The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-02-18 00:00:00

THE WAR.

A Frenchman has written a i)rocAurs dedicated to
"William the First, King of Prussia by the 'grace of God,'
and Emperor of Germany by the effusion of blood."
During the whole period of the siege only five suicides
were committed in Fade. Two of the cases were soldiers,
and one was a woman.
A " Ldrnbard " telegram from Brussels brings word that
Prince Napoleon, with the nephew of M. Pktrl, hasarrived
these from London.
Measures prohibiting access to the Emperor Napoleon have
been rigorously observed of late. The number of the
Emperors attendants has been seduced to 12.
An elector in Pails voted the following ticket :—" Mon
13,,m,arck. Guillaume !" Accordb ir to the Soir, toOr a
WI inter of au hour to dOcide whether tills vote should be
annulled or not
Four hundred barrel., containing 40,000 lbs. of gunpowder,
have been shllved at the powder bum, of Cireenock, for
!erste& 'They have been despatched to Bordeaux in one of
the rewnlar trading steamers, and are, it is said, the Met dr-
iwatched there since the declaration of war.
eount Ilitmsrck has refused to allow the French
Sold. ra non in vol L Thud to return to France, on the
ground that the French Government would be unable to
guar.:Are that the men would not at once march against
the thntnans.

The Prints-la- ns have imposed a contribution of 6,000,C001. on
the town of Rouen. In case this sum is not forthcomine,
some of the leading citizens will be Imprisoned, and the town
will be heavily fined. The Penni.' have also imposed a
contribution of 640,0,01. on the town of Fecamp. An edictal
notificattou of this fact has been sent to the Government at
Bordeaux.
The latest rettome of the mortality In Paris are for the
Weak ending February 3. The number of death, was 4.071,
all increase of 2213 upon the previous weekly return. /Small-
pox was less fatal, having caused 2aB deaths as compared
with 327 in the preceding week. T)phohl fever numbered
324 victims, and bronchitis 627 Pneumonia was fatal in MIS
ca,es, while inertia.. caused 150 and dysentery 63 deaths.
The first meeting of the FrenTh National Assembly was
hell at Bordeaux en Semler Between 200 and 3,0 members
were versant. Though there were many others who had yet
to arrive, it was proposed to constitute the Asrembly at
once. This was oppoted by M. Arago, but upou bring pnt
to the vtte was Circled unanimously. The recretitries Clii
other t %chits were then elected, end the sitting Was ad-
Jon reed.
It ems recently stated In the papers, that Donne flanges
who was lately kllleet in the war on the French side, is •
brother of the late Grand Duchess of Besse. This, • some-
poutient informs us, Is not eo. Prince Alexander the
youngest brother of the Grand Duke of Demote, while in the
military service at Russia. married the
nL,nt,,,es Dante, •
Polish lady, and was compelled on this e ,count to leave the
R ustian service This lady now bye!, under the title of the
Prince's of Battenberg, which eh', recetvet from the Grand
Duke of Geste. Count Haute , who has lost fall., to France,
la her Mother, and Is tb no relation
of the E.acpreot
Rutile, the slater of ttn- Gran, Doha of Horse.
It is stated that
. a cootritudon of 450 070 franca has been
Inmoemi by
Germans upon Lilleboune in the Seine.
!Medea,
. Dleppe they have asked for a million ol
hare-
Ma eacl -d
23 V/ of the surrounding villages. The
batting already paid 65,000 francs Is unable to comply
with the request. A sum of twenty 0 - ve mtlitons of francs
Is said to have been imposed to all upon the Department of
the Seine-luftrieure. The Prussians are also said to have
made requisitions in the district of the Yonne.

It is announced from Paris, under date of the te,h
that in consequence of the largo arrival of provisions from
Englaud tome bankers who had undertaken important con-
tracts for the revictualling of the ally have determined to re
tindatals any pecuniary advantages which they might derive
from {home contracts. The French papers say that seven
Millions of francs will thus be saved to the Treasury. Trains
of proviatons were arriving bs such large numbers that the
help of the soldiers was r, maker to unload them.
The particulars of the loss of the flag of the 61st Prussian
Regiment be!ore Dijon have appeared in full In the drat-
nosi,re of Lieuter ant Scaultts, who carried it when his bat-
talion attacked a faruphouse which was strongly garrisoned
by the aaribaldiai a, cud who was shot dead is the advance.
Adj-itant Pulithammer then :aught it up, but he too fell im-
mediately afterwards, and, though It is not so stated, ore
must presume that the battalion was driven back, leaving
their dead with the colours where they bad fallen.
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Tbe Mayor of Paris ha i published the following resulte of
the slections, giving as finally returned —MM., Victor Hugo,
Lute Blanc, Edgar Lotnot, Lf oa Gambetta, General
Garibaldi, Henri Rovhefort, Deleoclure, Admtral Sabset,
AIM. J,ignearix, Sc, eePher, Felix Pyai, Henri Martin, Gam-
bon, Admiral Pothuan, MM. Dorian, Item, Edouard
Lockny, Melon, Henri Brisson, sourage, Marc flu! refuse,
Bereard, Gre; po, Lang'ols, Floquet, Vacherat, Genet,'
G'ebault, net NI NI. C ilinetoesu, Cornet, Thirro and Litt C.
The alb re • ancitdates, having obtained a majority of more
thea ouwtighth of the vo:es, are therefore duly elackd.