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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-03-18

METZ IN MOURNING.

A French correspondent of the Manchester °median
writea under date of Mete, March 7:—
The incorporation of Metz with Germany's sanctioned by
the treaty of peace. Our unhappy population is plunged in
stupor and desolation. Its attitude on the announcement of
the new treaty was full of dignity, but the present grief is all
the more poignant because the previous illusions were so
great. The popular element was unwilling to believe is the
annexation, and so was the immense majority of the upper
Ouse.. Pr ople could not imagine that a city which is French
to the backbone quite as much as Orleans or Toure could be
placed under the German yoke. Outside Metz, even in
France, lit, believed that this city, being situated so close to
Germaoy, has German sy I.pathiee, and le attached to its
neighbour at least by the knowledge of their language. This
is a complete mistake. Among the people there Is not one
person In a hundred who speaks or even understands a single
word of German. And this was Just the same in past times.
Germany, Lam aware, lays claim to Metz on vihat she
' terms historic grounds : but a careful study of the past
will show that there is no foundation for these pretensions.
the district of Metz formed part of the great empire of
Charlemagne, which Included not only France, but also a
large portion of Germany. Os, the decease of the great
Emperor, his Immense p ,sessions were divided among hi,
successors, and Metz became the capital of a kingdom
which was called the kingdom of Austraele and which ex.
tended from what is now Belgium as far as Burgundy. It
then no longer was part of the Empire of Germany r of the
Holy Roman Empire. It was ;not until a later period that,
by yawn of arrangements entered into, after protracted wars
between the French kings and the Emperor of Germany.
Metz, or rather the republic of Metz, was attached to the
Holy Roman Empire by. simple act of suzerainty. But this
tie was so weak, and the republic of Metz was so jealous of
its rights, that the suzerain himself, the Emperor, cold not
enter Meta except under certain conditions. For instance,
he could only be accompanied thither by • suite of 25 per-
sons. LI Owe wore 001 more Übe gem 01 hbi 04 would
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-03-18

CRADLEY FORGE.

TEA MEETING AND CONCERT. On Monday a Tea
Meeting and Concert won held in the New C
Chapel. A very large number was present. After tea
the choir, which was augmented by other choirs, gave a
grand Selection of mane. being conducted by Mr. G.
T a 11) t. The soloi were admirably sung, and were loud),
applauded, and the quartettes and chorused were given
with exceeding precision awl taste. On the shale, the
concert was a pleasing success, and the musicians heir-
tile deserved the plaudits which greeted their perfor•
minces.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-03-18

CUTTINGS FROM AMERICAN PAPERS.

The N. Y. Star publishes births under the heading,
" The happiest women in town.'

• .
Mr. Sullivan, of Lockport, New York, Introduced a
new Whin.. in aulcido by cutting his throat with a handsaw.
—New York Sun.

On hie late return to Salt Lake, 13righan3 Young
found Ms wives drawn up In • hollow square to receive
him.

A Texan lost a valuable mare, and telegraphing to
a neighbouring town to meat the thief, received the laconic
reply—Mare here; thlef hung."
An American paper in an obituary says :—" Mr.
Smith was an estimable citizen, lie died with perfect re-
signation. Ile had recently been married."
The Atalanta Sun asks :—"Why are we not to-clay
the richest people in the world The Louieville Journal
presumes it Is chiefly because there are other people In the
world who have the advantage of us In point of property.

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A dutiful son in Detroit has killed sixty•seven of
hie neighbours' cats to get money to buy his mother a bet of
false teeth. Ile has made • (inlet neighbourhood where once
was a howling wilderness, and the old woman can now eat
heartily.

Syracuse, Illinois, juries do not place a very high
value on babies. Recently a tour-year-old child was killed by
the cars 0010 that city. and the jury awarded the parents 200
dollars. Later two bear cubs were also killed by the zars, and
the jury awarded the owner 400 dollars for each cub.

A l'enosvlvania paper tvserts that the Rufferer from
a heavy robbery in the oil regions has employed lawyers to
defend two of the men accused of robbing him, that he may
not be compelled to pay the reward of 10,000 dols., he off ered
for their arrest and conviction.

It is said that if a woman would paint the skin of the
face blue at the corner of the eyes furs small space, shading
off In the direction of the ear, It would give a languishing
softness t • the countenance, and make the greatest of shrews
look lovely, mild, ad meek. Here is • chance for tens of
thousands to jump at.

-
A man in Sparta, Wisconsin, wishing to present an
organ to a church, wrote to a friend In New York to know
what it would cost to get one He received a reply that he
could get a little organ for 1,000 dollars, but "If you exj Oct
to get to heaves on the organ dodge," you had better Invest
about 6,000 dollars. Ile took the high priced one.
The New York Tl'vorld elipwifieri explosive compounds
In the order of their comparative danger, as follows :
Kerosene. nitro-glycerine, dynamite, Cincinnati whisky, gun-
powder, and last doughnuts. In explanation it says " rho
blasting powder of the last named mixture Is not generally
known; but a gentleman somewhere out West has lately
been blown up and seriously injured by the bursting of a
doughnut."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-03-18

PUBLIC NOTICE.

