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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-04-16

THE MURDERER RUTTERFORD.

With reference to the case of James Rutterford,
now under sentence of death in the prison of Bury Bt.
Edmund's, we are authorized to state that Mr. Bruce,
not having the power to give effect to the sentence by
any but tfig ordinary means, and finding by the follow-
ing report Trom s Board of medical gentlemen that the
risk of a very revolting spectacle was imminent, had
no alternative but to reprieve the convict

" County Gaol, Bury Si. Edmund's, April 8, 1870.
"We. the undersigned, John Kilner and Thomas Coe, two
duly qualified medical practitioners, being duly appointed
by James Johnstone Bevan, Kt.,' , Visiting Justice of the said
gaol, in pursuance of a letter from Mr. Secretary Bruce,
bearing data the ills day of April inst., have, together with
Dr. Macrigh, the surgeon to the gaol, proceeded to examine
James Rutterford, a prisoner now lying under sentence o
death, and the cicatrix which he has in his neck, do hereby
report that, In oar opinion, he cannot be hanged by the
ordinary mean., for, to secure against the risk of failure and
a prolongation of suffering, It vial be necessery to use very
considerable and unusual amount of constricting force
before the rope can he adjusted in such a manner as to
sustain the weight of the pnisoner's body.
Signed),
"JOHN KILNSR, F.R.O S. Eng., dn.,
"Tubs COE, F K C S. Eng.. &a.,
"RoBEHT MACSAB, Si D., I.E. C.S. Rd."
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-09-03

GERMAN PROTEST AGAINST FOREIGN
INTERVENTION.

BERLIN, Amend St

_ ....
A meeting WM behi yesterday of IWO g men if all parth a,
convened by the hood burgomaster, Or, Seyllel, awl the
It put es Or. Loewe and Herr von Unruh. The matting
unanimously r tsolvcd to appeal to the G 'anion people to
sign an at'dress to the King evpresaing a: prehetaions at the
rep 'its current of ,ttreten intervention being engaged iii
diminish tie the fri.its of the contest, and declaring that the
demands to be raised by Germany for her fu are welfare
must iu demanded by Germany alone. Toe people renew
tome vow loyally to persevere until the wisdom of the King.
excluding all foreign Intervention, shall ree,t., a state of
affairs which shall guarantee better than formerly the peace-
ful conduct of the ueighb 'tiring people, establish the unity
and let edom of the whole German Empire, and secure
Germany against all attack.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-09-03

THE GARDES MOBILES.
PAN, Thnrgday.

The Qtricia/ ./oiresa/ to-day pliblishes a decree
of the Minister of War, ordering 100,000 Gerdes
Mobiles from the departments to take part in the
defence of Paris.

It is believed that all the members of the
Corp 4 Diplomatique have decided to remain in
Paris even in the event of :11 siege, nor will the
Empress leave the city.

GREAT BATTLE AT SEDAN.
IMMENSE SLAUOHTER.

DES4PATCH OF THE KING OF PRUSSIA
TO THE QUEEN.
On the battle-field of Sedan, September Ist,
4.15 p.m.
The King, to Her Majesty Queen Agusta, in
Since 7-36 this morning, a battle victoriously
progressing, is taking place round Sedan.
The Royal Gitards, the 4th, sth, 11th, and
12th Army Corps, and the Bavarian Corps are
engaged.
The enemy has been drived back into the
town.

PARIS, Thurs4lay.

No official news published to-day.
The I'mple Fronmis states that MacMahon's
rear-gnard, under General de Flay, was at-
tacked by Prussian troops of the Royal Guard
on Tuesday. .

The resillt W 11,4 favonrable to the latter,
though with heavy losses.
It is stated that Able-Motion assumed the of.
fensice yesterday, destroying the Prussian left
wing, and forced the Crow Prince to fall Niel:
anon Clermont.

FREN(H OFFICIAL ACCOUNT.)

PARIS, Friday

'The ()ilici,rl .hrrrooil says despatches received
front Beleium, announce a series of engagements
between Marll,,lion and The enemy on the ttoth
August.

The French on leaving the heights were at•
tacked, and at first retreated, hot subsegnently
assumed the offensive.
Both sides suffered severely.
The French re-passel the "lortse.
Moitzon wea beret by the I'm:shuts, and a
portion. of the inhahitantg.hilled. _ .

On the nit, the Prussians resumed the at-
tack, on the left bank of the Meuse, anil are be.
ing drawn into a hole, between Sedan and the
river banks._

General Ulrich says, notwithstanding the
bombardment of Straidnirg, be will reaist every
attack.

FIVE VT LLA GES DESTROY ED.
Ileussitts, Friday.
The Ithlipendance Beige publishes a telegram
dated Bouillon, Thursday, Mating that a try-
menduous and evidently decisive battle com-
menced at 5 o'clock that morning.
The result not yet decided.
Tie JP:nisi ins o:.:opied the Ch ipnl of Giv•
On C.
Villages of Bazeille, khmlan, Reinilly, Willer,
and Stormy, aro in Ramos.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-09-03

they wall conaply oily the gradsude of • grateful people
whose star is decidedly in the ascendant Send an)ttung
and everything, but eel at they want here most of all la
blanket. and oilcloth. So every one has told me, frcm the
ch I ef s o f the committee downwards, and let them nen d blankets
quickly, for each hour of delay cost valuable live., and,
as the Germans ray, they have no such blankets in Germany
as We cot make In Social d Or Sandwith, of K.rs, who In
here sea hum telegraphed to-day to the Go, don Central
Comtui tee for 2,000 of item, and, as many are wanted to the
front, thoutauda more will be all too few.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-09-03

IHE BOMBARDMENT CF STRASBURG.

