The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-08-01 00:00:00

stem Sn'YriRrPTDCTR opsEnvvit,

exhibition of the Royal Academy since his arrival,
and a letter from a friend in Australia. directed to
"G. A. Appleton, Esq., Tavistock Hotel, Covent-
garden." On a copy o Pun,* found in the railway
carriage was written, "Coroner's verdict Found
dead, with Punch." There was also some writing,
evidently pencilled while the train was in motion, and
addressed to a gentleman in Cripplegate, London,
whom he desired to take possession of his things at the
" Tavistock Hotel ;" and he added that he was afraid
"his comforter" was somewhat too small iii the bore fur
his purpose, and that he had better have ilurchased "one
of the muzzle-loading fraternity," but that he had
sacrificed to appearances. He was well dressed, had
a gold watch and chain, and a scarf phi, a first-class
ticket to Itamiegate, mid Ile. 3d. in money.

millions of " dallars." He is never &thawed of his calling,
is generally clean, scarcely ever ill dres.ed—my laundress
tail me a mortally; call to-day in a blink silk robe—and in
spite of what Americans will say about themselves, is not
very lunch given to drink. Seeing, then, that with the one
solitary exception of the bodily marks which bodily labour
gives, the slightly rounded shoulders, the spread hands, ant
the inelegant gait, the bandieraftsinan 18 1,1 evary respect his
brother's brother, he begs to know why what are termed
professional men should have a greater "pull" out of
existence than he has. Ile says—and I have found "respect-
able" people who agree with Itim—that the tendency of the
age is to go too fast. That life which God has given us to
enjoy, is hieing made a positive burden by the high pressure
speed at which everything is being driven. He declares
that more work is now being thlllit by everybody in eight
hours than a few yeasts ago was done in twelve. Ile
has looked to the wise and prudent to provide a
remedy for this state of things, a cure for the world's
fever, and they appear to him to have gone stark-staring
mail in the getting-on direction. With his pulse vibrating
like a pianoforte string. they prescribe stimulants. With his
brain reeling like a drunken anan's with the bewilderment
of eternal improvement, they recommend Him e exercise ;
and the marvellous ones among them turn a hundred and
lately summersaults and tell Man to see how they Call stand
menthols until all length he Ims lost faith in the doctor., and
believes that another grand truth, which is hidden frtm
them, has been revealed to the babes and sucklings ; and he • - -
is prepared to fight fur rmt ! This is, I believe, the real . ~,,,,,,,,,,,,...,,, CHURCH
state et the ease, as put by both sides ; and . that which is THE A a PIZ tta I Lost za o CASE.
nearest to the truth is in such great dispute, may sonic god
decide the matter. America, the great moneerof •' pushing," This case, which has caused a good deal of excite-
declares that she is getting tired of belting her meals ; moot in the church, came by letters of request from
ussiumbia, the nation id the almighty dollar, has turned the Bishop of Worcester, at the instance of the Rev.
iconoclast, and is sassed to break her niskel imam. This, in Frederic lfzutshill Richings 'ALA , incumbent of the
M whi k wn
the uni ae opinion of your correspondent, is
as thethe meaeight-
ning chtirch and parish of St. Mar', Atilerstone, I,l:u.wick-
ed this agitation, ch is at present no
hours' movement, and on that line will it have to he fought shire, who charged Mr. Edward Cordingley with
out, even if it takes up all the summers. The combatants forcibly entering th 3 -.lurch, accompanied by a
on both sides are well armed for the fray. Never were concourse of noisy and disorderly persons, and flies
capitalists better provided with the means of resistance, and gaily removing from the communion-table a ledge
never were mormiten so well etauipped with knowledge, and placed theress n, and with having irreverently broken
the power to use it. I would advise you to watch the pro- the same and caused it to be thrown away and
gs ess of the s ggle, for the tru nacost ii to issues are at
stake. left in the churchyard; he was also charged
with having on the same occasion removed from the
Touching the education of the workmen, I may inform you
communion-table the cloth placed thereon, and with
that for the last few days I have been visiting the public
schools of Bosom, and am pea featly astounded loy what I have removing the same, as also two iron sockets, placed as