.11 HOMER, Apent, CrAiry Heat
. begs to int .xo e Putlie that be is at,.
Sl7 I'LY them 160: ONDt N DAILY NV
i'APELS. .

or ORDER AT ONcE,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-03-18

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PLAYING CARDS
YING CARDS, Is.

p(JAYING CARDS, is. 6.4.

pT,AYING CARDS, 2s.

pLAYINO CARDS, 3s.

pLAYINC CARDS, B. Q.

CHILDREN'S PICTORIAL PUZZLI
BOORS, 19.

PRESENTS FOR BOYS AND OIRLS.

AN IMMENSE VARIETY AT

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TWENTY-FIVE YEARS' EXPERIENCE.

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NB.—Patients attended at their own residences,
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-03-18

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THOSE LADD S 1.0 lia‘e t,ot ct 11. e OLenha

tITAUCH, are respectfully sole -aid it a tuna.:
~.aref oily follow out the ill clii s rintid
peek:iite. It is rather more eiti.cult to niche then oti
Starches. but when this is overtime. tht y will I,
the Queen's Laundress. that it is the tint st Start), tt
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-03-18

rttlE STOURBRIDGE OBSERVES

have been domed against him Stich mkt the state of things
which lasted about live centuries, and which terminated in
the year 1552. 11 .111, therefore, be seen that the ancient
and primitive right is for Francs and not for Germany.
"To return to my fellow citizens. All soon as the news
was known the women put on mourning, the shops were
shut without any preconcerted signal, but as it were by a
kind of electric Impulse. Saturday was the day on which
the Germans celebrated the conclusion ot peace and the
cession of Metz During the whole of the morning the outer
forts and some of the batteries on the ramparts never ceased
thundering. A great many of the Inhabitants of Metz quitted
the town in order not to hear the din. This manifestation
of triumph occurred at • moment when all hearts were filled
with grief. The spire of our cathedral, although not so
gigantic a. that of Strasburg, is, nevertheless, very lofty,
and its summit extremely difficult of access. The Germane
offend 75 thalers to any workmen who would ascend to the
top and pleca there the Prussian dog-- half black and halt
white—hut everybody declined the tempting offer.
"Throughout these beautiful spring days German music Is
heard on our promenades. As soon as the musicians make
their appeaarnce, however, all the persons who are walking
or driving about hasten away, e ithout any affectation, with-
out any shouting, but with one accord. In • word, the
attitude of the population Is precisely what It ought to be—
calm, but sad, and expressive of a mute protest. It Is neces-
sary also to state that the Germant have the good taste to
respect this grief, or at least not to treat the manifestation
of it with risco..
"

--.71'h;;;;711;:r's of the Municipal Council have, of course,
given Ia their resignation, tut the German authorities have
politely requested them to zontinne itt aloe until furth.r
orders. It is One of those reettests which It would be very
difficult not to comply with"
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-03-18

OLD HILL.

ILLING GAM% WITHOUT A Latissk.—At the Police
Court, on Wednesday, before Messrs. F. W. it. Barre and
E. Moore, James Bray was charged with killing a par-
tridge without having a license, on the 9th of January.
at Rowley. Mr. Stokes prosecuted. Joseph Cook ,aid
he was a farmer, and lived at Howley. He knew defen4.
and, and saw him on the above date on the Knowle Farm.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-03-18

Per 81e. to rink the offal.

ad. & d.
Inter. coarse beasta 5 2 3 4 Prima Southdown 6 0 6 4
second quality.— 4 2 4 6 Large coarse calm 3 04 4
Prime large oxen,. 5 0 6 4 Prime mall 6 0 8 II
Prime :loofa, &c... 6 n 0 8 large kor agto
Infer. coarse sheep 3 68 10 Neat smell porker' 4 6 2
Second quality.— 4 4 4 8 Suckling calves 0 04 0
Pr. wane &wiled 6 26 10 Qr. old et. pigt,each 22 0250

METROPOLITAN MEAT MARK ET.—mozrDAY.

A better feeling hu prevailed in the des4l—mee—t—m—a—rliet.•
Bus Mess has been on a more extensive scale, and prime have
ruled firm.

Per 816 by the cardinal.
Inferior Poet S 4 3 8 Interior rantton 8 4 4 0
Middling ditto 8 8 4 0 Middling ditto 0 4 4
Prime large ditto_ 4 84 10 Prime ditto 410 I 2
Prime &nail ditto— 6 0 0 2 Large p0rk........ II 4 4 4
Veal..
L•mb. li. Bd. to N. 10d.

