The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-11-25 00:00:00

EOLIE, FOREIGN, AND COLONIAL.

WILLIAM THE PENMAN.—It will not fail to be
recorded in the biography of our active-minded ex-
Premier, that when he had retired froth the Leadership
of the Liberal Party he betook himself to Letters.—
Punch.
THE BRIGHTON AQUARITTAC—A small consign.
ment• of oyster spot from the Newtown River Oyster
Fisheries, Isle of Wight, has been forwarded to the
Aquarium, and has been placed in the Dory tank, No.
40. The development attained by this spat is eitea-
ordinary, and, as far as the best judges know, unpre-
cedented, some of the specimens exhibited being more
than 21n. acrote. The ponds from which the spat Was
taken were left dry for some months subsequent to the
last season, consequently, there could be nothing left
above them; and what makes the Case more extraordi-
nary is that the parent oysters were not what are usually
supposed to be adults, the only oysters put in the tank
being what are called brood and half-worn, and which,
were not supposed formerly to be capable of spatting.
A DANGER OF EARLY Ma/W.—The Sanitary
Record says that a very curious case recently reported
from St. Mary's Hospital (London) may serve as a valu-
able caution to early risers and to conscientious publi-
cans. This man, a cab-washer, had completely lost
the tig6 of his upper ex rerdlCe,e, while his voice was.re-
duced to the merest whisper. On being questioned he
stated that as he usually finished his work jest as the
publichouses opened, he always bad the very first glass.
of beer or gin that wan served in the mornitg-e-that is
to say, the liquor which had remained all night iu the
drawpipe in contact with the lead. His gums showed
the wall known blue line indicative of lead poisoning,
and other confirmatory symptoms existed which need
not be detailed here. &mad the gin which he drank
every morning having been procured nnd tested, gave
1. 430th of a graln per fluid ounce. He was ultimately
cured by the use of iodide of potassium and galvanic
bani. —Sanitary Record.
SELF MADE MEN. Relative to 'Cardinal
Antonelli, there appears to be a pleasure manifested
in stating from what a modest family he sprang.
What does this prove? Have not the majority of
celebrated men risen from the most humble positions
in the social scale to reach the most elevated?
Demosthenes was the son of a blacksmith, Virgil Of a
baker, Horace of a freedman, Theophrastes of a sales.
man, Amyot of a currier, La Muth of a hatter, J. B.
Rousseau of a shoemaker, Moliere of an upholsterer,
Quinaut of a working baker, FliSchier of a, tallow
cuanoler, Redlin of a cutler, Massillon of a tanner,
J. J. Rousieau, Dup nt, and Beaumerchais of watch-
makers. Waa not Hower a mendicant? Franeeie
Arago had a • farmer for his -fatter, Canova was
aleached to • the service of the house of Falidri,
Columbus was the eon of a woobearder,
.Cook of
pelpant, Copernicus of a baker, D'Alembert (a '
foundling) was reared by a• draper, and Frenklin
and Fulton started from much more naisera'Ae
positions in life. Jacquard Was the offspring of a
weever, Herschel was a street musician, Memo the
son of a hay dealer, Bernatd Palissy and Leplace
were the children of peasants, and Volta was brought
up on charity. Sixtue V. was a herder of pigs, and
• Colbert WM the son of a cloth merchanterzfiegtiminti.j

"THE POT."—Loving Wife. "You look
vexed, dear! Anything happened ?"—Brown. "Very
annoying. I've accepted old Blowhard's invitation to
trudge over his little bit of scrub at Bareacres, and now
yourg Spoonbill has asked me to shoot his covers to-
morrow What am Ito do ?"—Wife. "Cali% say,
dear. But dna'j be fobbed ea with rabbits again, for
goodness' sake! Bring Lathers !—l'm quite tired of
fur ! "—Punch.

THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF Am.
STERDAM—& list of the subj2o43 for which prizn will
be given at the Industrial Exhibition to be held in
Amsterdam in 1877 has just been published. They
all relate to the application of art to industry, and are
arvinged under the following groups :—let, Ofnamen-
ta.tion of Buildings; 2nd, Furnishing of Buildings;
3rd, Workmarish:p of the Common Metals; 4th,
Worlimeasship of the Precious Metals and Stones;
sth, Glass and Pottery Ware; 6Aa, Articles of Dre,s
and llothely Urn; 7th, Means of Conveyance; Bth, all
sorts of small objects; 9th, the Graphic Arts • 10th,
Ladies' Fancy Work; and 11th, Means for the Arts;
d-
ing of Artistic Feeling and Good Taste. The prizes
vary in amount from 2,0001. to 290 f. .
CARDINAL ANTONELII.— The Times of Wed-
nesday publishes the following latter :—Sir,—ln yout•
issue of to-day you quote, under the heading "A Good
Economiet," a paragraph from the Saturday Review,
in which I am stated to have alleged, as an " argu-
ment "that the late cardinal Antonelli could not have .
am4ssed a '-'colossal fortune," the fact that a Roman*
Cardinal's income.was only £3OO a year. This Was not
my a-gument ; but let that pass. I wish to ask you,
rs you have given the publicity of your columns to this
writer's further statement that the late Cardinal di3-
o3sed by will of a fortune of £BOO,OOO. to permit me
by the same medium to ask him his authority for this
statement. - I had seen it both before and after the
Cardinal's death in papers of the same order of thought
as the Saturday—Review, and I do not believe it one
whit the more for the Saturday Review's iteration,
The question it true ?—I am, Sir, your obedient
servant,
•JAS L PATTERSON, Doom. Prelate of his
Holirms., St. Edmund's College, Ware Nov. 20.

AMERICAN AND ENGLISH POTTERY. —The re-
turn of Mr. C. M. Campbell, M.P. from America,
which he has recently visited, was made the occasion
of a'presentation of -an address to him and a bracelet
to his daughter by the workpeople in the employ of
Minton and Co., the well-known porcelain menu:.
facturers, of which firm Mr. Campbell is the head.
Mr. Campbell, in acknowledging the presentations,
said that during his viit to America he received
nothing but kindness. Onr American cousins taught
us some things, among whieh he mentioned respect of
women and (so far as his observations went) sobriety.
He went to the Exhibition at Pniladelphia with an
anxious spirit, not knowing how soon Minton's might
have to shut up, but though American pottery was
quite equal in "potting" and general appearance to
many English productions, it was a long way be-
hind the best ceramics of this country. The address
was handed to Mr. Campbell by four Workpeople,
whese united period of service with the firm of Minton's
numbered 2(-7 years.
A RECOMMENDATION •TO SILENCE. The
Times in noticing the departure of Lord Salisbury to
attend the Conference on the Eastern question, re-
marks .

