The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-02-04 00:00:00

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ROME, FOREIGN, AND COLONIAL

THE DOKE OF BAVARIA.—A telegram from
Aletcin dated the 27th of January, mentions the
death of the young Duke of Bavaria, by the hand
of a Fratcdireur, near Beglie. The ill.fated Prince
was the heir-presumptive to the throne of Bavaria, Ids
brother, the present King Louis, being unmarried.
l'rince Otho William Leopold Waldemar was born at
Munich. April 27, 184*, being the second son of King
Maximilian Joseph 11. of Bavaria, by his Queen
Maria, daughter of the late Prince William of Prussia,
uncle of the present King, so that the deceased prince
was se c end cousin tif the new Emperor. He yaw a
chevalier of the Order of the Golden Fleece, and pros
prit fairs of the sth Regiment of Bavarian Light Horse.
OCR HORROR OF WAR.—The Tonics, in a
leader, aptly remarks :
Except In purely professional society, all our visions are of
pee s—peace in our own country, peace all around, peace on
south, peace in our time, peace to the end of all things. The
hope of peace Is no strong with us as to Impart unreality,
invelvlng constant unreadineu, to al our measures of de-
fence. What, then, can we feel hut uumitigated herr, rat a
war which has surprised us every day with some new misery
or some new catastrophe, and which surprised us lit nothing
so much as that the worst things that could be done were
always found to be justified by the admitted rules of war,
said conceived in Its true spirit E island may now be said
to know what war Is. but the certainly did not knew a year
ago ; and it Is equally certain that the French, with much
more experience and muck better means of Information,
were as Ignorant as ourselves. It Is something so horrtble as
not to he believed by those who have not seen it with their
otru eyes, or who have not had It dinned into their can by a
thousand relators. By this time we runs, it, we loathe it,
we detest It; we are hi:midribs a settled and even unreason-
ing hatred of Its actors unit contrivers we long that it may
be stopped by any means, at any cost. Our own peace is
marred by what we see. and cur OWO prosperity Is poisoned
by the,very suspicion that It is compromised How can we
be happy when those around us are mita-able I How can we
enyiy life In death, order surrounded by outrage, abundance
within a few hours of a thousand deaths a day hp sheer
famine ? A hideous spectacle overpowers all the defences of
selfishness, and even they who are little wont to feel tor
others cannot resist the invasion of terrible imagts and
saddening ideas.
N aftli.',W ESCAPE OF COLONEL ELPHIESTONE.--
The correspondent of The Times, with Prince Frederick
Charles at Le Mane, writes : —" Colonel Elphinstone,
your correspondent at the Headquarters of General
Chancy, is here in safety, after being imprisoned sea
secret as a spy in the common gaol of Le Mans expects
ing every hour to be led out to execution. It is for-
tunate for him that the Prussians arrived in time and de.
mended the list of prisoners. He hopes to send a letter
through to you quicker than mine travel, and his tale *ill
be strangely interesting. He Wai allowed neither fire
toe bcddir g, though the weather was bitterly cold. For
two or three days after his release he suffered severely
from the effects of his imprisonment, but is now reo
stored to health, and awaits the decision of the Prussian
authorities, to whom he has reported himself."
A TIOER STORY. —The N,..ilgherry Eacelior is
responsible for the following e—
" A gentleman who was going down the Goodaloor Ghent
during the late dark nights thought he saw the branch of a
tree on fire. !Suing forgotten his match-box—this was a
most provieential occurrence—he drew his cigar-cue, took a
cigar, and went up to the fire to lipid It. Something snatched
the cigar from his hand and bolted. It vans tiger, whose
el es the gentleman had mistaken for the branch on tire.
Either the tiger has a taste for tobacco, or the gentleman
has a partiality for strong dttnk."
A SAD AFFAIR.—A lighterman named Robert
Bull, aged 51, has been charged at the Thames Polices
' thnlrt in London, with feloniously killing his FOIL The
details of the case, so far an they came out, were of a
shocking character. The deceased, a young man of
25, while in a state of semi-Intoxication, went to his
father's house on Saturday night about eight o'clock.
Twte hours afterwards the father came htme, also the
worse for liquor. There appeared to have been ills
blood between them, and the father told the son he
did not want Hai there at all. Words ensued, and the
son struck his father a blow which knocked the later
out of bia chair, and capsized and extinguished the
lamp. A scuffle then en tied in the dark, atter which
the son staggered out of the room and fell down it sire.
Wheat taken up he was itsenihle and bleeting, and is
surgeon being sent for he f omit the decease el had
received severe punctured wounds OD the head, thee
rlght thigh, and the left knee, and was already dead
from loss of blood. The unhappy father, who wept
bitterly, was remanded.— An inquest has horn held,
when the jury returned the following verdict
We find that the accused has committed manelaughter
by foonionaly killing and alaylng his so,i, and we furth,
find that the accused received greet provocation, and !he
sympathy of the jury le • ith him, and If they legally could
they would return a verdict ef death by misadventure."
DREADFUL DEATH OF A 837.—0 n Saturday
an inquest was held in 'Manchester in reference to the
death of a boy, about five years of age, named Joseph
Murphy. On Thursday afterno..n he went to a hilling
kettle near tho Ire and drarek come water out of
it. He was dreadfully scalded in the mouth. Ile
was taken to the infirmary, but he died the DrXt
morning. It WM stated that the poor child could not
eat anything. A verdict of "Accidental Death "Ca-se
returned.
THE ALABAMA CLAIMS. —The Chairman of the
Bristol Chamber of Commerce has received the follow'
jog letters from Mr. Morley, M.P. an I the Premier, in
reply to the recent memorial of the Bristol Chamber on
the above subject :
Gentlemen,-1 have the honour to acknowledge the receipt
of your letter of the 20Ih inst.. and of the accompanying
memorial from the Chamber of Commerce, Bristol, In favour
of the settlement of the Alabama claims. I beg to assure
you, in repb , that for years past the Government has at-
tended to every allowable proceeding wtth a view to a settle-
ment of these claims. We continue to be in the same dis-
position, for we c rdially agree in the opinion that the
los g unsettled state of the controversy Is not for the
adventrtge or honour of tither country.—Yours, &a., W. h.
OtoisTorin.
FROM THE " L. E. 6."—The poet ...my Must
have been painfully aware of the want of manners in
the rural district*, to make him reflect on "the rude
forefathers of the hamlet."— Punch.
THE IRISH POLITICAL Pal SOPERS.—Rosaa, and
the other rel.-aimed Irish political prisoners who sailed
with him in the C 1612, were received on their arrival at
New York by large crowds of persons, who greeted
them with vociferous cheers. They were escorted to
their hotel by members of the Legion of St. Patrick.
Arrived there Rena was presented with an address,