The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-12-19 00:00:00

THE STOURIIIIIDGE OPSEttVEIi:

Know the defendant well. Did not give inborn ttion to
he made to Mr. Pritchard to receive a Oeouta• December last year. The prisoner left in Feb- be plice. Was ordered at the Court by Mr. Littlervootl,
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tion; and he accordingly wrote him a note b roar',',having in the interval between their com- 'Do not know that Mr. bittlevrood has offered dl reward
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that effect. Mr. Pritchard replied, fixing a tine- ing and his goina away been working in Stonr• ' ter any person being convicted. William Taylor, horse-
It which he woull receive the deputation. Tie bridge, and getting his meals at his house. In breaker, gave corroborcivhedevii?;neite,uandashar
take siatwithhtoe ,
speaker, accompanied by the president of Elie February he went away, and was backwards and tclieief defendant tiliorotma.htbirye 13
I shore,
the pick it
coutenaeul that '
--- aociety, accordingly waited upon M. Pritchard forwards several times. About a month before it was a case of mists.' lien identity. He admitted the ,
iit, the time appointed. Mr. Pritchard asked prisoner sleet bins he took away hiS two children hate area shot, but not by the defendant, and called Ed-
what were the grievances complained of in his en.' 'c-idhe woithl come back for his wife and ward Tolley, who said that defendant did not leave the i
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"--- • office. Ile (the speaker) said that the thief furniture. About eight o'clock on the evening cart, nor shoot a hare, andthuiheeewas:dewrietthi thebi m theßse ,
OUT OF WORIC. grievance was an excess of boy labour—that lie of the 24th of August he (prosecutor) was sitting "rhole d oLtdhLtLri-t.e.r. li,e. Bench •n• . ~ ease
proved, tt t 20s and coats ;in ae.anit one
employed seven in his office. (A voice: "That's on his board, and Poyser and his wife were IP.onth'.
on this bard.working holtretriena country the a lie.") The speaker said he tinned they walla there. They were talking about a hill whieh Tyra Lays Stows Twaoitso AT TRE Lye.— At the
three little words "out of work " convey an iin- hear what he had to sax', and if Mr. Pritchard prisoner owed him, When pfienner took away petty sessions, yesterday, before C. k. Swieaell (Chair-
moose deal of meaning. They suggest that or any one else wished' to speak after he hod the children he (prosecutor) told him he should man), Major Fletcher, W. C. Firmstone, and R L Freer.
work it in the case in point a necessity of the done, they doubt. Mr. Pritchard denied that he charge him 2s. a week while the furniture re- wilne sc.., Edward
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tih Ta abyeleoare
ha nedf
tßheenj a meienhH
ti Li!
eweewrich c h at regheeds
means of living, and that the absence of work is h n.a ad so ny, and asked him to name them ; but maitre& and that was the money they were talk- at the riLmyes. ogn the 30th ultinag." Mr.y Perry degfesnded.
the deprivation of the ordinary sueveas of live- that,of eonrse, lie could not do. He said they ing agent. Prisoner wanted hint to settle the Police.constable Rea proved that he saw Taylor picking
'mood. With fluctuating toile, with facilities would leave that for a little, and be would ask bill before he paid the money, and he refused. up stones and brick ends, and throwing them at the Con-
fer travelling to the centres of employment, and Mr. Pritchard if the apprentices on hie paper Mrs. Poyser urged her husband to pay the servative carriages. He told the defendants to leave off
with whit we may call artificial complications in were employed in setting solely the smaller kind money, and said "You know it is his due." i tDoe!te,ni ts itentt:iiud, denied
e throwing e stones,e tie
defence,
euephda their fi .sat a
the labour market that a inking men sometimes of type; and whether lie or his manager took Prisoner:said "Is it, he shall have it then !" I
I named Ziesre BingliararryWho said he Was. With Taylumr ant
produce, it is natural that we should occosion. particular good care not to give their member of He then pulled a pistol out of his pocket, and 1 the time, and be did not see him throw. Police-constable
ally fiud distress spring up in localities. A dark. the society the fair share of matter that belonged shot him in the face. Prisoner was about a Rea proved that he BRW Hill throw two half bricks into
heavy cloud as it were for a time hangs over to hint ; and he also asked. hirn whether the boys 1 yard from him. I4e got down off the board, and , the crowd. Elijah Pearson WU called for the defence,
certain spots, and then the storm burets, and were always allowed to lift the standing heads of got out, and directly after he heard it loud re.' and said Hill had stones in his hands, but did not throw.
ruin and desolation follow, It is so jest now headed artielea. Mr. Pritchard, in answer to port. He was much injured on the right side of t5l, ch.