WOOL
The wool market colatinues to present a steady aspect.
Buithea, on acemmt of home manufacturers is conducted
on a tall average sale, and values are well matnteheed. For
export the Inquiry ham been to a moderate extent, at steady
currencies. 710001311 : Southdown hoggets, Is lad to is. 24. ;
halt-bred ditto, Is. Iltd. to is. 4t; Kett fleeces, Is bd. to
Is. Bed. ; konthdown ewes and wethers, Is. Ogd. to Is. Id. ;
Leicester ditto, is Id. to Is led. Boris; Cling,la to Is.
4&; oombing, lid, to Is. Bd, pert lb.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-03-18

THE MARKETS.

MARK-I

-LANZ,--MONDAY.

The Wheat market ha. opened with steadineas.and'ionn—er
price, are maintained for all Norte. English sample. are In
improved condition, and at has. to 60s. bear comparison with
the beet foreign qualttlee. Flour hln quiet demand, but not
cheaper; there la an average eupply, and some Is wanted
for export. Off coast all grain cargo. are held firmly, a. for
the next three month. no second fleet can be expected.
From America the cable telegrams are unimportant, prices
remaining unchanged, and stocks are await In the Lewsg
Baltic ports shipmento are becoming active, but no bulls of
wheat or iioll/ m looked for from that quarter. 01 oats,
tares, and peas there may be fair quantities received. This
morning. in !dark-lane, oats are neglected, and an abatement
of 61. since Frolsy, 1, from this day week, seems necessary.
Barley, maize, beans, and feeding stuff. keep In retail demand
at late rates. From abroad the account, of the fine spring
weather is as favourable as those received from the disUicts
of the United Kingdom.
MAE K -L ANF.. —W6I,NESDAY.

•
The grain trade at Mark-lane to-day ruled quiet, but the
cooler weather exercised a slight strengthening Influence
upon quotations. The show of English wheat was only
limited, but its condition was much improved. The demand
was Inactive, but prices were sustained. Foreign wheat wag
Lu fah• supply and limited request, at about recent values.
There were small arrivals of barley on the stands, whick
changed hands steadily, at fully previous currencies. Mall
was dull, but unchanged in values. Although there were
short supplies of oats, the Inquiry woe dull.

METROPOLI'LAN CATTLE MABAKET.-MONDAY.

The Cattle trade to-day has been characterised by an in-
creased amount of firmness'. The supplies of stock have been
only moderate, and as the inquiry, In sympathy with the
dead meat market, has been more animated, prices have had
an upward tendency. Very few foreign beast+ have been en
sale, it the arrivals from our own district. have been about
equal to last week. Panne nreedahave been scarce For all
qualities the trade has been firm, and prices hasp then 51
bib., the best Sc .ta and crows selling at to. I. to fia act.
ptr Mb From Norfolk. Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgmhire
we received about 1,750 Scots and crosses : from other part.
of E gland 380 various breeds; from Scotland 81 Scott
and crosses; and about 100 oxen from Ireland. The show
of sheep has been about equal to Monday last. The trade
has baen more animated, and prices have risen 21 per 81b.
The best Downs and half breds in the wool base sold at ea.
to Gs. 4d.; out of the wool, by 44, per BW. There ha. been •
moderate supply of lambs on offer, which have sold at la Bd.
to be. per 81b. Calves have been In moderate supply and
request, on former terms. Pigs have been quiet at about late
rater.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-03-18

BELBROUGHTON.

A ViOLRNT CIIAkACTBIL —At the Police Court, OA
Tuesday, before W. C. Firmetoice, Eau., 'rites Parrish
(23), waa charged with being drunk, wilfully daulacung •
window, the property of his mother. at Belbrongliton,
and with breaking n clop can at the Police Station.—
From the evidence it appears that defendant was drank,
went to hie mother's shop, assaulted her and his sister,
and then broke the shop Window.—Defendant Ira, com-
mitted to Worcester for 14 days' hard labour, in each of
the two last charges, and the first was withdrawn.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-03-18