We may expect that now the Qtreen's Special Ambassador
has begun his task, the demeanour of the Gevernment at
home,,no leas than of its opponents, will be one of discretion
and,reetrve. Happily, the season of public meetings is over,
and there is no festive occasion on this side of
.Christmao.
The Government will be much more free, much more inde-
pendent, much more powerfulin action, it the Rinistera who
are more immediately responsible for the conduit of our in-
ternational relations maintain an attitude of prudent reserve
aed say nothing.. It is very easy to be "spirited," aed the
display is sure to gain immediate applause but it conveys to
the discerning no sense of real strength and determination,
and in the end it almost always embarrasses him
who yields to the temptation. Every nation knows
the resources of the United Kingdom, and the
conditions under which it would draw upon them to the
utmost. It is more dignified to trust to this perception than
to conch warlike intimations in mysterious and doubtful
language. If there were no other reason against such a
course, it would be enough that the speaker would at this
conjuncture unwittingly deceive the Turks themselves. He
would mean one thing, while he would make the Turks
think he meant another. He would have in his mind the
defence of some important point of t'le Turkish territory in
the interest of this country, while the Turks would read in
his words an alliance like that of twenty years einca. The
notton.which our warlike people form of helping Turkey is
one which would revolt the Turks more than submission to
13,11Sda it,elf, end they reselutely reins...) to understand
English utterances in this genie. All that we say, therefore,
of .military intervention they interpret as promising an
addition to their oten strength, and are encouraged accorli-
Ingli. Let us not be responsible for hiring them to mis-
fortune.
A GREAT FAVOURITE GONE HOME. —A gallant
veteran, familiar to many i barrack-square, has been
wiped off the roll of the 77th Regiment (remarks the
Standard). Colonel Kent's fine old chestnut Arab,
which was a cynosure of attraction at the Balaklava
fête last year, has died in quarters at Cork of a long
standing and painful disease, borne with soldielly
resignation. The deceased was probably the best-
known and most travelled horse in the world, and
could not poseibly have been less than twenty•seven
years of age. With capital legs and feet, a strong
bap, closely ribbed, and up to any amount of weight,
he-looked an if he would last for a long time yet. After
serving in the Crimea, he went round the Caps to
Australia, and had been twice to India, and through
almost every station in the country. His last appear-
ance on parade was at the inspection of the regiment
by Major-General Sir R. D. Kelly,. K.C.8., on the
13th of July last, when he carried his owner as well
.as 1,1711 w ho did in his life. He was a great favenrite
with both officers and men, and is mourned by them as
an old friend.

AN UNSETTLED BILL.—W. E. G.—Punch.
TZAIPERANCE QUESTION.-A Conference,
attended by delegates from all parts of the country
and promoted by the Church of England Temperance
Society, was held in Manchester on Monday, to con-
sider the question how to deal with the liquor traffic,
whether by restriction or prohibition. Canon ElHewn
advocated a general restrictive policy. The Rev, T.
Stowell argued in favour of Sunday closing, arid the
Rev, J. Bardrdey supported the Gothenburg system-of
licensing. T'ne Rev. T. Hutton contended that the
Permissive Bill was the only means of satisfactorily
settling the question. In the debate which followed
there was a general concurrence of opinion that a
stringent Sunday closing law was desirable, but by
agreement no resolution was aiopted. Mr. Stowell
and Mr. Hutton, alhough Conservatives, very em-
phatically condemned the conduct of the present
Government with regard to the Irish Sunday Closing
BLI, and the latter gentleman drew attention to the
fact that while Ireland, Wales and Scotland together
gave a considerable majority in favour of the Permis-
sive Bill, it had been defeated solely by the power of
English votes.
FOR THIS LEST TIME.—TDOrO is a touch of
pathos about doing even the simplest thing "for the
last time." It is not alone kissiug the dead that gives
. you this strange pain. You feel it when you have
looked your last time upon some scene you have loved
—when you stand in some quiet street where you know
that you will never stand again. The actor playing his,
part for 'he last time, the singer whose voice is cracked
hopelessly, and who after this once will never stand
before the sea of upturned faces disputing the plaudits
with fresher voices and fairer forms, the minister who
has preached his last sermon—these all know the hidden
bitterness of the two words "never again." How they
come to us on our birthday as we grow older I Never
again young; always nearer and neater to the very
la,st—the end which is universal, "the last thing which
ehall,follow all last things," and turn them let us hope,
from pains to joys. We put away our boyish toys with
au odd heartache. We were too old to walk any longer
on our stilts—too tall to play marbles on the sidewalk.
Yet there was a pang when we thought we had played
with our merry thoughts for the last time, and life's
serious grown-up work was waiting for us. Now we do
not want the lost toys back. Life has other and larger
playthings for us. May it not be that these to shall
seem in the light of some far-off day as the boyish games
seem to our manhood, and we shall learn that death is
but the °peeing of the gate into the new land of pro-
mise.—Pietorial World.

