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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-01-14

NEW YEAR'S DAY AT WILBELMEHOFIE.

A letter to the Daily Teligroph from Wilhelexhohe says:
—" rhe Emperor rose on New Years Day somewhat earlier
then meal, atal received It, it lid congratioletidis of these
m.rubers it hie suit., who enj .3, hi. particular Intimacy. Me
then enterel that hull of the emote which hes beet, trees-
formed into a chapel, and listened with deep devotion to the
celehrathm of the Intltr. Besides his suite the service was
attended by the Frincefe de la %hoboes, with her two eons;
Count Tithed...) are. General cf Division ; the Marquis of
Forton, Count de Turtling.. Baron laml.ert, with tile sm, and
lastly the Grand Chamberlain, the Puke de Ramie, who had
arrived during the previous night After mass the E uperor
retnrnod to his ordinary reception rooms, ant, at if by
instinct, the Duke de B ...too resumed his duties as formerly
in the lotteries, lie first 'Ponied to the Emperor a large
packet of congratuletry letters. Ile then introduced the
Princem of Moskova..who was dressed in deep mourning.
!loth her sone stewed forward and kissed the hands of the
Emperor. Next come the anljnnlomnls. headed by the lattice of
Morkova, and to their torn also ushered by the IMlte C unit
Retie presented to the Emperor a congratulatory address
basing the signatures nf more than a thonaano Imprisoned
offer. The Emteror, with a melancholysmile, shock hands
with ell present. Those who next Mooned foreani were the
111,rs Imprisoned in C tend, thteerals Purloin and MOM,s
le,oliog them, followed by the e.Villette of the mite, Dos.
C, eeeee nau sat Cortenert, hi. Pieced oke. All eine teVitee to
loin in. the breakfest. The nimbi being eetted, Marshal
B.zalue and his chit presented livlnselves, and remained for
about half an hour. inning the re .little day the tltrit.eror
se,s clearly engaged lulls wilily. A very large numner of
in It:entitle arrived from ilinsteee, London, St.
V 031,111., Berlin, 'tome, thirence, the Beene, Storkholre,
Genova, Certhartima, Llatnnn, and Constant...pie al.. how
men, proshicial towns of Enalandand Belgium. About none
Count Monts, the commander of Cassel, arrived, aud pre.
seated his congratulations.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-01-14

BOARD OF GUARDIANS.

The weekly meeting of this Board was held
yesterday; Mr. Granger in the chair. There
were also present:— Messrs. Brooks, Wood.
Billingham, Bird, Fereday, Guest, Paskin, Plant,
Rohinson and Rhodes. The minutes of the last
meeting were read and confirmed. Admitted
into the house during the week, '2l ' • discharged,
'23; dead, 1; born, 1; remaining, 461. Corres-
ponding week last year 467. Out-door relief,
Kingswiuford district, X4O 13s 4d ; Stourbridge
district, 24 16s 10d ; Halesuweu district, £2l
fis 44; total, £9l 16s 6d, against .£96 16s 9id
last
.year. . . .

The Clerk read the following letter, which he
had received from the Poor Law Board :
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-01-14

AN ENFORCED "REQUISITION."

The inhabitants of St Gerruslawn-Leye have had a visit
horn the Prussian, who Imposed on them a reunions,.
to the extent of 100 COOL In a letter just received tl e see We
writer says Yesterday an officer entered the town at the
heal of a detachment of I.7lllsui infantry, disarmed the
National anus!, took nosseselm of six house., and then
went to the Town-hall, where they eve notice that Si,
13;rmain would he bombarded forthwith urges& 10.0‘,01.
were brought In a few tours to the coop towards Port
Manly. The inhaldtanta were call- d to,ether by best of the
drum and intorno d of the retitle' m At the end of the
"hours of grace" three shells eere tired on us trim Monte
Christ., the residence of the tare M. Alexandre Dwell ; ore
fell on the cureh, where it did a mr,at demi of damage, the
aecend bunt in a einnues so the Rae do l'A,gle d'Or, and the
thirst ens t'.e barrack.. We had already collected t 0,0001.,
which Ohl rot satisfy the blues They. however, at last let
us oil will &further cot tribotion of 10 004. ; in addition to
which we have the Prussian Lardwehr gluten,' on ur to
to in' and to lodge. All business IS at a standstill, and the
house, which are unoccupied get terribly knocked about and
battered.'

