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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-02-18

SHIPPING NEWS.

SUEZ, Thursday.
The Malta, from Bombay, arrived at Suez to-
day.

BALTIMORE, Thursday.

The European arrived here to-day.
NEW YORK, Wednesday.
The City of Washington arrived here at 10
. _

LOUGH FOYLE, Friday.
The Europa, from New York, arrived here to-
day, and proceeded immediately for Glasgow.

LONDON CORN- MARKET (CLOSE).

Market very quiet. English wheat rather
cheaper; foreign also dull. Flour unchanged.
Country marks, is cheaper; American lid less
money. Barley, oats, and maize steady. Beans
and peas unaltered.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-02-18

PUBLIC NOTICE.

rit HOMER, News Agent, Cradley Heatl
A • begs ta intcrir. the Public that he is abi
SUPPLY them with tb d,ONDOIC DAILY NEWi
PAPERS.

far ORDER AT ONCE.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-02-18

HALES6WEN,

PISTRTCT CHBONTRE

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1871.

PEIOE ONE PENNY.

PUBLIC NOTICES.

ST 'PETER'S CHURCH, PEDMORE.

THIS CHURCH having been RE-BUILT
.1. will be CONSECRATED Iv: the
LORD BISHOP OF WORCESTER.

Who will also Preach the

CONSECRATION SERMON,

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1871.

Divine Service will commence at Eleven cm.
The Clergy are requested to bring their Surplices, and
to assemble In the School Room at 10.30 a m.
The Offertory will be devoted to the Building Fund.

ON SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26th, 1811,

PURTHIR

OPENING SERVICES
Will be held, beginning in the Morning at 11, and in tin
Afternoon at 3.30; Morning Preacher,

VIN. R. B. MINE, M.A.,

Archdeacon of Worcester, and Rector of Haleaown ;

ATERNOON PREACHER,

REV. U. SHERRARD, M.A.,
Vicar of St. Thoniab', Stoarbridge.

Collections for the Building Fund will be made after

each of the' Sanices.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-02-18

WOLLASTON HOUSE. WOLLASTON,

Near STOURBRIDGE,

MI.R. H. KING is instructed by the Executors
of the late Mr. Jame. Hughes to SELL by
AUCTION, on WIDNIIIDAY. FILIIICABY 22nd, 1871, the
Modern and Genteel HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE and
Effects, comprising Dining Room Mahogany and Horse-
hair Chairs, Easy Chairs, Spanish Mahogany Chetloneer
BOOKCASE, with Celleret ; Centre TABLE, Walnut
COUCH, Brussels and Tapestry Carpets and Hearth
Rugs, Handsome DRAWING-ROOM SUITE, in Rose-
wood and Silk Tabaret ; Rosewood Oval TABLE, on
massive Pillar and Claw; large PIER-ULASS, in Gilt
Prime; Alabaster VASES, under Glass Shades; OIL
PAINTINGS, in Gilt Frames; PRINTS and BOOKS,
Cottage PIANOFORTE, in Rosewood, 81 octaves, &c.;
Family 8E WING MACHINE, Spanish Mahogany Tudor
Four-post and Iron BEDSTEADS, with Damask Furni•
tore; Palliasses, Mattresses, Mahogany Toilet Tables,
Glasses and Ware; Hip and Slipper Baths, with other
Chamber Requisites ; Eight-day Bracket Clock, Tea and
Breakfast Chins, Dessert and Dinner Services, and
Table Glass, Kitchen Dresser, Cooking and Brewing
Utensil, Windsor Chairs, Fenders, Fireirons, Acc.; Use-
ful PIL/EION, Capital LATHE, for Turning Iron and
Brass, 71t. Sin. Bed, with slide rest 7}in. centre; small
Lathe, for Wood Turning, Ladders, Wheelbarrow, Oar.
den Tools, and numerous other articles.

Catalogues of winch may be obtained at the Place of
Sale ; or of the Auctioneer, Stourbridge.
Sale to commence at Ten o'clock.