DIPLOMATIC) DIFFICULTY.—TO tell the truth,
or to believe it when toll—Punch.

PRItiOEES RoYAL, —A t Windsor, on Tuesday,
the 30th birthday of the Ci•own Princess of Germany
(Princess Royal of Great Brittdu and Ireland) was
celebrated with the customary honours. In the early
morning and at in'ervals throughout the day the bells
of St. George's Cnapel and Si J9lm's Church pealed
merrily, while salutes of 21 guns were fired from the
artillery in the Long Walk and from Fort Belvedere,
and the Royal Adeaide frigate, Virginia Water.
Flags-were also displayed in the town.
MR. DALRYMPLE'S GREAT WHEAT PARINI IN
BltsA.—The amount of eround _sown to wheat this
spring was 1,300 acree. Harvesting commenced on
Monday with nine self-binders. The machines are
run fifteen hours without rest, except the ordinary
stops for oiiing, lunch, and dinner, and the result per
day is 180 acres. One man is emplqed to each team,
and twelve men follow the machines shocking the
wheat as soon as it is cut. The entire 1,300 acres
ware to be cut sal shocked during the week; stack.
ing and thrashing will of course follow. Dalrymple is
harvesting his crop for about one-fifth of the cost
required under the system in vogue ten yes6ra ago.
All the time harvesting commenced it was estimated
the yield per acre from the entire tract would not be
lees than twenty bushels to the acre. Grasshoppers
had -done but little d.amsge, tho excessive hot weather
came too late to blast the crop, and everybody who saw
the waving grain pronounced big wheat farming on the
North Pacific a success. The farm On which this crop
was grown consists of 30,000 acre, on which next
seagull there will be sown to wheat 9,0,0 acre's, the sod
of it haying been broken this season. During the
breaking season Mr. adrymple had as high as one
hundred teams at woik. The furrows turned were six
miles long, and the teams make hut two trips a day,
travelling with each plough, to make the four furrows,
twenty-four miles. Tho location of this farm is
eighteen miles west of Moorehead, Minnesota, in the
proposed new territory of Pembina, and this is not the
only big farm in the vicinity, but is the " boiA" farm
of a dczen or more running from 500 to several thousand
acres.—St. Paul Pioneer Press.

EsQUIMAUX DOGS IN ENGLAND.—An. Esqui•
mafix dog seems to be an expensive luxury. Our
readers may remember that about a twelemonth back,
on the return of the Pandora from the Franklin
search expedition, Captain Allen Young brought back
with him a fine specimen of the Esquimaux dog, on
which he set great value. The animal one day got
loose, and for a lc ng time was at. large in the neigh-
bourhood of Southampton. The Hampshire farmers,
taking it for a wolf, turned out en 111433 C with guns and
and killed the poor brute. A long bill for de-
preglations committed by the urtimal was also hauded
to Captain Young, who had to recompense the soffir•
' leg agrieulturi.'s. Oa the receLt return of the Pandora
from the Arctic Regions Lieutenant Arbuthnot,
brother to the Vicar of Arundel. brought home a flue
Esquituaux dog, the "kitig of the paelr." which has
been pls.ced temporarily under the care of Mr. Rolls,
vet.rivary surgeon, of Arundel. On Monday the
animal got away, and caused much alarm, being mis-
taken, as in the Cddie of Captain Yoong's doz, for a
wolf. L., paid a visit to the farm of Mr. E. Blunden,
at Broomhurst, gobbling up four ducks and killing a
fifth. The dog, however, was soon after recaptured,

BEYOND COMBPARE."—VIC3X'S daughter :---
"ffilliam Noakes, does yonr mother ever comb yonr
hair ?"—William :—" No, Aliq3, nur ei doan' want 'er
too, noither !"—V. D. :—" Why, you horrid boy V
W. :—" Whoy ? 'Cos fath3r 'e stop out toe late at the
'Thee Tuns' t'other noight, an' 'e's abed nem with
the combin"isn got ! "—Fun.