CARLSREICR, Aug. 29 Eveulrg.
The Official Carlsruhe Ga:ette containa the fol.
!owing :
tie Iffehep of Strasburg has made an attempt M media-
tion. lis came from Strasburg to schthighelm, where the
haden Staff Commander, Lieuteuant-Colonel Lemiusky, con-
ferred with him.

The Bishop antneri that the bombardment was contrary
to the neartes of warfare. Thla was denied, and he then
asked that the inhnhitants of strastnow should be allowed to
leave the town. This request was refused, and the H shop
finally asked f., an armistice of twenty-four hours, which
was agreed to on condi*. that after the lapse of an
hoer the Governor .1 Strasburg shluld announce a de-
sire to negotiate. Ihe Governor was at the lame time re-
Verged to take ante that preparations for attackirg the
town would he cdntitmed Os Lieutenant Colonel Leesinsky'a
return, altht ugh he himself carried • II ut of truce, a regular
Ole fire was opened upon him, and the flag was riddled %his
bullets.

" The attempt at mediation wort unsnecesst nl, and the hom.
bardment was continued with slight intermionons. Guns of
heavy calibre are DOW brought into position."

SUFFERINGS OF THE INHABITANTS.
FAA:NEPA:T., Monday night.
Greet damoge has been done to straeburg. The prir Opal
street Is in ruin*. One of the shells fell on the roof, f the
esti:odic girls school Seven ware killed AT d four It Jared.
The people &siring to surrender, the Bishop of the city
propaed an gro.istice, hut the terms were declared Mad.
miisible. The Germin Lieutenant Colonel, with a dig of
trace,.,, 'red npon The bombardment was then renewed
with ii: creased vigour and with heavier guns. The fall of
the city Is imminent.

CAP LSRCHE. Angnl3 30.

.
Several of the Inhab'tants of S:rashorg who have just
escaped from that city state that dreadful 'dieting prevails
there. Sloss or the people spend their nights in the cellars.
Potatoes are :21 franca a pound. Other things are in propos,
tine. Iforsefissh is the only meat that can be obtained.
General [Trish declares that he will not surrender the
town Until It is a heap of ashes. The inhabi-
tants are beseeching him to stake terms Meanwhole
the herelging force is bettor tacreGed. and its losses still con-
tuse to be slight One hummed sixty.pounders have been
plsc-d In position. Toe Cathedral is sightly injured. Tor-
rents of rain have been falling for several days.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-09-03

is prepared from Rica, the Staple Food of more than Three Hundred Millions
(300,000,000) of People, and is unequalled for Blanc-Mange, Custards, Puddings,
Cakes, Soups, &e., and ij the mot wholrome and easily digestible Food for Children
and Invalids.

71stimonia1 from EDWIN LA:s.TICESTER, M.D., F.R.S.
" Rice-flour IA Corn-Flour, and I regal,' this preparation of Messrs. CoritsN's es superior to
anything of the kiwi now before the public."

7% el inumial
.from ART/TI7R RILL HASSALL, M.D.

_
I find it to he perfeetly pure and most carefully manufactured it forme an exceedingly
iiveetible and wholePeme article of diet."

Testimonial
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"I hese never tasted anything of the kind more arree:l,-1-;:i—n-flal-r or .r) easily digeetible
Retailed by Family Grocers and Druggists, and Wholesale by
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-09-03

GENERAL NEWS.

Press Assoeidtbm Telegrams..
FRIDAY.
BRECON ELECTION PETITION.

The Brecon election petition, requiring the
petitioners to furnish particulars of the alleged
liribcry, with the names iif the parties, within
thine days of the trial, which is fixed for the
14th.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-09-03

THE PROVISIONING OF PARIS.

Within three days r f last week, recording to the
Breads papers, there entered the city from surround-
ing dieiricts 150.000 sheep, 40000 pigs, 25 000 oxen,
and a large but unascertained number of calvi s. These
animals were driven into the Bois de Boulogne. The
sheep are tended by shepherds, but the oxen, to the
riumbrr of 10,0(0 or 12,000, wander freely through the
verdant allot sof the wood. The Times Correspondent
gives the following account of the collection of
animals
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-09-03

VERY KIND OF THEM!

Dr. Angell tells • good story f French wit and Friisslan
practicality. There Is •grest tobacco manufactory In Nancy,
on which the Prussians docended ith irrehbtable flan.
Chars and tobacco, which they consider • necessary of life,
were seized at once, and all that was nseled to be done was
to carry the treasure elf The director made his bow, took,
perhap., a pinch of snuff, and said with a bow, " Appa-
rently, M to Colonel has forgotten something ?" " What ?"
•• There in • quantity of toner,,, in leaf wbach be has not
been good enough to notice Will he net ktn,ily take eharee
of it ?" " Oh, dear no " said the Prussian ; "Oct to a ork at
nice and manufacture it. We will pay the workpeople."
" le!"

