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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-03-04

THE PRIVY COUNCIL AND THE CON-
TAGIOUS DISEASES (ANIMALS) ACT.

A Pciary rooneil order has lately been lamed under
! the Contagions Diseases (animate) Act, 180, with re-
ference to cattle all. cted with pleuro poeumonia, which
! it is to he hoped will he effectual in stamping out that
diaesee. The order is to take effect from tie 16th inst.
! Local &tithe titles authorised by the Privy Connell
may caves all cattle effected with pleurorpnenmonia
! within their district t be shoghtered ; compen-
sation, cot exceeding £2O, and not exceeding one-
half of the value of the animal immediately before
it was iffected with pl earcepaeumonia, is to be
, paid for stroll animal "as to the local authority
seems dr."—the cane of the animal slatiOtered
to be ascertained by the local authority offi-
cers or by arlartration. The local aldhority may
generally impowa conditions as to evid nee of tte
slau dater and %taloa o: steels animal, and under certain
irentnetenees altogether withhold compensation.
Witere any animal has been thus slaughtered, the
! owner will not be entithd t recover in respect of the
I insurance thereof any k,19 which. together with the
payment ahih he receives for the same under the
I order, would exceed the sum which he would have
I been entitled to receive in ri spect of the insurance.
I Eva rat local authority is to keep, is such manner and
form as the Privy Ceuncil from time to time direct
and approve, a record stating the date ef any order for
slaughter and the execution of the order and other
proper particulars; and suds rem, rd shall be evidence
if any question arises concerning an order for the
slaughter of any such animal or concerning compensa-
tion in respect thrreof.
A loeal authority authorized by the Pa ivy C mrcil
may (corn time to time make regulations for prohibit-
ine or regulating the movement out of any &Id,
sale, cowshed, or other premises, ef any cattle
ff-cted with pleuro-preumnnia, or of the caresses
of any cattle which haver id or have been slaughtered
in consequence of b.ing thus off cted ; also for pro-
hibiting er regulating the removal of bay, straw, litter,
eke., that has been need or has been about the same
field, stable, cowshed, or other premises with the
affetted cattle.

aucti marketr, sales, or eihibiions of
cattle in afTeztecl &stride may, miticr an,hority from
the Privy Council, be probibheel by the I cal Autha
rity ; cep, nate ircurred by a I.cal anti:ruby in pin,
mance of tho other to be klefrayth outof the local rate.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-03-04

Notices of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, wh.n properly
authenticated, will Le inserted in the "Observer," free of

BIRTH,

On the 180 ult, the site of Mr. Henry Round, Dud.
lry•Strttt, !trierley 101, of a daughter.
DIED.

On flu 27th ult, agiiil 72, Esther, relict of the late 11r.
William NILId, Beauty Batik, tiMutbridge.

CRADLXY.

MUTUAL Israoe EYRNT 814.7187 v.-- Oo Monday evening,
Mr. Adam Brazier, one of the °ldeal members of the
Bockty, was priont d with two handsome 'Gimes oa
oceseisiou of hie I ing the neighbourhood. Mr. B.
Cartwright wade ih peen nt tion, which was acknow-
ledged la suitible terms'

IrCIDEN7.—At the Homer Hill Colliery., on {Veda..
day, a fu., of v.lll took pOice. ink:ling two men named
William Axt,, and 14Award 1161. Fort orate!) no bones
wer., broken, u•th ugh both invii acre atverly rut.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-03-04

lIIE BIRTH AND DEATH OF A
lIIPPOPUTAMUS.

Mr. Frank 13d,klaud, in Land and Water, announces the
de:.th of the h'ppepotranne which was tens the other day
in thr 7.pological srdrns It died early on Friday Interning,
In but week. Demiblng the animal when alive, 11r. Buck-
land asp :

"Looking through the window of the observatory,
I saw the mother l illg full length—she is ab 'sit 123.
long—with her huie head and enormous mouth flat on
the ground; the baby was in a earner laying upon its
side, with it nose aerie to its mother's nose. Whether
by design or accident I know not, but the mother has
chosen an excellent place for her child, fur the corner
in which the Itttle thins, is lying is formed by
the junction of the hot-watar pipes, so that this is
about the warmest place in the din ; the morning sun
also faille upon the spot. The baby is about 41t. long,
and would be about fifteen inches high when
standing up. It is stout the size and weight of, and
not unlike in general appearance to, a three-score bacon
pig ; its general colour Is a reddish mahogany' the
head is very like the head of • calf ; the forehead and
fore part of the head appears see if varnished with a
black varnish. lenagine a calf's head of indissrubber,
and you will have a good idea of the face of the suck.
ing Behemoth. Every now and then it lifts up ite
head and looks stupidly about; it often wags violently
its little rudder-like tail without rising from the straw ;
it also stakes its ears with the curious jerking motion
peculiar to the hippopotamus. I fancy th:s motion
is to throw tint any water that may have got into
the care. Mr. Bartlett tells me he has already
beard it answer ita father's call, but it does not do
this often. The mother generally keeps her
great starting round eyes shut, bat at the leased sound,
whether a man's voice or the tread of a f.tsteli, she
epees her eyes instantly wide as the bull's-eye of a
policeman's lantern, and fixes them most intently upon
the spot whence the sound proceeds ; even if there be
no sound she opois her eyes about every minute, and
locks intently, with her left eye, at the window from
which she is being watched, while her right is stead.
hotly fixed upon her baby; Phe also cocks her ears
like a horse at any sound. She seems terribly afraid
that somebody will come to hurt her baby, over whirls
she keeps such a strict watch and guard. Immediately
after her coitimement she was excessively savage, and
exuded from her skin • profuse perspiretion, which
poured down her sides, this perspiration being the
colour of blood ; in fact as Prof eesor Gulliver has
described it, it is really composed of blood corpuscles.
She d. es not seem t s require much food. She has
everything that she likes beat given her to est."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-03-04

A CURIOUS CHURCH-RATE QUESTION.

