The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-11-07 00:00:00

!I'fll STOP ThEIIGE OBSETIVEII.

• Mr. H. W. Foley then moved a resnlntion in favour of
the two r milidates He said many of them were aware
thnt n few nights ago n greet ceremony was performed
in that ream. There tras a large gathering of the Con-
otithronal Aooreciestine. (tanghterl. He woo very anxi•
ono to be present at the meeting, lming Parlous to see e
right hen. baronet, it Cabinet Minister driving his four-
In hanal—tie filer eandida'es—he believed there were
Are, steel. nether, that sus in coot one nf them might
he thought an old screw. (Laughter). He was minions ,
to nee this right hon, baronet teaching these voting Tory
randidate, what they ought to Pay, and what argument,.
eouhl be adduced by the defender. of all abmies, from
the Irish Church downward,. He loot the opporfunitv,
however, the tea was all deunk, the penny bans all eaten.
niece of paper woo given to Mr. Laolett in *xi-bongo for
those he diotribot, ci at tine last election, and he was ilia-
apneinted of an epsortnnity of heating these great prin-
ciples of To-vista advr.ented. That evening he bad been
mere fortunate. He had heard the trite and good nla
Liberal price'ples honourably and lady put forwarnl lea
the two gentlemen who sat on thnt platform, nnd he had
no hesitation in moving a reonthtion in support of them
They had been celled "the lad," hat they would improve
in the matter of env every day, and if they returned thane
two Worcesterohire Ws to Parliament they would fellow
and support a certa:n Lancashire lad they all knew of.
(Cheero). That epithet. " the tails" had been thrown
at them by R certain Worceoter newsraner. whit-is the
other two Worcester 11, w=rnp..rq railed" Grannimmmull."
(Langleter). TA them lit-k at the ether nide a moment.
They had an aged barrister. past the prime of life, a very
exeellent man. of great experience—great experience in
the law, great exnerience irn paronading, people great ex-
perience in making the worse apnear the hett.T range.
(Laughter and Cheers). They had been cans-easing Arent.
and he lead met tint ancient mnriner—floughtorl—ernis-
inn nhout in the moot nnexpecte I places; and he can-
didly owned hi. own opinion to be, that he preferred
those two lado to the ancient barrister. (Cheers).
natured ne,nele collet Meoars.'Lyf tell in and Martin nom-
inees, and sone other ill-natured people had gone 4n for
eta to call Mr. Amphlett a nautili, I Laughter). They
said a certain noble lord lean induced Mr. Amphlett to
ennote forwent, and that he:woo the nominee of that noble
herd. Of course he did not believe it—(langhter)—l.nt
anch stories would float about at an election time. He
thonght Mr. Amplilett was too old n bird to enter into a
ennteot like that, if he had to pny all the election expen-
ses; bent, when he thought it over. he Raid "Perhaps he
does pan them ;" and he Aso! i scorn, one to put
the nnestion to him, and also anti *her he wealth refnoe to
riece).t any other, nt a Joiltn.ohin, which might re-
move hien from Parliament. taw ednig he git there. Mr.
F.eley concluded hey moving a reoolution approving of
M ansre. Lyttelton and Martin no the, candidates for Fast
Worcestershire, and pledging the meeting to use its best
exertinno to seems their return.

never hinting that the Irish Chttrch was an injastiee—
lhear, hear). The injustice was eqnally an it.jostice 20
years ago, as it was now and therefore be said to raise
the question about justice and rightennsnes4 to Ireland
was all moonshine—(h,4a.. hear. and laughter). Will
respect to the of Irish Church disendowtnint. Br
thonght they would avee with him, that to disendow the
church in the Protestant part of Ireland would he mani
featly unjust —(hear, hear). The Irish Church did not
receive a single penny by taxation of either the landlord
or tenant, and this had been so daring the three nr fonr
centuries of its existence The cry raised by the Liberals
us to the Protestant religion being maintained in Ire-
land at the point of the sword. Wla, mere tatting balder-
dash, and the Irish people felt that their real grievance
wits the land tax. The Irish tenant, if he disposed if
his holding, hod TO other course open to him but to
emigrate, or go to the workhouse. As to the rates, he saw
no reason why the rates shoalil not be pail by the land•
lord as well as by the tenant, so long as they were
without inteifering with the exmcise of the vote. In
reference to the sul.ject of education, he answered them
that whichever side of the house he might sit, the exten•
sion of education would have his most careful attention.
labia position, as Chairman at the Quarter Sessions, he
had sufficient experience to convince him that ignorance
was the parent of crime—lhear, hear). He felt that it
was necessary for every child to have a free education--
(hear, hear)._ _