rz.Bey.„,,rAgntrim,lletil=ieging 7fr,zygz::ldgi.Llgvat:. tiiLtzerss,. ceiterrhpLitdoffr the church arch,
tTr holding
t
school,
tu
higalitythe suns wealth t h-class form, and college. Everywhere I
side l have 23rdu. . u
r °Met last Mr. Cordingley entered the church
found et ; of tne ies citisens ay a
tkW With the children of day labourers, 'street hawkeis 't. A
"Y employing' a man named Scanlan to pick the lock,
brats "taking down "the heirs of senators ; and nobody is and was accompanied by a number of persons. The
apparently a bit the worse fir it. Everywhere I find hand ledge which was used as the super-altar was forcibly
some buildings springing up, in spite of the bricklayers removed, and thrown downand broken, and then throwa
strike, and when I ask what they are for, lam told schools, into a place where coals were kept. The altar
sclumh, schools. cloth was also removed. It was shown that,
A hundred thousand dollars is thought a flea-bite for this although Mr. Richings had refused to give up
one city illostonl to expend on a single school-house ; they have the keys of the church to Mr. Cord , ingley tie
several in hand now at about that figure. " Where do you ;set
your money from?" I ask in amazement, as brick, granite, im
and had offered h free access to the church, and had
marble tower up before my astonished eyes. "Why you even waited for him. Mr. Cordingley, too, it was
see," replies tny most obliging guide, the seperintendent of urged, had acted in opposition to the wishes of his co-
the public schools, " although itostmt is a wealthy city, we churchwarden. On the other hand, it Was contesuled
are not rich enough to afford the luxury of having very that Mr. Richings, the promoter of the suit, had
much crime and
educate our people, pa
and although this year the corporation uperisin among US, so we are °liked to acted illegally in introducing the super-altar and the
has voted a million dollars to the good work, there is not other decorations into the church without obtaining
snout who doubts that it will pay." Think of this, wealthy the permission of the bishop of the diocese. It was
Englishmen, who are for ever wondering where the money also urged that no violence was used; that Mr. Cor-
is to c• hie from to clothe the naked minds of the little ones. dingley simply went to the church and removed the
One city, with a
devolittle mthisore than a quarter of a million articles in conformity with a wish expressed at a
population, has ted prhoccly sum in a single year
public meeting of parishioners, whose servant he was ;
for this grand pm•pese , and it is known by experience that it
Pays. Nothing is mere certain than that knowledge is and that he was not accompanied by a noisy or irre-
power; and if England wishes to hold her own, she must verent party, only one person (a Mr. Hatton) having
keep pace with her mighty rival. A nation of disciplined kept his hat on during the proceedings.
men, such as are tamest taut by the public schools of America, Sir R. Phillimore, in delivering judgment on
win ha more than a match Mr an ignorant nuaa, whenever Tuesday, said it had been all that the ornaments
and wherever they shall be opposed to them.
Not only is there free edumtion tor every child here, but complained of by the defendant were in the church
I the Bishop held a confirmation there. That
the law et ampels a boy to attend the school. A little truant w lea
can be arrested by the nearest policeman anti taken before was scarely sufficient, and whether the ornaments
a tribunal to give an account of himself. Tins law is, how- were legal or not, they ought to have been submitted
ever, chiefly for two reasons, very rarely enforced—first, for the approval of the ordinary. A public meeting
bemuse there is so seldom an occasion fur it, the parents had been held in consequence of the introduction of
being fully alive to
taking Hutt th
t children's interests 4110 generally these ornaments, a meeting which was scarcely calcu-
care heir
attend school with the utmost regu-
larity ; and secondlyey, because of that natural shrinking filen hated to promote quiet discussion. At thus meeting
pushing little matters to their logical extremes which seems authority was given to the churchwardens to remove
to distinguish the English race from others all over the the ornaments. The vestry did not, it might
world. be supposed, wish to make the request to one
Upon the subject of the system of teaching pursued here I churchwarden independent of the other, and it
*meld speak with the greatest diffidence ; but I must say had no legal power to give such authority to both.