In ti, Ar 1;o08, in Loudon, joagqient Las mm or.
ii•ared In the c we of Aatotli y and another to Adams,"
which wcs • church rate c-ae of a. me peeugioity, and aka.?
over for ron•lderatio.i. dhe plabitifis, as churchwardens of
E famoud, lialop,.sowiht to eidorce a rote against the &feu-
dant, cue of the parlahlopera to repay a slim borrowed from
the Tulle Loan Cr mniiulonorialor the repairs of the church.
The Dean of Arches, in giving judgment, said the
question related to the admissibility of an allegation in
a suit for the subtraction of a church rate levied to re.
pay money borrowed under the statute 5 George IV.,
c. 36. 7 he pleadings in the ease bad been concludes),
when he was requi itted by the ilafendaut to -escinti
the conclusion for the purpose of admitting an allega-
tion setting forth that tho great tithes had not been
rated, a fact which, aec .rding to a recent deciaion of
de Julien! Committee of the Privy Council in
"Smallbones v. Edney," rendered the rive invalid.
That decision had been given 'ince the conclusion of
the pleadings in this cult. He had admitted the alle-
gation, and the present one purported lobe re-ponelve
to it in the part of the plaintiff+ and was in substance
that the owner .1 tho tithe rent-charge had &creed
with the churchwardens to contribute a sum mote
than sufficient for the restoration of the chancel,
though not rated; but that agreement wee not

embodied in any formalefiripe, analie (the Dean
of Arches) was of opinion that it could not be
pleaded as equivalent to the rating of the great tithes.
The remainder of the alle4ation was occupied with
pleading that, since the decision in the C3B, mention, d,
the chuzichwardenn had 'summoned a meeting for the
purp,sa of amenclihg the rats, and that it was amended
by assessing the osner of the tither; at the sona of
£8 lie. 41' which he bad paid, am! by reducing the
:onessmenton all the rateable property in the pariah
from 21. to lt. in the pound, and by reducing the
claim against the defendant from lOs. 111,1. to 93. 51.,
which was the sum cow somht to be rectvered. The
Court had no original jurisdiction, but derived it from
' the letters of nquest. The letters of request recited
that the defendant was reqsired to pay the former
rate, antl refused to de Co. on which he was summoned
before the magistrates, whose jurisdiction was ousted
by his contenting the validity of the rate. Ile wan of
opinion that he could not subetitute the altered Idles
gation P 4 to the rate. The rate which was now sought
to be recovered the defendant had not refused to Pay,
nor had he been namromed before the magistrates in
reference to it. His lordship, after referring to two
cases cited whit:lh did not apply to the present one,
said he was bound to reject the allegation on the part
of t‘le plaintiffs, and give the cents of oppcning it to
the defendant.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-03-04

A WORD FOR THE WOMEN.
From Punch)

Consider ing, perhaps, that we British are nct a Cll.
essional-going people, Archbishop Manning has been
kindly cons. i,mting himself mar Father Confessor, by
composing • Pastoral, and therein confessing our
melons' oin for tra, Ttry fairly, indeed, for too many
of us men. But perhaps Ina Grace, if he would ree,m-
oiler, w.llll modify some% hat of his confession for
the women. _ _

If Oman ea's and drinks twice u mach as is good for
him, he abuses ho dig,tice org ant and injores himself
in mind and body. or at Ica,t get.' unduly fat to no
burin B,',fii srp turns aliment not being, like a pig's,
convertible into bacon.
_

But a %ornate excess in apparel is not like a man's
excess in eating and drinking, It does not hurt her.
She may dyes a vast deal more than is necessary for
comfort and respectability without overloading her
frame, or impairing her constitution.
The morphia which a glutton transmistee into useless
fat, would Nerve to feed the hungry. The nude could
not be clad wi.h the mere material superabundaece of
female attire, A yard or so lees or more as the fashion
varier. A woman's ore ndressaing is not a quantir a ire
but a qualitative exmea ; an excess merely in tits erne
of extr,va4aner„ As to extravagance cf money, that
does not hurt her who CAA aff aril it, and money labl
out 00 unnecessary articl or of attire is only so much
iu • 11,et given a vsy to tradesfolk and workpeople.
With regard to the ostentation of feminine array,
there is much that Dr. Manning, en second thoughts,
may see to palliate it, It evinces an innocence nearly
akin to that eI a child's delight in dressing up a doll.
The v mity which it betrays is vanity pure and simple,
unintehigent, but no worse. Chignons, rouge, and high
heal'', for iiistance, so far fern adding to the wearer's
attracrieme in male eyes, on the contrary diaduish them
exceedirgly, t,nl t, ratel men very notch, and not at
all to attrmt them. Women prank themselves out in
such thins s to, plvase themselves merely, unless to pleas.,
if not to vex, other women.
Lastly, the pecuniary ex ravagance of the fair sex at
large in Male and finery nece oitatea a result which
ought to be higley reatiefaeory to an ecclesiastic of
Dr. Manning's persuasion. It deters every sane man,
who is not rolling in wealth, from even entertaining
the thought of tnking unto himself a wife, and that
greatly c induces to the promotion of celibacy.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-03-04

THE WAR.

THE PRELIMINARIES OF PEACE.

