The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-12-23 00:00:00

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Sir C. Dilke, whose little game is f a. do andr,vrhe!are
tan positions at the expel... of others.
Green was charged with stealing on the 3rd inst. : de.remsgm.tide
rus%
imn,tottiet a ewnitth?utt tpico
,applause.. dalu,rl.;!.); pro.
1, dresses, 2 aprons, a skirt, and other things, trying throw thin country into anarchy, and exalting
the property of Lucy Rowberry, of the Long- ' etAnt or fao.—Ettzs Hipkiss. Joseph Midas., themselves i
Yours.
lauds. Prosecutrix proved missing the articles • William+, of Reddall Hill, Cradley Heath, scrap iron
Josiah Ilipkiss, and Job Hipkiss, plaintiffs, e. Joseph
WIDE AWAKE.
in question. Prisoner had been lodging with ' dealer, defendant. This was an action to recover the
lii-..r. She missed the articles, and asked the sum of £5O, money alleged to be received by the defend-
Prisoner for t'oo o, and the latter said they were ant from the plaintiffs on the 16th of January, 1141,
S.
: somweeks ago et Dudley T w argued e C
locked in ac' est. She gave the prisoner no
Che caneourt. Mas
r. Motterata (instructed by Mr. Thomountyaa
authority to pledge them. George Whitwell and • Homer), appeared for the plaintiffs, and Mr. Hoinfray
John Wraight proved receiving the articles in for defendant. It appears that plaintiffs were iron met-
pledge. Police-sergeant Jones proved appre- chants residing at lialesowen, and that in the year 1868
he, ding her, and produced the duplicate pawn de):endant took 7 a mortgage on pinalftioffin' property in
tielo• --). Sentenced to one month's imprison- ttsirir clratt:
Mmit• el'r aanillyBilaTlTend,diedor, who aanfterw'mards 3lie-
went. came bankrupt. Plaintiffs afterwards paid off defend-
ant, and had back their deeds. They afterwards dc•
Jimmied from the defendant the moneys they had paid
him for Mr. Tandy's law costs, amounting It £,t,£,t,and it
was contended for plaintiffs, that although .they had
paid theft motleys and taken up the deeds, yet they were
entitled to have the sum claimed in this action refunded
Hutu. as the costs were not legally chargeable. There
lins been considerable litigation over these in-otters in the
St iiirbridge County Court. Mr. Homf ray, at the hear
ine, contended that the payment might have heen te•
fuset at the time, but having been made, the money
could not now be recovered. Mr. Materna, for plain•
tilts, cited a case in support of the contrary view, and his
Honour took time to consider his decision. At the
Court, on Saturday, he gave judgement for defendant,
with costs.

CHAIM': OF '.BI3AULT.-oeorgo Bell, farmer,
of PVILI(1), was charged by Allll Beddoes with
assaul, ing her n the Ilith instant. Mr. Perry
defemd.d. Complainant said she lived at Fox.
cote. Cn the above date she met the defendant,
who struck her, knocked her down, and knelt
npue her. 'Witness told defendant to kill her,
txpected to die for him. She had been
arq :shdeil with the defendant for nearly forty
ye,:s. Mr. Pcrry addressed tllt Bench for the
d ,fence, and eeatended that complainant was
ti assailant, mid that she was annoyed because
defendant had not married her. Fined Is
am., costs.

teti, 0,71.