Mr. Alfred Freer rose to address the meeting, an fol-
lows. Gentlemen I find myself in a new and somewhat
einbarassing position to-night, being called upon to ad-
dress no large an assembly, lint the greatness of the oces•
sion gives me nerve to do it. And I am glad to see
among the many faces before me. many familiar to me,
aml, gentlemen, I need scarcely say that I am well
known to most of you. You most of you know that I
"anra doctor," one whose duty ills to try to get the sick
well, and I may tell you in passing that it is no mere
polities that have broneht me hereto-night, for my pro-
vince and my ambition to tint lie in that direction ; but
a very grave matter. The fact is. gentlemen, the consti-
tution of this country is likely to become very sick—
very sick indeed, if you and I do not mind what we are
shoot, and I feel that a doctor is not out of place at such
is time. Yes, the time is grave when you are asked by
an able statesman such as Mr. Gladstone is, to help to
reverse the policy of our old counUy for the past 300
years. ant to adopt a new course. lam referring to the
church question which now agitates men's minis so
mnch. ant in talking of this, I hope von and I, my
friends. will nevcr be led to speak of this as if it were
an Irish question. for I assert Prophetically, it is not.
We are subjests of the United Kingdom of Great Bri-
tain and Ireland, and so long as the sister isle is bound
in a solemn union with England, I will never consent to
think of our brethren in Ireland as not of us—cheers).
If after breaking the union you wish to let her drift
away into the wilds of Roman Catholicism. isolated from
you as a notion, it is a different matter; but so long as
we profess to have the united kingdom. I beseech you.
keep her in your thought; and sympathies, For 300
years' past our country's boast has been that she has had
a Reformed religion, and we have hitherto imagined in
our simpleness that we beds blessing in the Reformation
when our fathers broke the iron yoke of the Papacy from
off their necks —fapplauseb Gentlemen, you are now
asked by Mr. Gladstone no longer to rejoice in your free-
dom, you are invited by him to give two very substantial
proofs of the reformed refigion being no longer in fur.
liar with you, at leant in one part of our country—lre-
land. I any they are very strong proofs of your dislike,
for be wants you to part the Reformed Church and the
State there, and to turn to other purposes such of her
endowments a 4 you are inclined to ge.re up to plunler.
Yes. it has been le ft to a Protestant statesman to ask is
Pin it .stout nation to favour such a scheine. Oath,. very
eight when his nimoileat premier took hi a seat, did this
Mr. Gladstone Ming OP Iris bill to accomplish this. And
why this sudden p. °position which no a everybody ?
Mr (flail 'tine nays, among other reaanns. because the
•b wined charch in Ireliticl has not not "converted "
th It mem Conches. Bib Mr. Gla 1st:: le biroseli is-or
try to convert one? If he lii try, I'll be b oind to any
he foand it no eisyla4l:. The Roman Catholic has his
own notions prAty firmly feted, and there are special
why tim jib is difficult ; but people are not
'-'rut-ted jo,,t when we chaose, and bore wo like—(hear.
heir). Theit again Mr. Gladstone wishes you to bark
bin up and those w', 5 annport him, beeanse, forsooth,
the majority are Homan Catholics. As if religion were
a thing of mere numbers! For the same reason mast
rerriest those good and self-derij ing men who an-try-
ing to preach the Gospel to 11:e lc uthi n abroad. to stop
their efloris Leon re the majority in Isilia and other
plne .1,1 still worship idols—(clieuri and laughter). Why
what nonsenne tilig in, tO try to get yon In. eell.Re to Mr-
port the truth for the truth's sake. If the Reform:
Chord, is wtod for England, it is so for
hear. and applon.e). If she is--and you and I, Ia: so torn
f-el in P.:lr hearti she im.netwithstan.iing shortcoinings—
a true and worthy branch of the church of Chri.t, then
maintain her ; if ri•t. fcroalce her. But coneerning. the
Reformed church in Ireland, there are many false atate•
mmits abroad, and I warn every man Pot to form his
mottoes from a one-riled newspaper. for if he reads only
.•mi paper for three tor six months he is sure lobe misled
from the truth, end it is tits truth we wont. Well. I
have lived in Trelanil, and if any man tells me the
church fails there, I soy it :Ines not. I have
in some twenty or tlii, ty churches there snit I can only
. tell VOO. gentlenien, that I wish I coal always see. in
EM:14.1 stteh large einigregatinc; on I have s, en tie re,
aini Icor the Word of GO.l faithfully prerehed—(ap-
, , - .

