The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-01-21 00:00:00

PARIS INDEED A PLEASANT CITY TO LIVE IN

The Electeur Libre of Sunday notices that on Friday
night the bombardment was partially suspended, but in view
of the possibility of the enemy's tire being renewed and ex-
tended, It urges the Government to adopt energeti, measures
for the safety of the Inhabitants. The reccmmendation
issued by the municipality to the inhabitants of the threat-
ened districts to take refuge in the more central arrondisse-
ments is a prudent measure; but other precautions are
required. The streets must be unpaved, and although a
commencement of that work has been Hinds upon the Place
du Pantheon, the force employed la too small, and bait.
lions of the National Guards would be well engaged in

executing a task so obviously necessary. The passage of
vehicles through the streets of the bombarded quarters also
must be prohibited. The foot passengers are enjoined to lie
down on the ground when a shell falls, but the passage of
vehicles would render that precaution useless by adding a
new risk. The Electeur Inbre also calls attention to the
neglect by the concierges of the houses in Ito bombarded
quarters of the order that has been Issued to keep theirgateS
open until eleven o'clock In order that foot passengers may
take refuge In case of danger.

A FERVENT WISH FOR FACE!

The despatch of reserves and war material from Berlin is
Monopolizing means of transport, and seriously interfering
with civil business The stores of fuel, according to a letter
In the Allgerneine Zeittvv, are almost exhausted, and the
price has considerably risen. The elementary schools were
obliged, after the Christmas holydays, to send their pupils
home, partly on account of lack of coal. Tee number of
pauper families has increased, owing to the war, by more
than 13,000. "Ouch things make the wish for peace even
here more and mere earnest, and it Is more loudly expressed
than froth the tone iif our Nese could be gathered. Warmly,
however, as this wish is evinced, it does not extend to pence
at any price. Evrn the man who ban incurred and is dolly
Incurring heavy sacrifices will have no other peace than one
by which our enemy's teeth are drawn. Ile sees, therefore.
In the constant despatch of additional force to the seat of
war a new guarantee for the attainment of this desire" Tile
writer adds that the garrison battalions inking the place of
troops sent to France Include men of advanced age. The
district of Direction, for example, has furnished 630 men,
almost all aged.

WHAT THE " REIELLS" ARE DOING!

The Debate of the 12th states that up to that time the fires
caused within the city by the bombardment had been very
trifling, and were easily extinguished. During the night of
the Bth.9th of January twelve fires broke cot, but were
checked by the pumpers with a few bucketa of water. IS.
the two following nights the tires were less numerous The
most serious conflagration occurred on the route de Choisy,
where a shell falling npon a heap of shavings canoed the
destruction of the premises. Some stores of unthraaheo
wheat and oats were also destroyed In the Rue Ponveau
through the effects of a &GIL The Debata remarks that the
done do more milehled by buntag Ihan by Mum.

Mg, and mentions .eeeiai instances In which damage has
been done to houses by shell splinters. In the Rue St. NI (lard
a shell burst in a small court and killed two workmen in the
ground floor of one of the homes, tin next day two children
were merge; wounded hen shell whhh fell In the same court.
In a house edjoining a shell penetrated the roof and ex. '
ploded within a room where two old wow.s were sleeplog,
but neither wee hurt. In the Rue Nelms P M6lard a shell
burst in a cellar where about a demo persons bad taken
refuge, none of whim sustained any injury. Many houses
le the Rues Mot, fletard, de la Clef, Daubliston, Gin ffroy, Cl.
Hilaire. and Batton have been struck and damage.* by the
enemy's projectiles, A shell burst into a house In the hue
lia,toir Bt. Marcel, killing a young woman awl mortally
wounding her brother. A National Guard was killed while
tilting belie a siove in the guardhouse of the Prison of St.
Pelagic Two shells fell upon the Ecole Poly technique, doing
damage, but causing no personal injury. Homes lie the
Rues Monsieur le Priure, licole de Medicine, Mabtlion, and
Cherzhe Mdi also already hear the marks of the bombardment.
The wounded soldiers who were antler treatment at Um Val its
Grace have been removed to temporary hospitals established
on the right bank of the Seine.