N.B.—The HOUSE and PREMISES to be LET.—
Apply to the Auctioneer.
STOUBBRIDRE. . _

DESIRABLE FREEHOLD PROPERTY,
Situate at SUMMEB-STBEET, BEAUTY BANK.
TO be SOLD by AUCTION, by Mr.
EDWARDS, on TUENDAT, the 28th of FEINCART,
1871, at the TALIioT HOTEL, STOOOOOlOO6,llt Six O'clock
in the Evening, and subject to Conditions then to be
prod uced,
All those Four well.buill FREEHOLD DWELLING-
901:SES situate in Summer-street, Stourbridge, afore-
said, having a frontage to the said Street of 50 feet 6
inches, with the El ewlaiuses, Pigstyes, Privies, Ashpits,
:iardens, Noir of excellent Water and Appurtenances
Ihereto belonging, now in the several occupations of
'island Jeffries, William Jennings, Ann Pearson, and
- homes Little, at Low Rentals, producing £27 Is 8d per
:suuttru, and containing in the whole 588 square yards.
To view the same, apply to tho respective Tenants;
snd for further information to Messrs. Freer and Perry,
.lolicitors, or the Auctioneer, all of Stourbridge.
EL,ORD HOUSE, WOLLASTON.
THE Above to be LET, with Immediste
.1 Possession, eonsisting of Drawing, Dining, Break.
Amt, and Four Bed Rooms, Stable, and Coeekhonse;
with good tiarden and Paddoek.—Apply on the Premises.
T. LET, "THE ROYAL OAK," Lieeased
BEEISHOHSE, at [limber IMIL apply to
emirs. Bernard said sing, Solieitors, Stourbridiglii
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-02-18

CRADLEY HEATH.

PROTESTANT REFORMATION SOCIETY.—A meeting was
held on Tuesday evening in the School-room at Iteddall
Hill, to hear a lecture from the Rev. M. Cro.e, 8.A.,
vicar of Newhall, near Burton-on-Trent. The Rev. F.
O. Clarke occupied the chair. The attendance was not
good.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-02-18

ST.CRBRIDOR.

Applicants to :Ante what and occupation they
are engaged in.

Addraw—National Steam Ship Company. Pamenger
Department, 23, Water•atreet, Liverpool.

WANTED, a Ormd Omen! SERVANT,
about 23 years old. A good ch tractor indispeu-
sable.—Apply. Mr. Clulee, Laurel Cottage, Lore Lane,
Bthurbridge.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-02-18

THE WAR.

FRANCE.

CAPITULATION OF BELFORT.

VERSAILLES, Thursday.
The capitulation of Belfort allows the garri-
son to withdraw with full military honours, and
the archives and armaments of the fortress to
the Cote d'Or and Jura.

MENOTTI GARIBALDI AND GENERAL
MANTEUFFEL.

BRUSSELS, Friday.

The I li.leptmience Beige says that Menotti
thiribaldi has written to Ceneral Manteuffel
stating that the Colours of the l;lst Regiment
were found under a pile of dead bodies.
. . . . . .

The Court of Appeal has given a decision in
the matter of the interned French prisoners.
The Court thinks that the measure taken by
the Minister of War tieing essentially a military
one, the civil jurisdiction is incompetent to in.
terfere. The I mbio,n,leaer ['dye severely criti-
cises this decision.

THE SEINE WAR CONTRIBUTION.
DIEPP6, Thursday Evening.
An application having been wade to the Em-
peror William, he has reduced the war contribu-
tion for the whole of the Seine Inferieure by
two-thirds. The Prnsgians receive the customs
dues.

WAR CONTRIBUTION AT BERNAY

11AVRE, Thlllrlidtty.

The PrnsAians have 4.vaeted 300,0041 franca at
Beruay, under a threat to bombard the town.

GERMAN PREPARATIONS FOR THE

RENE WA I. OF HOS TI LI TI ES.
The Germans vigorously continne to push on
preparations in view of a renewal of hostilities.
General Folkenstoin is named as the Gover-
nor of Paris should the Prussians oc copy it.

liNi.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-02-18

NEWS OF DR. LIVINGSTONE.

At the meeting of the Mtyal Geographical Society
held on Monday niyht, in the great hall of the Uni-
versity of London, Sir Henry llawlinson, who presided,
read extracts from a letter which had been received
at the Foreign Office from Mr. Churchill, the Enghat
political agent at Zanzibar. Mr. Churchill, writing on
the 18th of Nov.mber last, said :

"After a vast amount of delay that will appear unnecer
sary to those who are not acqualuted with the country I
have succeeded in sending dr to Dr. Livingstone a rein-
In of seven men, who have engaged to place
themselves at the disposal of the doctor as porters,
boatmen, A: , and • quantity of bead., clothes, and
provisions for his use. I am in hopes that these will
reach Till in the month of February but nothing
certain can be said &butt It. News was received shouts
month ago of the arrival at Unyanyembe, in June last, of
men and Is uppllom sent up in Oitober, lag, by Dr. Kirk.
Seven of the men had died of cholera, and the remainder
having consumed the provisions forwarded for them, had,
with the ai:vlce of the Governor of I .ayanyerube drawn upon
the supplies 1 whith they were the bearers for their sub-
tle...co The latest accounts from the interior state
that Dr. Livingstone after visiting a place called Menhir,
had uot returned to I jip."