ROBBERY AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.
A most extraordinary highway robbery and determined
attempt at suicide by a farmer has just occurred at Ashborne,
Derbyshire.
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The prisoner, Adam Slater, is a farmer and cattle
dealer at Fenny Herdly, and the prosecutor (Harrison)
is also a farmer and cattle dealer living at Ashborne.
It would appear that the parties were drinking
together at a public.house at Bradeford the other
day, when some diepnte arose as to who bad
most money in their possession at the time. The
prosecutor boaetingly pulled out his purse and exhibited
the contents, which amounted to come £l5O. Slater,
who was sitting beside him, refused to show his
money, and subsequently the parties left the house to.
gether in a trap on their return to Ashborne. On the
way they called at an inn and had cone more drink
together, and while they were proceeding along the
road the accused was alleged to have robbed prosecutor
of the sum named. Upon being charged with the
offence he replied, "If you thiak I have the money
send for a policeman."
The police were not communicated with at the time,
but on going to prisoner's house at midnight on Sunday
they found no traces of the money, and the man himmelf
was not at home. On searching the adjoining premises
the detective officers were struck with a bulky sub.
stance hanging from the ceiliog of the stable, and
on touching it with a stick blood flowed freely
down. A ladder was obtained, when the prisoner
was found lying on his back with his throat
cut from ear to ear. He was unconscious, lying in
a pool of blood, with a large knife beside him. There
is no doubt be secreted himself, but on finding the
police on his tuck committed the act. He could not
be removed from the stable till Tuesday, when he was
taken to his bedroom, but no hopes were entertained
of his recovery.
The affair has caused a sensation in the district.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-03-18

A COMPLICATED CASE.

The cause of "Chamberlain v. Chandler—Chandler v. Bank
of E .gland "bas been heard before Vice-Chancellor Sir it.
Manus, and was as f.fllowe

The plaintiff in the first of these cases was a herbalist
at Hertford, who in the year 1866 had the misfortune
to be indicted for the manslaughter of a patient. Pre-
viously to the trial he transferred into the name of the
defendant, Mary Ann Chandler, who had lived with
him for 20 years as his wife, a sum of .E 2,120 stock, de-
siring, according to his own account, to secure it from
the chance of forfeiture. The jury acquitted him of
the charge, but the lady declined to re-transfer the
fund, alleging that the gift had been absolute and no-
conditional. Thereupon Chamberlain dissolved his con.
nexion with herand induced a third person to personate
Mrs. Chandler at the Bank, and to execute a transfer
of the fund in her name to trustees for his own
benefit. On the aiecovery of these facts the Bank pro-
secuted all the parties for forgery, including Chamber-
lain. They were, however, acquitted on the ground
that the transaction, thongh grossly improper, was not
fraudulent, as the fund was, in fact, the property of
Chamberlain. Mrs. Chandler then instituted the
secon 101 these suits against the Bank, to restrain them
from paying the dividends to any one but herself ; and
Chamberlain, on his side, filed his bill against Mrs.
Chandler for a declaration that he was equitable owner
of the fund.

Mr. Glasse, Q.C., and Mr. Ludlow appeared for
Chamberlain; Mr. J. Pearson, Q. '., and Mr. Badcock
for Mrs. Chandler; Mr. Kekewich for the Bank.
The Vice-Chancellor suggested early in the ease that
it was eminently one for settlement, and it finally steed
over that the parties might consider certain terms of
compromise proposed by his Honour.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-03-18

NAPOLEON'S IMPERIAL PROTEST.

The following i a translation of the Emperor
Dl4oleon's protest against the deposition of his dynasty,
as published in the Situation :
TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY AT

BORDEAUX.
plc—At a time when every Frenchman is deeply lament-
ing the conditions of the peace, and thinking only of the
misfortunes of his country, the National Assembly has
decreed the down( oil of niy dynasty, and hem proclaimed that
alone was responsible lot the calamities that have happened.
I protest agedr.st the unjust and Illegal declaration—unjnst,
bocause shell war was declared the feeling of the nation,
roused i.y causes independent of my wish, produced a general
an i irreeistible enthusiasm; Illegal because the Assembly,
olacted for the sole object of concluding a peace, has
encoded Its powers in dealing with questions beyond
its con paten., and because, even were it a Consti-
tuent Assembly, It would have no power to sub-
eta ate its own will for that of the nation The example
of -he past confirms this. The opposition of the Constituent
A siemb y in 1840 yielded to the elections of the loth of
De 'ember, and in 18:el the nation, by upwards of seven
, minions of votes, supported me against the Legislative
As e.ably. Political feeling cannot overcome right, and In
Fr..oce the, basis ef all legitimate government Is the plebiscite
Beyond it there lo only usurpation by some for the oppres-
Moe. ot the rest. lam ready, therefore, to submit to the free
expression of the national will, but to it only. In the
presence of lamentable events, which Impose on every one
sod-denial and disinterestedness, I could have desired to
remain silent, but the declarations of the Assembly compel
me .o protest In the name of truth disregarded and national
eteits despised. Accept, Mr. President, the assurance of my
ing esti" m.
Nt illacimstiohe, March 6.

The insurrection of the Nat.-nal lids:de of Paris is dying •
natural death of ridicule, weariness, and inanition And •
ludicrous air has been imparted to its closing scenes; and
the heroes of Montmartre' have proved themselves more
splenetie to Venus than Mars. A band of etrong.minded
women ascended the heights of Montmartre, and by force
compelled the married men to leave their posts This move-
ment is said to be spreading, and It Ls thought that none bet
&Ingle men will be wanted to take au soUvo part in any
cUstuebouce.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-03-18

FEBH.

