The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-09-02 00:00:00

LORD SHAFTESBURY ON THE
"SABBATH-DAY:'

tonl Shaftesbury visited a number f the public in-
stitutions awl building in the city I,f taa.gow, on
Tuesday, awl in the evening hi. Lordship attended a
public meeting, under the ausioices of the Working
Men's Sabbath Protecton Association, in the V'ity
hall. lie was acomipaniol to the platform by the
Lord Provost (who took the chair), Lord Lawrenc,,
How Evelyn Ashley, Sir harry Parke., Mr. En-
nail, M.P.- Mr. Cordon, M.P., and Sir Peter Coats.
The Lord Provost prefaced the proceelings with a
.411.,rt moeech.

Mr. I:,,lert?lteintnsh, prvsi lent nf the Association,

then p. resented Lori S 1 171 it edam' with an alderss eon.-
gratulating his lairldfito 1,11 hiS efforts in behalf of
moral and religions progress.

11,1,1 ruply, said,

" Nicol of Moog-ow, this is a inagitilicent spi•.•f ap..l I
Would have gone heartily to the ver•y cod of th • ,
such an anger guilt of true, honest, rizlit min 11.
dent, free, and religions ertikrns. I not,t ! r 1: •
sum on which you toe here assembled, mid :• • •
invited by pit to come from a col—. •. .•
to be present with yrat on this evening tio• putt. •
of asserting and maintaiiiing the great and inden-asti,..
rizlit Id you all to the full, :11...1ute, nap:alined, and nue,
ditional ...Mimi:tit if itire day in ieven for the high tui.!
holy purpose-a for w hint. it was art apart. Applause.)
Wit did one of your countrymen call this • the pearl 01
••• ' I of days It is, and as ouch Mr yon
• • t : it. As the pearl of days, ht
• , • • 11—the single godly laint of all
• , ..11 earth. I eli glad to see port. free.
1.. eitiz.rns, rising to the ass‘ Abut of
. •. • • •liti,al rights it c Its onstittliknal : it
, - .
• : ~; 'Lofty 10. if
• ci-, •0 !,1: • I I
C:•P., • t- ~• p t •I
days in your winks . MT
,• ,ti your polit., .1 s. r ;:. , , .1!
I..oresent Parliament
i with the ri 2! )• • •
ban: lint 'treat and tamed day exclusively your ow Turn
contemplation of Coil's Indy ivord, for waiting upon Him i.,
worship, for repairing all the wear and tear of the mind t0..1
body hi the wink that is prescribed, for refreshing your-
selves for future toil, but, above all things, preparing yonr
selves tlmough the all redeeming blood of the Sits-line fur
blesmed iintoortality ? These are the great lights for you to
01w:rye these ate the great rights for you to melee it,,
these are the great rights tliat valor you to the full sense of
your responsibility to 410,1 and man.
" I Lave read a:1 3111'1e in one of yottrlo,al papers to-day.
I tilair, of its tone, on the contrary I took it a:
mitt, frit than other,. it 'ohs as if you Inni
IIL a!el I had conte in the most so Whig
iris; tsr, f...• tin. pill-voNe 44 putting noine Ili lin
the i pi:Torre you enjoy. Above all, they went
of Cleir way to say that it was to limit the per people in
their wall,rn thr Sabbath day. (Applause ) I ii.,!; uput
the Sal•laith dap as a do), .4 IndY, physical, and mental re-
evert I.mk opal it as a day of which you nrivat cleVot,
gco,l ir.att to the worship and service Id alMightY .1
1,,,M bat I look mum it WI It day that yar aro; de-
vote bi many family affections, to ninny family duties, to
stint intercourse, to many little innocent enjoyment, arid
if there is anything on the face 44 the earth that
1.. Ito- mind is more beautiful than another. it is
on the si.l.bath day under the bright sort and 011 a
IdoWEIZ ti I thC working-limn o
I;!; wife on his :11.111 PlOl trio I Whiten behind hint, all iii,
p.•l't the of luaven. (1,. aril
O pirlalist•.) A 1,,a,ha1a,1-I:elaardide St. Pierre—Went 4,1 a.
day to call upon a philosophical friend. It was a iambus
11.1 y—the arm was shirting, the dowers were blooming and
the walk was attractive. WM n we arrived at the hotere
id his fricnil the philosopher the door was odosed, the
wirelows wire shill, the blinds were 41raW11, With utlilinlilty
he found his way into the room of the philosopher, soil said
Ii hila. • What ;ire yOll :Oral( ill this dirt rind darkness r'
,i)ll,' he ',rid, I am contemplating the works of cod:
taindr) • his stupid bail • was the reply, ' throw open
your rai, tile WilldoWA, rot cioWll the blinds, go out
into the open air. and 10.0.: up to the canopy of Iltaven. Look
at th, dowers and s, all the works of Ilial ill 011 e
Illelit in a Way in a-our iilllollation you W .114
lever he able to i1...' (Applause.) I ask yoll HOW to irk at
this I I,IOW- we have it n 11.0114100 and I hipe yrir
have it here int:lasgow. Donald going out on an evening
with his Jeannie npon his arm. nice and neat, in her cap and
kirtle, and all the bairns rollllll almut theta enjoying tlr,'iri-
SetS so, they git home, then they have to examine the
Bible, then they read it chapter id the Word 411;011, then they
join in the prayer, then they trtire in. In• 11. .111
11..nald rises next day and resumes his working clothe, frill
of contlilence anti Joy, because he knows he has spent well
the Sabbath, and that God vtill be with him for the unstring
work. (Applause.)
" It is Impossible In looking over the olil race of human
life—it to impossible for those who will be candid to admit
the truth for them not bo see and confess the wisdom
Of the Sabhath, ad the institution of the LoriPs-ilay.
A rest of one day In seven is so necessary, so true, and
HO wise that it could not possibly have sprung from any
hilt 11111 St have come down as a revelation, as
an ordinance from heaven. (Applause.. Those who are
most i•tigaged hi works of toll, whether it be of the marlin Or
of the hand, call out for repose, and if it be said that rest
is neci•ssary to the 1111111:111 nniinil alai the human body, I
ask you if there over was a period in Cm history of the
world, in the history of this nation, when it was more neces-
sary than at the present moment. (Applause.. Is it not all
observation of every One that we are living with immense
rapidity? is it not an observation of every one that we fire
crowding into a year the events of a century r Is it not an
observation of every one that the omit competition if trade
keeps every one upon tenter hooks, keeps every dale in the
furnace, keeps every. one in such a state of excitement that
the n o ervu mls system shaken? Everybody knows that In the
days in which we live the moral system, the intellectual sys-
tem, is more greatly ilistm•lied than ever, owing to the wild
competit ift every deprirtment of trade anil. art in Whirl
Iliell'Sll4ll4lSare so bushy engaged. ilierefore it is important
that 1:04 at all thin. haa ordained this rest ti man :and if we
will go forward in the pursuance of those that are gone be-
fore us, We must be more than ever circumspect in attending
tin Hit great orilinallee, aunt give up excluaively to hun, With.
out let or hindrance or restraint, the whole of that blessed
day, apart from the bat 44 the mind and of the body.
• • •

