The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-09-30 00:00:00

EPITOME OF NEWS,

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

The new work upon which George Eliot has been for
some time engaged, a atory of Englints provincial life, will
he published in December by Messrs. Blackwood and Sons.
The Paris Autographe publishes a drawing by M.
Gustave Courbet, drawn by him on coming out from a sitting
of the Council of War at Versailles, and dedicated to Maitre
LOO Bigot.
There is but one opinion concerning the " Parade "
of Friday at Aldershott. The foreign ,Slicers one and all
declare that it was one of the finest military spectacles they
ever witnessed.

A section of the Birmingham Radicala have issued a
circular Inviting their brethren in the great towns to send
delegates to a conference to be held at nirminglism in the
course of November.
The chignon has disappeared in Germany. The
women have returned to the out iiermax fashion of plaiting
the hair into silken braids, and coiling it up daily at the back
of the head.

liar Majesty has again shown her especial patronage
of the Earls wood Asylum for idiots by presenting the sum of
500 guineas to entitle her Majesty to the presentation of a
second child to the asylum during her Majesty's life.
The proprietor of one of the most important roach-
building establishments In Paris, being unable to Mid good
workmen ii, ufficient Ts ill that city, lint engaged
1,500 German operatives, who are to arrive nest week.
A correspomlent of the I iedjptada net. Alm states
positively that Napoleiti adVAlletAl A large SUM to buy a
Frimeh regiment to arrest the members of the French Go-
vernment.

The King of Bavaria has conferred on the Queen of
the Belgians and on the Princess Imperial of Germany (the
Crown P 'ens of England) the Grand Cordon of the Order
instituted for and given to the wouuded in 1070-1871.
Mr. Tom S.l.iving,stone, uniting to the Leeds Mercury
regarding some sinister rumours as to Or. Livingstone's safety,
says !—" I niay mention that my father often said to us and
his friends that ho • felt sure that Goal would apare hist to
thmrdi his great work,' and this he aahl in 1665."
The Traits f India reports that lin Bth of August a
boat carrying a 'wedding party of about 150 struck upon the
railway bridge across the Sti)lcilge, between Phillour and
hondians, and weat down. All v ore drowned except twelve,
who won., with great difficulty savet.
An unreasonable and en dinewlnat misanthropic ac-
quaintance remarks that he has often heard toe to, merlo, " a
friend in need iv a friend hideed?" ),.it tin sa),, I,e emit swe
' where the laugh comes in. Ile has a friend in need who is
always borrowing ructiey of him.
Tine Frank fart Gazette says that among the new
magistrates app' hued it) Alsace and Lorraine, 44 are Pi Os-
stank 27 Bavarians, seven Hessians, five are from Baden,
and three from other German States; eight French magis-
trates have accepted their pot', as German functionaries.
The official retuins of the French hoses at Forbad',
\Vocal!, mut Gracelotte amount to 20,000 ; Sedan, 10,000;
the Army of the Loire, 22,000 ; Bourbaki, 7,000; laidherbe,
4,000; different sieges, 2,0110; Paris, 17,000 ; altogether,
511,000

