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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-01-28

A PARALLEL.

A gentleman writes to The Timm:—
Many year. ago I remember seeing a prls.--ilght in
Six Mite Bottom. The men were badly matched, and, from
the brat, victory was only a question of time. Round alter •
round the toeing man came up with the greatest pluck. only
to be again and again knocked back writhing into We
corner. At length nett re asserted hereelf. and even he,
brave man and a profession.' pugillat, felt the contest We,
hopeless, and showed unmistakable signs of wishing to give
to, but tile backers would not throw tip the eporge ; they
had heavy stakes on the tight, and peon, r than face the loss
they continued to force their wrEtched victim to fight on, I
on the oil chance of some accident Enabling thorn to Bare !
their money ; but the crowd vile and bloodthirsty as it
was, was at last outraged, and ending that their hoarse
shouts of "Shame, shame ! " " Take him away !" were dine-
gerded, they at length broke into the Hug and, drishit away
the hackers, carried the fainting victim told% carriage.
What oi.coned in a forty-foot ring 20 years ago one bright
spring mo: n' nr, on the emerald turf cf esmlnidgeshire, is
I now being erac'ed over toe fattest portion of Europe, bs-
twee. the great armlt s of Germany end Fiat c Yarn the
nest Erance has been overmalched She fought pluckily up to
S certain point ; but tette, ly a feeling of hot c'eaent es has evi-
dently come over her armies. They feel they are overmatched,
and canna. win exc. lit by accident. Tiny wish to give tn, Lut
their backer., the fifvernmert of the Natior al li.fence,
veal not throw up the sronge they have backed the Re-
public to win ter all they are worth, end lithe fight is lost
they will be ruin.' The britah public is beginning to cry
‘' Shame, shame !'' but, unlike the public at Six Mlle Bottom
their indignation is natost the whintng man, who has fought
a grand battle, and who, against his will, Is obliged to knock
his enemy down as often as he is driven up to meet him, not
againet the backers, who for their own end. are forcing
their wretched dupes to Couthiue a perfectly hopeless
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-01-28

THE I'NRAPPT TOWN OF PERONNE.

A letter from 11,ronne in the Cotegne Gazette says :—" The
cathedral, with Its tower I Willed like a Joeve, the rows of
houses converted Into heaps of et is, the town-hall, deemed
Item top to bottom, presented an appearance %till which the
most terrible disaster we have seen in the six mouths cam-
paign could not In the least ccmpare Net a house
had been spored, out a window was unbroken. hunt.
tare and stores had, of cease, all been dragxed out
hit, the street, for the rain of grenades seldom allowed a
thought even of ex Unguishing the ft toms. the peop,e
could only take refuge In the cellars, and were forced
to sleep there, as tile bornbaidment did not c•osse at
night. While we were standing in the autism °opiate
the town-hall some drunken Mobiles reeled shout among
the still smoking ruins, exciting great laughter among the
&graded French public. A number of slashes Irtel the
surrounding v:ll.ges followed the derinan soldiers into the
teen. tu expectation of tiodibg phut, of I,winess. Another
c 4respondent states that the commandant, art uthcer re-
ienseii Ite!z on his promise not to servo again in the
war, shot himself on fli ding that the place hold nut
no longer. tle could, of cc urso, have espeoted 510 mercy
Irons the enemy. A new con niondatit tea", therefore, to
conclude the capitulation. The besiegers faiand all the
shops empty or eloped, and their treMblieg owpers
en-
cl'is.ed, "11. c tabak ! du tout, du tout, du tout! tout
(prole "
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-01-28

DRAWING-BOOM ALCOHOLISM.

The Saturday Re rodaobnerven the...is an increasing
evil under thevlun, one d preening in., °dance, but en
contrary to our English traditions, at to rue notions
of ill., htness of things, that we Cr, ..norrely inclined
to hash it up. Now and then a wh'sprred scandal re.
minds oar Pharisees that a Yhalinee's win indulges in
alcoholic stimulants, "has been taken as-ay frocu some
ballby her trends, unite drunk.poor thing. if shot Ir.
ing t" or " Really should have been allowed to ride
when she could hardly sit on her horse." But such
, stories we agree to get rid of as quickly as ponible.

Yet -some sincere effort shMidd be made to clieik
habit which are notoriously on the increase, and
which threaten to degrade women even of the well-born
and educated classes beyond the help of theories, how.
ever brilliant, of tLeir rights. It is honest and prudent
to confers that drunkenness is no longer quite un-
known even in the most charming drawing-rooms,
be it under the form of dipsomania or oincEnania,
habitual or occasional excess. The increasing ,Ere-
valence of what is considered allowable stimulation is
the evil especielly to be remaiked. Marguerite dally-
ing with Faust's gifts is trut t!te prelude „o Marguerite's
suicide, and it is more useful to tiseek her as %she opens
the glittering casket than when she is the htlpTees prey
ktleßloll. Women seldom drink for the gratitcatlen of I
their palate, and the pitiable drain-drinker ROME • '
times loathes the spirit Ehe gulps down. Good
or bad wine, I.,otato-brandy, curacoa, or gin will
satisfy her if only her nervous organisation be
sufficiently saturated. The ,plume of light wine
or beer sometimes taken is alnaLet incredible. One
important step will be gained if the use of stimu-
lants between meals is sedulously checked. The test
of safety in the moderate use of alcoholic drinks seems
to be the power in persons of fair health to leave off
their accustomed beer or sherry without inconvenienes
or moral effort. This test might be occasionally ap-
plied by rational women t ti einaelves or insistrol on
by their toast Ind aml a senslble improvement in both
moral and physical well-being wonetg.ruerally surprise
the fair abstainer.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-01-28

AMUSING THEMSELVES WHILST PRISONERS !