The yrrilmtuaries cf the Treaty of Peace were suer:gad
between Count lii muck and Si. 'Mere 411 rinoday, end were
&geed In Versailles ; immelletely alter whirls the French
negotiator returned to Parts, where the Delegation end
Council were summoned to receive the report, and then pro-
ceeded to Bordeaux to obtain the ratification. The terms are
£2-r0 000.000 eterlitg In Betters, to be guaranteed. AlsAce
and the Department of German L orralue, h Niels to be
ceded, hut Belfort to ',multi to Prue., Part of Paris to be
osilitully occupied without any formal entry by the troops.
PERI.III, Feb. 27, 11.30 net.
the itorlierot•Klng has rent the following telegnuu to the
Empresequeen,--
"ImpuciAL IIEAv QUARTEr.s, VrneilLl-E-9, Fob. 2G.
" With deeply-moved heart, and with thenkfuluess to the
Once of God, I inform you that the prellminsers of Peace
have Fist been signed. 'fney have yet lobe ratified by the
National Assembly at Bordeaux. Wiwan."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-03-04

GENERAL NEWS.

Press Association Teleyrams,

FRIDAY.

At seven this morning a disastrous fire oc-
curred in a building in Dairemple•street, Green-
ock, and two women were Maned to death.

An explosion occurred at the Victoria Colliery
Pt near Cardiff, last night. Many have per-
ished. Four bodies have been already brought
to the bank.

LONDON CORN MARKET (CLOSE).

Markets very firm. English and foreign
wheat le dearer. Town flour unaltered; coon.
try marks Is more money; American barrels 6d
dearer. Barley firm. Oats raalise Is more
money than on Monday. Maize firm. Beans
and peas no change.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-03-04

A NICE POINT OF LAW.

In the nurt. In London, the name of •' Allen u
To I r " has been tried:—

The question iu the case WWI whether an agreement
by a man not to carry on a particuiar trade, either in
his own name or that of any other person or persons, is
broken by I iht carrying on such trade as manager to
another pereon at a fixed salary.
The defendant, who had formerly been a rag dealer
at Nottingham, in January, 1867, sold his liminess to
the plaintiff, and executed a form of asreement, which
contained a stinulation that be (the defendant) sheuld
not, during the term of five years in in the let of
January, 1867, exercise cc carry on the trade of •
rag dealer, either in his own name r that of any other
pereon or pretins, in the town of Nottingham or within
ten miles thereof, under a penalty of £5OO, as liquidated
damages.
Early in 1870 the plaintiff discovered that the de-
fendant talked of restuntng his okl trade, and WM
soliciting orders from his old customers, to whom he
had it:tree-limed t he plaintiff as his successor in business,
whereupon the plaintiff filed this bill, and moved before
IT:ce Chancellor James, to whose court this cause was
then attached, kir an it junction against the defendant.
It appearing that the defendant hal not re slimed
business on his own account, but seas acting as the
manager of a branch rag chop which had been recently
opened in Nottingham by a ehoddy manufacturer train
Leuls, the Vice-Cbancellor declined to make any order
on the interlocutory application. It was proved tLat
the thfendant had talked of resuming business on his
own account, an 1 bad endeavoured to borrow money
for the purpose, but had failed in so doing. Ills wages
as manager were £2 per week, end he tat no share in
the profits. The norm, had been transferred to the
Rent, and now came on to he heard.

Mr: liristowe, and Mr. Leonard Frew for the
plaintiff contended tat a c mstructive br ach of the
ti pul ti on had been establishel, and that their cleat
woe entitled to an injunction, but
let Master of the Bolls, without calling on
Freelu g, who appeared for the defendant, sail it was
clear that the ease did not come within the stipulation.
It could not be said that a person was exerciing en
carrying on a trade nukes he bad some sbare of the
runts. There was nothing in the agreement what-
ever to preclude the defendant from being employed by
another rag dealer as hie servant at fist d wages, though
a proviso to that effect might have bleu inserted. The
bill must be dismissed, late, as the defendmt had
sought to resume his business in spite of the agreement,
with coats up to the motion only.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-03-04

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A SCENE IN PARIS.

Yesterday (Sunday) I saw a eilit which gave me a
good deal of doubt and a little an xcety (se riies a corre-
epondent of the Dail!, Nom). I saw intense excite.
'tient in the Rue St. Honotd, the Rue Royale, and the
Boulevard Malesherbes. I mention these therott;h-
fares hecaneo I happened to be in them when a scene
occurred which forcibly reminded me of sketches I
have seen of the attack on the Bastille. National
Guard., in various uniforms, and a smarmed mob of
civilian., including many of the !iambi* awl the
w:,ous, for which Paris is femme, came running along,
dragging and pushing about thirty large pieces of
art•ltery. The good people who were de siruading
the steps of the Madeleine wet, stemlx by the con-
trast which this Ecene presented to that ineide the
temple. They ha I jut heard the lost note of the
peaceful vespers; and now as they i•suni forth they
heard resounding in tht in ears the roll of cannon wheels
and the clamour ef the niolt What c .uld it all mean ?
Many face turret pale at the question. Evidently
the guns had been t 'ken by force and Deadest orders—
else tley would he dragged by horses instead of
by th arms of a rough crowd When the
guns turned down the Rue St. Ile nue a fear
tegan to manifest "It will end badly,"
people exeloimml. "We cannot do anything; but
'me persons are Pro exasp.-rated that they are likely to
attempt the greatest follies." In the meantiaie the
CII2COII rolled past, one by one, and were dragged at a
double- einick pace. Men, whme faces were red with
heat, pushed and tugged, and the heavy guns alma:
ekipped over the stones; but the work ware, arduous
that none would stop to inform the anxious crowd of on-
lookers of the cause of this movem. nt. At lama pore n
standing near me caught hold of a National Guard and
questioned him—retaining him by Lege. 'You shall
tell us what you are doing with these cannon," he ex-
claimed; and the National Guard, panting for breath,
hastily replied, "ill .se cannons are our cannons ;
we paid for them with the money collected among
ourselves; they belong to us and not to the
Government ; and therefore we have a right to refuse
to allow them to be delivered up to the Prnesians.
The word Prussian gave new strength to the man
—he broke loose from the h cods which imprisoned
him and rejoined his cannon. Of renew these scenes
did not at al encourage the fr quenters of the
Madeleine, and I obeerved revere' ladies match up
the:r litt'e children and hasten home with all possible
rpeed. For more than an hour afterwards the streets
abeut the Madeleine were excited and filled scith
, g outs diecuseing the question of the cannon.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-03-04

OLD HILL.