ACCIDENT IN A LIVERPOOL THEATRE.—The
Liverpool Post says that an accident of a very un-
fortunate character occurred at the Sef ten Theatre,
Park road, on Monday evening. The company are at
present playing "The Dead Hand," end Mrs. Creamer,
the wife of the lessee, sustains a part in the piece. At
one point of the performance a pi,tol is fired at the back
of the scenes, and Mrs. Creamer had the pistol in her
hand to do this; but just at the time the report should
be made she handed the pistol to one of the men, asking
Wm to fire it. Su idenly however, changing her mind,
she thrust out her hand to get back the firearm, and as
she was doing so the man pulled the trigger, and the
result was that two or three of the fingers of the un-
fortunate lady were almost blown off.
Ma. GLADSTONE AND THE WELSH BIBLE.
--
We (Times) understand that the RLlht Hon. W. E.
Gladstone is en gaved on a tras.%slation of the LAin
preface of the Welehversicn cf the Bible, published by
Bishop Morgan in the-reign of Q.wen Elirab,th. The
preface will be attached to a biography of Bishop
Morgan, now in the press, from the pen of Air.
Thomas W. Hancock, of Llanrhaiadr yn Moehnant,
the parish of which Morgan was rector during the
years which he spent in producing the great work
associated with his name. The biography is to be
dedicated to the present Bishop of St. Azaph.

A SaRVICEABLE HEAD-DRESS. —A very useful
head-dress is worn by the inhabitants of the tract of
c )untry between Mercara and Mangalore, in the
Madras Presidency. A skull cap is made of the leaf
of the areca nut, which is so hard that any weight can
be carried on it without the head being injured, while
it effectually protects the wearer from the sun. Inside.
the cap the owner keeps a store of betel leaf and area
nuts, and when hungry, shakes his head and lets his
larder drop into his hand. In the evening the treasured
head-piece fans the fire for cooking, makes an excellent
drinking bowl, and is finally used as a subatitute for th
tureen.

AN INDIANA TRAGEDY. —A report in the
Cincinnati Gazette, from Rushville, Indiana, gives par-
ticulars of a horrible tragedy which occurred about sis
miles from that place. Chadwick B. Brit&n, a young
man from Paris, Ky., had married the only daughter
of John Rbodes, a farmer, and after living peaceablt
with the old people for nearly one year, demanded
possesssion of the farm. On being refused he became '
abusive and intemperate, and was finally ordered W
leave. He left, but returned, and after an altercation
with the old lady shot her dead. Mr. Rhodes hearing
the shot hastened to the house, and was fired at, but
the pistol missed fire, whereupon Britain fired two
shots into his own body, dying instantly.

