The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-03-11 00:00:00

Our fonbou tolitspnbent.

Ve deem it right to state that we do not at all flint
Identify uureeivu with our correspondent's opinitins.j
Whatever opinions may be held with regard to the
conditions of peace, the fact itself that there is now
peace between Prussia and France must give general
satisfaction. Think what we may about the probabili-
ties of war sooner or later again breaking out, it is one
of the pleasantest thoughts of the time that the horrors
of actual war have ceased, albeit the effects of war
may continue, and will continue for years—ay, for
generations to come. Very appropriately to the time of
year comes the news of peace and the carrying out of
the arrangements resulting from this long.desired
treaty between two great nations. The gleaming can.
shine, the balmy air, the reviving spring, seem con-
genial to the news of peace ; and we read about the
events of the day with just as much interest as we
read not long since, of the events of the was. The
evacuation of Paris by the Germans insist have been
hailed with pretty general satisfaction, even by those
who have Prussian proclivities, for thin occupation of
the French capital was • sad and an irritating state of
things, and it is matter of universal congratula-
tion that the occupation and evacuation passed
off so peaceably. Many of us are agreeably dis-
appointed in this respect. An Oneute at the least
was expected; and it is very gratifying to know that
the march in and the march out are now matters uf
history, without the consequencee which had been
feared by some, and perhaps hoped for by others.
Cheering and enlivening is it to read of the
transition from a state of war to that of peace;
of the arrangements for the transfer of the French
GOvernment from Bordeaux to the capital which
has been so humiliated, but which, nevertheles.,
has still so much life and energy, so much grace and
beauty, and which will, we may hope. grastuaUy re c Jeer
what it may have suffered and lost; and pleasant, too,
to read of the Garde Mobile returning to their homes
to cultivate the arts of peace, and of the National
Guard being disbanded, to devote themselves to the
pursuit of commerce and trade. But many, many
facts on the other hand prevent themselves, showing
how bitterly the French have suffered and still
suffer; and not the French alone. The whole of
Prussia, it eems, is to go into mourning for six
weeks. What a spectacle a whole nation in
mourning ! But, indeed, they have ample occasion
to mourn. Think of the thousands of huabande, sons,
fathers and brothers that have been killed in battle,
and that each are "numbered with the slain" is the
centre of a circle within which misery is spread by
this death, and then it must be admitted that France
and Prussia have ample cause for national mourning.
After the period of mourning will come rejoicing ;iii
feta and festivity will be the order of the day.
'This may be very natural for Prussia, but the world at
large--which indeed seems to have been driven back a
Quarter of a century in a few months- -haer little occaeion
to rejoice, except at the one fact, that peace has been A large number of forged RepuNican bank notes are In
declared, circulation in France.
Can it be true, as stated, that an American lady Pie Prussians who spike English think that the real MB
of Prussta is not William but g 200,000,000.
has written to the ex-Eeaopese of the French, wide g
The Informed thatdynasty
w lia
ae,v ectlre Iduel
her to give lectures in the United States? Probably fr,,m . in
enough, for Americans seem willing to make capital out every commune In Francs.
of anything or anybody. But it is not pleasant to
moloi
tlsasttastetdbtlatg
atiromtano
take
exittroremaseittrh:lt.dlstrenat-
hear that one woman should thus mock the misfortunes sect( re rife, as the shopkeepers refused to sell auythicg.
of another., The future of the ex. Emperor is just now It is said that the French Assembly wUI hold its sittings at
being much speculated on. and tumours are flying Nh'eers,tnetwai.in order to be beyond tho disterbreg ielluences of
about with regard to his probable residence in this, that, Accordli gto the Paris Pregse, the French Government Is
or the other c.ointry. I for one shoul ibe glad to hear already able to pay the tint Instalment (twenty millions steel-
that he sail his ere- whwhile Impe rial wife had retired gof the war indemnily.
to some quiet residence, here or in Belgium, where veltZiLesticatrutetdutpeat2Lhte: Nalthoens.ltrrat,:g•rm=twi ..11eemeete,rtarayt
they would be likely to end their days in peace--if a cannot. Bei thought, he completed before them.
