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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-11-26

THE BAVARIANS MINDING "NUMBER ONE!"

Herr Wachenhusen states that the Bavarians mut Pruning
fraternize most cordially, and daring the whole campaign he
leas not heard of a single mtennolerstand lag bet wenn them.
The kisesrii.ns pay great attention to the material side of life,
and with their anxiety for the minaje they are a tenor to
the French pt amt. "le, • village hes, perhaps, already a
battalion of North German troops All le still and toilet in
the 'paint.' cottages. the ellen.= are polishing their coots,
stand in the open ititzhens, anil wash their shirts or peel
Our potatoes, A Bavarian column comes along the road,
and suddenly there is a great commotion In the village
The hens cackle, the cocks crow, the Meeks and geese cry
out for help. A few minutes afterwards all is PgAIW still,
but no cock cowl, no duck quacks any more, the inhabi-
tants wring their bands over the cot ill heads of their fowls
which the column bet behind. • All hope abandon,' I ex-
claim whenever I come throcgh • village in which I tee the
Bavarians cantoned. Their yl.Folophy, however, le the right
°amend learprestly marl myss If spinet the suspicion of mean-
ing any disparagement. The Bavarians are the true war phllo-
sciphen. •A la gnoTe comme lie Int Ante.' People should not
begin n war If they do not like its disadvantages. Since the
cold ham set In we see the Bavaria,. marching In their
winter costume. Every garment that gives warmth is wel-
come to them. They have discovered an en dient hood in
the grayish blue cai,ies of the Mien .7 inaves and iii rev,
whose Min they have thus become. One fancies it I. a
French battalion on sears the gray h00t... The French
woollen lionecloths, sha•ls, rugs, and plaids, wh
found, are •aluele articles to wrap themselves up In; •
handkerchief tied r nild the head ocean. is an indicatica to
our people that their B ovarian comrades stiffer Much front
tooth and elf eche. 'Boni soil qui mat y pence r The mi-
di, who In bitter cold and an storm aua rain has to mako
marshee, then suddenly to stand for hours at the reocheyous
in the road—the soldier whets all weathers and every emit-
tion must taco the enemy, may well use care for Is preser-
vation on the march, and God knows ninny have been
o‘allged t, tp.,k of such things."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-11-26

11AKING HIM WELCOME!

Herr Karl Wilhelm, of Schmalk dd, the comporer of the
music to " Wacht cm Khali," Ls on a visit to thrift,. (it
Friday evening all the choristers of the city had a rendez-
vous, and then, bearing cresset lights, and headed by two
,plendld Germ in batmen, they MraCilt d through IN derlek-
Btrent to Voter der Linder', up to the Hotel de Nord, where
the composer is staying, amt which was brilliantly Illumi-
nated. Titey sag 111 illfl honour, ht front of Ilm house, the
" IVacht arc Ithern" and the " Doutalie Vaterland." Mean-
while a committte we, formed, all, expressed to Herr Wit-
holes, 01l the bAl:ony, the homage of the Bern. shgers. Ile
made an affecting reply, and, with loud cheers fir him, la
which the collected spectators J teed, the demmstratiou
terminated at 10 p.m.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-11-26

THE CAMPBELLS ARE COMING DOWN.

(From Punch )

The Campbelle are coming ml' each door, loon.
Toe Campbells are coming ml' cash doon, doon,
In aunts free bawbees up to groats and ahoon—
Yor their Chief's to he kin to the croon, the Croon.
The Campbells • Otte wad gin, wad gin,
The Ctinpliells • ends wad Rte, wad We.
Ariall'r condom, ilk elite! till the twentieth degree,
T.II Louise ou her waddle' day-se, day eo.
The Campbells belong till a clan, a clan,
10 whilk there lemony amen, a man ;
And gin they suOrcrilii a' all( r they can,
The Luttle amount will be gran, be gulf.
The timpbelle, Ire Llst, hook, an' Guide, au' Guide
Fill C Anima fu' lang, paße u' wide, fu' wide,
A,.' the Laud and Sea Service, me' Civil beside,
Wl' relations to bridegroom au' bride, an' bride.
Ye Campbell. brew Scots that are born, are born,
Esetnie line, object ye le ,rn, ye scorn,
A. Vie bonnie Princess will p Teel ve 0' the room
When she marries the Marquis u' Lorue, o' Lurue.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-11-26

MR. BRIGHT'S PROPHECY.

Waruing" mites to the Daily Taegraph:—
The following reads curiously like • prophecy. It is from
a speech of Mr Bright's, delivered on the day when the
mes•sge from the (-own, announcing the dee l ion of war
against fLusala,ln 1854, was brought down to the house.—
"11 Turkey hen hen In danger from the side of Russia
heretofore, will she not be to f ,r greater danger when the
war Ls over? Bursts 111 always there. You do not propose
So dieroembew Sum* or to blot out her .am from lb.