The Rev. r). bia,2innir aecanded the resolution,
which was carried with ouly a small number of (Lawn-
Cents.

A vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the meet.
ins.

GREAT LIBERAL MEETP4I AT TFIE LYE.

On Monday last a meeting of the supporters
of the Liheml candidates, Messrs. Lyttelton and
Martin, was held at the Cross, at the shove pl If`f%
There were about Lim persona present. Mr.
T. Wood, of Colley Gate, was in the chair.
The meeting throughout was a quiet one.
.17110719 :at thole present we notieed Messrs. 'l'. 11.
mirv. , 'der. W. A kro3 d. F. Evers, 0. K. Harrison,
V. King, c. King, A. King, 11. Wood, J. Phil-
lip J. Hi rona, 11. Mole, M. Lavender, B.
Jackam. nod others.

After a introductory remarks, the Chair.
int,olieed

Mr. who, on riiimr, w 1 : Mr.
'aoirm 1., I Gentlemen I otwht to hove said
lies, for I we many of them here. It g I Vea
_ _

me great sati,faction .1.1 be here lwfora you in
...cmectirm with my friend, Mr. Martin. Mr.
M family i 4 an ancient vie, bat, his grand-
at;mr was a Liberal member for Tewkesbury,
:oil the rest of his family are all Liberals.
I eat% hcao. At Cie last election, in May last,
Lytt-1.,1) had a majority of 254 votes,
he liapc:l thAt he should have more than
that nher this time. He hoped that all pro-
-0 ho were voters. would nlttuip for the Lib-
re,ils, 311 not split their votes by giving one
vote to hini,mlf and one to Mr. A mphlett. On
iho in Cio:rch garstion. which yon have heard
much about, :thi of which I myself am tired,
Mr. M iatiu and mysolf are of the opini. a
--that it ought to be disestablished and disen-
dowed—thear, heart—and firmly loliove in Mr.
0/13.t0n., and if returaed to Parliament will
%%Al, for him. (Hear, hear). The Conservatives
say that if the Charch of Ireland be disestab-
lisbed mid dlsendowed, so will the Church of
I...naild he disestablished. lint instead of that.
the Church of Eneland will rise, and the Church
of Rone will gradnallv wither. In Ireland noe-
-1 •
e•,hth of the ponuktion were Protestants, who
. . .

