The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-12-03 00:00:00

FREE TRADE.

e' Phasing along the B alley ard de Batlgnolles I came Upon
. groexeht shop that had been sacked. It appears the beeper
iad hidden a quantity of theme he his cellar, loping to sell
t later at ten times its value. The fact got spiced shout in
tie neighbourhood, and a mob of roughs broke into the shop.
:he National Guard, however, soon set matter. right. The
terse was uncellsre 3, and a Rd by auction in !font of the
Innkeeper's own door ! This is free trade with aooogeonce.
ate Government, to ay..ld the repetition of I each scenes, is
bout to take stock of the quantity of provisions remaining
n the shope.—Parn correspondent of Echo.

A OIRCH/LLA WAR.

Herr Widmann, writing on the 20th, from Dugny, to
he Cologne Gazette, says The guerilla war is now In
all progress. This excites mach bitterness among our
mops. The ;soldiers uy they no lower know with whom
hey have to deab they are ordered to treat as soldiers all
rho have any sort of military uniform. They have the con-
deem.% however, thaa they have to combat with an
tceded I.ttryoiaie. The Fruc-fireur seems of late to have
tine disappeared. Even the prisoners in the dark Igoe
rootless blouses and bright blue hells now call the
labile Guards, and Indeed are so. At bottom It Is quite
s material whether they exhibit credentials as Ifranc-Tireors
Alueltes. They are not at all to be feared Whoever shay

-ere. They are siniidy a lot of the scrapings from all ranks
of society in the name of the country, under the name of the
n.pritille. They are not god for anything in the open hell;
tie nnly when they stand sheltered up to t heir necks that
they tire their shots, taking to Hight as soon as our young
fellows advance. It would, hoe ever, be a mlatoke to suppose
that the army opposed ton. consists in lely of impressed or
stibnite( r citizens, or of raw levies We have certainly had
• veral marching regiments before us, and still have. At
roreay pert. of six different regiments took part in the
engagement, all prootised soldiers." After mentioning the
retreat of the Fwentli fresh Sevouches and La Loupe, and
their evident anxiety to avoid a battle, he adds: —" he
enemy exhibits a feverish haste, throuah fear of being sur-
rounded ii la Sedan, for the fate of Mac NI ahon's army is a
terrible morning to them, and they descry every utters
M iltke's net, to slip out of which is the cpief task. They
have thus inscribed aatice q.ei petit on their banners, and,
since Enulmlers, have remaintio on the runntng defensive.
It will be seen. therefore, that the Grand Duke of Mecklen-
burg's division has some Ugh .nity in getting at this heroic
band. The news of the possibility of a E iropean complica-
tion causes us greater anxiety than the enemy before us.
The troops long to hear that the bombardment of Paris has
beeun. I hear that all the guns are in position, and that
there is ammunition for ten days, during which more (night
he brought up."

NOT SO NEAR THEIR LAST DAIR AS THE ENEMY
THINKS!

The Temps of the 24th ups —"We: are by no mean. so
near our last days 113 the enemy thinks. Towards the end of
august, when a siege had seriously to be prepared for,
measures were taken to provide provision. for two mouths;
30,000 gun, 225,000 sheep, 30,000 cows, and 11.000 seine
were to be brought Into the city, but when the Ifith of Sep-
tosiber arrived and the siege really began, 8,000 oxed and
75,000 sheep were deficient, besides more than half the
cows and almost all the swine. Flour and corn, however,
were largely provided. It was necessary, therefore, after a
short time to reduce the meat ration* by a half, and then
to distrilmte thus only every second or third clay. The
allowance was at first 290 grammea per day, then 100 per
day, then MO f. r two days, lied now 100 for three day.. In
for days we Olen have only horseflesh It is not true, as
Is asserted, that we shall have salt meat for several weeks.
What we possess will in a shed time he minima. Sslt:ng
ham been bee reeorted te than was desired. One paper alleges
that we have Ash for ten days. This says much, and the
question Is what to believe as to the alleged steres. It is
an ex tguratlon to cry that we could live on the rice,
oll,.anel chocolate for five months. Ohl is already be.
coming scarce. Sugar and ceffee will not fall an, nor
wine, though it weuld by re means last us a year. It Is
certain that we have tread uough for far into January
without need of rationing It. Rice, sugar, coffee, wine,
and bread will enable us it necessary, to prolong the ruist-
ance, and even maintain our strength. Pula can feed on
hereefiesh as long as on bread. For the next month, there-
fore, our food will not be materially modified, and In the
following snot th we shall be tolerably nourished. Two
mold's.' siege was the inarillllol4 estimated. Paris will
double this maximum, and cue more, if the safety of the
SPate requires it." Ile Temps adds that It the siege coo-
tinuer, 50,000 or COO,OOO persons must be gratuitously fed,
and that an organization for this purpe se will be necessary,
The municipal canteens, already much frequented, nil daily
become more important