'asp, and her hirtory from the records, of Kurope. Russia
Will be always there—always powerful, always watchful,
arid actuated by the seine motive, of ambition, either
of influence or of territory, which are supposed to have
moved her In past times. What, then, di 300 propose
to dot and how Is turkey to be secured? Will you
make • treaty with 11101da, and force eons Rion. upon
her? But, if co, what cteurity have yen that Or Meaty
real be more binding than anal', I It Is easy to It, d or
make a reason for breaking • treaty, when lii. the Interest
of e country to break it Yon may make a treaty
with Russia; but If Russia Is still powerlui and ambt-
tionr—se she certainly will be—and if Turkey is tx,raosted
and enfeebled by the war—as she certainly wrll be—
then I want to know what guarantee you have, the
moment the resources of IL safe have recovered from the
utincat degree o I truroillaUou and exhausUor, t • bleb ou
may smarted In reducing her, that the will not again In-
sist oh terms with turkey infinitely more perilous than
th,se you have rotund Turkey by urging her to refuse t
It is a delusion to suppose you can Oremember Russia—
that you earl brot her irons the map of Europe- that you
can take guarantees from her, as some seem to imagine, as
easily as you Call take hall from au offender, who would
otherwise go to prison for three months. Beet red and
France cannot do this with a stroke of the pen, and the
sword will equally fall lithe attempt he made."
It is, however, no excuse for " an offender" to say that he
Was known to the pollee before.
P 3 —The quotation will he found in the Speeches cf Mr.
Bright r p. 235. Tee speech was delivered
in the Bourn of Commons, March 31,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-11-26

TilE WAR.

A NICE PICTCRE!

A 'harms. anl.ll, writing from the vicinity of Hi In,
n hose hatter appters In the Carlin-04e Gazette, lays . -" oar
hatted oa, with t• at litelroso, load the honour of being
made outonne, sea a• a aleaeleare sleep In s number of vil-
lages on the roads leading to Alumnae and Beaune, patrol-
ling • a ormsely, nod boo g much . We are located
In a chances!, with a lute, p-ark. The former may once bare
icon rely lice, hut at present, as the owners have fled, a
• on‘iderahle part or the necessary CORA rta, such an linen,
table services, conchal, dr a, is baiting. We often won-
der what you at bows wynald say II one floe tight 60 or
1.0 men ta a•aia yea by stores, all drippang wet, very hoo-
p). not thirty. and it you had soddenly to preside in
poor p ,It of rat Ins for ell thtse people, speaking a foreign
langaiege to toot. This Is just what happens almost ever,
day al.„ fare our eyes, said we Cannot be snrprised if here sod
tin re pro lent housewives are taken with maims or try to
rush sall At lob, we ...ro In good In, Is. Ihe people are
ylt.t hag IA I Wee n lepr, VC:lna:lon curiosity, and
French frivolity. I know no better filustVation of this than
the 01.1 t of stair. d tu, Mack ali, a aeoont of their
ea, • try's dissaters, arm in arm with cur eel tiers."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-11-26

AWAITING

• There is one poor lad of nineteen lying at Orleans with a
bullet In his body which cannot be extracted. It has cut
through his hien. And the case Is hrpelef a be cannot live
wacky days. Ile knows this, and seta. his end calmly.
Ills pale face brhhtened when a al rntesthlstng stranger
adds, mei lam in his melee tongue. lls took him for a new
s..rgc ,n, toted If he mictit hove eslut he liked to eat.
•IV ha•c vet' to pl. axe.; repPed tie surgeon of the Anglo.
Amesiceo An,: mos, when appealed to on the subj:ct. ito
the pot v lira boy hcz,zed fir some choice fruit, and
11,,eul a god B.maritau front the other she of the Atlantic
who has been seeking and sending the best that mnr ey could
purchase. lie MAI asked if he would like some books, bat he
gently declined the kind iiioy. Ile had a well titimbel Oerman
Testmnen le by his side. • Ile began to think,' Ise said, • that
It wes the best honk. And so there he Lee awaiting his
death Correspondent.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-11-26

BREACH OF PROMISE.

In the Court of Queen'. Bench, to London. the ewe of
Middleton v. M 'Grew "has been tried, end was an action
for breach of promise of marriage.

The plaintiff wan the daughter of a person who owned
Nome kind of entertainment travelling about the
country, and the plaintiff took the money. The
eltfentlact wan the chief countable of Maidenhead. Ile
yam a widower, and in the fall of the year 180, the
defendant having seen the plaintiff, fat in love with
her, and spoke to her parents, asking for their consent
to the marriage, but they wished to have Rome time for
consideration, and they then gave their consent. The
defendant wrote the plaintiff seieral letters urging
that the marriage should be nolemnized before Christ.
man. In the same letter he mixed up him different avo-
cations with bin avowal of love. The letters were full
of passionate expressions but iu the course f the
next year he began to mention that he wail ill, that
he bad boils on OW face, Ac. At last there came annoy.
mime letter.', and then there wan a letter from the
defendant'n daughter putting an end to the correapom
deuce, and the defendant wrote no mere, but married
a widow who was in a good bueinees It appeared
that the last time the parties met defendant was in
liquor, and the plaintiff asked defendant's daughter
whether defendant wan in the habit of taking liquor,
al she should not like to marry a man who took
too much, but the daughter denied that he had the
habit.

In the cross.exarnination of the plaintiff she said
she was 37, and the defendant was a grandfather; ic
told her he had 30e, a week. She had never told the
defendant that be must not stay out after nine o'clock
at night. The plaintiff lost her appetite afttr the der
fondant broke off the match.
The learned counsel for the defendant said that to
save time he had made every kind of achniseion, but
he did not admit heing "jolly drunk." Toe defendant
had six children of his own and the woman he had
married nine. The plaintiff hal insisted on five con.
ditions of the marria4e—that the defendants boy was
sent to an asylum, his daughtrr sent out to service, his
granddaughter sent home to her parents, and that he
would settle everything he bad upon her, and that he
shoal not be out after nice at night, declaring that
unless he consented to those term,, she would not
marry him. The defendant then said he should break
off the match.