'lithe Prince Imperial, whose presence with the army
does not entidi upon him any very 'arduous duty beyond that
involved In consteutly escapteg with it wherever it pee. tats
advantage of the leisure mom: lite he must find on his hands
at the different towns honoured by his presence to read up
their history and that of the eminent names connected wills
them, he will gibe much Inforo ation during the present
campaign wh'ch may be useful to him hereafter, At Rheims
he doubtless studied the eveni fel Caere. of Clovis, who was
there baptised, and of Philip Augustus and hi. naceemors,
who were all crowned there uotti the Revolution of 1831,
with the exception of Henry IV., Napoleon 1., and
L uls XVIII. At Medan, where it is stated he arrived on
Smalley, he cannot no better than thoroughly 'get up'
Tureidie, whose monomer t he will one la the sown, and who
was born at that place If th at great general could return
for a P rtalight and se by vee Emperor and the Prince
Imperial as acted by Louis XIV. In 1667, and give th-rn •
few lesion], In the alt of war, he would earn their ever.
lasting gratitude, and might command his own terms fur
the tultion."—Pall On. Ife.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-09-03

THE WAR.

FARIS. August 29,

It Il °Moistly announced that the subset-1.01o; to the
National Loan amount to 807,30,000., thereby exceeding the
amount demanded.
DEFENCE OF PARIS.
An order of the Inio I. pd author Pies ctells upon the In-
habitants to lay in all p noble atores f previsions sundial
the siege in or to leave Parts If not capable of
facing the enemy.
A pro.•ll,.mation rf General Trochn which was placarded
lest night, orders every inhabitant, not being a French
select by natorglitatton, or belonging by birth to countries
actually at war with Fran,e, to quit Paris end he Impact-
meet of the St lee within three days, and either leave France
or withdraw to the other side of the I, ire.
Every foreigner, not coxforrning with the above order, or
neglecting to obtain • special authorisation for We further
Ma, in Parte, will be arrested and handed over to the Mili-
tary Tribunals.

RECEPTION OF TROPHIES AT BERLIN.

tERLIN, August 28, 5 p
There we. great cuhlic entry of cAptureil trophies of
war to-day at twelve o'clock, emulating of iour
23 pieces of cannon, and one eagle. The weather was bright,
the crowd gnat, and the Queen came in to the balcony of
the P.. lace to rev: ive the pu AIL, Congratulations The trophies
were taken in triumph to the Lustgarten, amid much public
rejoicing. _ _

„.
A telegram, dated Berlin, August 28, stating that ” two
German armies are marching ou Paris, 220,000 strong,"
adds A portion of the army opposite Metz la to follow
them as lon as relieved by the Reserve Army of the Rhine,
under the Grai,d Duke ci Mecklenburg."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-09-03

THE RECENT TRAREDY AT BATH.

Mini Kate Prankerd. the young lady who was shot
at by her fatht r ( who after shooting his eldest :laughter
dead went upstairs and c immitted suicide by drinking
pruseic acid), has been removed from the house of the
Rev. Mr. Way, whither she escaped, shot and bleed-
ing, from ter father's schoolroom, and she is now lying
at the Bath Hi vital. Her symptoms for some days
after the tragedy were not so favourable, but hopes are
now entertained of her ultimate recovery. The pistol
with which the young ladies were shot, and wtich so
mysteriously disappeared, has been found hidden in a
secret compartment of an old bureau in the late Mr.
Prankerd's bedroom, where he must have placed it,
returning it into its leathern case, before he delibe-
rately drank the prussic acid which caused his own
death. It was • five-chambered Colt's revolver, of
the original kind, and one of the barrels remained
charged ash- n found, thus confirming the evidence
given at the Coroner's inquest that four shots were
fired. Some conical bullets were also found in the
bureau, the bullet found in the revolver being also of
the 8 sme sort. The tees, I and bottle which had eons
tained the prussic acid with wh:ch the father corn.
mitteil self-destruction, it in a remarkable fact, have
not yet been found, though the servant girl, Ellen
Davis, positively stated that on the morning of the oc-
currence she noticed two small phials wrapped in white
paper, standing on the mantel-piece of her master's
bedroom. A white handkerchief was found in Mr.
Prankerd's pocket, perforated in five placee, evidently
hy shot, the edges of the holes being slightly scorched.
The theory is that the murderer' to c enceal his object
from his daughters, and prevent him from carrying it
our, held the handkerchief doubled up before the
11,,ZZ0 of the pistol, the bullet thus passing through it.
Upwards of £4O, • large quantity of clothing, and
some valuable plate, were band in Mr. Prankerd's
bedroom, and there were no indications of penury
having at all contributed as a cause of so terrible a
crime. It is said that the daughter, thirteen ytass of
age, whose whereabouts, after being taken away from
home by her father, r, mained uiiknowu, has been as-
certained to be in a place of safety at. Bristol, where
she will remain for the present.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-09-03

A PERTINENT QUERY.

