The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-02-09 00:00:00

DISTURBING THE SALVATION ARMY.

In London, on Tuesday, at the Worship-street
Police-court, Philip Talbot, porter, of Wenlock•street,
Hoxton, and William Amos, labourer, of Risden-
str, et, Rotherhithe, were charged with having caused
a disturbance at the Grecian Theatre during religious
worship. Henry Sexton, the prosecutor, who appeared
in the box with the " Army " uniform and the letter
"5," said he was the sergeant on daty at the pit oi
the Grecian Theatre on the previous evening while the
service was being held. The two prisoners were
causing a d's:nrbance by standing on the forma and
ehoutirg out "Hear, hear," and "I am confirmed,"
while the captain was reading the lessons. The
captain had to stop, and when he recommenced
reading the prisoners again shouted. The cap-
tain afterwards closed the meeting, and ordered
the police to be brought in. Two other sergeants
gave evidence, and in answer to Mr. Hannay, one
of them said that the accused were "Talking
about 'l'm confirmed,' and mixing Scripture with
it, and all that." Talbot said that he went into the
meeting and sat down. When the captain gave out
the hymn and waved his arms as a eignal, he (prisoner)
started singing with the rest. When the people said
"Hallelujah 1' he also joined in, and as he had a strong
bass voice perhaps he spoke louder than the rest. That
was all he did, and the row really was behind them.
In fact, the witness Hooper came up to him just as the
disturbance had commenced, patted him on the
shoulder, and said, "There's a good young man."
Amos said he was not doing anything except listening
to the service. He could not sing—knew nothing about
singing, and left it to his friend Talbot. The police.
constable who took the prisoners into custody said he
found them standing up as the others were. They were
merely singing the hymn, and were waving their hats,
and the congregation were also waving either hate or
handkerchiefs. The defendants went quietly to the
station. Mr. Hannay said there surely must have been
some cause for the prisoners being selected and given
into custody. He ordered that they should enter into
their own recognisances to keep the peace for two
months.

A Dublin correspondent reports a statement to the
effect that a number of convicts in Ireland, including
some of the Dublin Invincible', are about to be re-
moved to English prisons, and that for this purpose a
roan•of-war has been ordered to proceed to Dublin
Bay. In their removal care will be taken that their
place of destination shall not be disclosed.
Enza Smith, daughter of Mr. Smith, landlord of
the Malt Shovel Inn, Freeth•street, Birmingham, has
just died from an accident owing to defective gam
fittings. The young woman was pulling down a gas
pendant, when one of the weights fell upon her head,
causing fatal injury.
The total number of visitors to the Calcutta Exhi•
bition since the opening now amounts to 500,000. The
greatest interest continues to be taken in the Exhi-
bition, which &Wade a large number of native
visitors,

In Denmark, a Ministerial Circular has been issued
giving greater stringency to existing regulations
affecting the export of cattle to Great Britain, both as
regards the inspection of the cattle by the veterinary
authorities and the mode of transport.
Net and rod fishing in the Tay and its tributaries
opencsi on Tuesday morning for the season, the river
beinz in flood. The takes are not so good as on the
opujog day last year, but fish are reported plentiful
and a good season is expected. During the day some
fine salmon were exposed for sale in Perth and
Dundee, and were sold at 3s. per pound.
Mr. Bradlaugh occupied his usual place under the
gallery at the Ministerial side of the House of Com-
mons on Tuesday evening. It is arranged with the
Opposition that he is to come up on Monday and claim
to be allowed to take his seat.

Mr. Dickson, M.P., is engaged on a scheme which
is to be immediately submitted to the Governmen
with the view of establishing an Irish land bank, to
relieve, by loans guaranteed by the Treasury, the
present deadlock in Irish land. It is said that the
capital required would amount to about ten millions
sterling.
The heavy rains and melting of the snow have
raised the Ohio River at Cincinnati some 52 feet. The
streets along the rive: front are flooded, and one of the
embankments is broken. A repetition of the din-
astrwas freshet of last February is feared.
Heavy rains have fallen in the North-West Pro-.
vinces of India, and crop prospects are consequently
improving.
The Daily News says that the Government have
under coneideration the expediency of introducing
a bill to give effect to the resolution with reference to
the cattle plague which the House of Commons passed
last year.
Tee whaling steamer Hope, of Peterhead, has been
purchased on behalf of the American Government for
£20,000 for the purpose of being used in the Greeley
Re:kf Expedition. The Hope, it will be remembered,
is tho vtasel in which Sir Allen Young sailed to the
relief of Mr. Leigh Smith and his party two years
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