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

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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1838.

THE NEW MINISTRY.
Mr. Disraeli, in resigain,y the important post
which' looking ut the matter from a public rather
than from a party point of view, he most wor-
thily filed, acted with gonad wisdom, and by his
promptitude awl frank declaration of policy, he
has commanded the respect and esteem of both
the great political pai ties in the State. He had
appealed to the country, and the country, by a
considerable majority, decided ag&nst him. He
I would not, therefore, wait tor an adverse vote

in the Hoe of Coainioni, but honourably and
.

unheeitatingly resigned. lit this state of affairs plinient which had been paid him, and gave an
her Majesty coald do ILO less Bain she has done, assurance to the House that the whole of his
The battle a the elections was really a battle
between Mr. Disraeli and Mr. Gladstone. It energies and abilities should be devoted to the
service of the House.
was a strife for the maatery, and the leader of The Speaker was then conducted by Sir G.
the Liberal party gained the day. The right
hon. gentleman who was erewhile the leader of Grey and Mr. Walpole to the chair, and took
his seat amid general cheering, the whole Isody
the House of Commons as Chancellor of the of the members rising en masse, and remaining
Exchequer, now becomes its leader as Premier, .
standing while the right lion, gentleman deli-
and this post of eminence is, in the present state vered a second speech, in Which he asked the
of affairs, his rightful positiou. Her Majesty House for its co-operation and assistance in en-
might have commanded Lord Russell or Lord abling him to conduct the ordinary business of
Granville to form an administration, but the for. the House. He claimed from both sides of the
riser must now be weary of the cares of office ; House full freedom of e:',.., aria verreesed n
at the age of seventy-six he probably feels that et-
ll"I'LI:'.1: -.yore, l i e that whatever party strople might be in
he hat dune his share of hard
prospect the House would rival their predeces-
and that he is entitled to thaa neneue of counsel.
sore in maintaining law ant order—(cheers).
lor, of "guide imetu'plser, and felon!' to the
new la;inietry, without any deltuite positim. Ile The Lord-Advocate (Mr. Moncrieffu then
-will, in fact, occupy in respect to the new Min- moved the adjournment of the House, which
was agreed to, and the House adjourned at 2.40.
istry the personally, but unofficially reeognia.al -
position of a trusted and valuable adviser and
coadjutor, such as was the Duke of Wellington, THE IRON TRADE.
the Marquis of Lansdowne, and Eme Derby. WOLVELIIIIIIPTON, Wednesday.
As to Lord Granville, however much he may be To-clay we have hail a manifest indication of
esteemed, he has not now that weight and force
ia a popular Ministry to make it desirable that a desire to do business by all vendors, and or-
ders have been placed and taken in most des-
he should have the post of honour as leader, criptions of goods offered ; but in no case is the
But in Mr. Gladstone her Majesty naturally saw
quantity other than small. Excepting with re-
a statesman to whom the public naturally looked lation to coal, no one in just now disposed to
as Mr. Disraeli's successor; and that the present buy what is not required to meet immediate ne-
Premier should have been called upon to form a ceseities. Pig selling hae been active, but in
Government may be regarded as a natural corob that there is a lull at the present moment. The
isry of the ex-Prernier's retirement.
We give in another column a list of the new
orders coming to the finished-iron works direct
are less valuable this week than last.
administration, which in some respects may be
regarded as the most important that we have had _ _____....—___ _
in modern times, and it certainly possesses seine The trade is reported ft shade quieter. At
remerkalde f.ttures. We think there is nothing most of the works they are engaged upon or.
at all remarkable about Mr. Gladstone's position .ders, and there are not many fresh ones coming
as compared with his eolleagaea. He is entitled nat this moment. It is not improbable that
as we have said, to the post of honour, but his ithere will be a measure of slak
m ness in that res-
position is remarkable in respect to tho work pet for the next two or three weeks, but all
