The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-02-08 00:00:00

C4e 3tottrinittge Obsertax.

- SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1879.
_
.THE PARLIAMENTARY SESSION.

THE Session which opens on the 13th inst.,
being regarded as the resumption of that
which was held in December last, it is an-

nounced that there will be no further speech
- - - -

from the Throne; but that the Prime Minis-
ter in the house of Lords, and the Chancellor
of the Exchequer in the House of Commons
will explain the policy of the Cabient, and
unfold the list of measures which it is con-
templated to introduce. In point of fact the
eight weeks between the 12th December,
when the Legislature rose, and the 13th
February, when it re-assembles, form merely
ath same character recess, longer as to time, but of precisely
This annual meetinc, place
took in the Lecture
e cas that at Easter or at °
Room, at the Institute, on Thursday
Whitsuntide. It is simply an adjournment The Rev. C. Wordsworth, Rector
s winford,
and
.not . a prorogation. The promises of presided, and there was a small attendance.
Ministerial explanations on the first night The Chairman called upon Mr. C. Ever; to read
when the two Houses again meet has given the following report :
rise in some quarters to the conjecture that s roußa EtIDGIC MECHANICS' INSTITUTION
Her Majesty's Ministers are :unwilling to
Messerts.—ThßEl:"T FOR 1878.
no mp ba es rt
year o f
s member.gbse le I
tseslu4btsucl, subscribing nig a
ut
do
commit themselves to any definite legislation
the Institution for ta
by the august formality of a Royal message ; 96
_Quarterly ,making a total of 151 a
but, inasmuch as there is no such document
forFwmarastcf z.—'Tt, e receipts including 495 s 94 brought
e
at the end of either the Easter or Whitsun rom last year have been £B2 10s Od, and the
expenditure £54 53 84, leaving £2B 4s 44 in the
tide holidays, prima facie there is no reason" treasurer's hands.,
for it at the resumption of business after the READING ROON.—The following
The papers and periodicals
Christmas recess. But whatever may be have been taken. DaNews,
Standard. Pall Mall Liazeyt'te Birmii
nmgehea,mDDaiiyiPost,
the course of procedure, of one thin°. there EoanildyonGaNzeette, and the Daily Mail. ,
Judy,
Weekly—lllustratedSaturday
can be little doubt, and that is of the ° exist-
Review, -Field, TeGraPhie.nch
Worcester
H eHerald,Aria's
Th Birmingham
ence of a general conviction in the public Gazette, The Worcester Chronicle,
mind that the business of this year will be Nmltflianneder,cTohue Et.ngineer. The Wolverhampton Universal
reessie,s Herald,ourbrd Brierley Hill Advertiser,
After
devoted to domestic legislation.
Quart erly
which
the absorbing excitement of last year, County Express,
Popular Science Review. .31 ognetitty)bArryteri
foreign
ich was almost wholly taken up with
'sßosurincicthcehatebouetrrlse.•
nanleCotemporary_Reviews, Nineteenth Century,
affairs, to some gxtent there is a re_ s'igshetiltyw
(I.i:en:in:ice
TBihsaeco k. Eti
Yearllan
Gentle-
man's
al Ml Herald of Pt action, and we find people at home awaking. , tepee Gossip, and Animal
to the fact that they have affairs of their own World. '
to be attended to, and that there are other The Universal Engineer, a new publication, has been
gent
to the rooms by the publishers since September
r,
things to be done besides making a con.st,l'n t
survey of the world from China to Peru. 1'1..12
who
rbeeg to thank those proprietors and
be
the attention of Parliament may others e 13dtrhoeirrtpsapieirs gratitnonsly.
LIBRARY.—TheP librarianen
.4:;32ts
in
he ;:eiL
pbooks,io to
e directed elsewhere, the requirements Of have been u follows, 4,062, against 1
the British Empire do not stand still, and books have been added. and 9 volumese laof