DRUNK AND RIOTOUS.-At the Police Court, on Wed'
nesday, before Messrs. E. Moore and F. W, G. Barn,
John Young was charged with being drunk and riotous
at Tividale, on the Bth of October last. Police•conata•
hie Satchwell proved the case, and the defendant, who
pleaded guilty, was fined 6d and costs —Alfred Williams
was charged with being drank and disorderly on the 20th
ult, at Spinner's End. Police-constable Craddock proved
the case, and defendant, who pleaded guilty, was fined 6d
and costs,

Maticions bunny. John White was charged with
unlawfully and maliciously damaging a fence on the 24th
alt, belonging to Joseph Whitehouse, at Rowley. John
Whitehouse, son of complainant, said he saw defendant
go across a field on the above date, and break the hedge
down. The damage done was about 3d. Defendant said
he was after his own lark, and got over the fence. Fined
6d and costs, and the damage.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-03-04

ATKINSON v. THE NEWCASTLE AND
GATESOEAD WATER COMPANY.

Th'a emus has been tried at Newcattle, and was an wile*
brought be the tdatut if whose premises were on 9unda7,
the 2 ith if Ftbruary, lea% year, burnt down by a fire, and his
'winger d sock-ti-trade as a j ,Incr and timber werctaut, to
the value of min., £lB,OO, clrlsurael, by reaco,l, as wee
attic d, of the default if the defe.,dants in 1101 baring a
Venter supply of water in their ream vole', or the o*am:wet
water which they were bound to have under their inivate
statutes, sud under their contract nirfi the plaintiff. The
defendants ph ad, it Not Canty," traversed the allegations
the doebrttnu, sad pleaded tinder their statu'es that
the delLieut supply ri 'rat r arose from unarifiliPda cantos
over which they had to control.
Tim plaintiff's case was that previously to the fire
to had by agree went with the defendant c aurally
caueed two hydrants, Lech a three-inch pipe, to be
affixed to the cempauy's supply pipe (which Was alro a
three-inch pipe to thlse premises and othe re in the
neighbourhood), with a hole and nozzle attached for
the purpoee of putting out a fire if one should arise on
his premiaes. The company, by the:r statute s and
con(ract with the plaird,ff, were bound to send a
sufficient supply of wat,r for all rewonable and
demestic and manufacturing pur; oars with a presque
which would carve the water to the top of the plains
tifTs premises. By their statutes the defendant com-
pany were bound to have preesure sufficient to raise
the water to all parts of the towns of Newcastle and
Gateshead a height not exceeding 380 feet above the
level of high-water mark. By an arrangement
of reservoirs and pipes the defendant cunpany
hid din the two towns into el stricts, ac
cording to their elevation, and the district in which
the plaintitf's premises were required an elevation of
the water to 150 feet to carry it to the top of the
highest premises, On Sunday morning, the 20th of

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-03-04

THE SECURITY FOR THE INDEMNITY.

The Jenena/ des Debati says that during the three years
alt,wed for the payment of the war Indemnity 50,400 Ger-
man troops will occupy Champegue. They wlll not have the
right of levying regulations, but will be kept at the expense
of the Fretteh Government. In the event cC the payment
of the ibtlenraily before the three years have elapsed, Cham-
pagne will be evacuated at once.

The ratrie says that the question of the entry of the
Prussians into Perla occupied the negotiators at Versailles ten
%Miss 'Goers than ill the great questions of tar-tors,
mligard; aud a treaty of commerce.

PROCLAMATION Ok' M. TIMERS.

The following proclanuatien of MM. There and
Picard was posted up in Paris, on Monday evening :

" inhabitants of Parts !—The Government appeals tot our
patriotism and wish. nn You have on your hands the intact
Puts. Upon you it depends to save or destroy France hers
self. After • heroic resistance latrine compelled us to give
up the forts to the victorious enemy. The army which
could have helped us wee driven hack beyond the
Loire, tanl Incontestable facts obliged the Government
and the Natiottel Amend 1p to open neg.-Al:Gone. liming
six days the negottations fought loot by foot, and did
what seas humanly possible to obtate the most favour-
s's!, condition., end have signs d the prelionittames which
will be mutant tad to the Natiohal Assembly Poring
the time neceasary for the ernmination and discus-
sion of these g reliminarles hasthitles would have ro-
c -unnamed, end blood would have uselessly been shed had
the armistice not been fro:: upesl. This prolong Minn could
only ho obtained one nolition of • partial and very temporary
(ccupation of a quartet of Parts. If the Coivention ha not
respectcd, the armistice wit he lin ken, and the enemy,
already master of the forts, will oc:cpy in strong force the
entire city. Private property, the works of art, and the
public monuments are guaranteed t toy; but should the
Convention ceaxe to be lie force misfortune will await the
whole of France. tie fearful ravages of war, which hitherto
have not extended Ist)ond the Loire, Pal then extend to the
Pyrenees.
" it is absolutely true to ray that the safety of Paris
affects the whole of France Po not imitate the fault of
those who did not wish us to believe, eight mouths ago, that
the war would be so fatal. The French Army which de-
fended Parts with so much courage will occupy the loft of
the Seine, and vr.II trent° the loyal execution of the raw
armistice. The National Guard will undertake th maintain
order in the rest of the city, se good and honoured &Inns
who have shown themselves to be :rave in the face of the
en, my, and this cruel sitnatlen will end in peace and the
return of public prosperity.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-03-04

