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

SATURDAY, JULY 23, 1870.

Provioeisse in his oehalf. He have little doubt that LP
equally Mons confidence in a heavenly protection will appear
in more than ore passage of the Emperor liimoieon's
forthcoming manifest... In the cratific ition ot their
evil ieredo,,e men are always ready to throw lipai the
Almighty More then a fair amount of C.mplicitt. kivv.
William is sm's that Gad will be with his pevri;
as He was with tbdr forefathers. The Journal °tidal of
Pats declares that " Franca can only look to Gad and net
courage for the triumph of her cause." It does not seem to
occur to either of them that ibis appeal to the -Judgment
of God" need not be resorted to so long as there is a possi-
bility of averting the conflict by human means. The efforts
of Eng'and for the preservation of peas., we are told, are
atilt continued, and ate suppcs IA by Russia lied either
of the col tending parties be,i an,nested by a pacific spelt
• from the hegineteg we Iniellt heed evidence Of it even at
the eleventh hour.—Leader In Time&

rr 'AVMS Or TRANcr.

" I travelled itove the trustier yesterday In a carriage NIT
of Beighas, aud UPOO orl asking the question as to which
of the two combatants had the good wisMs of the majority
of their countrymen, they sfreite almost nrianinnius.y in
favour of France. 'We are Ballo:iris !hat, then Frenchmen,'
errs said, and the sentiment wee warn.Zy *Winkled. 4mo of
my fellow travel/era, however, doubted whether the ass-
siimly feeling 1n favour of France was by any Meares so
great as the others had asserted, but he was met down at once
with great ciimmtir and vehemence by the majority. 600 s-
equent i•,rmiry has convinced me tnat the great proport'con of
Belgians With France well in the approaching encoiseter,
with the proviso always thee she shell attempt no /trier
ference with themeelvea lathe event of any infringement of
Its tic u-rslit y belgOein will defend its. f co the last, and
doing she relies Molly en the active tapper of England. As
"pp 'tett TO the power of Prima or of France, toe lt.o hte
men of Belgium watt :d go for +sty Lttle, hut it a contest so
nearly balanced as the ',reliant neither F:ance nor Prussia
would like 100,000 men thrown into the scale against them.
It is lianly likely then that either power will violate the
nentrality of Belgium, although the general opinion both here
aid upon the Frellal frontier sppeamto be that Luxembourg
would not be treated with the same sernpuloal iespect, but
that either party would march across it with.: helsita'ioll
0 It stilted their planiC—Correspondeut of the Sre.'aderri.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-07-23

By celebrated Artiste.

THOUSANDS
.OF VARIEGATED LAMPS!

Tickets, Gil Each, or in packets of eleven for ss, may
be had at the principal News Agents in Dudley, Morley
Hill, Stourbridge, Lye, and Crawley Ilk ath.
Admittance at the Front Gates, which will b.. Opened
at One o'clock. Canoe—Police will be In Stllll)Milice,
.nd anyone lrespa,ing. will e Prosecuted
Choice Aua, Hines, Spirits, and Refreshments of the
nest quality, at Town Prices

nALEswivEN AND IIAGLEY FLORAL

HORI ICUI.I OVAL EXHIBITION,

HELD

E LEASOWES,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-07-23

TO NEWSPAPERS CORRESPONDENTS.

As to the supply of news during the campaign, in all pro-
habffity the public will be kept in grievona suspense and
very tardily enlightened. In the French army certainly no
newspaper corresporment of French or other mitionatity will
be allowed at the front. Ono distingui,hed officer has dis-
tinctly threatened that he will shoot .y journalist he nriy
catch in his urea; tvci although the a. ordimr is harsh
we ore inclined to believe of him as the Duke of Wellingion
said of General Pictou "If he said no, he will keep bie
prondse" During the Italian campaign of itg9 the cm eel-
ponilents DI German papers in the Ama nen army published
the only reliable information the French hod as to the move-
ments of the Austrian army. Ihe blunder will not occur again,
Char CO may bring 11, new:pains. correspondent to One front,
hut it wilt he at much personal risk; and both French and
Premiena are likely to make short work of any ore whom
they may find within their lines who is not alde to lurnieth
the most satsf artery proofs or the legitimacy of his coiling.
As to those gentlemen who have a fancy torte the campaign
in amateur' they may aband n all hope, for Government%
rmierals, aint soldiers will do their hest to bar the way. It
may be right to ITICSILitin that hoe Mojesty a Cr09(3111110111, has
also prohibited all officer's in tier Majesty's service from
servMg with either easy, or joining it as newspaper corres-
pondents.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-07-23

MISS ANGELO,

The justly celebrated Contralto, grill sing averslof bee
choicest songs.
TOM EING
Will open his Comic Portfolio.
cIIADLEY HEATH GLEE UNION,
Will be in attendanre.
BALLOON ASCENTS!
Special arrangements bare been made for a Brilliant

Dißplay of

FIREWORKS AND COLOURED FIRES
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-07-23

DUDLEY.