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themselves
emtleceflevnede a liht s zsastoor ordered t
iL find e
aoeneefee suretyt i iin
with the neigbonrhood of Woolwich. The die- these questions, said that Mr. loothergill, when the face; Isis eye was not hurt, hut it was swelled motahs.—winiem Bork), was charged Pt's. David Mull'
tree; le local. list its cause is national, and this Ihe had finished what work he wile on. and went up.—Cross-examined : He was on neighbourly ward with throwing stones at him, ant cutting his head
distrees therefore ought to become a national for more copy, received hie share of eh:never , terms with prisoner's family, but not very inti- open, on the 23rd ult. Two witnesses were called for the
concern. An appeal for help bus been made on work was going. They were not in a position to mate. He believed lie had a good character ;he
adefenee, who said they did not see defendant throw d any
behalf of no less than 1,700 artisans, mect.anies, contradict Mr. Pritchard, having only one mem- Was not paying to any illegitimate children. 4reethai.r.intuaend Loi,d and
itweao: Is -d-i.e(gtraecse ii
„ilia
.dtc,at,a I te
f2.lth duo.
shipwrights, tke., who had been employed in the her its hie office; and he accordingly asked Mr. He tlenieil Clain April prisoner came and found that persons could wit go to exercise the right they had
Arsenal and Dockyard of WoolwiA which are Pritchard if he world have coy ohjection to see him (presecutori and prisoner's wife together, witotoitt beteg thrown at. The case was clearly proved,
national establisliMentus supported by national the deputation in the preeence of Mr. Faller- the latter with her bead on his shoulder. Be and they must put the law in force, and put a stop to such
and lii i compan- also denied that the prisoner ever accessed hint
funds. I gill, because, they (the speaker proceedings.—Ueorge Hughes, William Pearson, and
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Our cc tiers are quite familiar with the coin- I lour knew that in elicit a ease Mr. Fothergill of being far too intimate witlt hie wife, or that ...i,taerttariyiittlorTeohno were
Robinscli ae charged ldtlhi
ctbwraoswai
tn throwing i stifles
andt In
mon cry for economy int our national disburse- I would either refute Mr. Pritchord's stotemeats, he was over told that prisoner was continually aew Gordon making dirt balls. Did not 80e horthrow.
ruents. We have often been told that, we are ,or Mr. Pritchard would be able to convict hint urging his wife to leave his house. She once The others threw something. Could not say it was
epetaing a great deal too touch in arsenals mid lof niacin. complainte that were untrue. Mr. told him that they were expt:eting to go to Lud- stones. The three defendants were dismissed. —Thomas
armaments, dockyards and shipbuilding. We Pritchard', however, was sherp enough to see his low to live. There were two kinds of shot—he Johnson. and David Partridge were then charged with
do not for the moment dispute the justice of this I niotive, and said he weuld not allow Mr. Pother. haJ five shots he took out of his face, and fifty , throwingpr,.d thati atones,. own
theet2edordd,uletiza;,
tell it.hlettwinitCshtaenhcees
cry, but the working classes who get their living I gill to be present. He then read the rule of be took out of the front and shoulder of his at the Police, soon after four o'clock. Police.cUustable
In theae departmeas ate now bitterly fetal" their society n in reference to boy labour. which coat. The prisoner's wife stayed in his house Woodhall proved that he was hit by stones. Could not
that when a reductions rd made it is alwaye tit's) I allowed three boys its suet' an establishment as ' till the end of September. when she left, taking say it seas the defendant who threw. James Seeders was
working bees who first suffer. Useless raves , Mr. PritcharTe, ani asked him if he was pre- i the Niglio-Ire with her. Ile had not mentioned called as witness for Johnson, and said he went with Min
may he maintained ; highly salaried officials, i pared to bring' Ilia esteblislunent within that I what prieoner said before ehooting when he was 1 nattolikeeao:eeLi.....k
allothwhtsizethe
jvltni:ognweans. gritnitraeosn.a. Did
may
duties are very doubtful, and whose sole i limit. He said he would not for theirs or tely ' before the Magistrates, because he could scarcely I Partridge ordered to find one surety in £5, to keep the
occupation sometimes appears to be the study I other society. Ile then said he had ouly one speek then, peace for three months.—James Leeilham, Thomas
"how not to do it," as Mr- Dickens says, are ' other gneetion to ask Mr. Priteliard, and that was II i-examined : There wits not a word of truth 'S'otid, and Richard Hart were charged with throwing
?stained ; but the weakest go to the wall ; the I whether he had any complaint to make of the in the statement that he had taken liberties stones at the Hayes, on the 23rd ult.—William Chance
working men are diseharged whenever economy i inauner in which the deputation had epproached said he saw Hart throw a score tunics. Leedham and
with prieoner's wife. Wood threw stones. Could not say who they threw at.