Napoleon can be at peace. It is rumoured that such The Mot dOrdre speaks of General d'Aurelle de Paladines
a retreat is to be found at Chislehurst, where the ex amsareinhgim's.eblrfu
ctiej:dobytohiscr.titty;r",.snd as having al ways
Empress is still residing in retirement. We can with Paris is at tut to be supplied with cabs, Hones, to the
difficulty believe that a man like Louis Napoleon number 01 P.OOO,
of 670 r
eean prchased from the German
Bonaparte, who has had so clu ilered a career, andrm7
It Is asttatedPthet ex ESperor Napoleon will not leave
has enjeyed for nearly twenty years so proud and , withehnst oat) until after the ratification of the Treaty of
exalted a position among the Sovereigns of Europe, will ' Peace, to take place is Brussels.
etrtinelsimf ott;,,A 1 swaz hwaivue
go appointedueals ctzrodrrr. ;trot n
met,:
ejuietly settle down in the retired life of an unambitious to fouTrheof Deputies
exile, but it might be dette r for him, and Debtor for the interests of Alsace at the Peace Conference soon to be held
weal, could he have the c ourage to determitie that, so there.
The SiAcit of lest Friday appeared with the front page
far se in him lies, such should be the peaceful end of a surrououed by a deep black border, and the paper opens with
turbulent life, the climax, "Pails is profaned ; Alsace is eurrendsred ;
I notice that a well-known excursion agent &dyer- France is d..ubly stricken. The Sie.tte puts on mourning!"
tises a six days' excursion to Paris and back, with ef the fashion of wearing
chig"odnisMel'eTtuer'efori'T-aPriVin
hotel accommodation at a fixed rate, The announce. cam: cannot be discovered. Scone say they have been used
rirent is suggestive. There is no doubt that hotel for cannon-wads.
opT,ll:llorent ItterrethuttpltiL\SiitllpaocLtlheco..' Pme.ab.cieodlti'"3„,of
wEarls,
keepers in France, who have been deprived of the
entire profits of a travelling season, will now endeavour begeging letter from England for £5O. as
a
to recoup themselves by charging somewhat higher The French soldiers Interned In Belgium will be con•
rates than in ordinary times. Be this as It way, u.c.
ram: etraiy to
tdao'nsranXgr't h'eltelog '1'3.7;1 tra'c'il'lriillecheyivteh:
however, doubtless a large number of people will be franc.
unviots to go over to Paris this spring aril summer, A teFgram from Voenna men ions that coos festivals
just to see how the city looks after the siege and the tpierrtey,,l4,ildhl%terrot;awtges, Lerecx.snedvitcotoberiehseliinbyysitLecGeerinavi:
semi-starving procesa has undergone. I fancy the been fcrideideu by the Austrian Government.
majority of such persona will be agreeably die. A telegram from Vienna states that Austria has j tined
appointed. The city has not been seriously damaged, heftlifloal ani,cisl I;l.7g:twin gotif,otemßE oitgrfloourtet e.;tstrorrr yso mire
and every day will now do something towards lien of the levielaillity of private property at Bea during
making Par's hersej again. Etace has in several war'
directions given an incentive to travelling. We Witajtsterfa'lea,rifoeurenocfenoXwbseeins fo,oartedooriLlit.t shne,TeS I,tmitso;Ti
have a number of Germans over here, who have Answer: S anion lost his strength by losing hishair, Napoleon
been set at liberty by the " glad tidings of peace ;" and lost his by losing Baden ;se. dents-1312 teeth).
on the other hand numbers of French people—men, mx,Thepdeparttgeseoefm tells
..Pgrxist had
recovered,
ncoevlectricsnleict
women, and children—who had been driven over here from a mortal malady One of the streets, the Itue,,te Berg),
Wallace.odlately altered in name to the Rue de Richard
by the war, have returned. Amongst other interests
,Parts st
the
was
commandrs twithotgrheoNn
that will be benefitted by peace are the Channel service at Friday.io On Guards of Paris
railways. They have euffered severely during the war, Osticral d'Aurelle de Paladin., has issued an order of the
but a healthy activity is now beginning to characterise day, in which he says that order alone can restore prosperity
Is FdLatnucrs,;.tnlthathe will cnergeUcally repress any attempt
their movements. It is quite refreshing to read such
announcements as "daily eervice to France," by such The Pozereeecenei notices a proposal that a camp of
and such a railway. 100,000 men should be permanently established in Algeria
to serve as a vast military school, in which " la grand guerre"
The announcement of the actual intended resigns. should be studied under the management of special men
tion of Mr. Childers, First Lord of the Admiralty, can I esrefidly selected.
take no one by surprise, considering the ill.health of eTites , re gPLlTpleo!rultlbwh." an article g2,ed—nt:Ve:
the right hon. gentleman. That a man should have to that the Place de Jean d'Aere, in the 13'h Arrondiesemenat,
resign the honours and emoluments of office at the early is provided waromcarn,ortenit tfh.atc,tneanlpth Atrit:eonic,l.,lsrrextd..
age of 44, and that We should be mainly caused by the guarded by sentiol. Jules Tam alcids, tram are 'l,llcaa and
work and worry of an arduous post, conveys a moral. bullets in the ammunition waggon..