Mr. J. W. Winger, writing to The Times, en.
quiree.
~,

'Con it Ito
peisible that oar Government will allow the ex-
port to France of 40,100 nil., Ohet. our own Army, Militia,
and Volunteers are deatiti.te of an tace:lVe weapon? And
is it to he said of our country that at the time we were rend-
ing lint, & we wire also anthill; weapons t inflict the
stoned, with?

LI reply to the above, "America" writes to The
Times

Having just retnriud fr rn Paris, I am authorised to cur.
rest an error eons impression as rege .1 to the " 40,0e0
clam" mentioned by the Minister of War as having been
bought in &Inlaid. The Minister alluded eLeply to the
completion id a curtain contract. France has now all the
arms required.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-09-03

gocal 'club istrict goys.

BOARD OF OUARDIANS.

The weekly meeting of this Board was h,ii
yesterday; Mr. Brookes in the chair. There
were also present :—Messrs. Wood, Fereda v.
Griffin, Higgs, Homes, I'. Pargeter, Paski
Powell,Bhodes, Willinson, and Wright. Mi.
ted into
.the, house during the week,
. .

discharged, 33; remaining, —370. Corres'im
ing ueek last year, 421. Out-door relief, Ki
swinford district, £4B 13s 2d; Stourbridge
trict, £25 8s Id ; lialesowen district, £24
'2d; total, .292 15s sd, against £92 Us Cti
year. . . . .

Some discussion took place in reference to
alleged 1111/SIAIICO at Wordsley, nod a commit
WAS appointed to visit the place.
The Clerk read the following letter :
" Stourbridge, August 27,
" Dear Sir,—My attention has been calle
a communication made to the Onardians, by
Stuart, affecting myself. I should feel ob.,
by your furnishing is with a copy of
Stitart's letter, slid of its enclosure. 1 pre:!,
that as the matter bas been so much canves:.,
in public the Guardians will not object, if n,•••, 4
sary for the vindication of my character, I :
publicly, or otherwise, the part which I per ~.•
ally took in the course of the recent coalmatcis
appeal.
" Yours truly,
" G. l'Enny
The Clerk was directed to furnish Mr. T4try
with a copy of the resolutions.

DEATH OF MR. JOHN HUNT.—It IS Oar pain-
ful duty this week to record thadeath of Mr.
John Hunt, of Pedmore Hail, after a very short
illness. Mr. Hunt was well known and highly
respected throughout the county, and was one of
the Magisl.rates for ti kii viion lie was rl n,•11
re,peeted and ',cloy, tinhi g own perish, '
his loss will be felt by many persons, who
in the habit of receiving his sets of kindne..
THE WOUNDED IN WAR.— Local efforts are
being made to further the objects of the Nati,nal
Society for Aid to the sick cud Wounded in War,
and on Monday afternoon a meeting to organise
joint action in tie matter was held at the Me-
ellinies. !Inc itute. l'optaiti Walker occapied
the chair. Me explained the purpose o the
meeting, and it well suggested that a [Odic
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-09-03

THE GERMANS AT CHALON%

The following is the text of the proclamation issued by
the Mahe of Chain., which be, been so severely condemned
to the Cora Legblatif To the Citizens or Chalone
lh neaten troot a may at say motatiV, arrive at our gates. We
have not in Chalons any means of arresting, nor eveu of re-
traiiing. their march. We beseech our fellow citizens to re-
strain their tatriotic and wounded feeling., and to avoid all
kinds of hostile acts. NA only would such acts be without
useful result, lot they might produce serious misfortimes to
the monuments tiotir rite to our homes and families—The
Metre of Chalons. EUGENE

WHAT THE FRENCH MD 1N 1814.

When Napoleon the First was contending in 1910 against
the Allied Armies, him force, whlet peif mued achievements
uneurpaased ly any he had bet ,re led, consisted of wily a
few thousand raw and insufiLiently armed conscript.. Tie
xth Corps, led by 3lairmont, between the Ist of Januar,
and 30th of Mara h was engaged with the enemy no le=s than
sixty-seven time. in ninety days. Marmont himself was
crippled by wounds he had received In Spain, and on three
occasions hal to rekcue himself by charging in person at the
bead of a few of his followers, holding his ealee wiih the
three flngere left for service on his sound arm. We should
remember these facts before we look upon the present state
of affairs In France as hopelem Frenchmen may have
regent rated during the tart half century, but if they preserve
one tp ark ot the energy and gallantry possessed by their
grandfathers. the Prussians will not find the gates of Faris
thrown open to receive them.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-09-03

BOLD/ER.B PLUNDERING.

