The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-04-22 00:00:00

UNFORTUNATE PARIS!

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"The disorganization of life has been Co rapid that it has
takes every ores by surprise—l exclude, of course, the sol-
diers of the Motel de Vale. We still get food, but that is all.
In the few shone width rematn open no work is done. I
verily believe that lithe spring of my watch were to break,
I Moult have infinite difficulty lu finding any one to mend it ;
not an upholsterer can he found, and all tho people who are
removing—they are numerous just now—.rove Co put their
curtains, carpets, and bedsteads Into place the.uselves.
Most of the waeher women have vanished. The dyers refuse,
frees want of hands, to execute the orders they receive,
though the number of families who wish to turn coloured
dresses Into black is large enough to provide a thriving trade.
As the churches are nearly all shut up, baptisms, marriages,
and burials are slums: Impossible. It Is true that banies and
brides can wait, but death Is not to be put off. the sus-
pension of our ordinary habits extends to all kinds of detail.,
and produces special results which no one would think of or
foresee. The first sight Is sw this morning was amit‘lngly
indicative of the state In watch we live. As I was
dressing I heard en unusually ountlnnouf scout
of hoofs In the courtyard. 1 tm Iced our, and saw
five big carriage horses with brooms on their backs, taking
walkit.g exercise in the most serious manner round and
round a yard which is net much Meg r than the dining room
of a good country house. A ride heel been made by spreiti leg
sand over the pavinc stones, and the cp. ration went on for
an hour and a half, when the grooms, having probably had
enough ot it, put their hovel back In their stalls. The ex-
planation of this was, that, since the Commune and its
friends have a way of laying hold of homes In the streets, it
in no longer safe to take them outside the deer; so them five
animals, which have gone threuzli the slept with ut being
eaten, and have never had a c ular oa dace July last, when
their owner quitted Patti, have now entree I on anew phase
of their career—They have to be content with indoor exercise.
Min, N.M., and horses are ad htda g themselves, to this
once brill! sut Paris; and flowers do the mine. At the
market of the Madeleine, where lest year there were long
avenues br thickly-pack.ed plants and boot:pets, I saw to•siny
a de at's miserable pots of stocks which no inn came to buy;
and yut II ewers used to be as much a ncomity for this Impute-
tion a, bread or boora."—Corrimpondeni of Denly 7'elegrapA.

A WORD FOR ROBESPIERRE I

To speak of Robespierre as a teacher of motets may round
incongrucus t those who associate his name with little
besides the guillotine and the long procession of victims he
sent to death remarks the Paii.Malt (,'avite). Many a hatter
man, however, has failed to grasp the truth he preached In
'l3, when churches were robbed and priests Imprisoned, as in
now the case in Paris. A French paper calla the attention of
the author. of the present excesses to his utterances on this
point. "By what right (said he) should men hitherto un-
known in toe march of the revolution come in the midst of
these events to seek a faire popularity, lowing discord among
on, disturbing liberty of worship in the narne of liberty,
attacking fanaticism by fresh fanaticism, and main-
leg the homage doe to pure troth degenerate Into
rid:, Worts farces? Why should LI es be permitted thus
to play with the dignity of tile people and
fasten the bells of Mdy to the very sceptre
of reason? It has been suppmed that by rt ce lying civic
offerings the Convention had proscribed C kt%clic worship.
No, the Convention has not taken this rash step; it never
will do so. Its intention is to maintain the liberty of
worship which it has proclaimed, and at the same time to
repress those who abuse It to the dlsturbanee of public
order. Priests have been denounced for having said soles;
they will say It longer if they are prevented from saying it.
lie who tries to prevent mass frees being said Is more
fanatical than he who says It. There are men who claim to
make a religion of atheism. 1./my philosopher, every in-
dividual, can on this point adopt whatever opinion he
pleases. Ile who would make It a crime in him would be a
mailman; but the legislator who should adopt such s system
would be a hundred item zoom mad,"

Atf011•

may t, Ulf rotors out of 17,e21 pollen In Inn
dissainent on Sunday.
The VorsailleS Cloveminent has ranged to fx,hango
hhumul for the Archbishop of Paris " Daily Nel:).1
111. also announced from Versailles that an armour plated

railway carriage has lieen captured -a-t -Colombo.
M. Ic ii6ratry, the Prefect of TOUIOUte, thraektellt to place
the city o a etate of siege, im *await of illsosikers whlch
have occurred there.

It Is stated that some of the Paris Inhabitant+, nnatile to
ity. have died to the 001101 5. May are thus killed and cannot
be rem 3viatt.
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A 'hell fell In DombrowekDs room In the Boulevard Inter-
:PßlM at :Saulily on fueaday. Dombrowski and an officer of
Ida staff were In bed, but neither was hurt.
It Is belleved that the real chief, of the Insurrection are
Clusoret, beimluz I, Walnut, and Tolain, the deptt'y far
l'arla recently expelled from the Internalknal Society for
deeertina, as alleged, the MOM of the people.