° We do not want to impose upon others any ascetic ob-
servance, only we do not denim to be depriv.l if that pri-
vilege ourselves. We are nit called by any Act of Parlia-
ment tip attend places of worship, but we say, Von shall
not do enything anyone part that shall !prevent any milking
man from attending a place of worship. (Applause.) Now
pay attention to this. N'on know that there is a famous Act
called the Act of Charles 11., and that Act is now put in
jeopardy. I do not hesitate to say that a great number of
fussy, misguided, foolish people in London have been en-
deavi siring to push that Act into melt a miantenese of de-
tail as to be simply vemtimia and altogether ineffective
that has raised a certain countersetion by persons who are
combining to go forward and any that we will repeal the
whole of that Act. Now I hope that the men of Glasgow—
not only the 400 here assemlpled, but every one you can en-
list in your ranks will use uo and say, 'So long as I have
energy and breath. so long as I have a mind to think, a heart
to feel, and a need], to speak, you shall not touch one tittle
of that Act.' Applause.) I will toll you why. Von may
alter it if you please, and lability some of the details
of the Art Kiel make them more applicable to the time
In winch we live, but remember the preamble was
passed in A most ungodly reign, under a 111445 t un-
godly king, and yet, strange to say, in the whole range
of our statues there is nothing so solemn, loithiiig so
&vont, nothing so profound in its assertien of the Divine
sanction of the ordinance of the Isorirs-day as Is foetid in
that preamble. There am 44ther Acts prohibiting certain
tend:, front trafficking 4,11 the Lord's-day, but that is the
only one of all the Acts I know that interdicts labour, as
such. It Is the charter of the working-man. It is for the
working taco, then, to maintain it for themselves, and for
the friends of working men ; but I wish to impress this upon
you—do not trust the law, and above all things do not ask
for nny new law. There is no necessity for any new coercion
or restraint, and if there were I doubt whether you would
olPtain them. What I want you to do is that the working-
men should create a Solind, healthy, and strong public
"Pinion dicar, (tear); tool if we once get public opinion to
prevail in one land we shall at last succeed hi making a true
and ttudi-faring Sabletth-keeping 'population.
" 1 have the greatest possible attachment, almost next to
the observance of the Sabbath itself, to the Saturday half-
holiday, to which I cannot help thinking a species of sanctity
attaches. ((hear, hear.) I think the Saturday half -holyilay
ought to be given to all classes, lacanse I believe it would be
one of the best means of securing the full, free, and decent
observance of the Lonladay. 'Applause.) 1 will tell you
what is going on in London. I dip not know whether It has
began here ; if it has not begun here, let it toe immediately.
(Mel let any one of you go out if this romm witleiut a reso-
team that you will give a helping hand to an Institution
such as I will describe. We have in [Ando,' it jimenile 11/4344-
enition, the youthful members if which are banded bigether
for the observance of the Leas day. Now, let me tell
you that them children, whose ages TIM from six up
to 13 years, are all free agents: we do not allow them
to give a pledge. I %Wren Sr, too yoling to he
entled 44. to pledge themselves. We do not call on
any children to join the asmciation without the per-
mission of parents or guardians When this permission is
Mt ell these little things :ire enroll.' in or annoelation, slid
they agree Among themselves and inform their leachers that
they have a mutual understanding. shirt, they intend tip
keep, that they will neither buy nor sell, north, any unneces-
sary work on the Sabbath-day. 1 daresay you will say it is all
very well fir these little things to make the rule, but do they
keep it They do keep It, and they have kept it now for

