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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-07-30

THE FRENCH EXPLANATION OF THE
SECRET TREATY.

The Paris Official Journal of Weinesday, says

. -
The Timex has published an alleged treaty between France
and Pru.sia, having for its object to facilitate the acquisition
of Luxembourg end Belgium by France on conation that
France would not opp we the union of the South Germ in
states with the North German Confederation. After the
Treaty of Prague several negotiations in effect took place at
Berlin lietwesn Count Bismarck and the French Embassy on
the sul ject of a scheme of alliance. Some of the Ideas con-
tained in the document Inserted by The Times were raised,
but the French Government never had cognizance of a
written project, and as to the proposals hat may have
been spoken of In these conversations, the Emperor No.
yolcon rejected them. No one will fail to see in what
interest and with what object It fa now sought to mislead the
public opinion of England.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-07-30

A PASSION PLAY STOPPED.

A correepowlent writes from Steingarien, Bavaria:—
It may save aorne of your readers a bootie. errand
if you will make it known through your columns that in all
probability there will be no repetitions of the Passion Play at
Ober antmergau this year, 24 of the performers, including
Joseph Meier, who plays the princbal poet, having peen
Called away to join the ranks of the Army Reserve.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-07-30

VICTOR REGO'S APPEAL.

Victor Hugo, In an addrees dated Hankyllle House,
Guernsey, the 22nd instant, to the Guernsey ladles, says
that the impending war Is one of capnee ; two peoples being
anent to kill one another for the plessine of two princes.
Whilst thinkers perfect oivllisuttou. kegs perfect war.
Ladio, mothers, esters, daughters, wive, are going to asnep
niece the blind comb stouts forget that they are Mockers,
let their sisters come to their aid and make :int All the old
me eilS linen may the:, save the Ilya of the wounded What
trlvlldhl sample and a great benefit It all' he for the
Indies of Guernsey to employ themselves in this work? As
the men do the injury, you women devise the remedy; and
since, on this t arth, there are wicked angels you be the
good ones. If you with It—and you will wish it—a con-
siderable quantity of lint cars be collected in a short time.
Victor Hugo concludes by suggesting that it he divided
Equally, and that one portion be sent to France, and the other
to Flossie.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-07-30

THE WORLD IS NOW .ILL ONE.

At the end of the great war of oar youth, Germany was
0111, less exhausted testi franca In neither were there left
men sufficient f...r the proper cultivation of the soil, and there
rename', as they still remain, considerable tracts of land
waiting a better supply of labour and capital. Nor Is there
any reason ti expect that the motives of this war will be
less powerful than those of the last. The chiefs are two
men long past their middle age, fed on hope, trained
in politics, and past all Measure and pursuits but the
abiding thirst for prest igA and renown. They will fight
as men whose time is short, and who would not wil-
lingly have a rival to stand on their graves. Who can
tell the end of such a war, or say which of these mighty
Powere will accept the humiliation which, both, in turn, have
Inflicted upon another foe? It remains to be seen whether
we can even keep out of the war. Even If we do we shall
still share its I eses Free trade and the natural comennencea
of peas have bound all the nations together in one vast
partnership of common enterprise, gain and lose If others
suffer, we shall ; if others fall behind, they will pull us back
If others become weak, we shall have to bear them up, and
find that, for better or for worse, the world is now all one.'
—Leader in The Times.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-07-30

THE TRICKS OF LONDON.

At the Mansion House in London, on Tuesday, John
Green, aged 33, long known to the police, was charg.,d
before the Lord Mayor, with being concerned with
another man, not in custody, in defrauding one George
Savage, of £37 10.1„ under the following circum-
stances :
The complainant, a young working-man, who had saved a
sufficient sum to enable him to emigrate, and with that view
had come to Loud in from Itaynhani to engage a berth ha.
New Zealand. lie found a ship In the Oast India Docks
about to prozeed thither, and took a passage in her, paying a
sum down as a deposit. lle had then remaining £37 10s. li.!
gold, which he carried ha a bag in one of his trousers
chats On his way from the docks the prisoner, an
entire stranger, spoke to him, and gave him to under-
stand that he was also ahont to proceed to New Zea-
land. 'they had Stine conversation as to the clay on
which the vessel was likely to sail, and the prisoner In-
vited him to a public-house. Ile at first declined, on the
ground tint he was a teetotaller, but was at length Induce t
to accompany the prisoner to a tavern, where he took some
lemonade, for which the prisoner paid. Whit, they were there
a third man came in, and entering into conversation with
them, said he had lately come into the receipt of a consi-
derable sum of money, and that he was. stranger in London.
Ile took from his pocket a bag, saying it contained 100
sovereigns, upon which both the prisoner anti c iniplainant
reproved him for his indiscretion in so doing. After some
conversation they agreed to visit the National Gallery to-
gether, and all three entered an °ammo ror th .t pure no
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-07-30

THE UNTOLD SUFFERINGS OF WAR?