The feet that French soldiers had plundered their own
Stores has already been mentioned. The cerresporident of
the Sso.:/e Ivrea the following I et,IL, —(in %%Wm slay even-
ing for inure than two burn he railway station here was
pillaged by three Cr tour Inn sired wags era teem the corps
of General On Is lly, many of hem belonging to the artillery.
Ths y fractured or opened 150 goods was gono • and threw out
on the 1i.,,, at the sink • I accident., barrels of wine and
gunpowder, cartridges, shot, eel], biscuits balsa of clothing,
ci if-c, ailments, and other provisions These they sold to
buckAers who waited outside. Among otter articles was •
past of the Eirpetor'a b iggage. Ilia .heet's went for tons
tous each; loaves t.f sug.er brought 50 centimea only, and
bales of coffee 1 franc. This destruction and waste of pro-
perty was disgraceful. The railway servants atta, Cent these
brigands with sticks, but were in turn pelted with cartridges.
About fifty of the plunderers were, however, arrested, and
tort) of them are soldiers."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-09-03

A FRENCH VILLAGE STORMED.
(GER)iAN ACCOUNT )
GRAND URE, Angust 30.

The village of Vrlzy, situated between ousters ard At-
tiguy. which was °coupled by French infantry, chiefly Turoos,
was yeaterday stormed end captured by two squadrons of
Prussian boom'u Ihe village lies high, and I. a strong posi-
tion The defending force were Viken prism:era. Two officers
of the general staff of Marshal Maellahou were brought In
ly this. Uhlans of the Guard.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-09-03

Per Sib. to eluk the Offs/

s. d a. d s. 4 a 4.
Infer. come heads 8 6 4 2 Prlm• Southdown 6 4 6
AecoMt quality .... 441 8 Large coarse calves 844
Prime large ovm.. 4 10 5 4 PrMle small
Prime Scots, d-c .. 6 4 5 8 Larva hogs 4 2 6
Inter coarse abeep 3 6310 Neat email porkers 6 4 6
Second quality 310 4 6 Suckling calves 20 0 -26
Pr. coerce woolled 4 6 5 2 Qr. old at...re pige 20 ti 26
Lambs. 6s. 104. to 6s. 64.
METROPOLITAN MEAT IfARRICT.-11011DAT.
The market I as been moderately supplied with meat. The
trade has been quiet, at ahout,late rates.

. -
Per Sib, by the carcase.
a d d d. e. 4.
Inferior beef ...... 5 0 3 b Inferior mutton .. 5 4 4 0
Middling ditto .... 3 S 4 0 Middling di t 0.... 4 0 4 10
Prime lame ditto .. 4 24 4 Prime ditto 6 (5 4
Prime small ditto.. 4 6 4 8 Large pork ..... 4 0 5 4
Veal ........ ...... 4 0 5 0 Small pork ...... 40 6 4
..... 64. 6,1. to to. 001.

POTAroxB.
The...markets have heels moderately supplied with potatoes.
The trade has horn rather firmer, at full prlct&
skews, tOt to hot. Regent., hue to 110 s.
BOPS.

The hop market Is still quiet, buyers appearing dealrone of
suspending operatt•ns until the feeult of picking is more
deflui•ely known. Several new samples have been forwarded
to market, kw: they have been of varlaide quality, and are
not considered as fair • .mples of the crop. Irregular prices
have been obtained for them. Mid and Lest Kent% Lti 6. to
£5 9*, Weeles, £5lO LA 10$.; Sussex, 8.4 Si. to £8 lus. ; have-
rises £5 Si. CO ; French, £4 Ins, to eid. ; Americana, £2 Si.
ti£3 lbs.; and learlinaa, LI ss. to £2 10. per cwt.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-09-03

FREE OF EXPENSE.

DITIDENDS from 10 to SO PER CENT.
For Particulars see Mackenzie & Co.'. Circular for June.
RAILWAYS AND MlNES.—Capitalisto who
reek safe and profitable investments, free from
risk, should act only upon the soundest information.
The market prices for the day are for the most part
governed by the immediate supply and demand and the
operations of speculators, without reference to their:trio
ide merits of the property. Railways depend upon the
traffic, expenditure, and capital account., the probabili-
ties of alliance or competition with neighbouring com•
panic., the creation of new shares, the state of the
money market as affecting tbe renewal of debentures,
and iitier coreiderations founded on date to olrich those
only ten have access who to special alit Llloo to the
subject. Mines afford • wider range for profit than any
other public securities. Ike best are free from debt,
have large reserves, and pay dividends hi-monthly or
quarterly, varying from £lO, £l5, to ISO par cent, per
annum. Instances frequently occur or ye...a mines ru-
ing in velem 400 to 500 per cent. Mews. Mackenzie and
Co. devote special attention to Railways and Miner,
afford every information to capitelista, and effect pur-
chases and sales upon the beat poinable terms. Thirty
years' experience in mining pursuits justifies them in
offering advice to the uninitiated in selecting mium for
investment. Dealers at close market prices in Tele-
graphs, Railway a, Insurance, Endo, Canals, Hotels,
Mines (home and abroad), Steion.aliipa, tkc., together
with every other description of Stocks, Bought or Sold
for Cash or fortnightly settlement.
IMPORTANT INNORMAI lON, with rigard to two
Concerns, whereby • large premium way be r(olised will
be forwarded on application to Messrs. MACKENZIE
said CO., SHARK BROKERS, 3 Winchester Buildings, Old
Broad-street, London, N.C.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-09-03

WOOL.