that it appears to me to be most practical and successful. Even in the case of church rates the vestry could not
The first thing which
thte her nd the m impresse
xtd noheir t wereat as the very superior authorise one churchwarden to take any legal pro-
ton° of e acs, t number. There
are no monitors Every pupil, from little Todollekins to Ids ceedings independent of or without the sanction of his
awful elder in the cutaway coat and standup collar, comes j collea;gue. In the present case one churchwarden had
directly under the eye of a well-educated and painstaking man acted independently of the other, and if such scenes
...moan, who regards hint as an ietelligeot hummt being, were allowed—one churchwarden taking one view and
whose intellectual development is a very serious matter. There the other an opposite view—the most disgraceful riots
is a properly
t h a quiMtledto
almost teacher, with a saclasslary varying from 5t050 would enaue. He was happy to say that the law was very
o 4,000 t s. a year, every of fr aan thirty
forty scholars. In very few eases is one teacher allowed to clear upon the =Ater. It was a matter of surprise
attend to more them two classes. Every umlaut, whether of that is clauchwarden should have acted no illegally
the " terrible " or lisping order, has a desk and a chair to as in thus case ; but Mr. ('ordingley had honestly
himself or herself, the number of these separate seats in the admitted that he was not a member of any
preparatory or mfaut schools alone amounting to over Church, Slant he was not in communion with
us,ooo. In the preparatoi'y schools, besides the desk and ,
Church, stud that he always had a great
choir, each lis I has a state with a wide trame, on which ' film)'
are copies of the trt oublesotate problems to be solved, in the repugnance to the othee of churchwarden. 1. nder
shaise of parrallel Hues, curves, ciroles, letters, and figures, such es:resins:stances, the parishioners if Atherstone had
which are thus made fanailiar to the eye of the paor little !mule a most unfortunate choice. The promoter of
punted 011 C. lam not mare that live is not too tender an the snit ltml withdrawn his prayer that the court
age to begin with ; I am inelined to
but the littl folk hpr 4.1 happy
efer the more sedate wsmlol tux), the reatitutlim of tlie church, ansl prayesl
period of seven ; e ot very and
that Mr. Cordingley should be admonished and COll-
cheerful am they were put through their paces the other day,
and I ain told that every care is taken, by means of frequent donned in the while of the costs. Considering that
breaks anti changes of study, to rd l eve atilt interest them. he (the heartiest judge) at the outset suggested an
" NOW children," nail a happy-looking young lily WllO arrangement, to which Mr. Cssrdingley assented, lint
would have very well passed for the origami if Holmes' to which Mr. Rieslings would not lament, lie should not
" school-mistress",, addressing some thirty starly little Condemn Mr thordinalev in the whole of the costs, but
people sitting in five rows at their desks. ' I want you to . . . ' . .. , . ~. .
Order Pim b, pay the sum ot £lOO Romans expeassram,
go through your exercises, and ndnol that you do them nicely
Attention ! " Up go the tummy heads with the precision of a and adms shish him to abstain from such illegal practices
line of grenadiers. "One, two, three, four !" at each of in future,
which ins sterious wssrsls of command the five rows It is understood tied the English Church I rnion rays
of little bodies are brought simeltamonsly into a dif- such expcnses as fall Oh Mr. Inclaings, and the
feresit position.
recesses of h
"Slates!" anti sixty plump little hand. p ;
,trishi one rs of Atherstone those t d alr. t'ordingley.
dive into the te tlesks and draw out
the weapons of study. " Horizontal lines !" and in ass-shass-------se----•
less time than it takes to tell it every boy met girl has pro-
duced three straight lines which ar-c almost exactly at espial SUICIDE OF A JEALOUS HUSBAND.
