •

---••--
The Cleveland Herald thinks the muriage service
should be changed to read, •" Who dares take this woman '
and the groom shall answer,: I dare.'"
' ' '

The Mayor of Fort Galore, Ga., recently adjourned
a Bandon of the council by knocking two aldermen and the
clerk under the table.

A Cincinnati papor insinuates that the officers of a
ferryboat made no ell ,rt to save a man who fell overboard
until they fout,d out he had not paid his fare. They made a
desperate dive for him and the two cents then.
A Afro. Woodhull having nominated heroelf a candi-
date for the presidency or the United States, a correspondent
asks—" Is she willing to a, knowledge herself over 35, the
age Prescribed by the constitution 4'

- - -
Since the story has been told of how Judge Brecken-
ridge married a girl whom he saw jump over a rail fence
with spoil on her head, all the girls in orange county, New
York, are said to spend their time in watching the road, and
when they see a carriage approaching with a man in it they
seize their pails and go for a fence.
'ads is called a Colorado romance :—Seven miners
exploring the mountains, found an enormous chunk of gold.
They fought for its posseaion until ail were killed but
one. It was too heavy for him to carry off, so he sat down
beside it ILIA starved to death. How the information as to
the circumatances was afterwards gleaned from the dead all
around is not quite evident.
The Pittsfield and North Adams Railroad, in
Massachusetts. is not remarkable for speed. As strain on it
recently came to a dead halt a passenger exclaimed, "Well,
I wood, what we've stopped lor now ?" " Why," explained a
fellow-traveller, "it's to take the cow-catcher off the engine
and put on behind, to keep the cows from running over us."

It was a mo 4 painful misprint, or rather the slipping
of the "m" lack to the word " The," In a Democratic paper
that made a Democratic crater in the New York Legislature
exclaim, "Them asses of the Democratic party are Jealous of
any infringement upon popular rights." It was probably
meant to be "the mama ; " but the reader buys his paper
and takes his choice.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-04-30

COOKLE Y.

Tan fincs.—ln accordance with the notices win Mt
the tanners employed at the works of Messrs. Jo bn
Knight and Co., at Cookie'', received a fortnight
about a hundred of the men, boys, and girls in the tinni ag
mills are " out, and the works are standing. If t be
works remain suspended many days longer some 20 or
40 of those who get the iron ready for the trimming ati us
will be tnruwn out of employment. The men on stn ke
state that the reduction in their wages proposed by t be
firm, would amount to 20 or 30 per cent., but the fh na
deny this, and assert that it would range from 12 to 1 fie
Per cent.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-04-30

AN INDIAN ADDRESS.

The Indians of Victoria and White Fish Lake have pre-
pared an address to be presented to the first governor of
the Northwest. The following tramlatton of it has been
forwarded to the Missionary secretaries at Toronto ;says the
Toronto Globe'—

We, the undersigned Cress and mixed-bloods of Vic
toria and White Fish Lake resolved in our council to
send this paper to our great, father the new governor of
our country. Great Cuief ! We welcome you and your
people to the home of our fathers. We are the friends
of the white man, and are anxious that no trouble may
ever arise between your children and ours. Great
Chief! This paper speaks our minds, but some think
oifferently. They have not been instructed, and, we
wish to tell you the whole truth, they are afraid that
when the white man comes our hunting grounds will be
destroyed, and our lands taken for nothing, and we
and our children left to perish. These are their
thoughts, and these thoughts might make mischief.
They see the gold workers along our rivers, and
some settlers making gardens on our lands' and these
men have not asked our leave. Now we have had ro
trouble with the miner or the gardener, and we shall
try and have none; but there are foolish people amongst
UR who might bring us into trouble. Great Father !
Changes are coming over the Plain Indians. The long
knives from the South are fast approaching. The buffalo
tracks are growing over with grass, and there are
people who travel our country and tell us foolish things.
All this disturbs the minds of the natives. Great
Father! We ask that wise men may be sent to our
councils to tell us what you wish to do with our lands,
and how much we are to keep for ourselves and our
children. Also how the Indian must behave toward
the white man, and how the white man is to treat the
Indian. Let these things be done very soon, and a
great weight will be lifted from our minds, and we
believe the danger of trouble taken away from our
country.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-04-30

The following are copies
_of telegrams received from
Mr. Erskine. dated April 2„,

" No. 1.

The Aphroer•sa arrived last night with the bodies of
Mr. Vyner and 5' ,uut ISoyl. The former was shot through
the heart, aud must have died instantly.
" No. '2.

"All necessary arrangements have been made for sending
home the bodies of Mr. Herbert and Mr. Vyner. Mrs. Lloyd
prefers that her husband's remains should be burled here.
The sod ir Aker has now actually decided to send the
bodies to Malta in the Antelope, his own vessel being too
small.

"The Antelope starts as soon as possible.
" Lord and Lady Muncaster ilmire me to thank Her
Majesty's Government for their kind ofter of a passage to
Malta, but prefer to return by Marseilles on Friday.

(REUTER'S TELEGRA)SI
ATHENs,Apdl23,Evoling.

,
The funerals of Mr. Herbert and Mr Lloyd took place to-
day. The King, on foot, as well as an immense crowd of
people, followed the hearse. The King was also present at
the funeral service held in the Piotestaut Church, which was
performed with military honours.
ATHENS, April 25.
The bodies of Mr. Vyuer and Count de Boyl have arrived
here. Before his death, Mr V 3 ner rent his will to Athens,
In which lie expressed a wish that his body should be em-
balmed and sent to Londow which will accordingly be done,
The funeral of Count do Boyle has t ikon place with all
honours to day. The King and the Italian Minider headed
the funeral procession, accompanied by the members of the
Diplomatic _Body and the Ministry.

A telegram was remised at the Fordol Mee late on
Tuesday night from Mr. Erskine, at Athens, analog that Lord
and Lady Muncaater are on their way home.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-04-30

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LONDON CORN MARKET (CLOSE).

There has been a fair attendance to-day, al-
though ihe demand was not active. Prices show
an upward tendency. English and foreign
e heat are upheld at Is advance, which has been
obtained fur hue samples. Flour: Town, unal-
tered; country marks very firm, with occasion-
ally Is more money; foreign good. Barley
without change. Oats firm, but quiet. Maize
cioser, dull.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-04-30

BELBROUGHTON.

PRIMITIVE MirrlionisT sernio.
were preached in ani of the trust funds of the chap,
Mr. Turner, of Old Hill, preached to a crowded a. ti-
ence.