The tone of the wool market has been rather e'ronser.
Business, however, has been still on a very moderate led's,
bit less disporltlos to press sales has been shown, and i rices
have acquir.d a litriehlrg tenths, cy. The imp,itt Into Lon-
don last week c.onsls'ed 01 1,2 2 bales from Port Philip, 2 73.5
from Sydney, and 1 543 hales from the Cape Current price*
of English wool—Fleeces: Southdown hotfoots, lid. tole ;
half-bred ditto, la 2.01 to is. 3d.; Kent flee.-wa Is. lid.
to la 21. Southdown ewes sod wethers, lid to Ild ;
Leicester dtto, Is Li. to Is. lid. &Alta : Clothing, Is. to
is. Sid. roinlllog, Ild, tO la Bd.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-09-03

VALUABLE FREEHOLD PROPERTY,
lINVILLE-STREET, STOURBRIDGE.

TO be SOLD by PRIVATE CONTRACT,
all that genteel RESIDENCE, situate in Enville.
street, Btourbridge, now in the occupation of Mr. lie,
Builder, comprising Front Drawing Room, Sitting
Room, Four excellent Chambers, W.C., large ,Kitchen
(with Cihus Verandah), good Cellars, and Soft Water
Cistern. The Outbuildings coinfrise large Stable, Coach-
house, and the commodious BUILDERS' SHOP,
BM. 6in. by Oft. The above Premises are very snb-
stentially erected, have been fitted up regardless of
expense, and are now in excellent repair. The Land,
including the site of the Buildings, contains an area of
675 square yard..
Alto, all that compact FREEHOLD ALE and WINE
STORES, known by the name of the " Biusrox
!dross.," situate in Enville-street, Stourbridge, ad-
joining the House and Premises now occupied by Mr.
lie, Builder. The House and Premise. comprise •
Front Shop, Ifift. by 16ft.; Bar-parlour, a good Room
over, now used as an American Bowling Alley; Water
Closet, Cellar, large Store Room, Piggeries, capital
Yard, enclosed with a good Sin. wall, and now in the
occupation of Mr. J. Davis',.
For further Particulars, apply at the offices of Mr.
Joseph Stokes, Solicitor; or to Mr. He.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-09-03

ARCHBISHOP MANNING ON THE WAR.

The foll -.wing letter from Arcnuich. p Manning was
reel on Snoot,y "a", ev•-re Moe in the courchee and
chapelsv f the diatom of Weetininster :"--
['he terrib'e Woodshed wlrrh has marked alm at every
day to tilts monlh of Argot gives but little represtntraion of
the profoilmi and wide-,.pread agonies of the It) leg, the
wounded, mei the ties-data homes of the two noble nations of
France and Gerniauy. we bare no past in the pditics or
the diplomacy .1 this question,* but, as Chrisiimv, we cannot
but be moved by an it exprmsible compassion at sulterimiaso
vain, which JAI alike upon the strong and upon t:.e weak,
spa those who cv lon Mot up at the field 4 f ha' tie. and
upoi thou who at a dirt-nice are mourning sod pr ling for
ton m. Every Chtis.lan beam moat desire the ctssation of
thia terrific carnage. Ydi will, Ito very earnedly jots
1,, prayer to tire Sacred Hein of our DiV:re I. rd, 'het lie
mly give peace to natio, an clotely utd'ed with unit chatty
and neighbourhood. With this intention, I have sire tily,
on tile 3rd of thy month, trected that tie prayerb for peace
to sail It the Ma-i ; end I now request thee, Immeditee y
after ;he receipt of this let er cii tired hitcher )ou
sill si alter every Mass pw.lic or private, and aft. r event
hem dic'lon, once the Oc.r FAlter and tttrkettmei'itesellatl
Mary with the tame luteutiou."

FAT NI VN'S (Itax-Bsite.—Toere was a feast of
fat men at Norwalk, Connecticut, on the 4 h...f Aiiguse.
No one WWI admiti,td who Out not turn the ecol- at
200th. Ninety persons came no to the Rtat,dard.
Their aggregate weight was 21,1811 b. The weightiest
man was from New York ; his counterpoise was 31211.
The combined weight of C. W. Bradley, wife, and w
was 7001 b.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-09-03

AN ATTACK ON A RAILWAT TRAIN.

Some of the French papers de callus an at,rolt made on
Friday on the train from Tto)es to Faris. as, flr after it
had tell Payne nee uhlans emerged from a thicket, and five
shots were fired at the 'river, but misted trill The train was
full of women and children who were being sent into tte
provinces free from the invader, and tears and cries rent the
air. The thine immediately intake.' the train, and, la mist-
ing on the toped a carriage, waved • mu flag in order that the
,rti :tale at Troyes might direr to obstacle to its progress. on
its return to that town the rawl was beaten, the firemen
assembled, and preparations were made Lr all attack, but
nothing more was teen of the Unison.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-09-03

THE MARKETS.

