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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-02-11

•Yer Bth. to thalt tie MN]

. s. d. 0. 8. a. d.
Infer. coarse beasta S 4 Prime Southdown 5 10 8
Second quality.... 4 4 large coarse calves 8 84
Prime large oxen.. IS Eb Prime small 5 011
Prime 1004.5, BT. .. 5 5 1 Large hogs
Infer. coarse sheep S S Neat small Dorgan 6 0
Seoond quality.... 4 4 Suckling 00
Pr. souse woolled 0 6 Qr. old Pllff,eoCB 12 006

hi F. I ROPOLITAN MEAT MARK ET.—MosIAT.
The market has been mo erately supplied. With a dull
trade, prices have had a drooping tendency
Per 81b. S She carcaie.
4... .
Inferior PA*? 8 4 3
Middling ditto 8 8 4
prime large ditto 4 44
Prime small ditto— 4 8 4 I
Veal..
WOOL.

d. U d.
loterfor mutton .. 8 8 4 0
Middling ditto —.. 0 4 4
Ilitue ditto .._..4 06 0
Largo pork 3 o 3 4
Ronal ditto d 4 0

The public sales of colonial wool are pro,reseing seedily
'there is a went atteurlauce of buyers, the ontinental
trade being chiefly represented by purcliamir. from lie-
glum. There has been a full ay.-rage arnouut of corn
petition, and prices have shwa 41. to Id. per pound.
English wool le firm in value and Enquiry. Current price. of
English wool :—Fleeces Southdown hoggets, is. 04d. to
Is. lid ; ball-bred ditto, le. ad, to le. ed. ; Kent eleeCe.,
is. 2d. to Is. ; Southdown ewes and wethera Is. to
Is. 04d. ; Leicester ditto, Is. Id. 1011. 144. Sorts : Clothing,
to 1..44d. ; combing, lld, to le. 3d. per lb.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-02-11

ILFORD HOUSE, WOLLASTON.

FUME Above to be LET, with Immediate
1. Po sssss ion, coneieting of Drawing, Dining. Break.
mg, and Four Bed Rooroe, Stable, and Cosehhouse ;
with good Garden and Paddoek.—Apply on the Prerniees.

RITISH AND FOREIGN BIRD]
RELIGIOUS TRACT DEPOT,
12, 111G1I-STRLET, STOLTBRIDGE.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-02-11

IN/RHEA RAM E AND MDDEEATION NECESSARY.

It was 01100 boastfully said tot %hen FraMO wee-satisfied
Enrope is at te ice (remarks the Daily Nnirs.. IL may truly
be said that when Franue is unsettled Earope it dlsturbed.
Ravolutton and anarchy among the Frerich people are the
gimlets of disorder In nearly every nation of the Continent.
The frontier line of the °sees, or the river boundaries of the
Moselle or the Meuse, will not keep out the contagion of
revolutionary Ideas and aims. The Imperial Crown of
Germany may be endangered try pushing too far the
war of uimmest, arid demanding extravagani spoils of
victory. the present condition of France, and that Into
which she threaten. to draft, for 111 es great • danger
to Gernlany and to Europe as any whieh menaced it
from Napoleonic ambition end Imperial armies. life pro-
baale that Corm, Bismarck has for mouths had forealght,
more or less dLstinct, of this evil. It la not likely that now
when it fronts him In all Its niasnitude end depth he call
fall torn ,gt.ise it. true character, and see the peril which
Iles I, it The narrowest (termer, patriotism el, tates the
seine caur,,e aa that which a larger humanity would suggest.
Forbearance and moderation may be recommended MI Willie
to men on whnrn It would be Improper to urae them a.
generous. I hey are nei estuary to the wifely of Germany, lied
to the peace an I frogman of Europe, tiOt lee' than to the
restoratku of Yran,e,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-02-11

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REMARKABLE DIVORCE CASE.

At the Div Ice Court, in London, on Wednesday, before
I. ird Penzance, the rules of .• De Genera c Da Gendre ' was
heard. The retitiontr Is Maria Mar), Counts. Do iiiradre,
who sought to be divorced from her husband, Pierre
Philippe, Count De Gendre, for adultery:an I cruelty.
Dr. Deane, Q.t., stated the cage. The parties were
married at Ss. Mary's Church, Dover, on the Ist of
May, IOSS, the acquaintance haying teen made at
Rome and continued afterwards at Natlee. Ti'
petitioner's maiden name was FuscelL She was an,
Eugl'et lady, and pi encased of an, insiderable fortune.
Her father waa not alive at the time of her marriage,
but her mother was, and it we thought that as
the petitioner was a foreign gentleman, and
diffeverces might arise between them, at least
three•fourtha of her property ahould be settled upon
herself. The husband was even £lO.OOO, and et th.

death of the petitioner's sister she came possessed
another large sum of money. Only two or three days
after marria.je the respmdent commenced to 111-treat
his wife. He behaved in the most violent manner, and
appeared to think that he was entitled to the income of
the whole of the wife's property for his own personal
expenditure. The acts of adultery commenced in 1865,
hut the lady's name it was not desirable to give; tut
afterwards he was also guilty of adultery with one of his
own servants. They resided at M'estbourne-terrace,
London, and in July, 1868, whilst the petitioner was
dressing he wanted to kiss her, and on being told that
he was interfering with her toilette, he struck her a
violent blow on the breast, causing a tumour, which it
was necessary afterwards to remove. The respondent
had answered, denying the whole of the allegations.
The learned counsel then called
Countess De Gendre, examined by Mr. Serjeant Bal.
lantine : Was married at Dover, on the let May, 1858,
and was thin possessed of a considerable fortune, one
part of which £lO,OOO, was settled upon her husband,
and the remaining k. 30,000 was secured to herself; since
then by the death if her sister, she had come into ano-
ther considerable sum. She made the acquaintance of
her husband Al:tome, and only a few days after her mar.
nags a serious quarrel took place between them. Her
husband accused her of not having been virtuous before
her marriage, and he frequently alluded to the unjust
settlement that had been made in respect to her
property. On one occasion her husband struck her
with a walking-stick, because the arrangement of her
dress did not suit him; he was always particular about
her dress. Her arm was afterwards discoloured. Did
not provoke him in the least. Oa another occasion he
struck her so violent a blow that she was compelled
to go to a doctor, and afterwards underwent an opera-
tion.

tdr. Staveley Hill, for the respondent, here stated
that he could not deny any of the charges, and, as it
was desirable not to disclose the names of certain par-
ties. he would abandon further defence,

The Court then made a decree n, annul Eng the
marriage.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-02-11

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INCREDULOUS STILL!