"The in ~ustry of entail cMtivators ts a very tender thing,
and canto Island even an Oldlnary check. We may conclude
how it will fare when the market Is closed and foraging
parties take its place ; for no doubt there will be somebody
to cot sums the produce of the soil ov.n on the left hank of
the Rhine. But o.nsumption itself, ens of the most lawless
cha, a.tPr, soon gives way to deAttmtion, and as far as I oval-
hl the retreetirg Oermen laid have to di Melly thing
that n.ll;ht be of service to the advancing Frenchman. All
the arts of peace will have to be followed at a war risk
Nols,ly within fifty miles of the Rhine or any main road
will sow a grain of corn or plants cabbage without the
chance of Its being taken by the first comer In nnifor n ; no-
body will buy a horse or a cow without the reflection that it
may one day he driven off to camp: nor will any one enter
the humblest dwelling without fore.eeing it lu flames or
pulled down to feed the fires of a neighbouring bivonac.
Drew:fill are the anties told of war, hut far more ties Ifni are
those which are not told, and of which there are no survivors.
The most heartrending narratives we read are those by the sun-
sly., of shipwrecks; but there We ship ticks, almost
every day of which there are no survivors, and wme to
tell the tale. tio it Is in war, ;dot underneath the showy
melodrama and the sublime tragedy there is a vast and
untold mass of voL•wr Buffering known to none—no, not
even to the simple folk of villages. The die of war is pro-
verbially unjust and capricious. It is even wicked In Its
caprice by any rational measurement. The fate which sent
our nen Peninsular veterans to du brigandage and suffer
massacre in the United :Vides while raw recruits were %M-
-ing NVaterloo is repeated in a thousand forma in everyear
The demigod is shot down in a ditch ; the charlatan becomes
been, and the coward Eves to cover hie breast with eters.
Bit In humble life suffering carries the day, and all ends in
night. 3he gallant eons follow one another to unknown
graves, le..vdor mentor'eu that die with their sorrowing
parents and poverty-stricken friends. Whatever reckoning
there be above, that below la written in the sands of nom.
All that we know for certain is that the stiff Aings
le beyond human estimate. A udilion then ore now
entering the bloody lists fir mutual destruction.
Neither France nor Prussia can expect that half of them will
see their homes 'gain. But the greater suffering Is not of
those that die, but of those that survive."—Leader in The
Times.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-07-30

WHAT THEY THINK OF IT IN BELGIUM.

Writing on Tuerday night, a Brusaeln cornspdidebt
says :

The deepest indignation has been caused by the pet pc:
of treaty published in )ester.lay's Tim 's. Whatever iq in-
pathy for France had previously existed among the lower
classes has now vanished. It is instinctively felt that thereto
riot cession to doubt the authenticity of the document, as it,
Ii corroborated by the attacks made on the King of tho
Belgians by the French official press. The Berlin been.-
fluting brings also the news that the four days front tho
15th to the 19:h of July were einplo3ed by the French G• ,vera-
merit to extort from Prussia as the price of peace the content
to the conquest of Belgium. It is believed, too, that the Belgian
Government had knowledge In time of the project broached
by France, arid that the very energetic measures which it
has taken to protect Its neutrality are due to this timely in-
formation. The spirit of all classes of the Belgian people in
superb, and they are ready to make any sacrifice ter the pro-
tection of the national independence."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-07-30

IIdPROVLDIENT RATE.

IVOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN. that at *a
ext kuNi Eft? MEEI INO iI Stonshrtitse
Improvement CUILMISSiorer. t..) be holden et the Cents
misaioners' Room. CORN Rzcap.i broVIDRIDIBa. Oa
WEVNEBDAY, the Id day of Atm n Num, at Three
n'elork in the Afternoon, it is intende4 to make an
IMPROVEMENT heTE of Ninepene in the Pound,
pursuant to be 74h Ileetioa of the Stan/bridge Im-
provement Act, 1866.
. . .

ka• Notice in hereby farther Given, that • Stateamf
sach proposed Rote is deposited for impaction by the
Ratepsyers at the Office of the Clerk to the said Coop
missiouers, No. 56, High-street, htourbridge.
Dated this 15th day of July. 1810.
(Signed)
JOliN TAYLOR, Clerk.

KILDERMINSTER HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.
THE AN.\ UAL EXHIBITION

FLOWERS, FRUITS, AND VEGETAL,

WILL TARS PLACIC

ON TUESDAY, AUGUST TIE Wry, 1870,
In the beantifal armada at
SUMMER HILL, EIDDERMIIET3R,
Eiudly granted for the occasion by the Rev. G. D. floTifi.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-07-30

WHICH IS RICHT ?

NEw V -RE, July 25.—1 n consequence of the publication
here of a telegram from Europe stating that the Prussion
Government would pay the passage and furnish e mipment
to all able-bodied GOI In MIR who might wish to return home
and enlist in the Prussian army, large numbers of Germans
made application to several consulates for transport.
The North German Consul General has announced that the
telegram is untrue,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-07-30

NETIIEREND.

SCTidet. TREAT —On Mouday lost the school children
.0 coisiseetion etui he Ursitatisso Chapel, received then
animal trial in a A ri linid,y lent for the oecabion by T.
H Forgave, r.sq.. of Wont-scow Heuae. who with Lie
a hal liberaity regaod near.). 300 children with let.
or. A number of a.lto . It nteeneeseols were in,
....gen in curing the afiernoon,t nit Mc elsildreu fieones
hi thy ci.j..y tn ins. iva. On I. living the field the;
sore F. semen with a bun titeli. Mr. large ter also en.
,rtaiuevi a tar Ise circle of friends during tne Any.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-07-30

POTATORS.

incremed supplies of homegrown potatoes have here en
sale, but the show of foreign has been leas extensive. The
trade has been heavy, at our quotation.. Eogli‘h Shame
bOs. to lOU.. ; Engliah Regents, 100 s, to l_os. ; French, 70a. to
90s. per cwt.
FEM.!.