ROBBERY FROM Inc PERSON.—At the Worcester As-
sizes, before Mr. Justice Mellor, John Payne (17), pud-
dler, was charged with steliking a watch from the person
of Thomas Davies, at Dudley, on the 25th of June.
Mr. Young appeared on behalf of the prosecution. The
prosecutor is a lobourer living at Tipton, and on the 25th
of June he was in a public-house at Dudley from half-
past nine to twelve o'clock at night. He was the worse
, for liquor whoa he loft, and then he was assailed by sere-
cal Wee, and his watch was snatched from him. The
, watch was pawned for ha, in Dudley, on the following
Monday, by the prisoner, in the name of John Jones.
Prisoner was shortly afterwards captured, and he stated
that he was drunk on Saturday, and found the watch in
his pocket. The jury found a verdict of guilty, bui
added a strong recommendation to mercy on account of
the prisoner's youth and good cuaracter. Sentence, four
months hard labour.
ROBBERY WITII YIOLEXCE.—At the Worcester Ashlers.
before Mr. Justice Mellor, V,liinm Peeley, aged 29,
miner, Mary Ann Roberts, aged 33, no occupation, and
Rosannah Southall. aged ZU, no occupation. were indicted
ler assaulting Isaac blewitt, at Dudley, on the 29th of
March, and stealing from his person a knife, a key, •
pair of boots, and Is 9d. Mr. Selfe appeared for the
prosecution, and Mr. Jet! defended Deeley, on whose
behalf he spoiled for the admission of the evidence of
Lice other prisoners. Prosecutor had been drinking deeply
curing the day, and on leaving the Whimsey Inn at Mid-
night he Ilea garotted by Deems, who held him down on
the ground while the female prisoners searched Ina
pockets. Louisa Lewis, whose indictmen in the same
ease %as ignored by the Grand Jury, was examined to-
xether with the two female prisoners on behalf of Deeley.
heir evidence, hoverer, was contradictory. Deeley aud
Roberts were found guilty ; the prisoner Southall war
acquitted. Several previous convictions for similar
charges were proved against Deeley and Roberts. The
wrier was sentenced to penal servitude for seven years,
and the latter to 1$ in-nths. hard labour.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-07-23

THE IRON TRADE.

WOLVERHAMPTON, 'refine*lay.

On 'Change here to-day business transactions
were exceedingly few in number. The week im-
mediately following a Quarterly Meeting is never
a busy time. and meetings of the ironmastens
now are especially bare of new business. Every
one is extremely apprehensive as to the future,
and until they can see further ahead hu)ers will
not make purchases. South Staffordshire, how-
ever, it is believed, will not be materially affec-
ted by the war for certainly a few weeks ; but
trade generally is so greatly disturbed that it is
ahuost impossible to say how iron will be influ-
enced. The works keep steadily and quietly oc-
cupied. Prices are about the same as they were
last week.

So much of the iron business of this district
is transacted by bill, that the announcement re,
ceived at the Birmingham Exchange, on Thurs-
day, of the advance of the Bank rate of discount
from 3to 3-1 per cent, was regarded by many of
the ironmasters as a commercial evil, scarcely
less to be deplored than the war itself. For
. some time past, since the upward movement in
pig-iron set in, the margin of profit on manufac-
tured iron has notoriously been extremely nar-
row, and now, what with the ill-timed agitation
for an advance of wages on the one hand, and
the rise in the rate of discount on the other,
even this scanty margin would seem to be threat-
ened. Fortunately, the war, as yet, dues not
appear to have done much harm to the midland
iron trade, and if it has somewhat checked
foreign orders, it has at the same time brought
about a more favourable state of things in ano-
thee respect, by arresting the advance of pig.
iron. No quotable decline in this commodity
was established on Thursday, but rates for nearly
all kinds of pig were reported easier, and the
feeling was general that they must give way still
further before long.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-07-23

nilltt.ry

claim to re-enter Germany by the side of the Germane toe;
she has no advantage of situation, for Prussia can invade
her in me easily than she can invade Prussia ; and she has no
advantage of numbers, for P. ussla cast Went all the soldier-.
any generals can handle with effect She eaten on war in
her os n strchgth I mly, amid the disapprobation of Europe,
tinder the 'cadetship of a man of sixty-two, who has Rev,?
shown any capacity for generalship, and who sets before hint
as an end to do what has never yet been done—to turn a
nation's history back.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-07-23

BIRMINGHAM.

ON SATURDAY, JULY 50th, an
EXt. ['BIGGS TRAINS sill leave Woreester
(Shrub Hui) at 230 p.m °Reich 2.10, Kidderminster
30, aim Stlmr,,,,ge 3.15 p m., for BIRMINGHAM.
lhe I:etm, rtn .11, I vte Birmingham (Snow Hill
Stalin,tt 1

Fur iUrL t liana 111119.
4. LiRIELSON, tieneral Manager.
Paddington. July, 1670

aAj. R.

The Public in recpectfulle hiferteed that 1 Orteal
IiILITARY FETE AND /-": 4T,P.

Will take piers at the
ROBIN HOOD PLEAA'RE °ROL bc,

.

RILL, Near BM tRLEF If ILL.

ON MONDAY, JULY. THE UHO,

The following Band. Are Engago

WORCEsTE IiSHIRE MILITALY BAND,

trder the direction of Yr. W. Po d.
DUDLEY ORCHESTRAL BAND,
Which will accimpatl the Vocalists.
BARTLEY'S QUADRILLE BAND,
For Deming on the tireen.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-07-23

vFIII DISCOURAGING FOR THE FRIENDS OF PEACE.

The lirituda Gov..rument has appealed to France to r, pent
the principles accepted in 1856: it has made an offer of friendly
mediation ; the attempt has helm misoccessful, and the war
takes its course. In another week discussion on the moral
rights of the Hohenzollern-Benedetti quarrel may he drowned
in the 'launder of artillery and the shows of half a million
of combatants. Under such circumstances it is useless to
Pursue the question of culpability, or to momle the
recriminations ,-1 the two caries Bistory as have to
no thin; for the present we may prepare to listeu
to the more tremendoip arguments which the two disputants
Will Ally Wee. ILI, said that a war between France and
Germany has hero f ,r years Me, itub'e, and that t•o: technical
cause of it lent no mere real importance tan the tent is tea
sermon. Let It be on Let us suppose that where two Mel
mighty Monarchies abut on each other they can no more
escape collision than the thunder clords can withhold their
flash It tea fatali,t sort of doctrine, hut nn t very encouraz
rior for those who 110 our to make the world better than it
and who hoped that educatnn and mutual intxrcouree would
have s,if ten, d the jealousies between tante., rnoit intellectual
nations of the Continent.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-07-23

SALOON STEAMER

"PERSEVERASCE,"

Will Run from Stourport to
HOLT AND WORCESTER EVERY SENDAY

Throughout the Sommer,

IStartiny front Stourport at 10.15 in the .Moritiug
;old at 6 150 the Evening.

