The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-01-31 00:00:00

HALESOWEN.

ASSAULT.—At the Pol ce Cou:t, on Tuesday,
before Mes-rs. E. Gem, E. B. Phiiiips, and J.
Gibbons, Sarah Bastable ri as charged with as-3ault-
ing Plicebe Hill on the 23rd inst. Mr. W. S. Hayes
appLared. for tile compl in ‘nt. From the evidence
given i showed that on the day ia question there
had been some dispute
ibetween the complainant's
and defendant's children. Complainant went out
to her child, when defeniant followed her, struck
her, and broke a lamp. Complainant was ...)ing
down the street shortly afterwards, and the de-
fendant followed her and assaulted her again.
Defendant had, also used threw $ towards her.
Police-constable Knowles s..dd. ;hat when he served
the summons the defendant was very violevt and
s.d(l she would have seven years or her yet. De-
fendant was bound over to keep the pelee towards
complainant for six mouths, and pay costs.
DRUNK.—John Barton, woodcutter, Hunni.)gt,n,
was charged with being drunk in the highway, on
the 24th inst. Police-constable Barley said he
found the defendant lying down in the road drunk,
in the Grange Road. Defendant pleaded guilty
and was fined 2s 6d and casts.

DRUNK AND DISORDERLY.-- Charles Hack,,t ,
nailer, Spring Hill, was charged with being drunk
and disorderly in the highway, on the 29th ult.
Police-constable Parkes said he was on duty at
Spring Hill, and saw the defeneant who was very
drunk and uaiug bad Langwv,e. Defendant, who
pleaded guilty. wns fined is an costs.

'Nip A CCIDENT.—Ou Monday ”j(rh: Nt",
Bissell, gentiemm fanner, Webb's Green, near
Halesowen, and Mr. Thomas Green, Old Abbey,
Halesowen, were driving from Tingley at about eigt,t
o'clock, and when descending Spring Hill—a steep
thoroughfare on the borders of Halesowen—tbe
horse became restive; and upon reaching the foot
of the hill it suddenly swerved. Th 4 vehicle was
overturned, and the occupants were thrown to the
ground with such violence as to cause serious injuries.
Mr. Green and Mr. Bissell were removed to the
Bull's Head lan. Their injuries were attended to
by Mr. Bloxlvm, surgxm. Later in the night Mr.
Bissell was r,moved to his home at Webb's Green.
He died at about midnight. Mr. Green's collar-bone
wa3 fractured, and he received other injiuies ; but i,
is hoped he will rewver.—An ingu-st was opened
upon the body on Thursday, before Mr. It. Docker.
Edward Thomas said he witnessed th accident, and
afterwards pulled Mr. Bissell from under the horse's
heels. He was then unconscious.—Mr. Bloxham,
surgeon, who attended the deceased, deposed as to
the nature of the injuries w. ich caused d,ath, and
stated that Mr. Gre,n, who was with Mr. Bissell at
the time of the accident, would not be able to at+ end
for a fortnight or three weeks.—The Coroner said it
would be necessary to have the evidence of Mr.
Green, and the inquest was adjourned until the 23rd
proximo.