Sir Henry It awlin-sOn said he Wa3 of opinion that if
Dr. Livinplone was enabled to reach Zanzibar in
Feb'nary he would be in England before the end of
the present session, and he hoped they would all have
the opportunity of welcoming him in that hall before
the end of June.

"VALENTINE v. GAMBETTA."
In the Vice Chancellor's Court, in London, on Tnerday, Mr.
°lame, q C , and Mr Leigh Pemberton moved ex pa rte on be.
half of the plairicfro, Valentin.•, Billing, and be.
Laurent, for an Interim order against M Leon Oambetta and
Menses. Morgan and Gooch under the following CUCUM-
stances :

M. Gainbetta, on behalf of the Governmentof National
Defence, had contracted with the plant ifs for the pur-
chase of a number of rifles and of twenty•tive batteries,
of six guns each, at a price of 6,000,004. ; half of the sum
was lodged with the defendants in London, and the
remainder was sent to America, where the guns were
to be procured. The Frcnch authorities, after laming
received about one-half of tne goods, have now re-
pudiated the contract, and the plaintiffs filed this bill
to attach the 3,000,000 f. iu the had of Messrs.
Morgan and Cu. to answer the breach.
His Honour made the order, with the usual under-
taking as to damage,.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-02-18

POSTAL TELEGRAPHS.

The Queen's Speech, at the opening of Parliament
last week, was transmitted by Postal Telegraph to
nearly 200 towns in the 'United Kingdom. The
Speech coitained 1 780 word.,—that is more than
double the number of words contained in the Speech of
1873. The transmission commenced immediately after
tbe commencement of the delivery of the Speech, at
2.19 p.m.
Opportunity was taken to test the powers of the
various instruments employed by the Post Office for
the transmission of messages. For the transmission to
Brighton, Southampton, Portsmouth, and some other
towns the Morse printing instrument was employes'.
The transmission to Ibighton was completed in 43
minutes, the transmission to Southampton in 45
minutes. The operators in these two cases were
women, and it is believed that the speed which they
attained of over 40 words per minute is the greasest
that has ever been obtained for an equal length of time
on the Morse printer.
As an experiment the Speech was transmitted to
Liverpool by the Hughes type printing instrument,
which prints its messages in ordinary Roman type.
The speed attained was between 36 and 37 words per
minute, and as in working this instrument abbrevia.
tions are not used, the speed may be considered fully
equal, if not superior, to the Morse, on which abbres
viations are used.

For the transmiesion to all the principal towns in
the country the Wheatatone automatic transmitter
was employed. Messages for transmission by this
instrument are punched out on a separate instrument.
the punched titian& being afterwards passed through
the transmitter. By the employment of additional
punchers at one end and additional writers out at the
other end, the preparation and writing out of the
message are made to keep pace with the transmission.

The- speed a4tained varied with the length and
quality of the wiree employed. The highest sped at.
tamed witafto Bradford, to which place the Speech was
sent at the rate of 94 words per minute.

The Speech, as transmitted by telegraph, was sold
in Newc sstle and Edinburgh at 3.45; in Dublin at
3.47; in Glasgow at 5.30; in Cork at 4; in Jersey,with
two transmissions, at 1 ; at Darlington, with two
transmissions, two minutes past 4; in Dundoe, with
two transmissions, at 4.20; in Belfast, with two
transmissions, at 4.28; in Inverness, with two trans.
missions, at 4,40 ; and in the Isle of Man, with two
transmissions, at 5 p.m.
The length of the riband punched for the Wheat-
stone transmitter was upwards of 111 yards for a
single copy of the message. This is the first occasion
on which a message of this kind has been transmitted
on the Wheatstone automatic instrument.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-02-18

ROWLEY RIIGIB.