to to be effected, This lets been the case at the him, and he said " none at all. Mr. Boodle Wm. Haynes said he beard a loud report of For the defence, William Bashford was called, and said
great Governtnent establishments at Woolwich, then went on to say that they were prepared to it pistol in Ketley's house, and immethatelyofter he was with Leeilham. Did not see him throw any
arid 1,700 teen with their wisee end families are ' waive all points except that of the excess of boy he saw Ketley come staggering out, his face stones. witnesses were called for the other two, but
ow suffering bitter distress. Our duty in this , labour; but on that they were compelled to take covered with blood. He asked hint what was they did not appear, and each of the defenulants were
Matter is plain. WC mutt help these poor peo• their nreether'e ,sitle, because Mr. Pritchard rc- th m e atter, and Ketley (nail "William Poyser ordered to fund one surety in £5, and themselves in £5,
to keep the peace for six months.
tile, thrown out of employment by no fault if • fused to allow Ilita to he present to be interro- lots shot Me." Waimea said. " Acridental or A Bares', FELLew,—Anthony Kdeovne was brought
their own, as they helpett the sufferers of the gated se that they might be able to get at the Wilful ?" Ketley said, "Wilful." Witness up under a warrant charged with assaulting Julia Hoc-
cotton famine when they 'teethe; assistance, truth ef the matter. The speaker then went on then heard another report, lie informed P.S. moon. oe the tat inst. complement said on the above
We may regard these suffering and compulso- at some length to point oat the advantages of Wigley what had occurred. and they went into date she went up to Webb's publie.house, and when there
rily idle families as thoroughly exceptional, unions, amid considerable interruption, and con. Ketley's house together. Prisoner was sitting these defendant
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,setane dalweas.dhr,i,huktihut:
dteoftehtliaehri
They have been made suddenly poor and help. eluded by calling upon Mr. Murphy to read the on a chair, anti when Wigley charged him with struck Irel7.'lilackenesiel both her eyes, beat her 00 the
lees by the withdrawal of their ordinary remora resolution. sheeting Ketley Ile said, " I have done my duty: cheat, petrol her hair Idf her head, stud kicked her.
of livelihood in obedience to the exigencies of Mr. Pritchard rose at the astute time to ad- he has robbed me of my wife." Elizabeth Pardee and Richard Round euurrob urated.
the State and the popular demand for eemeomy. dress the meeting, and asked those present tai i P.S. Wigley sooke to the sense fact, and added The Bench considered its moat disgruterfut assault, and
But, unhappily, we have in all our large towns, give hint art opportunity of replying to the that Poyser handed hi:a the double-barreled pia. se tt,si: cac‘d„,
et 1 e i
jai= t‘ov.t.thit;ieheem‘znotellha.' I
rigni with.h beggingr..
masses of nhat we mey call the nonnel poor. charges made. (Great uproar). tub In t pro:let:ell. He teoh hint to the police. on the gtli inst. Frederick Strioger proved the defeta-
Thousanda of such poor are to be fotool ia the The Chairm in :mid Mr. Pritchard shoold have station and seerched him, and fetind is paper ant came into his father's shop and asked for assist...,
metropolis. tionie startling revelations of the tin opportunity of replying, but the reisolati ei emit:Lining shot ited lead slags of various sizes, stud because be would not give leer a ...thing defendant
distress which always, tot greater or less extent, must be read first. (Great npreer, and cries of and et paper ciastaiMag powder. Peieoner was I beceate very abusive. Ordered to be lockek up for one
Maid.
exists in the eastern dietriete of Louden have •• itritchartl, don't be put atm.). greatly exeite.l. BOARD OF OCAEDIANB.—The weekly meeting of this
just been made. One weiter Says: - (ham into Mn, Pritchard a lid that the roont woad soon P.S. jones saw the prosecutor with his Lice Board SALA lucid yesterday, Mr. Grainger in the chair.