MARL LAN lt —MognA V.
Much quietness has bren noticed in the grain trade at
Mark-lane to-day The attendance of members has been
thin, anti I.u-tutu has been transacted on a very limited
scale. From Ewes and Kent the receipts of new wheat have
been moderate, and the show of obi produce has been trifling,
and Bon. difficulty has been experienced in making last
Monday's prices ; in fact, 10mm:reales c iuld only be concluded
on lower terms. The show of foreign wheat has been
moderate; the inquiry has been unnamed at drooping
prices. With moderate supplies of barley, tie trade has been
quiet at late rates. Malt FM dull, on 1 ormer terms. Full
average supplies of oats have been on OfftT. The it quiry has
been restricted, at previous quotations. Beans have been
quiet, and there has been very little demand for pen.. Prices
hive been without change. Flour has been dull, at drooping
prl es. A law supply of new mustard seed has been on
sale, but very few transactions have taken place in it.

MARK-LANE.-WEDICESDAY.

The attendance of millers at Mark-lane to-day was again
moderate, and the trade assumed a very quiet appearance. A
small retail business was concluded in both I:,,glish sod
foreign wheat at a decline of ls. to 2s. per quarter, chicle
took place on Monday last. Barley was quiet, but prices
were tattered for all descriptions Malt was dull, at droop-
ing cm reindes. There was a plentiful ripply of oats, which
sold slowly at the late reduction. Beane and Peas were
scarce, and commanded former terms. Maize was again
lower to sell.

METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.—MONDAY.
The total import. of foreign stock into London lest week
amounted to 15.946 head. In the corresponding week In 186
we received 12,776; in 1e65, 4.542 ;In 1866, 16,864; and In
1865, 26,203 head. The cattle trade is without material
change. The receipt. of stock have teen about an &swarm,
and have been sufficient to meet demands From our own
grazing district. the arrivals of beast. have been moderate,
and included In the 41,4 w of foreign have been some fresh
arrival. from Tonnlng It I. expected, however, that the
shipments of beats from that port will now ceas. Films
bre,de have continued scarce, and have c mmanded
tel prices, 61 81. per blb, being occasionally oh-
Wow', otherwise the demand has ruled heavy. From
Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, and Northamptonshire we
received about 1,500 shorthorn. ; from other parts of Eng-
land, about 6,0 various breeds. The show of sheep WAS good.
The trade was quiet, but prices generally were fairly main-
tained. The best Downs and hat bred. sold at sa. 441. to
Os. Oil. per Blb Lambs have been quiet; calves iI9VO sold
slowly, and there has not been much demand for pigs.
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-09-03

EXPULSION OF GERMAN SUBJECTS
FROM PARIS.

The Governorof Paris has joined the following pro-
clamation :

"The G ivernor of l'arf.,
"Conaldertng the low of tile nth Anna, 1519, on the state
of sti.ge
- - -

C7ro;iderlng the Imisertal Decree of the 7.h August,lS7o.
by wbt.h Foetceed the Department of the Seine have been
declared to o state of siege;
Conshim irg Article 70 of the 24th December, ISII, which
Invests the governor of place in a state of war with the
fleece..,, 111111101Py to expel foreigner, ;.
-- • - - -

Coni;derincthe lavr-01-thel;t-h::26:h Nov, miter and 3rd
DecentWe r, 1869, relative to the police reealhu ea applicable to

"C moldering that In the interest of the national defence,
and also In order To guarantee the enmity of pbraons he-
ir infirm to countries at war with France, the necessity Das
arisen to renn•ve foreteners;
" 170,.ceres as f“Ilows:
..

" Artine 1. Estry 'a-1.6,n nit a naturalivd Frenchman,
end b4ongt. ato to It 7 ,untries actually at or with
Frrtne, c tiled opr.o I. gilt Faris awl tha Itepartmet•t of
the Paine wtthin tie tya, of three cis's, tairt to it ye I.lToca
or to iti•hdraw ictu one cf the departments ti.uated bes...nd
the TA to

• At lee t Every ferelgrer ennArg within the I.co pe of
the io vee.ling initamtt.n who shall not have conformed to
It, and shall not have obtained a epeclal permiesion to re-
main, emanating from the Governor rf Paris, shill be
arrested, and h andt d over to the military tribunals to be
'edged according to law.
"The Governer of Pane, TRocau.

"rub Aug. 28, 1870."

SUSPENSION OF RAILWAY COMNIUNICA.
TION BETWEEN PARIS AND BRUSSELS.
BRUSSELS, August SO, S 15 p m.

The team from Paris, rine here at pm., ha not yet ar-
rived. Notice, have been ported up at the rai.way ststions
ill Pais annnuluing that the daily service fort avengers has
ha-f ,•Lt pendr.l eh ce yestertlay morning until furthe r orders.
TI e ruisray guards of trains c. ming from Maulamte state
tint liahtlng was goh on on To, *day along the whole line
of the frontier, from Montmedy to Sedan.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-09-03

FIRST STITCH IN TIME.

Month of the Scheldt never care f era flea;
Guard wed th.,t sea-noard which (route the North Sea,
Sa)s a Como,. ler of nautical fame.
Siierard, that 0 .borne is bight by immune.
Mewing of Refuge, kept safr by no aharful,
Turret-afro. gut-boats, t yip-doe, and rams;
Tb Pe are Art now the Mat needs of this
tar—
Gat than. What army you ear, get meanwhile.
—Puna.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-09-03

AN ILLUSION DISPELLED.