tlistance from each other. Two little black girls have their
curly polls patted by the kind superintendent as he hands
them back their slates after Inun inspeetion, awl of course On 'Tuesday an inquest Wtta held near Victoria-
their lines now being laid in pleasant places, their task is he park, Lando on, on the body of it man named Cosser,
faultlessly executed as any of the others. Spelling IV:13 110Nt ce,ssl twenty-four s•ears. On the previous Saturday
commenced hy one young lady, who led off withhe t time- the h alv ..f the decaseed was found in Duckett's
honoured “ wad, cat." and tdolc, deg." Then we had a , , s' • ' •
, 111,41. 'iii the bank was a hat, in which wan the
. :
little singing, which, if not quite Hamlett= festivilian in /,..i
pow, r anal lone, was, nevertheless, very sweet to listen t,s f, hiss iitg note 5- If vb., s finds this hat rill es,. the
, And suer went through the different grades of the schwas, drags, he mill flail ilia li-old, Sunda!, stariiiiig, /55,1'
In the House of l'olionon,, 011 Satill,loN, 'AM oat of one room into another. In each class the pupil re- pis., f•,iii o'sfoef'," The drags were used, ensl deceased
Lemnan moved to insett a elause in the Regulation of mains ahem six Iliollth,, Mail at the age of eight or nine wa; got out quite dead. In his pocket was found a
Railways Bill, lintititsg the IS:ability of railway cauta- promoth on M the grammar sthool anives. Here, being well- portrait of his n•ife, and a letter, written on two leavea
pant es under Lord Catalibelr s Act to I:400 in the cam tai,,orled in tlgathres...:*.a.ll;erilromuagrez:ictet,Ut,r.watLiitt
~‘. ii tof a pocket-book, a which the Mllowiam is a copy s--
of a brat clans isassengs.r, 12300 ill the case of a second- and nlgleZticsr'', god t.'/a't irlis in the saine‘SOOlies, with such "liT°to be found. so that my wife, who ran away from
class passenger, and f.:200 in the case of a third-class differences and additions as the nature of their Ituties in me, limy Lear is hat lags become of me. And I hope she will
passenger, giving e.,11 class of passengers the privilege afterlife demand. Physical training is an cis:cosi:a element thank her father, to whom lam much obliged ; fir had it not
to insure with the company, the first to time e e xtent of school culture h and ere, the results are said to he ex. been far hion salt: would have come back. So now I say gtmd
of £3,000, the second to the extent of th,600, and the tremely satisfactory, a healthier development of tha body lqe to all my friends, ana forgive all my enemies. I hope
third to the extent of Li 000. He said °hormone lisening invariably fettml to strengthen the mind. The vat imis Rty„..le.,t,vill. dloAt.,eatiMazda:rlaing,
glotzd;
i?yteastalialless hint.
frauds were committesl sm railway es:lisp:sides under itss.nt‘lesadstg,:,,r, ttllsissoi,s,g,lttufil
itoh.el,firtt,l,e h M ems .I .w are_iii- I, I ! 'PI g I , el by .II
ood Wel.. 111 mullg From the wife 'a statement it would appear that de-
the prescnt system, and he instan ed one case in which and stanslinsg, a graceful carriage of the body, full develop-
a person who had been injured demanded EB,llOO, and mem td the chest, general symmetry id fthm, proper habits Ceased., was. led to the commission of the aet through
the jury gave hint £lO. Hmidea, great itilusthe was of breathing, development of the mice, besides distinct groundleas seatousy and excessive drinking.
done bt the conmanies in another way. The imsition and . forcible articulation in realists,, speaking, and . A verdict of " Tstnporary Insanity ' was returned.
1
,of railway companies was tisk that w Pti here the y re- sZ.,:ng...
It hi
irra.71,,,,,Li5n,,,..‘100,, s ho
7,,,,1em,,,..,;,..
. ceived the :tame sum for fare fr au a poor person as of smutty are selected loy examination, and phaced
from a person with an income of £lO,OOO a year, yet, in the Latin or English high schools, where they are
•in case of an accident they has! tst compensate the fitted either for college ,sr the lousiness of life direct. And
latter according to his social position. The cons- 1 here I would express tuy best thanks to Mr. Thomas Sher-
win, the principal of the English high school, for the kind.
missioners were of opinion that Kane alteration should
ness and courtesy shown to a stranger who looked in at a
be magle in the law in this respect. I most imouvenlent tune. NI bett the lads were being finally
' Mr. lase said the hon. member had stated the case prepared C heir ar t examination. There can be nothing but
! of the railway companies with his usual ability, but, so I praise in writing of Mr. sherwin, or the gentlemen, both
, one of the witnesses stated before the committee on I teachers and students, si heave under his charge. A boon'.