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M. Lockroy, late one of the deputies for Paris, is now •
prisoner to the military hospital at Versailles. lie was
arrested on the Vanves.road, and was found to be 'Mislabel
with a passport from the Commune.
Prince Bismarck has informed M. Tudors that, under
present ciremnstsnews, Germany recognises him as the oohs
power In France, hut reserves Its right to Intervene should
the insurrection appear likely to triumph.

The latest report about the Column in the Place Vele tome
Is that a well-known American hanker has expressed his
readl, ess to purchase the Column, and transport It to the
C,htral Part in Now Pork.
The Daily News' Special Correspondent in Parts say. that
the lighting makes a great din. but Is more show than reality.
The CArisians, he whis. are for the most part flghtliet the
air, aid every night obtain great victories over Imaginary
lots.

Rumours of a relpilar Investment of Perla have produced a
pule among the lubahltente, who throughout Monday be-
sieged the markets and provision shops. horse flesh hes
taken the place of beef hi several butchers' shops.

The twilit of the elections Is a proof of the Increasing un-
popularity of the Commute. fmnlittereiteo is evident even la
the piratems with it used to display special interest. 'lee 11th,
Cult, and nth Arroudisteunads scarcely took any part iu
the voting.

It is sold that the h..nies and grounds about the Park of
!Noddy am littered smith dead and dying to the number of
700 or 8( 0. Cluaeret's now proclamations concerning the
disarmament of refratory Guard, have produced no effect.
Honest men are only too glad to be disarmed at mon a
moment.

The form.' of the French army continue to arrive. Three
c Aumns of Mobilm, one from Ly,tia, one from Mar, ~:es,
and a third from Toulouse, are in readineta to prom , to the
thuateued points in case of need. 'ltventyoo. armour-
plated rallway-muriages, ball and bullet proof. oave arrivcd
at Versailles.

The Commune have invaded the 'Pales de Industrie, which
IS now a hospital. lit. Chenu Instantly retired, carrying
with him his 520 wounded men. The damage done to the
Fort of hey by the batteries of Chatillon 11, been repaired.
two battalions having been empl..yed In toe work.
Toe Commune has appointed a Comintssi.n to infrzlre Into
the number of workshops and manufactories 1., 'iris which
are now closed through the abs,endli of their owners, or their
refusal to open them under present circumstances.
The Commission is to prepare & report, showing under
what conditions they may be traMsterred to co-operative
societies of working to be opeued by lam tu lot their
own behoof, and what indemnity they may be called upon to
pay to the dhuto cl occupants.
The Soir announces that in many quarters of Parts the
National Guards show signs of fatigue and difoouragemeot.
Grave digt,:ill:les Mt, arisen between the c onnianders of
different battalions, and the Central Committee has no Mall
trouble to keep the peace.
M G Ler it has put Haled a long and very generous letter to
excuse the Executive Government of France for Its indecision
and weakness in dealing with the revolt in Peril. Thu only
excuse he offer., however. Is that the necessity of attacking
Farts placed hi nines and the A./amiably in a very " painful
position." Tney took time and gave thee, and now they are
acting with energy.
The Versailles Correspondent of The Tirms narrates how
he saw several shells pass over Suresnes and cubic on the
glade of Mont Valerien. lacy came from the new battery
erected by the Insurgents on the Tracadero Some fell into
Suresnes also. Two of them exploded In the Middy, one
killing a child five years of age and wounding Its mother.
A fragment of another shell struck a man wto was
dangerously wounded.

6,neral Uluseret, the Insurgent Min(star of Wax in Paris
rep,rts severe hand-to-hand fighting at identify; and General
Danihrow,ki speaks of the •• siege " of ideally as advancing.
Ac .ordliiit to the Communal reports, the Versailles troops
were driven out of the church, 1.1.1 forced hack more than WO
yards, many men being captured in the cellars.
The reports of the Versailles papers as to the manner in
which the houses of M Si. Tillers, lie Gantlet, and others have
been rifled, are Incorrect. Nothing has been removed except
documents. Republicans In FraLce tint,, to have a pemllar
lore if prying into private affairs, and t roads° the world
some fine revelations of the Inter life of the members of the
late and pre,,ent flavernineuts.