UNFORTUNATE ORLEANS.

Dr. flora, of the Cologne Gavele states that Orleans has
been fired £21,00e B. a puhishinent for an outrage on the
driver oft provision colunni three week. ago. Ile left hls
quarters at seven am., and asked a Frenchman In a Mon-e
the wayito the bivouac outside the town, where hi, waggon
WAS staining, the Frenchmen notated hi the dliectiou he
was to take, arid the waggoner thank° I him, hilt bud hardly
tuned away when a bullet passed through his back and en.
level his lungs. As the [fender could not be discovered,
the above Ilue was Imposed. Only Lail the money was paid
down In cash, and plate and other articles were offered in
liquidation of the second moiety. The Bavarian comman-
dant, however, reulied that he was chrumiiiidant and not a
storekeeper, and that the amount would be increased Ist
£4,100 a day until the fine was paid. On the same or hit-
lowing iley the mercy was ha Dimming, a third of It con-
sisting if Prnsalan Dialers, which shows how much money
the German garrison put In chcalatlon.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-01-14

lik

A SAD NEW YEAR'S EA'!

"la Ordinary tittles the accidettal calm-Vents Which
caused the Opt day of the new year to fah opt. a Bentley
would have made lisht hearted owl frive!ous Parte gay to
LitUlleal.loil. The streets would have henii Ilffalllll,l with
life the theatres would have been choked, the twalpages
op in the Boulevards, and the Champs E 'sees weldo been
been numerous MI at Epsom on the Derby Day, the voice of
mirth and laughter would have ascended to heaven. To-
day the Denier:Ards have been silent, the shops have ell been
closed ; a grim, dark, chilling atmosphere has Munght
down the leaden chat Is till they seem to touch our heads ;
there!, as with dlspositlon towards mirth and merriment
as at • Q wikar's funeral. This evening there has been a few
excited to, Is or gatherings of peep!e upon the Boulevards,
iltul from ell Lf them issued oleo, hot hold but deep, of
has Troche !' Nowhere Mel I see the least aisp osition to
cry ' Vire Troche' Not a single vice was upliftad to
mic!aim 'God bless him f ' Not that I would have your
readers think we have yet approached the Uwe when any
ewe openly talks of capitulating. 'rho auger against I r.!chu
Is because he Its, done an little-41e trite i.e LA% • Mined 80
little Parisian blood to be shed UrilrAs the L..ml or ti tnis
population—which, proverbhily fickle as it is, seems to lwoe
lost its fickleness—changes like the whol, I do not think we
shell surrender nutli we have literally eaten our Last crust."
—Correspondent of Daily Telegraph.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-01-14

AN ANTE-NUPTIAL SETTLEMENT.

In the Court of Bankruptcy, in London, on Monday, in
r, Eludes," a motion was made on behalf of the trustees
under an adjudication auanist J li. Rluden for an order
declarmg that a deed of ante-nuptial settlement executed
by the bankrupt In September, 1_69, was fraudulent and
void as against creditors.
The evidence showed that in May, 1868, the
bankrupt commenced business as a builder, and in
September, 1869, he executed the deed in queation,
which comprised four leasehold houses in Scholastic.
terrace, Clapton, to trustees for Vie benefit of his
intended wife, Caroline Mills, and the children of the
ma-liege, with a reservation to bimaelf of a lire interest.
The marriage was riot celebrated until November.
1869, and early in January, 1870, the bankrupt called
a meeting of his creditors, and in February he
was adjudicated a bankrupt. In support of the
motion the trustee under the adjudication sought
to show that at the time of the ex, cutien of the
deed the bankrnpt was in a hopeless state of in.
solvency, and it seemed from the evidence of Mr. Mills,
the wife's father,that in August the bankrupt voluntarily
proposed to make the settlement ; that Mills required
tie bankrupt to produce a statement showing that be
wait in a solvent pos.tion, and that the bankrupt after-
wards produced a statement which disclosed that be
peases•ed a surplus of 4:3,000 after payment of his just
debts. The settlement was prepared, it appeared, by
a nomprofessienal person named Roberts, and the wife
in her evidence atat,d that ahe rlid not hear of its ex.
iatence until some time after the execution. Since
the date of the adjudication the bankrupt and his wile
had sailed for Canada, and the trustee under the adju-
dication contended that the deed was a trick and con-
trivance with a view to d«feat the rights of creditora,
whose property had been used in the erection of the
houses comprised in it.
His Lordship, in giving judgment, said it could not
be doubted for a moment that the bankrupt Was in a
state of lir peless insolvency at the time of the settle-
ment. The execution WAR a voluntary act on his part;
it was executed without any communication with the
1 .ity hereelf, and the deed WAR prepared 1 y a nompro-
tes-ionai petron„ There would be a declaration that
iwtt'ement wam void against the trustee in banks
uPtCP
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-01-14

