The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-06-21 00:00:00

his College (St. John's), He will thus be entitled
to another College Exhibition, and also another
prize of books,
It always gives me great pleasure to refer to the
University successes of former pupils of this School,
because it shows that our syst.m of instruction
here is so arranged, that we can send, direct from
the School, students who are able to hold their
own at the University; and, on the other hand, we
can give the special instruction which is required
for the ordinary commercial pursuits of life.
I believe that in this way the School is best
meeting the educational wants of the town and
neighbourhood.
At Christmas last, three boys from this School
presented themselves at the Cambriage Local Ex-
amination, with the following results :—E. F. Otter,
senior candidate, gained a first class in honours.
He also obtained the second place in Latin in a list
of 441 candidates; and the Bth place in Englisho
in a list of 595 candidates. A. W. Scott, senior
candidate, obtained a second class in honours. He
was also di- tinguished in Greek, gaining the 9th
place among 131 candidates. C. J. Evers, junior
candidate, obtained a first class in honours. He
was also placed third in Latin, among 2,176 candi-
dates; 16th in Greek, among 378 candidates ; 19th
in Mathematios, among 2.671 candidates; and 50th
in English, in a list of 3,188 candidates. These
three candidates have had assigned to them prizes
to the amount of .t 5. kindly provided by the Kid-
derminster Local Examination Committee. I
desire to add that these three boys, during their
School career, conducted themselves so worthily
that they have gained the esteem of the several
masters engaged in the School.
I am very desirous to promote the pur-uit of
Athletic Sports and Games in connection with this
School. I believe them to be not only a valuable
means of maintaining the health, and developing
the physical strength of the boys, but also a useful
source of recreation in the popular sense of the
word. I hope I shall be able to find some friends
willing to offer prizes to be competed for by the
boys during next year.
I think our enlarged playground will be of some
use to us in this matter, when the tiees are re-
moved, and the ground levelled. But our great
' want is a large field where the boys can play at
cricket and football. At present we are indebted
tq the kindness of the Stourbridge Cricket Club
for allowing us to use, at a small charge, a part of
their ground, but unfortunately this is not avail-
able on Saturday, in the afternOon of which day
the boys have holiday.
I remain, Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
W. J. J. WELCH,
Head Master.

Colonel Fletcher then read the following report.
TO THE GOVERNORS OF KING EDWARD'S
SCHOOL, Sr OURBRIDGE,

Gentlemen,

I have the honour of presenting you with a report
of the Examination of the Schad, which has been
this year entrusted to me. I have great satisfaction
in being able on the whole to give a very favourable
a...Gount of it. The subjects which came before me
wire Latin, Greek, Holy Scripture, English Subjects
Mathematics, and French.
The Latin papers show that the boys have been
carefully taught throughout the school, and I should
like to particularise the work of the Ist Form in the
Upper School and the 3rd Form in the. Low,T
School as being especialy good. In this latter
Form, only one boy failed to obtain at least 75 per
cent of the marks.