The Steamer returns from Woreeil,r 3.0 and ar-
rival, at Stool' ort. allowing neatly on r taper%
'u-fare the arrival of the Parliaments.: r• 1, to luckier.
~moer ard Stoarbrvi.ze
Vt
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1 I. I it,turn, J.
, 41 ; no Lunt, Is.

nt
plea,ute Loa.. 01 et tr y 11.,enruon for 8.1. 0, Hire.
*CUBLS STEVENS, Pm:Wm
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-07-23

DANGER OF A PRUSSIAN MAIL
STEAMER

Considerahie excitement was canted Istth at Wey-
mouth and Portland on Monday evening by the
appearance of a very fine Prussian steamer, which had
put into Portland Loads to avoid bring captured by
two French frigates thich were oil the lo k-out for
her in the Channel. The steirner proved to be the
Alkmania, one of the North Gaines Lloyd's mail
packets bound from New York for Hamburg and
Southampton, with mails and passengers. It seems
that once war has been declared between France and
Prussia two French frigates have been exulting in the
Outline' on the look-out for this class of vesiels.
When the Attemania was about eight miles from Port-
land an Leglith Jammer, srippeaed to be the Lana
which left Southampton in Sunday with sealed
orders, spoke her, telling her to put jot° the nearest
Fort, as two French frigatex were on the look out for
her. Acting on this adviue, th, captain of the mail
steamerran into Portland Roads between three and four
o'clock on Monday afternoon, taking up a position
inside the breakwater, and chive to her Majesty's Bhi I)
BO3eAswen. The At/emania would have been a capital
10.4? had she fallen in with the French ships of war.
as, in addition to having a v cry heavy mail, she had
£l.o 000 in specie on beard, atid about 100 passengers.
Abut three o'clock on Tuerds y morning the APernonta
left Portland-roads for South,aniptom taking the pre-
cautical, however, tn keep as ri 005t0 the then as poi-
at&
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-07-23

FISH.

Herrings, pickled, 300. to 38&; ditto red, 200. to 251 ror
barrel ' • bloaters, 43. to 5,.; kippers, 4s. to 54. per boo ;
turbots, 63 to 164; brill, 331. to Sr curb; plaice, 6s. to
Its ; trewl haddocks, 61. to 10s. per box ; snit., Is. to Ss 61.
per pelr ; whitings, 53. to 7s. 61 per haeket; Wont, Ic;
esll.l, 1. 10 la Id. per pound; mackerel, Ss. to as. per
dote, ; smoked haddocks, 20e. to 333 per barrel red mal-
lets, 61 to 84 ; lobsters, 10s. to 161.; crabs, Ba. to 15..
=lsm ; native oysters, ; commons, 101. 10 30e. per

POTATORS.
Supplies 0 Eon lists pots.toes base been abort; of ll2n
toad. Tne trade has been doll, At previous quotat;
Enid's& Shaw. 7. to 7. 61 ; Sussex Irldn•ye, Ut lid to lit;
ditto round., Ge. 61. to 7s. 61. ; and French at To. to Cs. pPr
cwt.

TALLOW.

The market has been firm. Y.C., rpot, rar. per cwt
Town tallow, ar. Pd. net& cub
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-07-23

"OUT OF EVIL COMETH GOOD."

" It may lie that title war fever may e;entually do the
Parisians good. I: may prove a connter-Irrltant It may
cure them of that other fever of frivolous folly, eissipatton,
Of at per fligagy, in which they have been indulging for so Ping
a pvrind, our which culminated in the great orgies of at?.
eirtarly I fancy that St. do COVldid no longer treads the
pavement of the Bsulevard de Good, or lounges over the
balcony of the Jockey Club with his wonted assertion
of fatuous supremacy. He has had a long dny of it,
And it is time for bite to revert to the status
he e-joyed ander the First Empire ; that cf the
Pekin tinselling before the fore- dragon who mop.gered by, clicking his spurs, aim hit, eatenin cc if the
pekin's ears with hls long sword. Already I fancy that the
reign of the Cocottes threatens to lose something of its des.
potiern. I passed a good many of the bettil g shops which
she police have lately enffsred to be put up in the most
trrqoeirtol parts of Parrs, and a inui of which are conducted
•.s. Li evo y grantlear reale. I rej Iced greatly to weer,
dor to. so g •norm r.O dents mere all Mr erstirels, deserted,
save .1, thy'' on' e'n''.l,,d • barkers " attacried 4, them *at
lie batetiety buslueelat boa ; ttat it has he OW late in awaken. 1
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-07-23

-Per 81b. to. eloi the [dal

s. d d.
Infer. coarse beasts 3 0 3 8 Prime Soutbdown 5 4 8 6
Second quality .... 4 0 4 6 Large C0.1.21e calves 310 4 10
Prime large oxen.. 4 8 5 .e Prime small
Prime Scots, etc .. 5 46 6 Large hogs ..... 4 66 4
Infer. come .keep 3 4 3 8 Neat small porkers 6 4 5 8
Second quality .... 310 4 0 Suckling calves.. 22 026 0
Pr, coecte woolled 4 86 2 Qr. old store pigs-22 0 26 0
Lambs. Gs. 44. to es. 84.

METROPOLITAN MEAT MARKET.—MONDAY.
Limited supplies of meat have been on sale here to-day.
For all quail:lea the demand has been firmer, and price. have
under:—

ruled

Per 81n, by the carcase.
s. d s d s. d. s. d.
Inferior beef ...... 3a3 8 1 inferior motion 3lO 4 0
AltddLlng ditto .... 3 8 4 0 Middling di.to 4 0 4
Prime larva ditto .. 484 10 I Prime ditto
Prime email ditto.. 4 10 5 0 Large pork k 8 4 0
Veal .
Lamb. On. Bd. to Sc. Oil.
HOPA.

Hop prospects are decidedly favourable. A heavy crop Is
expected At the Borough very little business has been doing,
and prices are almost nominal. Qultatinos are :—Mid and
East Bents, to £.U7 12s ; Weald of Bents.
misses, £5125.10 66 Us.; Bavarians. aes to £9; French.
515 to Le los. ; Americsns, 55. to ; and Yearlings, £1
105. tcsl3 151. per cwt.
WOOL.