Some of the French prisoners at Spandau have started an
Illustrated paper, entitled J'ro,o,lhl, the programme of
which is to " speak at a distance from bearitifnl Franca of
small matters which c snc-ru us abro id, and to revive
Aliing us that old Gallic satire and tpdety which charac-
terize tur nation." The first number has bren
and oontaitor artieles by prisoners of a humorous cLaracter.
Among the French prisoners at No Asberg is 11. Tremolo,
the first tenor of the B,rdeaus o.asra.hemse. Several of
his companions who, like him, entered the ihttalion of
Tirsllleur de la litronde, are bankers, wine merchants,
and are some of the richest Inhabitants of Bordeaux.
Ono of them, a mer hard*, is a first-rate co-ijuror. The
at Kibuigsberg frequently amuse themselves with
the performance of plays, and one of them is a capital pho-
tographer. 23,000 French prieunorS are about to be re-
moved from Coolers and Cologne to Eastern FrussLi and
Schleswig. It is believed 01,4 the prisoners belonging to
Alsace and German Lorraine wi I shortly be allowed to re-
turn t their homes, on engaging not to take part &Ohl tu
the war. Special privileges have already been conceded to
them.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-01-28

A HORRIBLE INCIDZNT.

4. 4 Ina Incident of the battle [before Part, J I mutt mention as
very peculiar A man was shot on the field furs crime. Ile was
a private in the 119th of the Line. Ile bad, for mule reason
or other, perhaps not expecting to be discovered, ehot his
captain In the battle. Summary justice was executed up in
lialf-s-locen men were told aside to shoot hint. Ile
fell—but not dead, It seems Ity-Inill`lle, came the brim-
carillers,' as they are called, that is, the streteher-hearers,
and roes wounded, but living man on the field. They pro-
pose to carry him away. The ',ldlers et the regiment tee
what they &redoing, and warn them off. They find that the man
thi y had shot Is still alive. They lift him up to me if be can
stand, intending to shoot him agate; but he falls on the
ground with a heavy thud. A soldier levels his guest him
as he lies on the ground apparently unite conscious. 'the
ball hits, but does not lake effect. The man still lives. Then
another soldier comes forward and fires There la something
wrong with his gun, and it does not go off. A third soldier
then tried, and lie at last succeeds. Lie 'gods a ball through
the bead of the poor wretch who had killed his capti.in. A
battle is horrible enough in Wilt, but an execution like this
in the midst of It is worm than all Perhaps stew more exe-
cutions would he of use to the disciple(' of the Peones
army. The Republican authorities are much too mild to the
slue of the soldiers."—Paris Correspondent of Daily News.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-01-28

PUBLIC NOTICE.

ri HOMER, News Agent, Cradley Heath,
• begs to inform the Public that he is able
I'l'l.Y them with theLONDON DAILY NEWS
l'A PERS.

ORDER AT ONCE.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-01-28

THE IRON TRADE.

WoLvERUAMPToN, Wednesday.

The news of the capitulation of Paris was
heartily welcomed by the iron and coal masters
and the merchants on 'Change hers this after-
noon. The intelligence was most timely. This
afternoon transactions occurred that but for the
news from Versailles would not have transpired.
Consumers of ere and pig-iron are still in the
market for certain qualities, and sales are being
reported. The dearness of the Lancashire and
Cumberland ores is affording a chance for the
old Forest of Dean district in raw ore as well as
pig-iron. Purchases are taking place in Lydney
told Wigpool red ore, at fur the former ttls, and
the latter t2.2s per ton, delivered in South Staf-
fordshire. These prices are considerably under
the Lancashire quotations. The tin-plate work-
itig firms hereabout will be the first affected by
peace. They have large orders on band for tin
camp goods for the armies of France. This af-
ternoon they resolved to complete the orders
given out to the men, and then stop till further
instructions are received.

Although much satisfaction was expressed on
Thursday at the improved prospects of peace,
the absence of confirmation of the surrender of
Paris, and the great uncertainty prevailing as to
the ultimate effect of that event upon the French
nation, combined for the moment to unsettle
trade, and cause the postponement, at all events,
of all contracts of magnitude. In fact, both the
attendance and the business transacted at the
Birmingham Exchange, on Thursday, were be-
low the average. The general condition of the
South Staffordshire iron trade just now is des-
cribed as very quiet. Mills and forges are not
making on the average quite four days a week,
and though, as usual at the beginning of the
quarter, there Is no present scarcity of orders
on the books, new business is coming in so very
slowly, that there is considerable risk of the
order books being worked out. The chief de-
mand is for the lighter descriptions of merchant
iron, including rounds, angles, tees and squares.
Nail rods are in rather brisk request just now,
on account of the activity which has recently
developed itself in the Worcestershire nail
trade ; and gas strip is being largely consumed
by the Birmingham and Wednesbury tube
makers. Iron sheets for galvanising ; tin-nlates,
in which a farther advance of Is per Lox has
been made by local dealers; and light castings
adapted to the metal bedstead and other ILlUM-
factures specially buoyant here, command a tol-
erably active sale at firm rates; and even in thOlie
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-01-28

FIGHTING AT DIJON.

BOEPEAUX, Jan. 22.
Numerous Prussian troops wlth artillery attempted to re-
capture P j a yesterday. but were repulred by the Gtri-
baldians after a ceubst et twelve horn, The battle extended
from Vol Lr zdi to Ftntsine lee m amt Salami. The
French troops maintained their posttlons and overtired other.,
The Itasca of the French are rather corablerable, but
Inferior to those of the enemy. The battle reccmmenced to-
day. Yesterday the enemy attacked Berney at midday,
but wma repulsed by the National Guards.

