The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-03-01 00:00:00

TILE STOURRtiIDGE OBSERVER.

that the additional expense incurred by adding
this clause to the petition would be but a few
shilling; that it would be competent, if found
neces:mry, for the Commissioners to pass a
ipecial resolution authorizing the payment of
any additional costs, and to inform the owners
and ratepayers of such resclutiou, and that there
would be ample time for these proceedings after
the petition was presented. The petition, with
this additional clause, has been sealed with the
Commissioners seal of the Board, and bean pre-
sented. Your Committee request the necessary
power to take up and relay (with York flagging)
the pavement from the corner of Foster-street
to Messrs. Freer and Perry's office, High-street.
The Committee could see no objection to a foot-
way being formed along the gable cud of the
Wesleyan Minister's house Park•street, and
advise that the week be done. in accordance
with the resolution passed at the last monthly
meeting, the Committee have inspected the
Washing Pool Brook, near Mr. England's forge,
and consider that as the alleged obstruction or
dirersion of the said brook has been made with-
out the knowledge or consent of the Com-
et issioners, your committee think that the Hoard
has nothing to do in the matter.
. . . .

Mr. Perkins- asked what was said in respect
of the Wesleyan Chapel?
'rho Clerk said some time ago there was an
application before the Board to allow the trustees
of the chapel to put a footpath at the end of the
Minister's house, in Park-street, and there was
no objection to it.
Mr. Stanley asked if the stump at the bottom
of New-street, by Baylis's Gate. was of any use.
lie thought it was an inconvenience to the people
passing up and down. The Chairman was of
the same opinion.
The Chairman moved the adoption of the
report. This was seconded by 31r. Nownam and
carried.

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Newnatu asked the Chairman if he could
tell him why the public meetings were held at
11 o'clock in the morning instead of seven
o'clock in the evening. It kept three-fourths of
the public from attending?
Mr. Kelly said he quite agreed with Mr. New-
UAW on that point. He had heard a great many
complaints made by the public. Working men
could not possibly attend without either losing
their time or their money.

Mr. Newnam : Three hiurths of the ratepayers
are workiog men and it is like shutting their
mouths.

The (Amman said it was immaterial whether
IL was morning or evening. It would be his
duty to study to please the public; but he always
thought the Lasitiese was conducted better in
the iuuriiiug.
Tue Clerk read—
Tut: GENERAL PURPOSES COMMITPEE'S REPORT.

Your Committee report that they have ex.
stained the Town Officer's monthly account of
Nuisances, which showed the following result.
viz:—Brought forward from last report, 5;
reported during the month, 22; total 27. Re,
moved, 4; new, 19-23. The report stated that
the roads were reported as not having been pro.
perly swept and cleansed. The officer has re.
ported the slaughter-houses to be in a satisfac.
tory- state. With regard to the following reselu.
tiou passed at your last monthly meeting that
the tieneral Purposes Committee be, and are
hereby instructed to survey all the streets and
roads in the Township of Stourbridge, not
lighted and cleansed by the Commissioners, and
report thereon, particularly as to the desire.
bility, or otherwise of the same being lighted
and cleansed ; Your committee report that tiiey
have had before them a list of all the streets
mud roads referred to, showing the length of the
property therein ratable to the Improvement
rtate, and having carefully considered such list,
have decided that it is not desirable to light and
cleanse any such streets except two on Beauty
Bauk, viz.: Wueeler-street and Park-street West,
and therefore advise that so soon as such streets
are declared by the Commissioners to be high-
ways and repairable as the highways, that they
be iiguted and cleansed. From Dr. Campbell's
book of parish-practice your committee report
Coat there have been 78 cases of sickness from
January 22uti to February 19th, including 18
Cases of bronchitis, load 34 cases of illness of
persons aged 50 years and upwards; one death
ot a person aged tk.); one death of an infant ;
No fever, no small-pox.
The Chairman moved the adoption of the
report. This was seconded by Mr. Billiughain
and carried.

Park-street West, on Beauty Bank, was de.
dared a highway and called West-sti
A motion was passed instructing the Clerk to
give notice to the owners in Vilerler-sfreet to
put, it in proper repair, and failing their doing
to, that the Commissioners would order She
street to be repaired and charge the expense to
the owners.

Mr. thiliughain moved Vest the motion for
the appointment of Medical Officer of Health
brought on at the last meeting be adjourned
until toe next meeting of the Board. Tine was
seconded by Mr. Perkins and carried.
The remainder of the business was routine.

Honour would see by the affidavit before him,
that six days notice of the taxation was given
to the trustee, and also to his then solicitors,
Messrs. Rutter and Co., of Wolverhampton.
flie statement that there were other charges
besides rent, which as regards priority of pay.
meut, stood before petitioners costs, he could
not understand, having regard to the rules he
had already drawn attention to, and he asked his
Honour to make an order for immediate pay-
ment of the costs of filing the petition, and ;Ilse
the costs of his application. His Honour, after
hearing Mr. Elcock, on behalf of the trustee,
made the order asked for.

