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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1866-11-17

THE REV. THOMAS BINNEY ON THE
RITUALISTIC MOVEMENT.

On Sunday morning a sermon was preached the
Rev. Thomas Ilinney, at the Fish-street hth Chapel,
London, on the ritualistic movement, which. the
preacher characterised as the great religious queeion
of the day. Mr. Binney selected for his text tlie,j3th
verse of the 17th chapter of Judges:—
" Nolo know I that the Lord will do Me good, teeing that
I Tare it Levitt to my priest"

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In the course of an elaborate and masterly analysis
of the subject, he drew the inference that ritualistic
practices were not sanctioned by direct Scriptural
authority, nor yet by analogy. Not only the
teaching of Christ, but the example and writings
of his apostles were all against the use of ceremonies
and ordinanees, and it was • marked characteri,tic
of Christ's ministry that he systematically op-
posed devotion to the ceremonial, and dtrelt
always on the supremacy of the spiritual and moral,
and that he said things again and again which
were calculated to shock, and did shook the observer,'
of ritualistic forms. Still he admitted that ritual.
ism was not without its brighter pointa, and it had
awakened a spirit of improvement in the constzuotion
of religions edifeee which had been followed in *her
communities. After passing a high eulogium on the
earnestness, benevolence, and devotion of the ritualists,
as a body, Mr. Binney concluded with theme emphatic
words :

Nothing can reconcile the good sense of the reltploux
people of this country to the miniatrations of those won, on
the one hand, tarn God's worship into • show of rirtsses,
flowers, banners, and gaudy trumpery and on the bailer
make such irreverent and impious Maim. as, if generally
admitted, would bring hack the worst Lisps of Papal supre-
macy, and lay the whole world pro•trate under the heels of
the priest,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1866-11-17

KINVER.
STEALINU HAIL AND EGGS.

Al the Wordsley P.Aty Sealioll9, 02 M. bud Id,t, isefore
F.h.rers and T. Y. Lee, Iqr, Gutqge Bryeu wss
charged with faluniously steullog wake ham YAW eight
eg4-. the rty of Josiah Abbott.
NIIC of the pro,e,litor. dspostql : I had a
haul haugind iis a roSin nitorter oils foruierly eui•
ployed by ins husband. Iv .1 in the house. but ha i
no ri4lit lo die Irma risks,. Al u'eloel this ddy fors.
nigh.., 1 1111,•bel post-( Weiland Frans sumet!., g I ba,l
Itatra,l wer it to ludlt at it. The haw praduced it port oi
the ham I 11118vei.

lleiij mi.,. Huns proved hearing the prisoner go into
the sittirig 1,1001, lib lin six o'clock. lie afterwstAs gave
tufor wttion to the posecutor's wife.
sos of the prosecutor, said thst last
Sothis), week he ssw the prisonet go toll rick at Ur. Wiu•
Itc got over g Ile up the barb/ piece.
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Vilhmi ites.ks. labourer, prove gig' to a hole)
rick belonging to Mr. IVtunall. Ile found two picces at
ham under the rick, and gave them to Mr. Abbott.
Israel Abbott, deposed : 1 nun a farmer, residing at
Kinver. least Monday I wee searching a tick with
Brooks. After searching it Brook, brought in two slicea
of limn. I afterwards comp area them with some we have
in the hon.:, and they were cut train that. I afterwards
missed some eggs itod found eight iu the corn bin in the
stable, in a jug. I marked four in the bin, and four is
the stable. 1 saw the prisoner go into the stable and
come out. Alter he came out I hmod the egos woen gow..
I watched him away off the ground.
Cross-examined: I missed the eggs about eleven
O'clock. I afterwards gave information to the police. I
did not say anything to the prisoner beaause I thought
he would have insulted nit. I do not owe the primmer
12 months salary. I owe him about 1:6. He has lived
with me about two years. I can pay Lim. I haves farm
at Stoke, and was sway a fortnight together, god put
every confidence in the prisoner.
Mr. Maltby then addressed the Bench for the prisoner,
and

Mr. Evers said they had given the case • good deal of
attention. They did not colibider there was evidence
sufficient to convict him of stealing the haiu ; sod, as to
stealing the eggs, that case might have been made very
strong by the prosecutor calling in other evidence. He
bad not done no, and his evidence was uncorroborated,
they should give the prisoner the benefit of the doubt,
and discharge him.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1866-11-17

MILLINERY AN!) DRESSMAKING

In all its Branches.

DRAPERY, HOSIERY, AND FAMILY MOURNING.