"Even now, with the articles of tlte Convention between
Count lbsmarck and M. Fevre in evidence, the people blot
that l'arts bus not ' capit dated,' and that Mei, is a military
convention, quite e.part from the polittwal o nilti us of the
Armistice, much more favourable to France. 'Sao ! The
Prussians dare not enter Faris !' Why not? Situi ly aud
solely for the sake of the city itself. The military chiefs are
most anxious that the trok pr should enter Paris, but they
felt that it would be terrible if the starving people ware to
endure such an irritation now. A single shot, a man struck,
might lead to dreadful KUM,. But still it Is said, ' Lucy
dare not enter.' The Emperor William could go into Vale-
rian, at all event+, yesterday. Ills Majesty relates II at when
be woo last in Paris—in 1t67, I thick—he rode over the field
of bottle outaide the walls, which ho remembered so well, as
he fought on it when the alliee approached the Capital In
lilt; but that he did not venture to exemlue tic ground, or
ask any questions, for fear et woundlog the eusceptibilities
of the French ofli,ers wto were around haw NJW be can
view the scene clone of his early battles—and he has been a
soldier all his life—at his ease, whenever he pleares."-81 e-
clat Correspondent of The Times at Versailles.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-02-11

A CURIOUS LIBEL CASE.

In London, In the Court of Common Pleas, the cause of
" Baldwin Con" has been heard, mil was an action to
recover damages against an auctioneer for a Mel,

It appeared that the defendant, having a quantity
of geode to sell, engaged a railway arch in Eke
Anchor-lane, Ilermondsey, and affixe 1 certain placards
describing the place of sale as "on the premises,
rad way arch next the 'John flu!.'" This de-
scrivtion, the plaintiff complained, would induce the
public to believe that his furniituot and property were
alyiut to be sold under a distress for rent, and that so
he had sustained damage, his premises answering to
the deecription given by the defendant in his posters.
The defendant denied that he had any intention of
referring to the plaintiff's premises, and as soon as an
objection was made to the wording of his placards he
mused others to be pasted over them, and so effaced
Ow offensive words. A distinction was also taken be-
tween the words "vu the premises" and "railway
arch," &c., and Mr. Ifuddleeton said that the meaning
of the notice was, not that the goods were to be soli
in the railway arch, but on certain premises near the
railway arch. Mr. Powell contended that the descrip-
tion, as it would be undsratood by the world, clearly
pointed out the plaintiff's promisee, and it did not
signify in the slightest degree what the defendant
meant, so long as in fact what he did was calculated
to mislead. _ _

The case ars preeented in Court was a somewhat
curious one, but it would be difficult to snake it more
intellOhle without the plans and the model produced
for the guidance of the jury, who eventually found a
verdict for the plaintiff—llumager, 40e.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-02-11

NATIONALITIES NOT SO SOON FORGOVILN,

Herr Wr.kede, of the Coloyneliazottc, on making a Journey
from Nancy to lielfort, observed a great difference between
France proper and Amoco; Nancy, for example, Wing
thoroughly French, while Strasburg, in spite of French
varnish, appearing to him at bottom quite German. lie
expects the Alsatians, by dint of effort, love, and patience,
will become again in no long time Garman, but the ' national
French ' differ too materially in module of thought and
action ever to become good Germans. Ho strongly deprecates
the annexation, on alleged strategical grounds, of tne really
French portion of Lorraine and a email part of Eurgondy
—i.e., or nearly 2,6,100 0 genuine Frenchmen, believ-
ing that this would be a second Venetia, from the burden of
which Austria bas been happily relieved. It would, more-
over, be a iligrant violation of the princtple of nationality,
the only proper basis of State policy. What kind of part, he
ache, would be played in the It Mosta& by representatives of
Nancy, Tout. Verduu, and Se Wan, plec 'cohere not a syllable
of German is understood? A German Legislature with
speech. in French, Danish, and P.lish wonti be a liana.
To re Gorman. Alsace am! E oitern Lorraine will be quite
sefficient • task for the present generation. Tide Protestant
patients), in Upper Alsace will, ha anticipates, ha the most
easily Germanised, and the manufacturers and artisans at
Mulhouse the least so. Scarcely any of the former have
secretly loft the province in order to become Franca Tireurs
or Mobiles, while many hundreds of the latter are constantly
doing this, precautions and the coudication of ptemerty
being useless, these people having nothing more to lose.
Most of the factories are closed, and thousands of hands
without employment, so that want and idleness co-operate
with poltical fanaticism in driving them Into the French
armies, where they at least get food. As Well as the dieted
I. definitively united with Germany, many I filltent French
families will migrate to France proper, and this, though it
will cause temporary inconvenience, will be a great tolvan-
tage, as these people would never become flexible members
of a German Empire, while their places will won be filled
up by German immigrants. Oa the return of peace. Ger-
man capitalleta anti artisan, will find the province a rich
field cf activity. Many prosperous Frenchmen may, how-
ever, think twice before exchanging a settled Government
for an only too probably unsettled state of affairs in France.
Many of the rich spinners and weavers at Mulhouse will,
perhaps, in spite of national animosity, remain, but should
they wish to leave they will be quite frrn to do so, for their
establishments are excellently suited for acquisition and
profitable management by German companies. Toe spoedy
erection of a University at Strasburg will, however, be the
surest means of uniting Manes with Germany, as evidenced
Icy the lofluesnoe of Bonn University over the whole left beak
o the Rhine.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-02-11

ARRIVAL OF RELEASED FENIANS IN
AMERICA.