R.,IZITAUX, Jan. 23.
The following c Metal dopatchea have been mei:lived .
" D11...1i, Jan. 23, 43) pm.

" Dijon has been ray fiercely attacked since ore o'clock
this afternoon by a strong Prussian column on the northern
and western sides of the town. Everyone is at this poet.
"5.16 p m.

The evenly is within i,r,00 yards of the to wn, and has
occupied Poutliy sr d Chattan St. Appolinatre. It la said
that Ricciotti Garibaldi la enrmunded. _ _

" 6 15 p in.

The enemy la falling back beaten. R'ccloPi Garibaldi
has captured the colours of the Glut Prussian Regiment of
the Line

Further advices from Dijon state that the Germans en-
gaged in to,Ro's fighting beler gto the 2ml Corps. The
prisoners taken are chiefly men of the oist Regiment of
Fc mem. la.

J anuary 24

An official despatch from D'jon, dated yesterday evening,
announces that the Prussian defeat was complete. The
brigade of Rteciottl Garibaldi completely destroyed the let
Prnssian Infantry neglment. The French troops displayed
great heroism.

TIIE GARIBALDIANS.

DIJON, Jan. 23, Evening.

Details of to-days fighting show that the enemy, after
having feigned an attack upon the French left, marred the
bulk of his forces on the Langres read its obtaine4
pa-
seaslon for a time of the farm of Pontlly, but was dislodged
thence by the French making a breach in the wall. The
colours of the Girt Regiment were captured by Rlcciotti
Garibaldi's brigade in the face of a terrible lire. The enemy's
losses are said to be enormous.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-01-28

FRESH NEWS OF DR. LIVINGSTONE.

Sir Roderick I. Murchison hog sent the following
Jotter for publication :
I heartily rejoice to announce to the public that I have
this morning received a letter from Dr. Kirk, at /Another,
dated the 811 of December, oe7o, which has relieved no from
all anxiety respecting the fate of mylns:nous friend
Livingstone.
Dr. Kirk has just received • letter from the great Arab
Sheik Said, of Uny.artoernbe, doted leth Robes el Akbar,
which, being translated, Is to this t lied :—"After cons, lb
merits, your honoured letter has resched, and your friend has
untlerotood It. The people (that iv, of • caravan sent
frsdn Zoo bar) arrived in good health and are going on
to 1.-jiji to our friend the Doctor. The new, of him is
that he not yet returned (rem Mutinies (?) ,the
Arabic word Is stet In three chil rent wajs;. but we
expect him soon, and probably he and the ye' pie with sup-
plies will reach Ujji at the same time" Dr. Kirk adds :
" At all events. ou his arrival at iTjt, from his western
journey, he will have goods for his present want,. The new
gang of men with fresh goods has set out, and, the road being
free, • e may hope they will reach quickly and safely.'
I We now learn for the first time that Livlngetone had
male an extensive journey to the west of Loire Tangai yika,
and this accounts for the long-continued &mecca of all la-
.. ..

t7l7mation r. venting him.
Any letters that Livingstone may hare written and cot-
ii led to jealou. Arabs have probably either been dvstroyed
by them or tort with tome ot the caravanr that perished on
the j Juror; to the coast during the cholera epidemic.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-01-28

MR. IRELAND'S APPLICATION.

The Clerk said the next business was the su-
perannuation of Mr. Ireland. He had received
a inedic:d certificate froni Mr. B. L. Freer, which
eta •ed that Mr. Ireland was unable to fulfil his
duties.

A brief discussion ensued, and it was decided
that under the circumstauces they could net
comply with Mr. Ireland's request.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-01-28

IRON MESSENGEES HEARD IN THE NIGHT!

"The reader may have heard the artillery practicing on
W. - 1 wish-common with blanker at Snoelnuyness with shot.
Mid fell as If lie could imagine what a CIUNIIOIIBCIe lv but I
call assure him the r tasiion Is something very d erent
win n ono hears the shrieking and Ithsing of Iron metaengere
through the siLnee of the right, followed by the boom of
explosion in rho 'Kay, and the crash of falling timbers, or
the slip of crochet walls. The shell tray fall dye bundtei
yards away, but ono Is always apt to fancy it has whirred by
• lobe of Ms ear, and burst mime. hsre In the vicinity of
the into of his akull. The glory of warfare is very One
in poetry and rn the stage, on somebody has re.
marked before me, but anything more revoltiug. More
appalling, more damnably prosaic than the emott .n eta walk
in the dark in a bombarded city, e fand!iar phase of this
glorious war, cannot well he conceived I an, ngt ashamed
to tell you I ducked try bead and to. ked ont for an open
much every time I heard the whistle In epper ate and when
I got to the bottom of the street lulling to my fritter. home
I pot on apace to reach It that • ould do credit to a DUO.)
taking a spin round Ilackney-wick. lie waa at home in one
muse of the word, but trot much at home In another ; In
fact, he had pretty much arrived at the opinion that a better
thing In actege than pretence of mind even might be obis nee
of body. There was no cellar to his house, but he had got
d.,wu as low In It as he mold, and sac barni.aded with
mattresses ; his apprelLstions were only too well grounded,
and perhaps if the readerarere in the sortie podilon he would
not ha,e sii.ht.d aimintr precautions..- -Correspondent of
London Standard.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-01-28

ALAS! FOR THE DOOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN !

"The misery among the poorer Cl:lases Is every day on the
Increase. Most of the neon manage to get on with their One
franc 500. a day. In tha morning they go to ExPrcise, and
afterwards 101 l about until night in ciVer and pothollase,
unking up a ith liquids for the absence of !Mids. A. for
doing resider work they ruff at the ides. Master tailors
and others till me that it Is almost imposisible to get hands
to do the few critter whiet are now given. They are warmly
clad in uniforms by the Sta'e al ii except those belonging to
the marching battalions really &dog duty outside, I do not
pity them. With the women and children the case is
different. The latter owing to bail nourishment and ex-
posure are dying off like rotten sheep. the former have just
enough food to keep body and soul together, and to obtain
even this they have to steed for hours before the deors of
the butchers and bakers waiting for thefr turn to be
Served. And yet they nr..ke no Complaints, but patiently
suffer, buoyed up, poor people by the convictoa that
by so doing they still prevent the Prussians from
entering the town. If excel them ventures to hint at a
capitulation, she is set on by her neighbour. Self-asiertion,
however, carries the day. Jules and Jacques will hereafter
quaff many a petit Terre to their own heroism ; and many a
story still they Is filet upon their long suffering frieutle re.
doom-dog to their own special glory. Their aloes will be
told that they ought to be proud to leave Both men for
husbands. Bet Jules aunt Jacques are in reality but arrant
humbugs. Won't they 'loosed, their wives starved. Whilst
they were warmly dee, their wives were in rags. Whilst they
were drinking confusion to their enemies to some mug room,
thi Ir wives were fret zitig at the baker's door for their ration
of bread. In Paris the women—l epeak of those of the
poorer classes—are of more steeling stilt than the men
They suffer far mere, and they repine much lets I admire
the crowd of silent patient women huddlirg together for
warmth every morning, HI they wait until their vitt time in
doled out ti them far more than the martial heroes who
hint It heblvid a dram and a trumpet to crown a Aetna, to
vittt a toren, Cr to take their turn on the rampart!, ; or the
her-rsettle pen, aho day after day, front room cosy office,
Issue a manifesto announcing It at vtotory Is eel tain, because
they have made a pac, with death."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-01-28

SHIPPING NF:WS.

PLYMOUTH, Friday.
The Nile with the West Indian and Pacific
mails arrived MI this morning.
GIBRALTAR, ThUTBaRy.

The Bangalore from Southampton artived this more
Leg and will It are for Alexandril.

Calle, Wednesday.

The a ehmy from Australia aid nun/hater trete
Clyna have attired litre. 'I he biettgefie leaves tor Suez
to•utert ew.

LONDON CORN MARKET (CLOSE).
FLIDAV

Market very atrong. Eughh and foreign wheat 1,
dearer. Town Hour unehangt 1. tnuntly and American
horn Is more mines. lb rio anti Oats 01 pet 11r. ad-
entice. Maize 6,1 to thl more. Beans and peas firm.

GENERAL NEWs

Press A ssociottirm Telefffeims.

CAMBRIDGE UNI.I4.RSIIY.

The Cathbeidge Mathematical Tripos List was
published this morning. 'fl.e Senior Wrangler
is Mr. Hopkinson, of Trinity College and Owens
College, ManeheEter.

The' first si Wranglers at Cambridge are
Hopkinson, Trinity ; Olaisher, Trinity ; Spume,
Pembroke ; Hart, Trinity ; Templey, Queen's;
and Appleton, Trinity.
The first Senior Optime is Myers, Trinity.
The first Junior Optirue is Tuck, King's.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-01-28

THE WAR.

THE STATE OF PARIS.
PARI3, Jan 20.
Fighting was c,rrled on yesterday from esey In the morn.
Inn, the Ime ol bailie ranging from Montretout to the moire
of Celle. The French forces engaged numbered 100,04.0 re.n,
aided by a powt.rful artillery. Ctueral Trochu in his report,
dated 10 p rn. say!:—" The day, which commenced stweese-
fully, did not terminste with the results we could have
wished. The enemy was surprised In the morning, MA sub-
sequently concentrated large masses of artillery, with infantry
reserves, and at 3p m our left began to give way. Wheu
night clme on we were able to resume tho &naive, but the
enemy's fire continue I with great violet ce, and we had to
leave the heights The fighting was sanguinary, and I have
ordered Cen.ual Schmitt to Ink for an armistice of forty-
eight hours."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-01-28

NI4Lf.

Herrings, pickled, 30s. t.,-;3-6.17; ditto, red, 14. to Us.
per barrel: bloaters, 3. to 40. ; kippers, Is 10d to be.
per boo ; turbots, bs. to 141. ; brill, 3s. Bd. tote each ; Wien, 1..
6d. tote, per pole; cod, £3 to £7 per r 1001; live cod, to. to
11. each; whitings, 12e. to 180. per basket; eels, 114• to
1r per lb ; smoked haddocks, large 201. to 301. per barrel ;
lobsters, Ns. 6d. to les. ; crabs, be to lbs. per dozen; native
oysters, LIO ; common'', 15.. to 331. per busheL
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-01-28

VICTIMS OF THE PARIS BOMBARDMENT.

Renter's Express, under date of Paris, Jan. 18, says
:-
the following la the number of persons who fell victims to
the bombardment between the s;h and 13th net January
5-8, 5 killed, 5 wounded; January 6-7, 4 killed, 6 wooded ;
January 7-8, 2 killed, 13 wounded; January 09, 22 killed, 37
wounded; January 9-10, 12 killed, 36 wounded; .lanualy
1011, 3 killed, 10 wounded; January 11-12, 1 killed, 20
wounded; Jauutry 12-13, 2 killed, 11 wounded. lotal 61
killed, 138 wounded. Of the 51 peroona killed, 18 were
children, 12 women, and 21 men. Of the wounded, 21
were children, 45 women, and 72 men, making a total of 39
children, 67 women, and 93 men. The l'refect of the Police
has Issued orders that some companies of Mobile Guards are
to go on duty In those quarters of Parisi exposed to the bom-
bardment, and their dutlee are to preserve order in case ot
fire, to protect the property, and, above all, to cinder assist-
-000010 persons who may be wounded.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-01-28

WOOL.

