The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-05-20 00:00:00

THE REVOLUTION IN PARIS.

THE FALL OF THE VENDOME COLUMN

PARIS, May 16, 7 p m.

The Journal gfilliel announced that the Column would
poattively fall to-day at two. A great c m00n5...) assism'iled
Bands ployei. The Commune and their Stilt amounting to
2)0, attended on horseback. At 3.16 pub. an attempt was
made, which failed owing to the breaking of • snatch-blih k
The ropes slackened suddenly, tbluring two seen. Another
attempt was made, fresh ropes hull g been achled, and the
Column fell at about ten minutes to six It broke up tu the
alr as it fall. The concussion was nothing like what had heen
expected No glass vu broken or injury dme to the 'Square,
excepting that the Clinmu forced itself Into the ground.
The excitement was intense. Ike crowd rushed with loud
°beers to scramble for fragments, while speeches were made
by member, ef the Commune, mounted OD fallen masses,
and red nags were hoisted on the pedestal Immense crowds
assembled in the Oreets outside, making it almost Impossible
to leave the Place Voulcine. it waa forbidden to take away
any /segments, and people were searched before leaving the
S4uare.

• t.ESEIIAT. CLUSERET'S SCCCESSOII,
Colonel Rossel, the new !Molder of War, Is only 23 year.
of age, alight figure, pale, with light hair, and, like Gemmel
Munbrowski, wearing spectacles. Ile wee • pupil of the
Polytechnic School, and came out second. lie formed part
of the Army of the Loire—first, as Captain of Ent beers, and
afterwards as Commandant, lie served General Cluseret as
head of the staff, and wise remarked for hie activity and
great Intelligence. When acting as president of the C.mrt.
martial he was considered too severe In his
.appreciation
of the cases brought before UM.

PIINcE RIsIIARCK AND JULES FAVRE IN FRANKFORT,
The Impression left In Frankfort by the two Chief nego-
tiators, Prince Blomarck, and Jules Fevre, Is one of no
BUM pleasure to the citizens writes a correspondent
of the DM A' 61,? Prince Blvmardi won all beans
again by hie [instability and did not omit to visit the
old friends of hie former Frankfort residence. \iii he
went he was warmly greeted, and large crowd, stood from
morning till evening before his hotel. Fevre led a rather re-
tired life, bus, whenever seen, was most politely greeted by
the people lifting their hats to him in passing. Now and
then, on making his way from his hotel to that of l'rtnce
Bismarck, he had to pass through large crowds of adin t .
Since the Chancellor loft, a formal war has commenced
for the nonunion of the In Wand awl the pen used in the final
peace negotiation., and It Is even asserted that a wealthy
foreigner has offered a good rum for the b.d in which Bis-
marck was accustomed to sleep. A well.enoWil agent of tae
ex-Ensnarer Napoleon has been In Frankfort during the
negociation, arriving from Brussels on the day following that
on which Bismarck came. He is • German by birth, and has
made himself re .tortous in the literary world by hie advoc icy
of the Napoleonic cause. Ile reoided at Wlthelmshohe during
the time of Napoleon's confinement, and It la sold, will write
• book on the ex Emperor's stay there. Ue exprussed to his
personal friends the great confidence that prevails In the
Napoleonic camp as to the ex-Emperor's final reoccupa.
tton cf the French throne, and assured them that
Napoleon's new ministry Is selected, and would be
in working order the day he returns to Parts, lie is
responsible tore story current here, to the following effect
—Bismarck said that during the whole of the campaign he
never lost • night's sleep, but when he heard of the Insurrec.
Von in Paris, he did not e'en a wink the whole night. N
poison, he say., received the same news Just aa he was
leaving the Cassel station for England ; he read the telegram,
and putting his hand to his heart, said, "That doe, more for
me than all the newspaper articlea in the world can do. '
This gentleman, I should add, Is an enthusiastic admirer of
Napoleon, end has written in his favour aver since he
ascended the throne.

Slxty cannons were captured In Fort Tanyes.
All mechanics in Paris who are upwards of 40 years of age
have been called out to work at the defences of the city.
They are to receive about three shillings a day.
it le announced from Paris that the whole of the west and
southwest of the city has been rendered uninhabitable by the
bombardment. There has been great lore of life there, and
much damage to property.
A cannonade egainst the walls of Paris was kept up on
Monday from Montra-tout and other batteries. Several
breaches have now been made In the ramparts, and the
Auteuil gate is said te be totally destroyed.
An order has been published In the Journal Ogicie of the
Commune calling upon all persons who are In possession of
sulphur and ph sphorus to declare the same within three
days. it Is at the same time affirmed by the Mot aVrolre
that Parts is amply supplied with powder.

The announcement is again made, this time in positive
terms that a plot has been discovered in Paris, the object of
whictils the overthrow of the Commune. It is added that,
as a precaution against the rising which is expected, the
Garden. of the Luxembourg have been closed, and occupied
by National Guards.

In the French Assembly, on Tuesday, a member proposed
that on the suppression of the Faris insurrection the house
of M. Taleia should be rebuilt at the expense of the country.
The motion was at once referred to a special comma tee.
Meanwhile the CFmmune have decreed that the linen of M.
Tillers shall be placed at the disposal of the ambulances;
that his books and works of art shall be presented to the
national libraries and museums; that his furniture Mai he
sold by auction and that the proceeds shall be handed over
to the widows and orphans of the victims of the war. Fon
the mite occupied by hla bowie a public ciders Le to b.
formed.