The declaration of war between France and Prussia has
injuriously effected the wool trade Al the public Roc, of
Abide' produce biddinge have been much lose brbk, end
prlcce have receded Id to per lb. English wool has
been dud and drboping. current prices of ruglien
wool :—Fleecee tioutt.down hoggeta Is. to Is. Oid. ; half-
bred ditto, Is. 24. to Is /id. ; Kent fleece., la Idle Is. ;
Southdown MVOS and wethers, Is. to la bid ; Leiceeter ditto,
I. Id. to Is. lid. Sort.: Clothing, Is. 10 la 411. ; comb-
ing, lid. to Is. 84.5.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-07-23

EXCITEMENT IN 3IANCHESTER.

There was a good deal of excitement on the F.xchatigo nn
Mondsy on the subject of the war, and it was stated th.t
some German homes had availed th,mselves of excuses to
repodiate contracts In one case, where a first delivery of a
lingo order for cloths was a few duos behind time, the order
hal been cancelled. To a great extent business has been
suspended, and the offers maki,g are few and at I.)w prices.
Makers of cloth quote list week's rates, and nominally there
Is but little change in values.

DETERMINED TO HAVE WAR

_ .
The Timm' Berlin correspondent says
. . .

- -
"It did not require Napoleon's unscrupulous conduct In
sivideuli jumping out of the midst it lessee into the midst of
sear to prove to the Germinal that, then.di he might challenge
their King, it was in reality themselves, their °wintry, their
property, and their iodepeudence that he aim,tl at. If any-
thing had been wanting to iii' deulate this conviction, the
heaped up an the King must hate opened the
eyes of the blindest. The scandalous scene at Ems
will be long remembered in tho world's annals. When
Benedetti stopped His Maj,ety in the public promenade
he committed an offence which he knew to be unpardonable
and which he foresaw must firing mutters to a heel. War
was his object, and he adopted the nICILIIS at once most
friv. t ots and certain to bring it on. He coveted immediate
coldlic,, having secretly armed beforehand, and he payee-
troted no outrage stye to be iestaetly resented by the King,
no matter whether his people were ready for the fight. But
even this was not enough. To make assurance doubly sure.
and render an adjustment utterly impeesible. weather, and
equally iesolent, act was devised by the French G•verrinient.
0.1 the 11th, the day before Beaedettts assault, the
Doc tie Gramont told Baron Wenner the German
Ambaesaeor at Paris, thst France would not he
flattened naless the King of Brinell wrote an autograph
letter to Napoleon asking his pentois for what had happened.
• This letter, it was added, would ba published forthwith, anti
mu.t contain no alludeu to the near blood relationship be-
tween the llobetizollern--igmarineen family anti the I:oha-
pe,te t. because any anch allusion would at tile present j lec-
ture give erent offence at Faris. Of course Bann Werther
decibel tr) deliver the message. I lows yen to Beagle° the
Impression produced here by these exploits of French
diplomacy."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-07-23

WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET.

FRIDAY

Wheat was quoted 7s per quarter dearer than
last Friday, but the tone of the trade was some-
what calmer than in the early part of the week.
There were large arrivals into Liverpool, and
the brilliant weather makes buyers cautious.
Barley, oats, and beans •2s per quarter dearer.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-07-23

KIDDERMINSTER.

CONCEALMkST OF BIIIIII.—At the Worcester Assizes
before Mr. Justice Mellor, on Saturday last, Eliza Bad
land, the bill against whom tor having murdered her in-
fant child had been ignored by tue Grand Jury, was
charged with concealment of birth, to which she pleaded
guilty. Mr. Godson and Mr. Griffiths were retained for
the prosecutiou, and Mr. Streeten for the defence. Mr.
Strecten urged the good character previously borne by
the prisoner. The learned Judge remarked that he could
not divest his mind of the suspicious circumatances at-
tending the case. kind the deliberation with which the
prisoner had acted. Sentenced to eight months hard
labour.
LONY CASE.—At the Worcester Assizes, on Satin..
day, Mary May, aged 10, labourer, was indicted for steal.
Mg- one boot on the 13th of July, at Dudley, tbe pro-
party of inmag Shakespeare. Mr. Godson prosecuted.
rhe prisoner entered the prosecutor's shop, and having
broken the string by which a pair of strong men's boots
were hung, she concealed one of them under shawl. She
was detected in the act, and upon the boot being taken
from her, alleged that she had no intent:Lou to steal, but
merely to inquire the price. The jury r eturned a verdict
of guilty, and several previoue convictions having been
proved against the prisoner, she was sentenced to seven
years' penal servitude.

coulZl
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-11-26

THE PRICE OF BUTTER.

Our complaint of the.high price of butter are echoed
from the other side of the Atlantic. The Noe Yol,
Tuna says :

"In 1852 it was complained in a New York paper that the
wholesale price of butter (then 13 to 16 cents for Ohio, and
II 10 18 cents for Western Na. York doubled every 20ye1rs.
In 1e53 theru was a great stir about some farmers receiving
35 cents per p dind for very choice butter, delivered at the
residence of the buyer. In September and October, 1561,
after the beginning of the war, plenty of the best butter re-
tailed in the market at 21 to 22 cents. At one edurlng
the war it went up to 75 cents, and farmers long camg tens-
ciouely to war prices; but eventually the price of butter
found lid level in 5150 mummer between 10 and 50 out&