statement, and I think all reasonable persens will Feu
with me in pitying Bradlaugh's blindoess. Bat " Re-
publican must bear in mind that sometimes "pity is
akin to contempt," and I certainly toted, confess that e.y
feelings are those of anything but respect for one
aVvws ouch a otatement in this 19th century, with the
Bible and all the other evidences of a Deity that Chris-
tianity can show, to say nothing of the grand spectacle
of the Heavens and the Earth which is constantly before
his eyes. I would ask "Republican " how it was that
men like Socrates, Plato, and Pythagoras, who existed
when the world was steeped in idolatry, and befyre the
very name even of Chriet had ever bees heard—Mew w..s
it that they could, with nothing but their own pow, r
reasoning to guide them, discover that there as,, bat one
true God ? It was, Mr. Editor, became instead if culti-
vating their consciences, they made use of the time that
would have occupied in cultivating their intellect.. If
Bradlaugh had cultivated his intellect a little !nor,- cud
his conscience • little leas, like those mighty get to-ta
Shakespeare, Milton, Banyan and others, whose Lae,
will be handed down to future generations with reveret.ce
and love—he might not only have seen plenty of evi 1, lice
in creation of • Deity, but also have been some
his fellow.men.
He next saya that if I wieh to diocese ''Sir, Brad-
he
laugh's theology," I had better do so with file firmilaupii
himself. If I recollect rightly, the word the, I,i;sy is de-
rived from two Greek words—Thros and i,QOO Nll.fy.
iog the law of Orel. Now, how would it he poesible 'or
me to discuss Bradiaugh la law of God with lii,,. whee
avows his disbelief in the very existence of a G 4 I vet
at a lox to imagine ; but " Itripublicao's " Itreei-
laugh'. infidelity "theology," is only on a par with the
speech of another republican, viz., the chairman at
the second lecture, when he described Braillauglfs uniie•
, lief as "religion. • If" Republican" would on.y ..try
to
think " a little before he writes (an operation which he
evidently is not much accustomed to, judging, at least,
from the ridicule which lie tries to throw upon It be
would not then make such egregious blunders.
His next statement is simply • reiteration that what I
had heard is false, and this is followed by an a-sertyie
that what Bradlarigh has stated with reference to the
•• Four Georges" is trot.: but as he fails to support this
statement by a single ermine at, I can only my that
lila
umupported testimony is utterly worthless. But teen
if every word of what Bradieugh has stated web ri fer.
ence to the " Four Georges" was true, I cannot see how
that would affect the character of our present Queen,
end think that it must have taken over)- highly "cult.
sated conscience" both on the part of " Republican "
end Bradlaugh, to make her responeible for the sios of
her forefathers. Their effort to do so puts me in mind
of the old fable of the " Wolf sold the lamb," for when
the former had failed in his attempt to fasten a cause of
quarrel on the latter, he ultimately deveured her beeinee.
as he alleged, one of her auceetore had at some time or
other injured one of his family.
, Ile next asks me for a proof that " Qat en has en-
de.ired hi rself to the hearis of all her subj, its by her
binder solicitude for their welfare, and her kindly spit.
p m athy with the in all thvir trouble." If I had not al
tivi commencement of this epistle emceed that I would
take each sentence that referred to my letter, and answer
them in rotation, I would have let sled the foregeing with
that contempt which it deserves ; but sooner than hi-
should have the opportunity of boasting thee I had not
been able fulfil my promise. I will ask bini the following
questions. Dom he read the papers ? Does he talk to
awl one? Does lie go to soy piare if worship l! If he
reads the papers he must see that the prevailing topic is
sympathy with the Queen and the Royal Feinily in their
present great trouble; if lie bibs to Nov ye,. he will end
that the same topic forms the principa.l suLjeci of rice.
versetion ; and if he goes to any Weer. of nom,, ip be will
find that special prayers are g 11. r,-.h au Iveati.init
some spirit. Aad if be waats o pro ,f that Her Majesty
sympathises with her subjects in their troubles, he ha.
ouly to refer to Monday's fou.nyll,l 11,41, is which lie
will find an article describing lice the Qaten, the inn.
iuent that the doctors announced that the more danger-
ous symptoms had paesed—althongh she was nearly worn
out with anxiety and watching—instead of going and
taking her rest, as many others would have done, went
to the bedside of the boy Charles Blegg, sod did every-
taing in her power t console h-s afflicted mother.
He next says that I asserted that a mob •' once dam r
Barebbas." I wonder to which lam indebted for this
attempt to father a grammatical error on me—to le. un-
cultivated intellect, or to his" cultivated conscienc.•." I
almit that I stated that a mob "once chew Barabbas; '
bat as this.. an undisputed scriptural fact, it requires no
further comment from my pen.
"Republican " next states that Barabbas was a robber.
Now this hat ins very ugly word; and I am rather in-
clined to think that be was only the victim of a culti•
tared conscience," which made him like a good many
others who are at the present day troubled with the same
article, rather confused about the rights of property, and
inclined occasionally to confound tenni with hewn.
t• Republican" next says that ignorant men have often
put up with a " Barabbas who has robbed them." In
anower to this I can only quote Dr. Johnsou, who dr-
c and the*. "patriotism was the last resource of scoun-
drels," and I am sure that any unbiassed person who has
heard of the disgraceful see ee that occurred in that salu•
brious spot, the " Hole.in•the-Wall," a few eVeniumi ago,
will admit that he was light.
Ile next charges me with finding a " connection " be. steep Barabbas Briellaugh ; but as I did not even
mention such a thing when I referred to the above cele-
brities, the t• connection " melt have ouly existed in his
, wn imagihation. But if he chooses to.assert that there
is a " conneCtion " between Bradlaugh and Barabbas, I
shell bow to his superior knowledge, as he is much more
intimately acquainted with one of them than I am,
ile next reminds me that Bright's name begins with B
es well as BradlauglV ; I cao only say that I was aware
of the fact, and add that so does Balsam, Belied, Beelze-
bub, and other historic nausea that pod.ss an unenviable
notoriety.
After this "Republican,' doubtless, thinking be has
settled me, rambles off into the pleasant pages of
history, and it is evid int from several indications that
eow be has reached those "hippy limiting grounds
there is no knoeing. if left to himself, when lie will ie.
turu to the subject on which he started, fir I find him
concluding his letter with the information that he intends
to prove that James I. was "one ef England's *maned
kings." Disagreeable, however, as it welly seem to dis-
turb him in his pleasant occuprition, I must remind him
t at if he is sincere is what he profess, s to be that he
:ad a duty to pi dorm of more paramount importance
than the one he has so gratuitously taken upon himself,
sad that is to miewer me, in the same maely and
itraightforwaid mawier in which I have answered him,
and to show, if possible, what advantages can be derived
mom a republic. which cannot also by legitimate means
obtodard under is monarchy.
Until he succeeds in doing this I must, with your ier-
eni,siou continue to sign myseif.

