The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-07-17 00:00:00

THE STOTTRERIDGE OBSERVER.

another The enertion of the hon. member for Oxfordshire
was based on the a.suruption that the small freeholder had
no tole deeds. His experience was quite contrary to that
In the most of the cases which had come under his notice
wills had been male. and simple deeds wore in existence Ho
believed the hill to he a step In the rialit direction, though
only a small one hut it was on the opinion of the people that
the bill must depend.
After II few words in reply from Mr. Locke King, the House
div ided —F ir the second reading, 105 ; axamst it, 144.
majority, 25
The hill was then read amid loud cheers, and the committee
axed for this day week.
on the order of the day fir going into commitee on the
Libel Bill,
Mr [taffies said that owing to the pressure of boldness
which would continue until the close of the SCIPIiOII, it would
be impossible to get a full discussion on the subject. Ile
therel ire withdrew the bill.
After other butiness of no public Interest had been disposed
of, the Howse adjourned.

genuine irrepressible boys—who envy their elders about
the wickets ; who roar at every turn of the match;
who consume ices and sweetim ats at indiscretion; who
are taken into the interior of coaches and petted and
fed there again ; who recount the individual prowess
of certain batonen at rehearsals; aud who, to be men
will make these-elves pale with chemists in the shelter
.f a tent when the other pleasures of the holiday begin
to p.n. It was not disagreeable, also, to observe that,
in spite of all that has been said of the "mannishness"
of modern young gentlemen, the genuine buy still
exists at Eton and Harrow. He mustered on Eriday
and Saturday at Lord's demonstratvely enough. A
specimen of the snob approaches a youth decorated
with an emphatic ribbon of his school: "Would you
tell me," asks Snob. "which lif the players is Lord
Clifton?" "The tall mars; but he's a duffer com-
pared to—." There was instmction in this reply for
Snob, if hewas capable of taking it in ; but most likely
he is not, for see, he makes i if to his friends and enter-
taint them with his personal knowledge of the nobility
What a matter f thankfulness it is also that here
the betting-ring element is out of sight; no bawling
rowdies, no screeching niggers, no gilftY Prophets, or
any tither race course abomination. And the sport
itself is worth seeing. It requires courage, skill, and
patience—the business is picturesque anti exciting.
You catch glimpses of the style and manner of the
batsman instantly by his attitude. It is sail, however,
to observe an unlucky player performing the happy
dispatch, and causing what some practitioner in the
game has called it, a row in his own timber-yard. In
a match this will happen, and so will a ball--a fair
catch, a catch watched before it is done with silent
anxiety by every one—sometimes drop through the
fingers ef an unfortunate fielder, who must surely
have put hie wrung foot foremost out of bed this
morning.
There are a few thousand people in the ground car-
riagele-s—they promenade around, and drift betimes
into the gaping portals of the refreshment awning,
where cold meats arid other humble fare is obtainable
Hither papa, who has no carriage sir has left it at house,
brims five hungry soling Harrovian., before whim
a leg of mutton suffers rapid duninutinn. Here we
find our friend from the country. who is solitary in
this gathering, who has walked and stared, and stared
and walked, until his eyes are jaded and his feet IR)
lire, and his mouth baked with the thirnt which he is
now assuaging as well as he can. He will remain in
the ground as a matter of conscience until there is no-
thing more to he seen. He most be struck with the
unusual politeness of the constables, who keep order
with a demeanour that would do credit to a ma.ter t.f
ceremonies- -not, indeed, that they have much trouble
in their work.