Cooper r. Brazener.—This was an action to
recover the sum of 16a., money lent. Mr.
Homer appeared for plaintiff, and Mr. Addison
for defendant. Plaintiff is a single woman, re-
siding at Hulesowen, and the defendant is a
policeman also of Halesowen. Plaintiff proved
that she lent the money to defendant. The de-
fence was, that the money was given to defend-
ant. His Honour gave a verdict for plaintiff.
CASSIDY '8 MARIONETTE S.— This wonderful
entertainment is attracting large audiences every
night, and those who have not yet witnessed it,
cannot do better than avail themselves of the
opportunity presented to their notice. The
life-like movements of the mechanical figures,
the beautiful scenic effects, together with the
brilliant musical accompaniment by Mr. Henri
Page, combine to render it an exceedingly in-
teresting performance.

Mr. J. W. Woodward,of this town,has success-
fully passed the Preliminary Examination of the
Incorporated Law Society, held at Birmingham,
on the 12th and 13th February.
A WATEdLoo VETERAM.—Job Blick, one of
the few survivors of Waterloo, died in this town
on Friday. He kept a lodging-house for his
daughter in Coventry-street, and died at the ripe
age of 85. Buick and a man named Brooks were
the only remaining survivors in the town of the
local combatants present at the battle of
Waterloo.

The ordinary half-yearly meeting of the Stour-
bridge Water Works Company, was held at the
Company's °face, Church-street, on Monday last;
K. Cocks, Esq., in the chair. A dividend of live per
cent, per annum was declared.
Castles or Dnumszwrisse.—Thomas Hoperof t,
of Wolverley, was brought up before Mr. E. L.
Freer, on Thursday, charged with being drunk in
High-street, on the night of the 26th: Superin-
toident Freeman proved the ease. Fined 2s 6d
and costs. . . .

STHALINti IRON.—At the Petty Sessions, held
yesterday, before Messrs. R. L. Freer and W. C.
Firmstone, Margaret Welch, a young girl, was
brought up on remand charged with stealing 23Ibs
of iron on the 25th nit, the property of Thomas
Parker, of the Mersey Works. P.O Cook proved
that he was on duty on the Cliff on Tuesday after-
noon. Saw thc prisoner with some boys. Prisoner
was carrying something heavy. The girl dropped
it, and ran away. He (witness) followed her,
when she said that the boys gave it to her. Henry
Parker, son of prosecuter. proved that the iron pro-
duced belonged to his father; that children often
came and took iron and coal away, and they
wanted to put a stop to it. The defence was that
she gave a boy a penny for some of it, and the re-
mainder she picked off the cinder bank. In con-
sideration of prisoner being so young, she was
ordered to pay a fine of 10s, and if she came again
they should send her to a Reformatory.

THE PROPOSED NEW RAILWAY COMMU-
NICATION BETWEEN STOURBRIDGE
AND KIDDERMINSTER.

The public who are interested in the making of
the new line from Stourbridge to Kidderminster
and Bewdley will regret to hear that upwards of
twenty petitions are lodged against the bill pro-
moted by the Great Western Railway Company,
including several from "influential' landowners
Au the district through which the line would run.
Much of the opposition is doubtless unreasonable;
but seeing there is such a display of hostility,
there is too much reason to fear that the Great
Western Company will not proceed with the bill.
ro do so in the face of determined hostility from
parties interested in the district which the line is
intended to accommodate would certainly be a very
unwise affair. The public will look anxiously for
tidings of the opposition having been withdrawn,
or at least modified to such an extent as to justitiy
the promoters in going on with the bill. So far as
we are aware, the otuy petitions which have yet
been adopted in support of the bill have proceeded
from the Kidderminster Town Council, and a
public meeting of the inhabitants of that borough.
if the public of Stourbridge, Kinver, Bewdley,
and other places are really anxious for the bill to
pass, they should imitate their neighbours at
Kidderminster, in giving all the outward support
they can to the bill.
'rhe landowners who have filed petitions are Mr.
11. F. Foley, the Earl of Stamford and Warrington,
Mr. F. W. Knight, M.P., Mr. C. A. Knight, Sir J.
S. Sebright, the Earl of Dudley, the Rev. G. D.
Boyle, and Mr. W. C. Hemming. The opposition
of the Earl of Dudley and the Rev. G. D. Boyle,
we believe, applies in part to the abandonment of
the Kidderwieeter and Bewaley loop line, which
the new railway would supersede. The above land-
owners probably hold more than three-fourths of
the land through which the line would pass, and
to fight the bill in the teeth of such opposition, if
persevered in, would evidently be a serious under-
taking. it almost amounts to a veto upon the line
at once, and the sacrifice of the general interest of
the public to the interest of a few members of the
community. It is to be hoped, however, that the
landowners' opposition will be softened down, and
that their bark will not be followed up by their
bite. if so, the prospects of the line being per-
severed with are but small. With regard to the
other opposition against the bill, petitions have
been filed against it by the Stourbridge Canal
Company, the Staffordshire and Worcestershire
Canal Company, the Severn Commissioners, the
Worcester and Birmingham Canal Company, the
(+rand Junction Canal Compa.ny,and the Birming-
ham Canal Company, on the ground of their
interests being directly or indirectly affected by
the making of the line, by the abstraction of
traffic, and in other respects. The opposition of
the London and North-Western Railway Company,
the Midland Railway Company, and the Shrop-
shire Union Railways and Caual Company seems
rather uniutelligible, and is probably more formal
than otherwise. The opposition by the Stour-
bridge Improvement Commissioners has been
explained previously, and is not intended to pre-
judice the making of the line. The Stourbridge
and Britignorth Turnpike Road Trustees have
petitioned against the bill, on account of the line
entailing an alteration in one of their roads; the
Stourbridge Waterworks Company, on account of
the line passing near and possibly injuring their
works; and this we believe completes the list of
opponents of the line.