Ile,logs, pickled, 30s. to 33. ; ditto red, 20a to 275. per
barrel; bloaters, 30. to. ; kippers, 5, to sa, per ger
turbots, 8.. to 10,.; brdl, la. to bs. each; plaice, 12, to
ICs ; trawl haddocks, 100. to 15s. per boo; soles, Is. to St Od.
per pair ; whitings, to. per basket; salmon, Is ; trout, 10d. to
114. ; eels, Is. to Is. Id, per pound; ma,kerel, 3a. per dozen:
smoked haddocks, 250. to 35s per barrel red mullets, ss.
to to ; lobsters, os. to 135.; crabs, 81 to 12e. per &zee
native oysters, £10; commoos 16s. to 355, per bushel.

WOOL.
The wool market has been very quiet. At the public mlea
there has been a moderate demand for colonial produce by
the home trade, but quaqties suitable for foreigu manu-
facturers have been neilected. The sales will close on
Wednesday nest, and 50,000 bales will be carried forward.
English wool luts bten quiet, on former terns.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-07-30

THE EFFECT OF THE DECLARATION OF WAR.

" The French proclamation if war has nil mind In one day
a work which the whole force of Prussia emit g the last four
years has been un,lde to a,complish It hat welded the
various fl-roan St der into a compact (Mil united nation.
mover aud Frankfort .d the other States cc mired by the
alms of Fenssia during the last w.r remained as cot uttered
p- opt, They were helple.s to resht, i•Ut manifested in
every way a leapi an I sullen enact. at the,r lords and masters
That state of ti.ines is at an end. Berlin is not mo-e enthu-
slastte in thaw iT than Hanover: from all parts comes &shout
of unanimous dellsnce, and Germany presents to the world
the spectacle , f a heartily united people. Nor is it likely
that this feeling will subside at the termination of the war.
The rnen whose recollection of the last war are those of con-
querors anti of conquer,i, will now remember only the
struggle upon which tory are now t Meting. They will look
upon each other as brothtrs in arms, as c lenders of.
common country. Whether defeat or victory await them,
this feeling cannot be altered Their victories and defeats,
their triumphs and their soff,ings, as ill h Lve been ahar.t.
their dead will have been buried side by sidar—Berlin Co,
reorpondent.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-07-30

THE BEGINNING-BUT WHERE IS THE END?

"tin the la h lost, the day on which the two C tstom-
house t Mute were token prisoners a Solsterhli -i, a F, ouch
pat!, I also fired at a Prussian patrol near Forbach. Both
these places no situated in the Star country ri3rth of Me' z
St the stooe has been set rolling nut the war begun. Who
can tell where the lad shots will be tired in the impending
clnnpaikn Where, when, and after the loss of how many
victim, I,—Timete Coors spondent.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-07-30

SUMMONED Hosts.

The case of one of my fellow paseengers was a hard ens.
lie was a quiet and respectable-looking Belgian, who looked
as if he would be it e inat mall to lift his hand against any-
body, and 3 et he had been summoned home to join the army,
which holds itself in readiness to fight either brunch or Ger-
mans, or both, if th y cross the borders in two places at once,
which it is quite possible too may do. his had up to the pre-
sent time followed the peaceful avocation of a cigar-maker
at a large firm In London, and owing to a slackness In trade,
had been without work the greater part of last winter.
TWr'een weeks tr..de having revived—to the delight
of his wife and chinirent—he Messrs Phillips, I be-
lieve. w-as the name he gave me—sent for him to work
again, and, to nee his own words, 'meals went on as
bet re. The day before I made Ills acquaintance on the boat
he hail received a military 611,121110118, sent on by his mother
—patrio tic old laity—to join his regiment at once, under
pain of being declared a ileskrter, and never being allowed to
set foot in Belgium again. Now, the letter part of the penalty
would not certainly have greatly effected your correspondent
—hut then, he is riot a brave Beige ; ' bat it had great
weight with our friend, whose parting with bin wife and four
little ones I shall not neon forget.'—a rrespondent of Echo

"Tilt WINE IS DRAWN, AND MUsT DE DRUNK,"
"My own c mviction is that there is hardly a moneyed man,
a banker, merchaut, or trad,sman who would not gladly have
averted the war, but since it is inevitable, they put the boat
face on it, and gird theorselver up to support the burden. It
must inevitably entail. To quote their own proverb, ' The
wine Is drawn and must be drank,' hitt, though the draught
may be, and more akin to wormwood than to grapejutes.
o.le class of pei sous upon whom the war imp, sea a heavy tax
In that of fathers of falsities, whose sons are to draw In the
next consclipti or, and who are not eitspo,e.l to let them
serve. A case came to my knowledge t .vo days ago, Ili it td
a friend of toy 00 11, whine sort is studying for the bar, and
who Is not disposed to let him break off those studies and be
converted into in, )(I for powder. Ile tells nos that if the
young roan draws a amidrer lo v enough to include him in
the levy he shall have ta pay 5,C00 Ironer for a sub:Mute.
The usual pride in peace time Is about I 530 francs, or little
more—tans Correspondent of The Times.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-07-30

WHAT THZ OLD LADY THINKS OF IT!