The sun sends down grilling rays of heat while the
carriages are getting under way. What splendid
whips some of these men are who drive the superb four-
in-hands. They are as cool on the box with the reins
as if they sat in the club arm-chair with a newspaper.
The hampers have been packed op as by magic
Adolphus and his brethren are professionally sober,
knowing the heavy penalties of incoherence under such
public circumstances as the present. The boys are yet
consuming ices and lemonade. The men are stringing
together (there is not room for them iit the traps), and
exchanging their experiences of the day. Miss
Anonyms is steering her screw to the outlet, and
there are few so bold as to give her recognition.
The gate is choked with a lot of roaring fellows,
who desire missions to procure cabs or carriages, men
who subsist between begging and the sale of fusees
and fumbling at the handles of brougham doors at the
theatres until they are bribed away. The police are
no longer restrained into a Berlin-glove respect for
persons ; they shout ' Move on !" to all alike. The
carriages follow each other fast, and several dis-
tinguished persons are recognised by the line of starves
who will hold their posts despite the intimations of the
peaee.guardian.. Do you observe the large number
clergymen imming away? Is it not a credential for
his honest, healthy pastime that the parson need not
hide himself while we enjoy it?—that it is not stir.
sounded with scandalous associations such as a gentle-
hail in orders could not decently countenance? Per-
haps not the least gratifying feature of the festival was
the friendly interchanges between the rival schools.
friendly cheers for cheers which were tossed from one
side to another with a hearty and courteous good will.

PEARLS FROM WEST AUSTRALIA.
The following letter from 'D. Tallerman, Australian Meat
Agency. 3i, Norton Folgate,” has been sent to The Times for
publication :
The addition of any item to the list of colonial pro-
ducts is viewed with very great interest in this country.
You will be glad to learn of one that promises to prove
.4 more than ordinary value. By the mail Jost in I
have received from my correspondents M Western
Australia five beautiful ptarls found at the newly-diu.
covered fishery there. These being the first that, I
think. have arrived in this comitry, many of your
read, rs woold probably like to see them, anti I PhaU be
glad to show them at any time during the week.