which he has cut out for himself; bat of that we things considered, the trade is in a tolerably
will not further speak. We shall have enotsgli, healthy state, and prices for the very best
and 1110n43 than enough or the Irish Church waeu I -ends of fin:ehed iron are fairly maintained.
Parliamentmeets for ordinary bulginess. e laser° is sonic talk of foreign orders, but it Cappointment of Lord Juitiee Page Wood as L'folil•-.1 smecely probeble that these will be put on the
Chancellor is one on which the new Ministry cen market at preevnt.
scarcely be complimented. The neble lord is The Preliminery Meeting will be held on
net a powei fat debater, and when the Govern- Tharsdtv, the 94th instant.
silent come to rely on him for defeace of their The advance in the price of tin announced on
legal measures. it will probably bo foand that he Thersals was no niore than wee expected, look.
will be a weak opponent of siwli men as Lord itien oma
the pos• • • f that tat ii the marke
Cairns nth! Lord Chelnitiferi. Thu Earl of
Clarendon as Foreign Meister will command
the respeet of both Parties; Ito is an upright
honeerable statesman, and a painstaking di plea
melba ; but he labour; under one mest (bead-
vantage he follows Lord Stanley. 'No Foreign
Secretary was perhaps ev. r nitro popular then
the latter, and none more worthily earned the
respect of foreign powers and of his own col-
leagues. There may be fatally reasons, honour-
ourable to the noble lord, why he should not
take the post in a Liberal Ministry, which lie
occupied in a Conservative cabinet, and this is
the o:tly considoratiou ilmt will rec.meld the ;
public to his loss. But the policy which I,:led i , :,•• -,•.,,.J,thh, B. 1 said that he its on duty on ti
Stantey so ebly carried out is one which we are u ' I)':': ''' Ihe hi''Y''' 'l'n he e.'". nil thr""'
•ebis. .
sure 1.,411 Clarendon will yule cur to in:tint:tin ', ~,,. ' , ..,
~. - totl. ~ r
iru, k 11,4 ,l Witness told him that
, ,
!' k 7. e ovall,i : !,-t. lock -- d Of
for it is the wily iY,licy which in our fcr,_tt hint far 3 years
affairs the count, y f,..ch; Moil:led tl end WT. ! - .: ; % ,I', r‘• , .11 ,: ,kw ..r2lOl. throwiog st oyes aill
We have a w:.rd m• two t.,]. say on two o'h r !, ••- •, y• t 5... ran,,rvative carriages as the.
Jyn.,f ' ' -'1
In.-vs i-at Id, ,y.and MI 1.1 }tor, and 'toll Ilia-
appointments only. In Mr. Bright as Presi•i- :l. ',.. •
of the Bousrul if Trail° ~,,, hare a
mail
wh )
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ti
:11.1 Octtv -leave' clf throwing, he ~,hould lock bin
much liked end lunch hated, who is extrsvui- I 14r. Parry here Pall CIA defendants wished to hart
gantiv praised an I bitterly condemned, aho is ~,,..4; ant &foul tlity, said thy-y hal say.-ral
. witnes,sy I
as gall and wormwood to in-my of the ;:ngl.,lt t . ,dt. wto .., wald
,1hut.,,,,,,11 ~I,ttewithnat I,,itw . tum ttan .
aristocracy, and who is itiolisal by a seethn of .S,Yir-rintanyle Int . kea for theyantes tli ei
se
the country. It may be that his holding a pluses ''' ''..
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in the Cabinet wiil give strength to the Ministry,
bat it is certain else that it will make opposition
more violent anti cause the Conservatives to re-
double their etibrts to overthrow the Ministry of
whom Inc is one. Bet the office and the man
are in accord. His shrewd practical mind, his
grasp of facts and figures, and his large ac-
quaintauce with the trade of the country. multi.
entiv lit him for the post which Mr. Cobden
might have had, and might yet have had had his
life heen spared. It is not long since Mr.
Bright and Mt. Lowe were in direct opposition,
and when the former invited working men to
print some of the utterances of the latter and
hang them up in their factories—we all know
for what purpose. But now them) two gentle.
men are colleagues, rind, we presume, friends.
Mr. Lowe, in his debating power, in his learn-
ing, and his knowledge of public life, is un-
doubtedly a strong support to any party with
whom he may be allied, and lie will give weight
and influence to the Ministry, in and out of the
House. Nor have we any reussou to suppose
that lie will be found wanting iii the important
duties he will have to fulfil. Oa the whole we
cannot but regard the new Ministry as strong in
its perzannel and its talent. Whether it will, in
its preaent compsitien, command the confidence
of Parliament and the country must be left to
the course of events to determine.