two shops which *did!' each other, and which jbe required by the landlady of the „home, and it Moodie oon the right side. He found two ox- There were also present ;—Motors. Broike,i, ltutybould,
are ownel by 009 man, we aske I how Ililiia,'.4s alupearea tO Itins titcv wante Ito pat oil' Lae tint, piled caps ia the room and some shot ou a Origin, Biel, Rhodes, Roberta, Wood, Bennet, and
was going on. • Basiaesa !' he exeleiered ; with by lorig.wintle,l speeches, so that he should not boorti mid noor the sofa. Prisoner was it steady, 00".1.O
dead, 1 ; utischarg.i 19; remaining, 455. Corresponding . Adinitted into the house daring the week, 30;
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a sorrowful laugh. m businesshati bidden goodbye have an oppertunity of speaking. quiet man. week last year, ,109. Out-door relief, Kingswinford
to Milwall.' Then, in the course of conversa- ' A great deal of uproar at this One took place, Mr. 11. to 'Bayley, surgeon, said prosecutor district, /la lOs 91 ; Stoarbridge district, /25 15, it;
tots, lie told how his nicana had &Med away, aml it was sonic time before any One could lio was Moneta to him wills hula face bleeding. He Halesowen district, 120 Ida eld ;total, 153 las B,ld, agaiust
Lots he had pivots credit to Imatiretlit who weed I heard. Souse 011 e itt lie back of the room eried I foam' a number of :small shot in his face. He 150 lds gull last year,
unable to pay." ste. "At the botcher's shop op- out for the choirot in to do his day and be Sires, produced elevea he had extricated from the face,
posite." he continues." we heard the smne deb,- arid contlnet the husiaese of the tueetiog in his S tine of them penetrated as much as tNo in-
ful tale. A few pieces of muttou and several own way
~ clues inn a slanting direction. In answer to the
little scraps were hanging there, but nobody When order WAS obtained. the Chairman ietid learned J edge the witne is said the brain was
came to buy them. ' I suppose the people don't he ehotild, as cli.tirm in, insist upon his rights, protected by the liones of the skull.
buy much meat? 'we inquired of the Intteher's and called upon Mr. Merplly to read the resole- Mr. Golsen. for time defence, said he was in
wiie. • Oh, no,' she said ; •we sometimes sell a tion, and Me. Pritehard gave way. an unfortneate poeition, as he was nnable to
pound or half pound of bullock:is liver, whiell is Mr. Murphy then meved :'• That this meet- elitism evideaco which would show whet led to
the only thing in the shape of Inca the poor hug hiiving hearti the statements of the deputt• the act Whielt forined the subject of the indict-
people can afford:" And Si this explorer of the thm, hilly approves of the come° :atoned by he meat. He heti asked certain questions, from
districts of a oricelmsy neighbourhood gees from Joarneynieu Printers Society iii makiag known whielt it woulul have been gathered that prisoner
shop to shop, and house to house, and finds every I their grievances, and pledges itself by al legel considered he had grounds to suspect that the
where the same tale with variatious of detail, tneano to frnatrate the aggressions of capital prosecator was living on improper terms with
but which, as a whole, constitutes a sad, sad nar- upon labour." hie wife. He had askel prosecutor with refer.
relive of suffering and privation. Similar Me. W. Cartwright (compositor), seconded the ence to one uccossion in April: prosecutor had
scenes of distress were observable in the Isle of resolution. . . denied it, but the jury ceuld not doubt that it
Dogs. " Some of the streets in this district," The Chairman then ealiesl upon Mr. W. Pack- was the fact, as lie was instructed, that Beim
sass the same writer, " appear as if a terrible wood, glasmnaker, of Stearbridge to support it, that date prisoner was constantly urging his
pestilence haa swept over them, llonees which and lie delivered a long speeeli on the advalite- wise to leave prosecutor's house. He (Mr. God.
were occupied three years ago by well-to-do me• ger of Trades' Unions, anti their general prin- son) woo afraid he could not resist a conviction
clunks are to-doy bare and tenantless. The aisles, and peiated out that the Uniting were fur unlawfully wounding; but he would contend,
windoes of most of them are broken, and they supported by many eminent men. The speaker on the evidence, that prisoner did not mean to
present a scene of desolation which, by contrast was continuely intterupted, and at times grout murder prosecutor. or do him any serious bodily
with the busy, prosperous, shipbuilding days of uproar ensued front persons crying out " Aleph- harm, but merely to frighten him to induce him
1805, has au expressibly ate! impart." The laet lett foe ever," " Ingram and Child for ever," to let his (prisoner's) wife go awe;-. He used a
phrase is a painfully suggestive one—" the sitip- oWe don't want polilies loge," "Come to the pistol, which was not de tigned to ho used for
building days of 1865." With such bitter dia. food," •, What about the Express?" " How long shooting with small shot. Small shot was used,
tress as now exists it would ill become auy one do you mean to speak ?" &e. though prisoner had slugs in his possession.