The Cuba, with a party of released Fenian,' on
board, arrived in harbour at New York on the Lich of
Jauusry. The follow iog is published as A list of the
pereons relcadmed, with the sentences which were awarded
to them -

Thomas F. Burke: sentence, death, commuted to penal
servitude for life. John M'Cafferty ; death, commuted to
penal servitude for life. John Ni'lltire ; death, commuted to
peral servitude for life. Edward O'Nleagher Condon, alio,
Shore ; death, commuted to penal servitude for life.
Patrick Melody ; death, commuted to penal servitude for
life. Jeremiah O'Donovan Rona, penal servitude for life.
Penal servitude for 29 years—Thomas Clarke Luhy, John
0 Leary, and Michati Sheeley. For 15 years—John Dovoy,
William (1 Halpin, John Fronds K arnes, Edward Power,
Patrick Walsh, Patrick Lennon, and Richard O'S. Burke.
William Mackey (Lonmeney), 12 years' penal sarvitude. For
ten yeas-107.n Dillon, Charles Underwood O'Connell,
Deauts Dowling Mulcahy, William F. Roantree, George
Browne, Elmond it Clair, Mortimer Morlarity, and Peter
Mohan. For seven years—John Murphy (" P.ipti O'Leary"),
Patrick Doran, and Henry Shaw. For Eve years—Martin
Hanky Carey, John Brannon, Tho ac Scatiey, Timothy
Featherstone, William Murphy, Charles Moorhouse, John
Carroll, Daniel Redden, James Anderson (Lane), and
Patrick Ryan,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-02-11

EDUCATIONAL LUXURIES.

The next generation will be well trained. Drill and
gymnastic exercisee, music, andswimming, are already
proposed as very desirable acquirement:l for those who
come under the operation of the new law. But this is
not all. "We are in a position to state" that it is
the intention of nor leading educationists gradually to
propose the follos nig imp nitwit addition/ to the cur-
liculum of all eistiule to be established under the
Act 1—

Dane'mg.
quette.
Cr,quet,
Lozarithma
Water colours.

H ler 0 o.ly
A nati,my.
Bizlyne.
Calisthenics
and
Pllticftl ECODUIIIy.

There are pimple oldifaahioned enough ta think tha
it might lis as well to give our poor neglected children
only plain j into at firet—readiog, writing, arithmetic,
&c..—at.d to let the eiitcas stand over far the pri scut.
—Punch.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-02-11

THE ONI T HOPE FOR THE BONAPARTIST%

" As for the 11:inapart isle, their solo hope lies in that great
and inscrutable roans of pate entry which bay never forgotten
the glories of the First apolmn, mot from which, It Is satd.
olgnifi,artily pathetic inquiries have 0 me respecting
pnitime Empffeur who is now a captive In Germany.
The pevoanfm, there can be no doted, lista a mall
who baa laid waste their fields, sad taken away
their sons to die by the walls of Parts or tile
banks of the Loire, They have n. love tor the Te.

know littleor milling of the Orlemplats: main
I. far from improbable that, if the contest were really free,
they would once more place the Bonapartistl at the head of
the poll. Cardinal Antouelli, it Is said, luss invited the
French clergy to urge upon the peasantry the duty of voting
for the restoratton of the Empire, because he thinks that
thus the cause of E lino would beat he served. And the
astute Carlinal in rb,llt. The Bonapartists of the Aecond
Emplre have beim the best frlolds el filo ut;+ertl Power
and they are now Its fast stay and hope. Leader in Datl
Tdrjraph.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-02-11

THE WAR.

FRANCE.

THE ELECTION OF A NATIONAL
ASSEMBLY.

BREST, Thursday Evening.

The results are known of the elections in the
arrondissement of Brest, except Plousiry and
Laudßs. Of the 13 put forward by the mole.
rates 12 are at the head of the poll, Jules Fevre
being 13th.

FOREIGN NEWS.
PRUSSIA.

BE IMII4 , Friday.

it is stated that the war contribution of the
City of Paris will be apportioned as follows :-
150,000,000 francs to the North German Con-
federation, and 50,000,000 to South Germany.

ITALY.

FLORENCE, 'I: hared ay.

The Committee of the Chamber of Deputies
approved the bill for a financial convention be-
tween Austria and Italy.

GENERAL NEWS.

Press .issociation Teleyrams.:

FRIDAY.

Sir Henry Stork is expected to come forward
as a candidate for Ripon.
Miss Cearratt was married to Mr. Anderson,
yesterday, at the English Brest)) terian Church,
Marylehone.
The mlners of Bolton and neighbourhood are
holding mass meetings for an increase et 10 per
cent. m wages.

Williamson's Grocery Store, at Sheffield, was
burnt (luau this morning. Damage, £3,000.

LoNDON CORN MARKET (CLOSE).
FRIDAY.

Market quit t, in absunce of fluther ordtr,
from Frube.,; holders, however, demand foil
rates. EugliA4 and foreign whet firm, at iaal
Mont.ay's vliitr. To '...n dour unch:diged ; coon.
try an Ai:, ricaa 1.1,.rer. Ij.h y n al. On
and Le ,us and

NENV:i

NEW YORK, Ihnrs•lay

The Neva.la and the Italy a.trive I out to-clay
at 10 a.m.

Bos'fox, Friday.
The Samaria arrived out at 1 p.m. today.

SOUTHAMPTON, Friday.

The Pascal, from Brazil, arrived last night
from Rio de Janeiro. The outward bound Hip-
parcilua arrived at Rio on the 10th January.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-02-11

THE MARKETS.