—ln the early part of last summer It started at thirty-five
oirafr for the heat and now stands at fifty-fire cents, with
occasional choiceloto selling as high as 63 cents, the latter
baing obtaiiied by first dm grocers up town for farm' cus-
tomers. Speculators are now at work scouring the country
in every direction, buying up all the beet butler they 11411
It; their hands on. They go to 00001r7 villages, ten mites
from railroads, and make arrargemente with storekeepers
to buy in from farmers at 35 emits, the speculators paying
SU cent.. it coata shout five cents to get it to market, hi-
du ling commission, from any point in this State. The he-
manse preponderance of poor butter produced over good is
owing mainly to the ignorance arid careleseneu of the ma-
Jorliy of limits who have the management of dwirles, toge-
ther with the aversion of our American women to enter
upon the life of BOVere drudgery in.:essay in butter.
niaUtier. It haa been demonArated that the Dasher ..hursi
! Is not the thing to collect all the butter from the rsillk, and
, that the 'up sae-down movemeat Is the ouly proper churn.
Thla requires no much hard lai.cur that sucxesaluimachluiry
can alone solve the problem of Its utility. Then the Inter
hes to be worked, and for thia pup we it would weal that
the ' lie-then Chines' le every way fitted The Increasing
facilltiee for Conveying milk to New York, and the fact that
farmers reaii, more by selling it at four cents per quart
Vivo hatter at 85, has a tendency to keep op the price of the
letter. One Word shout Runt butter, to ehould be of a
golden yellow hue, without • drop 1 moisture visits, sweet
to the taste, and not too salt That which has a smeared
app trance Is either ado I tented, or Improper ly made . . .
The cheating la not all done in New York. Fernier' some-
times resort to the p Ming process, and drown the conteol•
of the tub In two or three potoide nfl Vra brine A class of
dealers mix In lard and salt with cheap rancid butter.
Buying • period of Sutter without examination, except from
the most reliable men, Is attended With about a much eer.
in May as buyhig a horse."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-11-26

THE TIME 14 RIPE!

nme of those also are aspiring to rule France presently
have the moral courage to refuse to pander to Its glori'lc Won,
no preacher ante to find a new crusade against It and to
denounce the paaston for military glory as lucorupatlble with
any intelligent conception of the Fracepis of Christianity
and of its beatitudes! (writes a cormpondent of The Times)
live time is ripe. I see one inan has boldly uttered lately lu
Paris some noble words—Falser Hyacinthe No longer
let us teach our children that the great glory I. that of con-
queror.. Mothers, you who Itaten to me, teach your children
tint the wan who make. two blades of grass to grow where
there was only one before has dorm more humanity than the
conqueror who has gained twenty battles, that one ought to
show for the Independence of hat:ons the same respect as
tor the modesty of womanhood, and that it is as cursedly
aids. criminal to insult • mighbouring Bustled as to sutler
it to violate oue's own couhtry."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-11-26

QUIET HEROISM.

The followinp anecdote is related by a medical officer who
was in Meta during the siege :—Among the articles which
ran very short settee siege progremed was chloroform. After
one of the sorties a moldier earns to the hospital with his
hand smashed by a pie ce of a shall. A brief examination
showed that some of the shattered bones must be removtd.
" Da you wish to be insensible chile the operation is being
performed r asked the surge n. " I should think so," the
aoldier answered ; "I have been sufferieg terribly for the
last two hours, and I do not Lelieve that I could
support any further pain." The surgeon was silent
It was a very painful operation, but the chloroform was all
but gone. "Why do you a•k, Si. le doctiter"—the soldier
went on, after a ranse—"lilt that the stuff that makes one
sleep is getting short S'' Terribly short," the surgeon said
—" it ha. nearly come to WI end." The soldier was silent
for a minute or two, then he said, " Very well, St. Is docteur,
then I will do a ithout It some of those who have worse
wounds than I have all want it more: only be quick
about It ' So saying, the soldier Intl down, stuffed
his neckhandkerchief Into his mouth, and belt out
his hand for the, p ration lobe perforated. There DA quiet
heroism *Nutt these traits which throw into the shade many
deeds of daring and gallantry Here wee a poor fellow,
weakened by many hours of intense suffering. and yet quie•ly
relinquishing the me of the chloroform in ottler that it might
be Sept for others who might want it more. That a man in
full health and vim ur sh..uld have made ouch a sacrifice
would have been noble, but for one already weakened by
acute alibi to consent to abandon the alleviation of Ins torture
was true heroism.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-11-26

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the week as. possible.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-11-26

'TL S TIME ILLUSIONS SHOULD CEASE !

Sever clot the I'Lr'• papers of latest date manifest a degree
of.impatichce at the absence of all external ald, and discuss
the question whellor the eat Hal ought to be required to sa.
mince itself for the sake of an Instillsriot country. A letter
In the !Mato of the Lh, says Its, time for illusions to
' • cease ; 'now or never Is the hour to bololy to look the reality
In the face. We are vanquished. We are expiating the
blunder. of that Government which, Whim to pieces, has
involved Ds In its fall. Toe sir render of Metz to thy unhappy
counterpart of Sedan. In this terrible duel between two na-
tl, f night mit under the eyes of ell the European Powers,
France lies prostrate, beaten, and wounded Can it, While
.0 Its ocunifie are still open, preacribe abeolute conditi.ms ?
Can it • peak 5,51 It were the v•ctrions panty? No, that is
lined cede. Paris has motet dy equ'pped itself for it i
defenf ;It lase become r uneVe :it may he to. o.r
• eqs lit,lll WV Lot Corer, Ul with arms ; but alas ' they will
ofe,pow, us by famine . . . We meat not delude our-
s:ls es ; the prelatic... see but little in a p anion to help WI
they are tidenaelves a prey t s the invasion, and the enemy's
requisition. filt them with ruts and desolation. What
will tappers, then, If Pert., the beleagnered city, is confined
tolls own respurces t It will saccurnb. Prussia in 1806 was
In a still more Animate position than nuns : it knew how to
geslgq ;Med t •it aid al terwards to erect Itself again. Let us
then act as reaecaub!• tootle, tot us make ap dal el, bet tern.
pone y, sacrifice, and when by yuses we regain onr freedom
at cc son, It u. lush energy aed patfiX6l,l set to work to
redeem our lost dignity. Thank Heaven, we can exist for •
time on our antecedents; they are sufficiently famous. Let
us by our moral enesey, our patriotism, and our determine,
ti become again what we formerly were, and this we shall
do, mime' dly If Co transitory disgrace which the Imperial
Havernmeut has brought upon us serves its • salutary lest on'
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-11-26

THE ARMY Or THE LOIRE.