II is stated on good authority that the Commune has
360, CO francs cash in hand. A great many etho'd bonds
of tile City of Parts were found at the Hotel de Ville. these
iscos were whett remained from the issuo of scrip far tho last
loan contracted by the City of Paris Heine perfecly legal,
they have been bought by the Bank of France_ ant the
mosey paid to the Commune.
The official report, issued by the Paris linsurinn's state
thtt everything is going on .ailtfactortly. A cur:Ado...tie
breach 1. wad to have been made in Sloat-V.lkti. ; at
Niullly, General 1.1 cotitinues to LAT:the_ ; the
artillery has met oded to ditmantling several of tho enemy's
batteries; cod repeated attacks of the Versatileq troops are
ttpul.ed with :rifling loss to the National Guards

Gfficer of the -Prlts'an Sti.lf at_ St.
.11.1 s saT, that

Trend. will not allow the Commune to allay Its etiumph
rye° rhould It gain the victory. The thy Of it. runners will
be marked by a fotelgn Intervention, the ol pet of whlcawill
btl the re-titablishTent of a re.pectable.tioven.lniont. . The

P;1111111;1111 have advanced as near as Aubervillie-ra and the
Londryroad.
The j-urrials of the Commune announce that stringent
me ante. will Immediately be token against emigrants,
traitors, and re'roctory persons. Two hundred men are at
work upon a barricade at the corner of the Bee de ftivoll and
the Noce de la Concorde. 1,14 to be ton metres drp, em-
structod of earthwork and masonry, and Is to be garuishod
with torpedoes.

Ar elB dal despatch has bcen published by M Thier. an-
• g that the t hateen of Bacon, at C.mrleevole, by which
the p 'einem a; Neallly•bridge was annoyed, has been carried
by son m att. r a vigorous cannonade, rift, prisomrs v ere
taken. 11. Thiera descrPma the ceptore of the chateau at a
brthiant feat if mom ii etteri. II directed against Asnie•es
• a'ready been erected at ilecon.
The Parisians ace Indignant with M. Thlers's last circular,
especially with the erntence "the ioeur;enta rat neck the
nrinc•pal houses for the purpose of selling tie furniluee ; "
la•ch Is not true. The) are also ludigna. t with another
sentence, i.e which h 3 soy. that if some report, of cannon are
beard they proceed from Imitrgolts, who with to make
neonio hr lieva they ooe NM tic until they FCsret ly dare show
ihreiselves ; which Is eke (sire, unless It is to be taken as a
Niece of spec. le.
rho v;l:as it Pwey arid Auteuil have tuff .red very con-
sider:n:3, se Itleto tire I IC two do).; and hater ale the Innen-
t ri..l/11 and vi.rlent the anier of their inbabl•ante, oho have
bat lately rehrr e,l to their homee after the alege, have
ne- Intel their homes and reglesed their windows only to bear
the 'Ferrell.* of Vide ton instead of the bombardment of
the Peusslan guns "—Nrthrpaser Corrrske,ndent.
The Par's Inshrzent; recei.tiy Issued out of St. Denis gate,
and made large requisitions in the houses of the fsubourg.
arreettim the priest, and plundering the church. The Prussian
G3neral Pape immediately sent SC onpany to protect the In.
habitants ant get back their property, with a mereare to the
Cliernune that it it happened again all the forts in Prussian
hands would open fire. The General's instructions are said
to he very strict against the insurgents, but to give the
Government all facilities.

I stood upen the steps that lead down to the Champ de
Mara anti loeked on wonclerinaly. A picturesque group of
sailors. Garda*Elan., and Parisian gavrocees attentpte I to
manage the Trectetro battery, moving up the pleces with
commendable zeal, pokb g brushes down their throats, and
rulthng their Maw* with evident pride. Presently they
liree a volley with a short, sharp, Impertinent Bound at the
distant giant, who answered a few moments later with a curl
of white smoke and a dull boom, mid a ehell fell clattering
through the roof of one of the American palaces herd by."—
Correspondent of The Tiin.e.
The Daily News' correspondent of Rotten says that General
Fabric° has removed his headquarters to St Denis, in order
that he may he nearer Pare., ahould it be fouod necessary for
the Germans to occupy the mty, and also that he may more
easily carry on negotiations with the French Government at
Versailles. In a recent interview he says the General ateted
that If compelled to interfere in the st urgie in the French
capital he should do so with regret. The German cutlers
anti men spend money freely in Rouen, and behave very well,
but, nevertheless, the inhanitants are very anxious to be rid
of them. French sold'cli arrive In the city from Ot rmaey
every day, but do not appear Bo neat or so healthy as these
from Belgium, and excite a good deal of sympathy.
A Correspondent, writing from St. Denis, asys that since
MaeMehon'a appointment to the chief command of the
French alley there has been increased activity between Ver-
sailles and tel. Deals. Troops are being massed in consider-
able numbers retied CCITISeeVeIe. A few clays /Mice they
numbered some 10,000 men of all arms. Since then they
have been clone than doubled in number. The villages all
round Colombo' are filled with troops. In Versailles siege
guns arrive every day, and after being exposed to the gaze of
the public for a time, are taken away. On the terrace in
front of the Chateau of Ileudon two now batte.les have been
established, anti it is said that the country up to Cholay-le
Rol hay been occupied by the troops. lime only lines by
which Paris can stow be supplied with provisions, ate the
Northern and the Eastern, which are in the posseasion of
the Germans lithe French troops can succeed it, rtopping
the trains between the enceinte and the Gaman linos, the
city will again be in danger of attaration.