2.1A1K -LA N - M,,NDAY

This morning the Corn Market I. depressed after its recent
animation English wheat in bad condition, as are most
samples, is cheaper to sell, an are inferior foreign qualities
All fine wheat Is firm at full rates. Flour Is held at It. last
advance, with firmness, but therein no demand to support
this feeling, and the sellers are open to otters at about Oa,
under the extreme figures paid on Friday Maize grinding
barley, beans, peas, and feeding stuffs are steady in value and
demand. Oats are rather easier to buy. With the first French
deman 1 stopped for the moment, Its revival Is expected for
flour and oats, and this opinion prevents prices falling, which
they mast do if supported only by home consumption. The
English supplies of wheat and flour Into London lest week
were large, those from abroad small, and the total tureen
supplies of the past month of all kinds of grain and meal are
only half the quantity received last year. ihe price of wheat
In New York and San Francluo le telegraphed the same as
before; from Berlin and Holland and provincial France
value le nigher. The English country markets on Saturday
report a slow trade.

MA lIK•LAN E. —WEI.NEIDAY.
The arrivals of wheat to this market to-day were moderate.
Trade ruled quiet, but prices w ere tirinly maintained. Foreign
wheat changed hands to a fair extent, at last Monday's cur-
rencies. Tile export demand for flour continued, and barrela
were again •I. to Is. higher. The barley trade we. dull.
Malt was dull, at nominal currencies. There was • good show
of oats, which ruled steady In value and demand. Maim was
In request on former terms. Beans and Peas were held at
extreme prices. Llutevd and I: &peered were fully as dear as
am on ilr
kl fICO 11/ LI TAN ATTU.: MARE DA Y.
'line cattle trade to-day has been In a depressed state not-
withstanding that the seipplleir have been but moderate. As
regards beasts, the receipts from our own grazing districts
have teen small, but some good useful anbnala have been
included in the nimbly. In all Mode sales nave progressed
slowly, and sorne difficulty has been experienced in readable
late rates. The best Scots and crosses were disposed of M
barely Gs. 84. to 55. 10d. perk,' n.lErolu Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex,
and Cambridgeshire we received aboutl,&OUScoteand °roues .
from other parts of England, about 260 various breeds; from
Scotland,l43B Scots and croues,and from Ireland about 120 oxen.
With sheep the market has been scantly supplied, Thqpirsiness
doing has been to a very moderate extent, and the quotations
have had a drooping tend, lacy. Ihe extreme price for the
best Downs and half .bred• has been 6.. Rd, to es. per 81b.
Calves, of which a moderate supply has been on offer, have
gold slowly, at late prices. Pigs have been dull, and priced
have favoured buy ere.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-02-11

CRADLKY HEATH, HALESOWEN, & DISTRTCT CHRONICLE.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY H, 1871.

.; ',--z46;11174.74,1001

I... Wished for Two Stamps.

14, THE NERVOUS AND DEBILITATED.
• TJ IE "SECRET FRIEND,"
• : s for }ears given Lis
;nt of Nervous Deldi
. Inlpitation of Melte.
Indeetsion, %sopa]
- ,ot Mem. •o, Prostration, Lassitv
1 • -on et •,-,1 ;. f i.nergy and Appet.
in the Itaek •; noidity, Self-Distri

iiiZZim-Fs, I I s}ear,, end Eel
,ther whiles.), which, if ne.,,,ieuted, hring the sufferer:
eialy

abie 711(. .filE SEellEr Fi3END,'
illostra..ed with z.u,leiou cabs ftlt tt.uithils,:ool
only civeh the eloie but the wean 4 of cure. Hum.,
of enses hich had liten thought hojo.kio have
lured to pc: feet booth 1111,1 vigour after all other me,
had failed. Sent pf.i free on rceeii.t of two stanius.
.....

-
Attar..., Dr. BARNYS, no, Tll
dovian Dona, London, N.

Cre,eent, C.

i'I:BLIC NOTICP

HOM ER, NelVi Agent, Cradley Heat
begs tu intoim the l'ublie that be is al,
:0 SUPPLY them with Mr LONDON DAILY NNW
PAYEBA.

Ifir 0:i1)Eli AT ONCE.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-02-11

PROPOSED SCHOOL BOARD FOR

KINVER.

In compliance with a requisition signed by 61 rate-
payers of the parish of Kiuver. Mr. Henry Kitsou, Clerk
of the Seisdon Union, of which that parish forms part,
convened a meeting in the Boys National School-room.
on Monday, to consider the desirability of forming a
School Board for the parish of Kinver. There was a
large attendance.
It was proposed by Mr. B. Williams, and seconded by
Mr. N. White, that the Rev. J. Hodgson (vicar), take the
chair; which was carried unanimously.
The Chairman read the notice calling the meeting, and
said the object of the meeting was simply as described
in the notice, to pus • resolution to the effect that it was
desirable that • School Board should be formed in the
parish of Bluer under the Elementary Education Act
of last year. He would not immediately put the motion
to the meeting, but allow ten minutes for any persona
who were desirous of expressing their opinions.
Mr. B. Williams said the meeting was called in accord•
mace with a requisition signed by the ratepayers of the
parish. He found that it was properly signed by rate-
payers, and they were therefore in a position to carry
out any resolution. They were placed in • different po-
sition from that which they occupied at the previous
meetings. It was now for them to decide whether the
education in the parish should be given under • School
Board, or whether it should be continued to be given

Notices of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, when properly
authenticated, will be inserted in the" Observer," free of
charge.

MARRIED.

on the 7th inst, at the Pariah Church, Oldswinford (by
the Bee. G. F. Adley, M.A.), George Edward, son of
George B. Allen, Musical Bachelor, Oxon, of London, to
Jane, eldent daughter of William Thomas Aickm, U.S.,
Amend, and late of Brierley Hal.
_
DIED.

