The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-02-24 00:00:00

LOCAL LAW CASE.

ANABiCONDIN4 STOURBRIDGE SOLICITOR

In the Queen's 8.-nch I)ivision on Tuesday.
before Mr. Justice Grove and Justice Math 'w, Mr.
Murray moved for a rule calling upon a solicitor to
answer matters contained in au affidavit or be
struck off the rolls. The applicants were Mr. Has.
luck Richards and Miss Delia Richards, executor
and executrix of the late Thomas H. Richards,
their father, of Wollaston, who died last November.
The solicitor in question had beeu in practice in
Stourbridge, and had acted for the testator in
various matters, and iii October 1877, he applied to
testator for an advance of £550 on the security of a
colliery at Bilston. The money was advanced, but
when the m.,rtagage deed wa asked for the solicitor
said there was no deed, thought it had subsequently
been discovered that he 11.1 d &posited it with a
solicitor a, Birmingham in consideration of a
private iiebt. There were various other allegations
of misappropriation. Their Lprd,hips granted a
rule nisi.

NEW ALIIVIIBRA. I'HEATRE —Oa Monday awl
Wedne,day nuts, hrge numbers assembled at the
above-named theatre te wireess the performance of
the Kenable and Garrick Dramatic Clubs. On
Monday eieht it. very w.thecic drama, entitled
"Alone," was given with great success. The
piece itself is full of iuterest, and the manner in
which it was plact don the stage. and the ap-
plause of the audience showed that it was
thoroughly appreciated. Miss Alice Finch as
Maud Trevor, the deeply wroaged daughter of
Colonel Chailice, an old blind officer, acted in a
charming manner, and proved herself a therouehly
finished actress. aliss Clara Teltetc made
class Mrs. rho .nton, ,in-1 created roars of laughter
by her out-sp ,ken inaener. The Colonel 3311-.11.ce
of Mr. Harry Bird showed careful study aed
genuine acting, end hi efforts met iii h the elm ess
he -o well me,i'ed, as be was "r-,(iti ni'y ion 'ly and
deservedly applauded. Mes-rs. W. Rolinson, D.
Williams and A. Wallace played the parLs al o.ted
to them in good style. but in some ptr s of tle
theatre teeir voices were scarcely -tulible at ,imes.
This was, d übtless, owing to the bad behaviour of
the "gods" in toe gallery, who thoueti not numer-
ous were exceediagiy noisy and illmannered. It is
greatly to be regretted :hat a police-offic,r is not in
attendaece to put a atop to this ruffi .nly. con luta,.
On Wednesday right "The Fool's Revenge" was
given, in which at celebrat- d ;teetteur. 'de, Jo..
Morris, assumed the character of Bertuccio wite
such success that he fairly brOrtgat down the
house. He was ably seconded by 'Ur Harry Brd
as "‘ialeotto Manfredi." Messrs. Holies ,r+, Cox,
Yates, Timmins and Swan performed their parts
very well, nut once or twice the prompter's voice
was a little too audible. Miss Finch as "Fiordelsca"
daughter o, Bertuccio, gave a splendel represent I-
tion of a faithful daughter to the deform. d father,
and she was rapturously applauded. Miss Clara
Tellett made a very good Francesca, the neglected
wife of Manfredi, and Miss Nellie Holt was ex-
tremely pleasing in her two charaeters, -‘Ginevra"
and "Brigitte, To-night (,aturday) 'Blow fer
Blew" will be given, and we sincerely .rust teat
the efforts of the peif ,riners will inee!. with the
success they se wlld ,s irve W are pleasel to
info, m our readers that the m els actress, Miss
Rebekaa D eo•tenthee a ix Ikys• ee
te,gek.n nt i tins hor en Moad.t... axs Sac
will be su,pu uy M hester titllroti .1 a
arefully selocted comp my.
:Mourn. Z exa eItIBII Alen( )DIST CH .I,P
W /ROBLEY —On Nuerlity last he ope iiiig s vetoes
were com tuned here,. Se, min were preached ti
large congregateon, in the morniaa by the Rev. C.
Dadley, of Wolvernamp,..on ; atiortioelt oy tee itev.
J. Rebbisu Stoctreri I ;ant oVelitil• by Mr. G.
Davies, Birmingavn. Lbs ceeir rendered oiticient
services on (lac a oocaei in. The t ttal collections
amounted to .228 13 2d. The chapel is in the centre
of to villaze, and with school and site has Cost
about £l,OOO.
STOURBRIDaE ASSOCIATED INRTITUTE.—The joint
annual meeting of the StourbrAge Mechanic's
Institute and the Working Men's Institution was
held nn Monday night, under the presidency of the
Rev. D. Maginnis.—T •0 r p,rt of tie Ifechani:s
lostitute, r al y Ur. Er Het, so red a slight
increase in the annauer o. me ethers. tio,v 129 in all
The balauee sheet het tot. neea made up tor the
pet year Tb library i sacs ,N4-I,e 2.733, „ig,,i,„„t
3,655 last ve'er. Teen hat been 46 new boelis
ci te4l it the year. file iCflo hi tth rec leas were
et 335 3s 7d., and tbe tepse ments RAN 9s 'pile
lealaoce due to .lep,,siter was ,2221 53 :3.1. (:;lasses
had bran carried on in Letin, Freao., mathe-
matics, bookkeeping, and Enielish literature.—Lord
Lyttlet,n was re-elected presid .nt ; Mr. J. Taylor,
treasurer ; Messrs. C. Evers aud E. Brazier, hoe
secs. ; aud other appointments were made.—Mr.
Palfrey read the report of the Working. Men's
Institutiou, which showed the number of members
was 136. The income i,al heen £l3 94 The
library issues were 1,556. There had been 900
boeks added to the lihraey in the y ar - Mr. 'l'.
Lewis was elected president tor the year; Mr, J. T.
Short, treasurer : and Messrs. T. Robison and J,
S. Hatton, secs. ; and Mr. tlicklin, librarian.—The
reports were ordered to be printed in the usual w,y,
and other busines- follow d.

BIRMINGHAM ARCHITECTURAL Ass, m.ATio N.— On
Tuesday evening the 13th. a meeting of this as-
sociati n was held at the Queen's College, under
ihe presidency of Mr. W. it IC-ndrick, at which
Mr, J. M Gething, of Kidderminster and Stour-
bridge, delivered a lecture on "Some Errors of
Construction," illmbtrating the subj ,ct by a series
of drawings. Messrs. Morg-in, Bailey, Jones,
Cleve, Mantel, Scruton, and F. Cross (hon. sec.)
took part in the discussion which ensued, and sup-
ported a hearty vote of thanks to the lecturer.
A recent writer in our local papers h s wisely
observed that "one of the follies of the ago is to
buy dear Wines and Spirits." Another folly is to
suppose that buying from th >se who make the
largest return of duty is buying them in the
cheapest market. The Merchant who pays duty
upon thousands of gallons, pays In exact propor-
tion to the retailer clearing a single cask. A great
profit must be gained to cover enormous expenses
of large business premises, cost of ailvertising, and
an allowance of profit to the Agent, greater in
amany iastances than taken by the respect.
able Merchant. To buy cheap is to buy where but
one profit is made, and we cannot better illuAtrate
our argument than by pointing out the way in
which our townsmen, Messrs J. Rutland and Sou, of
63, High-st, have opened up the trade. We have
no hesitation in saying that 25 per cent. is now
saved by their bringing the producer and the con-
sumer together, over the pr'cee pail a fe,f years
ago, and a trial will fully bear out our assert 'us
Dudley Herald, December 24th, 1831.
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