railway accidents, Lord Campbell's Act was the only ledge of oratory, algebra, the laws of mechanics, English
security for passengers. It seas true that the royal vi.Tno.l7Trn thm thi
atz .:; as the ball
:, ,d military hI drill, the French Ismguagssisnd
asm,it ongs wch are, says, too
1
1 commissioners had reported in favour esf limitation, 1 to mention, was evidently possessed by every lad
but he believed mews
their with regard to the scale I
.saw there, and this edneation is ti'ithin
thereach of
every
! Were very different from that laisl down in this winking man's son in Boston. That one sentence seems to
; amendment, lie admitted, however, that it was me to settle the whole matter of the comparative desirability
' very difficult to fix a scale. He thought the prineiple for a poor man of a residence in the United States or England ;
of assurance was misapplied in this case, for the passen- lea :;slrai,t.r...,einntiTallti,enree;l,= teallm..troulatilatntae to.;1:,/lgzliculi7jact
w get' as staked to insure himself against time w e rmg e a
exist here are to be found undo most cities of the Union. ladil
doing of the persons Si) whom he paid the premium, you give your workmen the Same facilities for edacating
and there was no provision in this clause for protecting their children that there ore here, every American mechanic
the insurance fund against the insolvency of the cons. will be, beyond the resell of doubt or argument, better off
pany. That was a matter of detail which might be than his English hi other. The love of one's children is the
most powerful incentive to labour which most men possess
got over, but another objection was tllat all carriers
in life, tool I thitik you would be startled see the
and coach proprietors would remaM subjea to the sum total of the energetic, clever men wh if you couldo
have been lost to
common law as extended by Lord Campbell's Act. your muntry and added to this one from this considera-
There was a good deal to be said on both sideg' but lion alone—" If T cross the Atlantic, my children will have a
under the circumstances hue hoped that the hon. good start in life."
member would withdraw the clause. There is one reflection which arises in the mind at. the
Mr. Laing thought the latter argument of the right sight of all these arrangements for cultivatiug the intellect
hon. gentlemaa the only forcible one. tie adnutted of the poor, which, att the first outset, is startling enough.
One is apt to ask oneself who will do wing of d
that a law should not be made for railway corn - and drawing of water all the
in the course of a gheene woo
ration or two
panics which did not apply to coach proprietors and if all the pcople ale to la: turned Mtn ladies and gentlemen ?
carriers generally. The railway companies desired Well, lam inclined to think the problem is being solved as it
nothing but what was fair and reasonable, and he for arises. Barristers in the gold diggings cheerfully consent to
one would rather see the figures fixed by government. stand up to their knees in water, and do all sorts of "menial"
If they had an assurance from the government that w.oerkwir
,I?,Ny hottest loadbourizu,lsl.,lTite:ti„lld beaxataitseon;g:
th
the matter should be carefully considerml in e re- "
ynu will alwayM= her to get td ladies and gentlemen to
cess, he should recommend the withdrawal of the build houses and make dresses for you, if you pay them well
clause, for doing so. What you Will eot be able to Is is to ride
Mr. Henley did not wish to see the settlement of about, and direct, and be paid enormous prices for your
claims taken out of the cognisance of a jury. With anxiety of mind and labour in conducting voluntarily chosen
regard to a traveller insuring his life every journey he sgsx.lessasre:,,issorge roorip,l%tothwyiL,
),evllledverl?'ol':;l'.."l:„re'..,`Lnurt
took, the proposal was enough to frighten the nervous, from doing. Ba•ieklayers here are getting five dollars a daY,
and the company ought, on receipt of the premium, to but the more elegant pursuits are not remunerated so highly,
be called upon to stand a glass of brandy—(laughter)— A very amiable and faultlessly attired young gentleman of
to the passenger to keep up his spirits. my acquaintance, who came from England to better himilelf,
told limb, only yesterday that the conduct of the bricklayers is
Mr. N'orwood recommended the government to con- simply disgusting ; for, said be, " while these common tea
shier also during the recess the question of liability in lows for las ins bricks get their five dollars a day, a man like