The plaintiff and his daughter were called as wit•
meats to prove the statenieut of the learned counsel.
Thetlefendant married ten days after Lis last interview
with the plaintiff.
The jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages
£2O.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-11-26

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-11-26

QUARRY BANK.

I IDurrassarso SVICIDE.—On Tuesday, Mr. %V. 11. Phil
lips, coroner, held an inquest at the White Horse for,
New Road, touching the death of Joseph Parrock, 55
years of age, formerly of Stourbridge. It appeared that
deceased had heels employed for sumo years as mill-
wright it Cradley Forge Iron %%orks. Lately ill`hoo
been ailing and in a desponding state. On Saturday, he
went to the shop of Mr. Con, and purchased some •• vvr.
mine killer," saying he wanted to destroy rats on his pre.
mises. Some time after this he went home. His son,
clad of 12, saw him reach down a cake, sprinkled some.
thing like powder over it, and having covered it with
butter, commenced to eat. He died in also half au
hour. The verdict was, " Suicide while .. ts.l." of
temporary insanity."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-11-26

A VOICE FROM ALGIERS!

The King of Prussia has received an address from Aisle'',
signed •• the people of Aiglers as petitioners," but from
whom It emanated does not appear. It rec:tes that their
country wes Once hlahemmeslan, and that as a punishment
for their sine Allah Wee., I thetn under the rule of the
French, who have stet d boutilely to their belief, their pos-
sessions, and their children, and have sacrificed many of
their lives by placing them Is the front rank in their
battles. "Truly this people ithe French) have DJ religion
and so belief. Its Emperor, Napoleon, abandoned the
faith of his fath !re and ford ethers, and Introduc • new
state of thing' in France, he became the ruler of France, and
In wonton arrogance sought to root cut all religions But the
auger of our I. •rd, who is all-powerful and unchangeable,
determined to putd,h him and hid arrogant people, and his
exalted aid decreed aso that your brave people should
gain the upper hand over them for their puni.knuent and
reform The law of the compteror required tits. N ,thing
availed their numbers; their proud France met with shame-
ful mpg lty, and DODD of tho French came to help him,
felthless in their speech, and they have led away many of
the believing people also." The address proceeds to assure the
King that the Mahommedans are praying for him that he
may vanquish th's arrogant French people, anti it begs him,
In pro feel h.s frmtitut t to God, to liberate Algiers front the
slavery of "cilia proud anal faithless people," that It may
again become 01101, I the Ottoman Empire. "Have mercy,"
It conclndes, 'lots on as Allah the highest has had mercy on
yrn se that we may all pray tar the' continuance of your
reign, and that you may win fame, and be strengthened by
all the people of our faith. Nevertheless, the decree rests
with ths Lord, who decrees all things."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-11-26

THE MISSIONARIES AT TATSHAN.

(From a Canton Caper.)

An outrage—the first of an unknown series—was
committed at Fatehan, near Canton, on the evening of
the tileet of September. It appears that for months
past the !native Christians at Canton Red FatAan have
been erecting a chapel ; the work originated with them,
and has throughout its course been unaided by
foreigners. On the completion of the edifice it was
determined to have an opening ceremony on a grand
scale, and several Poetestant missimearice and native
converts were invited to attend. Fortunately, only
one foreigner, the R.V. J. Chalmers, was able to be
present, and to his early return to (tateton he probably
owes his life. Ile left Feetshan immediately the cere
meny of opening the chapel had been performed, and
refused to remain for some feativities appointed
to be held in the evening. At atmut six p.m., the mob
which had often expressed its intention of destroying
the building when tinishad, collected about the doors,
and openly declared that improprieties were being
committed within the chapel. The native assietaet
denied the charge as eloquently as circumstances
would admit, anti endeavoured to cool the growing
excitement; with the usual emery., however, for in
an hour the building had been burst into, sacked, and
burnt. The converts made good their escape, and no
loss of life occurred; though several ugly wounds were
received. The property was entirely Chinese, and
no foreigner was injured, so that it is a matter in which
the Consult will have difficulty in taking action.
Fatshan is noted for its oppeceiti n to the encroachments
of ruissionarite, and the representatives of the Wes-
leyan Minion at that place has for some time past
fumed it expedient to dwell there more in spirit than
in the flesh. The effect's of this outrage on the Canton
people have not yet shown themselves in an obnoxious
form • perhape the almost certain impunity of the
Fatahen savages will fire the mine in Canton.
One or two further patticulars have juet been re-
ceived. It seems that one of the native aeeistante,
when the disturbance commenced, went to the Yemen
and obtained the imposing escort of a couple of cone
stables. These worthies, however, on arrival at the
scene of the strife, complacently looked on, and with-
held even the slightest remonstrance. The head native
preacher quietly waked out of a back door and
through the crowd, escaping unhurt. Oiee significant
feature wan that the fire brigade VMS turned out in
force, and took energetic measures to preserve the
neighbouring houses from damage, while not a fileger
was lifted to save the chapel from destruction. It is
said that Mr. Robertson faithfnlly takes up the cue
, given by the great Negation at Yekir, and blame is
freely given to foreigners for tiling to exe:e3 the pas-
sions of the good Chinese.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-11-26

THE "GOOD TILE" DISTANT Tn.