THE RESULTS OF GERMAN VICTORIES.

" to the end of September," Nays the Stouts d nviger,
there bad fallen Intl the liauds of the Getman snows
3,577 111 era, 199,700 prates On both rases cuweinuied
men), 56 rte.4le,, end 2,218 guns (includlng 08 mitrallienae,)
In Octeher and November these narntwia were Increase ,t to
10 067 olikets, 503,842 'ideates, 112 eagles, and 4,190 guns
(170 of these being rultralllenseel. The former figures com-
prise the trophies captured at Sedan. Toni, Leon, and Stras-
burg: 111, latter infiude the 6 OW officer. and 150,000 men,
besides 23,000 sick and iv- untied, taken at Metz, 5,000 men
at S hiestadt, 4,010 at Verdun, S 5,0 In the engvgeineuts
round Pads, 1,500 captured by General Werder's Baden
col,. In the west, and 500 officers and 7,700 up n who were
diet:hare,' ,cured) from the hospitals and trauiliired to
the ,ter de of prisomrs. I.ly-six eagles were taken at
Metz, the greater number of the melts beloiaing to Marshal
Marine's army having been destroyed Just before the
capitulation. The guns taken in October and November
connisted of 1,570 at Metz ,includlng 72 mitreilleusesl 9 at
Orleans, 128 at Soiseons, 2 before Paris, 108 at Sehlestailt,
5 in Fort Monier, and 100 at Neu Breitach."

AN OPINION ABOUT ENGLAND.

In the Wtirtembergebamber of Depnties, on the ith, Herr
Hopi opposed the vote of money for the prosecution of the
war. on the ground that it had degenerated 1100 a war of
conquest Ile pleaded for i• the great and beautiful city of
Paris" He was replied to by lierr Romer, a national
Liberal. who insisted that the war was still one of defence,
and must bee 'allotted until the Fri uch were disabled Irina
attacking Garmany two years hence. In opponents were
only an Inslgnificant and powerless party, which desired to
strengthen the Re;mblic in Fence, and thus to promote re-
puhlicanism elsewhere The English, he added, WA been
making a protitab'e business with the blood money which
they hail pocketed, but they had thereby excited the repug-
nance and hatred of the Harman people. The vote was
carried, Hop( being the only dissentient.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-01-14

Mft. SPURGEON ON BAZAARS.

M. Spurgeon, in a lecture which he delivered the other
might, discussed the question whether in furtherer ce of
a religione or charitable object a • • Christian man might
lawfully" attend far cy fairs and bazaars. Premising
that the conclusion at which he had arrived would
probably al.wzk the religions imaceptibilitas of many of
his blends (remarks the Pall Mall Gavelc) the reverend
lecturer proceeded to insist that bazaars pare an I
atmple—and without the adjunct of lotteries, which he
admitted to be isdefensible under any circumstances—
were not in themselves necessarily unlawful. The
argument coawnutily urged against them that they
encourege female vanity, inaimuch as ladies come to
'hem" overdressed," Mc Spurgeon skilfully disposed
of by pointing out that hue remark did not apply to
"ladies of the B ,pti-t denomination ;•' and to those
who obj-cted that mere; vanities" were sold at
Mama, it was still more ingeniously retorted that in
that case the objectors ' could not do better than boy
them up and destroy them." Oa the whole, Mr.
Spurgeon maintained that there was a lawful use of
bazaars as well as unlawful; and that the abuse of
teem did aot take away their use. It is singular that
Mr. Spurgeon fails to see the full bearing of the
principle to which he commits himself. " Things
have been done at bazaars," he does not doubt,
"which were a disgrace to our common Christianity."
Mr. Spurgeon doubtless refers to the 1111C011.
acionable prices prices frequently charged for worth.
leas articles; "but he did not think that this touched
the bazaar itself." Yet it is precisely this argument
which is the only one that can be urged against
belle, theatres, and a host of worldly amusementa
which, though liable to abuse, are in themselves inno-
cent, but which Mr. Spurgeon and his school unreser•
vedly condemn. A bazaar, he tells us, enables "those
who have no money to give their time and labour, and,
like the good people at the construction of the Taber-
nacle,"(in the wilderness, not in the Kennington-road),
"Those who could only give a handful of goat's hair
to help to fringe the curtains rendered help in this
way." But does this offering of their time and labour
to the Tabernacle justify the bazaar if it is in other
respects sinful. Would, for instance, the "good
people" have been commended by the Mosaic
historian if each of them had given i handful of hair
off lomebody else'. goat?
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-01-14

