The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-07-16 00:00:00

BERLIN, July 12, Eveniug.

The Cross Gazette of today sap :

" The menacing utterances of the Duke de Gramont are
signs of a preconcerted plan, in which Spain Is made use of
as a pretext, whilst the real point is against Prussia and
Germany Is it not boundless arrogance to demand of Ger-
many that she should, for the sake of assisting the behest of
French policy, do gendarme,' service for the Prince of the
Aster'na against a German Prince who is of full age? Does
France claim is right to act as the guardian of neighbouring
nations ? If in, it Ia 'bele,s any more to speak of settled
peace, for its preseivarion would only remain a question of
time, which at any whoot may he broken" lire pap,
concludes thus:—" Winiever shall frivolously ho bent upon
quarrelling with us will Mid us ready for defence."
VIENNA, July 13
The maJoit yof the journals regard the vet booth g atti-
tude of Prussia isa the cause of the present endangered
situation of Maroon
The .hew Free Preet has great hopes in the efticacy of the
npdiation of Idigaini.
Too Prose quip Atlases with Prussia, and adviros Austria
alogqiutely to lab-lain from bolt g m sell up In the preterit
rl niculty. Tne paper Is totally opposed to an armed neu-
trality
The Tagerpresee is emphatically on the side of France.

The WORKING MEN'S INTERNATIONAL
EXHIBITION.
Tire follow;ng interesting account of Her Majesty's
visit it given in the Daily New :
Her hi desty paid a private visit on Monday morning to the
" Worginente Intyrtiatioeal Exothition at the Agricultural
Hall. Great exertions had been made in the endeavour to
get the whole f the goals which have arrived into their
plan E for the Queen's impectien but without avail ; for in-
du ling the large consignments which areexpected front South
America, Denmark and other countries,the articles which are
eam•pieueue by their absence ate atidasent in a clear majerity.
Attynt xv.nyt der, hie appear...ea was made. If the at rav-
ioli, uriseeh potion of lie exhiobion prove to be as good as
that which the royal vidtors—their It iyal Highnesses Pr ilt.
ces• es Louisa and Beatrice aceomparried the Queen—went
..tee with so much appal eat gratification, the m grant sett
he by far the best e xhibitiou of the kind that has been held
From an early hour the officials were besieged by importta
nate persoos promoting all sorts of claims for mintiest., the
wide, of which Weil perhaps that of a gentleman who was
most maims to se the Qaeen ache had known the Secre-
tary of the Exhibition when he was a troy! Each exhiltitor
notated to hate been allowed to attend on coiantion that he
reineined try the side of its cane; but as tt e Roy al cammana
that the visit was to Ile a strictly private one was imperative,
very few other person were admitted to the budding.
A holy of prime, under Inspector Wee., were drawn up
In the comity ant, and , little liefore vet that zealous officer
waited upon the secretary—who is, we believe, si eurneyman
jonmr—end ill ii allehtly formal manner, which Is possibly
the etiquette till 11.11,4:k:43in.. seat, " Well, sir, everything
rtaily mid ea ileliver her Ma) isty into your oh tree solely
inside the huilelieg " Although there merned something
of hmotigruity in this formula the llama of Great
Britain licing thus headed over as it were, with a
caution, as one might Intrust a very precious gem
to rough but honest keepieg—it wee eon apparent that
eve:. the Severcign cooed not have been in better keep.