Greek is only studied by a few le ,ers, but they
have on the whole done well—some very well.
Holy Scripture is certainly one of the weakest
points in the sehool. The Upper School have done
fairly well in this subjee:. but throughent the
Mid ‘le School the knowledge of Bible Facts is but
small, end, there is a lack of intelligence in the
answers. The Lower School, though better, shows
but a small percentage of marks.
The Questions on lit glish Subjects have been
fairly well answered throughout the Seleeol. The
work of the Higher Font, s is decidedly good as were
many of the Maps of Europe drawn from memory
by the boys in the Low, r School.
The Mathematical work again is good in all three
Schools, especially the Arithmetical Papers. One
boy, A. W. Scott obtaining full marks in Arithmetic
The amount of the other subjects Euclid and Algebra
offered for examination was small, but on the whole
well done. The Propositions of Euclid set to be
written out were with two exceptions very satis-
factori!y done, but two very e isy problems given
in the Upper Paper were almost untouched.
The Upper Boys again have done well in French,
but, in some of the class s the boys have not acquitted
themselves /ee credit tbly as in the other subjects.
On tbe whole I have been very much pleaee I with
the work I have seen, and the Governors a, e certainly
to be congratulated on the efficiency of the School.
If there is a fault, it is thet there is a slight lack of
intelligence but this does not apply to the boys con-
stituting the Ist Form in the Upper School, whose
work is exceedingly good in all subjects.
There is an evenness about nearly all the classes,
which shows that the backward boys are not
neglected, but that the same care and attention are
bestowed upon them as upon their cleverer or more
industrious schoolfellows.
I cannot praise too much the neatness of most of
the papers.
The names of the Prize Winners will of course be
known to all, but I should like to mention. that there
are two bore Pritchard and Talbot, net fortunate
enough I believe to obtain prizes, whose work in
several papers pleased me much.
It`only remains fer me to congratulate the reci-
pients of the prizes which in every caselhave been
well and hardly won, and to congratulate you
gentlemen on the hieh average of training which
exists in your School.
I have the honour to be, Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
R. S. N. FLETCHER, B.A.
(Some time Scholar of University College, Oxford).
The chairman, before distributing the prizes, con-
gratulated the governors and parents upon the
excellent reports which had been read, and which
bore good testimony to the success of' the instisution
The town, also, was to be congratulated upon it.
Referring to what had been said about Scripture
being a weak point in the examination he po;nted out
that education to be worth anythingraust be based
upon. religion. He proceeded to give some practical
advice to the boys, and afterwards banded the prizes
to the recipitere.
The names ef the prizes-winners in each subject
were : —Latin ? Upper Scheol, J. W. Hartley and
W. L. Shacklock ; Middle Seliool, J. F. Addison,
Evers and Evans ; Lower School, R. Scott, E.
Stringer. and W. J. Perry; Greek, Evers; Holy
Scripture, Upper School. Evers; Middle Schoo‘i
Nendick ; Luwer School, Mould; English Subjects,
Upper School, E. J. Brooks; ISliddle School, Nendick
Loevel School, Brown; Mathematics, Upper School,
A. W. Scott and Maltby; Middle, Terry and H. M.
Gardner; Lower School, W. J. Perry and A. Wood
French: A. W. Scott, W. B. Gardener, Evans, and
Sawtell. Chemietry :A. W. Scott. Physics : Evers.
Bookkeeping : Perrins. Theory and practice of
vocal music : Terry. Geemetrical and freehand
drawing : Terry. Drilling and sword exercise :
Evers.
The Rev. D. Maginnis moved a vote of thanks to
the examiner, Rev. R. JN. Fletcher.