On the 7th instant, at St. Thomas's Schools, Arthur
Samuel, sou of Mr. Moore, master of the above-named
school, aged three weeks.
On the 2nd inst., Eliza, the wife of George Bland, aged
65 years.
On the 10th instant, aged 76, Mary, relict of the late
Richard Boxley, of this town; deeply regretted.

Thee Ladies who have not yet used G1,1111,11[1.1)
STARCH, are respectfully solicited to give it a trial, and
carefully follow out the directions printed on every pack-
age, and if this is done, they will say like the Queen's
Laundress, that, it is the finest starch they ever used.
When you ask for Glenfield Starch, see that you get it,
as inferior kinds are often substituted for the sake of
extra prate.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-02-11

THE WRECK OF THE STEAMER
"BORNEO,"

The following particular. of this catastrophe are taken
[rim the ALgio. Brazilian Times

f` The packet Thornro, carrying mailsbetweenßelgitut
Brazil, and the River Plate, was lost during the night
of the 25th of Ducembir off Cape Santa Martha, in
Santa Catharine, while on the return trip from the
River Plate. The Borneo left Montevideo on the 21st
of December for Santos, with 77 persona on board, of
whom seven were p matters, including Mr. Butcher,
the agsnt of the company. Up to the 201 the ee.eel
expedenced good weather, but a high sea. On that
day the observatione gave the vesee I to be inlet. 29 deg.
30 min. S. and long. 48 dog. 10 min. W. Oa the
261, at 19.40 a.m. breakera were inoldenly per-
ceived on the port bow, and the ship im-
mediately struck upon a sandbank. The engines were
at once revemdd at fall speed and were kept working
thus fbr forty minmeet when they wore stopped, as
they canoed the veseel to bump with greater force.
The sea broke over the steamer with great violence and
stove in all the boata on Pie starboard side. The boater
on the port side were at once supplied with bread and
water, and were gut ready to lower. At 2 a.m. the
ship bad made no n tuili water that the furnacer were
reached and the firer extinguished. At elayt rook the
gnarterbaat and tout cuter were lowered, and as many
of the crew aa they would hold got into thett The
port lifeboat was remerved for the passengers, the mail',
the specie, and the rest of the persons on board belong-
ing to the ship, but when it mar tried to br:nz her along-
side the beat was thrown ashore by the surf. In this
emergency the construntion of a raft NUM at (ACC under.
taken, utica vessel was brealc ing up fast. When the raft
was ready the passengers and others on board took to
it, arid the captain aerated the command. But when
absent :fa yards from the wreck a tremendously heavy
reia swept over the raft and washed all off it, and the
tic° boats containing the rest of the crew capaizee. Of
the 77 persons who had been on board the Borneo
only 42 reached the land alive. On the 27th the
Eros lien gunboat Mearim resched the place of the
disaster, and elm brought the survivors to the capital
of the loland of Santa Catharine. The only passenger
rove I wee Mrs. Walker. 'Petite who perished were
Mr. Pion°, Mr. If. Thou..., Mica Lewis. Mrs.
Watker's two young daughters, and Mr. Butcher, the
.gew, Of those belonging to the easel the contain,
the chief officer. the doctor, fur officers, anti 3.5 of the
Craw were saved. On the lit of January 33 of the
csew of the Borneo came up to Rio from Santa
Catharina in the Brazilian packet Presidtnee."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-02-11

THE LYE.

THE EDECATION QUESTION.—A. meeting was held, in
the Congregational School Room, to consider the desir-
ability of establishing the British and Foreign School
system, in the Lye parish. There was a large attendance
of persons, representing (anon, denominations.—The
Ser. T. Parker presided.—Mr. G. B. Davis, of Birming.
haul, urged the adoption of the British and Foreign sys-
tem—Mr. John Pearson, who strongly condemned the
system advocated, moved that a School Board should be
formed under the Education Act.—After • stormy discus-
sion, the resolution in favour of establishing a school
on the British and Foreign School system was carried.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-02-11

UNPRECEDENTED IN HISTORY.

The 84 000 men under General Bourbaki wkc have 'net
tak.n refuge in Switzerland swell the nember of French
prisoners and of (ugh ives interned in neighbouring States to
more thin &million ; 93),(00 so/cording to the North German
Gaz,tte, are prisoners of war, Inclusive, ne cguese, of the
garrison of ran.; nearly 2,000 fled into Belgium attar the
battles of Mete arid Sedan, and more they 80,000 have now
crossed the Seiler frontier. Ties enormous total of 1,831,000
remarks the Gazette, la unparalleled M history, and reckoning
the number of ineis who have perished hi the field or hosinfal,
or have otherwise become hors de combat, as at least 250,000,
M. Gambetta may calculate the uurrmer of Nrefle-Illetal left
who are capable of hearing arrus' Crducting thgse in the
occupied Departments, where the German authorities know
very well how to prevent the departure Many oung men &till
remaining who are martially inclined.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-02-11

A HINT FROM LORD PENZANCE.

Lord Penaance's complaint that the liberty allowed
to the tested ir to keep his will anywhere he plearsos
often throws great uncertainty upon teetamentsry dis-
positions, is, no doubt, very well founded (remarks a
contemporary). Any persna who had access to the
testator's papers after hie death, and would be
btnetited by an inteetscy, might destroy the will ; and
the law is bound to presume, in the absence of proof
to the contrary, that the act of destruction was the
testator's. But the remedy for the evil is not very
seilent. The majority of the middle clams are very
jealous about surrendering any nxitrol over their pru-
peri.y until the last moment, and the fluctuationa in
trade are such as to render frequent changes in a will
abs ilutely necessary. It would be a strioua difficulty
if they had to go throuila any tedious formalities in
order to reclaim a will from time to time from its
official custodian, and the proceeding would most
likely be attended with considerable expense.
. _ . _ _ .