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The trees on the Boulevaran, in Paria, particularly
near the ramparts, are underg,dog a process of •• inainthas
eat caution" of bullets. It appear, the prosence of a •. foreign
hody " is inimical in the ecanumy of the vegetable ax in the
animal kingdom.
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A meeting of over 2,000 working men was Lehi at
Halifax on Saturday, in reference to the nine hours' move
nient. Resolutions expressing sympathy with the men on
strike In Newcastle were passed, and a collection of money
was made on their behalf.
Sir William Napier, in his history of the Peninsular
war, wrote :—" In the beginning of each war, England lia*
to seek in blood the knowledge necessary to insure suecees,
and, like the fiend's progress towardn Eden, her conquering
emu-sots through chaos, followed by death.
At the County Police-court, Carlisle; on Saturday,
an Irish cattle dealer was fool £2O and costs for tel report-
ing the foot and mouth disease to the authorities. Another
dealer was also fined £2O for removing diseaaed cattle, and
animals that had been in contact with deceased settle, from
the borough to the county. A third dealer was third £3 for
a similar offence.
In the pretty little churchyard of St. !Mary Magda-
lene, randringliam, immediately under the themel a intlow,
is the grave of the infant prince who died at Easter. A
beautiful white marble cross, with the text, " Suffer little
children to come unto Me, and forbid theni not, for of such
is the Kingthon of Heaven," stands at the head of the grave,
having been placed there recently.
The Constitittiwi o(1 ntates that all the pictures which
had been removed from the Louvre and heel for safety to
Brest have been brought back, and most of them have been
roared to their fanner positions The Salon Cure hag
already been opened to the publie, and the remaining rooms
are being rapidly prepared.
Brun April Ist to Saturday last the Exchequer re-
ceipts amounted to £30,217,000 derived a. follows: • From
Customs, £9,310,000; Excise, £i.,501,000 Stamps, £4,567,000 ;
Taxes, £370.000 ; Income-tax, £1,307,000: Poat-offiee,
£2,002,000; Telegraph Service, £170,000 Crown WO.,
£135,000 ; .C 2,319.000. The payments in the
same period were £33.376,257. The balance in the Bank of
England on the 23rd inst. was ALrg,u,Scio; and in that of
Ireland, 1,41110,725.
The Council of the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce,
at a special mM o
meeting held on Monday b. consider the proposed
arualmunation of the Lancashire end Yorkshire and the
London and North Western Railway Companies, adopted
resolutions protesting against an lucrease In the rates and
charges BUM levied by the separate companies, mad defame!.
ing additional acemnalatiou for Hattie.
METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET —MoNDAY.
Ivf. Darns, writing in the Prenf upon the recent The cattle trade bas been s.imewhat unsettled to-day. The
unan.unTe. in Ilanalustalre, says'--" loin& w. 111.1, i. arrivals of beasts from abroad have very extensive, and
ridiculoue, but It tins its origin in a moat wurthy sentiment, increased supplies have also come to haul fium our own.
the lova of the country, mad the recogeised necessity of put- grunts district.. The best English breeds bane t, Tin-
ting It lido a state of defence. Mr. Cardwell would du well clonally made to. 10d., but fis. oil, has been the general
to present a good bill for the reurgettisation of the arn.Y• top quotation, whilst 5.1. 2.1 has frequently been accepted
France having been connsletely defeated in eight months, for stock of fair quality. The best foreign breeds liars
the British army, in the event of au i11V4610111 by a German bee.' disposed of at prices lauging from ra. toks. e 4. per bib.
army, would nut redid threes days." From lincoluellire, Leicestershire, and Northampronetdre wit
According to the Litwr , the number of foreign in-
received about 1,1300 shorthorns, the.. : from other parts ni
q
surgent nriauners now at Versailles is an fidlots s England about 300varbus breeds: and front Iraand about.
2,,aaa 131 4466464,6„ Genos„.. 42 . hwi44.27 . 60 oxen. There has been only a moderate supply of sheep in
Spaniards, 11 ; English, 7 ; Portuguese, 3 ; Swedes, I. Al: the pimhl a The best smell breeds have been in reuqest. st not
most all these men are seriously compromised, these on Pric„”..
WllOOl light charges only weighed having been already set Pet mo, kno
at !Plenty. nli drooping in value. 41''elves haw !hien 'disposed of at the
rates previeusly current. Pigs 118Ve changed bands slowly
'I lie King of Bavaria must be " drilli dog," if it on former toms.
were permitted to apply such a term even to minor Royalty Pws t.l viola the offal.
writes a correspondent . The other day, when the new d a. A I e.
French Ylinister and the Chief Secretary at rived at 111,,ir post 46,6 , 6 i„ 4,6,6i1l non 7
'.l ill they called, as bonnet in etiquette, on the Hich It .. „6,.„ it
ham Cberlain, exp., ling, as lei 9.130 ethmette, to be reedy. d „re... ,5 6 I 46,5„, 5 6 6
by the King in a day or two ; but instead they hail an inti- Prime Sods, A.e... 5 S 5 I:. Lange hog, 3 a 0
11l ation tha t hie Majesty weuld receive them when he eanie
bi town, which would be about next February: Inf. coarse ebeep.. 4 6 , ,ea• small porton. 4 0 0 5
s,,ond mutiny.... 5 2 6 0
The Lirerpool Albion, in announcing some changes l'r. coarse woolled 6 56 10 lg old st. li.aa, each 0 0 0 0
in the paper, says While Tlx Albion will record all 2I ETROPOLITAN MEAT MARICET.—MOSPAY.
mattere connected with Sporting of every kind that may be A moderate supply of meat has been on .le. The trade
considered to have a general or national interest, the an-
ti awl prices have ruled as under
nouneements of 'Racing Prophets will be specially cx- lion 1P4411 t gh ••• r- •
er Mb. by the Gina.. :
eluded, and its columns will nut reeord insignificant or a. d. s. d. d. 5. d.
54 42
F3l2liemielelirdigisd2iotte 45 100
66 .
degrading sporting events, the notice of ss hich can aerve lot eciuty be, 0 I 7,,krint. Mutt, 4 0
purpose but to foster the spirit of gambling already so rife Shining nijtto `"'
titroughout the country that legislative interference has
been found nee...eery to Coidlteract its
Prime sta.ll ditto.. 5 0 5 4 large a -0
l;.1. 44
10
public morality. And the Proprietors are glad to Mot that
.... 5 0 5 6 Boodt 5
this view in alevvit to be adopted by utany of limb iefluential '• ..
daily contemporarice, who are preparing to restrict their WOOL.
sporting intelligence us Man similar limits." Less steadiness has been observable in the wool market,
The task of determining the frontier between v,wing to the meettled state of the money mai hot. English
France and the new German provinces has been 4,1.0,4°1, wool, however, maintainn the late advance. At the nubile
so for as the Meurthe Department is concerned. The Corfc. sales colonial prxlace has commanded a fair amount of at
ruher Zeitung says that the following advantages accrue to tention, both the home and foreign trade operating wind'
Germany from the change. I The GraintDuchy of !spoon- tolerable freedom. Flmee rules 2.1. to 3,1., and preese
burg now only borders on French territory for a elistan, of ltd, per lb. higher Ow, last series. Fleeces South Dioe-o
little more than 2. In the tenth west Images, le. ad to Is. lid. half-bred ditto, Is. aid to is
Germany gains a number of new subjects who, though not Kent fleeces, la. lnid. to Is aid. South blown
s'&m agel
numerous, are for the niost part tierman ;as well as very wethers, Is. 7d. to 5. tel.: Leicester ditto, Is. 6" to It. 7,1.
important ironworks. 3. 01l the impertaut strategical per lb. Botta Clothing, Is. 21 to Is, bd., co-.61,6444, In. Oil
points to the west, south-west, and smith of Mem to a his- to 11. ltd. per lb.
lance of four, live, or Pk letagnues, together-nu ith the battle-
fields of the loth and lath August, now belong to the Ger-
man Empire.
Mr. Glarbitone's conduct baitbeen criticised by the
advanced Liberals among his constituent. at Green-
wich, on Saturday night. A public meeting was called
to vote an address of confidenee ten the right
hon. gentleman, but a large body of those who
attended held that he had not kept the promisee he made
to working nten beton, he got iNto power. An amendment
his conduct to a meeting ,a his coutituenta, and after die-
enasion the vote was taken, when the r hafnium declared
the numbers to be equal, and gave his casting vote in favour
to the address W. moved invitiug Mr Gladstone to explain
of the address.