wielltilite must inevitably come when they. periodicals bound bfoxes 0.1 books belonging '
J to the Worcestershire Union of were at the
once more force themselves into pro- Institute each for a period months.. Your cr m-
minenee. mittee resolved to expend 4h5 in purchasing books to:
Twelve months have rolled away sine the the library, and I trust at this sum may be augu-
first week of February, 1878, mented by their successors
classes
which
harwNeure t. • LASSE9.—I a May last the severe
one of the
had
exciting which the House of Commonses operation when last year's report
was presented, wereienxamaiwnaerddeind the work of the Session
h witnessed for a generation. Min' t and book pria.”; were
had demanded a Vote of Credit for's erg
tsix
keeping,
74; English, 4; Mathemaataiefsolle7w.
s .andLatl3l2) 3k
;
millions sterling, as a preparartieoszifwohr..ehn
did
. comTlrnleenperizes were distributed at a m sting
ing the then anticipated Con.. permeseindti
noe! the present session Ney
held at the.
id c. s. Wordsworth
This
bariee ne not, however, assemble for four months after- October, and the following Crease now
began in
wards. The representatives of the conducted by the Rev. H. Swheirnrareif e"n
ion.
wards.
f e people viz: e Latin,utr ou
were engaged in the discussion o this pro- Tit, with 24 c roll; French. conducted b Dri ' with 6
students on tie 01l • English, y of a De
posal on Thursday the 7th of February, by u
tßev. W. Mar if ng, 6 cn the roll; itiath conducted
a telegram was received from the porddc4ard, 13 on the roll;.
Book Keeping,.
n-
conducted by .
Ambassador at Constantinople, announcing of
Artfilk,lxo.motlnthaatlnl,n it4l,in on the roll. At tl
that the Russian armies, in violation of the Society
oellasowsiensg
NCiezrti. certificates
riaatnweasrdlelittl3; students of ihese
terms of in armistice then existing between 2nd; English 2nd; Book-keeping
nd ; Walter Wmr?atio•eett,
the Czar and the Sultan, were steadily ad-English 2nd ;
George Book-keeping
n let; Herbert Turner, kntgOli
vancing on the Turkish capital. It washaarve
Underwood,
,i,',l2(2g:inish 2nd The first three
earned the Serocvile
übsequently contradicted by a telegram throwneergasalseCaehrtoifiwcate." It is
very gratifying to find that It'llf
from Prince Gortschakoff, but the feeling a res n upon
doubt resources, continue to prosper—
of excitement to which the original rumour is le and zeal with
them
htthe teachers do their() wttkal'ailiti
had given rise was!so intense, that an amend- which
institute.the
ecii entitle
tire thanks of the members o
ment moved by one of the Liberal leaders Pe:/rN committee rote with pleasure
the continued success
was at once abandoned, and the oppositicn institution, but at the
to thellinisterial proposal virtually collapsed. emeeinnetstittettihey have to report that
Bcieliepwtsal.hdlhay-
ie:ided 30th June lastr,e
off as compared with P_Die death of Pope Pius IX., which would
your
empmrietvteious year. It is wigi
pleasure however
have commanded great attention at any
me report
of the falling
in
the
amounts
tnubneetsn Bo much in the number
other time, attracted but little notice, and on
l had
received.ieen:"riehe last audited report depositors
atataess,
L 428 17s id
ves
tolloiwing night tho vote was carried by that received and £464 3s 2d re-
-24, a majority of 204 in favour of .o,ty 0- --le 1)klell
paid. The secret f the ports that the repay.
32 have exceeded the deposits f,r the half-year
the G) overn.raent.
,over the
Looking hack ended 30th December.
fierce controversies of that —The 101 l '
~ ov,ing lectures and ent ' •
time the passions LECTURES er,ai a
which were aroused, and the dangers ,• L merits have been given. On
e, witleit m the 4th Feb
ceave, of Stourbridge, lectured on ruary Dr.
"Marvels in the
Imo wirort•d, it mit be a, matter for con- Union
World of nature." On the sth March, B. A