SLUM BY AUCTION.

HAGLEY STOCK SALE.
MESaRS.

OATES, PERRENS, and WOOLDRIDGE
will hold their Next SALE on fstodosr, the 23rd
Inst. Present Entries SHEEP, and 25 Head of
CATTLE.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-01-14

A SECOND CRY FROM DREUX

Mr. Herbert Mayo Benda the following to The
Tim's :-
01 the 19:h of November you published a letter from M.
CaiMate, paPteur at Drew, describing the miseries con-
requent upon the hurntog of the vilh,ge of Cherizy, which
you entitled " A Cry from Dreux." Hie daughter, Madame
Rouen, now writes to me

My father sank on the 17.‘h of November, exhausted by
the anxieties, vexations, and sufferings of this horrible war,
and worn out by excess f labour; for he was all to all. Oar
poor p,asants in their distress resorted to him ail the day
lone

- - -
'All communication being cut cff, no minister officiated
at Me burial, nor could any member of the leanly attend
except my sorrowing mother and myself ; but there was an
Minimise concourse of peasants, both Protestant and Catholic
While the liturgy he had himself composed was being read at
the tomb the cintant s,,und of cannon mingled with the sob-
bingo of hie flock."
Then, after speisklng of her father's ardent love and
miratlon of his native country, Switzerland, she continue.,—
'You have long known the generosity of that noble heart.
That generosity which had led him in past yean to adopt so
ninny orphans, which had led him to sem:else the cause of No
nisny In distress attached him now to France inter immense
misfortune. Since Sedan I have seen him become more and
more Yrench. Nothing could have induced him to quit this
country so cruelly tried. The evening heel-re Ina death he
again repeated to me the.-13 noble words Les Inalltesses de
to France sod eel lice de noNralizatton.'

"We hove received uo letters for six weeks. One of yours
came last week. The sow Intended, as you say, for the
relief of the peasants by the committee, of which M. du
Poutet dole Ilarpe Is one of the secretaries, has not reached
ns. Keep It, and anythtna more that may be collected 11l
fled a sure way of getting It..
_ _

A nob'e and ex-celleni friend of my father, M. 'Mani,
Mayor of Dreux, will distribute it with me. My father had
preyioudy decided on distributing it with him.
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e
The misery is horrible. Hundreds of wretched beings
are wlthout shelter, without bread, or warm clothing in this
frightfully rigorous 111M1011."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-01-14

PIESENTB FOR BOYS AND GIRLS.

AN IMMENSE VARIETY AT
S TIIELD'S

"OBSERVER" OFFICE.

HIGHSTREE2' STOUIiBRIPOR.

REFRESHMENT AND EA'L'ING
HOUSE,

TOP OF k7DDERMINSTER•STREET.

810VIt81111)0E.

R. ROl3 Y

B Eta to idiom his Friends s—ud the —Poblio, that he has
OPENED THE ABOVE HOUSE FOR
BEFEESIIMENTS.

TRIPE AND COW HEELS

READY EVERY

THURSDAY, FRIDAY, AND SATCRAIY

NIGHT. AT Si O'CLOCK.

THE ILLUSTRATED 31 IDLAND

'NEWS.