A still greater obstacle to be desired reform is the
widsespread superstition that making ones last
facilitates oar's departure from the world, aid
instances are on record whore the very apprehension
of death induced by will-making has brought about
the dreaded result. Until people have learned that
signing ones will is not necessarily signing one's death-
warrant novelists are not likely to be deprived of one
of their favourite ma'srials in the construction of a
plot.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-02-11

THE WAIL

THE GOVERNMENTS AT BORDEAUX AND

PARIS.

reras, Feb. 6.

To-day's Journal Officiel contain the following decree :
" The Government of the National Defence, considering
that a decree has been limed by the Delegation of the Go-
vernment in Bordeaux on the 314 C of January, it'll. by which
various e itegories .1 citizens who, by the decree of the Go-
vernment of the 29th of January, 1871, are el.gible for the
National Assembly, are declared ft:eligible.
" Considering that the restrictions imyosed upon the
elections by the said decree are Incompatible with the prin.
iffple of the freedom of universal suffrage,
" Ordains—That the above-men, I :nod decree leaned by
the Di legation at Bordesnx is null and void.
"That tbe decrees of the 291 h of January, 1371, are main-
tained ha their integrity.

"GENERAL TR,g'll.
.JU LE S VA V RE.
"GARR RR PAGES.
" ERNEST PICARIL
Parts, rebalary 6, 1871."

'JULES FERRY.
"EMMANUEL ARAOo.
"EUUENEPELLETAN.

RESIGNATION OF GAMI3ETTA.

1300DEAUX, Feh. e.
MIL Amp% Gamier-Yves, and Enema Foliate°, merohors
of the Paris Gorr rmuout, have arrived at ii,rdeaux, bringing
Ott'. them a decree signed by all the members of the I:overti-
me:A, °latch annuls that of M Gambetta, by which certain
otsues of ele,tors were disqualified as candhlatec

M. Catulietta has Issued a circular to MI the Prefects and
Sta-Preloc:s. atvting that, in consequence of the above me.-
Sue., ha his this day resigned his functions.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-02-11

WAYS AND MEANS.

The way to get a place worth having in a Dockyard,
is to prove by competition that you are unfit for It.
The way to get a pltce accepted by a Mtnager is
to kt him know that you are "chows" with all the
critics.

The means whereby you may be quit of a serious
relation, who is likewise a serious nuisance, is take
him to the Derby, and send his wife his photograph,
as he appeared at Cremorne afterwards.
The way (if you are a critic) to find out whether an
amateur stage.writer is engaged on a new play is to
ask him a great favour.
The way to make your wife entrust you with a latch-
key is to tumble over the mat, and abuse it awfully
whenever the sits up for you.—Punch.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-02-11

BOULOCM; Feb. P.

The Democrat delegates of the arrondisements of the l'as
de Calais have presented a list of candidates headed by the
names of Jules lure and General Faldherbe, and have
lased the foreseng ntanifeato to the electors:—

"The events of the hour cry aloud for the candidates to the
National Assembly to comprise their profession of faith in
two words. 'Our list is a protest acsinst the politics and
the decrees c f the Bordeaux deb gation." Social tinion is our
motto. This will tell you that we shall use all our tit wits to
conclude an honourable peace, and defend against revolution
the great princlplen of order and liberty on which society
reposes. To these who shall audaciously say to you, '-Let
Vrance perisb 1-other than ' our ' Republic, yet, will reply
with litre Is France.' "

RAILWAY ACCIDENT IN FRANCE.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-02-11

THE BURNING OF A FRANC TIRFUR CAPTAIN.

The Daily Nein' Correspondent with Garibaldi, writes:—
The shocking cruelty and barbarity of the Prussians are
beyond belief. You will no doubt have heard by telegram of
the fact of a captain of framatireurs having is,en burnt alive
by them. I can vouch for the truth of this horrible story,
having myself seen the unhappy mates body. I would out
believe the reported fact until I had eau illy visited tho
spot and examined the corpse. It war in a frightful con-
dition, lie niust have been routed over a slow fire while
secured to a beam. I should like to some of those gentle-
men who ats le the ciadideldians brigands aid bandits in the
papers to have witnessed tide right, and to have learned
{bele opinion of our foe. A PrUNliAll millt,ry doctor, 11011.
In Dijon attending to the German wounded, mai present
thorn with me to verify the fact. Lie was utterly overcome
and unable to speak a word.'
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-02-11

A RECTOR ON THE CAPITULATION

OP PARIS.

The Rector of Merthyr preached on this sub.
ject on Sunday night week last at St. David's,
Merthyr. He took for his text Isaiah ii., 4,
saying:—" The beginning of the end has come
at last." After paying a tribute to the self-de.
votion of the Parisians, who had held out for
four months on cats, dogs, mice, rats, and black,
sticky bread, the rev. gentleman continued :
Oh I never let it be said again that Paris—the
gay city—could only be luxurious and effeminate
and frivolous. The gay Sybarite proved himself
the brave man, and the frail woman became the
sister of charity, moving amidst guns and balls,
and shells, and mortars, as though they moved
in the mystic dance, daring and enduring, and
braving anything and everything for the love of
kith, and kindred, and country. Now, what does
this teach us? I will t:tke up my parable to-
night, and I will tell you. One day last week I
was transacting business in a place set apart for
that purpose, when a young man entered, and
leaning over the counter, said to another young
lean, "Our Spiders have come." Now I slll
not, as you know, a volunteer, nor even a volun-
teer chaplain ; but I confess when I heard that
communication I fit a tingling in may ears, and
as it were, an icy stream of cold running down
the small of my back, and then diverging from
thence in many streams, until they all met about
the regions of the heart, causing that organ to
bump against its outer walls with a thud that
could be heard as well as felt. This was again
succeeded by a glow that permeated through
every vein in my body, even to the very tips of
my fingers. All this, of course, took place in an
infinitely smaller space of time than it has taken
me to describe it. But what did it all mean?
Was it cowardice, or was it fear? I do not
think it was either, or anything one-half so good,
because it was accompanied with a most un-
Ciiristian feeling; a feeling I own myself
ashamed to confess ; a sort of feeling that the
lion, or the tiger, or the leopard may be supposed
to have when they are about to spring upon their
prey. And, God forgive me for saying so, I di,
not think it would have been safe for that great
instrument of Divine Providence—that high and
puissant monarch —the holy Emperor of all the
Oermans—or any other butcher of his species,
to have been near me at that moment. Ido not
think I could have restrained myself from doing
him sonic bodily harm. I felt tigerish, ogreish,
and could hardly tell what might have happened
when confronted with a tyrant. Probably, how-
ever— -and I believe it—Christian feeling would,
after all, have prevailed with ins; anti instead of
tearing him limb from limb, I should only have
dismissed him with a Christian homily. Never-
khelees, I own to the feeling, though I am
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-02-11