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-03-04

LETTER FROM M. FAVRE

The following letter, dated the 22nd Met., ham been
addreeeed by M. Fa ,re to the members of the former
lloverument and tin. le Ministers who do not form part
of the new Cabinet- -
My War Friends,—You will think me, no doubt, very late
It. writing, but you will @IMO me beforehand, the morn so
as you have divined, is l'hoot my telling you, all that my
heart Coot MCA of friendship and gratitude towards yoo. We
dad not esquire this triA to make us treat one another, but 0
has been none the .1. & striking confirmation clout mutual
rentiments. We be 1:3 rtruggltd and suffered together, ever
regained by our ay.nt love of country and our mutual
atteetmant, I could have wished that in the transformation
'h.'ls g.tng on we had remained out,. *vial footing in the
service of the Rfp.ibile., and it requirel an imi minus 11000!.
city to make Inc nutmeat to a chango, dial the group reelable
united. I have found our friend Ferry as affectionate, am
der dad, as disinterested as In the past. Nothing, therefore,
will he chang,d. WitVever may happen. we muchalwayS
remain unti.d .3' a close friendship, arid a firm will to found
a really free liu•COMlletit for our country.

HARLENED 071,DZIL—We are rather ashamed
of acknowiedging that we know a lady, who, the other
day, itts.de oeo,etl4 having done what the Law re-
gards as a very serious offence—nay, openly avowed
ht r satisfaction at basing just hit a train
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-03-04

A BOY SHOOTING A POLICEMAN.

At the Assizos held at Newcastle. Itsbert Armstrong, a
boy of Is, w a charged with shooting Moen,. Plc.-Day, a
pcllcemsn, while In the ex: cation of fde duty, with Intent to
do him grievous bodily harm, and wounding hnss In the arm
The prisoner, it appeared, took a saddle to Mr.
Turnbull', a rabiler in Newcostle, and • Felted it for
sale, and teiii it wee his brother's. Mr. Turnbull,
cooper ing it to be stolen, fietuiced hi' prisoner, and
neat for the police, and Constable Findlay shortly
afterwards entered the chop. As soon as he came in
the prisoner drew a pistol from his breast and fired it
at the officer, causing him a serious wound in the arm.
It wan sub. equently di:worried that the saddle had
been stolen fruit a farmer named Lower, residing at
Farnley, near which place the prisoner's family dwelt.
The ',limner, it is gated, Is a balbwitted lad, Ile had
been charged last year with arson, in setting fire to come
stadia, and acquitted. Ile usually went about with a
pistol, and had been cent a short time previously to a
lunatic asy!lim by the magistrates, on formal corn.
plaint made before them that ho was a dangerous
lunatic, support. d by the evidence of Dr. Storer, who
hod examined him, and was let rut after being confined
ten weeks. The prisoner, when before the =gild rates,
said he intended to shoot not the policeman, but the
saddler who sent for him, and he missed him,l and shot
the policeman by mistake.

The learned Judge slid if the plea of insanity were
set up --a plea which bad been very much a`mse —the
prisoner would he confined for life. It was impossible
to say, looking at the primoner's statement, that he WM
devoid of all intelligence,

Mr. Forster (for the prisoner) said he was in thia
difficulty, that if he established the plea of insanity the
prisoner would probably be worse punished by a long
confinement than if be were found guilty of the effenc.
chorged and sentenced Iy hi lordship. Tett it woe in
evidence that toe prisoner %vie a pow half-witted
creature almost incapf,d-le of -,cy intent. He could
not resit a Nadict of unlawful wounding, if Lie lord.
'lgp thought that woad satisfy the jtiatize of the
ease.
His lordship thought that was the best end to it.
Ile should order the prisocer twelve month.' i ',prison.
meat, and he would be placed under ohem vete'''. If
he was well at the end of it he would be discharged;
if he were then found insane, he would be sent to the
Cs unty Lnust:c Asylum.
The jury, under his lordship's direction, then final
the prisoner Guilty of unlawfully sounding, and he
was rents need to twelve months' inaprienment, with
hard lebuue.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-03-04

THE VAGARIES OF MR. WILLIAM
RYAN.

At the Thamea police-court, In London, William
Ryan, no Irishman about thirty years of age, who was
stated to ho in good circun.etances, has been charged
with nitlently assaulting his wife, whoee taco was
crushed and blackened. The prisoner's brutality to
his wife has often called for the interference of the
neighb, um and the police. A few months since the
prisoner left her and went to live with another woman.
He quarrelled with her and returned to his is ite, who
believed in Lis protestations of amendment. But he
a ton returned to his former hat its, frequently beating
her until she was nseneible. On Ft Hay night he beat
his rt lie in a savage manner, knocked her down, and
kited her while she was on the floor. He injured 130. r
amiously, and then left her insensible. The nri,h-
bourn removed her to the London Hosp:tal, and called
in the police, who had • good deal of trouble with him,
and it occupied the united force of three of them to
convey him to the station house.
Mr. Killer, a surgeon, stated that he had been in
attendance upon the prisoner's wife all night. She
was very seriously injured. Her nose was lacerated
and the bone exposed, and there was a contusion on
the leg.
Inspector M'Donal I, sold the prisoner was sen-
tenced to four months' imprisonment and hard labour
for assaulting three policemen on the 24:h of April,
1868; on the sth of February, 1867, the prisoner wee
sentenced to one month's imprisonment and hard
labour for assaulting a police-constable ; and on the
21st of April, 1866, the prisoner was sentenced to two
montheimprismanent and hard labour for being drunk
and again violently assaulting a police-constable.
The imagist ratesaid it appeared that the prisoner had
been guilty of a course of cruelty, and that he had
spent seven months in prison in two years under thane
sentences. He should put the law in force t its full
extent IT sentencing the prisoner for this cruel and
unmanly outrage to six months' imptieonment with
bard labour.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-03-04

SALMI Br AUCTION.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE
RELIGIOUS TRACT DEPOT,
12, HIGH•STRAET, BTOURBRIDGE.