•re ftoin3thl dlsestablkhnient of the Irish

o!cos-). Why. I could gie,• you s tine 'of the texts ro;.e.
a, 1 that et., a lapse if IS years. I have reason hi tdi
you the hid. Church i 5 not a failure. And never let us
forg 4 that Stnelny after Sunitty. scattered throughout
the land. there arc houses of God opened where people
con go soil he or the bible. and the minister prat in 0
tin diiiitie they understand. I:tonomher the Itotnish
church closes the bible to the people wherever she can.
arid gives the prayers in Latin. Of what use in it if I
talk to you in an unknown tongue And hero let me
meld in ono great mistake the Reformed ehnrrhi made at
the Ref ortnation in Alpe !ling to the las lion,' of the
Irish. Site most unforthunte7y presented Itersel with
the English language, ntal not pill their nntive Irish.
;tut it was an error of jodgment. not of int. ntion, aini is
ht.ing corr, oca leer. Ii trine allowed. I coald show you
that the Irish penult. do not feel the Reformed &torch n
hurden. No. she ii no mire is harden for theni than for
atel in both countries Go re 7rown up such civil
and religions liberty that the world has been envious.
In le Ali countries we. Cittrehmen and Dissenters. have
creat rause to thank God for that grand old church of
England and Ireland, under whose blisloW so teeny have
sheltered—jgreat cheering). Mr. Gladstone. in his
speech the othor day at some place in the north, spoke
if Protestantism or Protestant ascendancy as he was
uleased call it, as like a poisonous tree sprespling its
hanetnl influence rover the land of Ireland. A Protest-
put list soma in his senses. nsk as Prote.trn's to swal-
low that ! I never in all my doetoring. give you such a
pill as that to swallow—(laughter). There Is only one
little word that can express what you and I think of this
most =matron. statement—Bosh I—tlond I.heerA). No,
the hope of Ireland lies in her Protestant element. Al..
my friends If you and I were to put our shoulders to the
oneel, if the clergy end Icily of this land would strive
together, this grand old churCh of ours is capable of
great doings, both in England and Ireland. If you.
ninny of you, would hat come to her services and ortli•
nances more, and help in the good rause. you would fiila
what a machine for good—for "turning out" christians
—she is—(chears and laughter). She is worthy of your
admiration and love, and in the churchyard quiet and
pearefal, we all hope to lie at last under the shadow of
the church. Let me, in conclusion, read to you an eat
tract of a letter from Professor Selwyn, cut out of to-
day's paper:—.

(bareh. In the year 1851, Eaat Worcester-
shire wee renresentml by two 'Liberals. A Con-
servative tried to get in. but hi s Olio speaker's)
ndf:ttliPr, 1 Lyttel ton, postel from TT 9gley
tt Nerthmenton. and brought forward a Liberal
nho was afterwaraa Lord Spenser. and got him
rotorned along with the Liberal party. (Hear,
hat. Orr the gnestion of the hollot the hon.
_

gentleman spoke as usu.& On education. he
said that he wanted every poor man's child to
hove elue,tMn as ;la II ss the rich lout if
Mr. Amphlett (multi have Ins,vay this would not
tre Wl-4 very glad the rl2 rent:ll VW:ors
were put on the 8.0. (Hoar, hear. and cheers).
in resrA ta the ladies of the Lye, Mr. A mph-
lett said that be had got all the hullos in his fav-
our. hut front the appearanee of that meeting
he the sneaker) should think it was just the op-
nodte. tLond cheers. and laughter). After a
few more remarks, Me. Lyttelton sat down amid
;t.eitt heeling.
Yr. Diddal th Martin. na riaiag. wte receive' with Is d
&isms. H. said timt when he lir d b in his canvass hi-
iOu
aionent An ontire trAn ger to them, MI was tiA.l to
is' to Ot'tOe Tih.rel4 there. He. like Mr if.rtfelton. was
a trl • ot • t ”'ml firm tdlower of Mr. 011,Intotte;
and If r,terte d ii P,rliainent ahould he a firm support. r
of that steritienisn on the Trish Church gu..t on. Mr
ititiphlettlt a lawynr, and there are shunt lift) lawrere in
the Ha,. of Commons alrendf. without returning nny
mire. Cries of " Yes there ire," and laughter) Hie

Mr. 'l'. lklohberley, naked Mr. Child if he would vote
for the ballot?
Mr. Child aaid at prenent he had no intention of doing
no. _ _

Lb. sneaker's) firefly bad been it; Perliame74—;;ne ;
mend], .r f.,r renkesbtry. With reprd to ednestion, the
sp,,her sai.i that be was for every chill, having a proper
edit •atinn, an thr t there we, Id be no ind iffesencs between
wont end All I. With regard to the ballot, he woo of
VI, amine opinion an his friend, Mr. Lyttelton. APer
fv other remarlta, Mr. Martin sat down, amid cheering
from WI gees.

Mr. Mobberley : Something has been said about the
poor soldiers, but nothing about the officers. Something
hos been said about the poor clergymen, but nothing
about the biahoy.s.
M. Child Bahl the moldier could live on his ply, but the
offo•er could not live on his pay.
Mr. kh,blierley said lie wonted to know how it was that
the English army was paid so much more than the
French—(a voice: "Because they have larger appe-
tites). _ .