Mg than that of these loyal workmen. It attar remarked that
there was the most respectfill end yet self-respeci; shoe u ig
denwahour on the p..rt ,if all those present which persons
who have kr ow o Royal pertonages tabs mobbed by genteel
crowds remember to have seen. The liow secretaries re-
ceived t,e lamer', and were graciouily allowed to accomp toy
her through the latileliag, anti point utt: the various objects
of more then ordinary interest,
The English portion of the show—comprising the contribu-
tions of some three than:mod exhibitora—appears to possess
touch interest. Exhibitors in Sheffield have sent a really ex.
eel:eat coil, dim of cutlery, comprising rat irs of mist
elate rate Mash, centip de peeekniie a with a hundred steel
leg. apiece, 111141 W....1ie,. travellers' knives, with to mauy
differtut ir.s•rinnents in the place where base" usually go,
that if wily a camp bedstead could have la en ingeniously let
betwee a the Lemnos ot eel them would he abutiat au out-
fit. If we nrialit in passing venture to express an 00111.3
upon the exquisitely fleished goods sent by Sir Shirley's
worepeople, we would put it to them whether these pot) -
gamma packet knit.ee are not rather a thisteke buoy the
embarrassment of riches in having to cut anything with a
twenty Mader
The fin it thing which strikes one In the English part r f the
hulloing is the small quantity, us conipared to what We 11111,1
It, eta used to seeltig at exhibitions, of machinery. Perhaps
there is much mare of this class of vxhtlnlis to come, but at
present there is not a salty imp-sing collection of wheels
mid soinelles; what th, re is, hi weyer, will be set its motion,
which is el wriys a ereat sautes of attraelion to visitor. We
understood that the Qistea Wee itruth intereeted in the Eng-
lish antl Irish callections Among the tatters weiking statue
of a BelfAst Imager, which, we were informed, was executed
by no amateur, a Mr al 'emery, was the most noticeable
work y.ero are several very beaatif ill specimens of inlaid
catrioet work, both la the English awl Italian collections.
Italy see me It lime entered into tie spirit of the Exhibition
with all her heart, And the beautiful articles of en t work-
manship which MI the large space allotted to her, would form
art ',wrest.* exhibithie in, theintelvee As it he, the Italian
Is decidedly the fairest department it would be invidious
to select one or two arthl-a for commendation where the
nmj -My appear to pursers to much merit, but it may
be meptioned that her Majesty Ilegered for some few
moments, with evalent enjoyment, to conteettlate au
imp' sieng.tookittg, likeezed, portrait of General Napier
at Magdala, the production of lell Italian artist, named
adenollo, who was presented to the ij wen and
graciously c implimented upon his work. The majolica ware
In tie Italian Court was alto at' ottivtly exam'. d by her
Meanly, who returned to that it nit of the builditig after
viatirg the rest : euchre the sec ind visit the merits of an
inventien for fixing the colour; iit paintings were discusged
by the Priceesses and POMO of the gentlemen of the Italian
Com MIPOIOII, who ruled their Royal Higtinessea' attention to
it Neat to Italy, Miliaria imams to have most heartily ac-
erp.ol the English worktpen's invitation. Tim members of
the I) itch Royal Commission, with there sent by King Victor
61,nrut.tel, etc totted the Queen throw h the hall. awl drew
her Slejtery's attention to the moat Wiliam oaje As among
their coutitrymeras exhibits, whtch consists chlelly of works
of art, upholstery, cabinet mak.ng, sac
France and the United States are scarcely represented at
all. Pringle, Austria, snit Belaiarn have talh sent several
eases, nut it will be inipoisible to form MO 00111.-11 upon the
relative merits of any one country to the either till est -
thing is in its place The ga'lery Walls are devoted to
pica uree, hig owlrig to the backward state of the prepares, ion.
upstater, the royal party corifined their visit to the ground-
Mior. The preponteraace of art we, kmartatap—e pecially in
the Halle., kin Is of don.e Ale furniture—gives the exhhition
a ge,ii rally tasteful sppearierce, which contrasts favourably
web all which have g rae I efore. Considering tint we at ein
July, we thiak the con ntittee Might have Mine a good
deal with ft were. la.apery, too, seemed rather
scantly; would Srl t the Government, which has
help ti the committee so much already, lend s ;me
flog,? We remetneer travelihm to the Paris Exhibition its
the cempaay of an Adutlralty Oltlciel who had no end of
.loves Intl of U. ton Jieks in chargt—we presume they have
come back again There will be Wendy of music, for in
adeltion to n large organ which is being fitted nit, there are
Pontoons prowls on eTlah;lit/11, end a peal of b lit in Otte of
the it sheers s of such power that we ye nture to remind the
gent' em in who en' teak. i her Majesty with them on Mon-
day th P. a little of their melody goes an astonishingly long
way, roof should always ire taken nest, as the notes of the
mon do not bleed with ito completely as he front his
realieti position might holed to a repose There are men
among the working classes who understand music, and, ten--
hap', they may not like to stand hetweeo tee loud lustre-
nerds paying tiff( -rent tunes.