D-A--NT IT) SKIDI.CLORE
BOOKSELLER AND STATIONER.
S. begs respectfully to inform the
D. Inhabitants of the Town and its viainity. that
he has taken to the Business conducted for the last eleven
years by Mr. Jona, Dose, at the above addrese, and in
succeeding to it, he begs to solicit a continuance of the
patronage whieb Ina been no liberally bestowed on his
predecessor.
'Abe alterations to the Premium being now complete,
D. S. is offering a choice assortment of New Books,
Stationery, and a General Stock of Fancy tioods, Toys,
drc.

New Work., Magazines, Iliad Periodicals procured firma
weekly
I I.(PlaitMing uri I bilintl.t Cot.re
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-03-04

L

LATEST NEWS.

PRESS ASSOCIATION TELEqRAMS.

(REUTERS TELEGRAMS)

FOREIGN NEWS

FRANCE.

GERMAN OCCUPATION OF PARIS.
VERSAILLES, Thursday.

Bismark has informed Jules Favre that the
evacuation of Paris cannot take place until the
formal ratifi •ation of the treaty.

PARISI Thursday afternoon.

The city continues quiet, and no serious oc-
currences are reported in connection with the
German entry.
Jules Fevre proceeded to Versailles this morn.
ing to claim the withdrawal of the Germans
from Paris, the National Assembly having rati.
fled the preliminaries. Bismark replied that he
must first require the official report of the Sit-
ting. This having arrived, Fevre has again
gone to Versailles. It is believed that Paris will
be evacuated this evening.

PARIS, Thursday, 5 pan.
The ratifications of the treaty of peace were
exchanged to-day, at Versailles.
M. Jules Fevre has returned to Paris.
Tranquillity prevails.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-03-04

ATTITUDE OF THE EMPRESS EUGENIE
IN EMERGENCIES.

The Empr: ss, who, whatever her faults of euperstis
rim or of luxury, popeeseee come tact Bent qualities,
which periods of Wel haing forth, was so tunernitting
in her attention ts public attain that she scarcely slept
for two hours at a time. and in a ft w we-ka waaareatly
changed and worn. ller attendants had orders to
wake her at the rs ceipt of every telegram; but the
waking was only to reiterated eadoess. Toie re-
markable woman acting to have two distinr t natures.
In the days of her prospei ity, and when there
was no partionlar call on her energies, she was
the graceful heal of a glittering, ostentatious,
Myelin!, and not very self-respectful court—
the arbiter of fashions, and the eacinarager of a
wasteful expenditure which, unfortanately. acted an
an evil example in many other quarter& When the
wan not contriving court fii.es, or determining the p at-
tern of a robe or the shape of a hetet-dress, the was
bowing before come shrine or relic in all the fervour of
an elegant devotee. Most people thoughe she had no
other car edlities. But when she Was male Regent in
1859, during the abeence of her En-bend in Italy, she
gave evidence of better qualitiee. When, in 18Gti, the
town of Amiens was striehen with cholera, she moved
all hearts by the cheerful courage with which ale visited
the sick in hoapital, after many other: had fled in
triton; and her reply to a marehal, who had 1 xpreesed
his admiration of her selfwelimce, Was so bright, no
apt, and no superior to the sift eation of monk m Meaty,
that it deserves to he remembered. Sir," maid she,
delicately insinuating a corn, burnt in return, in
our manner of going under fire." The Empr en, there-
fore, had already proved that esratetnei it and courage
were not wanting to her nature when the occasion for
them should arise. It had now arisen very forcibly
and terribly; and it was met with all the resolution
which women in adversity can show.— From "Carses
laustrated .110ory rj. the War," for March.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-03-04

CAUTION

N.B.—This is th-e ;It; Curatirc 'r-
anee as in use in the various llospouls and two
by the -Milieu,' Faculty of Great &ileum, and u,
yenutne unless had direct from Mr. Walter Jenner I• iii
!louse, Bedfi.rd Sisare, London ; who citations tie ;
against a person using his name, and inata
discoreries.

Prize Veda' and Ilospitml Reports.

G LENFIELD STARCI

Is the only- kind us,
Her Majesty's Lao. .

TT!osI lIILS WI, Lai,' Tat !,I used the GLEN;
5T.4111111, at TahlaTllll/1y c,,ljcti U In gii it a nib. .1
carefully follow out the dlrectioos priLted on .
package. It is ratio r more iliflicult to make thou
Starches, hut when Um is overcome. they will sa
the Qlll`l.l.'a Lautalress, that it is the lihoat Stai ii
ever std. If hen you evffOi flit Gig pfield, vie thi• •

get it.
ZADKIEL'S ALMANACK, for the
1871, Now on Sale, at the "OBSERV.
OFFICE, 92, High Street, Stearin idge.

TO ,se Ladies who !Ave not yet ii,el GLENPI
ST Bill, are respeetfd.ly solicited to give it 1.
carefully foll,,• out the directions priutid on terry IA
age, and if this is done, they will say like the QM,
Laundress, that, it is the Stoat stioreh they ever u
When you ask for filfield Storelt, see tlint you ye'
as inferior kinds are ft, solita,ed fir tho oh-
notes pt. fits _

HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT AND FILIAL—At the pre,
time mach wat,l.f,i;fll mum-t be exert:tied, aiol the I
liest I.Videneos I,' I I: -alth inimenictely checkr-il. r
slight illneNN in a s.r.riou., ..lacly. Rehr
and •. : .th..ria, chr.
cough. In., other pninum.l,)
will be •I by rt0.1,i..g this e 01,1 t:. •
Situ the ,L 0 es n. inc a. prect'cible t the ,eat of
thief. Title treatment, at 111100 simple .d eff,Uve
admirably adalcled for the rem vol of sm.ll di,esqes
ing infancy end yrrith. 044 amtlinigic .life sill
rive marvellomi relief fr m the Itself Pile lye re

dies, aisiela have bs.r.;..ht round zLaay.uacll
re-establishea ii,a,th aft, v •ry ntlu r mea,,. had
oily failed.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-03-04

GOVERNMENT REWARDS TO
INVENTORS.

