The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-01-07 00:00:00

IHE SECRETARY FOR WAR AT
OXFORD.

refinement, it is ',aid, gravitate towards the west, and
it is remarkable that in many continental cities, as welly Secretarymembers
for
the City,
.Mr. Vernon Harcourt, the
Oxford, on Monday evening, Mr. Cardwell,
rctsnenttoar,tierthoef annual
as in our own, the weatern is the 'Miler qnarter. Il
tke same rule, perhass, poverty gravitates towards the dinner of the Lodge 59 ,if theereApn
and in responding to the tuaat of "The Army," Mr.
always east. The eastern districts of the Metropolis are
C.srdwel raid—
always characterised by more or less poverty, but at
receive
to the gallant profeasion I now
this time of the year it is more than usual. At one of relptretnl4toaY4
~,trelbnnte,of aotmeirraetgiorentfsrommoraeltatue
our police-courts the other day it was etated that in the a.sumbly of their could.ryt
perish of Poplar alone many thelmands of deserving
,arfeo.r no
aonneock.ne,wo,s, tiyeetrtershtohurri they what
they do the miseries that afflict at this moment two great and
pox are bordering en etarVation ; and the committee those Zit:l47
of a benevolent society formed to relieve distresg in this tahey would be called on to give their eervices to eh'ertirseQ7theeed
quarter state that "there is still wide-spread and very worthy tZunotfrYihreuremaat may
rd.! depend
no n
they t that they will be fund
and will add
new lustre to those deeds whicbuiteeript'sges of English
grievous distress in the cast awl other parts of London."
Many causes combine to produce this state of things, his"' (Cheers)
but I doubt whether two powerful ounces are sufficiently ~:ate
e next toast given by the Chairman was that of
City Members," and resp( riding to which, after
recognized—improvidence and intemperance. Toe im- reviewing some of the measures of the past seseion, Mr.
providence of the poor is marvellous, and it is potent Csrdwell said—
for evil, and, unhappily, intemperance, too, exerts a You may have been told that not long ago we improvi-
isuut,c.petrtishelgiriori;tts.
reached
store powerful effect towarde keeping them poor. No Iteutt ilred iL;
have
dheadd mroer,,ett I ylinfli2o,ooo most experienced aoldiere ;
one can have thoughtfully wandered about the eastern Into their places. great
should n`out'tiL
Oxford that we were very negligent with regard to our told
districts of London without noticing how numerous are Captain Bane, h already alluded to
the public-house' and beer-plops. No wonder therein reileitell My
hid e as
nnoinsen all arms, and I may suppose that some
so much distress ! of son probanly think we are without p ,wder. ( Laughter.)
'gar
weeyhnua,,lo
rivolltl iduwa.rfezismenotreenc:l:,..l trust
The aspects ef the London roads, streets, and parks, satisfy Slislyoynoetit'
are remarkable just now, and have their pleasant and of rur experienced ail litre , that we love not had di Ilicidry
unpleasant feature's. Consequent on the intense cold, rine,
1r
eat:: raising rreuceruifties id thaartuiwieerrh.av,Lntotwebeaerne negligent in
the mercury hovering between five and ten small arms with great rapidity, and that we havhegtgiU
degrees below freezing, and the masses of snow qAteee as Tint powder as the circumstances require
itoudrry.lll.Vhwataswet:ilsrl , eee.
in the streets, few people, unless obliged to do so, yen- 'with rgrnggarg d a tvooktehe' Mriendduriuenkeoer
tare out of doors, and the partial absence of what Mr. Wren we came Into office we thought that a much larger I The assassination and death of General Prim •ust
Squeers would call the feminine gem', is remarkable, ad.tr,a,t:ht ei momentn,vcrnytttrg t.
acidthethsaisntiltihnees King ,
fes I 'iml
cumin,
d i
n chosenon a o f
fietartaeotanmiira battalionsrn,i .ydiaeurdpobittenrilen ought to ibe an he had accomplished his abdication of power, land
French refugees who wander about ) ,roughfares than WAS then the case; at d for this reason, that it was not '
g here lwiltse a
miriant.wheholm
lel !..?e!ouwielanattyhou sheoreuld
stilebelpaVaLirrthe defence of the
the was
must be surprised at our helplessness with regard to ,
the snow. Here arxl there more or less successful , themselves. We t.ii,uwirst. perhaps
at just
colonists,for
history of political murders.