be no separation in that attachment which we know
mutually exists, and we trust that we may still have the
privilege of hearing you in our Church for which you
have done so much; and we feel confident that our pre•
sent worthy vicar will be only too glad to offer you this
opportunity. May (Sod A:mighty bless you through the
remainder of your life, wherever your lot may be cast.
We pray that His Holy Spirit may always direct you,
and so make you powerful in winning souls for our
Ureat Master, and at the last may we be all accounted
worthy.
"Signed on behalf of the parishioners of St. Mark.
" HOBERT M. COMELY,
" SKIDMORE BAMBREY."

The address, which was beautifully engrossed, Wag an
excellent specimen of penmanship, and reflected great
credit on Mr. Perry, the schoolmaster, who executed it.
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The presentation. having been ms'ele, Mr. Robertson
said, as they might suppose, he felt the greatest sidls.
faction at receiving that beautiful address, the more so
as he believed the expressiona made use of in it were
those of the genuine feeling of the congregation towards
him, and not simply terms of flattery. He was sure that
what they bad done that night would always cheer him
through life. At the same time he must not forget the
Church committee, and especially Mr. Roberts, who bed
rendered him most valuable assistance. He mast also
thank the Churchwardens for the inteiest they had taken
in the Church ever since it had been built. Ile a!so
thanked all those who were in the habit of worshipping
there for their attendance. Ile bade them, as he did a
f.-w Sunday's ago, farewell, its their pastor, and said he
war sure he was leaving them in god hands, as he was
certoin that in Mr Wright they would find they had •
zealous minister, who was anxious for their welfare both
temporal and spiritual. He thanked the Sunday School
teachers and Mr. and Mrs. Perry for their attention to
the wants of the children of that pariah. He said that
all they wanted now was for the Ecclesiastical Com.
missionere to make some endowment on Stamber Mill
Parish to enabbi his friend, Mr. Wright to live. He ex.
plained to those present that the endowment would nit
cause any increase of taxation in the country, but would
come cut of a fund which the Ecclesiastical Com-
minsionem had saved out of endowments which bad
been before misapplied. He referred to the difficulty he
experienced in getting funds sufficient to build the
Clinrch,—especially the last £2OO, sod described how one
day when he was watching some old cottages which
stood there on the present site of the Church he gave the
wall a kick and knocked one brick out, and said to him-
self that was at least one brick towards their demolition
to make room for the proposed new Church. In con-
clusion, he told them that as they had been kind enough
to present him with that beautiful address, he meant to
return •• tit for tat," by presenting them with that
picture (which he held in his hand) containing three
photographs of the baying of the foundation stone f the
Church and of the inscription waich was on the stone.
Re preaeuted it to Mr. Comely and Mr. Liambrey the
churchwsrthnio, to place in the vestry.
During the evening excellent addresses were also
delivered by the Revs. T. Williams (of Stourbeidge), and
A.. Wright (of Staruber Mill) ; and Mr. Stephen Brooks
of the Lye). At iutervals the following glees and songs
were gong by the choir and others :—"Spnrig's Delights,"
Church choir, "I left my love in England," and" Hearts
of Oak'' Mr. James Southall; '• While our oars in
feathered spray," Church Choir; "She wore a wreath of
roses," and "'the Bells," the Rev. Mr. Castole, curate of
Member Mill; "I have came home to die," Mr. Samuel
Walker; "Tell me, Mary, how to woo thee!, Mr. W.
Greenfield.
The whole of the singing was thoroughly appreciated
by the auditory ; those who sung two songs doing so in
response to hearty encores. The meeting was a very
enthusiastic one, sad passed off admirably.