The Electeur Libre of the Bth advises the Army of the
Loire not to accept battle, but to smite with Bourhalers army
in the north, esta,dish itself at Lille and Arras, victual Unit
from the c,at, and then relieve Paris. The Parisians It re-
"anemia to ta,se parallels and attack the Gems. lines. It
mores a clot, meeting, which petitioned the G .vernenent to
keep the gates of the enc .1,1(8 closed, "In order to prevent
all intercourse of spies with the Prussiani, who are at present
daily inforined of whit Is said and done in the capital." The
pretended potato-diggers, It he suggested, require to he
Ftrittly watched, as tney are said to carry newspapers and
lettaa In their sacks to the German outpost. The frequency
of drunker nese aurin.g the soLliers Ls censured, and the "h-s-
-vernment Is advised to diminish their rations of wine It Is
ale° coui,seded to allow harstfis.li to civilians only twice s
ii week. that the supply may not he too soon exhausted. An
filet! 'attuned no states that batter 1, 00 longer to he had,
and ttivt lard and grease are much adulterated with cocoanut
nod ogler oils usually employed in the manufacture of
pomade.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-11-26

THE MANCHESTER REFORM UNION.

At the weekly meeting of the National Ref rm Union,
held In Maw:linter on Tuesday night, the :tha,r,nll), Mr.
George Wilson, spike strongly against the idea of war with
Resale England had no more to do with the Treaty of
Part. than any of the other Powers, and why should she
alone endanger her commerce for the sake of supporting the
independence of the TurklahExipirrl He announced. amid
loud cheers, Vat the subject would be specially considered
at the next meeting of the Union, and that Mr. Rylands.
M F, and Mr. Jac ,b Bright, M.P., would address the meet.
log In favour of the maintenance of peace. He deplored
exceedingly the action which was threatened by the London
merchants, to hold a public meeting for the purpose of
urging on her Naiad) 'a Ministers the maintenance of the
Treaty of Paris, and he rebuked the P.ers for fostering a
war .pirlt. Mr. Henry Richards, Mi,, then addressed the
Union n the lessons of the present war, niece sting general
disarmament and the adoption of a system of international
arbitration.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-11-26

LORD BLEAFTESBURY ON TUE RrRiIAN NOTE

In connection with the foregoing, Lord Shaftesbury
has sent the following letter to The Times, for publica-
tion :

When such eminent men an Mr. Mill and Mr. Fronde
advise or denounce a course of policy, they mad always be
listened to with great respect

lloth of them speak the truth when they affirm the deep
horror of war entertaintd by the people of England, al d
both, I doubt not, speak the national sentiment In declaring
that no Janet:ll point of honour, no grandiose assertion of
dignity, should be allowed to overturn our peaceful rela-
tions with other Powers, The tone and manner if Prince
G ,rtschak nuts, odious and ungentlemanlike as It is,
ought not to runts the patience of the British people Our
bland and skilful secretary for Foreign Mill!, is more than
a match for the l'rince tocourteousdnsie.noar ; and, asking
Mel therretractatloh nor explanation of bin wonderful missive,
but Ignoring It ass mere outbreak of temper sad vulgarity.
let him promise, cvnj dotty with the other parties to the
Treaty, a full, fair, and li bend conaideratlon Of the grievances
of Russia.

Nevertheless, it must be borne in mind that all which that
Power seeks to abrogate resta on the basis of solemn Treaty;
and! treml•le to see that so MAI an authority.. Mr. Mill,
though widely different in spirit and in style, is, in respect
01 100 binding nature of covenants, at one in principle with
the Russian Chancel], Russia is resolved to violate, by
force, the terms of • Treaty because they are burdensome to
her. Mr. Mill in net disposed to observe them, when called
in question, unless they be so convenient that the country
would be ready to enter on them afresh.
- -

Such principles as these are abaolutely fatal. They stand
In the way or all peaceful solution., of all permanent arrange.
ments. Every one now Is panting with desire to see the
termination of this dreadful war between France Rod Ger-
many. But how c lathe parties come together for any useful
issue under this new Interpretation of the law of nations k
Every chine of a proposed Treaty will be subjected to
mental reservalMn ; clot under the language ot grave
procuise and seh ma engagement will Ile force and oppor
tunny, the real meaning of the thing, whenever they can be
advantageously ex reined.

_ ---
If this vlew be c.ddlrmed by public opinion, It will be
well that Eng'a ofat least, havir.g got rid of the present
Treaty, should take good care never to contract another for
any purpose or with any people.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-11-26

THOMAS 1 "OMER.

AUCTIONEER AND GENERAL VALUE' ,
FIVR WAYS, CRAILEY HEATH.
Respectfully solicit. the patronage and support of
numerous friends, and the Public generally

Charges strictly Moderate.

MR. JAMES BOSTON HEYS, Protestot
of Music, High-street, Cradley Heath.
N.B.—All kinds of litudeal lostrea ecte tuaed
repaired.
New Music at Bill-price.
PIANOFORTICS 701 BATE 01 HIRE
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-11-26

AN EXHIBITION AT A FAIR.

