The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-03-25 00:00:00

ARREST AND ATTEMPTED ASSASSINA-
TION OF M. ROUIIER.

A correspondent of The Tirnea at Boulogne, writing on
M ondsy evening, says :—NI . It tither, the ex Minister of
Napoleon ill, narrowly escaped death a few minutes since.
M. H. other has been here during the last few days, and iii.
said that his presence caused him to receive to-day a visit
Iron the Suus-Prefet, M Lacombe. That functh nary went to
the Hotel thristol for NI. Rouher with a guard of solders.
M Huffier entered the carriage, and was driven up the Grande
Rue, followed by an excited crowd, which finally stopped the
carriage, heating it with sticks and clubs, and trying to over-
turn It. The driver we. able to proceed nearly to the top of
the hill, lint the crowd wo,OJ not. allow 14 coga turtanr, had
a attspolled CI limiter to descend. He did so. and, surrounded
by some friends, three gendarmes, and an officer of Chasseurs,
with the greatest difficulty, It seeming every mom.nt as If
his protectors would give way, amid cries of "A NI ort ' A
trt Condemne it NI ert!" and some very obscene yells, was
pushed into the Hotel de Ville

TIIE RED GOVERNMENT AND THE PRESS.
On Sunday night the Paris insurgents Raiz sd the office of
the Figure, Gnulois, and Journal 01Rotel, and placed
sentinels at the doors. They turned out the employes on
Monday. The two former papers did not appear. I.cter in
the day came out the official organ of the Administration,
which contained a leader apologizing for the action of the
insurgents, signed by the members of the Central Oraunittee.
The proclamation says :
" If the Central Committee of the Garde Nationale was the
Government, it would, on behalf of the dignity, electors, dis-
dale to justify itself. But, no their first affirmation has been
to declare that they have nob taken the place of those dis-
placed by the pcpular will, they hold it simply honest to
remain exactly within the limit of their authbrity, and to
defend themselvea from personal attacks. Children of the
Republic which write. on its banner the grand word "Frater-
nity," they pardon their detractors, but they desire to dis-
abuse honest men who have accepted those eslumnies through
Igtbrrance. the committee has not been secret. Its mem-
bers have attached their names to all its proclamation. If
their names are obscure, they have net shirked the responsi-
bility ; and it has been great. The committee has not been
unknow ii, since it has existed by the free suffrage. of two
hundred and fifteen battalions of the National Guard. It has
not been a cause of disorder, Immure the National Guard,
who have accepted its directions, have neither committed
excesses nor reprisals. It has grown imposing and strong
by wisdom, moderation, and conduct."
The proclamation proceeds to review the alleged crimes
and errors of the present Government, which has sought by
Its conduct to provoke civil war. It has calainniated
has endeavoured to set the provinces Heenlet the city, and
to oppose the National Guard to the Commander-in-Chid.
It has sought, under cover of night, to rob the National
: Guards of their cannon, alter having made a dishonourabie
• peace with the Prussians, and it has insulted Parts, to con-
nection with its accomplices at Bordeaux.
The proclamation goes on to recount what the Committee
' has done under the authority of the National Guard, and
says that one of the last wrens employed against the people
by the Government was when they refused bread to the
troops, who preferred to let themselves be disarmed rather
than fire on the people.
Never has the order for the execution of any person been
, signed by us. Never has the National Collard taken pars in
the execution of a crime, or been charged with a mandate
that holds over one heads the terrible responsibility of having
accomplished it without fear Cr hesitation. Where our per.
sonal interest would have commenced war duty ceases.
Obscure a few days since, we gladly re-enter your ranks, and
retire into the obscurity when the work is done. We can
descend, with heads aloft, the steps of your Hotel de Ville,
with the certainty of (biding at the bottom the friendly grasp
; of your loyal and robust hand."

All the foreign Ambassadors have gone to Versailles.
Many foreign and French people have already left Faris.

The postal service continues to be castled on as formerly.
It Is reported at Brussels that the Germans have reoccupied
St. Denis, and that their homeward movement has been coin-
pletely stopped.
The whole of the Paris journals condemn the assassination
of Generals Gamut° and Thomas, and declare that they
recognise no other authority than the National Assembly.
The shops still remain open, hot the tradespeople begin to
show great discontent, and the decisions of the Assembly are
Impatiently awaited.
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The insurgents have obtained possession of the treasury
of the Ildtel de Ville and the fund. of several metrics. The
bridge of Svres Is guarded by cavalry and artillery to pre-
vent the National Guard from marching upon Versailles.

By decrees of the Insurgent Government courtamarlial In
the permanent army have been abolished, and an amnesty
declared for all political offenders. The directors of I mons
are to Immediately release all political prisoners.
M Thters has Issued the following order ,—" (live nom-
mend to all military parsons, soldiers or officers, coming by
themselvee, to et .p at the stations of Versailles, Ittaropes,
Corbett, Melon, Nogent4ur.4olllo, Meaux, Sauces, Poi.-
tots°, Chantilly, nod Potssy. Give the same order to the
sailors and in the public functionaries "
" The French trtcoloor flag," says the Mnnifour,
floats on the summit of the cathedral spire of Metz, out of
reach of the Proselai s. An offer of 30 thalers £4 10s ) for •
man among the German soldiers to climb to remove It has
obi f 011.134 any ~one sufficiently venturesome to undertake
the task."

Le Potpie Franegie, confirming the news that Marshal
ll:irate° had demanded an inquiry on the part of the govern-
ment with regard to his command, publishes a letter from
Marshal Caurobert, dated Stuttgardt, Feb. la, In which the
latter urgently beaeeches Marshal Marline to reply to the at-
tacks directed against him by the other generals,

A Paris correspondent, writing on Sund4 night, says :
Oa all sides a Prussian occupation is talked of as only too
probable. I suspect a good mat y people Inwardly wish for
It. It Is hard to believe that the present state of anarchy
can continue long. "tilt Is province ou lea Prussiena," people
are beginning to say.

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The Emperor Napoleon has addressed a letter to Marshal
111' Mahon, in which he soy. that though the army of Sedan
fought well, It Is the only ono which has received no recom-
pense. lie therefore asks the Marshal, on his return to
France, to draw up a report reepecting the soldiers under his
orderi and 'Windt it to the Minister of War. The letter la
dated Wilhelmlifie, March 12.
It would appear that the revolutionary movement in l'arls
is not without meinfeation In England, for on Saturday
night and Sunday hundreds of Frenchmen evil foreigners
left London for the French capital, the bulk of them belong-
ing to that class with which the environs of Leicester-square
have been famillarbed during the reign of order The gene-
rid pinion seems to be that these men were acting under
Orders, and that a really desperate struggle .rtra or,:, must
take place in Parte before order can be restored.
The Berlin New Cr ois Gazette, ;quaking of the perienuth.M
of Germans In Paris, remarks that if the French Government,
however willing It may be, ts not sufficiently powerful to pro-
tect the German ci u of badness returning to Paris, the
question would srise for Gernotny whether, in case the doings
of the F.encii, boa,: In vl,l-.lon of all late:national Lac,
were not speedily put an end to, the evacuation of the
environs of Pale should not be stopped mid Pads re-occupled