The yr ,spect of any approach towards the time when
. awards are to be beaten into ploughshares and spears into
priming-hooks is becoming more remote every day, as Is
curions;y Indic Atel by the following recent French announce
inert —A decree has been inmed authoria cg the prefects
to accept yoht Airy offers of church bals for ousting cannon."
Anything leas succo,tive of rite approach of the mllennium
could hardly be imagined. The change of ace to which bell-
seal Would in this case he put would be esuctly the reverie
of that • lalch thaw) who look for the thousand years of
peace are expecting To carry out their i tens the decree
should be reversed : the guns should be turue I into church
lolls, and not the church hells into gun. Vet in one re.peet
inch a chance as that whi.h is in contemplation would have
• peaceful effect.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-11-26

TUB JBoIF or fiEING HAPPY !

The follown g letter from a yomig Tomo. if., Collu I-
newt, or Breton corps, gypsum In a French paper. The
writer la only 10 years old, and dates his letter to his mother
from tirleans, Nov 10 —'At: last we hare mode our iel. es
mast, mot this 1,01, We have mules great many pi homers
I have taboo a lillitket, a carbine, a pistol, a coupe chow:
(ett•rei, cant a ti.yonet, bm.se, thiee cant Idea boys!, which
I gob gto stud jot lam staying with one of my • churl
c Tait.,ti•Ob 1.13 morning I Manlifissted Out, him/
I a adre you I het quite happy la the prospect o
sleephig to pi. hi MI • Led—a chance that has 110 t
preat utod Itself to me since I lent poi. Al.* all
toy epode to the people of Boum se and they will then
see that I have really Won under tire It was nay fourth
time. In a nook we shell be under the wall of Perlis. My
health la yen good, and I am rettlt.g guise stout upon the
plentete et Inlnug I'neeilehs. L., Ili hope that we owl iii
contli.no In goed began. and th.t tne Frasics-Tireora de
Cathelluesu will las the first to enter the towns Invaded by
the enemy, And that they will hare the glory of seeing their
prisoners dedle before them. Thia moriong everybody thrtw
flowers to or. Sly musket is garlanded with laurels I
thought at OM time that I should be carried elf, as I was one
of the smallest,aml cspadally when I was laden with my spoila
This morning we went to hear masa as the Cathedral."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-11-26

BELBROUGHTON.

We understand that P.C. Lase, who has been in this
district for more than 15 years, hu been 'promoted •
the rank of sergeant. and will he remora/1. to King
ton.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-11-26

'NOT LOOSE YET."
(From Punch.)

Sou. lithos re slime 'Carom, watched
1/100d) um of "Boil the Boar":
Waten and ts.t,ed were well matched,
And hard the Murals both had to share,
At last the baits rs won the fight,
And loft the Bear In evil right.
With fangs knocked out, claw, rent away,
And tattered ears and musee torn,
Licking his bleeding wounds he lay,
Spent, leaned, and acre, faint and forlorn:
T., weak to struggle, as ttey put
A rope snout Ids ehoulders cad,
And bussed him, a reluctant heap,
In spite of idle snail and growl,
Up to a stake that, planted deep,
Defied sharp claws and armed jowl,
To tear up, pull down, or gnaw through,
And bound him with a chatn there,
Since that time Drain'. wounds have healed,
Ills fangs and claws have grown again ;
The fur, once from red gashes peeled,
Has grown o'er scars that still remain,
Till Wien Ne's, with strength renewed,
Old hen kerluge for the Turkey brood.
But each move on his would-Le prey
Befouls the check of post and club' :
In vain he tugs, to wrench away
The post, his tether gnaws lo vale.
The stake in strong, the chain is sound,
And Muter Bruin firmly bound.
But 10, at lut, a chance appears!
The Gallic cock o'er mastered Iles,
On broader wings through wider spheres
Ills friend the German ragle flies.
Who days his efforts to be free?
The British Lion ! What la he ?
A poor, ell, toothlau, farptless
Big.boned still, but no iongcr strong,
Crippled by sleeping at the root
Of Evil, Welly and long,
Prsing It. golden frnltage fsx
Beyond the deity palms of war.
" Ile will not lift his helphas head,
Ito will not ope his sleepy eye,
To splinters though the post I shred,
And make the chain in ft:mien fly.
Turkey 's his friend ; but there it ends:
lie doesn't fight to save hie friends.'
So Benin gave hie post atop,
And Benin gave his chain a shake,
And roared—from Disteper unto Bug,—
'Take heed, all ? The great Bear's awake !
lie doth hereby, ignore hie chain,
And doffs it, cent to don again!"
The British Lion heard him roar,
And raised from 'twist hie paws his crest,
And, checking a suspended score,
lite aleepy bulk to speech addrest,—
" Luore your chain ! I wish you Joy
But you've to get it c If my boy.
"And ere you do that, brother Bear,
You'll have to square accounta with ear,
As well as with our old friends there,
Eagles of Austria, Italy,
And, last, not least, Dame Turkey here,
For wlnmi your love in no sincere.
",That, with your will, you'll never rest
Tin she 11'1 est bets, en your paws,
Safe 'Heath their shield salon nest,
If she don't run open your claws.
If Turicy this don't seem so see,
No wonder Ws not clear to me.
•
"We tied you unto keep her eafe,
When your affection waxed too Winn ;
Against the chain howe'er you chafe,
That chain is still 'twint her and barns.
It anemher, pray, hewe'er sharp set.
My worthy Bear, you 're NOT Loo6li VET ! "
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-11-26

A PERILOUS BALLOON VOYAGE.