A fair amount of animation ha. teen oisserva,,le in
the wool market. There has been healthy 1,1 dry
for most deacrlptions, especially for the choicest quali-
ties, and priore, have ruled firmer. Current pries,. of
Engll.6 wool ,—Fleeces Southdown hoggets, Is. Oid. to
is. Il; half-bred ditto. Is 3d. to l& 4d. Kent fleeces.
Is. 3d. to Is. 34. ; Southdowu ewes and wethers. Is. to
Is. Oid. ; Leicester ditto, Is. Id. to 15. lid. Sort.. Clothing,
Is. to 10.41 d. ; combing, lid, to la, 3d. per lb.

The hop market throughout the pest week has been
Characterised by firmness. Choice descriptions have been
taken of/rapidly, at extreme quotations Other qiialftree hare
Leon moc:erately Impnrvd afier, ani 101 l prices lave been
realized. Mid sod Eavt Kept, 2.Sa 1., 14' a. ; Weald of Kent,
351. to 701. ; Sussex, na. to Nil.: Fvuham and country, 761.
to 1121.; old 20s. lobe 4. per owt.

POTAT9E3.
These market. have been well supplied with potatoes
With • quiet trade price. have ruierl au under ,—Englhh
Regeuta, 75.. to YU. ; Scotch Regehts, 75e. to 100 s.
Rocks, tss. to 80t. pen ton.,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-01-28

TO TOE BITTER ENI) !

I was told to night by a MAO whole • behind the scenes'
that before Paris falls every hone, escort the few wants d to
pull the arta emeriti be ruthlessly sacrificed. horses of the
purest E•iellsh thoroughbred stock, some of which have
cost £l,OOO r iti eta, cr mire, will go to the chambles, like
the vilest screw that drags a Inickzab through our empty
streets. Better thousand times, cries the unanimous
ns of Pail., in French phrase, to • jeter is France par is
fez Ctre '—to kill, ravage, mortgage, beg, borrow, or steal—
than to capitulate to the Prussians no long all we have an
0111,C0 of flour In our stores -r a rat left la Our inners !"
Corresiwudout of Daily Trivrap4.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-01-28

sommum ABOUT BALLOONS.

The nerve d• s Dens Mold, seven tome interesting Informs.
Mon about the balloons which have left Parts dm log the
siege. The first balloon sent by the post dike left, it C 33 5,
on the 23iitt of Septemhar. Between that date and the end of
Novtruher thirty balloons have been sent from Paris, etch
with, on an average, twa passengers, 2 ill to 3 KI kiloprammes
of letters, arid a maple of plgeous. The greatest distal Cl
travelled by there balloons, except the one which fell in
Norwsy, was about 200 kilometre.. Many of the pigeons
have not returned, and it is not known what has become of
half of the balloons which have hien sent. They are usu illy
made of strong calico, c ivered with two or three coatings of
a varnish cemposed of linseed oil and a little oxide of lead ;
they are filled with the gas used far lighting Vie streets, end
when full occupy a space of &volt 2,000 cubic metres. roe
nail.ens are made at the Northern and the o.leans railway
stall.% At the former white calico only Is used, and the
balloons are sewn together by machinery ; at tns latter they
are tom by hand, and the instet lot used Is coloured calics.
There is, sa3 a the writer in the Revue, anfficient material,
machinery, A.7c , at these two places to turn nut a new
balloon daily, and the postage (twenty centlinea per four
grammes) amply covers the expense.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-01-28

KINOSWINFORD PARISI!.

The Clerk read solllC correspondence on thii-
subject, which bas already been published.
Mr. Plant rose aud said lie had to propose that
agreeably with the requisition of the Poor Law
Board, this Board has considered their sugges-
tions in reference to the parishes of llley and
Lutley, and recommend that the above-named
parishes be added to Halesowen, which now
Fiends two members to this Board. He saw from
a plan on the table that Illey joins Lapal, and
that Maley joins Hasbury. He would rather
take the opinion of the chairman on the subject,
as he knew whether it would be advisable to add
the two parishes to Halesowen, which seemed to
him to be the metropolis of that district. He
should like to hear what the Chairman would
say, and then he would resume the subject.

The Chairman said be did not know that be
could better express his opinion than by Propos-
ing a resolution on the matter, the same as Mr.
Plant had done. His humble opinion was that
they was now becoming a very important part of
the Union. There had been very recently a pair,
of pits sunk there. He believed that wherever
coal pits were sunk the population largely in-
creased. They should shortly have the census
taken, and they would then find that llley, Lut-
ley, and Hasbury would be very much over 100,
and he therefore thought that as far as Lutley
was ;concerned they should not interfere with
that parish; and he would beg to move the fol-
lowing amendment—" That the Board concur in
the decision of the Poor Law Board, that the
[awls!' of Kingswinford is sufficiently represen-
ted at this Board ; that the township of Illey
join the township of Lapel ; and Lutley town-
ship join that of Hasbury ; and if decided to
unite such places they should be attached to
their respective townships ; but, having reference
to the whole question, this Board consider it in-
advisable to disturb the present arrangements
and representatives of such places, as the Hales-
owen division is an increasing district, in conse-
quence of mining operations in Cradley and other
places "
This was seconded by Mr. J. Griffin.
Mr. Plant was much obliged to the chairman
for expressing himself upon the subject. He
asked on what mathematical ground thatgentle-
man could say the parish of Kingswinford was
sufficiently represented at that Board, as cora-
pared with other parishes. He (the speaker)
then referred at some length to different parishes
in the tiuiou to show that Kingswinford was in-
adequately represented ; and concluded by re-
marking that it was wrong of the Commissioners
. to make a place consisting of 18 houses a parish,
: and send a guardian to represent it against such
a place as Kingswinford.
A noisy discussion ensued, and ultimately the
Chairman put the amendment and afterwards
the resolution to the meeting ; the amendment
being carried by a large majority.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-01-28

LATEST TELEGRAMS.
THE PRUSSIANS AT CAMBRAI.
BRUSSELS, Thursday.

