The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-07-16 00:00:00

GRAND BAZAAR, FETES, AND CRICKET

MATCH AT ENVILLE.

For some time paid& good deal of excitement has bees
manifested in Euoille, Stourbridge, and the district,
since it was known that a bazaar would be held in En
vile, in aid of • fund for the restoration of the parish
church. A committee was formed and immense prepa
rations weie made to have the fetes on a scale of gran-
deur never before witnessed in Euville. The committer,
so far, have done all they possibly coold to make it n
great success, and judging from the number of persoss
there during the three days no doubt the whole has bees
a screens. The company on Mona ay was not so warner-
ous as might have been expected, but the elite of the
whole district was present. On Tuesday there WS/
en
enormous concourse of persons, some 7,000; as there
Was also on Wednesday. Stourbridge appeared very
gay, a large number of flags and banners were hoisted
from the windows, giving the town an animated appear-
ance. On Tuesday nearly all the shops were shut up in
Stourbridge, no as to give the shopkeepers and their
assistants an opportunity of supporting the various en-
tertainment'. hurdle gardens are at all times an attrac-
tion in themselves, and through the kindness of Lord
Stamford they are acceeeibla to the public during the
aumnp, months. This in itself should elicit a hearty
response tram the public POW that they have an oppor-
tunity of helping in the good work of restoring Enville
Church. It appears that £5,000 is required for this
purpose, of which £l,OOO is already promised. The
edifice, as it now exists, is partly Norman and partly
English, and it is proposed to rehabilitate' it, so as to
mate it one of the most perfect specimente of the early
style of church architecture. Mr. Shaw, of Manche,
ter, from whose designs the handsome memorial church
erected at Bowden Massey by toe Earl of Stamford woe •
built, is the architect by whom the plans for restoring
the church have been prepared.

The moat ample entertainment was made for the vial.
ter'. A visit to the gardens at this season is in itself
no ordinary treat, and they are now in high beauty.
The belts of hedding.out plants edging the walks, and
and the masses of flowers in bloom in the circular beds
which stud the wide sweep of greensward, form a charm-
ing picture, while the noble trees, now in their full tints
of foliage, and scattered 80 naturally and yet so artisti-
cally about the grounds, relieve and heighten the brilli-
ancy of the purterics. The bazaar is arranged in the
grand conservatory, which forms so picturesque and
striking an object in the centre of the gardens. Beauti-
ful as it always is, it present. it fresh charms, and cuss
transformed into a picture of fairest colours. A large
large number of the trees and plants were necessarily
removed to make room for the stalls, bat the climbing
plants and hanging basket, of flowers, the delicate exotics
and groups of shrubs of various tints still showed the
character of the bailding, sod lent • grace to the special
erection., for the i 017,00. Itolls which they otherwise would
lint hire had. The decarations were designed and ar-
ranged by Mr. George Eastwood, of the tirm of Tyrer
and Co., decorative artists, of Manchester. There were
seven general stalls and a refreshment stall, font being