I our, &v.,
ANTI•ItEN• I ICAN.
Stourhtidtr, Dec. 201.11. 1871.

NI) IiI:ANAUGH

Ilth, ftl

riply to toy eugalr, at to 11-1111 r innertiou
•ou'd exiet betwoen Uniiariainsui and or Uni-
t. irusnisut and Disliyalty, 1 have receive itiy well of
Abase, some iidiciii•,, .14 very liffif: info/nits:ion. 1 base
,oy enquiry ~n this. The only persuas or, tar platform
.iesides the. lecturer and ell :it :ash were Ciiitarilie; that
bile tile members of oilier ,ietuitlinatiolis were iosa:s-
- iiy their itliselve. Unit were
'heir presence. 1111 1 .113 11/ their alphuqe; that the e9lO-
- the Citizen Slacre wt, talk; d oh-nit by Unitariar•
bet ire it WAS publicly auuousfee,i. Venturing, there.
:ore to renew my question,
I remain, yours respectfully,
ENQUIRER.
Stourbrdge, Dec. 20th, 1871.

Th thc Maur (.1 the " Obdercer.

SlR,—T!‘e chloride of lime recommended by me as •
sanitary precaution a fortnight ago to check the spread
•if the new disease introduced by Squire Bradlaugh,
icems to have had a good effect, and no doubt by using
•1 fibecurti, and removing all nuisances, like all other
•pideuiics it will die out.
The present year seems extremely prolific in these
visitations. We have bad the rinderpest, the foot and
mouth disease (to which class since the Hole-ladle-Wall
.(caraa, riradlaughisur must, I think. belong), fever,
Hoping we have Feen the hot of these disturbers of
the public health for some time at least,
1 remain, yours reapectfully,
ANTLCONTAG lON.

Stourbridge, 28th Dec., 1871

AN EVENING BEVERAGE. CACE.GINIS. - The En d
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Saturday, December la7l.