A HINT TO THE ORLEANS PRINCE.

" There le, h -"wryer, me m'stake which the I..rge and in-
creasing party who advocate the restoration of Henri Cloy
or of the Orleans family to the throne of Franco are in danger
of comniitting If there be any Minty attempt to imp ~se
Hi.ig upon France, it will be violently resented and resisted
in Parte This capital will gladly acc, pt a constitutional
monarchy in its own good time. if the choice of its Sovereign
and the noture of its p iffy are the result of its own free will
and indetendent action. But too supporters of the Orleautst
family will, in my Judgment, be extremely iii-adyised if they
attempt to mingle actively In French politics, without all iw-
lug the wounds caused by the capitulations of Sedan. Metz,
and Purls, to cicatrise and heal. Any step which identiths
the Orlums Filmes with the bane of this crushing war will
ba Interpreted as meaning that the Dew monarch of Franca
ts seated upon ids throne by the aid of Prussian bayonet..
ills more thou over necessary for the sons and grandsons of
Louis-Philippe to remember the Italian poiverb which ha.
already been commended to their notice The world and all
in it comes round to him who know. how to wait."-I:orrea-
pondent of Daily Telegraph.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-02-11

A CHANGE OF FLAGS.

At ten minutes before four o'clock on Sunday (the f.9:11 nit.)
I ssw the hlack•whitearid-red flag heisted on the signal staff
of Mont Waif) fee, where, for nose. han hoer defiant months,
the reo-whitwatil 10113 has waved. The Change of colour
was not great low people witnessed the not, and those who
did so appeared to take it very quietly and as a matter of but
small impostance And let that little fluttering flog was the
sign and token of the taking of Fade—the, accomplishment
of a no t difficult task, the meets ,ful issue of a long, weary,
and most anxious siege, and a victory for G.ranany greater
than many which have been celebrated with all the wild
enthusiasm of conquering men.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-02-11

DEMANDS ON FRANCE IN 1418
AND 1871.

As the German terms of mace form now the chief
topic of discussion, it is interesting to glance back at
the history of our own successful French campaign in
1418, and look at the demands which Henry the Fifth
then made upon the vanquished enemy. At the nego-
tiations which took place at Alencon a preliminary
altercation arose as to which party should bring for.
ward the first proposal, but it ended in the French
tendering the cession of very considerable districts in
the eolith (inolueling Perigueux, Limousin, Bigorre,
and Angouleme), together with Calais and other
territories, equal all together to the kingdom of
Arragon or of Navarre. When this proposition
was reircted, they added a further part of Guienne
and all the duchy of Normandy east of the Seine
with the exception of Rouen. But Henry's demands
were for Touraine, Anjou, Artois and Flanders,
dominions belonging to the Burgundian and not to the
Dalliohlu. Of course the negotiations came to an end,
the war was resumed, acid the English king at its close
was worse off than at its commencement. In comment-
ing upon the discreditable rapacity shown by the trig.
lien king, who insisted that the French must leave out
•if their reckoning oil the districts which he already
held and intended ti keep, Lord Brougham makes the
ollowing remark :—" Surely it is no inventon of
modern times, that until conquests obtained by the
sword are ratified by treaty, the temporary possession
hiring war does not permanently confer a rightful title
any more than it gives a permanent security."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-02-11

A TRUE VIRAGO.

reamed throtigh Pontotoc, tn-day (writes a correspondent
of The Timee', at the hour when the Armistice begins, and
found the café which I entered as excited ar those i had left
at Rouen. It seemed odd, after having for two months
weed through towns with tongue-tied intiabitants, to find
that toe magic words, "Armistice," and "Peace "seemed to
have loosened them all. The while café was, with one con-
sent, talking polities, quite regerdlets •t the pretence of en
evident foreigner, which has invariably hither o produced •
dead lull in the few Instances where I have cen any French-
men collected together in any public place. Some of them
have seen specimens of the bread which had already been
brought out of Paris on exhibition: Miters, more fortunate,
had men actual to none and had wonderful tales to mimeo.
Not one sail, not a stone of a fortress or an itch of terri-
tory will we give sap," but all looked upon the cession
of territory Bs an Pievltable necessity. That there had
been tresan en the occasion of the last sorties teemed
to he a centrally received r pinion, It beimc snparehtly
mote consoling to Fmnchmen to consider their conatry-
men traitors then cowards; but there was a woman
esent, who was of a itltterent of:Anton. "Lea l'eamea4
scat des lachea, I' Asp, lathes she went on repeating, until
her voice al in at reached a scream, and her vehemence wes
so great that nobody ventured to contradict her. "Never
mind" said one by way of soothing her excited spirits "as
soon as Peace is made we shall have Mi these sacra Peeving
coming back to he waiters in hotels, and musicians, and get
Into their old employments, then will be our turn, and then
we will pine it them." ••• Se, you won't, rem rtes trop
lathes," and oh. seemed fn t.° aas .ho es*
tee stale It gave. She was a curious specimen, this v:ragn,
and evidently bore her count-peen some inveterate rane,er,
for when the was not ablating them she wet prileing the
courage sod the polltene-a of the Germans whom the had at
different time, lodged in her house. I thick she was angry
with thew for being so ready for peace at any price and so
excited and pleased at the prospect of it, at d this was the
way hi which her feelleci found vent, and I went away
wandering whether the only ellea of this lessor, upon tke
French character would be to prove at no amountief suffer-
ing or disaster coull either deepen Sr steely it.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-02-11

A DIFFICULTY IN THE VACCINATION

of

LAW.

