The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-06-24 00:00:00

THE Alln-CompuulogsVAccutenowAnnr.
—A public meeting convened by the Anti•Compuisory
Vaccination League was held on Monday Light in.
Exeter HaA, London, to petition Parliament for the,
Immediate repeal of the Vas. c:ostion Acts. Professor
F. W. Newman, who occupied the chair, said that the
question, though small, int olved the civil lieeeties of
the peop'e. So far as vaccination was cone:Tn.-el the
psople of this conntry were living under a sy.xein of
aiesp-iti.n:, and • law existed which made it the outynt
reel y man to see that bit healthy children wer,
unhealthy, for that wee redly the effect of vslevination.
Dr. (teeth Wilidnior, in moving the adoption of the,
petition, complained bitterly of the neglect, both by the,
legislative and the press, of this question. and con-
tended that if vaccination was to remain compelsory,
a lay court ought to be eel iblished to assess uamagee
for any evil results following up AI the operation. Dr.
Pearce Garth, in secondiug the motion, aelerted that in
countriee where vaccination was reguily e•
smell-pox most prove led. For instvice, in Bailin,
within a given three weeks a the present ye,. the
&wit. Lone the ie-sso were, computing (tin dest' s
b • pcpula ion, 1 164 ni.r eriet taamation aiiut
Tiff in Londe'', where it won admitted vaccitiat• i wee
rarely neglected. Thy resolution WAS carried he ouly
two ci.sentien•e, and a deputation was appointed to
to ievite I ord Eluiry to present the petition to the
House of laordt, and Mr. Thomas Chambers to the
House of Cll/1111011r.

To DEAR Tow, GRRitTIIIO !—The following is
a genuine letter from a saaor on Ilia return Lao
India:
DAT' Brother Tont—Thta roma hopin to find you In good
Issahh as it lame, me safe a chorea Mre ye.terloy at p.m.
tier a pleasant v.,yago t.,:erahle short and few sipi dia. Deer
Torn, Ellgoe to find poor old father itoM, and am qUlll oti 01
Ptizt.lll. Sighte of pigtail here, hot nutoeunatoly ..ot lit for •
dog to ....hor oar Tom, oaptalie.. by web Mum you this and
pot pigtail in hie pocket when bort, het la Loudon hi 7
titles, where go, sets for the hest p grail will
do end ma short of thlrts—Daar boot, r.A fr OH. only Wet
two, where..t one to quite worn out, lather most; but don't
Sorrel the p'eteil as I had not a quid to chew, never same
lhursday. Dear 1...rn as for the shirt.. your tie, elll mil
longer. I Ike um lona—g, I sea at PrOirllt ; 1,1055! lower-
I!;t
And cheap. But ho pert:, uler to go to seven D lea Um
plvtall at the Mack buy and Dear Tom salsa for poised host
pigtail—and let is be good. Captain's by will pot the pfg-
, 141 in Ms te,ekbr. he Iles paten so ty 1 ip—Dtiir loin. shall
'be up shout Itialday or tin re ahonts N 1 so paril nit? lot
thd shirt, as the present otn be washed, hut don't t orst the
pigtail is ithont fall—So sin yoar loving brother. Pd on'!
, forget the pigtail.