The Kiuguton Magistrates have investicated a charge
brought by the It i) at Society for tlie Prevention of
Cruelty to Aninishe against three German.. named
Carlo Herman, Francisca Herman, and Otto Herman,
for cruelly torturing a bear and six evolves, and for
let ring a boar for baiting purport's. Police-constable
Radtke was sworn as interpreter, and stated that the
defendants pleaded not guilty. Mr. ('clam, secretary
to the society, attended to proseente, and, having
stated the nature of the charge, and explained the law
in reference thereto, called W. Peet, an officer of the
society, who dated that the defendants had an exhibi-
tion in the fair-field of a hi sr and six writers, which be
went to see. As soon am he got inside the tent, he saw
the defendant Otto Herman go into a den where a
Lear was (ham,' very short, leaving the animal only
about nix ;1141,1 1.1 chain to movo its head. Ho had a
stick. no d *truck the bear's paws three or four times
cti and imam the Anil, it nay out an if in pain.
Lear thee tent its head under a flange which held
ilie 1 .ie, wh.ft t be .:• fendant poked it with a stick on
•he ,c jaw, ode ': made the bear very ferocious.
:!oer.e of tee per*, ine .he exhibition cried "Shame !"
ad w. ot away. that the defendant Carlo
11, "wan entered a di. motaining six wolves, carrying
a tin n rod in cacti hand. As soon as be got in.
Bile ti's rushed at in, when he struck one of
them en the *oared ace., _ 'ciatiked it down, and several
more pt-1.011. left tine show disgusted. The defendant
gave up the iron rods on being la oneated, but intimated
that they bad it Iggers and piatole in case they wanted
to use them.

Mr. l'yne, & surveyor residing at Kingston, corrobo-
rated the evidence of last witness.
Arthur Cheery, veterinary surgeon, said the evidence
he had heard bore out his own experience, having
before Been the " exhitition" and examined the bear,
which he found very emaciated and blind, both eyes
having been injured.
. . .

the di-fellow:it Carlo sail the hear was very few.
ClOO9, and had kill, tl a wan in Cologne. It transpired
that the defendants hail been before three I. ,n.lon
magistrates, and bad been dißeharged each time. The
Bench tined tin ni Ws. each, including costa, or twenty.
one days. Defondants gave notice of appeal against
the decision.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-11-26

COMPLETION OF THE NEW SCHOOL

BUILDINGS.

1111 HE above Schools having beau
enlarged, it is proposed to re-opan abaft !oral!
PARTY, OU MONDAY EVENING, Novnina IS, 1810;
after which there will be a MUSICAL INTERIM/-
MEET, with Addresees and Readings from Clergyman
and others : at which WILLIAM ROBRRTS,
preside.

_
Mra. FENNELL, Misa DAVIS, and Mr. JARMO
MATHEWS, will take part in the Musical Arrangements.
Tea nu the Table at Sir pm. punctually.
Adniimion (by Ticket only) one Shilling melt.
The proceeds will be spplledie the townting of the
new Room, and to the providing additional Wiwi boobs
and Apparatus.
Donations towards the flehool Fuels will be thank-
folly received from those nimble to attend,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-11-26

No. 349

SALBB BY AUCTION.

PORRIDGE HALL ESTATE,
LYE.

VALUABLE FREEHOLD BUILDING LAND,
HOUSES, Ac.
Mew.

OATES, PERRENS, and WOOLDRIDGE
are favoured with instructions, to SELL by AUC-
TION, at the HOLLY BOSH INN, Lye, On WIDIIMIDAY,
the 7th day of llscaliaaa, 1870, at 811 o'clock in the
Evening, eubieet to Cooditions:—
. ....

SereiT very desirable FREEHOLD TENEMENTS,
or DWELLING-HOUSES, with BUILDING LAND
atteehed, in Three Lots; and 42 Parcels of valuable
FREEHOLD BUILDING LAND, having excellent
budging Frontages to thejload leading froni Hay Green
to Careless Green, to the Dark Lane, and to. newly
laid-ant street, leading out of the Dark Lam into the
tirstisuentitmett Road. _ _ _

Partsculers and Plana, with any loathe( Inkunation,
way be bad 01 Naomi. rearms, (hada, and Wawa,
theteeears, Stoarbridge ; o el Illeamt. Charm, Ponero,
sae %.,06.1.1dige, Land agesta, Stourbnage.

OROWINO TIMBER,

UN KENTICH HILL kSTATE, KINVEK, NEAR
NTOL'ItIiKIDOE.
MLBSlis.

OATES, PERItENS, and WOOLDRIDGE
an favoured with inetructions from II . L.
St ebb and Sea., to SIiLL by AUCTION, at the Weirs.
thaw IM,, KINVYN, on TUSSLAY, Discessans 6th, 1870,
at lour o'clock in the Afternoon, 468 TIMBEIi and
other 'l'ltEkla, now standing upon the Einver lull
Estate, in Lot*, es follows :
Lot 1.-2 Oak, I Ash, 21 Elm, 1 Wysh Elm, 5 Poplar,
7 Sycamore, 8 Beech, 20 Larch, 5 Chestnut, 29 Fir, and
2 Vs gnu% Treed, numbered Ito 103 inclusive. With this
Lot will be included the randerwood in the two Fences in
which trees Nos. 101, 102, and 106 stand.
Lot 2.-1 Ash, and 52 Elm Trees, numbered from 104
to 156 inclusive.
Lot 3.-3 Oak, 11 Ash, 32 Elm, 21 Wyeh Elm, 17
Sycamore, 2 Cheetuut, 1 Cherry, and 16 Lyme Tre,s,
numbered 167 to 259 inclusive.
Lot 4.-6 Oak, 13 Ash, 42 Elm, 11 Wych Elm, 3
Sycamore, I Beech, 8 Larch, and 4 hr Trees, numbered
260 to 314 inclusive.
Lot 5.-8 Lab, 66 Elm, and 13 Wych Elm Trees, num-
Oared 1345 to 416 Inclusive.
Lot 6.-11 Oak, 1 Ash, 34 Elm, 4 Wych Elm, and 2
Chestnut Trees, numbered 417 to 468 inclusive.
The Lots adjoin good road., and are convenient for
canal sceommodations. The Trees are lengthy, sound,
and clean, and some are of large dimensions.
Particulars may be had of the Auctioneers, Stour-
bridge; at the Place of Sale; or of Mr. Hardy, at
kinver Hill harm, who will cause the Lots to be 'hewn.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-11-26

WHEN WILL THE PEN DE USED 7

The arthdly gold pen, In Imitation of a quill, which was
recently mentioned as having been made by Pen. Bissluger,
jeweller, if Pforzheim, with a view to Count Bism.srck sign-
ing the treaty of peace with it, he been presented to the
Count, who, In acknowledging It, wrote Your beautiful
and very artistic present has been &livered to me by Herr
Jolly. I furl some tilnimitiz in knowing how to express my
Sneaks for it, At • time when .the sword of the German
nation hns peWouned such Illustrious feats, pm render the
n almost too much honour In making it so c dtly. I con
only hope that the use to which you have destined the pen
In the service of our country may conduce to its rnnnent
welfare In a fortunate peace, end I can promise you that,
with God's h. Ip, it shall in my hand Katmai's., nothing an.
of Gordan feeling and cf the German sword."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-11-26

THE IRON TRADE.