Prom a Parliamentary paver jut itsned it appcars
that daring the ten 'eon ending the 31st of December,
180, the following mounts were expended by the
Ordnance Select Cdmmittee and the Department of
the Director•Gentrdl of Ordnance in experiments for
trial of ordnance and entail arms :
Ordr awe, die., £233,327; small arms, £8,12 1. Theta sweat t
do not induce the cost of experiment. carried out wider the
adore of the War 011ige, by epeeist committees—such as the
Whitworth and arnistrong Committee—nor the val. of cl.
perimental supplies to the troops and to the gunnery thirst.
the details In the return include the following ;—Mr. Snider,
Colonel Roden, .d Mr. Warm, £l6OlO, for plan of convert-
ing inkrie loading email Innis into breechloaders; Major
for chilled projectiles, £s,'o, and £7 SN) fur Ilan
of c,nvett-i g cast-iron gone; Captain Moncre it. for method
of mounting guns, £10,0.0, in addition to al 000 a year
salary, atti £5 000 as • Mod payment when his services are
no longer m.roired; Mr. W. lisle, for roams, CS 0,1 o; Mr.
Irtsz:r, for constractlon of guns, A i 04; Mr. Westley-
Itlchaeds, for breachlordigg car nineo, a:!,375 ; representatives
of Cal nuelliaddelley, for patent ccrew bsvil fir rillas, £1550;
Mr. P. reltman, for cot criminal fuses, Llto, In two awards;
Mr. Ltugaster. IT eti itg gnu.. .0.000 ; Mt Clarks., for
compound material for cartridges, ; Mr. Merry, for
prize breechlowiLig ride, A'. ; with numerous small awards
to ether inventors.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-03-04

MANIFESTO OF THE FRENCH
GOVERNMENT.

The following document appears in the Journal
Offic,cl of Monday
The preliminaries of pun» have been siened to-day.
They will be mitanitted to the vote of the National Arsem-
big. A sew armistice of fifteen days puts an end from the
present moment to the contribution. and requisitions which
every day aggravated In spite of every effort it has not
be,n poraVde to pr.vent the ir•try of a part of the German
qvu-.y into certain quarters of Pall& We need nit des-
eribe the feelings w bleb thl, tide, which the Government
Weill.] hue, eenired to st,re the clty of Paris, incites. The
Gorman negotiators had proposed to abandon any entry Into
Paris if the important totteen of it•lfort were deAntilvely
surrendered. The telly is as that if Pails could be
conro*ed In its sufferings It would be by the thought that
this at ff,lng procured f r the cout.try the rertitution of
one of Us bulwarks, eo orlon nn•tored Must!" •us by the
restatance of Ifs soldiers. We appeal, time, hr the patriotism
ot the Inhabitants of Parts to remain csim suit united.
tognity in misfortune is at the same time honour, and the
courage of thew whom fortune haa betrated ought also to
be their hope of • better future.
E7NIST FICALI., 81:Mater of the Interior.
Farb, Feb. 28th, 1871.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-03-04

BELBROUGHTON.

ROBBERY BY A Sertvawr.—At the Stourbridgs Police
Court, yesterday, before R. L. Freer and B. Littlewood,
Esq., Anna Maria Stevens (16 , was charged with steal-
ing a necktie, and other articles about the 14th alt, the
property of George Fox, lan Hord of the Talbot Inn,BeL
broughton. After the evidence defendant was sommittsid
to Worcester for 10 days.

SKIMP STEALING.—At the Stourbridge Police Colin,
yesterday, William Brook., Cleat, was charged with steal.
tug 10 sheep on the 2nd inst, the property of ffistu7
Grazebrook. After hearing sufficient evidence, prisoner
was remand.] until this day (Saturday).
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the County of Worcester: to whish pass all lotion and
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-01-07

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Medadioi Portraits, in .5 rosittoos i.t.r ti..z. Is 64
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Pholowopl. of Frivol, I:e.hooes. Groul, Frwiliea, UNIFORMS SIMILAR TO HER MAJESTY'S HIT
nd auy ku,g/ L 1 Copying and Enla:guig, on equally
GUARDS' BAND.
moderate Torn.,

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. returns thanks to the Nobility, Gentry. and
Couomittees generally, in the Midland Counties, !or
their il rat patronage during the paid Twenty y
1.1.1 es to intimate that the above BAN) is
comp..: of Reed and Braes Instruments, from .• t.
class ma:A:lecturers, and fncludee Soloists of i• st
experience.
Future faeomi will be much esteemed.

Engsgerne,:• e to attend Archery Meetings, FL v t
Shona, Ext,iLi::, 1. , Bites, Bazaars, llejeunera, t
gre„ox IR-ymitifli it it Ii• 2.

Pronrarciute. for A,r,ied for publication, consiatlnL
the choices: £cl.ic, Lew and original.
Vicar-stre..t. Durl.ry.

T" ILLUSTRATED Ai IDLA:

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PRICE THREE FENCE.i

St, Id by
E& F.' I LID,

AGENT.

THE TRADE SUPPLIED

CAB, CAB, AND POSTING ESTABLISHMENT.