A. SZARKOWSKI'S
POLSKA PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO,
71, IIIGII-STIIEET,
HAM ;

LOPPORITE THE BTOIIKBRIDON AND
SZARKOWSRI begs to infoini the Pub-
ti • lie generally, that bets new forming a PHOI 0-
GRAPHIC ENLARGEMENT SOCIETY, co Tiast this
Lovers of Art may ehrol themselves as 11•-mbers 11 pay-
ing Is 6d per week, sad receive a Dirge Sire Portrait of
the • aloe of /5 Ss.

For particular enquire a the shore address.
New CABINET PICII3BEIII, CARTES de VISITE,
and all other style. of Likenesses taken in any smkibint
from Ten in the morning till Four in the eveninv
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130,000 SOLD IN ONE WEEK.

ASTROLOGY, just publisiwd Bd.; Pit
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SANDED WHII HOUFE AND UN%
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ElyGirc EE It 8,

Fis Tata WO/tii, KATL'S HILL, DODLIT.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1866-11-17

OLD HILL.

Finn AT RYDEN tifue—On Thursday morning, shortly
after nine o'clock, a fire broke out upon the premises of
Mr. H. Attwood, cattle salesman MA butcher, Haden II ill.
Tile premises consist of a large stable at the rear of Mr.
Attwood's house, and it was in the loft of the former that
the fire originated. A quantity of stead stock was con-
sumed, and in the midst of the conflagration the roof
fell in. The damage is eatiwated at 1:118), but this is
covered by an insurance policy. The fire engines attended
from Halesowen, and the police stationed at Old Hill
assisted in the work of extinguishing the flames.
elliltliK Or ASSAULT.—At the Petty Sessions, on Wed-
nesday last, before E. Moore and 11. O. Firmstone,
Esqrs., Samuel Nock was charged by Thomas Green with
assaulting him on the Bth inst. Complainant said about
seven o'clock in the morning, on the above date, he was
at work in the chain shop, when the defendant came old
pulled his iron out of the fire and struck him on the eye.
He had worked for the defendant for the last six months.
For the defence, it was stated that complainant worked
for the defendant. He did not finish his work, and the
defendant shook him. Fined Is and costa in default
11 days.
B.TARDT.—On Wednesday last, at the Public Office,
Thomasiletcher was charged ley Martha Weaver with
being the father of her illegitimate child. Mr. Addison
defended. Complainant said she lived at the' Four Ways,
Crudley Heath. Had kept company with the defendant
between two cod three Tears, Ana the defendant was the
father of her child. Seven weeks ago he promised to
give her 2s per week, if she would not swear the child.
Ordered to pay 2e pee week, and costs.
TRANYVERC—At the Petty Sessions, on Wednesday last,
the following transfers took place:—The Bull's Head,
Windmill End, from Edward Mills to Daniel Davis ; and
the Gate Hangs Wall, Ord Hid, from Samuel Wyld to
John W 004110.4,

COAL SlLAil.i.—On Wednesday kit, a the Mlle
°Mee. Mr.i Hackett wie, chsrged with stealing coal int
U.. 9th lust, tile property of Messrs. Skidmore and
Iron, and W. sehteuerd to seven days' imprisonment
. . . . . .

AbSIULT C.E.—John IlillinghLt war: charged by
John llipkiss with assaultiog him on the nth inst. From
the evidence it appears that both parties are paddlers, at
the Corngreaves Works. Comphinatit was taking .1 hall
of iron to the shingles. when the defendant wanted to
stop him, and struck him several tames. Fined 5s nut
costs. . _ .

IllimituousE OFFENCE.—At the Petty Sessions, on
Wednesday last, Edwin Cooper, beeilmuse keeper, of
Haden Mai, was charged by Saperintentient Mills with
having his house opou for the sale of beer on the 11 11l
inst. Police•c.instable Marriott proved th it ti ne word
six men in tho house drinking. They lia,l a prirt jag
and a plat jug of ale. Ordered to pay costs.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1866-11-17

ANALYSIS OF BRIBERY AT GREAT
YARMOUTH.

The following is no analysis of the bribery proved
to have taken place at the last election for the borough
of Yarmouth. The entire number of electors on the
register is 1,647, of whom 1,412 polltd, and of tips.,
500 were bribed, or sbo,is one-third. As many as 436
admittel their corruption, and 64 others, known to
have received money, were either at sea or dead. The
number of public•houses and beer.shops is 266, and
two-thirds of them have votes. and 56 of them
received direct bribes. Of the better classes, or what
figure as such in these returns, i.e., clerks, profeie
Monate, and retired tradesmen, only ten were bribed.
The others may be classified as follows :

Lodging-house-keepers
Mariners and boat-owners 31
Ishermen .. 20
C.mkespers and labourert 31
Nell corers and merchants 45
Shopkeepers and small tradee. men 2311
From the above it will be seen that nearly half the
proved bribers seem to belong to the shopkeeping claw,
which was never suspected of great purity or in-
dependence.