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FRIAge OF NATURE 1 ),STINCT.—Tho Swan
with Two Necks in a oleo; the Twee-Headed Night•
tug..!., in a wonder.—Punch.
EXTRAORDINARY YUMMY e.g NEGRO SEAMEN.
A shocking story camera from Kew York. T m chip
Europt, Captain Fickler, had arrived there on the 6th
Met with intelligence of a mutiny having occurred on
board the American brig J. L. Bowen, which wan
known to have reunited In the murder of the captain
(.Iweabury), and the disabling of the two mate., and
it was feared had been follow.' by ether tragerliett
Captain Fickler nape that when the Europa wan in lat.
47.12, long. 68 27, on the 3rd hat, a brig woe eighted
with a signal of distress iltitg. The Europa bore up
to the brig, and on nearitg her, the cook of the vessel
C oh hoard, and stated that die wan the J. L. Bowen
of New York, boatel from that port to Gibraltar and
Cadiz with a cargo of tobacco meddler:a, and that the
crew consigieg of six caloured men, ...ad mutinied, and
disp reed of the captain and the two officers. Toe cook
further added that the trouble hail admen out of art
orehr ham the captain to the eiilore for the twines
ounce of some disagreeable labour whicli they stoutly
re fused to do. Tire captain of the Europa at once sent
his chief eflicer on board the brig to investigate the
affair, and on his return he stated that h had f, nod
the captain lying in hie berth, with hie head split open
with an one, and that he moot have been dead moveral
bourn. The firet mate had been en teverely wow:idea
that he wan completely disabled, the second m.ate harl
• breken arm, und two of the crew had been wounded
by the otlicera. The chief officer of the Europe then
returned to the brig with instructions to bring hi r bock
to New Yotk. As the brig iina net retureed to New
York up to the night of the fith inst., some team were
expressed that the crew had again rhea and murdered
the chid officer of the Europa and in oeneequeirce of
thin the revenue cutter Bronx, with fi teen men on
lamed, had been sect out in search of the bri,-, with
Metructions tot, end her and take the ITCW miseruere,
an I bring them ire curtest), to New York.
Tri IS COMPANY THAT FREQUENT:A FILLS A.
TIMATRE BETTER TITAN A DRAMATIC uf.o. Thu
Stationery.' Company. —Pe ch.
THE FIRS AT TIM BitERLAU
the detailed accounts of the fire at llreslan we learn
that the theatre wee dedreyed iu very (ow bourn.
Ereslau is not ewer eyfol In its theatrical enterprims.
A similar accieeut occurred eix years ago and on the
rite if the ruins of the last Me new huildit.g wait
erected about four years ay. In the present ease the
fire engem] with a rapidity that makes it a matter for
wend-r that no liven wit lost. An tie, last ter., oin
the building (some woolen whom the • lir Or IN, 8,1r,1
toilet,, ire of their power an motom) Loi been termed
by the firemen, the roof cone down with a crash. The
piece nerformed that evening was M. zart's "Figaro."
M. Mager, acting the title iffie, was jnst about to sing
hie first air, when the ithrill Found of the alone signal,
arid the cry of " lire " from above, interrupted the pees
foratatre. how the fire originated is not vet explained,
but it find broke out under the roof. Tile epee, atom
escaped in each excellent ender it., to avoid a•-y acci-
dent. I y the crush, but eeveral aet-es were injured
both by the fim,n atel the falling timber. The von-
Wore were net weave in tweeting tire firemen, and
thus enablel the latter to save the whole of the library,
the married instruments, and othtr property of value.
Some diffi ware experienced in retneving the iron
raft containing ['opera and money belonging to the
theatre, and tile whole amount of the theatrical pen:
three fond. Ity a bold feat of the firemen it was
from the flamee and thrown out of window, a
bed of send end earth having been prepared for it
below.

Asians IN PARIS.—The pursuit and capture
of peraonsoLorged with corn pheity witl the Cum m unint
outran( conticue. The .511 Arrondinooment of Paris
la rap 'ei .lly watubed, mid ev.ry hotel and lodging.
Loon. in that dia•rict has b.ien sn'.jecti d t rigorouo
mooch Amoog the recent captor-. have ',ten those
of Li en ty. ex-Comuotiolant 4 Fort I Wry. a deserter from
the 4' h 11giin.nt of Artillery, who wan arroated at
Creez it, 1...1and.. lienteuant of the 2..0.1) Federal
Battalion ae Marche; Grandolir, captain of the 614
Battalion; Dutton., nulodeli gate for bil Ming in the
Arrondwricment; • man belii.ved to he Avoine Mt,
a niemhur of the Central C immittee ; and 11-nri Bli•
captain of the Staff. Three Not-feral officers of the
PBM Battalion were found in a loft. Besides these, 29
Federak who bad been r CA!, looked for, hot could
not ho found, appear to have taken ri fog« within the
P.maian lo en under roof .un di.guinen, and were
bromiht back to St. Benin on Fritiaif by the q,'rinbla
llendarnien, who banded them over to the French
authoritien, A consiCerahle wunber of you. ho have
alto been anointed, and upon exatnimition it being
proved that thy rectivod w.tioe (flan tio Cuumtine
for initiating in the construction of borricades, have
born rent to Bresf. llumiwrt one of the eoitorn of
Ire Pr-re Ma bumf, aid . Barimiret, formerly girata
of the Mot a ("rare and mo.cornsuluidant of the 218 lb
Latt.3o3, Ore aieo In clutocly.