Mr. H. Harrison moved he following resolution : "that
LyttePon and Martin are proper persons to re•
present blast Worce,t,rshire. and that this meeting gives
its support for forwarding them to Parliament." Mr.
Harrison, in a vigorous speech. dwelt upon the Irish
Church Ilue4tion, and mid that he himself should vote
for the disestablishment and ,lisendowment of the Irish
Chorch. He thought that laith of the candidates were tit
and prrper persons to represent them in Parliament.
( :dear, hear).
Mr. Akro d supported the resolution, which was carried
en .usly.
The usual vote of thanks, and three cheers for Mr.
(ildatote (proposed by Mr. Akroyd) closed the proceed-
The meeting then broke up very peaceably.

- -Major Thorneycrott. in answer, said the Liberals had
been in power far the last 15 years, and why was it they
had not reduced the tssation ?

The Chairman rose and said he knew something shoat
the cost of the officers, and then went into a detailed ac-
count of what all officer's 000cmii.i011 costa ; that he had
to give 28 days' pay to the band, and 28 days pay to the
mess. He had to keep a servant and other thinsa. and
that he hot hat 5s per day to do all this with, and m sin-
Wiled that an officer could not live no his present pay,
out of which he had to pay 21 Gd per day, for mess.
After some other unimportant questions, a vote of
thanks to the chairman, cloied the proceedings.
Cheers were given for Aleasrs. Ingram and Child. and
the meeting were unanitnoas in supporting them.

LARGE AND INFLUENTIAL MEETING OF MR.
PAUL AMPHLETT'S SUPPORTERS,
AT TIIE LYE.

A large and influential meeting of Mr. Amp',kW%
supporters WAS held at the Railway Inn, Lye, on Monday
evening sat;; Mr. H. Hickman in the chair. Amongst
those present we noticed Messrs. A. Freer, W. C. Collis,
Jestou Ifornfrav, W. Perry, H. Perry, S. Brookes. F.
Joscelyne, 0. Rhodes, H. Eveson, E. Walters. J. Chance,
O. Forrest, J. lirooke.T. Soo' hall. John Perry. Thomas
Mobberley, D. Yardley, W. Rhodes, B. Chance. S. W
ton, Comcley, Wells. T. Brooks, W. Wooldridge,
It. Rhodes, Joseph Chance, &c., &c. There were about
100 nermne present.
. . . . . .

Tl'le Chair Man, after a few introductory remarks, in.
troduced

Mr. Anip'ili V., who was received with loud cheering,
comoimiced by saying that he was glad to see them
theru that evening, though at tirat he thought he should
not see them, form friend of his hind told him that if he
went to the Lye he would get killed, but he was not killed
vet—(liear, hear, sal laughter). He (Mr. Araphlett) was
a Liberal-Conservative. Now, political terms or nick-
names of that description were useful. inasmuch as they
showed the general tenor and complexion for a man's
opinions, but they ilid not supersede the necessity of
expl " " 0 those opinions at length to those who were to
, rote upon the propriety of sending him to Parliament,
1 because the ample folds of that term—Liberal Conger-
' votive—embraced a vast variety of opinions, and it had
I been, and it win now, he f iund in other places, the tactics
of his opponents to represent that he was a Tory, a very
good moil of person he had no doubt, a Tory of the old
school. Now, he begged to soy that if any person m.me
to any that if atiy person came to support hiss en the
groued that he was to obstruet reform, they would fiad
he was not the candidate for their choice—(hear, hear,
and applause), During his canvass in the Lye, he had
met with a very warm reception—fhear, heor, and ap-
plause). He (Mr Amphlett) was a followerof Sir Robert
Peel, the repel!, of the Cant Laws —(hear hear). On
tile Irish Church question, he thought it was to he very
much regretted that this qnestion had been made the
battle ground of parties at the coining election. He
thought there were mono reasons why the question of
the Irish Church should have been settled in some way
not conneeted with party politics, and he believed if it
had been re-roved from the arena of party politics. It
would have been possible to have removed abuses and
anomalies, which he admitted existed in the Irish Church
without outraging the soseeptibilitiea and wounding the
feelings of the members of the church, or of those who
are opposed to its destruction. They had heard a great
deal about justice to Ireland, and he was anxious vs any
one could be to see justice done—(hear, hear). But let
there be jnstiee done for all. To deprive the Irish Pro.
testaiiti of their church was not justice—(hear, hear).
IHe wished to ask this question—when was the injustice
of the Irish Church first thought nf by political parties
in the, canntry ?—(hear, hear . Mims it not strange that
i they had Whig Government:. and Mr. Gladstone, one of
' the nio.t he portiet ieembers of those Governments,
going on for nearly twenty years together almost, and