"I left Paris by the night train. 'I he war serving every-
where •s a topic In which all are presumed to take an inte-
rest, the voyagers In my comp trterent Immediately joined In
conversation. o.le oil lady, who looked like a woman of
business, toil Ha that she wan not sorry to leave Paris, which
WWI an espetaive pine., and that she should be glad to get to
Metz, her place of abode, to look after her affairs ; she did
care much about the In ar, as the fortifications of Metz were
strong enough to keep any Dumber of Prussians out, an
elderly but sturdy gentleman who wee not with the
legion ii honour) was aski-d by his neighbour If he
did not think that the l'rusaians would soon be beaten.
Ile answered that he was a German, with his pas,
properly made out to cross the frontier. The Parisians,
he contiued, spoke of the wdr as a military promenade. It
would really prove a murderous struggle; the veer was po-
pular with both population ; both armies were thoroughly
organized. Was he a soldier? Unfortunately no, for he
aludild like to 114 ht upon the present occasion. Ile knew
exactly how niany guns had lett Paris by the Strasburg rail-
way. Then he rallied Madanie as to her amusements in
Parts, and wondered that a lady of her attractions should
venture to travel alone. Told me in answer to my inquiries,
that there were plenty of buffets on the line, but that these
were sure to be all closed, as In war time people did not think
about eating. This was the only one of his pr positions that
I ventured to contest, and, an he bought a bottle of cham-
pagne o the Iris: re.o lug place. I do not think he cc, sorry
lobe proved wrong. Being joined lathe course 01 thejourney
by three soldiers it leaked out that one of them was to have
been married the next day but for the Imperative summons
to rejoin. Madame took a great interest in the young man,

with a touching faith in the strength of the fortifications of
Mete She hvd hitherto discussed the war question with
impprturhahle calinnesr. Now she wantort the whole ears-
to stop in order that our fellow-traveller, or rather, as
she put it, that his expected bride should not he disappointed.
The lover was in decidedly low spirits, his comrades tried to
cheer hirm but he wouldn't be cheered in vain they sung
songs, which somehow always terminated with the first verse.
(hie gave a good imitation of a trumpet sounding the attack
did the gonner followed with what may have beau the Boot
and Saddle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-07-30

TERMS ACCORDING TO DISTANCE.

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-07-30

A SEVERE WOUND!

Another despatch on the subject of the flohenadlern can-
didature has been published hi the French 01hr.! Journal.
The Duke tie Gramont sass that his Panettane in the French
Chamber on the 6th inst. was due to the severity of the
wound it Meted hy that candidature. Munsters could only
retain the conti hence of the country by rttptiring seams
guarantees for the future. The Duke de Graniont admits
that M. Benedetti said nothing to the Prussian Ministers
respe cling the recent acceptance of the 'Throne of Spain r
Prince Leopold ;be says that in ISIS the sulject of the
" liohenadlern candidature" was under discusision. It has
already, however, been ezolained by the Prussian Govern-
ment that the candidature then referred to was that of Prince
Frederick Charles of Prussia
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-07-30

E ON E PENNY.

PUBLIC NOTIONS.

LYE INSTITUTION.

THE ANNUAL FETE AND PICNIC

Will be held by kiud permisbion).
ON 111 F, GROUNDS OF T. U. PA. SORTER, EN.,

AT WOLLESCOTE,
ON MONDAY, AUGUST ent, 1870.

For Particol4os, soe

T.-I,Ltn,RS for BANDS, REFRESHMENTS, to..
to ho it In to the Secretory, on or before Tt/11/Mf, Lb*
2fith INST.

TOURBRILGE ENT ACT.
AND THS ACTS MOD: THIOULWITE.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-07-30

MR. GLADSTONE ON THE WAR.

Mr. Gladstone spoke at some length on Saturday,
preeidmg at the dinner of the Cobden Club. Refer-
ring to the war, the right hm. gentleman said :
....._ .

•
"It is not for us who are here assembled, still less for me
111 the office I unworthily hold, to attempt to anticipate the
judgment of posterity upon the great events whish are now
of daily occurrence; hut this I may say, without assuming -
to mys,lf the Once of dispensiog praise or blame, the pen of
the historian will, I believe, hereafter relate that arming all
the wars by which the course or the nineteenth century has
been chequered there is one winch might be characterised
as a more mop:likable drawback. as more u anlxedly sor-
rowful, more full of every painful association, arid also of
grievous anticipation for those who love their kind, than
that war which at this moment is breaking out. May it he
tempered by the humane spirit of civd Cation ; may it he
narrowed anti restricts,' by the wisdom of those who
are mercifully exempted from its range, and tray the
Almighty, who disposes he hea.us of met, tare to-
wards peace and mercy the hearts of those, upon
whom it shall depend how lot g the rivers
of hum,'
blood are to how, and hwr long the cart.'' to blush
for the follies of those who live upon her • ore,3t. We aye
here as Christians and as bbroader. ground m which the ciditimr, at humanity "mit,
and that was the ground marked. out lc r us by the man
WO *are here mum the
r
Wh°S. , dll -
.7;
is
.Lie title of the association.
od
this butrd who can testify
.a.nd ideas that belong to the
tToh etrhee arebr
eziatihi y at sicehtl ec
Cobden Club; there are 'representatives of France and Ger-
many, and I may ste; that many otter illustrious friends
would have beet: pr,sent had not their approach been inter-
cepted by thuesktmitous occurrences of the time. I rejoice
to think that 'ice country near to us. limited In extent, and
consequently In population, but illustrious In hitters ant
' dear SO Europe for the example she has presented, the
country of Belgium, is represented at this board as you
wOhld wish her to be. I rejoice, also, to think that a great
Power which has already as,erted and demonstrated its capa-
city to weld an entire continent into a single State is also
represented on this occasion"

Mr. Glatlidone's remarks were warmly endorsed by
the company. About 200 gentlemen were present at
the dinner, inelud mg the Lord Chancellor and numerous
members of Parliament.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-07-30

No. 332

SALES BY AUCTION.

