The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-06-17 00:00:00

The last pnragraph in the address inns thne:—

Workinq men's Paris, with Its Commune, will be for ever
celebrated ha the glorious harbinger of a no• society. It.
martyrs are enshrined In the great heart of the working
class. Its esterminat. TS history has already nailed to that
eternal pillory from which all the prayer. of their priesta will
not avail to redeem them."

PRESENTATION OF ADDRESSES TO
THE BARONESS BURDETT-COUTTS.
Three congratulatory addresses were presented to
the Baroness Burdett-Coutts, at Holly-ledge, cu
Saturday afternoon.
The firet deputation consisted of the Rev. William
Tennant, the vicar ; the Rev. F. Shepherd, curate ;
and Messrs. Bennett and Gregory, churchwardens, of
St. Stephen's, 'Westminster ; and the officials of the
National School'', of which the Baroness was the patron
and foundress.

The second presentatbm consisted of a twofold
address from the parelial council and from 230 old
pupils in the schools of St. John's, Deptford. This
deputation was introduced in a few suitable gen.
tenors by the Bev. C. F. Money, vicar of St. John's,
Deptford, who expressed the obligations of the parish
to the Baroness as the sole builder of he church, and
as the benefactress of the district.

The third address was from Si. Michael's Church,
Burleigh.street, Strand. The Rev. George Eyler
Townsend, vicar of the wig' h, stated, in a few words,
that the address with which he was entrusted had been
privately forwarded a few dap; previously, but that
he could not in justice to himself nor to the church-
wardens and parishioners present and the courtesy of
their noble hostess, omit to state that while those at a
distance were reeounting the favours shown to them
by the Baroness Burdett Coutts, those under her more
immediate eye in the district connected with the
ancient and historical house with which her name was
associated were also sharers in her wefficonsidered
bounty, and that she had been the originator of the
Endowment Fund and the donor of the east.end window
of the church in which he officiated, lie and those he
represented cordially concurred and re-echoed the good
wishes expressed by the preceding deputations.

The Bishop of Columbia—the see as well as some
other Colonial bishoprics having been founded and
endowed by the then Miss Bordett Cootie's charity—
expreesed thanks on behalf of the distant colonies for
which she had done so much; and the Venerable Ayala-
deacon Sinclair (Middlesex) availed himself of the pre-
sent opportunity of expressing his obligations to the
Baroness for the very many works of charity and
beneficence which had been carried out in his archdea-
oonry.

The Baroness, in reply, said she would take that
opportunity to do what she had not done before,
namely, to allude to the circumstances under which
her new dignity had been conferred ei” --. She could
not mulliClently eapi crti bet sense hid way in
which Mr. Gladstone had her her
Majesty's wishes ;nor, while gra owledging
her Majesty's favour, could she ai •egard the
conferring of the dignity as a per.% iiment to
herself. She rather considered it as kof the
Royal favour to a class of which she ha„ in her
person, was the representative. By one it names
she was connected with the ancient gentr, of the
country ; and her father was content with, and sought
nothing beyond, his ancestral honours. By the other
she was allied with the important and influential in.
tarots which, in a great commercial country, must
always have weight. To this union in her person—to
these advantages rather than any personal merit, she
attributed the favour shown her by the Queen, the
fountain of all honour in this country.