The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-05-22 00:00:00

INAUGURIL MEETING.

On Wednesday evening • soiree, to inaugurate the
Halesowen and District Conservative and Constitutional
Association, was held at the Public Offices, Halesowen.
After tea, to which about 120 sat down, there was a pub-
lic meeting at which Iliojor F. D. Ir. Snii:ll,
There wcrc Ail. A twirl li, . Mr.
S. t 4. Lio)si (ut Mi “rs. F. W. G. Barre,
E. ijoin, M. Orszebrook, Ilimitray, J. Itickton, A. It.
Barra. W. Oldnriihaw. O. P. Dann, A. Honutray, J. Hot.
berbin, C. W. Blotham, Hughes, Wade, Wyatt, Modes,
Drook,.a, Eve.on, Gething, Ferkina, &a., dte.
'lke Chairinan, ill opening the proceedings, said be was

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very glad to aes the room tailed ors the °session of tht:r
jest meeting, by what he might call Hi, element of the
election of the euuoty. U 101 l greatly the lionoter that
had beta c ,offfred on lihn in asking hm to become pma
sident of their association, aid he hoped to see it make
great progres•—flool applause). His family had esays
been Conservative, nol lie hoped and tri,te.l they would
always coetinue no; and he adAllred them that to long All
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Radical place. He hoped however that in a very few
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years its name would be entirely changed and that instead
of lie
he Conservative cause—(applansel.
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tr inheteena.tllPra:elat, next election they would support
thar present member, air. A..,
a.grAive that might contest the count', w,... hear.
I hear' and a voice, Sampson Lloyd"). He congratnis:"4
the meetiog upon the success of their new local Censer.
native Associatiotr, as shown by the numlier present that
I eveniug,; but if he could not speak readily upon political
subjects, they could at least give his,. credit for meaning
what he was unable to expross—(hear, hear). He coun•
celled them to pay attention to the register—to persuade
their neighbours and friend 3 to get their names stuck'
on the list, and then at the beat election it would not oe
improbable that Hwy would retain two instead of one
Conservative candidate—(loml applause). It me him
groat plessure to are Mr. Amphlett and Mr. Lloyd there
at the inaugoration of their association—(cheers),
kmpol:dt, H. I'. rwho was received with lood
cheers), then addreed the meeting. He said that it
was with a jest satisfaction quit they could look back
upon the signal victory which enabled him to pia
in East Wor,estershire at the last eection. On the
' other hand, it must be a matter of greet rz.firret to RR
who revered their ancient institution and the g;orioue
cause of rrotestautisni, that other constituencies in dif•

ferent parts of the cou'utry did not take the 1.111;.;i;
course as the people of IVorcestershire, and that the re.