RED HILL, STOCTRIIRIDOE.

TR. TAYLOR is favoured with Instructions
.1.11. from the Executors of the late Mto. E 1781seth
Cheshire Baker. to SELL by AI'CTION on the Premise*
as above. on NVEDNE TIAY, the 17th day of Arorsr Nam',
the HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE and other Effect,
particulars of which sill appear in future advertise.
meats, and in Catalogers to be forthwith issued.
The Sale to commence at 11 o'clock a.m.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-07-30

ADDRESS OF THE QUEEN OF PRUSSIA.

The Q.m en of Prussia, on leaving Coblents 1.. r Berlin
issued tne followhig address :—" To the Inhabitants of
C twenty years I have lived In your midst.
You hare proved during taut period by your attachment to
the King, to our rhidrep, and to myself that firm ties are
binding us together T., me it has alway • been a source of
true pleasure to return to you, because I estimate at its full
value our beautiful Rhineland. At the present moment I
should like more than ever to remain with you to give the
help which I can give, but other serious duties call me away
lathe pitriotie enthusiaim of the Garman people we hear
the voice of (lit A retrospsct on the sidieriisis of the past,
and on the hall century full of blessings which followed
them shows us how merciful God has been to this dear city,
and that Ila will remain so, for our Irma In Ilim is the
surest guarantee for time and eternity Your trust and
fidelity will ala s last. You know that we remain to-
gether to tatr hearts with 0 t.l to our neat meeting.—
Cobleuls, Jtily 19, .070."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-07-30

DISCONTENTED IMMIGRANTS.

Intending emigrants should read the following, which
we copy from the Toronto Globe
The fact is, and it is Just as well to state it frankly, that not
a few Incompetent workmen, who have never learnt their
trades thoroughly, and have !Minn into bile, disslpeed
habits, fancy that they will be all right a hen they got to the
colonies, where good work is scppo.ed not to be known, and
where, by assuming a somewhat presumptuous air of superi-
ority, they hope to dictate their own terms both as ta work
and wages. 1111 my painful cases of this kind are turning up
ever and anon. Men claiming to he first rate workmen, and
fresh from the out country, are found upon actual trial to be
simply bunglers, and, of course, are indicnant when dismissed
or oire,el wages according to their capabilities. Anything
they suppose, is grval enough for the colonies, and they are
angry when they find themselves mistaken, as most certainly
they will very want find themselves. Anything will not dolor
the colonies. Colonists can judge of good worknianship [mite
as well as other people and whets they ray a respectable
price they naturally look for a respectable article in return.
The time is pwsed for anything else. British manuNimurers
cannot now empty the sweepings of their warehouses on the
colonial markets, and no more can " stickit " workmen ex-
pect to find themselves "musters of the situation" when they
honour a colony with their presence. The honest, manly,
competent worker, lose ever poor, is at all times welcome;
and will find in the long run that it is for his advantage to
emigrate to one or other of Britain's offihoots , but the idle,
the dissipated, and the incompetent had better not bother
to come out. They are not wanted, and are at best but a
burden and a nuisance wherever they go.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-07-30

FltENC'll PORTRAITS PAINTED BY THE FRENCH.

"Marshal Lil muf he, dimples. Rig beard is Olympian ;
and his moist trite would stretch twice round the body of
al. tie Bismarck -or. lied end to end would reach across the
Rhine. Ile is the very typo of the heroic soldier ; a com-
manding torso, a stout heart, and sweet and gentle manners.
The Gattiois entreats its readers to contemplate the Mauve
of the name that goes forth to the banks of the Rhine, to
strike terror balo the hearts of the Prussians. And in this
style a whole gallery of portraits has been painted al.
Francitgae Savory observes ;—'you must make A loud sh nit,
if you would be heard at a get at distance.' lie sees distinct
gain in measuring the moustache of Marshal Letamil. Theist-
mortal e/an of '92 must lie thoroughly brought to the popular
mind. This can be reprodneed on •y by vehement writing,
drumming, and singing. the 'orrice!, must he told in a Mita
deed different forum how chivalrous, brave, serf geturous
they are; that they are covered with military glory
already—with lust one lath, hare spot to be burnished by the
victor'. s of 1570 • Do, V. world, in breathless suspense,
is watching the first not item of the IlaiVerbe, e"larallatleil by
generals whose moustaches wauld g• twice round the body
of al de Bismarck.... The portrait of Marshal Leiteuf is,
M. ',unmet Dumoutetl promises, the opening of a series.
There is to be a taand literary review of the generals of the
Second Empire in the Gaelois, in the trenchant sty le of
which Si, Adrien Mars is the monster. Not a grey hair will
be passed over, TIM a tilllll,lo utile lnfm a jjagaaajy. My
niod&s,' the painter observer, 'do hot sit ; they march pair.
I wait on the kerb, and asthey go proully Iy, I akete.i their
martial features to the music of fife and drum I catch sight
of them, as they leave, their swords bare, at the head of our
armies. It is not a gallery lam engaged upon, but a review
—a review of our old heroes of Africa, the Crimea. and Italy
—inevitable heroes of battles yet unknown.' If they are to
be all executed in the sty le of the Let trust portrait, the pub-
lic will not complsin that the most minute end ntimate de-
tails are warithig.*—Deily News' Correspondent.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-07-30

MOSEY MUST BE HAD.

