The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-02-19 00:00:00

THE STOURBRIDGE OBSERVEIt,

Speech appropriately expresses that it has attained
a higher rank in these times. It has risen from an
economical to a political question. Time wag, in-
deed, when private convenience was the aspect in.
which it was chiefly regarded; then came the argu-
ments of additional area for employment, for capital,
and for people. Events hair() now thrown these
somewhat into the loackgrotind ; for, as Mr. Cross
truly observes, all the food that our unenclosed,
land could possib4 add to our • for genera-
tions to c9we is mere trifle co. ed with the
mighty eturtent from foreign countii, Cross does
not etcondescewl to notice th%old. misgiving that g
\37 might possibly arrive inAvhich'En g lan blockaded'
, we have seen the neighbouring capital, and deprived
.tegelher of her foreign bupply, might find, too late,
te whth of even a few hundred thousand semi of
-,grk wit.. Like a provez:ous-fandly in private life,
Etsgl 'people have come to find parks and
%sure grounds, good breathing spaces and sweet
2. pces of nature, not leas a neoensity of healthy
de than meb-at and drink, fine clothes, good houses,
Irniture, ctels,. and other appendages of earthly-suc-
se. We ;bay nw wondek we did not see all this
Attire, ad itiAtit"natuial to ask why ill at once the.
nation, -especially a Conservative Government, makes
so nxtleb....of that itilaatLto, think.Eo little of. The
question is, indeed, a curious one, but it does not affect
the fisp.c aide"re now agresd on the object to
.be.puduJ,° and something like a healthy rivalry _has
uot-be discouragiul by-any. illy:
ciiiimerits:-The crw.2try will look -to the side that
mises best, and will keep it to its word.

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inexpefiencfd lion.e,4fftission9d, officers
are sometimes too Prone to &lane Ent fottrilling
fitultkof temper that non-commissioned officers, of
stitndffig would have dealt with by bringing the Offender
before the officer commanding his company. As a
general rule his Royal Highness does not wish soldiers-
to be confined for trivial offences by non-commissioned
off),cere when the case can be inquired into by the
officer comManding the offendet-'s compan7, or in his

by tho±cer aliiegiment4ll-;

has not alfitips been ble to shake himself free from
the effects of his early training in 6.0.1 life, and fre-
quently dose not realize the consequences atiettdant
upon acts of insubordination in the army. His Royal
Highness is of opinion that in many instances the want
oF tact and proper manner-on the part of non-commis-
sioned officers gives rise to these acts of violence on the
prt of young soldiers_ who are frequently very sorry
for their cottduct *he: •ad time to reflect.
In cases where a conu • *Ei of otinitra thet
an act of insuboriknal ttribu eto this cause,
his Royal Highnellionsidets that gCO Pius admonitiet
(jiined pjerhatis to a slight prthishmenttrAnd an an3pl(
apolog,f to. the noti•counbaissioned oftiebr concerned
together with an expression of
.regrecfor his imprope
conduct by the prisoner, might meet the casc. Co
manding officers in their daily interpotwe with thei
non-commissioned offi rs'Should . impreii;,up,m thei
the necessity for cope, digerati eir dealim
t with young soldiers, w ,t all harshne
of tone or manner in t rders 0.”