to titunt the working classes with the feet—but Mr. Packwood said he was not going to be put The words state.; by prosecutor to have been
fact it is --that strikes and disputes In ire, down, neither diti he tie Ili:itself to time, and used by prisoner were ea mentioned at the ex•
amongst other causes, driven away the ship- continued hie speech, Ind WAS frequently inter- animator' before the Magistrates; and on this
building from the hanks of the 'realties to the rapted by cries of •• Come to tile point," and point he ought to have been corroborated, as Inc
Tyne, the Wear, and the Clyde. We do net ~ what about the Express ?" Mr. Packwood might have been if the words were spoken, for
wish to insist on this point, tlit ugh it rutty in it- seed he did not intend to say a word about the it appeared from depositions before the Magio-
self serve as a eati uaa ien for the future. Bat Express, but as they had asked him he would (rates that a boy was present who had not been
looking at the vast !MISS of our national Nor say thut the Expeess came out as the organ of called. He concluded by calling Mr. Gough,
throughout the Notary—the absolute paupers the workino man, and it soon after turned round saddler, Ludlow, who said the prisoner had
aryl the unemployed artisans and mechanica who and because a Tory paper. (A great deal of up- worked for hint hive years, and was an indite-
are fast becoming paupers, we would ask whether roar here took place, and the speaker sat down). trious and peaceable man. Mr. Corbett, another
nothing more or nothisto, better for them than ii Mr. Pritchard Bleu rose, and was received with master saddler, for whom prisoner had worked
now dune could not be accomplished? It ie cheere. He said that an uttempt had been made eighteen months, also ;gave him an excellent
eyideut that our Poor Law as it at present exists, to show the world that he had made a fancy character.
does not meet the wants of a large part of the ageression upon his men, and that there was a His lordship having summed, the jury found
popalstion, who do uot require to he wholly kept, strike among them. L urge bills had been iseued the prisoner guitty of unlawfully wounding, with
but who need temporary or partial assistance. headed with thewords " Strike at the County intent to do grievous bodily harm, brit recom-
'flue system of out-door relief, on, in other words. Express Office." He begged to tell them there mended him to mercy. In reply to his lordship,
of partial aid, requires development tinder ears- waa no strike at his office ; neither had there the foreman of the jury said the recommenda•
ful temotoement. This is always better, where it been. His men were all present, and he would tion wits on account of the prisoner's previous
can be adopted, than the workhouse syetten: appeal to them to answer the question. (Voices: good character.
which too often hopelessly reduces the applicant ~ There has been no strike.") He understood a The Judge sentenced the prisoner to penal
to a permanent dead level of pauperietn. And strike to mean the withdrawal of men because of servitude for life. The sentence created some
we believe it is the duty of the Legislature, at a non-compliance on the part of employers with seneation among those present.
the earliest opportunity, to take into coneidera- the rules and regulations of the society. He We understand that a petition will be got up,
tion some sound practical scheme of assisted or would now ask Mn. Boodle whether any nien had and signed by most of the respecteble iuhabit-
wholly gratuitous emigration. We admit that been withdrawn by the Society from hie office? enuts of this town, to be pres nted to the Secre-
this is a painful remedy ; but desperate diseases Mr. Boodle : Yes, Mr. Forthergill. tiny of State, for a cootinatatiou of the son.
regnire desperate remedies, and blue pauperigat of Mr. Pritchard : Why, he received a fortnight's tence.--;Eo. S. a
England is now becoming so wile and deep, that notice —(clieers and laughter)—mid you rent the
nothing but but powerful means will touch the evil. notice yourself. The reason he gave him notice
A third measure of relief might well alse be its was because the wurk was scarce. Now, both
quired into by the Legislature. In the case of Mr. II:male end Mr. Futhergill knew that dun-
the men discharged from the Government estab. ing the yeer 1867 he etuployeil six journeymen.
lishments, for instance, could not employment I and five of them were society men ; and as to
of some other kind be foun 1 for sonte of them ( Vie grices paid, he, as Mr. Boodle knew, paid the
at least? Surely there are works of public I same as the .I,ltertisee and /elite Post.
utility whirls might be effect cd by men wino are I Mr. Doodle: It is net u questieu of price, but
now unwillingly idle. Why, from the w trk-
an excess of boy labour.