It is stated that the Prussians have again
made their appearance near Cambriti, but have
not vet threatened to bombard the town. A
godson of Queen Augusta has been wounded and
taken prisoner. The French Commandant at
Cambrai threatens that in case of bombardment
lie will place this prisoner in the most exposed
place. Maubeuge is expected to be bombarded
shortly. The siege of Landrecies has been
raised.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-01-28

PROSPECT OF A BONAPARTIST
RESTORATION.

BRUSSELS, Thursday

The I ild•pendowe De/ye announces that at no
time has greater activity been displayed by the
Bonapartists than just now. 'Messengers be-
tween Wilhehushoe, Chislehurst, and Versailles
are continually passing and repassing through
Brussels, where all the threads of this move-
ment meet. The bob penile/lee warns France, in
violent language, against these schemes.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-01-28

THE FUEL GETTING SHORT !

The question of fuel, writes • Paris correspondent, is ethl
all imperlant whit the Imprisoned id pulatlon. Even the
green wood which the Government have hod out down for
their hem lit to doled rut In so-all ementit leo sic ceding ton
certain routine. IL le neceroary 41 go to the mantle of your
strewilssenient, anti thence 300 are sent to • nelehlsouring
marrhand de Deis, where, after waittn s several hours en
give. • !Itch begins to form at nine old, ck in the mornlug
aid lasts the entire day, you receive a Luniber. Ott
the day following you return with this, and ATO sup-
plied with three francs' worth of wood, which costs you
at least three francs more to get conveyed home; as since
the rodurrs du place have diminished, owing to the horses
havirg been eaten and the drivers being requited on the
rampart*, no c. chic will listen to a lei a fare even for the
shortest riots.. The G svernmeut preclanaatlon ha not
entirely put a stop to the pillaging whirls ha been going on
for firewoed. The stores at. Vitel, dealer in secondhand
belittle g materials, in the Rue de is Roquette, that ominous
locality whet e the guillt tine does Its deadly work, have been
plundered of props rty to the value of 50,0(0 francs, and in
the Rue Fiat 10,t 00 francs worth of deals were carried dl
from a timber yard. The l'igaro sa3 s that several trunk
makers and second hand funatere dealers have bent brat-
big up a portion of a elr stock for firewood, and the Govern-
ment have caused a number of Seine barges width 'might
refuge In Paris at the commeucemeut of the &lege to be
broken up Kr a like purpose..
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-01-28

TIIE OSISIBC.IES CHANGING THEIR ROUTES !

The Paris papers of the 15th of January report that several
fires were caused en the southern and south eastern portions
of Paris by the Le,iegcrs shells but all were speedily em
tinguished One shell fell upon the steps of the Ministry if
Commerce. The cmcnbuses running between the Pkce
ltocbechnuart to la Glaclere have changed their route to
avoid danger horn the bombard.bent, and DOW avoid the Rue
de la Sant d which is regarded as unsafe, takidg Instead the
line of the Rite St Jacques. For similar reasons the einn'.
buses between (lourcelles and the Pantheon do not proceed
beyond the Rue Sonfilet. The El. eteur Libre of the
Pith sops—" The bombardment continues night and day,
with oc,sloral periods of inc.eved violence and of relative
feebleness. This state of things, dangerous to certain limners,
has become a normal condition, which In no devree intimi-
dates the inhaintauta. Emigration from the south aide con-
tinue. on a large scale. Many buildings have suffered
damage, the moat destructive Ore appearing to proceed from
a battery at L'llay, ebbs° shells teach farthest towards the
cc ntre of the city. Tbe Rues St. Jacques and Gay Lmsse,
the Pantheon. Luxemfrairg, and J.din des P.antes are the
most exposed parts. Every one is full of hope, and looks
forward to deliverance, which Is rendered more certain by
an improved system of distributing food. It is imp,rtant
to gain time. We all understand that." Ihe same paper
announces that measures had been ttken by the authorities
to provide shelter, food, and fuel for the persons (estimated
at 400 000) who would be compelled to remove from the
dlatricte on the left hank to the more central quarters,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-01-28

THE MARKETS.

MARK -LANK—Moen/a.
There are very short supplies of corn into London thin
week, and in the East ice remains strong enough for skating,
except in rivers which now admit of transit, and sellers make
active use of the opportunity to forward flour and other
steaks. In Mark-lane a large French order is In course of
execution for ft ,ur and oats, and this keeps value firm with
a tendency to rise. There are now 790 cargoes of grain and
seed on passage against 640 In 1870, and 421 In 1969. id wheat
the proportion is large. The stocks of Odessa at the end of
the year are returned 1,030,000 chetworts against 1,160,000
1800. At present this port is closed for navigation, and the
hound Is also full of Ice. Dentate shippers offer spring
cargoes, at the rates now current, for wheat, barley, arid
peas. This morning's business in Mark-lane is quiet. Eng-
lish wheat Is very firm, but neglected on account of condi-
tion. Foreign sorts are the turn against buyer, Calif Titian
makes Cis. for shipment, 675. on passage. barrel flour is ls.
dearer from this day week, country sacks about 69. ; barley
Is rather slow of sale ; maize rather higher, but dull , oats
firm, and some sorts 114. advanced; beans as before ; Pea.
Is. to 2s. lower to buy.