A letter from Coulon, In the Monger the Mtdi, says: —"A
balloon 'mottle,' it litch had been algualled )0 dereloy morn.
too y telegraph, was noticed in the chmis as it crossed over
the department of Vaucluse, rushie g towards the south eitk
headlong speed. The instruction, cent to the departments
b a-dialog tar sea ordered every one to follow its co,rse
carelully, and to help rate clue of need. It mama that it
etruck on the mountain top of the Sainto-Baunie, where the
aeronauts at hot were able to alight, not on the ground, but
in the anew, having travelled ever two hundred leagues in
lets thou fifteen hours. Thie balloon had left Parte the day
before and in its flight had met with a whirlwind from be
uorth•west, which carried It away like a feather, and pre-
vented its conductors from descending, and thus 'volume
this overwhelmtuz, current of air. the travellers were at
last able to fasten their grapnel on to a rook about • thousand
metres above the level of the sea, awl it was high time to ..0
so. At the lint dawn of day they found they were lee sight 14
the blue waves of the Mediterranean Sea, where they would
have had every chance of belug orowned. The travellers sal
fuw hundrsd kilos of messages are already on their way so
Tours."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-11-26

THE VALUE OF TREATIES.

The Tones, in a lead.,r, remarks :

Were a man to measure Ma life by the Trestles he has
lived to survive, he would and he had attained antediluvian

longevity ; but, then, a man cm able olitliVO his own honour,
and thereby prove himself longer lived than an immortal
principle. The Treaties of our youth are Mitotic; the
Treaties of our middle age are fast following them ; but It
stagger. the ohlmt and wisest to see the great European
engagements of the last decade before this sinking into the
abyss of political repudiation. . . Has Kumla suffered In
power, iii wealth, In influence, or In arty psint ? That is not
even alleged. She suffer., her Foreign Minister say., In
feeling. The Treaty Is intolerable. she sill stand It no
longer. files mark of degradation. hot so, It seems, In
the Opinion of Russia, to fly from one's word and to declare
one's signature waiste paper at the very first moment when It
seems safe to do so. Is We European opinion also, and has
old world diplomacy 001310 to this—that • 'treaty is no more
than the clever mask with which the political engineer Slides
a battery or a mitrailleuse ? Such an admisalou throws a
sinister and sitmatrous light on that doctrine of races and
nationalities now taught and acted on as the salvation of
society. Obese Is PO setitimcnt. It Wale, to the medlar A
race Is but n family which is Flee COOtigh to be .4 one mind,
that it may force its way through the great human crowd
As soon as It leas its power, it may cast aside obligations,
and proceed to measure its strength with other races not ins
numerous, or not so clever, or hot so weakened by the
scruples of fidelity and talk,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-11-26

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BRIERLEY HILL.

DRUNK AND RRPURTNO To QUIT.—At the Police Court,
on Thursday mat, before I, Spooner, Esq., Stipendiary,
Samuel Morgan was charged with being drunk and refti.
sing to leave the Five Ways Inn, when requested by the
landlord to to so, on the Bth 4 August. Abraham Crew,
landlord of the Five Ways Inn, said defendant came to
his house on the above date, about three o'clock. Wit-
ness ordered him out immediately, because he was a very
disagreeable man. Did not serve him with any drink.
Ile would not go out for about two hours. He kicked up
a row, and witness and his wife turned him out. De-
fendant said he did not make any disturbance, and when
he was ordered to leave, he went out. Fined 1N and
costs ; in default 14 days.
BUROLARY.—John Webb was charged with housebreak-
ing, on the 23rd inst, at Brockmoor.—Benjamin Cooper
said he was a labourer, living at Brockmoor. On the
above date he went to work in the morning. Locked the
house up. There was no one left in the house. Witness
returned about a quarter past live the same evening, and
found the door locked a, usual. He fount his trousers,
waistcoat, and hat were missing They were in a room
upstairs when he ant to work. Prisoner was sleeping
with witness. Ile had lodged there about a week. Pro-
secutor hail to burst the door open to get into the house
, —Police-constable Cotterill proved taking prisoner into
custody on the morning of the 240 i, at four o'clock, at
Brockmoor. Ile was in a house belonging to a WOlllllll
mmcd Gilbert. He charged him with stealing the trim-
mers, waistcoat, and hat belonging to prosecutor. He
said he did, and pledged them at Stourbridge, at • home
dear the Town Clock, in his own name. Went to the
• pawnbroker's chop (Mr. Whitwell's), and he said he could
not possibly attend. Witness found the clothes there,
which lie produced. —Police-constable Goodfellow said he
took prisoner to the Police Station from 'bodices's)r. He
mid he hail left Cooper's key on the Bench in the house
where they arrested him. Witness went and looked for
it, and found it in the bench in the house. He tried the
key in prosecutor's door, and found it fitted it. Prose-
cutor identified the key as his property.—Priconer was
remanded for a week for the attendance of the pawn-
broker.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-11-26

CORRESPON N C.f

We mish it to be distinctly u derstood thot inserting
letters in this column, yes do ma thsrehy üZ ,o; y ~tellies
:vitt, the opinions of our Correspurutents.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-11-26

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COURT MARTIAL.