suit unfortunately was, OM a party pledged to the hilt
to the destruction of the Irish Church had been placed
in Is majority in the House of COIIIMOUS. Now, Mr.
Gladstomt, Mr. Bright, nod many of their followers, pro-
mised that in dealing with the Irish Church care would
be tsken not to unnecessarily wound the susceptibilities
of Churchmen. One thing, at least, which wits promised
was that the glebe houses should be preserved to the
Eitel,fished Ciinreh Members of the present Govern.
went seid NW over out over again. But what was the
result? Whv, when the question came before Parini.
merit, Ur. Gladstone sail,•• It is quite true Gott these
glebe houses have been erected out of the money of the
incumbents, therefore, we can't take them from therm
They can have the hoes.; hut they must pay for the
aites." (Shame). When that decision of Mr. Gladstone
was first mentioned, he thought it a joke ; but the sequel
had proved it to be no juke. The Home of Commons
so strongly felt the injuetice of the measure that one of
Mr. Glaistooe's must devoted adherents, Mr. Wykelsern
Martin, the member for Rochester, got up in his place
In Nautical, and implored the Government to recoil.
sitter the subject; "for,' said that gentleman, "t base
followed your example in reference to the disestablieh.
ment and disendowment of the Irish Church, and I have
told my constituency that the glebe houses would he
preserved t t the Chateau" Mr. Gladstone, apparently
struck with the eigioicy of the argument, cemented to
the postponement of the question, and it was Ibought
there was a prospect of the small concession asked for
being straesfully yeilded ,• but no, when the matter we*
egain iutrodeved—whether smiler influence brought to
bear by Roman Catholics mini Mr. Gladstone iu the in.
terval, be could not say—Mr. Gladstone told the Honse
of Commons Vail there must be payment for the sites of
the houses. (Hear, hear). Again, it was foiled that
there were considerable debts upon glebe bosom in the
shape of money harrowed by clergymen from the Got'
et•unieut, arid Mr. Gladstone sail that those debts muct
be pail. Well, upon fi-st sight, there did not seem to be
anything partiimlarly utifeir in that; but then it turned
out that Mayaooth, to which one would have thought the
prineiple prop weil for the Established Church would
have applied—am, to be tilt ~,,ther releasut from its
debt of itiO,Ll4o. Was that liberal or just conduct ? He
m lintained that it wise not. (Hear, bear). illi.endow-
meld had not, theiefore, been carried out anon fair and
equhl grounds. (applause). In feet, taking the whole
e surse of the conduct of the Government, they found a
liberal and generous spirit displayed towards Roman Cat-
holics, whilst the Cherish of England was dealt with with
a grudging and libber:ll In rid. (Applause). The Ties-
thin for them just now, however, Seas what were the
House of L irds going to do ? There was no doubt that
there lest in the House of Lords, a vast tnajoi ity against
the fl isiti as, wieked robbery proposed by the lerrh
'March 11,11 ; but they must not blirole the Pei rs if, upon
the present question, they.were unabk to follow the bent
of their own inclinations. Some of the best and wisest
etsteemen of the fay Mid FRB the province of the House
of Lords was to create in Government a spirit of mod•
eratiou and to preveut haste legislation ; it was nut their
province to run counter to the deliberately-expressed
opinion of the piniele, as declared in the H-ntee of Com-
mons; and, therefore, in the preseet instance, they must
not cemitre the llousa of Lords if they did no gm to the
full extont of their wiyhes. (Hear, hear). They might,
however, expect this (ruin the House of Lords—ant they
siSsUl.l be sure to get it—tliat they would introduce such
amendments ISS seallt.l remove at least some part of the
injustice of which Churchmen complained. (Al•plisuse).
If the House of Lords should even reject the bill on the
second reading, it War doubtful whether the presentlarge
majority of the G ivernment could he reduced to nothiug,
or converted int" a majority on tire otbe side. If the
Government, ilushel and blinded by its large majority,
shout I rejoet the nate:lineations of the if smite of Lords,
it- other appeal 1,1 the constituencies would be made ; and
oonvineed as the peopte would be that the Ileuee of
Lords had acted a mod••rate and temperate part, the
Home of CS/1141011i 0 %silica mid intemperate part, it
would not he limo...leads th ens present Liberal ins.
i”rity 4, Slid be turned the other way. (Applau,e). They
slight try, and no doubt they would sneered in reducing
that majority ; hut lie did nut think they could so reduce
Ii as SO place the suppertt•rs of the bill in a minority.
He was, however, glad to one Conservatism hien:it:dog,
mud if they worked as hard in other districts us hr. y
seemed to do at Halesowon, there might be leas casii-o
for despairing ; but the ohly objection he had to such
associations war that they often pot iuto the hands of
violent and extreme well, whose proceeding. excluded
persons of moilerute opinions fnan beeon tog menthe's.
tie propo.+l a resoluti:o seasiit,s prosper,ty to the
kfale,owera and Distri• t Consery alive aml Couetitutiunal
Associstiou. (Lost .toplivase).
Mr. Sampson Lloyd eeessieted the resolution. Be said
it gave law great pleasure in accepting the itivitstion to
attend th •ir insugur d meeting. lb e had 0.11114 II the
meeting because tin indicted it to Ise his duty es a Cam
servative to aseist in the mouse—to assist in snpporting
the institutions of the enontry—(appleme). He euppor.
ted Coueerrative ptineiptes becuuse he bAleved than ta
be the instrumeute ia promoting the real wellitieing and
liberty of the petiole of the coin try—(epplause). It had
Mien urged thet Consertntives were sip posed to change or
progress, but Williem Pitt, who was the head of a Coo.
sensitive Goveruipeut, devised free trade Wilii:4l4 WI.
berforce, Seas 4-0 a Couservstive, proposed the atm.
lituilt It elevery—oipplsmej —end the Eattery Acts hid
alas been a ~.141e1411ailea lo,riatirg. cr4 W•i forpass4 by
Bright, "ills friend sif the woiking penple"—(lileses),
In the tarn of these gad all aline importsnt &lenges pea.
rieeed by the Conservative Adininistretiou, i: Was WWI
illst Conservatives sere oppo•el t I change— (leughler).
Oise of the great olsk-ets of the Catholic party was to
destroy tire Protest irut succession to the thrum, and
Archbishop Manning had cou/Lisittly expressed an spin.
iou that the Protestant succession was ilesd ; but he (Mr.
Lleyd) earnestly hoped that he would never see that disy
—(epplause).. Mr. Gladstone bad been inspired by 80.
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=Mr 'Catholics, to whom he was united bi family.' ties,
but it was to be hoped these ties would not be allowed to
deceive the lEnglioli people—(hear, hear, and applause).
He concluded by urging upon the p.eciple of Ralesowen
to work shoulder to shoulder and side by side to assist in
tuaintaining the Libor:ice that hod been handed down to
them, aud to preserve the Constitution and defend the
Protestant religion.
Mr. Jeston llonofray supported the resolution, and
urged upon those present the necessity of unity among
the electors of lialosowen, and expressed his gratification
at seeing the Constitutional Association making simb
rapid strides in the ueighboul hood.
Mr. F. W. G. Barra moved that a vote of thanks be
given to Messrs. Amplelett and Lloyd for their atteuds
rime and speeches, mid said ha was, as they all knew, an
" Old Tory." lie hod been one from is boy, and they all
knew lie had always been mixed up with politics. lie
remembered being set upon sine 40 years ago by the
Whigs when he went to the poll at the Lye, and he could
recollect seeing the horse stabbed at Godley by the Lib-
erals. He went on to say that if England was ever to
• become a Roman Catholic country, the whole of Europe
would become the some; and be hoped the day would
never come when Englishmen would so far forget them-
selves as so let that come to pass. As long as lie was able
he would do all he could for West Staffordshire and East
Worcestershire.
Mr. Gem seconded the vote of thanks. and said ha
hoped the electors would not be led by the nose by a
Premier who in his heart was a Roman Catholic; whose
sister was a Roman Catholic; and whose opinions had
turned farther in that direction from year to year. Mr.
Lyttelton had prombed the electors to oppose any grant
to Staynooth, and yet he was found 150 w to vote with the
rest in endowing Mayno tim, and robbing the Irish Pros
testant Church—(loud cheers).
A vote of thanks to the Chairman, and three cheers
for Messrs. Amphlett aud Lloyl, closed the proceedings.