LOCAL FAILURE.-011 Tuesday Oast, Mr. C. W.
Collis presented a petition for liquidation, at the
County Court, on behalf of Charles Brown, described
as an hotel proprietor and licensed victualler.
Liabilities £1,200. Assets not known. Mr.
Charles Evers was appointed receiver.
HEROIC CONDUCT.—OR Monday evening last, a
boy named Woodhouse, had a yeay narrow escape
from drowning. From what we can learn it appears
there were some boys playing together when Wood-
house was pushed into the Stour near the flood
gates, the water rising very high at the time. Mr.
Merrick saw the boy in the Stour and gave an alarm
James Harding, of Giles' Hill, came up at the time
and jumped into the river with his clothes on to try
and save him. A large crowd soon gathered together
Harding having caught hold of the boy, held on to
him bravely, but in consequence of the rough state
of the Stour had a narrow escape of being drowned.
Seeing the peril Harding was in, the lookers on cried
out to him to "let the lad go." Harding replied
that if he could not save him, he would go as well.
Efforts were made to assist Harding, and a person
got a strong fishing rod. Harding caught hold of it
and both narrowly escaped death. Such gallant
conduct deserves a reward.
THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL &lOW AT KILBURN.—
The Great Western Railway Company have made
admirable arangements for the conveyance of pas-
sengers, both by rail and omnibus to the show which
commences on the 30th inst. Special trains will run
from all parts of the kingdom at reduced fares, and a
service of omnibuses will be provided at Westbourne
Park Station to convey passengers to the show
ground, which is one mile distant at a fare of 2d
each.
OBSTRUCTING THE ROAD.—At the Police Court'
yesterday, before Colonel Fletcher, Lord Lyttelton
and Mr. J. B. Cochrane, John Hill was charged with
causing an obstruction on the road at the Lye, on the
17th inst. Police-constable Je erson proved the case
and said he cautioned the defendant before. Fined
Is. and costs.—Thornas Emery, Edward Cooper, and
Thomas Moore,, was charged with obstructing th
footpeth at Colley Gate, on the 12th inst. Poli .;e•
constable Oakey proved the case, and said they were
playing at marble and people could not pass.
Pleaded guilty. l'isned Is. each and Cogs.
ALLEGED PEZJURY. Hannah Chance was
charged with committing perjury in giving evi-
dence in a case of John Wheeler against John Dal-
loway at the Police Court on the 161 h May. Mr.
Collis appeared to prosecute, and Mr. Perry de-
fended. Mr. Collis, in opening, said the charge
arose out of evidence defendant gave on the 16th
May, when defendant said that William Burley
was drunk in Dalloway's yard. He should call a
number of witnesses to prove that she had com-
mitted perjury. James Southall, Deputy Magis-
tree s Clerk, pi educed the summons issued on the
14th of may, to be heard on the 16th of May, and
al-o a summons egainstJohn Dalloway for permitting
drunkenness. Defendant was called as a witness
She was duly affirmed under the Act of Parliament
read over to her by Mr. King, Magistrates Clerk.
She said that Burley was drunk and staggering about
Dalloway's yard from dinner time until five o'clock
on the 13th of May. She was cautioned in the way
she gave her eviience, and again repeated it. She
said that she ha ci known William Burley for some
time and that she resided next door to Dalloway, and
her window over-looked the yard. William Burley,
spade plater, stid that on the 13th of May he was at
work. Went to work at six o'clock inthe mornine,
had breakfastlat nine, and dinner at one o'clock and
returned to work at two and continued to work until
a quarter to five in the afternoon. He had nothing
to drink that day until a quarter to five, but ginger
beer. At that time he went to the Woolpack Inn.
and remained in the kitchen until t enty minutes to
six o'clock. He had two pints of ale between him-
self and William Foxhall. On leaving the house he
went out the back way home. It was not true that
he staggered about the yard between dinner time
and six o'clock, neither was he drunk in the yard at
any other time. Thomas Goodhead went into the
public-house with him. He was not in but ten
minutes and only had half pint of ale. Just before
six a policeman came into the house and into the
yard as witness was stalking to Mr. Dalloway.
Six other witnesses gave evidence for the prosecution
after which Mr. Perry addressed the Bench for the
defence and said that the evidpnee given was beside
the mark;l a number of witheshes had been celled to
