The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-06-24 00:00:00

TILL APPLICATION REFUSED.

At tbe Hammernolth pace•court one c,f the acorn-
tortes of the Free Sunday .Society alylied to to magi •
trate for a summons agamst the hlaiquis of Lurne's
coachman, under the Act of li;ng Charles If., fur e'er.
&ring kis worldly cllin on the Lord'a day.

The bfainstrate thought there had beta a similar
cute before the authorities in thn Ctty of Loud da

Tfl6 applicaat said they.. Mel, but tha sum-non was
Dot rTurd. If s woe, ikd to.,:ty that there wan uot
any distiac ion in the cases of a coachman haring to
work Oa a Sow's, al, I thoo, per,ona who had hvon
fiord for exercising their wordly calling on the Lord's.
day.
The Maeixtrate referred to the Act, and mil that •
coachman itil not come wiihia ths purview of the
stain:a. Ths words were ' any artificer, , and
other person whateeever," meaning any ttoer prson
in that clams of trades.

The applicant argued that it woo neceiaary for the
driver of hoee to he a ekilful m.in, and the relore he
wouid h* clasiai-d se an artificer.
. .

Magibtrate asked him wt ether be was a opinion
that a pitied magin rate was an artificer, P 9 it was
nece,sary for him to have skill and knowledge? Would
he censiilee a literary man an artificer? if so, he would
mot be allowed to read a book on a Surd ey. lle told
the applicant that the Act did not apply to his caw..
He, however, referred hiva to another part of the same
Act, which etated that all pees, us bhouldexerci AO them.
selves in the principles of piety and true religion publicly
and privately. Pe said that when the Rev. Mr. Wright
font attended in his summonses he called hie attention
to the At, but he preferred proceeding in the ether
part of the statute. lie intended to ask him whether
Ice had elle r:euced any perceptible effect upon persons
since he had taken thoee proceedings to be more prone
to piety and true religion.

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The suplicact again preseed upon the Magistrate tio
grant a summons to twisty the public as to whether it
wsa law only for the poor. Be wished to show that
with the Marquis of Lornt's coachman it was not a
case of necessity, for he had to drive his lordship end
her Riyal niftiness Princess Lon‘se a distauce of •
quart,r of a mile only from Argyle House, (Amadeu-
bill Ktn.ington, to &lurch.
Tilt, Magistrate reluaed to grant the summons.

In he Moose of Commons on Monday evenicg, Mr Taylor
ask, ol the Se,reteey of SW. for the 11011113 D •parttrent
wtei her, considerire tho use that well being made of the
Act WO:awls. 11, n. 7, and the 011icely, in the present
state of public boatnea.. k.l get tog an opportunity for a
fair di. ertusloo of the subject, the o,vernmar.: won't Ming
In a lull to souls ul A r one year the op, ration of the said
Act.
71r. Wyss asked the Home Secretary whether the PIM
Pellibl,ll of the AC4 ft aluaries IL, c 7, without my other Ise
heimr sthtlituled tot it, would not tato away tito Irgni pro-
tecsiot with h.b mit now etj ,ye for a weekly day of rest, as
wolf s. he legal toc ,Mattuu of (ho Lord's Day for (ho otr-
poses of religious worship.
Mr. I) mutate Resod the Secretary of State for the Home
DYpar,meot whether he would undertake early In the mat
Sessional Parliament to introduce a WM for V.. regulation
and modification of Sunday tradlog.
"

Dlr. Bruce : I tot k that t Interpretation pot en the
statete by my hon. Mend tha tritmhor for Louth is the cor-
rect one—that the only legal reclptielon el idle tight of ab-
m,e,,,ce from work en Surdoys rests upon the Act of
Clue,. H. Considerirg the very divided opinion et the
country on this queqte, I certainly am not prepored to in-
tsp.:lice • hal to -opted the opera:los of this Act (amen),
an 1 Lelia° that such u proceeding %wad he M ictilonable
In Well, itiet would tot ro calve the support of the
hr line With resplct to the other question, I hove
repeatedly supported I. this Haute thnt appeared
to mu to hove for its ol jet • ressiuutido modllicati rir.i tlre
1111.1 git w. Lest ye..o a bill chme clomp ivMch (think hod
paused without a division from the House of Lords, and I
gave it my support it this House. it was then objected to
that bill that breamacit oaths misohlef complained of existed
only in London the hill eh old apply roily ao tici mele to In
tar. iha bill vas altered eccordicply. It was then °ideated
that stiff of tub importance ought not to hero reference to
the metropolis only, but ought to dos' with the whole of the
isooott7. nut the mealtime lloe rejected by this 11,inse. I
quite admit the Imperfections of the proteut Act—that there
are ptrtior cd It that are not ontcrceohle, and I regret ea-
ten, Ingly the manner In wh:cb certam over-z Awls
are enter/Angie ( eor. ) A complete remedy is a matler of
ertteme d•fficuity, and I ern 13aund to say that lam not
at this morhent prepared to suggeat any remedy that 1 thick
would meet with the aeroplanes, of the House. AU I con
say Is that thin eteettion d es deeerve the attention of (100
worriment arid of Tiliamont, hot I cannot uolertske to give
/1 petition ran [trance that I will Introduce • bill on the sub-
ject.

'F. K. Beeetinr, of Elmira, ,n'd mane Implement
thing oboitU. li. Smith, elected to Coop,. from EIIIIIZ
dittriet. Stun t ?marked to hire that thour ototeinenta wiro
couspicuouely Inexact. Beecher e4alghtened lu-i irrirne
tut:emelt, and exclahnot In deol,,i tones, " Do you wart
to get up aqu Irrel truth the Beecher family!" "No, air,'
tad Smith. " butt mkt to !note If you loteioi up
601. t onh tte Smt:t family ?" An arrootlee Wee Oster
Met that,