PRICE TIIREE.PENCE.I

sold by
S. Fii__l33,

At', ENT.

Ti! E

TRADE SUPPLIED

CAR, CAL, AND POSTING ESTAIII.I9IIk EN T.

I RS. A. BROWN, in returning thunl s to
the Publk hr the supp.tt :he hao recellos .1 in
the *hove Bus im ss, Lego t,. ni.e..111.". 0.1 she has ti
ft., red the I3tlsll,e,e to lit r son 1 hookas Brown, 011 h
I, half alie a ould solicit a •ontinuanee of vast lave rs.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-01-14

ANOTHER HOPE FOR FAUN.

The Parbdans are about to use 'ld outgolfier balloons in-
titled with hot air instead of gas, in order to econonose the
supply of cool. The hot-air balloon, .as s a French news-
paper, tins this advantage over the gas ballooo, that it can
rent-tin in the air without grounding for a period propor.
Moiled to ihe quantity of fuel It carries. The balloon '' Les
&nits" aid lie able to rel nein thirty hours in the air for
Its voyage out It will take In for the return voyage to Paris
a supply of fuel sufficient to float it for a hundred hones,
more than four wholt, cia)s. The feanibility of carrying the
hot-air balloon about In a cart or any other conveyance
allows the aeronaut to reek out the current of air favourable
to his return in a radius of from tea to a hundred leagues
from the spot at which he descended. tinning, besides this,
the advantage of rising and falling without losing any of Its
ascending power, the hot air balloon can seek In the higher
z no, of the atmosphere a current er combination of currents
likely to encore Its return to earls.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-01-14

"Poor Law Board,
" Whitehall, S.W.,
" 9th January, 1871.

" am directed by the Poor Law Board to for- I
ward herewith for the information of the Guardians, the
accompanying copy of a letter, which has been addressed
to the Board by Mr. Philip Pargeter. communicating to
them resolutions passed by the Vestry of the Parish of
Kingswinford, respecting the alleged insufficient repre-
sentation of that parish at the meetings of the Guard-
ians, and the necessity of remedying that and other
alleged parishes at such meetings. lam directed testate
that the Board do not think that there is any sufficient
ground for increasing the large number of Guardians
already assigned to the Parish of Kingswinford. In
connection with the general subject of your letter, how-
ever, the Board desire to direct the attention of the
Guardians to the provisions contained in the Act 31 and
32 Vic., c. 122, 0.6, which enables the Board to add any
parish in a Union the population of which shall not ex-
ceed 300, and the annual rateable value whereof shill
not exceed the average rateable value of the parishes in
the same Union to mime adjoining parish of such Union
for the purpose of the election of Guardians. As the
parishes of llley and Lutley appear to be within the
terms of the above enactment, the Board request that
the Guardians will consider the above-mentioned provi-
sion in reference to the Board, and inform them to what
parishes these places respectively adjoin, and may there•
fore he conveniently added. The Board at the same time
will he ready to consider Amy observations which the
(+nudism' may think proper to make upon the proposal.
I am, Sir,
" Your obedient servant,
W. NUL,
" Secretary.
" To O. Holloway, Esq.,
Clerk to the Guardians of the Stourbridge
Union, Stourbridge."

Moved by Mr. Granger, and seconded by Mr.
Fereday :—" That the letter of the Poor Law
Board respecting the application made to them
by the ratepayers of the parish of Kingswinford
for an increase in the number of Guardians, be
taken into consideration on the 27th jest, and
that the meeting of the Board be made special
for that purpose."

WHOLESALE ROBBERY.-At the Public Office,
on Thursday, before 11. L. Freer, Esq., Phcebe
Eliza Beckley, a cook, was charged with stealing '
two card cases, 4 pairs of side combs, SI pairs
of bracelets, 6 back combs, 1 neck chain, 1 jet
belt, 1 tortoiseshell jewel box, nine brooches, 2
hair pins, 3 tooth combs, and other articles, the
property of Mr. Edwin Stringer, her employer,
on the sth inst. Mr. Collis defended.—Prose-
cutor said he was a silvcr,mith :ind upholsterer
in this town. He identified the articles produced.
There were private marks on nearly all of them.
It is their practice to cut the parchment tickets
off the articles when sold.—Prisoner said she
had no question to ask Mr. Stringer. She did
not know that the things were in her box until
the policeman went to her.—Miss Ruth Harper
Stringer, daughter of prosecutor, said on Son.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-01-14

HOW MOST AVRON WAS TAKEN.