THE IRON &AV AND HER LITTER.—I wonder
how many of our readers have seen an iron sow, and
her litter of iron pigs? One would deem such a drag°
compound of the animal and mineral world, yet these
are the prodoce of every iron furnace or cupola in the
kingdom. When the iron is melted, as above des.
cribed, the furnace is tapped by destroying the plug of
sand, which the heat has hardened; and the metal IS
then conducted into a sand bed, in which, by means 01
wooden blocks of a suitable size, a number of Dttle
oblong recesses or pits are made. The main ones art
larger and longer than the rest, which branch nu
right and left. The iron runs, therefore, first into
these larger moulds, and thence into the rest. The.
result is a number of masses of crude metal called solos
and pigs, which thence pass through various processego
to deprive then) of their brittleness and render theta
pure and malleable (malleus, a hammer). For when
these sows are cold' they are so brittle that by bell
dropped on a block of wrought iron they will break o
like glass, and the broken ends appear of a beautiful
crystalline form, bright and shining, and of varions
tints, according to quality.—" Amongst Machines "-
Book for Boys.
VIRTUOUS INDIGNATION.—Betting Man (to bit
Partner). "Look 'ere, Joe I I'ear you've been gamblin
on thq Stock Exchange 1 Now, a man must draw the
line somewhere; and if that kind of thing goes on, 900
and me wid 'aye to part company !"—Punch.
THE HOUSE TAM —Official returns recently
lamed show that the tax on inhabited houses in Greo ,
Britain of the value of £2O a year or upwards WI "
charged on houses assessed at the aggregate :mann'
value of £44,781,652 in the financial year 1874,75. Tbe
amount is more by'2878,539 than that of the preceding
year. Shops and warehouse (houses used for the sal!
of goods) were assessed at £9,738,602—an increase o.`
£1.10,587. over the preceding year's assessment; "beers
shops," as the return has it, £3,820,243, an increase D 5
£41,090; farmhouses, £765,201, an amount less bt.
£3,605 than in the preceding year. The above vftra '
taxed at the lower rate of 61 in the pound. ri.°'
higher rate of 93. was charged on other houses--- f
"dwelling-houses "—and which were assessed as beinoV
of the annual value of £30,457,606, an increase
£730,467 over the amount in the preceding year.
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QUITE SUTERFLUOUS.—It is TUMOUTed tb
the Russiana are anxious to occupy ConstantinoP_,l*
Constantinople is very much obliged, but ber
to state that she is quite enough occupied alreadr"
with her own bothers.—Punch.

A USEFIM INVILIMON.—An invention whicil
will revolutionise the tinware trade of America bl".:
been perfected, after some years of labour by lienri,
Martyn, a young Bostonian. It consists of a series
dies by which boxes of all sizes, from the ralve box
the preserved fruit and oil cans, are pressed froro
single piece of tin, the corners being doubly folded,he
the procese, and no solder being required, though t
cans are perfectly air tight. Flared ware, as drip Pill
paw, are also made. They are durable and—as 01,
dozen a minute are manufactured—very cheap, on,
in these days of solder-poisoning, will be especiaa
acceptable to canners of preserved meats.

SOLVING THE DIFFICULTY First SO1c11_1;
"So they say we've a chance of fighting the Roe_tr,
agin "—Second Soldier. "Blow the Roosians I pri,,,g
don't we go and take Constantinople, and a'done
it ? "—Punch.
MAKING A MAN OF Hut.—At the Hatalne!6.
smith police-court a woman applied to Mr. Bridge (4:,
sitting magistrate) for his assistance to restore her 50_,1
who had joined her Majesty's service, from an incl,r„
trial school, to which he WM sent for five years.
Bridge said he had no power to help her, but Wu:
better position could a boy have? He would be
sailor, and had a tine career before him. The appliaAns
pressed her application strongly, on the ground th!b.
she had a large family to support, and required tTh.
boy's assistance. She handed in a letter from her sell,
Mr. Bridge read the words, "I am quite well atter
happy. I have joined for ten years." j.
applicant wished to know if the boy CO
"swear" himself away. Mr. Bridge said P_
could if he liked. He continud reading the letter;
Which stated that•he (the boy) had nice clothes, Cl3°4
t) keep them in, and that it was of no use to try toes
him out ot the service. Mr. Bridge said it vieshs
charming letter, showing that the by had been
.taei,"
well. Tne apodcant said she did not wish him to cub"'
the service. We had "joined under a lie," as be ling
net yct sixteen, Mr. Bridge said that the only rte
wh.: could interfere was the Home Secretary. He
Bridge) was as powerless to act as the woman
but her boy could not have a better career than the%
he had got. The letter showed that he had been els"
a man of.
FASHION AGAIN.—SiIk umbrellas, made to be
fastened to the back instead of to be carried in tt
hand, are a New York sensation. This is, of coure'"
one of the evidences of the rain of fashion,—Judy.