on one side of the conservatory and the other four on
the opposite aide. Each stall was formed by pilasters
covered with crimson and gold, and on all the pilasters
oval mirrors were fixed. The stalls projected in a semi-
circle, and the top was covered with a canopy of pink,
white, and blue muslin, with s valance of lice. Trophies
of small silk /legs, faced with gold hannerettes are fixed
to each pilaster, and a prettier effect cannot well be inn.
Fined. There were also other trophies of flags, arranged
in divers parts of the building, and from the little mina-
rets of the exterior flags were also waving. • bettor
arranged hamar we have never seen, and the universal
verdict seemed to be that the arrangements in this ray
peat were perfect. The rutiltifarions display of goods nt
all kinds. and for all sorts of purposes, added of course
to the oompleteness of the picture, and when the bazaar
was opened and began to fill with viaitors, the sight wee
gay in the extreme. The first stall was Lady Stamford 's
and Mrs. Payne's. The Earl of Stamford contributed a
rich collection of article,; handsome flower vases of the
renai380,,,,, period, urge jewel aaskets, and varions little
elegaueies for the boudoir and drawing zoom. The
needlework was very beautiful on the stall; screens,
glass of Venetian manufacture; dolls of reekrrhi dress,
from Lewis and Allenby's (whose dolls were also notice-
able features on most of the other stalls), • very tend.
some raper-ease of marble, foot-stools, fenders, otto-
mans, .c., were prominent articles. Amongst the eon-
tnbutors to the stall were the Earl and Countess of
Dudley, Lord and Bradford. Lord and Lady Wratesley,
the Hon. Mrs. Forrester, the Hon. Mrs. Rona and others.
Mrs. Mason and Mrs. Brooke Robinson presided over
stall No. 2, and were asasisted by the MiglHP
Photographs, needlework, handsome fire-screens, chit.
dren's bassinets, and articles ad infinitam, both useful
and ornamental were to be found here. One noteworthy
feature at this and other stalls was, that the articles were
marked in plain figures, and their value seemed to he
moderately assessed. Amongst the more expensive vari-
eties on sale, the dolls stood prominent. These ranged
in some instances as high as ten guineas each. Mrs. M.
T. Hickman was president at stall No. 9, at which Mrs.
Thomas Barker and Miss Phillips assisted. The needle-
work on this stall included a fender stool, worked by
Lady Stamford a handsome worked stool, screens, Etc,
Miss Geary and Mrs. Lloyd Gatacre took stall No. 4,
assisted by Miss Tyleeote and the Misses Florence and
Louisa Bernard. They had some nice pictures by Mr.
Maguire and his daughter, some beautifully worked
cushions, electro-plate articles, sent by Mr. Hancock, of
Bond.street, and other things. Two dolls, a bride, and
a lady in Court dress, were eorispicuous objects on the
stall and a painting of the Madonna and Child, by Mrs.
Gataere was also noteworthy. The next stall No. :ewes
Mrs. Edwardes's, who was assisted by Mrs. Harry Gem,
Miss Cresswell, Miss Holyoake and the Misses Williams.
This stall, like the others, was provided with articles in
abundance—needlework, etch d'oyleys from Punch sub-
jects, imitations of ancient glass, itc. Mrs. George
Dudley had • stall, No. 6, on which was a handsomely
worked chair, beautiful banner screens, specimens of
Venetian glees, and Roman corals. Mrs. and Miss
Wharton, Mrs. Charles Collis, Mrs. J. Bolton, and Miss
Dudley were auxiliaries at Stall No. 7, which was Mrs.
Charles Amphlett's stall, and she was assisted by the
Misses Bevan and Miss Green-Price. Grandly dressed
dolls, a handsome chair, worked by Lady Dudley; cases
of stuffed birds, ottomens, to., were displayed on this
stall. The Bth stall was • bazaar refreshment stall,
where Mrs. James Foster dispensed nectar for the gods
and ambrosial fruits for the goddesses. The business at
the bazaar was tolerably brisk, and the results we believe
more than equalled the expectations of many.
The grand fetes at Enville were brought to a close on
Wednesday, and there was a large attendance, though not
equalling the numbers that might hare been expected.
The bazaar was well attended, and business MY very
brisk during the day, most of the things Laing cleared
oat. The total receipts, including admissions, II•e„ were
.C 587 on Monday, and about 2800 on Tuesday. On Weds
nesday they would probably not fall tar short of the
Tuesday's receipts. The performances were, as on the
other days, excellent, and Mr. Mimmo's arrangements in
this respect were perfect. Professor Chantrell's troupe
of gymnasts executed some wonderful acrobatic feats,
and the other entertainments were ably sustained. On
Monday and Tuesday evenings there were grand perfors
mance, in the ball room, and there was to bilea been
another on Wednesday evening, but owing to the indis-
position of Lady Stamford it had to be abandoned. The
fetes lone certainly gone off very well, and there is only
one regret, and that is that they were not more numer-
ously attended. The object in view was one deservieg
of large support, and considering Lord Stamford's great
kindness is thros mg open his grounds to the public, we
should have expected they would have responded better
to the announcements of the fetes.
Two of the noteworthy features which we have not
previously mentioned were Mr. Archer Clarke's photo-
graphs of the gardens, and his Photogrsphic Art Union.
Both were well patronised, and the sale of photographs
of Emilie was very large.
The cricket match terminated early in the day. the
United South of England °Lily gaining 65 in their second
innings. The Zingari were therefore the winners in
one innings, with 40 runs to spare. Their &Wirt; was
magnificent, and was greatly admired. The score is ap-
' vended below. A printing Frees was erected on the
ground, from which frequent returns of the etate of the
game were issued.
THE ZINGAIII EIHHTEEN.
First Innings.
: It. D. Balfe ur, c Pooley, b Willsher ...... 0
W. M. Rose, c Charlwood, b Southerton 18
F. E. R. Fryer, et Ponies,. h Southerton 5.1
A. F. Maitland, b Lillgwhite ll
W. Everts, b Sontherton
Hon. S. Lyttel ton, run out
H. M. Tennent, c Jupp. h Southerton 3
E. T, Drake, c W. U. Grace, bO. F. Grace 61
F. U. Hutchinson, c Griffiths, b Brother
ton
0. Men-daunt, c Humphrey, b Southerton
Rev. A. Payne, b Southerton ........ s
The Karl of Stamford, c Jnpp, b Southerton 0
IV. Higgins, h Willsher
IV. IV. Lane, b Sontherton
W. G. Middleton, c Willsher, b Southerton 0
A. F. Payne, b Willsher So
J. Horner, te Windier l2
W. C. Clayton. not out
Extras

SOCTIT OF EtiOLAND ELEVEN.

F inn Inning. Second Innings.
W. G. Grace, 0 Rev. A.. Payne 14 c Etette
H. Cbarlwood. run out .... 1 retired
Ci. 0 riffithe. b Rev. A. Payne I ran out 0
H. Japp, c Drake, b Rec. A.
Payne
E. Pooley, c Captain Clayton 27 c H , b Mor.

. . . _., _ ......,
F. G. Grace, rA. F.Payne .. 7 c Balfour
J. Lillywhite, jun. c Fryer 2 c Fryer 1
T. Humphrey. c D'reke .... 6 r Rose
H. H. Stephenson, c Middle-
ton
E. Windier, c Maitland .... 13 b Mordannt 2
J. Southerton, not out .... 3 c Lyttelton
Extras 7 Extras

Umpires H. Royston and John Lillywhite.

CRICKET.

BELIIROIN3 H TON P. B LAS KnOn N. —A match was played
on Saturday last between the above-named clubs, on the
ground of the former, and re.ulted after • well-contested
game in favour of the Blakedown Club, on the first
inning. The following is the score:—