„
-
Ireland fee a young mein. but Was refused. He asked if • the alines:ll of tire talon awe.. meney talo awe, A aimilar yiew
Charles Yardley, of the Four Ways, Cradley. nuthey would let him I aye it. They agreed. and the leant) was held by the Rem in Crthedte Prefe Lew at of Le at charge:l with refusing to produce his seales and weights.
wan mode out to rre In my own name fer my life. He Meeree th. After egain refer-leg te the on 'r to ra aided the Inspector to withdraw the csse, and be dbl.
on the '26th of Bei-ter:6,r, when r ,red or to to.
paid the rent for it twice a yene, and had nothieg to do the mergeetion to alm:isb the Q teen'. tlath• the "9- Conanlaimmt said he viAted the def,.,,taiit's pleee. He
with any clergyman. All he has to In is to pay the ren', eentlerrme remarked th it he tied eoesideeable let 'rent in
saw the foreman and defendant's con. who refusea to
the veep of the land. There were 25 candidatea for the the 'wird., end mennemteeieg rim-rations of the comity ;
produce the weights. Mr St-ken here objected, aud said
farm, hut he (the cheirwen) hod it. This nriy iffil.trate and as their intrreat., truire ideer;fied with his own. lie that defendant's agent had no authority to refuse them,
to those present the feet that the Boman Catholies do weolil. if retnrnea, do his hest to serve them faithfully U
The objection seas overruled. Complainant teed he wept
not pay one farthirg to the nipped of the church, but
,att eitmerelv—llond ebeer..), into the warehouse, and found one of Whitfield'a ma.
to the land only—(eheere)—and thin brought him to con• In the eheenee nf Oir. Ineram. Mr. Henry rnrierhill chines. The weighto had been taken away. He then
shier that thin WAS not is political. but a religions epee- addressed the itaimmhfv, end adverted to the cry raised went into another warehouse, and found ani,ttn. r mo-
tion. By disendowment of the Irish Church. Govern- by the Trheral party stating th it the Conservative Go. chine He then reqnested the foreman to opu another
ment would not please the Roman cethediee, The great vernment W,rf• the Government of lavish elnendifnt”. I warehouse, which Was locked. and he retread to d.; so
grievance with them Was the land question. He smut
stint etel ft.'"to nili..e a"la"t't wtiet. hod bee" for some time, but he afterwards went in and fiatiot
ask, if they wore to diseatabli.ffi the church in Treland• posted in the distri.t. end which would -tow' wbieh waa another machine and weights. The frareins. said he
what was to become of them in a religions point of view ? the row, r TT- rParl In
rt gr.-tied he had tr take the weights away, and lock theta
Mr. Gladstone is a great man, and very much connected ',air,. „,„ of ii ~ Cobaer, sops
up. but he was directed to do no. John Itowleml and
with Romanism. shieh is well known. A gentleman • hide], n ,rtv of he.rot the o'f'"`f ,Police•sergeant Poieuer eorroleireted ; sifter wnich Mr,
named Wiegie has left £200,000 for the turetwe of on record for a time of peace He prenuced a mass of Stokes addressed the Bench for the defeace, and coo-
epreeding Hometown] in Eng:anti, and Cardinal Wiseman I
slatistiee sheaving the increased expenditure when the tended that it had not been proved that any offence was
and Mr. Gladstone were eppeinted as executors, and no Liberals were in race. At the conelesion of these ste• cennuitted against the Act of Parliament. He alroull
douht Mr. Gladstone would do his beat to ;waiter it tistics a voice from the body of the hall cried it Ali, that's call two witneeses to prove that complainant was not re-
through the length and breedth of the land. It in also one side." Mr. Underhill rerlitd that it was just be-
well known that Archbishop Manning is godfather to cause it was one side that he wonted them to hear it. animation. admitted there hail been weights in the more.
Mr. 01;iletone's son. The Chairman concluded by asking They knew the perseverance of the other side, and they house that morning, but they hail been taken away.
those present to support Messrs Ingram and Child, who ; would tell them their tale: and for that reason they. the pedant was further charged with tiering in his pos.
were pledged not to disestablish the church. He hail ; Conservative party, were determined they should hear eeesion one elf, weight, jilt light. And elect there was
