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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-09-27

DARING BURGLARY AT A CHURCH IN

LONDON.

The authorities of St. Albans, Holborn, were sur.
prised to find on Monday that it had been broken
into, either late on Sunday night or early the follow-
ing morning. The burglars effected an entrance
through the window in the porch, the wire framing
of which was completely torn away, and the lead and
glass entirely removed from the bottom. They had
no difficulty in entering the church, the inside door
being unlocked; two boxes were broken open, and the
contents, amounting to about £2 125., taken. No
doubt, thinking that the valuable sacramental vessels
and more money was stored away in the vestry, they
attempted an entrance; but althoueh succeeding in
cutting away some of the stonework supporting the
oaken door they had to abandon the task as futile.
No attempt appeared to have been made in removing
the massive silver cross. The matter has been placed
in the hands of the police.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-09-27

OLD lIILL.

A PUBLICAN HEAVILY FINED.—At the Police
Court on Wedneeday, before Messrs. H. T. Hickman
and W. Bassano (magistrates), James Battie, land-
lord of the Gate Hangs Weil Inn, wau summoned for
selling ale without a license on the lath inst. Mr.
Waldron prosecuted, and Mr. Shakespeare defended.
Wickstead and Rowlands saw a number of
men gambling on a piece of land adjoining the de•
fc•ndatit's licensed premi•?es, and also saw the de-
fendant supply the men with ale.—A fine of £5 and
costs was imposed.

CHARGE AGAiNsr A FRIENDLY SOCIETY SEC RE-
TARY. Samuel Beasley, secretary to the Robin
Hood's Tent, No. 4,255, a branch of the Dudley and
Cradley Heath District of the Ancient Order of
Friendly Society, was summoned by the trustees,
Messrs. Felix Trumans, John Harris, and John
Foley, for withholding £l3 4s from the Lodge
funds, Mr. Cooksey appeared to prosecute, and
Mr. Waldron defended.—Thc Bench found the de-
fendant guilty, and tined him 203 and costs, and
ordered him to pay the £l3 44.—Afr. Waldron asked
for a case, which the Bench granted.
ADJOURNED LICENSING SESSION.—Mr. Cooksey
applied on behalf of Sarah Tromans, of the Swau
bin, Rowley, for a seven days' license. Mr. Cooksey
explained that the applicant at present held a six
nays' license, and as her customers went to other
iiouses oa Smrlays she was desirous of having
a seven day.3' liense.—Mr. Hooper opposed the
application, on the ground that there were within
a radius of 000 yards of the house no less than eight
puhlic-houses.—Tho Bench refu,ed the application.
—The publicans who had been convicted of offences
during the past twelve months applied for a renewal
of their licenses, and after beinz cautioned the
Bench granted the applications.—Mr. Cooksey np
plied for the transfer of the license of the Engine
ton, Wav,-on Street, Old Hill, fro;n Enoch West wood
to William Barber.—The applieation was glanted.
—Toe magistrates also granted an outdoor license
to Mr. John Chambers, grocer, of Blackheath, to sell
wines and spirits.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-09-27

CHESS.

T. GEORGE'S (BIRMINGHAM) v. STOURBRIDGE.—
On Satutchty List a match was played at the rooms
of the former in Great Hampton Street, which re-
sulted, atter a mo6t exciting contest, in a victory
for Stourbrid,ze by two games.
.Score

Sr. GEORGE S. STOORBRIDGE
E. J. 1-I.ivar . 2 W. Fenn 1
W. IL Taylor Ol W Sherrard 1
E, Crowley 0 C. Sherrard 2
J. A. Mckenzie 2 T. Young 1
'?.. Tay'or

W. Al.. Party .. 0 T.lllll .. 3
B. D. Wilmot 2 H. Woo!dridge... 1
J. B. moor
G. Honor
W. L. Smith • 2 W. Dunu 1
J. Eaton
F. W. Williams Cq S. Simms , 11
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-09-27

