The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-11-14 00:00:00

OLD HILL.

CHARGE OF THREATENTICO.—At the Petty Sessions,
on Wednesday last, before K. Moore and F. W. G. Barm,
fre.gra., Surat; liasterfield was charged by Ann Jones, of
tiairatt's Lane, with using threatening language to her
on the 9th inst. Complainant said that the defendant
pulled her hair and threatened to kill her, and she was
afraid of her life. Ordered to find one surety to keep
the peace for one month.
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BEERIiouSE OFFENCIL—Joseph Sidaway Wan charaed
by Superintendent Mills with keeping his house open for
the sale of hoer on the night of the 7th lost, after the
hour of eleven o'clock. Police-constable Robinson sold
that there were four men in the house, at 20 minutes
past eleven o'clock. Defendant was ordered to pay the
costs.

WILFUL Door..'Joseph Evans, a boy, was charged
by William Woodhouse with wilfully damaging a quan-
tity of iron, his property, en the 36th ult. Complainant
said be was • chain maker, and lived at Cradley Heath.
Defendant worked for him. On the above date defend•
ant burnt his iron, and spoiled his work. Defendant
could work well if he liked. The loss sustained wax 14s.
Defendant alleged that complainant was in the habit of
going off driukiug, and put some chain round his (the
defendant's) neck, and pulled him up by it; and he would
rather go to prison than return to work with the com-
plainant. Defendant was ordered to pay 10a and costa;
in default 14 days.
ALLOWING •WI TO BECOME CHARGEABLE TO THE
PARISH.—James Poole no charged by John Taylor,
Relieving•oincer, with allowing his wife to become
chargeable to the Parish. Complainant said that the
defendant deserted his wife, and that she became charge-
able to the Union on the 18th ult ; and that she had in-
eurred • coat of 14s. Ordered to pay the amount cud
costa; in default one mouth's hard labour.
FRAUDULENTLY REMOVING GOODB.—lldward Sideway
was charged by Plieuice Williams with removing a quan•
tity of goods with intent to defraud him of his rent,
amounting to £1 4s. The case was proved and defend-
ant was ordered to pay double the amount (f. 2 8a) and
costs in default mix months.

A CHILD BURNT TO I.);;TR.-011 Saturday morning
last a little boy, named George Wakeman, met with his
death under the following circumstances. Deceased was
playing in with
clothes eaugiit lire, and hie a, Neverrhy Laint that he
died on the following Sunday morning. Mr. Mating,
surf/eon, was culled in, and rendered all the assistance
he could. An inquest was held on Monday last, at John
Perry's, the Cherry Orchard, before E. Hooper. 8e...
Coroner, and a verdict of accidental death was returned.
The Coroner recommended that a tire.guarti should be
placed n fore the fire.

Sin,—An "Irish Protestant," writing in a morning
paper, points out the feet that ilk the diocese of Limners,
there is a nobleman who voted for the disestabliehment
of the Irish Church, who has three song and • brother
in the House of Cominone, all of whom voted for the
same measure, and that this family enjoys the improprie
ate tithe rent charge of fourteen parish., aumuuting in
the aggregate to an annual income nearly equal to the
entire num paid to the whole of the Incumbents of the
diocese. The nobleman referred to is the Whig Duke
of Devonshire. Out of the impropriate tithe of these
14 parishes the rent-charge meld* to his Grace amount.
to 1:6,510, while the net lucerne of the elergyinen is only
£2,713. His Grace receives two-thirds of the gross tithe
rent-charge, while the stipends of the clergy are subject
to fees on presentation and on visitation, and to a tax
imposed under the Church Temporalities Act. The
writer wids—" The crown did not retain in its grasp any
portion of the church revenues which the unfortunate
Earl Strafford wrested from the Earl of Cork, but the
Devonshire family and their ancestors have, excluding
interest, received over a million ands half of the income
of the church for the disendowment of which the Duke
of Devonshire. his three sone, and his brother have
voted. Mr. Gladstone, who proposes to deprive the
Protestants of the several parishes I have named of the
service of the church, intends to leave that church ears
inorant, the Duke of Devonshire, in the undisturbed
enjoyment of the many thousands a year he has Men
most improperly paid ; nay more he proposes to compen-
sate out of the remaining property of the etiurell for the
loss of his patronage, and his Grace will, if Mr. Glad.
atones scheme is carried, retain Ills large income from
church property, and be paid a very handsome sum be.
sides for hie church patronage.
"It is truly jail °en use maxim of law that no man
can give to another a hettertitle than he enjoys himself.
The tithes whiels the Duke of Devonshire receives be-
longed to the church which was despoiled thereof. If
the title of the church to its income is net good against
the will of Parliament. sorely the title of the Dake of
Devonshire, which is derived from the church, cannot be
• good one. If the Doke's son. tire Marquis of Harting-
ton. be right in asserting that to take away the tithea
from his father would be nothing, but sheer robbery,' it
must be equal robbery to deprive the Protestant laity of
the privileges they enjoy in consequence of the posses-
' sion of tithes by the church. Thus are Whig magnates
condemned out of their 01111 mouths."