ENDOWED SCHOOL.-011 Wednesday evening lad, •
Concert and Reading took place in the above school,
when a large audience was present ineluding the Bev. F.
J. Clarke and party, Mr. F. W. 0. Bern and party, Mr.
W. Bassin° and party, Mr. G. A. H. Best, Mr. J. Wood-
all and party, Mr. Taylor and party, and others. Th•
artistes ~ngsged were in their best humour, and the whole
the music was well rendered. Mrs. R. J. Bellamy, of
'the Birmingham TORE Rail Concerts, sang " Joyous
Life," and " Thsdy O'Flinn," with taste and erpreesion,
the latter being re-demanded. Mr. Outteridge (tenor)
also in his songs of " The Anchor's Weighed." and "Th.
Death of Nelson," displayed his artistic skill, and re-
ceived load encores. Mr. Felt (bass) too, wee mu-,h ap-
preciated in his songs of "The Desert," and "Meyer
mind the rest." At intervals several excellent readings
were given by Mr. I). C. Murray, whose powers of deli-
neation and delivery made him especially attractive.
His readings were loudly applauded, and several of them
re-demanded. Mr. Troman presided at the pianoforte,
and played two solos with great brilliancy. The scaredwee pleasingly successful, and the audience seemed to
greatly appreciate Mr. Trammell endeavours to relieve
the dull routine of their daily life.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-02-18

THE MASTERS OF THE MILLION.

(From Punch )

When LOUIS NAPOLEON such wisdom had shown
As, firstly, at S vasburg and then at Boulogne,
As some may remember that ere then were born
For a hair-brained pretender men laughed him to scorn.
But when, having first, upon Sttory's plain,
Ills soldiers with sausages bribed, and champagne.
Tney saw him high perched on an Emperor's throne,
They gave him great credit for brat. of his own.
Ile having an army his will to enforce,
They owned that he must be a great man, of course;
With trembling and fear they awaited his nod.
And weighed his lead words as the words of • god.
Slut after some blunders, when, making the last,
And greatest, down headlong he came no he oast;
lie seemed in their eyes, that had witnessed his tall,
Ta be no such very great man, alter all.
'Tie BISMARCK that now for • lion doth pass
With those who, not long ago, thought him an ass.
Ile holds Blood and Iron, they see, at command,
To work out the schemes which his genius has planned,
Whilst Iron Is ductile, and Blood will obey,
So long will be BISMARcK the man of his day;
Should Iron grow stubborn, Blood choose not to flow,
As lionArAltrE went, BISMARCK likewise may go.
Blood, spent, Iron help, to crush muscle and bone,
Commanded—but they have a will of thelr own.
Thy Chancellor's bidding to-day they attend—
New C.Esen of Germany—" Look to the Bud."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-02-18

TIIE LYE.

ANIMAL TREAT.—Tbe annual &liner and re•union of
the singers in connection with the Unitarian Chapel of
this place, was given on Monday evening last, at Mr.
Nebo Homer's, Lord Dudley's Arms. The whole of the
choir and • number of friends, sat down to a sumptuous
spread, through the kindness and liberality of T. H.
Pargeter, Esq., and which was placed on the table in an
excellent style by the worthy host. The chair was occu-
pied by Mr. Pargeter. the Rev. W. Cochrane and the Rev.
J. Kedwards being also present. Ample justice having
been done to the good things provided, the usual toasts
were given, and during the eveniug a number of recita-
tions, songs, and glees were well rendered by the choir,
and a pleasant evening was spent.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-02-18

BROTHER JONATHAN VERY KIND TO

THE FENIANS!

Nothing can exceed the kindness shown by the
Americans to the "exiled Fenians." The New York
Herald, after dencribing their public reception at the
City Hall by the Board of Aldermen and the sompli-
mentary speeches delivered on the occasion, says it is
understood that some of the various dramatic com-
panies performing in the city had volunteered their
serviues to give the exiles a grand testimonial at the
Academy of Music, when it wan expected that all the
exiles would be present. Honours, says the Herald,
are being showered thick and fast upon these exiles,
and tb e "Arabian Nights" itaelf cannot off ,rd a more
auriferous banquet than that which evidently awaits
them in every city of the 1/Mon. Political parties quarrel
about them, and great citieslike New York beseech them
to accept its hospitalities. Hardly had the e xi!es accepted
the hospitalities of the city of New York when a despatch
reached O'Donovan Roma from Washington stating that
General F. Butler had offered a resolution in the
House of Representatives offering the Feniane a wel-
come to the capital and a reception on the part of the
nation itself. Some of the Democratic members
kicked at this resolution, which was offsrsd rather
suddenly, and when a vote was taken it stood---ayes,
171 • nays, 21. 'God help thim twenty-one mimbers
of Congress whin they run for office agin ; they are
marked men, thim twenty-one fellows," remarked a
Fenian at Sweeny'a Hotel when he heard of the vote
in the House of Representative&