The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-06-04 00:00:00

goal anti Pistrict Pius.

Cutracn MISSIONARY SOCIETY.— The annual
meeting of the local auxiliary of the above so-
ciety was held on Monday evening, in the Corn
Exchange. The attendance was small. Mr. J.
B. Shepherd presided, and the Rev. H. C. Mill-
ward, of Birmingham, attended as a deputation
from the parent society.—After some remarks
from the Chairman on the general subject of
missions, the Rev. J. J. Welch, secretary of the
society, read the annual report. From this i•
appeared that in the year 1859 the local society
contributed to the general fund £l9O 14s 711;
hut this sum gradually down till, in the year
I 1868, the amount was only £lOO 3s 3d. He had
this year, however, the grateful duty of antiun
Cillg that the tide which had hitherto been ad-
verse had now turned in favour of the society,
inasmuch as last year they had sent to London
the sum of £ll2 108 10d, being an increase on
the previous year of upwards of £l2. The re-
port also noted an increase of interest in the
parish in the work of missions. —The Hon. and
Rev. W. H. Lyttelton next addressed the meet-
ing, particularly dwelling upon India as a field
for missionary labour, and calling attention to
the great revolution indicated by the movement
there known as the Brahmo Somaj.—The Rev.
H. C. Millward afterwards addressed the meet-
ing, and gave much interesting information res-
pecting the immense change which had been
brought about in India by the great mutiny, by
railways, by the secular education given in the
Government schools, and by the preaching of
the missionaries.—After some remarks by the
Rev. D. Robertson (of the Lye) and Mr. A.
Freer, the proceedings terminated by the pro-
nouncing of the benediction.
STOCHBRIDGE UNION.—MIN. Collis and Mrs.
King have again sent a bundle of illustrated
papers and books, for the use of the paupers in
his Workhouse.

HAGLEY STOCK SALE.— The usual monthly
stock sale was held at Hagley, on Monday. This
being the killing week for Whitsuntide, much of
the stock, particularly the beef, had been kept
specially, and was of very fine quality. Six
ballocks sent by Colonel Westhead, of Lea
Castle, realised an average of £2B 15s each.
Many other fat beasts brought £2B and £29
each. The beat price for tegs out of the wool
was 64s 6d each. Prices for both beef and mut-
ton were fully 8d per pound. The total of the
sale was a little over £2,400.
CHARGE UNDER THE BAILEE ACT. —At the
Petty Sessions, on Monday, before J. Holcrott,
Esq., James Corbett was brought up on remand
charged with being the bailee of a watch, the
property of Thomas Bevington, of Sruethwick,
and feloniously stealing and converting the same
to his own use. Mr. Webb (from the office of
Mr. Burbury) defended. Thomas 13evington
deposed: I live at Sniethwick. On the 14th
nit I asked the prisoner to fetch a watch from
John Compton's, the Duke William mu. It
had been cleaned at Mr. Stokes's. Prisoner did
not bring the watch. Cross-examined: I did
say if the ticket was brought hack I did not
wish to press the ease, and wrote to prisonor to
that effect ; hut he did not bring the watch.—
Joseph Chapman said that he gave a watch into
the prisoner's hands. He gave witness 2a 64