efforts have been made to get 61 of it, but our Parisian ' tee° paralyse their efforts by giving them that which they run the gauntlet of all sorts of dangers during an ad-
=fir; temdsetyleoertghattil w,el.tohud.reaew,in,gryotnr venturoue and buoy life; a man whose exigence had
visitor cannot but recall the fact that when there is a , tr:!okipsdowb'e
heral'y fall of snow in Paris—that unhappy city is now colonists; and we also thought that by having a larghegr every
pfaer,medanaicilicidolpoluorts,aintigues, and insurrections of
Laurie:4r of
moans of
:: t...
rhomees whenever?io u wo u
emend,l( tr hay:s zer,linerscsaahreerdeLtdtthe
placed in exceptional circumstances—the 1,500 men ,goalyofobis career—no ;soonnenrohsasoo
ordinarily employed as road-cleaners are increased by stances might require by addisg men to the batteries and tim of retiring into private life, and handing ever to
an additional contingeut, and that in a few hours the thoe raegelmae_nts you possess. Well, gem lessen, it we are not another the authority he had wielded with &unwire and
miaow Is soon carted away into the Seine or piled up in necesysarylrtgmeruTt"bethanorirLe,,tthnotairhporieedebdaetstsaollosntshomuguhst prudence - than he is shot down by his own country-
men in the streets of the capital over which he had
surburban spots where it will be no nuisance when the have fewer men than before, or else these (n) lents could net ruled. He did not even live to see King Amadeus
haw sets in. With such a mass of unemployed people have been
o'rebi"trian 20Nilo0w. r7fhoeunr yt's'eustarsentiotel'rel t,hitsawyetdhit . arrive.
as we have, it is a shame and a diegrace to us that the we did not disband a single regiment or battery that would ( This sudden and violent death is a striking termina-
teewseerovfirerahrle in the defence of this untry or for the advert- 1 tion to a stormy life. It will not be necessary to give
avow is not inaneei dely carted into the Thames, but ' otnwtoheto,gornottroenotoof.touro
werep e. i a detailed narrative of prim'a eventful career, suffice it
left to impede traffic, iojure trade, and even endanger The fact was that iwehd7snlaninduell
life. But if we go tic the parks there the aspects of this ! serving no the West C cast .1 Africa,and we were able to die. 178 eli3a y t hat he
~,,,,w a
againb nt nineteenplungl years
tirfouatleeswilT, the
: f,,zirene :tip. ootuhrerocpeinh:nonialtrtorooopr —foreswctolemutittroowr,irht:otubt.
severe winter are very Agreeable. The ice in the parke is 89 NA death Spainoi Ferdieand. The Repent-Queen Maria.
hick and safe auci in such good condition that skating Yit people at home and pretenders abroad',
should be called on to provide. With regard to the Chri-tina found the claims of her infant danghter
rimimerirtillosnh::l tohetirunOr;er:stceprotriarintlyhte, the I opm lied by peo
ignore than ueual,y agreeable and exhilirating. G
- o 1 ligtiarltiornoso 1)1%a awyee
to any of our parks nil you will be sure to see some ( did it by parting with those with whom, for variowues i
, and
e isortel eel yt-ho Ile abhe la(2 uwahlerunpitoTnrelatyttlogsuaurrietenold
clever skating, especially among the French ladies and 1:7:::• witewgptiln„Trtgedivi:ote of the rgrettaa,ldymye,MiZ j appeared, determined to assert his rights by fore:.
gentlemen who are in our midst, and who must have , while It wag net less i urnerous than before, it never Prim, the ECM of an officer and a law student, assumed
learnt that as regards our sports on the ice, we do not , was more efficient. Cheer.) But you are told we the profession of armg, sided with the Regency, and in
i lja,a.vtebheVredlg;suelty„,lonntoshtwaelniardreztueirts.initdh:ppenos that i three years had acquired the rank of colonel. When
take our pleasures sadly ! When the evening shades a d what 1 Queen Christina was forced country, to fly the Prim
prevail—which is in the afternoon—the scene becomes j I had always been told it was not possible to do, and joined the Progreseista Party, which was banded
picturesque and peculiar. The torchlight perform- tw,huttonwtasbortortyreitruri:
thweithgereuattels,toun golbleNoiwm, regnrzu'elrecruitinge °
tg against Espartero, now Regent and sole governor
&noels the Bengal lights, the fair on the ice, the mar- the moral well being of the army Bounty, (aw s'rgid, over Spain. The opposition to Espartero broke out
was almost always spent in profligacy, and was found to in doz ns of insurrections, with the courivance of
vellons gyrations of the cleverer skaters—all combine to
render the amusem, nt quite as entertaining (and more he.