!Imre than tot. yeans. 'lle last Ow I took the chair ist a
meeting of some 500 of these little things I was informed by
all their superintendents and the teatehers of the school to
which they belonged that there were not more then half a
.107.01 histories in which the engagement had not been kept.
ant these who broke it were Ind rlintlhnt by the teachers but
hy the children themselves, who said, I )oin rain't 'seep your
rimagement, you bad better go areoy and Iran's. dining to Mt
in WI Us: SiAllgilter and applause.) I rani deseril a.. to yoll ille
lamming. t elieht of these little thine.,, the sparkling.: of their
eye,, the eviglost Joy of their little hearts whets they felt, and
in all humility expressed it, that they bail kept their ellgalre-
inviltd. Now it is to the children you net look. We must
laismr as mitcli as tie can for tie I antellt of the adult populli-
tin; lett )ou all kiscv the difficulties there arc inn reelaitnine4
:Molts I.,mt hardened ill Bill 11/11l AillireS3 I our-
selves, therefore, to the children. Attack those little things
when their hearts are lender, their impressions lively, when
tin y listen with reverent, and affection to all that is said
for their Introit. Train t children ging in the bah soil ft sr
and nertitre of the to,l, allll I Oil England, with all the
daten•rs that Nllrrilllll4l tier, stilt yet le sav•,.l to he a meat
and elorimw nod an hideous ve,,ple." (Appian:iv.)
Mr. Graham, martini:Ad the
which declared that interfereneo with time Sal:l.ltth W.
nit nines' a Sill to rob the
Llt!clAn fautilv of their birthright. In the course of
it .al:;re,A, Mr. liraliam referrol ti: a letter in 'l7,c
7';ere., of Friday lust feom a servant of the .Mhiland
Railway Company, who said that he never had a Sun-
day to 'himself, except the Sunday he got in his week's
leave of abstnce, and then for that thne he was stopped
payment. 'lids letter, he thought, afforded a koSllli
as ill the ColllleXil ti ileiWerll tlllt neglect of the Sab-
bath Ball tine oppre:ed liii if the work,r itt his daily life,
and whoever was re:•.ponsible for such a state of things
was guilty of a 1111/1111 crime.

tiir Peter (*oats ,:eeonoled the resoluti.nt, which was
supported loy :11r. Orr Ewing, 31. P., and tuutitolouily
adopted.

Mr. Kinnaird, M.P., pr. Kra the secs al resointh 41,
doprts sting all nliblin and systematic invasion of the
sanctity of the Lord's Day.

Mr. William Kidston seconded the resoluti.,n, which
WAS SUppnicil by Lord Lawrence, and approved 11.11alli-
HI Allay.