houses aloe men could be found who eituld ma- i
n
i 51r. Pritchard: Well, the rule sail that where
terially aid in making a harbour of refuge. In six men were in frill work for twelve mouths
a word, our management of the • poor is Still, ' three apprentiece were allowed. He had en:r-
after centuries of experience, to a great extent, ; plumed six journeymen for that time, and was
barbarous' and primitive, and retmires adaptation I therefore entitled to three apprentices. He
to the exigencies of the times. would give £5 to arty man who could prove that
he had more than three apprentices in his news-
THE PRINTERS' UNION AND MR. paper °III"' (Cheers). If Mr. Buo,lle wanted
to do whet wits honour-Ole by him as well as by
W. X. PRITCHARD, PRINTER,
the men let himit cotne and look through his books
BRIERLEY HILL. anti see if 110 could filet more than three appren-
On Saturdoy evening last a meeting was called ti-es, one of whom was his own son. (Cheers).
by placard to be held at the Victoria Concert Mr. Pritchard then gave sonic details reepecting
Hall, at half-past four o'clock. At the time map, the interview he hatt with the deputation, which
poiuted no one was there but at five oedoeo hed not been mentioned by Mr. Boom! o. The
the room was about half fall. 'Oho meeting WAS depot:it ion refused to hear hie overseer, who nat-
called by the Printers' Union, in consequence of tardily knew 11100 e about the matter than he did ;
some dispute between the society anti Mr. Prit- and at their retro:Alio proclaced his warms book,
chard. On the motion of Mr. Murphy, Mr. and read over the amount of wages lo them.
Cartwright, glassniaker, was v•-•ted to the chair. Again he said he did not give Fothergill notice
The Chairman, in opening the proceedings, because he was connected with the union, hunt
appealed to those present to give each speaker a became he was scarce of work for him. Dur-
fair hearing. He believed timers was a dispute ing the year 1867 Fothergill'e earnings had ave-
betweeu the Printers Trades' Union, and Mr. raged 1:1 19e Oil per week. What had beets done
Pritcherd, and after hearing both sides of the had been done to injitre hint aud his paper. No
question, these present would be able to jtel..fe. strike existed at all; he paid the usual prices,
which WAS in the wrong, and coucluded by call. and there was no eXeeS4 of boy lobour ; and he
ing upon Mr. Boodle, the Birming,harn District was rather at a loss to know why persons like
Secretary, for the society to wake his state- Mr. Packwood had been brought here to vitupe-
ment. perate hint and his paper. (Cheers).
Mn. Boodle epee and said that a prioteil state- Mr. Pritchard and a large number of his sup-
went of the Atom of the strike on the County porters then left the room, amid considerable
Express ha I already been circulated. He might, cheering, uproar, and confusion,
however. state that on the sth of September a Mr. Boodle then rose to reply to Mr. Put-
delta ition from Brierley Hill attended a general chard's statdments, and complained that they did
meeting of the tnembere of the society at Dir. not give the saute patient hearing to hisreply as
iniughein for the purpose of laying before that they gave to Mr. Pritchard.
meeting a etatement of grievances in connection One half of the people here left the room, and
wills Mr. Pritchard's office. After hearing what a good deal of confusion ensued.
the deputation had to say, the meeting thoneht 'Pile Chairman then put the motion to those
it would be only just turd emateons to Mr. Prit, present, and it was carried,
ehar:l to li.,,fr "hat le Mei to say on the matter I Tile meeting then broke up.
bet--re tiny twit'i errs t•ticen. Mr. Berker, olio I
one, of the members Of the sottlety In Brierley
Mil, woe itsieordiegly histrheted to Call Minn M.
Prather I, untl ask if he woolil reeeive alb:part-
Olen front thus society. Mr. Pritehari, with
Bolas warmth of language, refused to have any•
thing to this wrth tile society ; and after Mr.
Barker lout left weot to Ili, co-A:tome-house ant
ore,- mt it notice for lir. Fothergi,,, the memo-
'ter of to ioc:-tv i.l hi- ..11,, ,to leave in four-
'.eeu days. Mr. Barker in due course communi-
sm) tt . • e . , 'vitt, Mr. Pro.-
..Meta. eee 0.,e ~,,...„,..) oII'AO,Y,I. thought thet
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Tin LA 'l' E Ant.: NI PT El) MURDER

AT STOURBRIDGE.