BRUSELS, Thursday.

A balloon which loft Paris last night, and des•
retitled near Louvain this aftermaton, reports
the city to he full of courage. There is no laek
of provisions.
General Cambric's repels the accusation of
trmram or incapacity current against him, and
demands his trial by court martial.

Tuums, Thitraday Evening.

The Duke of Mecklenburg was yesterday with-
in : IJ!' trci 1 Lo 34f1/19. It is f:filted tit 't
I he PruKW] Army is 50,000 strong and that the
two corps comp7ing it have effected a jimetion
The Prussian Army near 'Lamy and Mental..
gis are estimated at 160,000 or 170,000 men

,
The navaneed guard of Prussian Ctvalry
peareil la•forr ittatuni, on the 19th, awl woo corn.
pelleil to fall back by Franr-tiri,urs.

LILLE. Thursday.

Tho liermanz have completely disappeared
from nocroy, Rumigny, and Mezieres.
Six Priii.sian dragoons; entered Saint Quentin
yesterday, to stop the departure of the train;
bat were imsnerrssful.

thalami Alanteulfel's liead-rittarters are still at
Compiegne.

CAPITULATION OF TIIIONVILLE.
METZ, ThUTßday.

Thionville lin jnst capitulated. It will be
surrendered te-rnorr,dv. It wa 11011,1611r,1Pil by
71; guns, anti bad been on lire since the

ROYAL 11 EA D-QUARTERS.
VERSAILLES. Thursday.
(li F:RM AN OFFICIAL ACCOUNT.)

The Grand Duke of Mecklenburg confirm( s
his forward movement.

THE LATE CHINESE MASSACRE.

The Europeans at Shanghai are greatly re
'toyed to learn that Englaud will support the
deuiaods of Franco.

GENERAL NEWS.

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FRIDAY.

To-day tho Judicial Committeo of tho Privy
Council ordored Mr. Mackonochio to he de
privcd from preaching or officiating as a clergy-
wan for three mouths.

Lieutenant-Colouel Gray, M.P., speaking at
llolliwell last night, expressed a wish that the
interests of the services werc cntruaed to more
vigorous hands than those of Mr. Cardwell.
The Judicial Committee to-day reversed the
Judgment of the Arches Court on the Vicar of
Ledhury.
Miss Becker has been elected for the s.lau•
cheater School Board.

LONDON CORN MARKET (CLOSE).
FRIDAY.

Market veiy dull. English wheat meets with
slow sale at barely maintained values. Foreign
is cheaper. Flour: Town unchanged; country
marks Lid to la cheaper. American dull. liar.
Icy: Malting, is lower; grinding, steady. Oats
6d cheaper. Maize dull. Beaus and peas no
change.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-11-26

MILITARY EXECIMONS.

It is inpalling to read now almost every day In the
ifoniteur condaa records of the =Mary executions which
loin far from ming an sot necemary (writes the Tours
Correspon lent of the Drily News,. At Onurney, a few
days agoossold•r named Eatune Bert was shot fur "exciting
to revolt." On November 6, an artillery driver of the 13th
iteginient was executed for threa.ening and Insulting his
superiaes ;" these may have been and probably were, not
officers, but serfrost's or corporals. On November 15, a
Meth. named Justian Trim], terlotog at Baimieaux Ewe-
rs Lein', was shoe for having acted as a Truisian spy. At
Villarisuche, near Lyons, 25 Sloinies were tr.' a few dmi
ago for violence and pillage In housee where they were
lodged, more particularly In the Jesuits College of Monfort),
and for striking and thrilling a colonel and other officers.
The court-martim assembled at the unusual hour of three in
the nil r.dog and gave Its verdict before daylight at six
o'clock. Tweaty-three of the prisoners were acquittal. The
remaining three, found guilty, were shot at eight o'clock, In
She presence Of • very large military force.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-11-26

THE COLONIES AND OUR SURPLUS
POPULATION.

The Colonial Society held • meeting at the Institu-
tion of Civil Engineers in Lond non Nfonday evening,
for the purpose of hearing Sir Wm. Denison read a
paper on the subp-ct of colonizition. The chair was
taken by Lord Bury.
.

Sir Wm. Denieon began by pointing out the fact
that the ancient and modern systems of colonization
were entirely different. The States of Greece, when
their population 10-came too dellee, sent the eurplus out
in sectiona of the whole community, representing every
claw, to found new homes ; whilst the modern coloniate
went without selection, and as a general rule
at their own coot and pleasure. Hie object
wan t, rovive the ancient system of colonization and
to apply it to peopling Australia and some other a our
coloniee. At prevent the middle and upper middle
chosen in England had the greatest difficulty in finding
suitable employment for their none, and indeed he
might add daughters, who now matt rid into comp Ai-
tion with the none. From careful calculations he had
made he found that the channels of employment for
carefully cultured young men did not in this country
exceed oueoleventh of the demand. Pati pos4u
with these facts were two other, of great importance
—first that the population of this country doubled
itself in 56 years, and 'wound that its capital was
quadrupled in the same period. His plan to relieve
this double plethora was to send out colonists at
the expense of the Government and to places which
had previously been plotted and marked out for them.
He would have those colonies regularly organised in
their various chime, and thus clearly distinguishable
from the present promiscuous system of emigration.
11. would have the Home Government and the colonies
coo:iperate in carrying out his scheme. The colony
should give the land, and the Home Government
should cell it on easy terms to the emigrants. In this
way he thought our colonies might be made available
to relieve our human surplus, whilst for the persons
who were sent out all the evils attendant on the
present mode of emigration would be avoided.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-11-26

THE SCHOOL BOYS CALLED OUT!