1 DUDLEY. .
GA.RRICK CLUB.—This wall-known amateur
dramatic club gave their last performance of the
season on Tuesday night in the i)nOlic Hall, Dudley.
Tnere was a large and fashioaanie att,nflance, and
proceeds will be devoted to the funds of the
• , .c 1 Schools. The pieces for repre&mta+ion
'wee Lytt,m,s cowedy of Money and the
w`3re istlx., 1 The Queer Subject. They were well
farce entibe...
produced ,
ana ...
l. -,ay be added to the long list of
, ,
decidedly successfn performan 'es which the club
e
- The principal character in
have previously given,
Money—Alfred Evelyn--..: 'a pourty.ayed with
energy and pathos by Mr. Je5...211 t'IP".I3. The
acmes with Clara Douglas we est),‘.cially deserv-
ing of commendatioo. Mr. Joseph II:lid,. e g'l7`' an
excellent rendering of the part of Sir John Ye,e3l,
and the various emotions indicative of pleaScr,3 fk1.,.,)
dismay, which pikk worthy baroaet exhibits, wv?,?
effccCvely displayed, Tee Graves ot Mr. W.
Howard Baker was the "hit" of the night ; it d in
the "Boudoir Seet,e,' with Lady Franklin, he fairly .
" brou!ht down the house." Another character
which gained much prai4, was the "-Aunt" of Mr
F. Davey, which was originally conceived and car
ried out with all the requsite vigour. Mr. Frank
Round (hal. sec.) enacted tha part of Glosßmore
wii.h success, and the same may ly, said of the
Captain Dudley Smooth of Mr, William Wa4oit.
Tice other,characters were Sharp, Mr. J. Whi ehouse
Fiat. Mr. Macdonald ; Gr'ecn, Mr, Herbert; Toke,
Mr.:Dudley ; Sheriff's Officei, Mr. C. Whitehouse;
and Sir Frederick Blount, Mr. William Timmins.
The Clara Douglas of Miss Jessie Warner was a
performance far above the avera,ge, and displayed
a large amount of dramatic power and earnestness.
Her acting in the scenes with Evelyn, before men-
tioned, called forth the loudest demonstrations of
approval. Lady Franklin and Miss Vesey were
ably represented by Miss Jephson and Miss MelsJm.
Owing to the length of the comedy the hall was
nearly empty on curtains rising for the farce of the
Queer Subject. Mr. Frank again di:played conFider-
able talent as a comedian in the part of Bill .‘fat-
took, and he is regarded as a valuable acqnisition to
the acting power of the club. Mr. Joseph White-
house's wake-up as Ned Snatch was exceedingly
good, and the part was played in capital style. The
Sammy Spectre of Mr. S. J. Parks is worthy of
high praise, and it was eviden th t the character
had been deeply studied, for a was a most finished
piece of acting. D. Bingo w.s carefully p!ayed by
Mr. Walton. Mr. T. B:tyliss was a
good landlord,
and the part of Charles Markham was played by
Mr. W. Titnmins. Althowth the individual charm-
tA:s of the farce were well conceived, the whole was
not a complete success. The audierce were leaving
thar places all through its'perforatance, and this,
coupled with an indifferent workinw of the scenes,
tended to disconcery those taking par and to upset
the whole part. During the evening Mr. Frank
Round recited the" Charge of tire Light Brigade,"
and was enthusiastically applauded.

THE LYE AND WOLLESCOTE CON.
SERVATIVE ASSOCIATION.

The annual dinner of this association was held
at the Three Crowns inn, Hay Green, on Tueslay
sight. About eighty persons at down. The chair
was taken in the absence 01' Par. Hickman, by Mr.
B. Wooldridge, and Mr. T. Rho& i; occupied the
vice-chair. L.tters of apology for absence were
read from Messrs. H. Allsopp, M.P. T. E. Walker,
M.P., Stav,ley Hill, Q C. DeP., A. Roberti
Clent), . A. H. Best, (Haden Hui),
'Pielcl House,,Tnel G
(Bell
Hall), J. P. &myopia (Cradlea