rtohnerawire wont inn4d uaci eo trri e. nu t. tsoe
rar
e young :ecrusui vtnttLerindgminr into
as
rn Queeni
deCptirorristilneaf ;aatunrde tlefrars
ceiniined all the familiar
safe) to the onlookers as to those who take a more Improved prospect of good cordinct pay Cheer.) tin. of towns, execution of cosnepirattvre, awr..—,Bibno.mt
iboanr.dim.
the
active part in it. There is a talk of a grand skating nirr,,edr:atewlyeoanrethttoslcdamwee tLevneefcatsidlyint.iortatildidwititittami 2.0,V0„, open streets. Prim was suspected .4 being impli-
match between a duels French ladies and gentlemen ti3O Inenector.General of Recruiting tells me that it; the cater; in the revolt if Barcelona, in 1842, but escaped
and ditto English. If so, may Ibe there to see.
period which
hag elapsed duce then he has enlisted more to France, where be entered into a plot for the
than 20,000 recruite—(eheere)—and he gives me a good restoration of Queen Christina. Barcelona, means
The business of the post-office is increasiug, as might saving
of those who have been enlisted. Cheers)( in while, elected him deputy to the Cortem, so that he
naturally have been expected, and the department is :21.7 Jolt:
nel,ounnboet,
sea. Itt re t,,,mmoyr e Zs.% have
because
a hvbe.eyn WM allowed to return to his native land; and when,
with the fall of Espartero, Christina resumed her office
advertising for 130 boy-sorters. This is chiefly owing a great drain 1, quirin4 to be made good ; but Ido say torte
to the new halfpenny postage. A further increase of requeirtniaotathp'reutcetunntlyitisugaatatsm.erlcsoitlen4
gif
tl,l of iiiiruneLaengdera,o,Perrinmorworf 8 made Madrid. a G6sffin ecreahand Countth
e
leasinees will take place when we have a le,usihneeded bounty has been holished. ' " cares rPoffice have a tendency to moderate the fervour
reform in the regulations relative to the sample post. With regardto the question of field-suns, we are making of extreme opinions; and Prim soon began to look
We want, in fact, a small parcel poet, and the agita- ap vteprl it
preparing
e.hhi e. rt awti lee t :lit! ivtel Ott:" t
aonerinmenionli gren aund are askance at the more violent of his old friends the Pro.
gressistat Indeed, he
.did not scruple to suppress an
lion ft.,' it is so much increasing that such a post may I honeys this very week we shall begiriptro issue gongs at are insurrection in Catalonia by main force The people
be regarded as only a question of time. I should like rmeeivndtealylitottforLaww:iett
the Issue
t:orusee
to
tttilllemd lareAfeect Itna-
called him traitor; the Qmen was ungrateful; he
to see post-office business still further increased in gnu that will be known as the'groost powerful titeld.g"unof in abandoned the lifoderados, opposed the Narvaez Minis'
another ,reidunderstand that the Oxford volunteers try, and was inconsequence accused of &treasonable con-
another way—by cheap money-orders. Supposing a ta"vre°9B,
poor man at work far away from home wants to Send pondireont niet rpLecie
thetyheolrectreoecnho.lote.
ethrfanfilstinTehrettodood- sitoiracy, jollied to thedpronjteal astsarinating Narvaez
.£1 to his wife, the oraer costs him 3d. ; then there is that during the time everything was profoundly quiet the
eat °t
he intenrcecssiaorngeoft.Zisis xmoytTerf
the penny stamp for the letter in which it is ineloseel : ilelnunrytebsu tpreferred
whena to
there waitw.a faorpttliesesunteewtoartn:h—stLeuti 'glut.-
tg the Queen pardoned him in the following year. His
and another penny from the poor wife acknowledging milder, we exerted ourselves to give it to them; and the re- sublequent career was a chequered and strange one.

M. Lsyard was the first of the Diplomatic Corps to arrive
at the residence of General Prim General 8 ckles followed
him shortly after, and stayed till after one o'clock this Morn-