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THE SUPPLY Or SUGAtt.— Conaiderable
ment has taken place in the sugar market of late, oivil
to the very low stocks held in this country
America. Messrs. Messrs. Thomson, in their last cirow!
give the present atock in this country at 109,000, vidlll6o
the average stock during the past three years has boa
164,000 tons, or say 55,000 tons deficiency. It is ststs,-
that the late West Indian and Mauritius crop;
been partial failures, hence the short supply; 11'1;60
misfortune; never come singly, it is now affirmeo
substantial authority that the beetroot sugar of rolidi.
and Belgium will show a general deficiency of fr)."
200,000 to 250,000 tons. In America stocks are ve„ro7-
low, the present stock on 31st October being
againit; 73,500 tons for 1874-75. We learn by telegro°
from New York that the growing crop in Jamaica Pf°i
muses well, but it will not mature until March oc:s
year. During the past four months this article
advanced in price fully 40;. per cent, in the wholesol°
market, although retail dealers have made little or a
alteration in their prices yet.
A NIGHT ALulm AT BESIKA BA.Y.--)t1
incident, which is not a little significant of
efficiency of the _British navy at this moment
mentioned in a letter from Besika Bay. With a
to ascertain the time that would be occupied in briolft,
lug one of our ironclad s into action; the Adolii4
directed a "turn out" in the middle of the olg
without any previous warning. Tha comb:land 0,1
promptly obeyed, the whole ship being cleared Ifup,g
action and the first gun fired within seven mil:fill--
from the time the alarm was sounded.

" THE SAME, BUT DIFFERENT."—MiStregS
"Weil, Bridget, is there a fire in my room?" Bridge.;
(a-new importation) : "Sure, mini, yis, there's afire
butifs out."—Fun.
WARLIKE Rumoußs.—The Correspondent 01
the Daily News at Peath•telegraphs tha; the rotoi,,a'4
facture there of a number of gun carriages is to
hastened on by order of the Vienna War Office se,
the stall of workmen doubled.—A St. Peter;bnre
telegram announces that a park of siege artillery. 0,(:r
sisting of 92 guns, is reported to be forming at Cllo_l'l4
and that the Southern army, near Kischeneff,
receive 540 gues..—According to intelligence recelr7,i,
in Pesth, Russia ha., in principle, decided on vinr,lo.
In Paris a telegram has been. received by
Sclavonic Committee, which states that at a COIL,'
of the Russian Ministers held on Saturday, wader
presidency of the Czar, it was resolved that the aril
should cr. ss the frontier on the slightest' violation 17,1
Turkey of the armistice. The huisian Minister
War is, moreover, said to have announced that all'Ote
military preparations would be clarpleted in
night, and that an army of 1,200,000 men would til",s
be ready to march.—lt is rum
''
rumoured in Vienna th:f
Russia is endeavouring to gain the co operation '33
Persia against Turkey, and that with this vievroi
special envoy will shortly leave Mcscow for Teber,a
with costly presents for the Shah and his Foreir,
Min ister. I ritellig ence receiVkd at Z ara -an notnn
that Mukhtar Pasha is concentrating 20 battalions lc
Carkav, near Bergatto on the Austrian frontierf
ig asserted that he intends proceed to GravT,
Where his troops would embark for ConstantinoPco
This, however, would neceisitate his marching a.er,rm
Austrian territory.—Tee Berlin Curresponden 'ye
Trees says that the AuArian Government seem to 119,..,
detera..ined not to oppose an inva.ion of Bulgaria I,'ff,
the Ru.isians, nor an ecaipation at Conetantinople
the English. They are likely to preserve con3PtA
neutro,iity at the beginaing or the fray, and to plO°T;
to independent action only very gradually: Sholu
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war break out, and should they at all par ticipate in '3;
their first step will be the occupation of Bowls. 2-1ve..„,,
before tiiis a strong force will be stationed in wrg""
sylvanisi