Flolf.
/terrines, pickled, 275. Cot to 31e. ; ditto red, 125. to
ditto roused, 75. to 155. ; ditto fre.di, Is. to Yes. per larrel
kippers, 2s to as. ed., bloaters, Is. Gil to as. ad. per leer ;
smoked haddocks, 155. to 255. per harrel ; ditto trawl, los. to
15e per basket. turbot, Ts. Gil. pi 178. twill, 25. to 6s. Oil:
dorey, 3s. to 64. each soled, Is. to as. 10d, per pair ; whiting,
So. to 15s. per basket ; red muliet, es. to 17a. frl.; tobeters,
10s. to 209., crabs, IS. to les per dozen Pout, Is. sd. to Is.
10.1. , eels, 15. to 15. :VI. per lb.: 0, ete,i, native, all a ;
ditto commons, 12s. to 2hs. yer
A good demand has prevailed f r new hops, which
have arrived freely, though scarcely s..flielent for require-
ments. Prices have been firmer, the late :el vanee belug
well maintained. Yearlings have heen porehased to a
fair extent at previous prices. Mid and Eaet Kents,
1.9 to 5.12 125. ; Weald of gent, £7 10£ to Sure; £7
Gs. to £0 11. Yearlings Slid and East Kents, 60s. to Wu •
Weald of Kents, 60a. to 1066 lime.. 606 to 956 ; Farnham
and country, 905. to 1205.; and olds, 205. to Ns. per cwt.

l'rofeaaor Rogers, in a letter upon the subject of the
deeirability of breaking down the legal barriers which pre-
vents the free exchange of land, takes occasiou to refer to
the question of large and small farms raised by Lord Derby
Ile declares, as to machinery, that there ix no part of ti.
United Sinidoni where it is so much used as among the
mall farmers of the west of Ireland. He considers that if
small farmers with commemorate capital were increaaed
...re should not be suffering frcm famine prices for meat or
total dearth of poeltry, and siich scarcity of milk and butter
that • vast mean of th• community have • very scanty
tecluaMtalie• with sithcr."

POTATOES
Moderate supplies of potstoes have been on IWO. There
has been a fair demand, at on, uotati.,he Regenta, &m to
b 54. to Os. ; hlcbale, Won to 13(a. ; Boots
to 09.. per ton.

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