WOLVERIIAIIPTON, 11.c/wit/ay.

The ironmasters hero to-day were in other
than a cheerful mood during the greater part ul
the two hours devoted to business. Fears were
generally expressed that the Duseitin difficulty
would quickly develop itself into open hostilities
between this country cud the great Northern
Power. As 'Change closed, a telegram arrived
intimating that the reply of Russia was believed
to be unsatisfactory, and that applications had
been received by the Lioverunient from the Sul•
tau which showed the belief of Turkey that she
will be attacked. This news increased the de-
pression, and the market broke up gloomily.
'The conclusions were the less satisfactory be-
cause of the belief, generally entertaiued, that
the Franco-Cerium' war will be protracted
beyond all previous calculation. At present,
however, there is a fair amount of work being
done at the mills and forges, chielly upon old
orders. New specifications are rule.
lug for fur pig-iron, prices are net etroug, and to.
day finiehed iron was offeied at, in few CaSeb,
tcruis decidedly in favour of purchasers. Thu
anticipations as to the endurance of the French
nation in its struggle with lierniany were cue,
sidcrably strengthened by the statement that
orders of a very valuable kind had just been
placed in the district by the commercial repro-
eentatives Of the War Department of France.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-11-26

THE GAS QUESTION AT CRADLEY HEATH.
To the Editor ot the " Observer."

Sin,—ln the first week in November I sent you •letter
in reference to the above important question, which IS
now agitating this district. I complained, and I think
justly, that we were paying more for the prise of ems
than any other town in this district, and quoted several
places that were paying as low as 2/7, 2/8, and 9/9, while
we are paying 4/6. I also recommended that we should
erect our own works as upwards 5,000 shares were tusk
up. But in consequence of some of the committee bay-
ing had an interview with the directors, they were in-
duced to let the matter stand over for a time; jest the
time to prevent us from applying for an Act of Parlia-
ment this !minion. I think your readers must now ad.
mit that I was a prophet ; for surely as I stated, se
things have come to pass. The director, knew welltbst
if they could hoodwink the committee to let the matter
stand over until the day they appointed to give an answer,
it would be too late for us to move in the matter. The
queatina now, Mr. Editor, is, what haa been the result?
Why the directors are applying to Parliament to get an
Act. The preliminaries have been gone into, the &dm-
tisements bsive been inserted in the various papers re-
quired by law, giving notice, and all they bare to do is
to push it through the Session as fast as possible, and so
obtain what they required. Ido not say that they have
not • right to do this, as they are quite justified in pro-
tecting themselves by every legal means they may think
proper, butt do complain of them in the way they hove
done in soft-soaping over the deputation by receiving
them in a courteous manner, and so p ting us from
applying for an act to get our own works erected. Bet
it is no use complaining now. The directors have gained
a chalk, and it is for us to see how we can checkmate
them in the neat move; and what I shall recommend to
the gas consumers is, to get a petition signed by every
gas consumer in the district, place it upon the file, and
employ some first-rate barrister, and so oppose the bill
when it comes before the committee. I see from your
long report in last week's Observer that the director. have
offered • reduction of sixpence in the 1,0041 This, I
contend, is uut sufficient, and unless they consent to
give us li• we should oppose them tooth and nail. I
was glad to are from the report that the meeting %mini-
mously refused to accept the sizpence, and I trust that
not only the gag committee, but that every consumer will
do his best to obtain funde for the opposition, and so
show them that we are determieed to have what is fair
and right conceded to us, aa it must be clear to all of Us
that the directors Can well afford to redu:s the gas one
shilling per thousand. If they say they cannot then I
ea), lot them sell the works to us at • fair valuation, and
I have but little doubt that we shall be &Mg moon to gat it
down to 2 6 per thousand, and make a good profit be-
sides.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-11-26

THE ABUNDANCE OF FRENCH SPIES.

T nes Is swarming with spies: I do not mean Prussian
*plea, but eld en3i4oles of H. Plan, either on half.pay or out
of work, and on the look out for • JO. Many of thorn are
well lendwn by eight to Paris bablener. home, fleecy, must
be working blmost as amateurs, from love of their old traee,
and with scarcely • hope of even long-deferred remuners•
The tribe generally is tolerably well uiressed and hes
plenty of pocket money. They buzz in and out of the prin.
riPM rule, twenty times • day, evading when they can the
Inevitable queen '• Wed rogue Moheieur veal prendre I"
Inn gill frequently praying for consommatton They get
Ine,neenfently, often Impudently, neer to people who are
talking, and do nut scrunfe to laok over the shoulder of
writing. Often they eildeavour to scrape
req. ,ihiance under the pretext of Junibg in a uoa.
versa:ion et genual Interest, or asking whether you
are not a orticulat friend of M. Dupont, of
the Rue Scribe. When fonod out or itypected, they take a
teiniff meekly, minter something about their extreme seen-
tfvei u-s on the point of honour, but look a little abashed, and
avoid try lug it on in the rame quarter again. These gentry
hang all tiny shunt the corners of the streets abutting oy
tie Rue It uyele, and fellow asybodyabout yawse busby isle
Tam no y ere not sufficiently informed. When they see
their attentions are pee dyed tney turn down the flat side
street and lock carisieus4 Int a ibie resigning the chase,
very probably, to some colleague. In the mighbourhood of
the ArehtiCon• the Prefecture, and the Hotel de Bordeaux,
they abound day and night—Carreepondent of Daily News.