A Thionville corrropon lent of the tiCotsnalnasys:—. I have
been on very many bean, fields, and ou some which were
called very bloody ; hut I Ii eve idever seen as much Wood on
airy as Wall soak the carpet of an ordinary dining rem 01
coons., when artillery horses are killed by ronnd shot they
make a mem on the rierind ; if two shot by rile balls, as all
surgeons know, they blend intensity, and the very little
blood which escapes through tie little hole which a bullet
makes ii all soaked up hv the rider's tit 'form. There is little
or 110 blood seen en a field. Of course, this is a poet al
hem., ; hut I must may the trurh ; and I compare a battle-
field to nothingbut so immenae crowd Cf time mededead drunk,
some of w-hen. have Mjured themselves by fallii g about, and
tl e rest I.e quiet mid senseless, In every position Which the
wildest Imagination can picture. '
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-09-03

M. LOUIS BLANC ON ENGLISH OPINION.

In Le Ttnipson Friday evening appeared the follow-
ing communication from M. Louis Blanc :
" London. Aug. 23.

in the critical circumstances in which we are pieced it
is neceosary above all things that we should have courage to
lmdt on boldly into our position. To shut our eyes with
indifference would be a crime. To be wanting In courage
ev,wirl be an opprobrium, but to nourish Illusions wou!ti be
Amos% an act of idiocy. In order to place ourselves in a
position to nieet danger the first condition is to comprt bend
its extent. It would, indeed, be a strange transformation
of the French nation if it had lost its heroic ha-it of
adapting its energies to its perils. Toose who night he
disposed to veil the dangers in order to give heart to the
nation calumniate and ontrage it When we come to
examine the picture of our position as it is presented by the
more or less edictal Joiuma4 which are published in Paris in
contrast with that presentt d by the Eeglish Press, a fear le
aroused lest France should be ignorant of how seriously one
is menaced, and how important it is for her safety that she
oh mid ag On become for old self. The English do not brow,
and yet ristory exists to teach them, of e hat the great arm
of France Is capalue, since they regard her condition as des
per-ate. Lit the first place, nothirg that bears an r Metal
nench charecter atria the •liiiiitest credence. Every
telegrem netted by the King of Fronts is accepted In Xne•
limn as an article of faith. Ey ry telt.granu announcing
his; ear army bat gained a succesis le literally regenled as
nought. When the tnnfiiMing doubts of the our& rouo battle
of the 161'. were received here, we fowl up in the Plamirdo
the neolpspers, 'Great victory of the Prussians The Fern-h
claim S victory ' In other words, the Prussians load con-
quered because they said so. As to the French, the probs.
rainy wee that they were lying. Fre a Frenchman lining in
r,gland le not this bese.brie.king t There is ho one here
who does not suppcse that for N suolson it is a question of
life or death to conceal reverses which are the conoequonces
of his imprudence, his incapacity, and his blind and fonli:h
pree'pitatinti. There is no one who does omit say, • E ,ry
title it sustained by three seldiers of France, whose airiest
super home intrepidity teemed to do Violt.hCe to victory, is
aft rmid ride accuration directed Against the Empire. Ills
necessary, therefore, that tie blade side of things should be
concealed at ail c..ist. The eatity of the Empire it. penile
upen it, and the Emperor knows it ' There lies in port the
secret of the incredulity unfertunalely only too intelligib'e
against wi•ich are powerless the t formal acne :lions of
the inuttl.ltued depo+ltarlea of p wer In F. ance. 1 hey
would be believed lift could be lin mined that they had no
other atixiety than to WM the country. lhey are tot be-
lieved, because the anxiety to save the country is thought to
be complicated with a desire to preserve the dynasty."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-09-03

THE LOSSES AT METZ.

From a supplement of the National Ztitang we learn
that on the 22nd the first batch of thee who were
nightly wounded in the actions of Mars-la-Tour and
Gravelotte arrived at Berlin. They gave many details
of tl.e enormous losses sustained both by the French
and the German troupe. The division of cavalry of
the Guard had been txpostd to the fire on the 16th and
its two dragoon regiments had borne the brunt of the
day's battle. It is reported that these two regiments
were directed towards a village which war supposed to
be unoccupied by the enemy's troops; but it turned
out that strung bodie• both of French infantry and
artillery were ttotioned there. The dragoons. neverthee
lee, pushed on to the village, and lost nearly all their
officers. The Prince of liohenz Meru serving in one
of these regiments, escaped only in cons, queuce of being
sent by the commander of his regincientto carry a report
in another direction just before the attack took 'lace.
Among the many distinguished officers shit were in-
cluded in the cosualities of this charge was Baron von
Randen, the husband of the well-known singer,
Madame Lucca. He was severely injured by being
shot through the cheeks. The loss of the French
amounted, according to the StaatAassztigtr, from the
1-Ito at Courcellee until the 18th at Gra velotte, to 12,000
to 15,000 dead. If the prisoners and the wounded be
added, the total of those hors de combat amounts to
5)000; 4,000 of the French were taken at Gravelotte
' alone. Until noon of the 21st, 6,000 prhionera had
I passed Pont•h-Moueson.