Herrings, pickled, 30s. to Ile. ; ditto, red, 28s. to 22. per
barrel; bloaters, 3. to O. 41.; kippers, Ss. 10d. to U. 10d.
per box ; tarbots, 8. to 12s ;tofu, Ss 84. &obis. eseh ;
1811 to 25a. : trawl haddocks, 10a. to 18, per basket: solub,
le. 6d. to I£ per pair; cod, £4 t.OLO per score; whitings,
12.. to 18s. per basket eels, Is. to Is 3d. per pound
keret, 8, to U. per door.; smoked haddocks, 251. to 33£
per barrel; lobstera, 140. to 23$ ; crab., 12s. to Us. per
dczep ; native oysters, £10; commons, lbs. to 35a. pet

HOPS.
Throughout the put week • fair amonnt of business be
been transactod in most desorlptiona of hope and pekes
have been maintained. Chola eolonry Kent. have been
taken of readily, owlng to the extreme aoareity, end
prime have ruled fil9l. hild and tut Kent, 40e. to 140 e. ;
Weald of Kent, 405 to 764. ; lioseer, 868. to Toe.' Farnham
and count:Mos to lit.,; olds, kle. to be. per cwt.
POTATOES.
Iswp im Res of potatoes hare been offered for dismal.
For q demand hes been balite', at late rates,
Rogllsh Shaws, Ws. to 110 e. ditto Regents, 005. to 10t..'
00000 Region; Oft So ; Boob, Ilk le IR. Ps to%
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-03-18

rro LET, "THE ROYAL OAK," Licensed
X BEERHOUSE, at Stamber —Apply to
Messrs. Bernard and King, Solieitere, Stourbridge,

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BE SEEN, at the Little Pig Inn, Coven.
1 try-street, Stourbridgs, the
LARGEST PIG IN THE MIDLAND
COUNTIES,
Weighing upwards of 60 scores.

IR. JAMES BOSTON HEYS, Professor
iVI of Music, High-street, Cradley Heath.
NB.—All kinds fif Musical Isetnimente tease
repaired.
NPIV Music at Half•price.
PIANOEOF TES FOB FATE OR HIRE
REFRESHMENT AND EATING
TT OUSE,

TOP OF KIDDERMINSTER-STREET,
SIOORBRIDOE.

P.00J3-Y
BEGS to Inform his Friends and the Public, that he ban
OPENED THE ABOVE HOUSE FOR
REFRESHMENTS.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-03-18

WHAT WILL THE GERMANS DO!

The commercial, industrial, and artistic breach be•
tween France and Germany, as proclaimed by the
French, must, if maintained, have some very curious
results (remarks the Pall Mall Gazette). What will
become of the German waiters, German bakers, Ger-
man tailors, German makers of scientific instruments,
German musicians, and German Jews, formerly so
numerous in Paris We have heard it suggested that
German waiters, who (as every one who has lived in a
German hotel must be aware) are great adepts
at bed-making and at housemaid's duty generally,
would make good servants of all work, in which
capacity numbers of them might find employment
in England. There would be nothing new in com-
bining in one hard.worked servitor the characters of
groom, butler, coachman, and gardener; but to get, at
one wage, • domestic able and willing to sot the parts

of footmen, cook, and howiemaid would be both novel
and attractive, and the thing, we feel sure, might be
managed. This, it Is true, would be lees to the advan-
tage of the German waiter than to that of the person
engaging him • and the German tradesmen and artisans
will also, no doubt, suffer from the decree of expulsion
pronounced against them. In the matter of musicians,
however, the balance of exchange is, we fancy, dead
against the French. If, henceforth, no French musi-
cians visit Germany, the Germans will not suffer
much by that. But if German musicians are to be
excluded from France the want of then will be felt
greatly in the French orchestras. What, too, as
to German composers? Meyerbeer was • rank
Prussian, and as great a diplomatist in his way
as Bismarck himself. To object to Prussians and
Prnssianism and tolerate Meyerbeer would be a grave
piece of inconsistency. As to Offenbach, formerly a
German in Germany, a Frenchman in France, it has
now been decided that the unhappy man is to the Ger-
mans an a Frenchman, to the French even as a German.
He is, indeed, a Frenchman by naturalization, a Go:r.
man by birth. He belongs, then, to neither of the two
countries, and might appropriately take up his resi-
dence in that part of Lorraine which for the present is
nondeecript, but which is to be declared French or
German, according to the decision of the Conference.
After that he could emigrate to the Grand Duchy of
Luxemburg.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-03-18

PRUSSIA

BERLIN, Thursday,

General Von Wrangle, aide de temp of the Emperor id
Russia, has arrived here on a spicial minion from St.
Petersuurg.