BRI6AKFA3T.—k SI:CCP:II4'UL X PERINI ONT.—The
OW! Scrrice arxite has the following inter-
estting remarks.—" There are very few simple articles
of food which can boast so many valuable and important
dietary properties so cocoa. While acting on the nerves
as a gentle stimulant, it provides the body with some of
the purest elements of nutriti on, and at the same time
corrects and invigorates the action of the digestive or-
gans. These beneficial effects depend in a great mea-
sure upon the manner of its preparation, but of late years
such close attention has Imen given to the growth and
treatment of cocoa that there is no difficulty in securing
it with every useful quality fully developed. The singu-
lar success which Mr. Epps attained by his houheop sthie
preparation of cocoa Imo never been surpassed by any ex•
perimentalist. For and wide the reputation of Eppe's
Cocoa has spread by the simple force of its own extraor-
dinary merits. Medical men of all shades of opinion
have agreed in recommending it as the safest and most
beneficial article of diet fur persons of weak constitu-
tions. This superiority of a particular mode of prepara-
tion over all others is a remarkable proof of the 14"
results to be obtained from little causes. By a thorough
knowledge of the natural laws which govern the opera•
tions of digestion and nuttitiou, and by a careful appliea.
tins of the tine properties of well-selected cocoa, Mr.
Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a delicately
flavoured beverage which may save us many heavy doc-
tors bills. It is by the judicious use of such articles of
diet that a constitution may be gradually built up until
strong enough to resist every tendency to disease. Buns
dreds of subtle maladies are floating around us ready to
attack wlsereever, there is a weak point. We my es-
cape massy a f,ita tnslt by keeping ourselves well forti-
fied with pure LI 104 Anil a properly nourisliel (mine.
Friuts,l and Published by the Sole ProprPta. SIMEON
FIELD. at his Ofheio. 92. Uiehi.ssrnct. biourbrohle.
this Cobuty of Wored,tor to mason place ell letters sad
other coninkunics.iioro mast be addressed.
Saturday. May Si, Olt,