A place in the Cabinet is undoubtedly a very great N'el::ll:nclgect?de7r. of
tthhae 11'1a:111%77o correspondents of
or: ,t,htehaDtatt
honour, but at what a high price is this honour often present National A•sembly shall not be what the Frouch call
purchased Our Judges, our Generale, our Admirals, a C oustituent Assembly—that is, shall not vote the CJLitiLLI-
rS
live quiet and peaceful lives, and they usually reach a icoionin.3 It
an will,l.oslce.be, toeisuoti7yd
necessary
soon as
oirt the bassre
the
good old age, but Cabinet Ministere are not a long-lived Country and for the carrying ou of Its busirees.
race, and we all know how frequently they are laid The 3fot d 0 rdre says;—" We know from a certain source
aside by illness. Ibis unfortunate for the Ministry
that
othe Government, utnder pretext of reorganising the
and the country that such a critical time as the pre- all :uncle eGs.uaaniesrl'Peil'aut'relicer zegradbitet.aktis-vrfergv:
sent, when the state of the navy and its cost to the for pablication an order disbanding the battalions now exist-
nation are exciting Fe much attention, the First Lord iberegaironetundrearn Lhiethrti2;eorgsi-stilgeihdteir.suerv.e!e psealties, to
of the Admiralty should have been for some time past The aristocratic element is largely represented in the
precluded from the active superintendence of the duties National Assembly. A paper has calculated that it corotains
of his important department, and on personal grounds 7TeleukD'Ulie"tiTrirSli'atieli 3nloct'inn'etiSeribeculnthe Parlin Prince ellearJaaas.
Join-
the nation must lament the illness of the right hoo, stile ts also left out, their elections not having yet been
gentleman. That his health may soon be restored, approved. If they get in there will be 80 men with titles of
must be the prevalent wish, quite independently of nobility In the Chamber.
The rate of mortality in tarts has decreased rapidly since
party politicos. the cessation of hostilities. The deaths from smell-pox were
Could we coil-ct the accounts of all the explosions lesslastto/fetetkrtahuatrri
aforalamr ore
was
ral tpehnourrofnetrherr.
hut' 501
flnesse
In collieries and mines that have occurred in this deaths 111. were soldiers. The myortality from, the 25th of
country, say during only the last quarter of a century, February to the 3'd of Starch was 3 5.0 Although the
what a catalogue of horrors it would tie) The awful oo,io;nllw7ir
whitil,2lll.4l
weeks,
on the weekly returns
calamity which has joust happened at the Victoria Cl. M. Rochefort, M Rime, M. Malan, and M. Pridon—have,
liery, near Ebbw Vale, would certainly not be the by letter, resigned their assists consequence of the vote of
least horrifying. Nineteen men and boys killed "at the let ceding French territory to Germany. The tour
one fell swoop," and several others so seriously in. members,:bl wmeorereto.vne
henceforth null
t haantd the deliberations
eotrw
pared, that it was at once doubtful whether they would read from M. Felix Pyat, who stated that he considered the
recover—this indeed is a sad and painful catastrophe. that be 'Ve bo
yn
1 td's nvoote of the Ist were legally dissolved, and
t set foot in it again until that vote had
Two end considerations that meat stroke the been rescinded.
general reader, are that apparently no one is to A meeting of depotles from the various battalions of
blame, and that there seem to be no means of pre- Nationalrve thletu, If dtsheis N
.Ptairtons
mhAss...b.ely lice.] ihreut
holtldwirs
Venting such calamities in future. But have our sittings at Bordeaux or any other city than Paris, a Republic
scientific men, our mine inspectors, our colliery viewers, :If tIgeOeVI.LIVI.II plenitm. also that,
the thNVivoLlti
paid sufficient attention to this matter? What a bone. Assembly succeeding In placing a King upon the throne of
factor he will be to his species who can discover any France, Paris would repudiate the election, and form • Re-
method of obviating, or, at all events, lessening these public of the Seine'
At the sitting of the National Assembly on Monday •
terrible disasters ! motion was Introduced by M. Louis Blanc, demanding that
In the photographers' windows the heroes of the war the members of the Government of National Defence should
are now less conspicious than are the Princess Louise Zie‘ecyalraddupertrteci.terr ettriranpoacwcotrutnt or,fnfl,fmait:nteor.rilitzwohiLn.