FRANKPORT, Thursday.

The Emperor and the Imperiarl Pince, with their
suites, left here at 10 o'clock this morning. The Grand
Puke of Hesse accompanied the Emperor to the rallies)
statien.

DRESDEN, Thursday,

General de Fabrice remains in France its the represen.
tative of Count libmiarck.

VIEN:4A, Thursday,
A comtuittee formed at Oratez, proposed to publicly
celebrate the liberatiou of France.

ITALY.

FLO RE NCE, Friday

The Minister of Finance to-dny announced that Par.
Bement would he convoked at Rome in July, to I ote for
the Budget.

GENERAL NEWS.

Ire m Association Telegrams.

FRIDAY.

The Times correspondent Telegraphs that Mr. Seward
and his daughte, have left Calcutta for Bemires.
'The Empress left Chiselliurst for Dover to-day to wel-
come the Emperor.
The Protocols of the Black Sea Conference will pro.
bably be laid before Parliament this evening.

LONDON CORN MARKET kCLOSE).

FRIDAY.

Markets firm. English and foreign wheat firm but un-
mitred 'loan flour unchanged. Country markets firm.
American dull. Bailey sixpence dearer. Oats rather in
sellers favour. Name sixpence more money. Beau
and peas unchange I.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-03-18

A STRANGE STORY.

Charles Underwood O'Connell, one of the liberated
Irish political c onvicts. is a relation ef Judge Under-
wood, of Virginia. With the others, he has been in
Washington, and the Itcpuhlimiii of that city tells the
following story in relation to him :
" In the year of 1065 he went from this country to Ireland,
at a time when the British authorities at Queenstown made
a practice of searching the baggage of American citizens, and
arresting on suspicion whomsoever they thought fit.
O'Connell sem arrested, tried, and, on the strength of a letter
found among his paper., sentenced to ten years' penal servi-
tude It would be difficult to conceive the astonishment of
the writer of this article when he learned, the day before
yesterday, a careless epistle of his written several years ago
from St. Louis, Mo , to a brother in Nam York, was the
means of consigning s friend to ten years ,4 penal servitude.
In 1,35 James Stephens paid a visit to Si. Louis and
gave a private exposition of his plans for the libera-
tion of Ireland. Toe writer of this attended one of tit
levees, and, struck by the man's appearance and method
at argument, gave half an hour's time to a pen.and-ink
sketch of Stephens and his plan for liberating Ireland. Being
designed solely to [ill up • few pages of private correepor-
dence, he gave no further attention to it. But it was destined
to a very unfortunate influence 3,000 miles away. The per-
son to whom the letter was written showed it to O'Connell
who wea then captain of a New York regiment. It seems he
found it so interesting that he copied It in full, and then
returned the original Soon after this he made a trip to Ire-
land, was arrested on suspicion, like hundreds of othera, and
among his papers, as previoußly stated, the copy of the letter
In question mu discovered. On the trial the judge charged
that, as it was proved the letter was In the prisoner's hand-
writing, and Impossible he could write It without seeing
Stephens, he must necessarily have been in the arch con-
spirator'. company, and privy to his plane He was found
guilty, and while pining In a British dungeon for five long
years the unconscious cause of his misery remained in pro-
found ignorance of the evil death) that befell that long-for-
gotten letter."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-03-11

HOW TO KEEP THE PEACE.

It is to be feared that their High islightineeses have
not read, with due attention, the Lecture delivered
the other day by Professor Seeley on " The Poesible
Means of Preventing War in Europe." Could inter-
national war, if not absolutely preventible, be reduced
to a tolerable minimum? Social war is, in England.
The police keep the dangerous classes sufficiently under
to restrict murder and theft to ceitain limits. Could a
Federation of Great Powers, as proposed by Professor
Seeley, narrow European war within analogous bounds?
, The objection that there is nobody eliggible to be Presi-
dent of such a Federation, is one which, modesty shall
not prevent Mr. Punch from hinting, might be ob.
viateel. What constitutes the real hindrance to it is
that, whereas it requires that the Great Powers corn.
posing it should correspond to the respectable majority
of the British People, the truth is that there is only one
Power in the whole world which is great, and is not
also dangeroua in the same sense as our dangerous
classes are. Toe majority of their High Mightinesses
would never agree to an arrangement which would
render an aggressive King, Emperor, or President,
liable to be punished as a brigand chief, or a garetta
convicted of robbery with violence
In the meanwhile, for our own part, the only means
of possibly securing peace, bestdes constant civility and
good conduct toward our neighbours, will comist in a
Navy which shall bestrong enough to sweep the seas
if necessary.— Punch.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-03-11

POOR GENERAL BOURBAKI !