MA ItK•LAN E.—WED:SII9I,A Y.
There was a small show of Engliah whoat on sale, but the
arrivals from abroad were more literal. balm In all descrip-
tions were effected at the extreme rates current on Monday
last. Barley was in fair supply. Grinding samples w ere
purchased freely, at full rates. There waa a moderate show
of oats on the stands, which were taken cif to a fair extent,
at prices tending upwards. Beans, Pea., and Metre were
steady both In demand and value. The flour trade was eon-
siderahly improved in consequence of the new. ith re-
ference to the capitulation of Paris, and quotation. advanced
from 64 to Is both on sacks and barrels.
METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.—MONDAY.
In the cattle trade today there has been an absence of
any Important feature.. Notwithstanding that the supplies
have been short the demand ha. lacked activity. As regards
beasts, the eupply hex been only moderate, and has again
been almost entirely composed of Etgllsii stoct lo all
breeds salts have progressed slowly, but at unaltered
currencies. The best Scots and cronec have at ss. 101.
to es, per bib. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridge-
shire we received about 1,750 Scots and Crosses: from Scot-
land 165 Scota and crosses; and from Ireland about 1.50
oxen. The show of sheep has been small. The transactions
have been restricted at ah int late prices. For the best
Downs and halt breds ss. 11d. to its. per Mb, have been taken.
Calve. have been quiet at previous quotations. For pigs the
demand Idia been inactive on former term,.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-01-28

NOTES FROM PARIS.

The following ex.racts are from the "Diary of a
Beeie,;ed Resident," in the Daily Naos ; --

LOOKING TON TIIE TRATIOR !

'The clubs still keep up their outcry for'L Commune,
which they in: seine will prove a pauaces for every evil. ill
the club of the Rue Arras loot night, a speaker went a step still
further, and deniauded ' the f s'ablik halt LA of anarchy a- the
rating power.' Trochu le still either attacked, or feebly
defends d, in the newspapere. lb. French are an accu domed
to the State doing everything for them, that their rarer it
made respell:oWe for every thiug ehiell gees wrong. The
dernand fur a sortie en mew is not so strung. Every one
is serious not to surrender, and 0000 e precisely knows how
a surrender is to be avoided. Socceeres on laver have se
long done duty for successes in the field that rio one, even
yet, con in Been that this paper currency has been no depre-
ciated that bankruptcy must come. le it possible, each man
asks, that 500 Oct armed Frenchmen will have to surrender
to Pall the number of Germattsi And as they reply that it I
is Impossible, they come to the conclusion that treason must
be at work, and look round for the traitor. Treat it, who is
as hottest arid upright as a men or he is Incompetent as h
genera!, will probably , hsre the fate of the ' Man of Sedan'
aod the 'Man of Mete,' as tht y a, called it. is a
Lsocoon,' ssye M. Fells l'yat in his newspaper, with some
confusion of metaphor, 'who will strangle the Itspublic."
LIKE THE MIRAGE WHICH LURES ON THE TRAVELLER
'ls order to encourage us to put up with our short
cern:trees, we are now perpetually beteg told that the
Government has in reserve vast stores of potted meats,
cheese, butter, and other luawies, of which we have almost
forgotten the very taste : art-1 that when things come to the
worst we Omit turn the corner, and enter into a period of
wavers ti elmuslance These stores seem to me much !Ike
the mirage which lure: on the traveller of the tie-orb, and
which perpetually recedes as he advances. But the great
difficulty of the moment is to procure fuel. I am ready, as
some one said, to eat the soles of my boots for the cake et
soy country ; but then they must be cooked. All the odlls
are on the Marne, ant csnnot lie apple ached. Steam mills
hove been put up, but they work slowly ; and whatevA• may
be the amount of corn )et In store, It la almost Impetration, to
grind enough alit to meet the daily requirerceute.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-01-28

TOO NEAR TO BE PLEASANT,

" Waggone and hand.carta packed with household goods
are streaming In from the left to the riAbt hat k. In the
bombarded quarters many shops are closed. Some house-
holder. have made a sort of casentatta reaching to the first
story of their houses; others slot p to their ce110... The
streets are, however, full of people, even in the most exposed
districts ; and all the heights front which a view Is to he Met
of the Prussian batteries are crowded with slphkseers. Every
now and then one sees some house through whith a shell has
passed. The public buildiuge have, cc yet, muff-red very
slightly. The dome of the Pantheon, which we presume Is
used as a mark for the aim of the Prussian artillerymen, has
not been hit. lathe Jardin des Stanton all the glass of the
conservatories has been shattered by the emanation of the
air, and the orchids and other tropical plants are cbing.
Although war and its horrors am thus brought heme to cur
very doors, it is even still &Moult to realise that groat events
are passing around us which history will celebrate In its most
solemn and digeilled style. Witter ee in battles leo& grandeur
to the view. Mad the chore. of Balaclava takan Ore OR
Clapham-common, or had our gallant swordsmen replaced
the doekess on lianipstead.heatii, eves:Tennyson would hive
been uaable to poetise their t 'pions. When one sees stuck
up in au onmPeus.oftice that ontetibnses 'will have to make a
cir ,tit !rem roue de bon bal d merit ;' when shells buret In
restaurants and maim the waiters; alien the trenches are in
tea-gardens ; and when one is invited for a sou to look
through a telescope at the enemy firing WI their guns, there
is • homely domestic air about the whole thing which is quite
Mconsistent with 'the pomp acid pride of glorious wee.'"
HOW LONG WILL IT LAST?