At the Worcester Winter Assizes on Tuesday,
before Mr. Baron Bramwell, Willinm Porter,
45, saddler, W4B indicted for feloniously shoot.
lug George Ketley, on the 24th August, at the
perish of Oldswinford, with intent to murder
him. Mr. Streeten prosecuted, and Mr.Godcon
defended. The prosecutor, George Ketley, said
he w.n; A tailor, aid liv• d itSt ,:a.l). idge. He
knew the prisoner. He, and his wife and
family, 1 aged at his house. They can e in

LOAD LYTTELTON ON NEW adiourned if he thought proper. Mr Owen said that
betng the case, he was willing for Mr. 19 rr ti beer the
MAI AND. case. He was BURP snre that he would do what was
On Mondey evening. Is, rd Lytteitiin delver sal alectdre r. gist. Mr. harm; It I cannot do my duty iis 11 Magid.
Irate. I have no right to sit here.—Thomas Hill said he
in the Corn Exchange. on New Zealand and his journetr
was in the en.p!tly of Mr. Haden. On the 21:11 nit he
thereto last year. About six weeks ago the noble lord
had been engaged in bringing rip voters. Was sitting
Inscribed his voyage to New Zealand, at Hadley. The
he
followidg, therefere, consists simply of extracts from that on the outside of the car by the driver. As noon as
g,it up to the polling booth. I opened the ear to get the
part of the lecture relating to the colony itself.
voters out, and was knocked down and pelted with stories,
His Lordahan said that six in the morning of the 9.lth
and got up again, rhen Parkes, who had a large thick
of January, 1868, he first saw the low line of the cliffs
of New Zealand. from Hawk's Bay to Cape Palliser. in the thick skick in his hand, held it up RR if to strike me. I
aria "Parkes, for Gill's sake don't strike MP. I have
distance, in a soft purple light. Presently, further off
still. they saw the seowv range of the Kaikoras to their had enongh." Cross.examined : f Was pnaaged by Mr.
left: in the Middle Island, es their were sailing due west' Best. 1111 not see any men come from Dudley. Do not
and the channel of Cook's Strait, between the finrthetn know that any tam came from Dudley. Do not know •
and Middle or Southern Island. Soon after entersing man tasited P.orlon,, of Lard. Produce three stones.
the harbour of Wellington the windings of the coast shut . These are your Liberal stones. Could not sweat defend-
it in all round, giving the appearance of a large hake. It , ants threw them.—Poliee•conatahla Slums:tone said he
was singularly beautiful and picturesque ; perhaps on a
was on duty on the 211 h ult. He saw complalbslnt there
large scale the most so of ell that they saw in the colony. and Tromans had hold of him by the coat, pulling at
Surrounded entirely by bills of gentle undulation and on him. Parkes stood over him with the leg of a cart shaft.
great height, and with a long reach inland towards Poi, ' Nock kicked him. Hill then got up and ran into the
rise tand the valley of the Hutt River, in that part not achoolyard. Did not see Smith do anything. Mr.
unlike the Lake of Lucerne,—the town was on the °pp°. Owen applied for Smith to be discharged. and he was
aite side of the bay. and had a very pretty effect, with accordingly discharged, and asked for costs for him.
many scattered btaildines in the hills above the main The Bench refused to give costs. Mr. Owen said lie
block, not altogether unlike Ilfracombe. Here they met meant to try to get the costs elsewhere. Crosssexamined :
a worthy friend of Mr. Selfe's, Mr. Justice Johnson, one
I did not apply for a remand. Mr. Owen said that the
of the judges of the Supieme Court of New Zealand. 1 defendants were already bound over for a similar offence.
The house inside, as were all the houses they saw in all i and had to pay costs. They were already punished, and
parts of the colony. was very pleasant and comfortable, he aubmitted they could not be again punished for a
and with a wholly English air; the rooms mostly small, similar offence.—William Williams said that at the time
so that one could just fancy one's self in an English par- i Hill was pulled off the car, Parkes was standing twelve
nonage or small country house. Invariably a quantity
of yards away. F.liga Lowe said she knew Tram ins and
modern English books, which CAMP IMi froin England in . Nock. Saw Hill on the cab, and get off. Tromans and
every ship, and pleasant English prints and pictures on Nock were there at the time. Mr. Owen :here applied
the walls. Wellington is now the seat of the Colonial for the defendants to give evidence for each other. After
Government, and it was hoped that in no long time a hearing their evidence, the Bench fined Tromans and
proper Government house would be provided. At preaent Nock 40s each and costs; in default two months. Parkes
it is little more than R cottage. From Wellington to Port woe tined 20s and costs ; in default six weeks.
Lyttelton, in Canterbury, was a pasaage of eighteen or BiloTtitutx Lorta.—ltieliard Plant was charged by
twenty hours along the east mast of the Middle Island. Warwick Plant with assaulting hint l'en the 27th ultimo.
