The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-06-20 00:00:00

THE NIEs'fING DISSOLVED.

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~.„ ~••• 1h tav•,!a! H tat the
.• e tit el,!,•!i ,•,. ~ v.. iwportanw I get' . rioneat
out to aecede •, !. :hes of the promoters; on
the ground that, tl I etion Asa ii.egal ou tech-
nical ground, anit that the majori:,y was obtained
by bribery- and other corrupt practices. The
a•,vrt Innen!, upon Lu a, decided to . nquire into
••w lzze Mal ter, and for thiFt puiTose sea,
,own Mr. ioiizi z, toe of her M j inspe,.•
tots, Mid a 1111.T1 g was cot vi Ilett at the Union
d l for toe purpose of allowing that gewletnall
L., hear the ar4uni.•ots Oa hot., sides. Tin
etwg Was cz&rzl fir sere., u'eiock, bat lone
a tore that tiine the hall sus ei'OsUed to e7eee.
oecapan s Filie,paby cons:ating of the dreg-
of thej upul iou ui Oidsainford and the Lye.
Mr. Prescott oeettp•ea a scat in solitary grandeni
hear the centre of We p•utforni, apparently heed
ea of the ataiwiti ,g gl we, $ wait which he was
regarded hy the ‘• caoice spirits" in the body of
to thl rof the very audible comments that
were bring nd.de by them. Front these it was
evident that the majority of those preseut look•al
upon 1111111 tti If lie were 't iteu.her Daniel cow..
u juaganart," \ollie. he, on his rart, was a,
••glimiuny 6rand '• as if, him unether Marcus
clotting, he was ready to leap tutu the yawning
it for his count,,,'s good. f avlulately per-
asitS (111.1iiefUes people way say the reverse.) no
such test of lICIUII3III was require.) on the pre-
sent occasion, the only question at issue being
the very prasam one of whether it was nectissary
to provide a cemetery for the future interment
ut the dead. or not.

Au var, tne monotony of waiting,
Mr. E. Alias, a publican, of Pig-street, in this
town, addressed a few remarks to those present.
and having expressed his gratification at seeing
au Malty LSOi mtol,.e gentle:lieu preseitt,—(l4ugn-
ter anti dfrisive clatti.rtO. He did net think any
one 'count nave power to speak there that night
except his "friend from Loudon "—(laughter
and cries of "Sit iloAin IL, however, n.
thing d muted, w nt on siying " doutlemen,
1,1 hove a uro,, of giu cunt "—(suiting the action
LO the word)—' Hero's all your very good
healths, and I hope you will all have a drop of
am at Edwards's to-night ”—(Cries of " Sit
down, otd sour beer," and confusiou).
Mr. Mills, however, was nothing disheartened
II the rai er equivocal recepli :II his of first voca
effort, he again essayed to aintritss those present.
H.. said " tit nileoimi, before any of you or in)
'Tether workmen, or any other gentlemen in
inioweil to speuk "—(ttero the uproar became so
de..irning that as could not catfh the remainder
ot tee sentelict ). lie hoped if anyone had any-
thing to sat contrary to anything he had said,
weuld come up there (on the platform).
Mr. Mitts tel a ti:i sit tio,n, anti.l groani,
cheers, autt liii r.

Mr. Drrwery, lutether publican of Coventry
strect, rose ono prapase that Mr. Pres.
(tett take the chair. This proposition, however,
%Tot not seconded.

A short toterval ensued, but at length Mr.
M. 614 W.IS Ulllllle longer to resist the temptation
,o agaio u,r eis elequence, notwithstanding tin
no vrry tittering Creep ion he IVO nit w:CI on
the two )previous ore isions. ado : Geode-
oleo, we re V ry proud to sup such u good &t-
-imed:nice here this evening. At the same time
..._(worn he reached this poiiit his nue Nights et
oratory were nipped ii the bud by groans, yel:s,
nnd cries of " Sit down ; let soutchmly else
speak." Mr. Nliils invited them on the platform,
urn son e oba told him to " have H
d.-op of arm thiuk."( Mr. Mills, nothing
dout ti, res.hae I : Gentlemen, the dine appoin-
t. ,1 was N. o'eleek this evening. and it up.
pears to be about twen:y minutes now to it. (A
voice " Bin you going to sing ?" Laughter).
Mr. Mills: Gentlemen, don't be in a hurry ;
because seven o'clock is our time. (Mr. Mills
was again interrupted, so he gave vent to tie
foliowing spirited challenge : "Them as est,
.14,0-00 c.lllle here, and tiou-oo sgantst
This not having been accepted, Mr. Mills went
on to say, that whatever his friend, Mr. Prescet:
lad to avy, or wit /Fever his Limit fro LI LIU 11'1
hill to say, he Loped ii., y would hear them fairly
l'here was more uproar, but Mr. Mills went on
ag in this wiso ntleinen, I cult see a many
faces here, and, of course, it is only for tne to
sty there is a many teen and a many minds' and
I hone von will lodge for yourselves, and have
no party feeling. You will have a gertleman
here presently, and I hope every one will con-
duct themselves properly, and not allow this
hon urale gentlemiu to go hack to London and
s:tv you how how to behave youseives
(Great ronfnsiou).

At a -‘eu o'clock, Mr. Holland (the Commis.
0 8 .1) en mei the :setl. .1110.1 t tle same time
the dtll wiug geutd men also took seats on the
pla.form Al ssrs. Berharl, MeEwen, Turney,
Woo I, Mills, Hotting Ed.vards, Prescott,
: Blunsom, P .rker, Bmo .t hall, SAnger, Woolley,
Priddev, Hughes, Ptatt, Skidmore. Franklin,
lek, Weterman, Ferry, and the Rev. H. Stier-
ard. Mr. 11..dan I, having t :ken the chair,
drop(' tde proe ediegs by exidaining the object
.f the meeting. H- iofortned them that it was
n It a me log in he ordinary sense of the word,
on was amply fur enquiry. Tnere would he
.to voting., and no resotution would be proposed.
Lie enquiry woo to enable him to inform the
Suet try of State whether or not the ru gums'
viiieh lull 'ccii made to him to sanction the fo..
~ati et of i 11 otial B hir.l suouid he grotto-I.
5: ore try of st tte hii roe ic. I two lett-rs
from Me-so. B marl and King, Solicitors, upon
the subject, making application fot leave to
form a Bu.mti Bo .r , wdieh stated the Acts of
P triitituent under which proceedings had been
taken, and gave an account of the meetings held
in regard to the question, and the result of the
polling—(cheers and confusion. A voice:
"Silence; let the gentleman speak "): The in-
habitants had assigtual no reason whatever for
their opposition. He thought it was right to
inform them that a similar meeting for Wolles•
cote would be held, and if a resolution in favour
of a Cemetery was carried, a general Burial
Board for the united parishes would be consti-
tuted. The questiott W4SI whether or not it was
expedient that a Burial Board should be ap-
pointed for the two townships ..f Upper Swin-
for and Stourhlidge, and they had nothing to do
with the Lye. The ques•ion was whether a
I latial Bo ird shoned be appoiuted for the united
parishes he had just mentioned, and although
they had gone so far in the matter it was not
titely matessary that one should be appoint-
ed now. If the ra:epeyers had changed their
minds, they woniti al/ be compelled to proceed
further iti the matter. On May, Lae 9.8t1., Mr.
Pr seet wrote a letter to hi.n enclosinz,
minutes which were passed at two, estry meetings
Of Chdowinford. Groat confusion and uproar