"Me erection of the batteries vridcli drove the Free out
Of Mout Arena required, Says a letter in a Presto paper,
great exertion. rho ground se., at first frozen three or four
and afterwards six no eight thews deep. and Its clasey
nature thus rendered it almost aa hard NI a rook. The vu.rk
was, nevertheless, accomplished in a comma,' ively short
time, and 414 Pe cto.stnkctoha great credit. Sine., visiting
A vron one can In soine measure understand how the real

..
I. Aura of the operatdow was concealed from tha enemy. The
batteries to their unarmed condition were so c..nsi rioted
that they gave the Impression at the distance of beiug rifle-
pita, and as such the enemy evideetly regarded them. A
deserter If, or the troops who evacuated A vrou has giver. a
description it the cdoternatern prod uced by the first gretia. les,
which ended in a petfrct paw c hi the 2.0:h nit., he says,
General Vtuoy held a great review on the Avon plateau, at
which the otters of •• Peace, peace!" were heard more fre-
quently than I dmerly. The u.s t morning the supposed
harmless rule-pits suddenly raised their iton voices and
launched shell after shell into the city in wild dight. Daring
the ear the artillery made a f Mile attempt at resistance,
supool tel or much on oorsVile by the forts, Tile evacuation
of the f• •rt and removal of the guns soon, however, Worme
necessary, and this aas carried on throughout the night of
tho 27 th. The French killed who were f. ;rind by the German
troop., afforded by their terrible mutilation a gomi notda of
the working of the German gets. Every thiug b u-e the
char= or of precipitate flight. Where the horsoa hot stood
reins and harness had been left still hanging on the trees.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-01-14

DUDLEY WOOD.

EDUCATIONAL EEZTINO.—OD Thursday evening last,
an educational meeting was held in the Wesleyan School
Room, Dudley Wood. The Rev. W. S. Dewstoe (Wes.
leyan Minister, Dudley), presided. The Chairman briefly
introduced Mr. John Napier (one of the six unsectariau
candidates for the School Board of the Borough of Dud-
ley), who, on rising. was received with applause. He in
the course of his remarks referred to the disadvantages
of sectarian touching in rate-supported schools, and also
the advantages of unsectarian teaching, and concluded
in the midst of applause.—The Chairman then gave a
short account of the six unsectarian candidates, partica.
Lansing their positions, principles, and influence in the
neighbourhood ; after which the following resolution was
ably proposed by Mr. fiancee—. That this meeting up.
proves of the six persons who have been chosen as can-
didates for election, and beare testimony to the fact that
they are suitable persons to fulfil the placee for whicht
they are candidates,"—This resolution, which was sec-
onded by Mr. Bannister, was passed unanimously.—Mr.
D. Twinehi (another of the candidates) who had just
arrived, was also introduced to the meeting. He gave
them some excellent advice respecting the election which
is to take place on Tuesday next, warning them to be
careful and earnest in what they did.—The meeting then
came to a close.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-01-14

• GOOD WORD FOR GAMBETFA.

It is curlotts to observe how praiseworthy almost Every act
of M Gnmhetta's se-ms to be, so fat as the flat onel defence
Isola-memo d (tuner ke the u,crespondent of the Isle
graph ). Take him as ycu will, he is, teyond all dou•rt, a
great man, awl every one says a amenably helmet IMO A
laud here le Boreatre told no th it net more tnan four
Yoe,. ^go M riaroheits declined accepting an la.vltation tn
soend the enclose at his house, saying, with a candour which
did him credit that her hat not an coat Ma which la
could pro, nt himst lilac rirr.witag-rorin And tam told that,
hm mad a very modest sum for penes .1 expense., hoover. n..w
it,.; riot dr ars more in the lubile purse than ho 11.1 as a
simple D puty rI tire Chamber. In Let, the whole of the
Government of National Defence have the reputation of being
no wealthier than they were before they assumed the reins
of government, althmigh some of their subonliatares are re-
ported to have made natters exe-edingly plearaut for then,
selves anal their friends in the matter of money.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-01-14

AMERICA.