"The great Banks of Europe have outstripped the Generals
10 putting their resources upon a war-footing. The managers
of these mighty institutions of credit pet eels° that greet
duties may devolve on them, and great efforts be required.
War may be more easily waged without gm-powder than
wish-oat money, and patrmtiins is of no politics. At Part.,
Berlin, and Frankfoit, transactioaa of great nmgnitude are
already taking piano; and so complex and far-leaching are
the ramifications and financial interests, that not a million
can he lent in one capital with,ut the effect being felt In
others. Toe Chamber at Paris and the Friiercl Council at
Berlin have voted immense m-eillts to the Governments of
France anti Germany respectively, which it is now the
business of those Governments to realise In the most
ffective and cc momical manner. Treasury hills will be
offered for discount In end mous slims by Ministers of
Finance, securities of all Minis in the hands of private
persons In the countries at war will be pressed for sale.
hoarding will take the place of inveitment. and the demand
for gold will be Ineessant."—Leader in Daily Sews.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-07-30

Per 81. b. to,eink the offal.

.4.4. d 5. el.
Infer. coarse beasts 3 2 310 Prime Sonthdown 5 4 5 6
Second quality .... 4 0 4 6 Large coarse calves 310 4 10
Prime large oxen.. 4 8 5 6 Prime small 6 0 3
Prime Scots, ezc .. 5 2 5 4 Large hogs 4 6 5 4
Infer. coarse sheep 3 4 3 Seat small porkers 6 4 6 8
Second quality .... 310 4 13 Suckling calves
Pr. wane woolled 4 8 5 2 Qr. old st“re pigs 20 0 20 0
Lambs, 68 4d. to es 84.
METROPOLITAN NIRAT MARK KT.-51050A1.
The supply of meat has been moderate and trade quiet, at
eur quotations :
Per blb, by the carcase.
s. d s.d d. I. d.
Inferior beet
Middling ditto 4 0 4 2 "fiddling ditto 4 0 4
Prime large ditto
1 Prime small ditto.. 4 10 5 0 Large pork..
Veal
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-07-30

CitADLE Y tiigATkl.

TEA Mxitrixo.—The teachers and friends of the
Sunday Soloed I'llloo held their annual meeting in the
New Connexie.n School. About LOU sat down t.. tea, after
which a public meeting was held. Mr. Henry Evers oc
copies the chair, and was vu. castled on the platform by
to, tdiperintenuenta of the vai our schools. The Chair-
wAtl, alter myths the teaLi.c, s some round advice, calico
the Secretary, Mr U Yardley- to read the report. It
stated that the total number of saloon, in cohbeCtinn
with the union was how 10, to which there belonged
2874 children, anti 280 hitchers. A t.pirit of earnebtnest
had marked the proceedings it the past yew, and it wa-
believed that though lib yet is Ins infancy the union would
oecome a mighty power in the iteighboarhood.
comuaitiee having last winter obtained a PIIIIUTSIIIB of tht
Holy Lund, which was exhibited in the Primitive Metho

ape;, they also ergethised is monster fro lot
which was successluily r.e Fled out 011 Vi hit Tuesday
Huth munericaliy anti 111.1:11 chilly bad they praperect.
Ihe report was moved ty Mr. W. Leach, who was one
of the chief originators if the Onion, and was carried
onabincously. Afterwards Mr. J. Lox, of London, ad-
dressed the teachers. Ins sensible and well•deliverea
speech he tendered the teachers some most admirable
advice, which they .emed heartily to appreciate. Mr.
J. Lewis, the Vreaident of the Union. panted out lb.
.eak plots in teachers gent rally, and forcibly pictured
out the necessity of strong tutedeetual flirt on the
~art of those engaged in teachirg. They needed many
,mtotications, but great as was the state of proliciehcy
I. viten it wily Mt... Diane. be pointed out also the
wan; •dcabiages which would accilie it class•roome
were in emote.... Meyers. 't. Crowther. W. %10.1:iblnlele,
4.1,1 oth.cs also iiiitiretewil the meeting, which was
amongst to arlase Dy tne einglng of the Doxology.

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SELLING ALE DCII/No /101.1 Re. At tbv
J. Hill lty So,NloNN.o . ouayl.l., before
littorn o F b. U. Hairs, Esgr.., NUL z, AruLo3St
the Five %Nays Inn, Cradiey Heath, was charged by bo
perintendent Mills with selling aie on the 17th ipotesi.,
during prohibited hours. Folire•rergeaut Yowuer proved
that he visited the defendant.' house at balf-patt live in
the morning, and found six men in the house, and two
lull of aim. Another MPG had a Oa.s f hquora
Toke to Mr.. Cos about it. tthe said they bad been ni
tie hods., but a ...b.ut trin, Fiord owl mu. is.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-07-30

1101:41 OF LORI/3.