Tin Eshop of Angers hag addressed setter to he superiors
of ea minarlea in his diocese, In which he says: —'in the
prestoce of our humiliated and bleeding country I do not
hmitate to believe Mat the brave inmates of our mmlnaries
are pine yr. pared to renounce of their own will the beuelit
of the law a boil exemyte them from We oblineti.m of ruill•
I ter vire until Abe foreigner guilt have been eat e'red from
the French territory. tbetefore. &Worts of recomAles
respect for the holy canoes with the duty which Is Incumbent
on all to contribute hie efforts for the national deem., I
chargo the superior, temluarles to carry out the measures
have adopted. Those among the pupils In our seminaries
wit, have entered into the ranks of clerical students will hold
themar Ives at our di:Towel to act 11,11 attarilant, Upoll theoretic
and wounded of the regular and auxiliary S.,rces. The other
pupils who ere Oct pre,ute.l by ski:nest or physical weak-
hens sod to be Informed that I shall gladly lo‘e them lake
rervien ill the (ntr,le Mel to, the National (heard, or even the
legion. of AI SI. en cattam .0 mut de Charette " The
1:1,hop of Maned'. a has hind • similar recsomendation to
the seminarists In his elloceee.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-11-26

THE MARKETS.

MARE.LANK7MONDAY.

The activity noticed hi the grain trade at Mark-Ilene at
the close of last week has somewhat subsided, but the
advance has been well maintained. From Essex and
Kent the arrivals of wheat have been limited, and the
quality has been indifferent. There has been a moderate
attendance of millers. The trade has been quiet, but Friday's
advance of from is, to 35. per qr. has been supported.
The show of foreign wheat has been less extensive. fhe de-
mand has been less active ; neverthe'ess, full rates here been
realised, prices being 2.. to as. per. qr. higher than on Monday
Wt. the market has been moderately supplied with barley.
Not much busmen has bean doing, but prices hays been Is.
per qr. higher than on Monday last. Malt has been quiet,
but firm hi value. In the oat trade loss activity has been ap-
parent. The lots advance, however, has been supported,
prices being Is. to 1,. GI. per qr higher than on Monday
last. Beans have been firm, and fully as dear. Peas have
commanded extreme quotations, with a moderate inquiry.
Flour hen been quiet. Town rates compared with Monday
last rule firm, and Arnerlcan barrels are is. dearer.

MARK-LANE —WaId;'SPAY.
Trade at Mark lane tc-day was very quiet, and values had
I downward tendency.. Soppily, cf English wheat were
small, but the condlUon of the samples was Improved. The
show of foreign we. good. There will little inquiry for any
descriptions, and sales could only be effected at a decline of
Is. to Mi. per quarter. Barley was In good supply. Malt we.
quiet
METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET —MONDAY.

Owing to the milder weather, and to the Increased sup
plies, the cattle trade has been in • depreseed State to-day
and the quotations have ruled easier. As regard, beasts
there were about 1,2() head more en sale than on Monday
hot, and a decided improvement wee apparent in the
condition of the stock, especially in the arrivals from Scot-
land For all qualities the trade was quiet, and prices gave
way 21. per 81b. The best Scots and crosees were di.
posed of at 55. 81. to be. 10d. per 81b. From Lincolnshire,
Leicestershire, and Northamptonshire we received about
1,200 shorthorns, &c. ; from other parts of England, 250
various breed.; from Scotland, 301 Scots and crows end
from Ireland, 120 oxen. There was a marked increase in the
show of sheep, • large number of Dutch having come to hand.
Sales Progressed heavily at • decline of 2,1. per 81k.. the best
Downs and half-bred. selling at Si. 10d. to Bs. per 81b. Calves
were dull and drooping. Figs were in limited request, at
barely late rates.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-11-26

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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1870.

Per gallon.
NICHOLSON'S LONDON OIN Ild 12s 1386‘1
FIN EST JAMAICA RUM I6s les 20s
COLONIAL BRANDY . —Pale 1164
Finest 11U HU UNDY ditto... or 1n• 20,
HENNESSY'S FRENCH do Brown 24s 26s 26.
Ditto, very Old 30s Ste
FIN EST SCOTCH WHISKY 144 Ids 20s
~ IRISH ditto lt. Dis 20s
HENNESSY'S CASE BRANDY.

DUBLIN STOUT
_ d. d.

DOUBLE EXTRA 1
POWIE
per cent. for Cash.
STOUT
Ditto ll
41
001 Len 5

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GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.