prove that Burley was sober, whether he was or not.
It had been admitted by the evidence that Burley
was there, and Mrs. Chance believed he was drunk
She might have been wrong in the exact time. It
had not been proved that defendant gave her evi-
dence wickedly and maliciously. She was a sum-
moned witness, and gave her evideace reluctantly.
He should prove by other witnesses that tlify
believed the man was drunk. They might be mis-
taken, but it was one of those cases that the evidence
was very conflicting, and he should ask the Magis-
trates, after hearing the evidence he should call, to
dismiss the summons. Police-constable Eaves was
called and said he saw Burley in the yard of Mr.
Dalleway. He was quite drunk, and he called the
attention of the landlady to the state the man was
in. Also saw a man named Potter. He was drunk
Joseph Potter said that he went to the Woolpack
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ocahtossawhtttriasuhsoeatod;s:Di just. Saw W. Burley in the house
at three o'clock in the afternoon. He asked him to
Ti
pay for a pintlof {ale. He refused. He called him
names. Burley appeared to have had a good drop
of ale. Some of the men cut his beard off, and
Burley and Foxliall were two of the men who cet
them off. E. Bird was next called, but Colonel
Fletcher said that the opinion of the Bench was that
no jury would convict on the evidence given,
that defendant had falsely -and wickedly c)mmitted
perjury, and dismissed the summons. Mr. Colli-
applied for an indictment against the defen l ant.
He said he thought it right in the case. Either one
or the other had committed perjury. Burley was
then bound over in £lOO to prosecute at the next
Worcester Assizes.
DEUNICENNESS.—WiIIiam Bowen, of Cradley, was
charged with being drunk,on the 16th inst. Police-
c of
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ues. Oakey proved the case. Fined 2s 6d and
costs.—Sarah Brett was charged with being drunk
and disorderly at Beauty Bank, on the night of the
14th inst. Police-sergeant Jones proved the case,
also several previous convictions. Fined lOs and
costs; in default 14 days.
Samuel Robinsor, , of
HIGHWAY OFFENCE.
Cradley, was charged with allowing his donkey to
stray on the highway, on the 12th inst. Police-
constable Oakey proved the case, also two previous
convictions. Fined 2s 6d and cos.s.
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was charged with stealing a watch and 1s 3d in
money, on April 2ad, 1877, the property of Benjamin
Foxhall. Prosecutor proved seeing the watch in the
possession of Benjamin Hickman. The watch pro-
duced was his property and he gave £1 12s 6d for it.
Remanded for a veek for the • attendance of a
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Joseph Webb was charged
with stealing a knife the property of William Linley,
his step father. Remanded for a week.
A WIFE BEATER.-17illiam Pearson, labourer,
was charged with beatint his wife. Ellen Pearson,
on the 31st March. Complainant said that her
husband struck her seviral times, blackened her
I eye, and knocked one of her teeth out, but she did
not wish to press the case Withdrawn on payment
of costs, 9s 6d.
BOARD OF GUARDIANS—The weekly meeting
of this Board was held yesterday. Mr. Ray
bould in the chair. Tipre were also present
Messrs. H. Billingham Haskew, Pargeter,
Robertson, Hingley, Wiliams, Burr, Weston,
Parkes, Rollinson, R. B. Guest, Mullett, Wood,
Rev. H. Cole Webb, J. Bilingham, Giles, Mills,
Hale, Rhodes, Lavender, foley, Kelly, Eveson,
Guest, Brooks, Hodgetts, Vright, E. B. Phillips
Esq„ ex-officio. Admitted 23; discharged 17;
born 0; dead 0 ; remainirg in the house 484 ;
corresponding week last year 421. Out-door
relief Kingswinford.., district £5l is. I.ld ;
Stourbridga district £32 his lid; Halesowen
district £29 13s 8d ; non-resident paupers 4s ;
total, £ll7 us 6d; against £62 3s 3d.—For
the office of Clerk there were four applications,
Messrs. G. W. Presott, T. Wall, H. Mills, and
T. H. Everton of lirmingham. Mr. Rollinson
proposed, and Mr. Villiams seconded, Mr. T.
Wall ; Mr. Pargeter proposed, and Mr. Foley
seconded, Mr. H. Itills ; Mr. J. Brooks pro.
posed, and Mr. Evson seconded, Mr. G. W.
Prescott. On a diviion there appeared for Mr.
Wall 16; Mr. Presett 7; Mr. Mills 5 ; and Mr.
Everton 1. Mr. Wil was elected. Mr. Burr
gave notice of moton that in future; all ap-
pointments should la made by ballot,

BRIERLEY HILL

A DRUNKEN Asskm—At the Police Court, on
Monday, before M4srs. H. O. Firmstone and U.
Hallo CteCorges &Wm* filirtioarpeAter's approtice,