and the Marquis of Lorne, the features of both of whom mended their Impeachment and arrest as guilty of high
have now becosse quite familiar to the public, and an triseasoese :ottAonsc.omiTsietkAesse°mi Assembly wasicotPdrie'AV, bureaux the
apparently estimable lady, whom scarcely any one ever question of the transfer of the seat of government. The
principal
itcae s propose d areParti, Bordeaux, Versailles, and
heard of before, the Lady Campbell, sister of the
Marquis, shines as it were with a reflected light. And A Special Correspondent In Paris says that, notwithstand.
the names of the now popular Princess and Marquis Mg the prevailing calm, the city Is in danger of an outbreak.
taken possession
Guards who belong tobtheoltad Republican party
are seized upon to draw attention to all sorts of things Jrnoioi tumlrltrtZteyy.
In the shopowiedows, and th:e without rhyme or reason. have :anent r taealliwoon be!rrriCead emi therea
All this may be regarded as the penalty of popularity, five guns, which are pointed towards Parts. The place has
Happily for the persons chiefly concerned they make fact been cgoun.werdd pyto.alts ell,,troetchtcelrieellacile.l,..arened.
very good portraits, and so have little reason to corn- pendent says that similar preparations have hens made by
plain. tee National Guards at Belleville, where the glow are also
pointed against Paris. Sentinels occupy the c timers of the
streets and the open places. and they are regularly patrolled
day and night.
The following Is s table of the nurober of votes glees to
several well-known Deputle.s who have been elected for more
than one department :—Thiers, CO electimu, 1,tei,612 votes;
Trochu, 10 elections, 696,138; Gambetta, 0 elections, 464 695;
Chanearnier, 4 election., 400,171: Denture, 6 elections,
502,279; J ales Fevre, 6 elections, 335,840; Garibaldi, 4
elections, 271.680; De Merode, 3 elections. 235.638;
Joigneaux, 2 elections, 196,622; Greet 3 elections, 15.0,752 ;
Ledlru•Kollin, 3 elections, 149,896; Prince de Joinvllle, 2
election., 140,382 ; Leon Sas, 2 electi ens, leo 263 Aurelle
de Paladme, 2 elections, 97 CIO; lienottt Waxy, 2 elections,
87,063; Krnest Picard, 2 election., 40.6:3.
At the sitting of the French Assembly last Saturday one
of the members proposed that some expressions of gratitude
should be sent to the people of Fodeatid and of Belgium.
Upon the name of England being mentioned there were loud
exclamation. and cries of "No. nu." Ultimately the motion
was rejected, objection being made that It had been read
without pensions notice to the Preeldent.—ln the course of
the same sittieg a propoul was made, and referred to •
commission, that 100,000 hectares of land In Algeria should
be given to native. of Alsace and Lorraine who might be
desirous of remaining French subjects.
The Prussian correspondent of The Timer, reporting the
celebrations at Balin on the 3rd In honour of the conclusion
of peace, remsrea:—A more quiet and composed crowd
would be difficult to imegine. NI cheering, no jokes. Like
regiment. marching along In regular array, Pend, moved
from street to .tree' steadily. Industriously, hut without any
outward sign of ensiAlon. Only when the Crown Mucosa
and the other Princesses drove along to Inspect the charming
sight, enthusiasts was kindled, and vented itself in clop and
continuous cheers. Later, when the streets were no longer
so very fall and those remaining were mostly young men,
pate-M.lc songs resounded through the night. Altope-her the
Impression conveyed was am genesis a spectacle with several
hundred thousand actors can be. War in a land with
universal conscription is a salons Wag. now mach mole
ro rack a kaki war as Nu ha

THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON.
PARIS, March 5.
The Gauloie says that the French Oovernment Du been
lof .rmed that the EI-Enperor Napoleon had, in reply to a
request frc Count Bismarck. (McLeod that he Intended to
recd. at UM,',shan't, in England.