1 They hail the east coast a few miles on their right, with From the evidence it appeared they were brolltrra. A
the liiiikora range visible a great part of the way, and dispute arose between the father and complainant, and
' often the nthlille of the mountains cut oft' by clouds, slier it was over defendant ra's and kicked him on the
above which appeared the snowy tops, like the Olympus thigh. Fined 2s GI and coats; in defaalt 14 days.
of the Gods on the pictures of heaven by some of the C .tUSLTY TO A DONKEY.—Charles Price was charged
early painters. They anchored in Llttelton baritone by Superintendent Mills with cruelly illtreating a donkey
about nine, and landed not of a boat on a sort of wharf, ou the 7th instant. Police-constable Taylor proved the
by the railway station, where the superintendent of the offence. Fined 2s fid and costs; in default days.
province and other passengers had come to receive them.
!
. CHARGE On GAMBLING IN A BEERHOMM.-.- William
The railway set off tat (Melt through a tunnel 11 miles Jones, beerhonve-keeper, residing at Garratts-lane, was
long, through the hill* which divide the harbour from
charged by Superintendent Mills with allowing gambling
the plains of Canterbury. The tunnel took them some . at his house. on the 30th ult. Joseph Gill and Charles
time to traverse. and in about twenty minutes more they Price proved the offence, and said they were both playing
were in Thristchurch, the provincial capital, a few miles at cards at the defendant's house, and the defendant saw
north-west from the port. Here they arrived not much them play. Jones denied that he saw the cards about,
before inidnight, and put up at the Club. a very comet°. or that he had any in the house. Police•sergeant Posner
diens, and comfortable abode, where they remained the said it waa one of the worst conducted houses in the
whole six weeks, of their stay, being honorary members district. Fined 40s and coats; in default one month's
thereof. Christchurch had been laid out with a view to imprisonment.
the future rather than to any present capabilities of tin- AretNo aim ABETTINO.—John Gill, Charles Price,
pulation. on a square mile, or 610 acres, which is im• Joseph Huglie•, Samuel Wyble, Edward Holloway, James
mensidy more than they at present fill. The club itself Cross, James Price, and W.Jones were severally charged
stood in what was called Latimer Square, where, how- with aiding and abetting. Each of the defendants ad-
ever, there were hardly any houses, and a very poor mitted they were present. The Magistrates' Clerk said
cricket ground occupied the very centre of the square. the Bench hail po alternative but to commit them far a
deviated to Church objects. And he might He need not remind them of the Church character Ofi• months. They could not fine them. Sergeant Pawner
givally impressed upon the colony of Canterbury, by said that Superinteudent Mills instructed him to say that
means of £1 out of each £3 of the purchase•mone •being as this waCthe first ease before the Court of this kind,
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on, effect of that early character of the settlement, that ing costs, which was weed to, except in the ease of
the agent who fixed on that site, and laid out the town. Jones, the landlord, which was dismissed, as he had al.
square in it the name of some English see or prelate, as is•—•---
Colombo Street, 4:c. The river runs through the upper
wooden bridges of a very pleasant and ornamental effect.
little wooden houses imbedded in growing trees and gar-
trees in alleys anil otherwise planted about ; and there
was a retired and picturesque cemetery in a corner of the
town, but with these exceptions it must be admitted—nor
was it to be wondered at—that the general look of the
town was somewhat slovenly and unkempt. Vegetation
in that clitude is rapid and luxuriant, the price of labour
is high, and the colonists cannot aft ird to employ much
if it, except in what was actually necessary. Snell mat-
ters, consegnently, as clean and neat paving, filling up
ruts and puddles, painting lip the names of streets. Ac ,
received but scanty attention. Nor WM there as yet any
concentration of buildings deserving the name of more
than a large village. 'DIG was around what was meant
to be and would be hereafter, the central and most dig-
tinguislied part of the town, via., Cathie iral Square ; but
at present was far enough from fulfilling such an idea.
It was the hope and intention of the pearl,: to set about
bulldog the cathedral in that place. A large sum ass
subscribed, and soli I foundations laid; but then, also
the work stopped. It was, and is, beyond the means of
the colonists to carry on ; and this foundation, which
wou'il at some distant day be available, lied been co-
vered in or buried and partly overgrown with hies! grass.
The population of Christelinrch was supposed ti he
8,000. Att. r some intern's, Mg she ails, his lordship con-
cluded. The lecture occupied the space of two hours.
Mr. Akrayd move-h, and Mr. Bernard seconded, a vote
of thinks to his lordship, and th J vote having bee ac.
knowledged, the meeting broke up.