The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-02-03 00:00:00

THE BRONZE MEDAL FOR THE
EGYPTIAN CAMPAIGN.

By order of the Admiralty and War Office, lists
are to be prepared of the officers and men of the
army and fleet who are entitled to receive the bronze
star which the Khedive has decided, with the Queen's
sanction, to have struck off to commemorate the
services of the British troops in Egypt, and the issue
of the decoration is expected to commence in the course
of a few weeks by the presentation to the officers, non.
commissioned officers, and men of the Household
Brigade,

PROPOSED MEMORIAL TO THE LATE
ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY.

In London, on Friday in last week, the Duke of
Albany presided over a meeting at the Mansion
House to raise a national memorial to the late Arch-
bishop Tait. His Royal Highness paid a warm
tribute to the greatness and singlemindedness of Dr.
Tait, who presented the national ideal of an Arch.
bishop of Canterbury.
Letters were read from Earl Granville and Dr.
Benson, the new Archbishop, eulogising the character
of Dr. Tait.

The Archbishop of York bore testimony to the
devotion to duty of the late Primate, whilst Mr.
Goschen, M.P., as an old Rugbeian, dwelt on the
esteem which he gained from the boys at Rugby.
Lord Stanhope, Lord Shaftesbury, Mr. S. Morley,
M.P., and Mr. B. Hope, M.P., also spoke, and reso-
lutions were passed deciding to place memorials in
Canterbury Cathedral, Westminster Abbey, and St.
Paul's Cathedral; also to complete the restoration of
Lambeth Palace Chapel, and to start a "Tait
Memorial Fund," to be used for Home Mission work
in London and elsewhere.

DR. PARKER ON TB& ARCHBISHOP TAIT MEMORIAL.
At the close of Sunday morning's service at the
City Temple, Dr. Parker said
On Friday last I attended the most remarkable
meeting probably ever held in the City of London.
The meeting was conducted under the presidency of
his Royal Highness Prince Leopold, Duke of
Albany, wh ) made one of the most complete and
forcible speeches it was ever my privilege and plea-
sure to listen to. The speaker was young but the
speech lacked nothing of maturity and strength.
His Royal Highness was wonderfully supported
by the foremost talent of the Church. He was
also supported by some of whom Nonconformity had
no reason to he ashamed, The object of the meeting
was to create national Memorials to the late lamented
Primate. The tone of the meeting wad national—not
sectarian. The spirit of the meeting was calculated
to broaden and sweeten all the Christian relations
of society. It occurred to me that, instead of a man
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here and there n the congregation giving a trifle, it
might be well for pa to make a grant out of the
offertory which will be taken this day towards
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the fund created n honour of the illustrious name of
Archibald Campbell Tait. I say a grant out of the offer-
tory because I have no wish that one fund should be
impoverished to enrich i another. That s not giving, that
is merely a clever manipuls%tior
i 1 of quantities. Per.
sonally, I should feel gratified fwe could send, say,
twenty guineas as part of the offertory, as a sign (4
our catholicity and an expression of our feeling of
gratitude far the great work which was done by the
illustrious Primate. I leave this matter with you. I
had intended personally to subscribe, but I should
prefer to merge my individuality in the common gifts
of the congreption. If any of you, therefore, think
that such a man deserves such a recognition: beyond
his own Church—he will certainly have it within the
limits of that Church—you carcrOeponcl accordingly,
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and this will show that the Church in England s ever
larger than the Church of England.

An Exhibition is proposed to be held in Cork this
year, with a view of developing the industries of
Ireland, and of improving the condition of the Indus.
trial classes throughout that country.