Lord Calm naked the noble earl, the Secretary for F. reign
Affairs, whether he was in a paitiloti to ...mimic:de to
their lordships the information which he believed had been
given to the House of Commons.
• • • • • • - •

Earl Granville said he ha I received a message from Lord
Augustus Loftus stating that I. was intended to publish in the
Berlin official papers this morning. the text of tho treaty, as
it appeared in The Times .1 yesterday, the draf t of which was
In the handwriting of M. Benedetti. Within the last hour he
had been waited upon by the French Ambassador, and a con•
'creation at once took place on the subject of V e profit de
trairo, Ills Excellency said that since war had been declared
between France and Frusaia there were two objects which the
French Government would have In view. These were to
maintain intimate relations between the Governments of
France and England, anal preserve that friendly feeling
which had of late years existed between the two nations.
Ile said that the plm contained In the draft treaty which was
published in The Tiqies yesterday was OM originaiel by
Count Bismarck, had been the subject of a conversation with
M Benedetti, hut it had never had ally serious basis and had
been rejected by both parties. M de favalette added that the
Government of the Emperor had respected the neutrality of
Belgium, even when they had reason to complair of the con-
duct of that country, and that daring last month the Emperor
had pledged himself, in a manner which was binding on his
honour to respect the neutrality of Belgium unless that
neutrality was violated by another belligerent, a declaration
which was cenimunicated by the Duc de Grawont to Lord
Lyons.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-07-30

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-07-30

TIIE FACT Saa QUITE RFAI.Isrp.

"What I mean to say is, that our people have not yet
realised he idea that we are Invading a country where we
shall he received with execration, and v.ahleh will be united to
'

a man ...moist no. When the truth Is mastered—and it is
beginning to dawn upon the public—the war will assume a
far mole terrible aspect, and become more than propor-
tionately nnbopular. Already that phrase of the Emperor's,
lint nous reste pus quit con fier nos destines an sort az
armes,' has sobered many people. Are the destinies of
Franco really at the mercy of a battle? And, if so, might it
not ham, been better not te have attempted the 'liquidation'
of that Pr usstau question r—Times' Correspondent.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-07-30

OLD JIILL.

CAUTION TO CARTERS.—At the Petty Sessions, on
Wednesday beat, before L. Moore and F. W. U. Sturm
Alired Wilkes was aunoiloued by Soperintendent
Mlles for anowitig ton cart t., be hard without having a
neer op. u it. Plead..., g cite. Ordered to pay coats.
LAIAIrt4E oF 4 fiREATENINO.—iInee lt tied was charged
by Mary Houston Willi using threa.ening language to be,
on the 20to tort, and Replied for suleties of the pence
Complement said button the above date the defendant
threatened her life and struLk her on the jaw, and she
Ihoogiit it was broken. A WU. Bs named Priest gave
..oriotioriitive evidence ua to hie threat', and defendant
was bound over in the BUM of 1.:5 to keep the peace.
DRUNK AND RIOTOUs.-80141U10I1Robinsou was charged
by huperintendent Mills with being 4rinik and riotou,.
Piculed guilty. Ordered to pay roils.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-07-30

THE NORWICH CROWN BANK.

The absorbing topic of conversation in Norfolk and
Suffolk continues to be the late Sir. H. .T. H. Harvey
and the affairs of the Crown Bank. The number of
creditors of the bank is no less than :3,000. Mr. Allday
Kerrison, Sir It. Harvey's principal partner, seems to
have been guise ignorant of the actual state of affairs;
it was not until one am, on the morning of the day
on wh:eh the bank suspended pax ment that he knew
his feal position. He came from Ipswich to Norwich
by a special train, reached Norwich at one am., and
was told the worst by Mr. 1. B. Coaks, solicitor,
who had been making a hurried investigation of
the affairs of the bank. Mr. Ksrrison, after some
discussion, agreed to sign a declaration of insol-
vency. Mr. Kerrison, it appears, had received year
by year a large income as his share in the profitsof the
bank, but unfortunately he never verified the balance-
sibeete which were periodically put before him; and it
now appears' on investigation, that the annual profits
of the bank have not been so great as the amounts
divided as profits. Mr. Gibbons, the eminent ac-
countant, has come, however, to the conclusion that
the average profits realised by the bank were about
£20,000 per annum.
The sums provisionally accepted from Arrears.
Gurnels, Birkbecke, Barclay, and Buxton, for the
transfer to them of the bank, is £21,000 for the good-
will and £21,000 more for the premises of the central
bank and the branches. The unsecured partnership
liabilities of the Crown Bank are estimated at
£1,077,447, while the partnership assets are estimated
at 01,000000. There are certain heavy brokers'
claims against the private estate of Sir. It Harvey ;
but even if these are admitted it will produce £lOO,OOO.
The private estate of the 'Messrs. Kerrison will also
realise another £lOO,OOO at least. Taking the worst
view of matters, the aesets of the bank thus amount
to £1,240,000 to meet liabilities of £1,677,000 The
liquidation of the affairs of the bank is expected to
extend over at least three years. The dividend re-
ceived by the creditor., can scarcsly be less than
12s. 6d., and may be 155., in the pound.

A sub-committee of the creditors has been attending
daily at the bank during the past week to facilitate
winding-up arrangements. The general creditors'
c imtnittee has passed a further resolution to the effect
that it is desirable the winding-up in bankruptcy should
be continued.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-07-30

AVA&,FIK.LII l-URN MARKET.

FRIDAY.

The recent hot forcing spring weather h.,
brought the grain crops rapidly to inaturit..
irug proFpect of au early h-uet•t. 1j b.,.
curiae a cleedue in wheat of from 2, to 3s per
quarter from last Friday's rates. Spring con.
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-07-30

"NOT EVEN ANOTHER JENA !"