tey 300 f t 0 and took in the whole of St James's-park-
To add to the convenience of the public the city laid
out new streets to the building, threw foot bridges
across other streets, erected lamps, &c. One of these
bridges was 25oft. long by 441 t. in widtk, an roofed.
Extra railroad tracks were put down, as well as gas-
Ope's and water mains. Ohs building inside was
100 ft. high. The amount of timber used in the
building was two and a half millions of feet, while
the iron and glass WM almost beyond computation.
The roof comprised an area of 170.500 square feet. In
this builoing the orchestra was 101 St. deep and 1151 t.
wide, the north or f ront balcony was 125 f t. deep, the side
balconies were each 751 t. deep, and the moth balcony
WAS 200 ft. deep. The parquette was 1501 t. in length
by 1751 t. in width. Under the balconies were lobbies
361 t. deep and in the rear of the balconies there was a
promenade lift. wide and 1,6004 t. long. There were
twelve arched entrances to this building, each 24ft.
wide. Besides this the building contained the Execu-
tive Committee's room. 1254 t. by 481 t. ; two reception-
rooms of the same size ; two refreshment-roomo, 751 t.
by 371 t. two large rooms for the bands; a parlour for
distinguished guests; a large room for the reporters,
and numerous smaller rooms, such as ticket-offices,
opera-glass rooms, rooms for librettoes, &c. The build-
ing was illuminated by gas, for which purpose four
miles of pipes were put up. The burners numbered
'2,400, and about 1,400 cubic feet of gas were consumed
each hour. Besides this, the building had an abundant
supply of water, a steam tire-engine, and a perfect fire
department, together with fifty patent fire extinguishers.
Happily there was no occasion to use any of these. . . .
The Press room was elegantly fitted up for the
accommodation of the 300 editors and reporters who
represented the Press from all parts of the country.
The reporters' taffies were 1801 t. long, and at night
were flooded with artificial light. A telegraph office
was opened close at hand. Bats, paintings flowers,
&c., adorned the room, A branch post-office was
opened at the Colosseum, and there was an hourly
delivery of letters.... The cut glass used upon this
occasion bore the motto, "Let us have peace," and the
State coat of arms, with the figure of a dove....
A grfsnd chorus offian was built for the purpose. It
had 1,011 pipes, comprised in thirteen speaking stops,
and the wind pressure was ten inches or 4 000111. upon
the reservoir. It proved to be a very powerful instru-
ment. The grand chorus numbered 10,371, including
108 societies, which came from Massachusetts, New
Hampshire, Maine, Connecticut, Vermont, Rhode
fsland, New York, Ohio, and Illinois. It was divided
as follows :—Soprano. 3,201 ; alto, 2,546; tenor, 1,971;
and bass, /653. The organisation and drilling neces-
sary to perfect this Mimeose chorus can only be com-
prehended by those musicians who have undertaken
the work.
The grand orchestra numbered :,094 performers,
from all parts of the United States and the Dominion.
It wais composed of the following instruments :-115
test violins, 100 second ditto, 65 violoncello.' 65 violas.
85 contra ha-see, 8 floles, 8 clarionets, 8 oboes, 8 bas-
soons, 12 horns, 8 trumpets, 9 trombones, 3 tubas, 10
drums—all for the select orchestra ; or 504 instruments,
of which 430 were strings, 32 reeds, 32 brass, and 10
percussion. The grand orchestra had 25 piccoloes ond
Hates, 20 E flat clarionets, 50 B flat ditto. 50 E fist
cornets, 75 B Hat ditto, 75 E flat alto horns, 25 B flat
tenor home, 50 tenor trombones. 25 bass ditto, 25 B flat
baritones, 75 E flat bass tubas, 50 small drums. 25 bass
drums, 10 cymbals, and 10 triangles. making 590 instru-
ments. There was also a large drum 8 feet in diameter,
mode for the occasion.
In connection with the other musical attractions, it
should be mentioned that there was a chorus of 100
anvils operated by the firemen of Boston, and that by
an electric telegraph arrangement all the bells of the
city arid a park of artillery were under the control of
the leader. Sonic of the chorus., as thus performed.
were indescribably grand, and raised the audiences of
50 0110 and 60.000 iwople to the highest pitch of enthu-
siasm. The booming of the artillery and the ringing of
the bell came in upon the second, spreading the
enthusiasm throughout the city. Then the crowd of
two hundred thousand people who blocked up the
. streets would cheer to the echo, the audience inside
would encore. and the national airs and grand
, choruses would have to he repeated. Thus for five
davo did the monster Jubilee continue. . . .
The inauguration ceremonies were as Tuesday, the
15th instant, at three o'clock p.m. The spectacle pre-
sented was very grand. There was prayer, then a short
address of welcome by the Mayor of 80-ton, then
the inaugural address of considerable length, by
the Hon. Mr. Rice, the President of the Associa-
tion. After which the first piece noon the pro-
grimme, Luther's sublime chorale "Em fate burg
t. 4 unser Gott" was lie, formed. This Was 4,ithiwed by
the overture to Wagner's opera of Tannhauser, the
scores for which had to be imported from Leipsic,
as there were not enough in America to supply the
want. Then came the Gloria from Mozart's Twelfth
Mass, followed by a solo from Madame Parepa-Rosa
—Gounod's "Ave Maria." This was given with
Iwo hind's,' violins main the obligato. Madame Rosa
was heard throu2hinit the building. She was greeted
with storms of app'aiise. The next piece was 'Toe
Star-Spangled Banner," with all the adjuncts in the
shape of the grand orchestra, military band, drums,
organ, artillery, and chiming of about forty large bells.
An additional verse was added to this song for the
occasion as follows
"War's clamours now o'er, with her mantle bath l'eace,
"Again in its folds, the nation enshrouded;
" Let no fratricide hand uplifted e'er be,
The glory to dim, which now Is unclouded :
"Not as North or as South, in the future we'll stand,
"Bit se brothers united throughout our loved laud,
•" AB4l the star-spangled banner for ever shall wave,
"O'er the land ot the free and the borne of the brave."

At the close of this piece a wild scene of excitement
occurred in the Colosseum. The fifty thousand people
rose to their feet, che,ring, shouting, wavin4 hats and
handkerchiefe. and refusing to be quiet until the piece
was again performed.... The closing piece of the
inauguration day was "America," with bells, guns,
organ and &c., the audience joining.