The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-07-20 00:00:00

DUDLEY.

THE SocznaLL's LANE Row.--t the Police Court, on
Monday, before Messrs. J. Aston, James Fisher, and
Alderman Russell, William Gourke and John Gourke,
labourers, were charged with assaulting Police-con-
stables Pass and Durant, in Southall's Lane. Pass had
a prisoner in custody and some thirty or forty inhabitants
of the above district rescued the man. Durant came to
the aid of Pass, and both officers were brutally illtreated.
—The Bench sent William Gourke to gaol for three
months, and John Gourke for four months.—Seven per-
sons have already been sent to gaol for the assaults upon
the officers, and there are yet some twenty to be pro-
ceeded against.
Scnoor. BOARD MEETING.—The Rev. Dr. Cosens pre-
sided on Monday afternoon last at the ordinary fort-
nightly meeting.—The Chairman read a letter from
Miss Burgbam, mistress of the girls' school at Hart's
Hill, simplaining that, in Sconsequence of overcrowding
on the occasion of the Goverment inspection, the ex-
amination was not conducted fairly. The inspector had
charged some of the girls with copying. She had ex-
plained to the inspector that the Board had under con-
sideration a scheme to prevent overcrowding, but as the
work had been done under great difficulties, she was
afraid the grant would be less, It was shown, in course
of conversation on the question, that the girls' school
would always be crowded, whilst the boys school would
not, Lord Dudley's school dividing the attendance.—
Miss Burgham attended before the Board and explained
more fully the complaints of the inspectore—A long
discussion followed, and it was shown that fresh arrange-
ments as to the boys' and girls' schools were about to
be made. It was agreed that the question should be
referred to the Visiting Committee, and that the Chair-
man should write to Mr. Turnbull, the inspector, and
'explain that the boys' school would not accommodate all
the girls.
FAILURE OF A GROCER.—Edward Crone, grocer.
Kate's Hill, filed a petition for arrangement of his affairs
at the County Court on Tuesday last. The amount of
liabilities and assets is not yet known; Messrs. G. B.

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Lowe and Sons are the solicitors to the debtor, and Mr.
John Bent, of the firm of Messrs. John Bent and Bel-
lingham,:has been appointed 'receivers.
THE NEW GRAMMAR SCHOOL SCHIDIE.—This scheme
has now received the Royal assent, and in the hands of
the Town Clerk. A. full account ef its provisions ap-
peared in these columns when the Charity Commis-
sioners forwarded the draft scheme to the Town Council,
and at various times the suggested alterations have been
alluded to. Now that the scheme is law, any attempt
to alter it will prove futile, but the town has yet the
opportunity of giving local colouring to the government
of the school. The present number of co-optative
feoffees, is eight, and the town have to elect seven
feoffees, with the additional advantage of keeping to this
number, even when the co-optative governors are re-
duced to the fixed number of six, as they will be non
decease or removal of the present self-elected feoffees.
Thus in course of time the representative governors or
feoffees will have a majority of one. Within a week
from the present time the Bench, the Council, and the
School Board will be called upon to elect their seven re-
presentatives in the following order :—Two from the
Magistracy, three from the Corporation, and two from
the School Board. It is urged in some quarters that the
Council iffight do a graceful act in electing one of the
three Lord Dudley, who has always taken great interest
in the voluntary educational work of the borough.
There are others who fully approve of this idea, but who
think that the co-optative governors are the proper per-
sons to do is. To these it should be said that the
self-elected feoffees are to be resident or live within a
few miles of the town. His Lordship's influence as a
governor of the leading school would be enormous. '