ES. A. 111:01NN, in rainning thanks
_ll_ the l'oh,h• for the snr,t I. hasrrew, d
the Moho la., WT., to ani..•inee that Whe hat. bat
f,.rre,l tic Bush.", 11l her sun hum, Brown. WI wh
I ha!! sic won!:t s..hrit v.:nit:tamer ot at Invuur,,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-01-07

Per 818 to sink the offel.

a. di. d. a di. d.
Infer. coarse beasts 3 4 41 Prime Southdown 6 0 6 4
Second quality._ 4 6 4 101 Large coarse calves 3 8 4 4
Prime large .. 6 4 5 81 Prime Mail 6 0 6 2
Prime Scots, 5 10 6 0 Large hg. ........4 4 6 2
Infer. coarse sheep 3 6 3 10 Net small porkers 5 6 6 4
Second quality.— 4 0 4 8 suckling calves ... . 0 0 0 0
Pr. coarse woolled 5 2 5 10 Qr. old A. pigs, eaeh22 0 26 0

METROPOLITAN MEAT MARK HT.-31°814r.
The market has been moderately supplied with meat.
There has been a good demand at fdll quotations.
Per 81b, by the carcase.
L d. a. ti. s. dk. d.
Inferior beef
Middling ditto 4 0 4 4 Middling ditto—. 4 0 4 4
Prime large ditto 4 10 5 0 Prime ditto
Prime snLall ditto.. 5 25 4 Large pork
Veal.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-01-07

THB MARKETS

MARK-LANE.--MGM DAY

The corn trade begins the new year In a sound and f svour.
able position. Prices this morning are firm for all articles,
at 61. t. Is. per quarter more money. There is not much
business passing, as the ice in the Thames prevents lighter-
leg, and the roads are also very heavy. Sellers demand Is.
to 2s per quarter advance on wheat anti flour, 6.1 to Is on
oats arid maize, and other goods are each the turn In price
against buyers, who are thought to hold but small stocks.
In the wholesale corn trade cargoes are firmer and value
higher than in Mark-lane, the export demand of last week
giving confidence to all transaction.. The estimated Iniporta
of the past year of wheat and flour are almut 9,000 GI
veneers, exports against these seem 800,000 quarters The
last week's supplies into London were limited, and only about
30 cargoes remain unsold off coast.

MARK-LANE.—WIEDNEStAY.
There was a short supply of English wheat on offer, and
the advance realised on Monday was sustained. There was
• small show of barley on sale. Thal, quiry was moderately
active and pricer ruled Mon. M tit was inactive on former
terms. There was only stunt .d supp'y nf oats no the stem*
which were purchased to a IMeral extent, at slightly en-
hanced rates. Beans, peas, and Maize were disposed ef with
activity, at extreme quotations.

METROMLITAN CATTLE MARKET. —M V.
The tone of the cattle trade to-day, kfluenced by the cud
weather, has been decidedly been, and prices, especially of
secondary qualities, have been well maintained. Choice de.
Icriptions not experiencing so much inquiry during the severe
weather as medium qualities, have not risen in value, hut
have, nevertheless, realised full currencies. The severity of
the season has interrupted the receipts from foreign ports,
and the supply of bouts has been almost entirely compoeed of
English, the total number being limited. The trade has been
Erni, sou the be,t Scots and crosses have realised 55. 104 to es.
per 81b. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire we
received about 1150 Scots and crosses; from Lincolnshire,
dr; , about .500 shorthorns; from Scotland, 210 Scots ar.d
cross.. The show of 'beep has been small The demand
has been steady, and prices have ruled grin. In calves and
pigs the market haa been a nominal affair.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-01-07

QUARRY BANK.

CHRISTMAS TRIAL—OD Monday evening last, the
boy,. belonging to the Quarry Bank Church Choir, num-
bering sixteen, were very kindly brought tagether into
the dining-room of the Parsonage, where they were re.
galed with tea and cake, and afterwards presented with a
necktie each ; all at the expense and kindness of Miss
Dixon. The learned Doctor himself was present, and
the Misses Webb, of Quarry Bank, very kindly assisted
in the arrangement. A thoroughly joyous evening was
spent, enlivened by several pieces of music. and Christ.
mad songs.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-01-07

DOUBLE INCOME-TAX.

" Qui Hye" has sent the following to The Times, for
publication, and which we reprint, as it may interest
many similarly circumstanced :
.--

The Chancellor of the Fachequer often acknowledges
through your columns the receipt of certain sums of money
from conscience-stricken people. Will he be equally ready
to refund money uiltotly levied by the collectors of
revez.ue? My c4se is this :—My Income, being derived from
property in India, is taxed to the full there, and here lam
again taxed for the some income, although my entry In the
schedule shows the above fact Ou appeal to the Commis-
sioners of Income-tax I was informed that, although it was,
doubtless, hard and unjust, it was quite according to law,
and I could obtain no remission. As lam given to under-
stand that my case is not uncommon, I write In the hope
that follow-victims may see this mid join blouse plan for ob-
taining redress.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-01-07

FOREIGN NEWS

ITALY.

FLORENCE, Tuesday.

It is denied that Senor Loinyay is empowered
to negotiate an alliance between Austria and
Italy.

SPAIN.
MADRID, Thursday.
Senor Sagosta is Minister of Finance as well
as of tho Interior.

GREECE.

ATHENS, Thursday.

The President of the Ministry declares the
policy of the Government to be development of
the internal resources of the country, and the
maintenance of peaceful relations with foreign
powers.
Mr. Neel, the Englishman implicated in the
massacres at Marathon, and who effected his es-
cape after a warrant had been issued for his
arrest, has since surrendered himself a prisoner.

SHIPPING NEWS.

QUEENSTOWN, Friday.

The Russia, from New York, arrived here at
8.30 a.m. to-day, with 45,000 dollars in specie.
She brings no mails.
GIBRALTAR, Thursday.
The Delta arrived this morning, and left for
Alexandria.

GENERAL NEWS.

,I're'sB .rlBBoebairn/ Telegra//18.1
FRIDAY.

The 0/ob.• hears that immense quantities of
anus are still being exported to France.

LONDON CORN MARKET (CLOSE).

FRIDAY.

The Market closes dull. English and foreign
wheat unchanged. Country and American Sour
firm. Barley firm. Oats and Maize dull. Beans
and peas firm.