An tateresting point of Law haa been relied before the
Bridgwater bench of magistrates:—

Mr. Roherts, coachbuilder, and Mr. Bovitt,, veteri•
nory surgeon, were summoned for neglecting to have
their children vaccinated. The summonses ordered
the defendants to bring their children into court.
Messrs. Lovibond and Barham, solicitors, said that
their clients had conscientious objections to vaccina-
tion, and, with all due respect to the Bench, were
determined to resist the order to the utmost. They had
not, it was contended, the custody of the children' the
mothers alone having the control over them till they
were seven years old, and the Bench had no power to
compel the fathers to produce them.
The clerk to the Board of Gusrdians submitted that
the •nomproduction of the children was contempt of
Court, if not a misdemeanour, and he intimated his in-
tntion of summoning the mothers.. _

Mr. Barham said that could only be done on the
hypothesis that the fathers had not the custody of the
children, but that the mothers had. If so, that would
at once put an end to the case, became an application
could not be made against married women.

_
The Bench ruled that the children should be pro-
duced, and Cie cases were adjourned for the purpose.
It was intimated, however, that the children would
probably be not forthcoming, and that the Bench
would have to adopt what course they might think
proper.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-02-11

I-.

P

YEETI:-:c4 FOR

-Wor

PLiCATION FOR

()Tic% HEI:p:ilY GIVEN, that I, Om
3.undi d, base rervivid a Risplisition of
ltiit 1.0. erovoliallit it Perish, in eevoidance
with t: r f Inirtment, dated the
214 day f lOld, me, Sc Summon-
ing Officer and, r tie Maid Order, to tall a AIMETISti if
the RATEPAI :AV for the porticot of flaming a Resolu-
tion that it is expedient that a. School hoard should lie
I,rined for the said Parish ; and that a Kentiug of the
Ratepayers of the said Parish will accordingly be hold at
the COEN EXCHANGE, EvEGUItIifiIDGE, 01l MoNlilY. the
20th day of FENRC•ItY, 1871, at Eleven o'clock in the
Forenoon, for the purpose of considering such Resolu-
tion.
Dated this 9th day of February, 1971.
(Signed)

GEO. HOLLOWAY,
Clerk to the Guardians of the Union shich
.eomprises the inid Psriah.

LI TO URBRIDGE CHURCH of ENGLAND
ASh(KIA'IIOI.I Ahnoal TEA PARTY. will be
held iu the CORN EXCHANGE, STOIIOOEID4E, OR MONDAY,
FED. 20th, 1871.
Tea at Six o'clock.

MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT will commence at
Eight.
Miss ALICE PHILLIPS and Mrs. A. W. FENNELL
will taka part in tlio. Programme.
'rickets, Is each. See Hills and Programmes.

P. A 131_,CDOIVITZ,

pRACTICAL TAILOR

JUSTICE HOUSE,

7, II 0 I, L 0 IV A Y

II E 1 I),

BIRMII\TO-1-I_&M..

Oeatkrnn attended at their Iteeiieneee,

VALENTINES, VALE NT IN ES

THE LARGEST AND BEST
_ASSORTMENT

IN TFIN
MIDLAND COUNTIES

WILL Bit
READY FOR SELECTION BY THE

TRADE

O*l .IYD AFTEr: THE 28a JANUARY.
PLIVZING- C:A_RIDS

OF ALL INA MIT MAXIM&

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UNION PASSAGE, BIRMINGHAM.

NT R. JAMES BOSTON HEYS, Professor
.1 of Music, If Csaffley Haugh.
N.B.—All kiwis of Musical Isstrurressto tuned

repaired.
New /Coale at Half-pride.
ITANOFOETES FOIL SATE Olt HIRE

ALMANACh, t"r i.e year
1,71, Now on la the ..4.1401-.lllEll'
oit FICE, 92, High t. :••tt t •

IrbnAlge.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-02-11

ILSII,

Ilerriogs, th Sled, 30e. to 147 t. 61. ; dltt,o, red, 9e. to 13e.
per barrel, bloaters, 24. 61. to es. 32. ; kippere, 31. M.. to to.
per boo ; turbots, Bs. to 12e. ; brill, Os. to es. each plaice,
12s. 10 201 ; trawl heddocks, 100. to lOs. per bseket ; soles, IL
10d. to ei. per pair; cod, £3 10s. to £6 per ,re lire cod,
51 63. to 12s. earh ; *Whigs, 12s. to IC L per basket:
eels, Is. to 1. 21 per lb.; msckerel, 2s. to 4s. per dozen;
smoked haddocks, large, 301. to 40..; ditto, small, 205. to
20s. per barrel lobetere, 12, to IS.. ; crab., 10e, to 110.
per dozen; native oysters, £lO ; commons, lf,s, to 801. per
bushel
HON.

A c,nolderable amount of animati.tn has been noalceable
In thla market during the past Reck All deacriptlons of
hops have commanded greater attention, and the Weil
effected have been at exceedingly firm quotation. and
East Kent, 405, to 140, ; Weald of Kent, 40L to 758.; Sussex.
355. to 7"05.: Farnham and country, na. 10 llat • old Etat
601. per cwt.

POTATOES.
Large supplies of potatoes have been on offer. The trade
has been quiet, at about late rates. &Allah lieges* 605
to boa.; ,soot.:h Regent, 601„ to 55.5. ; Rock', the, to T6l.'
en