3lr. I iinsh qt. 31.1'. propose:l the thini resolution,
(s remtmending the tormati(.lll of S(tiobath protection
societies throughout Scotland.
On the motion I.f 31r. John Burns. seconded by Sir
!Larry l'arkeri, a col.di:d Sob, (4 thanks was accorded
to Lord Shafte,lniry for his attendance. A similar
compliment to the I Isinima terminated the proceed.

THE MYSTERIOUS TRAGEDY NEAR
FARNHAM.
William lloilway was, on Monday, again brought up
at the F 3111111113 hiliee-court, charged with attempting
to taunter „Mr,. I 'arrington, at the I (evils Jump. The
eirciuwitanees of this extraordinary case, asi proved at
3 previous sitting of the magistrates, may thus be sum-
marised :
Saturday afternoon, the gist of August, Rodway called
at the Innis, of Mr. Carrington, the astronomer, in the
Weald of Surrey, and was admitted hi Mr. tarrington's
alisenee. Mrs ('arm ing:on,a young peraill about half the
prisoner's age. 'rue maid servants "suspected somethiug," end
watched their mistress. The emdi discovered Itmlway and MIN.
rarrinztoll talking together, and, listening, heard the latter
refuse to give the firmer something. °ln consequence of
what the housemaid told her," the cook afterwanls went and
looked down a paswe, when she saw the prisoner and her
mistn Pt rllgglitr4 till:Calla' OD the floor, the prlsmier having
an arm motel his companion's waist and a knife in his hand.
Mrs. Carrington seemed to be asking Malway's forgiveness
for something. and he said, 'i will. I sill, and may God
bless y u.' Both of them were shortly after seen rushing
down the road together, and it 113i31 appeared that both hail
received stabs which pointed to an attiliipted murder and
suicide by Rodway. The WWI (3110 is 50 years of age) was
accordingly apprehended.
At the examination on Monday, (as before,) lie pre-
sented a eminent tin appearance and was notch affected
during the evidence, occitaiiim:lly bursting into tears.
Mr. Lascellea said that the principal witness, Mrs.
Cart ingtiin, was still in an unlit state to give evidence.
Its would, therefore, merely take the evidence of the

1-;liee, and int-tht•;:a:ljourn the
I:cyn lan Fit... 11 said : I apprehended the prisoner
ott • ' ' • ' the " Jumps" Inn. I un-
-1.0 banal he hail several stabs on
the 1.., • I ..1 y. 311 attempting to murder
Mrs. ( 'arrin : ...I hint xs tilt reference t
anything he it idtt be given in evident
a_ ainst him. I : ' was my prisoner. 1
cliii untll t :nel the deett.r
Tht ; I it)t.. and he
" .
labelled " t•ohon" nista hits, I.
it foe his le_t. The letter prola y , • :
Nlrs. Mtn. Mall. Slo• suit it nyu a letter Iv:
tho deed ‘s.ts Ile left the letter t: .
me to past.
The letter appears to have beta
wraten by the prisoner in a state ortat ex-
' ;Lenient, and with 1 :... 1, a covered with blmoo I. It
v.., stated that the : : „ t :dressed ttt Rose Allen.
:To the prison. V. • to I reahluth 1 till
St.: undo-. V. • . • the witness,
I t tat' : t tiny legal nil-
'l ' ••• the 13th
• t . • •.I • . , Inn, at Frei:-
I thrty: in the
:I • • ''s 'lll. Ile bad
...to , ; • " I with 1t'....,.
hotneet there,
; the knife lee. I .. • :•viii
j NVidato. Cart:, i : ..it. I Iret•is •
I tlicn , : • •
11.. : 1, • •1. I.
fl,.i.t u I.
many spots ; I should sav Itundrsils. I then • •
to the " Devil's Jumps" 1 nn, where the p; .
wounds were being dressed by Mr. Andr .s.
After the wounds were dressed I told the
was charged with attempting to murder .
ton, and innuediately cautioned him as to :my state-
ment Inc might make. Ile said, "Oh! poor Rose ; I
love her. I hope site won't die. I 'tope she %ill re-
cover." he repeated several times when being
conveye I to Farnham, and when near the railway
station he told me that he hail left a bag it the Rail-
way liotel, and asked me to call for it. In the bag,
amongst other things, I found the letter now produced.
The Magistrate : That will be mtlicient. The letter
Li of importance, and therefore we w.ll no
further toolay. (To Inspector Newland) You hail
Letter 1..... p the contents t tf that letter quit t.
prhoner applied to the court to be allowed tin
dispose of his furniture at 13, Denloigh l'indico.
The lagistratc : You had better communicate with
your legal adviser.
During the I,roceedingA Mr. Carrington and his
nephew occupied seats in the curt.