WASHINGTON, Thursday.
The Senate has passed a resolution in favour
of a Commission 1A San Domingo.

TURKEY.

CoNSTANTINOPLE, Thursday.
The statement of a London newspaper that
Turkey would not object to enter into direst
negotiations ugh Russia is positively contradic-
ted. All the matters relative to the Eastern
question are to be reserved for the decision of
the Conference.

GENERAL NEWS.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-01-14

THOMAS BROWN,

In succeeilitig to the above limit:wee, begs to i.
the Gentry mod generally, that tin eau Immo!) 1....te
with
WEDDING CA US, WAG ON 1.7"11.11, CLUB, (

PITONS, GIGS, AND OTHER VEHICLE/.
For Business or Nessus. Parties, on MO Sheri A
Notice.

POSTING E ST A BLI SHME:; T,

COVINILY•STRZILT, SioURBUIDGE.

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FIELD'S

DUDLEY AND WORCESILESHIRE
MILITTA_MtIY AN :D

UNIFORMS SIMILAR TO LIRR MAJhsTT'S IST J..
GUARDS' BAND.

IVFIELD, Bandmaster, reepeetft. ly
• returns thank§ to the Nobility, Gentry, si d
Committees generally, in the Midland Counties, 1.4
their liberal patronage during the past Twynty
and wishes to intimate that the above BUM ,s
composed of Reed and Brio,. Instruments, from I t-
ellies manufacturers, and fucludes Soloists of • st
experience.
Future favours will be much esteemed.

W. G. HINDS,
TOOTH EXTRACTOR.
No. 37, COrENTRY-STHEE7', STOCKBRIDGE.
Teeth Scaled and Stopped, Is. each.
Children's Teeth Regulated.

T w •FTVZ Teens Exeausecs.
Attendance Daily.
N.B.—Patienta attended at their own residence,
required.

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Engagements made to attend Archery Meetings, Fl .• r
Shows, Exhibitions, Fetes, Bazaars, Dejeuners, ,
etc., Oil reasonable terms.

Bow BELL'S ALMANACK,

for the year 1871, Now on Sale, at t-Te "OBSERVER
OFFICE, 92, High-street, Stuurbridge.

Programmes forwarded for publication, consistim,
the choicest MUYIC, new and unglue!.
Vicar-etreet, Dudley.

SAMUEL SALT & SON,
ILLOLEY•STREET, HALESOWEN,
AGENTS FOR THE "OBSERVER."
Messrs. Salt and Son deheer the ()terry, to the Sol
lowing Townshipc—Halesowen. Brierley Hill, Quarry
Bank, Cradley Heath. Cradley. Old Hill. Blackheath,
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ningten, Haehury. Old hury C•relecc Green, Tbe Lye.
Clent,Beluroughton, Fairfield , The Lie key , Brozusgrove,
Redditeh, nod the eurroni,d thetriet.

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MANUFACTORY,
CASTLE-STREET. DUDLEY.

JA.I.IES

A.ll-Y-01\T

RESPECTFULLY returns thanks for pa.:
fetTor, ~nee commencing business, elf abipVe, a.. 1
wishes to call tbe attention of l'arties Furnishing to 1:
desirahility of inspecting his Stock, which M both chol.,
and varied, combined with moderate charges.
VISITORS TO DUDLEY, STEP IN!
Thu Trade supplied with Orts Somers, ke., atc.

G LEN FIELD STARCH. "

Is the only kind ailed i •

_
7ADKIEL'S AL/dANACK, for the year Her Majesty's Laandr
IA 1871, Now on Sale, at the "OM:EVER Tool. 1.1111211 who have not yet used the Oaawrizi
OFFICE. 91, High Street, Stourbridge. STA i:Cil, arc respectfully solicited to give it • trial,.
R. JAMES BOSTON HEYS, Profesbor ' carefully foll.,si out the directions printed oa ea.
AL of Music, High-street, Cradle, Heath. paaage. It is rather more difficult lo ni•ke then otl.
NB.—All kinds of hlneical lestrnu opt. tuned Starchc,. but s. her this is overu, me. ti . y will aay li.
repaired. the Qm-ea's L•undre•s. that it it the fiurat Starch tt.
New Music at Half•price. over us.d. If he yGu ark ji, tke Olevidd, see that y.. .
PIANOFORTES FOR RATE 01 /URI get it.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-01-14

SUGGESTIONS RE6PECTING
VACCINATION.

A Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons writes to
The Times :

As the question of vaccination has been opened in your
columns, I hope you will allow me space to impress up on
your readers that there is van:Melon and vaccination.
It may appear a mere truism to soy that it is not because
a child has been stalj•toted to the operation that there-
fore it rsj,ye immunity from smallpox, and yet it seem.
almost an if the public were acting upon some such
waumption for I find that every day, in practice, patients
are more anxious to reduce vaccination to a minimum, and
parents bmk upon tt a. a fresh evidence of surgical barba-
rity, and upon myself aa a modern Shylock, e hen I Insist,
according to any custom, upon obtaining two or three vest-
c'ee upon each arm. No doubt many people, unwillingly
compelled by law to have their children vaccinated, dedre
to rbey tee law In the letter only, and are beet pleased when
the least result is obtained. And yet it has been diatinctly
proved, and is now held by the beet authorities, that Im-
munity from smallpox is in direct ratio to the number and
per'ection of the vesicles produced, the necessary number
being applrently within certain limits, and live or 6IX giving
In ordinary canes the required safety. I will not attempt to
occupy your space with statistics of any length, bat will
merely state as an example that in the spring of 18681 re-
vaccinated 120 children at a public school. With only two
emotions (Aged 15', the ages of these children varied from
810 14 years ; only 12 of the number presented marlik of more
than three original resider, and 29 of them only possessed
one cicatrix.

The re-,ccluation resulted in the produ:tion of perfect
vaccine vetlclers 1,114 cases, and of more or less imperfect or
spurious vcsicles in 58 cases; sl that out of the 120 only 40
were absolutely safe from smallpox contagion. It is of ex-
treme importance that the necessity for perfect vaccination,
and not merely for vaccination of any kind, should be
strongly brought to: word at the present time; because the
imperfect results following the Imperfect operstion have
given a power to the opponents of the system which they
certainly cannot claim either in virtue of their own social
or profeseional Vatos, or of the cogency of their argu-
melrr.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-01-14

A NOTABLR MAN.

An office In the Prusstau artillery may fairly repeat the
mci f Level Byron, • I awe he and found myself fanions.'
I II every mori log of the smashing op of Mont Avron, a
Carmel Bartsch received the Iron Cross, of the first class.
At the present moment there is in the German army no
name more frequently heard, no men so highly praised, as
this same Colonel of artillery. In him Mont Avron had an
opponent whose hand has been but too well tra'ned in the
fatal work of bombardment during the present campaign.
Tool, Verdun, bolrrous. La ler?re, have each In turn ex.
perienced tto terrible arras of his twenty.four poured siege
guns. A hord man, as well as a skilful, Is this Colonel
Bartsch, with, moreover, a wonderful fund of promptitude
For, when the Prussian infantry had succeeded In occupy.
log the scams rted Mont Avron, what do yin think our brave
Colonel did? Ile moved its guns at once from thr it bat-
teries, and transferred them instanter to the hills and slopes
directly rommarirled by F irta ogent, Noisy, and Bonny If
ever there was a fair—t ay, more, a tempting—challenge to
the gunners of these forts, assuredly Colonel Bartsch's ex-
posed position offered inch a challenge. Nogeut, Ronny,
and Nosy, however, remained obstinately dumb. But not
so the Prussian Colonel; within two hoofs after the occur
potion of Aaron, his batteries were playing away fast and
furious on the three French forts. Such a feat as this has
never. I heleve, been ventured upon before. Ills not stall
astonishlng that Colonel It rttch should at this moment be
the most notable man in the bestegfug army."—Corre-
spondent of DaVy Telegraph.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-01-14

POPULARITY AND PATRONAGE.
The hest of Ministers, in these oor lave,
E wog very much abuse, and little praise.
A utagonisca decry him, RA of yore,
But peril..s extol him V) 00 more.
lie, by consulting simply nubile ends,
Makeu hosts iif enemies, but gale@ few friends.

Br favour uow I h t lilac° HO longer g.les,
I.lla friends are cool, and ardent are hie feet —Punch.