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II s 6.1 he svishe,l to call Elijah Pearson.
'faslor .4ove Z,nt ra Bin4ham autl 110“jainia Chance, as

hi. two wituesseA.

Adjourned for a week.
William Bosley was charged with a similar off..nce on
the 211 rd nit Mr. Perry defended.
Devil Mdlward said that on the ab.-sve date he wan .1
the Hayes about one o'clock, and saw the defendant
throwing 0111,0%. W itnesi wan paising at the time, and
the defend:mt threw a stone at him which cut his hal
throogh, and his head; dofendant saying he had given
the" Tory h --r, a h---y hot
.

Dete-glant gas further eharm,l with assaulting D AVM
Mbiwaril at the same time mid place.
indeed the, was a great poise at the time,
and Many p.ram, mooing about. . .

1.1.J' •ahl" ..
erry ooid he wan going to the Hayes to give
his support to Mr. Ainplilett, when he heard conaplainiuit
cry out, "Oh, no God," and 11.14 W defendant throwing
atones, and he thought complainant would have been
kited.
Cross-examined Have lived near the defendant all my
life. and know him well.
Mr. Perry addremied the Bench for the defence, and
said it would not he fair to punish the defendant twice
for tho mime offence. He wan charged with throwing
atones, end assaolting the complainant.
The Bemis decided to dismiss the rage of the breach
of the peace, and should try the defendant for the as-
sault. _ _ .

Mr. Perry then addressed the Benoit for the defence,
and said that all citizens should have the right to vote /IF
they thought proper. It is a matter of notoriety that
there was a good deal of rioting going on, but defendant
should not be made a seapegoat for others There was a
great many people there, and it was quite possible that
Miliwaril and Perry might be mistaken, He was instrue-
ted that defendant did not throw stones, and he should
can witnesses.
Benjamin Chance and George Taylor were then called,
but dhi not appear.
Mr Perry applied for a remand, and the case was ad-
journed till next Friday.
Ralph Bromyard and William Powell were charged
with committing a breach of the peace on the 25th nit,
by throwing stones. Mr. Pearman defended.
Alfred Hart said that on the above date he was at the
llayes, and saw the defendants throwing stones at the
persons going to vote. They also threw stones at the
police. Was close to them at the time.
Mr. Pearman addressed the Bench for the defence, and
said that his instructions were that Bromyard did not
throw at all, and watt not there at the time, and called
George Phips iii. bat his evidenee proved nothing.
Elizabeth Taylor was called, and said that Bromyard
came home about half-past three. He did not go to the
voting place.
Sarah Waldron was called to give evidence for Powell,
end said she saw him about four o'clock, in company
with Brotnyard, and went up to the Hayes with them,
and remained with them till they returned, which wa
after four.

Mr. Pearmen appliedte the Bench to hear Br.omya..rd

as a witness for Powell, but the Bench refused on the
ground that it was a joint offence, and that the applica-
tion should have been made at the commencement of the
C. 150.

Mr. Pearman contended that he had a right to call
Broniyard as a witness, Rs in each case the witnesses had
given their evidence separately for each defendant.
The Bench overruled the objection, and ordered the
defendants to find one surety in £5 each, and themselves
in 4:5 to keep the peace for three mouths and to pay the
costs, 13s 3,1.

Cornelius Young Johns was then charged with a similar
offence on the 2:ith ult. Mr. Perry defended.
Thomas Robins said he was at the Hayes, and saw the
defendant throw something. Could not say what it was.
It might have bee, dirt or clay.
. . .

The Bench did not think there was sufficient evidence,
and discharged the defendant.
These were a number of other Coxes to be decided, but
they were adjourned until next week.