"We hear raw that Government is undertaking an in-
quiry to iiicGver precisely how long our stock of previsions
will lest. Matters are mansged so careleaely that I doubt
whether the Minister of Commerce himself lama's, to within
ten days, the precise date when we shall he starved out. The
rations of meat now amount to I-27:h of a pound per diem
for each adult. At II o la,hlenalPe restaurants the supply is
unlimited, arid the price as uninvited. Two cutlets of
Coi.key cot 18 ffan,s, and everything elee in the way of
animal food is in proportion. The real vita question, how-
ever, is how long the bread will last In SOItIO arrondisse-
ments the supply fails after eight. o'olock in the ruernieg ; at
others each residant receives one pound upon production of
a carte de cre,eireance. The distribution Mus been thrown
Into disorder by the people from the bombarded quarters
II 'clang Into the cent, el ores, sad wanting to he fed. The
bread itself is poor tante Only one kind is allowed to be
manufactured ; It Is dark in color, heavy, panty, and gritty.
1 here Is as tithe corn in it as there is malt in London beer
when barley Is dear."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-01-28

SATURDAY, JANUARY 28, 1871.

with defendant on the 9th, about teu o'clock. Re did not
.see him throw anything at complainant. Cross.examined
Know John Smith, but did not tell him I saw defendant
! throwing. Defendants were fined lid and Costa; in default
14 days.
IBraaLnio COAL—Emma Dunn and Susannah Parker
were charged with stealing a quantity of coal, the pro.
party of Round Brothers, at Tividale Furnaces, on the
1 11th inst. William 11 hitehouse proved the cases. The
defendants were tined Is each, or 91 houre in the cell.

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again became very pert, and defendant ordered him on
of his house, but did not threaten him. Defendant was
ordered to enter into his own recognmances in £2O, to
keep the peace for six months, and pay costs.
WOMEN'S QUARRELS. Ann Green was charged by
Sarah %Ahem with assaulting bin, on the 18th instant.
There was a cross.suiumoni charging Sarah Batham will,
assaulting Anu Green at the same time. From the evb deuce it appears that both parties are in a death club.
They had same words previous to the club night, whoa
they had a dispute, and fought. Both parties were bound
over to keep the peace for six mouths.
OBSTRIICTINO TUE FoOTPATII. Isaac DOLIIIME shoe
manufacturer, was summoned by Superintendent Miffs
for causing an obstruction of the footpath by leaving
large box on the road, on the 20th inst. Police sergeant
Breton proved that there was a large box on the footpath
from eight o'clock until after twelve. Mr. Spooner read the rule of the Local Board Act bearing upon the point,
and said that such things could not be allowed- The
footpaths were free for the public, and must not be ob.
structed. He would not fine hint heavily this time, but
if he appeared before him again on a similar chargis be
should inflict the full penalty. Fined 1. and costs, 12s.
! DESTROYING CLOTHES AT THE DRlON.—Willialn Stokes
I was charged :by William lieightley with tearing up hie
clothes at the Stourbridge Union on the 2rith inst. The
defendant pleaded guilty to tearing up his clothes, and
was committed to Stafford for one month's imprisonment
with hard labour.

STEALI-N-O—C-011.-8111.&13 Baggott, e married 1101:040,
was charged with feloniously stealing a quantity of cold,
on the 12th instruit, the property of the Earl of Dudley,
John Westwood, watchman, proved that he saw defendant
returning from taking her husband's dinner on the above
date, and she went to a truck and took about 701hs of coal
value 2(1. He said he was obliged to prosecute. The
learned Stipendiary said he did not think Lord Dudley
would wish to prosecute for the take of twopence : but
defendant had done wrong to God and man by stealing
coal to the value of twopence. Persons stealing small quantities of coal would lead to stealing larger quantities,
and it was by punishing persons severely for small
offences that they were sometimes prevented from steal-
ing large quantities. But thls time he would discharge
her with a caution, and hoped else would not come before
him again.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-01-28

AN OLD SIIILEJ SOLDIER BEGGING.

At the Westminster police.cottrt, London, William
McLochlin, who kaki formerly been in the 9.1 i Regi-
ment, and fomht in the Sutlej campaign under Lord
Gaugh, was charged with bogging; and Mary Calvert
was also charged with the same offence.
Walter Harrell, a detective maid he was in Pimlico
on Sunday night, and saw the male prisoner, who is
quite blind, led by the w, men from public-house to
public-house' where lie narrated his military adven-
tures, exhibiting a card where• n was printed—
When war Is at hand
And danger Is nigh,
" For God and the soldier !"
Is every one's cry.
list when war is over.
And all thirgs are righted,
Coils forgotten.
And the poor soldier slighted.
He was ton to leave one public-hones, but did not do
en, telling the customers he had loot his eight in India
and had only received 61. aslay for eighteen months ;
he had a family of four children to pupport. He was
taken into custody, and on the way to the station
dropped Ind. in coppers into the woman's apron ' • he
asid the woman had been promised Cid. for leading him
about. . . . .

Prisoner, who wore the Sutlej medal, said his state-
moist was true; when discharged at Chatham he was
partially blind, but wss now unable to distinguish day
from night. He tried to sell a few things in the street,
but that was very precarious, and as he had served his
country well, he could not see that he should apply to
the pari-h, but would rather remain as he was.
Tess magistrate said he was unwilling to punish the
prisoner, although he had promised Lim once before
not to beg in the streets ; there WAS a place appointed
by the law for the relief of the poor, and he must re-
lair thither for aseistance ; and although he gym-
pathised with him in his miserable and afflicted con-
dition, yet should he beg again he must—although
reluctantly, and with pain—acid him to prison; it
would be a dereliction of duty were he to abstain from
it ; but in consequence d the prisoner's infirmities, he
would give him another divers, aid discharge him on
the understanding that he did not repeat the offecce.
Prisoner prom;e.d to obtain a livelihood in wain.
other manner, and was with the woman set at liberty.