A letter addressed from Switzerland to the Augsburg
Gazette gives some details hitherto unpublished respect-
ing General Bourbakiks attempt to commit seed:id°. It
appears that after the receipt of some despatches from
the Government at Bordeaux the General was already
in such a state of mind that his aides-de-camp con-
stantly endeavoured to put Lis &rills out of he reach,
when, on the 27th of January, on receiving a lett-r
from Nt. Gambetta, he exclaimed, " They forget at
Bordeaux that in this army of 80,000 ?nen Chore are bat
35,000 soldiers and the rest are good for nothing /" Ito
then sent away the officers of his staff under various
pretexts. Of these M. de X. alone returned, after
executing the General's orders, and remained in the
ante-room. Bourbski then went into the room of one
of the nbsect officers. took a boated pistol from it and
hid it under his pillow. He wrote several letters in
the eveming, and was atill busy arranging his papers
when the s'aff physician came in. They both stood
t sgether on the hearth and conversed for a moment
together. The doctor, who found the General very
tioueh agitated, advised him to take a few hours' re-
Ipose. " You are right, doctor," replied Bourbaki, "and
' you, will you not also go to bed?' '' If you will allow
I me, General, I will May here by the fire." Bourbaki
went to teed and pulled the curtains round it. The
doctor heard the report of a pistol the moment after ;
he rose in terror and ran to the bed, throwing back the
curtains. I have, unhappily, failed to kill myself,"
said Bonrbaki, in a calm tone. The General, leaning
one arm on the edge of the bed, had placed the barrel
of the pistol to his temple, bat a suovememt made the
ball deviate, which, slipping within a few inches of
the head, penetra"ed into the occiput. M. de X. who
had hurried up at the sound of the report, received
orders from the-General to go to Bordeaux and bring
Madame Bourbaki thence to Besanc mt. On arriNing at
Bud. aux. NI. de X. learned that the General's wife
had already left ; he wished to return to Beau c en,
where he had left his arms, his horse, and baggage,
but he arrived too late; the place was already invested
by the Prushians.—Pall Mall Gatate.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-03-11

CRADLEY.

WAlt.—Ou Saturday evening hit, at the Improvement
Society, the members discussed the question, ••Ii um-,
under any circumstances, justifiable? Mr. J. Rune, in
an able speech, proved that war was perfectly right and
justifiable iu some particular cases, and the rest of the
members were of the bailie opinion.
Funiiies ACCIDENT.—On Monday evening one of the
employees at the Corngreaves blast furnace. named
George Longstatl, met with a serious accident. lie was
aiding in the tapping of the furnace, when his loot
slipped into the melted iron. As soon as possible he was
conve)ed home.

-
FATAL LOI.LIEBY ACCIDENT.—An adjourned inquest
was held on Wednesday evening, at the May Pule Inn,
before Mr. R. Docker, Coroner, on the body of Samuel
Cartwright, aged 42, who was killed at the Homer Hill
Colliery, belonging to Messrs. Swindell. Evidence was
adduced to the effect that the dereasal was engaged as a
bandsman at the above colliery. tin Me afternoon of the
Ist uit, whilst he was engaged in loading some coal a
•• bump " occurred, when between ten and fifteen tons of
cool fell from the side of the working. The deceased was
completely covered with the fallen coal, death occurring
immediately, whilst teveral other colliers were more or
less injured, but not fatally. The nearest tree to the
apt ahem the occident occurred was tea yards distant,
but the stall was ouly four yards wide, and it was con.
sideral by Mr. John Duninock, the batty, not necessary
that theie should be another tree. The place was exam Med by Dimmuek before the workmen commenced work
at BIX o'clock in the morning, also at dinnertime, and
again only about half an Lour before the accident oC-
cuffed, end he, on each cuation, pronounced it ante
He was engaged about 100 pada along a gaterucd at Lll3
time of the occurrence, but shortly afterwards eppealei
ou the spot. In examining the 'lace trout where the
coal had Innen he found that Mete had bean a fault in
the seam of the coal, and he authorised a man named
Cartwright to put any timber in if required.—Mr. J.
ii illiumo, asststeent to Dr Melina. stated that he saw tee
deceased shortly after the accident, and found nearly lies
whole of his ribs broken. 'The Coroner briefly suiume4
up, remarking that it appeared no one was to blame, a ol
that the deceased met ilia death purely by accident.—
the jury then returned a verdict nit " A CCili utul death
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-03-11

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Bat ivben reflection I pursue,
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-03-11

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-03-11

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CRADLEY HEATH.

ANCESIIIO ACCIDENT.—AN evening or two ago a female
servant employed at a gentleman's house in this neigh.
bourhood went into the cellar tu draw some ale. She
incautiously placed the candle on the flour, and then
stooped down to blow up the tap. lu duiug so her head
dress was bet on tire, and the flames quietly but rapidly
laid hold on her chignon, which was soon •• frizzling and
swelling in stun a manner as to make her aware of the
conflagration on the roof. Iler screams brought friendly
aid, and her " auburn '• locks were saved from further
ravages.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-03-11

HAGLEY.