BIRMINGHAM CATTLE SHOW.
ON THURSDAY, DIMMER lit, ma RECUR.
SION TRAIN idl bram Eustis& at CU ca.,
Fiadbary 9.2, Penhore 9.12, Wormed* (fans to MN)
9 85, Droitwich 9.48, Kidderminster 10.10,an4 STOUR-
BRIDGE 1010 a.m., for BIRMINGHAM ; retaaning
the ume day.
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ST. JOHN'S SCHOOLS, STOURBRIDeI.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-11-26

BOWLING GREEN LANE, STOURBRIDGE.

rib o be SOLD, by PRIVATE CONTRACT,
the Your DWNLLING-HOUSES and SHOPYINU
now oecupied by Meurt. Job Mills sad Sou, with about
re eau of URASS LAND, and half an acre of LiARDEN
LAND thereto, innate in the Bowling linen Lane, Stour.
bridge.—Apply to Freer and Perry, Solicitors, Stour.
brig*.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-11-26

TIIE WORKING MEN AND THE RI.TAMAN NOTE.

At meeting of the offi,ers of the Labour Reprcsen-
talon League, held on Tuesday evening at Cockspur•
street, Charmg-cross,London , Mr. Robert M. Latham,
the president., in the chair—it was unaninmutly agreed
that the following resolution should be submitted for
approval at the next meeting of the League. It will
be moved by the President, and seconded by Mr.
Lloyd Jones:—

That we protest indignantly against the Insidious conduct
of Russia, in complicity, as we c4nnot but believe, with
Prussia, in attempting at the present moment to [nether
disturb the peace of Europe, by repudiating her treaty en-
gagements entered Into at the conclusion of the Crimean
war: and we call upin the British Owernment to give •
prompt, well.consid-re,i, and deterrritted opposition to this
mcst nefarious attempt to establish iu Europe • military
mastership by nation. essentially despotic!., the constitution
and spirit of their Governments. Toe working men of
England, though sincere friends of peace, are not so at the
expense of European liberty, nor yet In the interest of con-
op ring devotlams seeking to aggrandise themselves at the
expense of their weaker neighbours.''
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-11-26

HOW WOULD 111 LIRE IT?

"I need not say that there Is plenty of work just now foe
all who are hunted with the endeavour to alleviate humah
tottering erites The Times correarondent at Toner). An
orpent regret: was sent to the Eagllah s mhul ince at Tours
fr lint, icoo'sgee, and 111 line, Them ware things m•,et
prectingly reopyreil, hut thine are many other deficient:lea.
There Is • greet lack of morphine and ehlorohem. A cool
sugyeins gave it as to. opinion that perhaps it WAS
61 well to do without chlorofm m is. performing opera: tins,
toil it his ecu lug hod had to came elf, or If the j weed
le ulen c pale if a Prussian shall had had to he dug out of
the fh•chit at Tart of his per-on, Into which it hod peuetraled
An the depth of 14 centimetree secompsniral 11 large frag-
ments o! chit. a: oilier, ad il irt, as was the cite with
paler thosh I tineldahon, he would probshly have opined
_ . _
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-11-26

THE PRUSSIANS ON THE

"Two leagues before arriving at Marchidniir I stopped at
• lone village where I gave nip hone some corn at the lea.
As I entered the room which opens directly upon the road,
the good woman was sweeping out a lot of rubbleh into the
street. She was very talkative, and while the horse was
feeding she told me how, on the oth, I/maiden troops lied
marched through the village on their way to the front, gni
haw they had stopped there same hours. They had not
plundered them, ehe said, and whateva meat and drink there
was in the homes they hi it helped themselves to. A few
days h,fore that some • Cuirassiers blancs • hail passed
through without sioppleg. I mired her whether they ever
paid for enythlnr they teok. ' Well,' ahe said, they did not
dream of paying Cr anything. Ant when the Cuirassiers
passed through, two of them which were behind the others
stopped at the door, and one of them came right into the
room on horseback—right In as far It • here and she put her
sabot on the spot), and he cried out for eau-de-vie. My
husband went hita the cellar to fetch some, which they
drank. Then he sald to them, "li. all very fine, but to have
eau-de-vie you must pay at which they looked at each other
and laughed, but they handed us a five-franc piece to pay our.
roves with. I eskether how the five or six houses which I
had seen in the village, and which were quite forted, hail
been burnt. She said, 'WI, that was on Wednia lay. when
they came back through the village. They said seine Franca-
tneurs had tired upon them from there, mid they burnt five
or sin houses. Tnere was So-and.So's and old alatieprin'e.
Ile has had all he had buret down he Is pad 70 ma- quite
bent double, bet they took him away with them, with seven
others; two of them have returned—or:a of whom la old
Mathurin. They retained barefooted, and were picked up
by a cart. They had beaten old afathurin becanse he could
not keep up wi•h them. The six others we have not yet
heard of since lii, yes, they take a handful of straw and
light the bed clothes: they soon set fire to a house in that
way. Old Mother —, when they tried to set fire to her
bed, three a pail of water upon it void put the fire out ; they
raw her do it, hut they did not proceed her, or hurt her
She told me they had not broken anything, althouvh there
had been more than lilly in the place; they hail scattered
things about • good deal, taken deem off their hinge., tee ,
but not broken a thing. On farm h —a very largo and
ceinfortable.looking hi a.a ady dning the inn—she said they
bad been in and out of conatatitly, but they had not Lou bed
or spoilt anything. They must have been eruislane, for
Bavarians are, I believe, much more nimble- fingered."—Cor-
respoudent of Daily News.