and H. Goldingham (Worm ?der).
Ihe Chairman having gi yen the loyal toasts, pro-
posed" The Health of Ilex Majesty's Ministers."
He said that he believe 3. t he affairs of the country
had never been in more b 1 e hands than since they
had been under the coat !ol of the present Govern-
ment. Lord heaconsfiel. divas the most abused man
of the present day, but h e !believed that in history
he would be raised with t hit greates, statesmen that
had ever held the reigns., or power in England.
The Vice-Chairman ga " The health of the
Bishops and Clergy," and in doing so spoke ef the
valuable work that was. done by them in the
country, and said if it we re not for their labours
the country would be over whelmed with infidelity.
"The Army aud Navy" vt ms next :given and re-
sponded to. -
Mr. W. H. Brooks the h ion. sec., read the annual
report of the association, i !Dam which it appeared
that there was a slight surplus after defraying the
expenses of the past year. They had contested the
election of the Guardiants both in the Lye and
Wollescote, and returned a representative of the
association for each diistrict with a considerable
majority. rlhey were :aow looking forward to the
general election, and hoped to contritute to the
success of the Conseirvative candidates on that
occasion.
The report was adopted.
The ChEirman proposed the 'Health of the Re-
presentatives for East Worcestershir. —Messrs.
Allsopp and Walker "—(cheers). He referred to
the compromise which it was at one time inte,ded
to carry out, by which one member would have
been returned from each party at the last el, ci ion.
The Liberals, however, broke through the compact,
and the Conse:vatives then went to work and re-
turned both Messrs. Allsopp and Walker by large
majorities. At the next election Sir Richard
Temple would contest the eastern division of the
county in conjunction with Mr. Allsoep—(applause).
Sir Richard Temple was a man of very high
family and attainments. At the present time he
was Governor of B-mbay, but he was .oming in a
short time to reside in this county. At one time
it was thought tht the Conservatives were not the
friends ef the working classes, but aa enliehtmeut
,progressed and the people came to study politics
more closely they would find that the Conservative's
were the greatest friends of the working classes.
He did not wish to say anything against Free Trade
as a principle, but it was a fact that whilst it was
free trade to all other countries that wished to
bring their produce to England, it wds not Free
Trade for British workmen. Be would say one or
two words to them about the two foremost men of
the day—Mr. Gladstone and Earl Beaeonsfield—(
Voi(,e : " Where is Mr. Chamberlain ? ").
The Chairman : " Oin he is nowhere ; lie is like
Birniingham time, and twenty minutes too last
(laughter). He went on to say that Mr. Gladstone
was a great man who had fallen from the position
he once held. Meanwhile, the Earl of Beaconsfield
had been going gradually up the ladder, and he
was now on the top round and would remain th,re
—(cheers). He hoped they would return Mr.
Allsopp and Sir Richard Temple at the next elec-
tion—(applause).
Mr. J. M. Brindley (Birmiegliate) proposed
" Suceess to the Lye and Wollesoote Conservative
Association." He assured those present that their
Conservative friends in Birmingham Were very
proud, to hear of the progress and success ot the
Conservative Associations round about them, for
they felt thee very much depended upon the true
an I earnest work which they a.eeetnalished. ifs
urged them not to relax any of their efforts, but to
work on persistently until the glorious victory
waich the Comerva, ive party obtained eix years
ago nad been repeated.
Mr. Allport having responded, Mr. Pearson pro-
posed "The Trade nod Commerce ref the District,"
which, was responded to by Mr. S. A. Brookes.
Other toasts fellowed.

BRIERLEY HILL LICENSED VICTUALLER'S
ASSOCIATION.

On Wednesday night the sixth anniversary dinner
of the above association was held at Mr. L
Golden Eagle Hotel, Brierley Hill. Mr. A. S.
M. P., presided; the vice-chair was tak:m by :dr.
R. thompson,
Smith-Cass.)n; and among others present were the
wall,
cf.
monis,
Rev. J. Hart cy, Alderman G. Bagott, Alderman G.
Th nupson, Dr. Walker, Comicilio.- S nith, and
II j'
J. Agsasis's 000C:11.8Whilme,b.1"Ibiandsj'o.nti.(Rpirie°1sIlident of the atisociati.,n),
and W. Wintehouse (secretary).
Alter dinner the Ch :imam read the following le‘ ter
was
rec •iced from Mr. H. 8.. &,erialan, M. P., who
announce 1 to be present :
"6, Colville Gardens, Kensington Park,
"January 27tb,
“Aiy dar Sir—l rekaet exceednig,y that lam Un-
able to be with you at the annual dinner to-morrow.
My medical adviser is positive that in this wekither,
with a bad cough, it would be very unwise for me to
travel. I have setuom 'imssect- utuergUng yew din,
ners, which I consider to be twin many points :)f view
a most im ror ant gathering, espec'ally have I taken
care of late years to be present, seeing that the
interest of the great t. ade you represent have called
for special a,teut:ou from your political representa-
tive. lam sure that my friend, Mr. Staveley Hill,
and the other Conservative members who will be
present to-morrow, Nil! deal tenderly and consider-
ately with the political acts and reputa'ion ot the
absent Liberal members and the party to which t'aey
belong. ; of this much, I at least am sure—namely,
that the members of both parties in the Srhte tleslr,
conscientiously to discuss and settle the various pro-
posals affecting the trade of the lieens,d victuall,rs
with a just and proper regard to the veste-1 riglvs Of
teat great and inaport.,nt zl.nn,i,), my dear
Sr, yours very
_truly, '` 11. B Sheridan.