MR. W. MORRIS ON ART AND LABOUR

Mr. W. Morris, speaking at the opening of an art
exhibition in Manchester on Saturday, deplored the
division of people into rich and poor, and said he
wished to see all class distinctions swept away. He
wanted there to be no more masters and slaves, no
more gentlemen and cads; he wanted them all to be
friends. all to be gentlemen working for the common
good, sharing the common stock of pleasure and
refinement. We could not go on for ever drawing
all the good of our pictoral representation—nay,
even of the ornament of our houses from the past,
but he saw no signs of the new birth. He saw
no signs of it in what is called society, and if
he did he should doubt their reality. We must
start from the root up to be real. It was from the
workman himself that the new birth must
come. But how? To speak plainly, the workman
was to-day a slave—a slave to the great world-market,
which held his master in as tight a grip as himself.
and which mocked at every feeble effort of either
master or man to produce art. From that slavery of
the world-market, the mother of lies and theft, of
pestilence, war and famine, the worker must free him-
self if he was ever to take part again in the enjoyment
and production of beauty, and if he did not, then
beauty would die out of the life of the man. The
workman must learn to understand that he must
have no master, no employer save himself—himself
collectively, that was to say, the common weal. Then
once MOTO he will be master of his work, and will
refuse to produce at the command of the gambling
market. He would have no more need to send
his son or his brother equipped with all the
newest inventions of science to murder half-
armed men in distant countries in order that he may
sell another thousand yards of calico, he would think
the slaughter of three or four thousand Arabs or
negroes a wasteful if not a cruel way of testing the
capabilities of the market, and would soberly try to
find out what was wanted without resorting to
vicarious murder. He would see to it that buying and
selling meant nothing more intricate than the ex-
change of the results of the labour without waste.
He would not suffer the caprice of a few rich people
craving for useless and harmful luxuries to impose a
tax on all usefully industrious persons; and he would
find amidst his peaceful and useful work that every
stroke he did would benefit both himself and all his
neighbours.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-09-27

WORKING CLASS HOLIDAYS.

The subject of holidays of the working classes, or
rather of days on which labour ceases, is not only of
considerable interest, but bears in several ways on the
labour question. In France Sundays and fete days
cause a chomate, or cessation of labour, amounting
during the year to 100 days. In Russia there are
twenty-four holidays in addition to Sunday, making
in all seventy-six non working days. In Greece
the number of church festivals kept as strict holi-
days is so great as to leave only 265 working
days in theyear on which, however, work iscarried on.
The working classes of Austria have 76 whole
holidays, which in the provinces are still more
numerous. In Brussels, including St. Monday, the
average of working days is estimated as only 236,
although the official holidays are not more than 65.
The Swiss working classes have in addition to the
religious festivals, to put up with a certain number of
drill and field days until they are 28, and in some
cantons, 34 years of age. In England the holidays
and non-working days are as follows: Sundays, 52;
bank holidays, 4; half holidays on Saturday, equal 26
total 82 days. If to this be added the half of St.
Monday, as is too often the case, 26 more days must
be put down to the account, making in all 108 days in
the year. On the whole, the working classes need not
complain of lack of leisure; and they come well off,
indeed, when their situation in this respect is com-
pared with the lives of professional men, who have to
work a great deal harder and more continuously to
insure an income which is probably more precarious.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-09-27

(To be continue4o

GRAND REVIEW BY THE GERMAN

EMPEROR.

After three days' field manceuvres of the 7th
Prussian Army Corps against the Bth, during which
the Crown Prince represented the Emperor, the
second part of the army manceuvres began on Friday
with a parade of the 7th Corps before the Kaiser
Wilhelm. At ten o'clock the Imperial party, coming
from Castle Benrath, arrived on the parade field, near
Wevelinghofen, fifteen miles south-east from Dussel-
dorf. Besides the Crown Prince and the Prussian
Princes, the Kaiser was accompanied by the Grand
Duke of Oldenburg, the Crown Prince of Sweden,
Prince Leopold of Bavaria, Prince Lippe, Count von
Moltke, and a large suite, including nearly fifty
foreign officers, among whom the scarlet uniforms
of General Haines and his companions were
conspicuous. The Crown Princess, who wore the
black uniform of her Hussar regiment, was also on
horseback, while the Empress remained in a carriage
drawn by six horses. Opposite the saluting pint
stood a grand stand filled by several thousand spec-.
tutors. Large crowds lined the roads and greeted the
Emperor with the greatest enthusiasm. The review
passed off in the usual manner customary in the
Prussian army. The troops stood drawn up in two
divisions, with 29 battalions of infantry in front, and
four regiments of cavalry and two batteries of artil-
lery in r:ar, numbering in all 18,000 men under the
command of General von Witzendorf. The Emperor
remained on horseback during the entire review,
whichlasted over two hours, an appeared in excel-
lent health. Durinc, the march past the Crown
Prince, the Grand Duke of Oldenburg, and Prince
Lippe personally led their regiments past the
Emperor