regard to the carriage of persons lsy sea. me gets but from two to two and a half !" I did not tell
Mr. Clay took occasion to point out the advantages of
hint so, baiet I may toil ?-,talli,;:loil ila,n,atrejoical bit titialttlfT,t,t
the Royal Passengers Assitrance Company, of which he
iiisrire's llots I=ll°. C. Itnerel I m a7:l','aniel'irt.? 7;1,1;1d 'as tYo
is the chairman. whose work is of most value to hunutoity— that of the nem
Mr. Neate was in favour of a high mininsum of corn- who makes a house, or of the one who tennis young gentle-
pensation, without any relation to the class of carriage mess tss inveBt in the last sweet thing hi " India seersucker
sack coats? ' Exaetly in propernon as the reltietance to
lay which the person who was injured travelled. It
engage In nmonal lahour increaSes Meng a people, the
should be put upon a general average. wealth, and matsesioently the power, will shift away from
The clause was then withdrawn. the ornamental classes into the hands of the selfaleatying and
the solid. Also, as education becontes general, the instinct
of duty will be appealed to more widely, awl the dignity of
work allowed, until as a clerayman to How sometimes bound
who will remain in Ids poor living when an extra hundred a
year is to ho obtained elsewhere, and as doctors perform the
naest revoltieg operations without loss of self respect or tile
respect of others, so will the men who are titled by condi-
tlltiall allft temperament accept the rad Ilf what is now called
humble Me, and amidst a more wholesome awl loots-al public
opinion hear with dignity their fair share of the burden
which God has laid upon its all. Iti that day all men will
be held equally honourable who do their stilly : what is
called gond • reediug will he more genera!, awl the word
" society " will have lust its special, aid Ma:dust a wider,
signification. An, I too sanguine ? It is ps.sible, lout on
icy honour I think there are signs of the approm•h of dawn.
May the day come 50011!

At the inquest on Saturday evening, a gentleman
named James, residing in Nichol-square, Cripplegate,
London, identified the deceased as an artist who had
arrived from Australia on the previous Saturday. Mr.
James atatedthat he knew nothing of the deceased except
through a letter of introduction which he brought from
Ins (Mr. James's) brother, who resides in Melbourne.
The last time Mr. James saw the deceased wa.
Thursday evening, and he was then remarkaldv quiet
in his manner, although he could not lin said to be
melancholy. The jury returned a verdict if " Tem-
pormy Insanity." The numerous artichs found in the
deceased's possession are in the charge of the Superin-
tendent of the Kent constabulary.

A Kul tragedy is reported from the nei,Ahourho4sl of
Roth&le. A farmer binned Whitemk, living ali.ent two
miles and a half from the town, murdered two of his chil-
dren, fool afterwards attempted hi kill Lungelf. There
;e goof reaeons for suppn;ing that the twin w, irsane, lie
to a dallgero. COntlit iOll.
- -

M,ll'. Adelina Patti vrai, married, on Weilnemlay, to
the Ma,tluls de Caul at the Roman Catholic Clapham
Park-road. Mr. Costa and the Doke of Manchester signed the
I:lv:tract at witnessea on 'Thrill of the (tido. tie , itnesses on
behalf of the bridegroom were the Prince d, Toon CAuvergne,
Amhas•ad, a. of Franc, and M. Mare, :<eon Ltary at the
French enthaßsy. The chapel was crowd,' hp a distil,
gtlMied asgemlay, amongst whoa. were a large tittmlaz of
musical mlebrities.

Whilst the priest lons in the net of elevating the
host in the chapel of Queenstown oil Sunday, oluring the
celebration of mass, a man rushed along the aisle and up
the altar steps, and laid violent hold of hiTo. hut for the
presence of several policemen as worshippers, the congrega-
thm would have handled the intruder very roughly. It was
Iliti111:16Ar discovered that be was a folio! ii', rtheurine under
the idea that seine dreadful doom Wlntl,l immediately over-
take him unless he seized on the priest for pruteetlen.
The village of Hnnsdon, near Ware, was on Tnefelay i
visited by a tire, which at one time threatened to destroy the
whole place. The tire broke out about eight Weigle!: in the
morning in the workshops of a builder, and rapidly extended
to the Owelling-house in front and the cottages adjoining. A
scanty .q.ply of water was obtained fmni the villaue pinup,
and brought in carts from a polwhich the long &ought had
not exhau,ted , but the progresi of the hr.: was only
stom,,l by the polling down of some cottage,. rice or six
familh a are deprived of their homes and some vi all their
worldly goods by this unfortunate occurrence.