The Queen graciously declared that the visit had given her
n u dv pleasure, and a tildes the Committee complete success,
retired ere r Rhea an hour had been spent in the progress
throtigh the show.
There were marl netireable s'ands, in addition to those
we have m .titi• toed, which her alejeqy hone ured by stop-
ping at aml malaria hemlines, which were answered by the
exhibitors themselves, ay the Hon. Aeberein Herbert, or by
Mr. Peterson ; among these vs rementh ir a very beantt-
ful oh air, in gold anti blue stile, designed by Mr.
La 'raft, a Your...yenta whe attended her Majesty
round the building 'this chair is the property of
Mess', Hampton and Sons Messrs. Peyton arid Peyton,
the Birmie g kam firm, which introdu mit the co-operative
system . I sharing all profits not a stipulated percentage on
their twpital with their workmen, have allowed one of their
foremen, neared Jams., to exhrbit a very handsome bed-
stead of his design, which seems to he the perfectlein of iron
ornalrentation. In at' mitring articles to Otis Exhibition, the
Gimmittee have very properly iiisiated upon two things—
first, pennission to publish the names et the work-
men who have actual; produce I them; secondly, the
attalarnent of a eertalu standard of excelletce In the
case of amateurs who have entangled their work for
ap-
pronal. Those well.knowd ridiculous toe, which are only a
mark for be. ging—mch as wonderful water-wheels which
work ellen a halfpenoy Is dr•ppel into teem, etc., ete—have
been sternly kept ont, although we hear that the Contmittee
have hail some hard battles to fight wit haundry pmaistent folk.
One eentimpan nearly worried the secretary into an illness by
intploriag liim to eIIOW a pia in spirits, w lb eight, or some
other outrageous lumber of legs, to t e exhibited eta charge
of an extra halfpenny a peep, for the benefit of a widow of
his a qualtitence. Sir It puerilities as these which have
apaeared in some other exhibitions, have, the Committee
declare, conveyed an ultoaether erroue us Lotion to the
members of the well-to do clauses of the general habits, ideas,
and aspirations of workiiig men.
lire formal opening el the Exhibition on Saturday next la
likely to be a very brilliaot ceremony. Besides the Petrie°
of Wales, who well preside, a lung list 13 given of eminent
personages who ate expected to he pre scut, and the proceed-
in es will, doubtless, be f ull of Interest. We have heard whispers
among the eaiilhntoea to the effect that the Committee—
doubtless with a laudable satiety to make the undettaking
pay—are allowing slant ml a niggardly Weft in deal-
ings with its clients. We refer more perticularly to the
matter of free entree. ces. There should be no attempt at
either muzzling or keeping nut pi ti eir stable the oxen who
trend out the corn—begging the exhitiltors pardon for the
simile, Wa trust that the intercommunication between the
working men of different nations winch such shoos as these
tend to bring ehent. Wlll str...og, hen the tvn.lo of
es apathy, whioh should utrite ma-nkind, perpetual peace,
and increase the mon of human hsprtiness The rich of different
lands have froment opportunities of travel, are already
somewhat acuttair.ted with each other.; perhaps these
international shows will help to bring the poor together.
Vie ate assured that such is the hope of the working men
who received the Queen en Monday, and we congratulate
them upon the work they have dune and their prospects of
titian success.