The Dewsbury Chronicle, and West Riding Advertiser. — 1872-06-22 (Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, England)

THE GERMAN OCCUPATION.—The threat of terrible - import which emanated'from Peterborough-court On that morning.when Count Hairy Arni'mllid not leave Berlin with the famous ultimatum, has not yet been fulfilled. Indeed, it -seems as if Count Harry has made up his mind to make things as comfortable as pleasant. The Versailles correspondent of the Daily Telegrdph, who appears to have something, at least, to do with the business has Arnim telegraphed the important news that Count business, had at last stated the terms on which the German troops -would be withdrawn from French- soil. There is no' desire on the part of -Count 'Harry or his master to deal harshly with France. 'Count Harry wants money, and not occupation of territory. He is ready to)De driven' beyond the :Rhine by golden battalions, and the terms he proposes are, under the circutnstances, 'not unreasonable. France, with her great powers of recuperation, will be able to pay what is exacted Of her, and .see no reason why she should not restore to herself the six occupied departments'bY or before the Ides of next March,- We all rejoice that the famOus threat of.. Count Harry has not been carried out,-but-'that there is almost a certainty of a speedy and peaceful termination of the international' strife which began at Saar, bruck in 1870.  The North Staffordshire ironrnasters had a conferenee on Monday on the arrangement of wages for the next six montha,.and.resolvid on the adoption of the plan agreed to in South Staffordshire last week.  , The lock-out in the Belfast flax•trade has terminated. At ti meeting on Monday, it was agreed to accept the two shillings per week increase,- offered by the millownersr The operatives 'resume Work on Monday. The population of Japan has loco ascertained by the !eersus taken at the end ofrlast'yeat, and it is stotel. by those having the means of testing its 'correctliess, to be a little over 37 millions:—/Forth'Citinci Herald. A special meeting oi the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Co., On Tuesday, sanctioned Pills- for settling ,the affairs of, the Sevenoaks ad Tunbridge Con3ptuly and. authorising the Canterbury and. Herne line.... ...  The nomination of condidaies for Bedfordshire will. take place on Saturday next, and the polling on the Tuesday following, Coloriel Stuart is pursuing nn active and successful canvass in the Conservative interest. , Charles Leonard Wood, aged 18, son of .a N-OttinghamShire rector, hanged himself on Tuesday, in his father's house. The coroner's jury,' on Wednesday, retUrtied; a verdict of suicide while in a state of temporary insanity.. Vice CharicellorWickens on Wednesday made an order to dismiss the second suit instituted by the Tichborne claim-. ant within five, weeks, unless the plaintiff should 'take" proceedings to have a trustee in bankruptcy appOiDted.: _  In consequence of the resolutions adopted by the London carpenters on Tuesday morning, the master, builders connected with the association locked out on Wednesiay. The lock-9ut will embrace all the branches of-the- trade.  Sir John Clark' Bart. Son of the' late Sir James Clark, Physician to -the Queenf is-understood-to be the Liberal candidate for Aberdeen, the seat being vacant by the death of Colonel Sykes. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Paul Stromer as Consul for Hull, Scarborough,' Bridlington, and Goole` for the 'German Empire; and of Don Jose Modesto Blanco as Vice-Consul at Quebec for his Majesty the King of Spain. The foundations of a new house at Northampton were washed away on Tuesday, and the Streets covered with debris. On Wednesday people were living in their bedrooms, and -communiaation was maintainedly means of carts and boats. • •  The Court Circular states that the Queen has received with great regret, the news of Dr. Nornaan Macleod's death: Her Majesty and fainily were deeply grieved on hearing of the loss of one who had always .been a valued friend, a loyal subject, and a distinguished public than. The mortality last week in 21 leading places of the kingdom was at the rate of 22 per 1,000 :—London rate, 19; Bristol, 24; Wolverhampton, 26; Birmingham, 22; Nottinghint, 21 ; Liverpool, 27; Manchester, 26; Brafi ford, 26; Leeds, 24; Sheffield,. 21 ; 'Newcastle, 26. Births, 5,362.; •deaths, 3,142. , On Monday the Wrexham county magistrates remanded' an American, named Joseph de Otis, of the firm of Legrave, New York, .on a charge of having absconded, leaving defalcations to the amount of £40,000. He came over to England, but was traced by two American gentlemen, and captured near Wrexham on Sunday morning. • Earl Stanhope presided on Tuesday' at a Conservative banquet at Bromley, Kent. Lord Mahon, -M.P., Mr. Mills, M.P., and Mr. Talbot, M.P. were present. Earl Stanhope in his speech lamented the introduction to the 'Cabinet of a member like Mr. Stansfeld, who was openly unfavourable to tile Established Church. Earl Granville has reZeived a despatch from Lor Lyons, communicating a note from M. de Renausat, to the effect that vessels arriving in French ports on the Channel or the Atlantic from the British Isles, are no: longer required to produce a bill of health. This decision is applicable to pleasure yachts as well as to other vessels.  THE GIItEAT