The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-04-08 00:00:00

"HOW NATIOVS PERISH!"

M. Poll de it.. Vict, r hss pldslishrsi a feuTeton hi
L ,bcrt 6, ent.itlrtl " How NatiOike perish." The con-
elnsiou of this essay is I,trikiog. Having shown how
POl n.l pais!: el, M. de Sr. Viotor adds
Am'd verie.y and unlikeness, the situation of France le,
at tl.c yrs:tout mement, as tragm 61 that of Poland France
has bee Russia hi the Prussian power. A world of barbarians
hr.s Letnnit its it aroond her, supplied with all the arms
and appliances of destsuction. it boo Millets,' terrible
defeats upon her; her torn frontiers lay her heart bar'; her
military oeolls scans, for the time, to Lave withlr an from
b r. I. It P lard France contoi, the oearily ge rots is hi.,.11
will thfalltbly destr.,y tier if she di or net ex,irpale them in
Vine from her borrot Drawn In different directions by the
It reibli, and by three Tirol dynasties, she, In some sort,
• tiers the torment of belt, torn us older fu a poll:lest , crier.
pirpetusl revolt e f hit minorities agallas the govern.
'lit low Is rolrtii r les, impious nor It ss pernicious than the
il -ii vo:o A first diaue•nis.rmeot crutlly mutilate lb,:
o :Am rid cill coma, V. 1,1 thtn tb third, if, fallen aud grovels
llog on the stoma:, she is convulsed in anarchy instead of rais-
ing herself by tlrmi-e,s and harinrciy. Prnssia will excite her
partles, aid fuel to her hatreds, rouse her mobs, and then,
under the pretext of world police, ertniili,h the invasion upon
hr rra rritmy. roe time cone, Prussia will take the world
to wit: ern that this incorrigible people must be enslaved
She will, perhaps, impose on Femme, a tributary princo, S
beltne•eil vassal if a crown charged to keep gnarl on behalf
of it, nllll to hold the gatos opou to ti. Europe, relz.d wlth
or terror, will allow every at log to procee,.. C 0..
tempt will stifle the sympathies whet, she still retains for
us. SS° will rcuislom herself to tie, Lb, of a dismembered
France and will think of Loll:log but being permitted toshare
lathe psrlition ; order will reign tn Paris as at Warsaw. A
legend relres that Korcluskis, falling at Podsamee, beneath
the lance thrusts of the Cossack, traced these fateful words
upon the snow—Finis Felon's, If France, bruised and
woureltd, loses In the convolslons of civil war the life which
remains to her, it will he in mire and blood that her last
combatant will write the epitaph of his dead country.'

LOSS OF A BItITISH BARQUE.- HOSPI-
TALITY OF THE CHINESE.
The Chincee papers report that the British barque
Violet, 496 toes register, the property of Messrs. Birley
and Co., of Kiikham, Laccenhire, sailed from Yoko-
hama fer Hoeg Kens on the 20th of December, George
Pe.vreie, master in command, having onboard 47 Chinese
p ,si tigers and one European gentleman, together with
a crew consisting of 21 st
Go Feb. 20 .h she stru :k on a sunken rock stern on,
at out six miles distant from is reef, which reef was
about ten miles efi Mathews Bay, in the Grand Ln-
C en. Immediately the ship struck the helm was put
ilewn, when she eteyed at once; after hauling round
the 3 are's, rounded the pumps, and found 3ft. Gin, in
the well, rig:red and manned the pumps, and continued
!Alienated uutil 6.15 am. At that time the water
rearin ei the twixt decks beams, although the pumps
hul been lept going without intermission. At this
time die nearest land was from five Li six miles distant
on the lee beam, when eeeinrt no possibility of saving
the hip, eerie:laded to bear ine, not run her on shore to
saee life, if possible, which was effected at eight a.m.,
on ths reef which forms the outer harrier of
Mutters Bay, die hay itself being studded
over with reaches of coral. After teaching the
side on the inner edge of the reef, got all hands on shore
in the boats on to the island of Ha ma. The captain
remeining en board KB the last man, directing the ira e
to rr turn for lim as coon as everybody else was out el
darner. Within a very short space of time after the
last boat had been dispatched, perhaps about one
rettrter f hour, the ebb, fell over. on tee r port broad.
sit'es, slid off, and tank in deep water, leaving her
master to swim for his life, which fortunetely he was
able to do, altheingh a heavy swell on, until the mate
retuning not him striking for the chore with an net,
evened on Lie left leg, below the tree joint, received
somehow or other on the ship quitting him. About
noon the natives, in seven or tight canoes, crossed over
the harbour bringing sweet potatoes, water, eggs, rice,
and firewood, and making every demonstration of kind-
ness end eynipathy.
After three days on the island, under a bivouac male
out If ome of the wreck, the authorities ordered all '
hands' to the main, where everyone was first under
shelter in the village of Sat.Chirg. and every care
taken of them; their supplies consisting of every cc ol
thing at hand, tobacco included. The natives of this
village, having not !oat any time in communicating
with the chief mendarin of Napa, informing Li ii that
a foreign ship had been wrecked. After nine days a
jerk (Lynches ), of about 30 toes, was tent to carry
the whole party to China. Toere nes much difficulty
in edeiptieg he r to the service she was celled upon to
peril., in, ',lit the alteratiene we e at lergth accom-
plisheele Her sails were made if ruslt-matting, through
which the wind whispered when light, but when
strong the meshes we re distended, and thus the sail
became a lrrge safety valve. The only compaaion
bowel was of the ordinary Chinese type, in wleich
proutinerice is given to the mouth, as the car linel pole,
but this Captain reArEC had "converted," by fixing
round the circurefsrence a piece of paper upon which
the 32 poieter, with their respective half-points, an re
divided. At length, without grave mishap, the ship-
wrecked crew reacted Fin-chow, where they were
taken care of by the vicrrconsul.
A naval cc 'art having b-en called fir by the master
of the late Violet, the same was conveksd, and after
hearing all the evidence, retuened to Captain Peers°
his certificate, with encomiums of the strongest cha-
racter as to the ahility and address be had displayed
throughout the whole time of his resonsibilities.
The Lurchew was a gift: every imaginable thing for
the large party was put onboard for thirty-five to forty
days, and about SOO people "chin-chinned" her to sea
with a hearty "Goderpeed you," after their fashion.

ACTION FOR NEGLIGENCE LGAINST
A RAILWAY COMPANY.

At the Leeds amens, beat week, the canes of " Beggs, Ad-
relnirtratrlx, a. the Lai cwhire and Yorkshire Railway ' was
trio I, I.nd wee an action for negligence on the part A the
company, whereby the plaintlft's husband lost his life.
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The plaintiff it a young woman of the age of 26, and
had only been married tate hueband abut toneuroatbe.
She was expecting to be a mother, and the suit was
brought on behalf of the unborn intent as well as the
widow. The husband had £lOO • year from his father
for menacing his colliery, and he hid also a farm.
His total income was about £3A. On the 16th of
January he went to the Bradford Station to meet some
one, and was standing on the platform when the mei.
dent occurred. The station is a terminus, and at the
end of the line are fixed hulfre. Beyond is a email
space, where the deceased wood, and then comes the
porter4' room or d other offices. A train dashed into
the station at 15 miles an hour, tore up the buffers,