ACTION AGAINST THE GREAT WEnTERN -RAILWAY
Cogency—At the Worcester Assizes (Nisi Prins Court),
on Wednesday, before Mr. Justice Montague Smith, the
above action was tried.—Mr. Mathews, Q.c., and Mr.
Jell were for the-plaintiff, and Mr. Huddleston, Q.C., and
Mr. J. 0. Griflits for the defendant —The plaintiff is
Mr. William Charles Firrostone, of Hagley, and on the
Ist October last he Bent, with two herdsmen, a bull from
his farm at Hagley ti another farm bet inging to him et
Church Hill Court farm. The ball was walking along
the high road, and when it arrived at Stacken Bridge,
where e wall divides the railway embankment from the
highWRS, it got over a gap in the wall where the bricks
had been removed, on to the line. An express train came
up, knocked the bull down, and killed it. The fence, it
was contended, was only thirteen inches high, and as
plaintiff believed that the defendant, had not provided
sufficient protectior., and that their not having done so
was the cause of the loss of the bull, be sent a claim to
the company for thirty guineas, which defendants rept-
dialed, on the ground that the fence was sufficiently high.
and that if the bull had not been of a wild nature, and if
proper care had been taken of it by the herdsmen, the
accident would not have taken place. Some contradic-
tory evidence was given with regard to the height of the
wall where the bull bed got on to the line. One of the
witnesses said there was a defect at one part of the wall,
the coping being eff, but that the bull had leaped over a
part of the fence that was 3 feet 3 inches high.—Plain-
tiff, in his evidence, said the bull was a 8110nd:torn pure
bred animal, and was worth 100 guineas, but that he had
only made a claim for 30 guineas with the view of avoid-
ing any legal proceedings.—His Lordship, in summing
up, said the only question for the jury to consider was
whether the bull had got over that portion of the fence
that was not sufficiently high. if that were so, they
would return a verdict for the plaintiff; but if the bull
had leaped over a portion of the wall that was of suffi-
cient height, the verdict would be for the defendants.
The jury, if they found for the plaintiff, would not be
juAitied.in giving a fancy price, but would simply give
what they conAdered was the value of the bull in the
market —The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff, dam.
ages 8U guineas.

BELBROUGEITON.
BILL IGNORID. Samuel Pardoe, of Belbroughton,
indicted for committing an unnatural offence, at the
Worcester Lent Assizes. The Grand Jury ignored the
bill.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-03-11

AN UNHAPPY CAREER FOR A YOUNG
MAN.

At the Middleg. Sena.. on Tuesday, Herbert Scott
Murray, wi h several aliases, was indicted for stealing two
gold rings and a waterproof cloak, value £3l, from NI Arlan
Jdhuston ; secondly, for obtaining LS on false pretence, from
James Green ; and thirdly, with getting 2s. tid. from Thomas
Seward, with intent to defraud.—
• • •

The uneont r apt eared to have carriei on an extri.
ordinary course of swindling, and wBl, said to be the
son of a solicitor of high standing in Scotland.
The prosecutrix, Mrs. Johnston, le awidow, living at
20, Belnize-square, London. Some weeks ago the pri-
soner, who represented himself as o lieutenant in the
Bombay Artillery, called upon her, and wished to take
apartments for himself and friend, who was said to be
a captain in the same regiment, and the rooms were
shown to him, with which he appeared to be well
satisfied. lie entered into a long emversation, and said
he had brought with him a lot of diamonds in the
rough, which he had got from his native servant
in India. Mrs. Johnston asked him if he was
a judge of diamonds, and on her being affirma-
tively answered, two rings were shown to him,
one diamond and emeralds, and the other of pearls.
Soon afterwards the prisoner left the house, and the
rings supposed to have been left on the table were
missed by Mrs. Johnston, who immediately on die.
covering her loss sent the cook and housemaid in pur-
suit of the prisoner. As the prisoner was about leaving
the house it was snowing at the time, and he induced
Mrs. Johnston to lend him a waterproof till the next
morning, which he never returned. Mrs. Johnston's
cook overtook the prisoner about half a mile from the
house, and asked him for the rings. At first be said
he had not got them, but on seeing a constable come
in sight he gave them up, having then got them upon
his fingers.
Evidence was then taken on two other indictments.
There were more eases ready to be preferred, but as
upon those heard he had been found guilty, the Judge
said if other es es were brought forward it would not
alter the sentence he was about to pass, namely,
that the prisoner be kept in penal servitude for five
yeare.
The prisoner seemed astonished at the sentence.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-03-11

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