'elr. I. RoHinson."
Letters of apology were also re:eivel from the
Ray. Cele Webb, V:car of Penstiett ; aid Me-srs. H.
S;nith, A. Wright, H. M. Wailawright, and H.
Firinstone.—The usual loyal an paeriotic toasts
were duly honoured, and De. Walker then gave "
Lite C mnty and Boroneh Members."
The Chairmsn, iu replying, said he was sure that
when Mr. She, Han asked him to deal tenderly and
co siderately with tha political acts and reputation
of the absent Liberal members, he knew well that
he never dealt in any other wiy even with a politi •
cal antagonist—(heer. hear). Most cordially did
he agree with Mr. Sheridan in that part of his
let•er, in which he stated that members of both
parties in the State desired conscientiously to dis-
cuss and settle the various proposals affecting the
trade of the licensed victuallers with a just and
proper r.'sqtrd to their vested interests He had
had the ht'elour foe some years to represent ;hat
divisien of their County in Parliament, and before
that he had sat during a long Parliament in the
House of Commons, end from the earliest moment
lie ent-red Parliament he had taken a very c n-
sidera.ble interest in the matters of the trade of the
licensed victualle?B—(hear, hear). He feet done so
for this re 'son :—He had looked upon the n as
exercising a difficult trade—a trade which at the
sail] time that it was difficult to ex:rcise, was 0 • e
t) whieh the Chancellor of the Excliequsr looktd t
that which should help him out of some of his
spt
4s. diffisuli I,s—(eheers) —and therefore he w.a s
• etae, •
not one of those who seemed to affect te bel eve
t at taxes W.:re to be put upon them for th • se,od of
the pub ie, other than the g aod of the public was
concerned in obtaining a certain amount of revenue
for the government of he country. Their trade
was t ixed for the government of the country, and
they were expected to carry on a trade from uhich
that large taxation emanated for the benefit of
their fellow-creatures as well as for themselves.
That was a very diilicult trade, and he had said
from his very first entry into public life—long ago,
when he first became an honorary member of th
Licensed Victuallers' Society, at the time when the
p >sition was not a very common one for a person to
tlke—he said he felt that they were a great bete
duly associated together, bound to protect them-
selves, and entitled to require from those who
assumed the position of public men a proper con-
sideration of. the measures which were brought into
Parliament either for the good of the public or for
the general increase of the funds of the Chancellor
of the Ex, hequer—(applause). He had thought
that there had been one -tep which he considered
to he wanting to the complete establishment of the
legislation for their trade—viz , that all those who
dealt in exciseable liquors should be put under ,he
same restraints —(applause). He had tho ueht—
and he was glad to have in that opinion not only
those who were generally found in behalf oF the
licensed victuallers, but those also who were
generally found most in opposition to the trade—
he was gl id to find that all agreed that that which
was good for the licensed victualler was good also
for the grocer and the beerhouse-keeper—(ap-
plause). He hoped to be in his place in the House
of Commons this day week, when he trusted, if he
was succes-ful in the ballot, to get an earlier day
than he had yet been successful in obtaining for the
bringing forward of his bill—(hear, heel.). He
would now propose the next toast, that of" Success
to the Brierley Hill Licensed Victuallers' Associa-
tion." They had gene through and discussed in
connection with that associatien the objects of it
on a previous occasion, and their political position,
and, as he had said in the words he had just spoken
it seemed ':o him unnecessary to refer to them any
further, but he would take the opportunity which
presented itself to allude to that other and scarcely
less interesting object—the charitable organizations
which it had in view. He regretted to know that
these had not been advanced to an equal ex ent
with their Parliamentary organizations. He did
not at all regret any of the funds which had, no
doubt, been most, properly expended in looking aft r
the matters which cencerned their interest, in-
petitions and other mAious to the Houses of Par_
iiameut; but he hoped that their funds wouldpow

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be more completely placed to the credit of their
charitable institutions—(hear, hear, and cheers).
Mr. I. ItoHinson, president of the association,
rasp Dnded.
The remaining toasts included the "County and
Borough Magistrates," "The Hon. Members and
Visitors," anii "The Town and Trade of Brierley
Hill."

An excellent selection of music was given by the
Birmingham Glee Party.