nothing to say personally againet Messrs. Foley and their side, and jedge between them—leheers). In refer- third charge of boring a 5611; weight, fith short, and •
Foster, but he could not support those gentlemen who ence to the Irish Church, after going into the general hi:fed: and called Joseph Attwood, who, upon cross.exs
fourth, for unjust scales. The Bench said the most are is
were trying to disestablish the Irish Church --(cheers). question, the epertker said that no one who knew the
us one was fur refusing, and for that they shored flue
The Chan man then called upon Me. Child to address iminsty and ability of those who resided in the North of him 20s and costs. The others, by the recommendaHee
the meeting. - Ireland, could think without regret of disturbing, by in. of the Bench. were withdrawn on the payment of costs.
Mr. Child, on rising, was received with long eentieued terferenee with the Trial, Church, the happy 'date they . —George Willett., grocer, Ohl Hill, two heirs of unjust
cheering. He commenced by regretting the absence of had hitherto lived in. He condemned the disendow- Bealea_nne pair lee. out of balance. Fined Is and
Mr. Ingram, and the canoe of such absence. The more meet as unfair and unjust to a large section Of the Petwl•
he had been thrown into contect with him the more he lotion, and so not being the reel seheme for making Ire- and co W sts.—arovick Plant, fishmonger, Blackheath.
appreciated those powers and qualities which towel] fitted I lend mieteeted country. He pietnreil Ireland. with three uujust weights ; ordered to pay costs.
hint to all the position he aspired lons one of thi•ir re• I the withhow,ll of one troops. our police, slut our Go B l:H vern• A WIFE E il.—James Powell was charged by
presentatives. He possessed all throne m ose sterling alitiett costs.—Theophilus Tinsley, five unjust weights; '24 ftel
ment, and said that thus left to themselves they would , Mary Powell with assaulting her on the let inst. Com-
o! head and heart which constituted the character of a I beeeme the easy prey for Continental nations. I plainant said that the defendant was in the habit of beat-
thorough English gentleinan—(cheeral. In this contest UThe proceedings were tolerably orderly. and the ing her, and did not work. She was in the habit of
he hal not the slielitest personal ground for becoming a speakers were listsned to patiently, although the King- keeping him. Defendant was sentenced to 21 days hard
candidate, and lie had every feeling of personal esteem swinford district is almost entirely on the Foster and • labour.
and regard for his opponents; but lie felt compelled from Foley estates. BASTARDY Cast.—Jeremiah Skidmore, mining sur-
a sense of public duty to offer himself at the present A vote of thanks to the Chairman brought the pro- I vever, n•as sunimoned by Sophia Homer, to show cause
important crisis—(clieers). lie had represented the ceeeings to &close. vegy lw should not rupport her illegitimate child, which
Northern Division of the county in three Parliaments,
she alleged he was the fetherof. Mr. Stoked, of Dudleyd
and as the manufactures were eimilar on this side of the -•-
eal appeared for complainant, and Mr. Maitre, defended.,
county. he wag not unfamilier with their requirements.
After hearing the evidenee, the Bench did not con6dkt
He had twice been returned without opposition, and on
that it was sufficient to justify Mena in making =order.
the last occasimi, when a contest took place, he was re-
and diemiesed the case.
turned by a mej wity of between eight and nine hundred
—(great cheering). He ehouhl not have come out thia
time, had it not been on public grounds. He hail been
rt quested to come forward, and a sense of duty com-
pelled him to accept the call, as he considered at melt a
crisis it was far him, for them, and for all, to give their
streightforward Yes or No, upon a question of vital im-
portenee—(applause). On the subject of education, he
said he was not an advecate for compulsory education.
He thought religious trimming, founded on a religious
basis, would prove one of the essentials for the preven.
lion of crime—(cheers). On the yestion of trades
onions. he was of opinion that the funds of trade sod..
ties, if legally raised and used for law ful purposes, should
be under the protection of the law— (cheers). The ques-
tion of economy had be eti raised throughout the elec-