"People are beginng to Pau out too late that If Germany
in united— awl our agsrsssion, it Is now evolont to the most
Obtuse, has cemeoted her 0115)—Do victory obtained over

what we are pleased to call distinctively the timeline army
can effect the ajecs France ha at hear, ,ft,l und, tic t,ik
of 1!,i6 Not even another Jena, not even a pear signed
at Berlin' to borrow a phrase attributed Lo tLei Emperor,
would reconstruct that impotent, lumbering ii.irnian Un
federation which secured the predominance of France We
may wound and even maim the Prussian eagle, but no
bunion power can now (mice it back into its egg. We can
conqu”r, hut we cannot divide, and by our division !lone
can tour rule be firmly establethed."—Titnee Falls Corte..
pondent.

THE BLACKSMITH'S STORY OF " PROOsIAN " KILLING!
"hi. Edouard Lockroy (a French wriler)gives an account of
his night travels in a e,rriole. Ile Is on the point of starting
for the camp and the frontier, when at the gates of Mete the
horse drops his shoes. Whereupon he visits the nearest
blacksmith, and while the horse is being shod the nom re-
counts his experience of the war. 'At this moment,' the
chroltivieur admits, ' everybody at Metz has killed his Prus-
sian You cannot tied a single Individual who will not say to
you, Ah ! I killed enough of them, I can tell yon—when I
was young' One might almost imagine It no, a local game
like archery. The blacksmith's story was to the effect that
on a certain occasion he was In a elbaret at Saarlouis with
some Prussians. One of three stepped up to him and dropped
an old quid in his beer Whereupon the bincksinith
rose, urhooked a sabre from the wall, and laid about
him with a will, Ile struck one, and Oen tie other,
and then a third Ile cuts one, cleaves another, kills
two at A blow, three—hi short Mils nes of them all.
Haring finished the basin-as, the tremendous Frenchman
hangs the sabre agair sr the wail, and girl on his way. But it CO
happrned that there Prussians were roldlet S. and their imlotiel
finding that MAW of them returned rplpd his lieutenant,
' Who killed my Prussmns for me?' The lieutenant leplied,
A Frenchman of L.oraine.' The colonel complained—as
' well as he might—to the FI ench authorities. Au inquiry
was imtituted, and the blacksmith stood I orward and said
to los judges, • Gyritlernen, it a person were to fist -ur old
'chigoe • into your soup at dinner what would you de?' Hie
Pru•sian colonel who was a manly fellow, cried, • I 'scold kill
him." Well,' the blacksmith answered, 'a Prussian put an old
' ehltruu ' into my I eer, and so I killed all the Prussians who
were there. And the judges, after due deliberation, told the
blacksmith that be nught go home. The Bald blacksmith
must surely he a poor and humtl, relation et the Marshal of
France whose moustache would to tw:ca round the body of
, M. de Bismarck !"—Correspondent at Daily IV et..
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-07-30

NAPOLEON TO THE FRENCH NATION.

The Jouraal Officiel of Saturday publiehed the fol-
lowing Proclamation to the French people :

" Frenchmen —There are solemn moments in the life of
peoples, when the rational settee of honour, violently excited,
Imposes itself with irresistible force, dominates all Interests,
and alone takes in hand the direction of the destinies of the
country. I toe of there decisive hours has sounded for France
Prussia towards whom both during and since the war of 18,66
we have shown the most conciliatory disposition, has
taken t,o account of one geed wishes aml our enduring
forbearance Launched on the path of Invasion, she
has provoked mistru;t everY where. necsssitaied ex-
aggerated nrrnamen.3, and has tit. iii Eur,me Into a camp,
where reigns nothir g hut uncert.inty and fear of the mor-
row .4 last Incident h.la come to show the instability of in-
ternathmal relations, and to prove the gravity of the situa-
tion. In presence of the new pre:eosin, s s.f Pru.ssia, we
made known oar prrdests. The) were evaded, and were hal
10.. ed on the cart or Prussia by c ntentiou ots acts OUT
country reunited this treatment with p-ofonnil irritation,
and immediately it ay for war resounded from one end of
France to the other. It only remains to as to leave our
destinies to the decision of arms,
"We do not make war on Gerrottny, whose indemmilence
me reepeA We wish that the people who comp Ise the great
iSertnan I ationality nmy freely diepose of their inanities
Far ours, Ives, we demand the estahlistmet.t of elate of
affairs which shall gcarantee our secnrity and mince our
future. We wish to conquer a lasting ye roe, based on the
true interests of rem-4a and L's put an ett.l to than pre.
carious state In which all nations employ their resources to
arm themselves one filming the other. The glorious flirt
which we once more unfurl before those who have provoked
its is tire same which bore throughout Europe the civilising
ideas of our great revolution. It represents the same princi-
ples and will inspire the same devoth.n.
"Frenchmen ! I am about to ph:ce myself at the head of
thst vol alit army which is animated by love of duty and of
country. It knows Its own worth, since it has seen how
victory has accompanied it. march in the four quarters of the
world. I take with me my son, despite his yonth. Ile
knows what are tl e duties which his mime imposes upon
him, and he is proud to bear his share in the dangers
of those who tight for their country. May God bless our
efforts! A great people which defends a Jost cause is In-
vincible. "NAPOLEON."