tions, and he Raked them WIIO were the cense a the past
expenditure P Why, the Liberal tarty, Me; had retained
un-disputed office for so many years. He would remind
them of ri speech delieceed Ly thud miumit atatesmen.
the late Richard Cobden, in 1062, in which he nail that
the no-railed Liberal llovel potent was by for the emit
extrmagent Government over known in a time of peace
—(milesrs)—and this rents; k mime from a greet Liberal
stateeinan and orator Thine who raised the ere of
economy did not mention the great army returns that had
been earned out by the be:ter I monument tied arming of
the soldier., tied the it ere.c of their pay, a question
which ihould beversceiy; d earlier a:teution. He emoted
the spetelt of Lord Stanley at Livi as showing the
desire of the Doyen:pima to maintain peace silt the
as hole world and MICOUI.II., tOmi reduction in the national
expenditure, anti relent:a to the comments of lie. Glad-
clone on that speech, and tile remarks nf the Hon.
[bawdy Johnson, the Utiited letetes Minister. He
trusted that by inaibtaining peace with foreigii nations
the expenditure of the eenntry Ism old bo judiciously
cuttailed—(elteurs). The greet question of Lite time won
that of the Irish Church, and he would jost quete them,
to show that the maintenance of the cliureh Was not the
oiuse of discoutent, a tanteage from the Tel It a R neon
Catholic oreem. which sent : That if they were to con.
fine ate all tire lands. and di pose all the bishops and
ministers in the laud, they would not have abated the
Irish or mired the Irish disease "--(" Oh
They slo.uld vie.. this matter seriously, and vote as they
thoullit the riplits of the subject called them to vete.
Alt:mug:l tlo•y Lail been told to the cedar:try, tin p stoat
tett get ;Me penny by disestablishing, ituil they winild not
beve to pay one peilliy for it if maintained—le.:tiers)
Ile trusted that all classes of Dissenters would see this,
greAt question in its right light, and Noise before they
wive their adhesion to a measure which struck at the
rock which had cmi long been maintained far the benefit
of the Christian rt ligion in a dont wilt re so greats ne-
e • 'ty existed for its contiumince—teheers). They
should consider the words of Cm-bridge, and net let
" tassMu mid party blisal their eyes" to the vast i port-
Lice of the subject. Ile referent to the a:hull Toad.:
to abolish time Queen's Oathoted fruited et reeent speech
ef Arelibi.liop Meneing pmviously rt io,rted, tending 10
display the wishes of the prelates of that church for the
ovetthrow of the English Protestant Church, with &view
to the te.ti.bli,doni Iltof linniish supremacy. The inpre•
°lacy of the queen was the sliprelliacy Of the Protestant
faith ; and ale int on the throne as the impersonation of
the Protestant faith of the Etig:ish pimple—atom eltemel •
It wits the undid; mince of the hunts of the Ileforma-
tem a filch had made England the great nation it Was(
an..l it Was their ditty, Ks the children if the llefortna-
tion, hi, volue time !Manes which bad been It-ft to them
as a great heritage. He lemed tie y would ntove to
mainto in the Prot; start ransr so that it shontil be said.
'Sunny this great natain is a wise and an understanding
people and cunt Menet cheering).
llme Cheientan said in the absence of We, Meynell
Ingram. Major Thorneyeroft amil ! ieldrets them.
Ilajo or In yn cycr,.f t who, risieg. ems loudly cheered,
niel tied he egreed with thi• view lee, hy the Hen.
CI, airman as to the question they had to consider being
mere a religions than at 'edified tint —tele-end. He re.
gritted the absence of Alas Ingrem and the cense, fuel
also rt gretted that illness bad pn.vented his tild friend.
Mr. Fester. with whom he politically differed. trio
In using arnenest them, liefet r iiig t the Irish Chureli.
he said lite binds had never been taken sway from, end
never belonged to, the Runnut Catholies, neither did they
pay one fat thing towards its tuaintenance. He challenged
the right of any section to take owsy the endowments.
anil said that, they may unwell atttnett in seal a district
as they were then in, to bike away the endowments and
legacies from Di*sentera, and apply them to time Church.
He quote! statistics showieg the spread of the chinch
in Ireland since the middle of the past century, and con-
ch' tel by asking the siipport of the eonstitummy for the
two candidates.