The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-05-29 00:00:00

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was driving at a rapid rate on the stage, perform-
ing a variety of evolutions in a very clever manner
the juggling being good, and bursts of applause
greeted each of their performances.- The whole of
the entertainments 'appeared to give the greatest
satisfaction, and should they ever visit this town
again, no doubt they will be received by crowded
houses.
Dzee.,ant. OF AMERICA.—On reference to our advertis-
en einns, it sill be found that Mr. Oxley Nash's Dio-
r, In. tnerica will be exhibiled in the Corn Exchange
h. '1 he exhibition will be accompanied by a
e!tr ainme4, and will, doubtless, form an
nd intellectual evening's amusement.
DRUNK AND REFUS:ND TO QUIT.—At the Public
°dice, yes:erdity, before Col. F:eteher, and Me sate.
C. Cochrane, C. P. Noel, and R. L. Freer, Thomas
Parson was charges! with befits, drunk and refusing
to leave the Hill Tavern, Clent7 on the itikuht of the
19th inst. Police-constable Smith, st id that the ee-
fentlant nil others were making Lets al:out dogs.
Defy] slant was drunk, and made use of bad language,
and ranscd to leave the premises. George Waldron
son of the landlord, gave corroborative evidence as
to the conduct of the men. Could not swear to the
defendant. The defence was that he was sober, and'
that it was another man who insulted the officer.'
Three witnesses were called for the defence. Fined
5s and costa.—Thomas Price and Joseph Price were
charged with being drunk and refusing to quit the
Hill Tavern, when requested. George Waldron,
and Police-constable Wallace proved the case.
Prisoners pleaded guilty, and were lined is each and
costs; in default seven days.
CAUTION TO SWEARERS.—John Clews was charged
with using obscene language in Stourbridge on the
22nd inst. Police-constable Yates proved that
the defendant used bad language. Dismissed with a
caution.

CILARGE OF NEGLECT OF WORK.—George East-
hope, an apprentice to Elijah Smith, was charged
with neglecting his services. on the 19th inst. Mr.
Perry defended. Complainant said that he gave the
defendant two days' holiday, but he had stopped away
five days. In answer to Mr. Perry, witness said that
he had removed from High-street, to Wollaston, and
that the defendant lived at Quarry Bank, and that
he would have towalk threequarters of a mile farther
Mr. Perry, said, under those circumstances he should
ask the Bench to annul the indentures under Geo. IV.
The Bench said they could not do that, and ordered
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defendant to pay the costs, and a caution'.
A DRUNKEN WAGONER.—Thomas Williams, a
wagoner, in the employ of Mr. S. Leonard, was
charged with being drunk on the 21st just, while in
charge of three horses. Mr. R. L. Freer, proved
the case, and said that the road, as he was coming
from Cradley Heath was blocked up. Defendant
was so drunk that he reeled about. Fined 58 and
costs.

PROTECTION ORDER.—Mr. Stubbins, of the Mid-
land Circuit, assisted by Mr. Reeves applied to the
Bench to rescind the protection order granted to Mr.
Chance, a few weeks back. Mr. Stubbing stated
the case why he made the application, and said it
was not so much for -annulling the order, as to ob-
taining a quantity of goods that Mrs. Chance had
°Muffled from her husband while he was from home.
Mrs. Chance was placed in the box, and said all she
had was a piano, five chairs, an 014 sofa, and tables.
She denied taking any other goods whatever, and
said she had paid £8 for the goods. After some con-
sultation with the legal gentlemen, the Bench ad-
journed the ease for a week, Mrs. IChance agreeing
to deliver up the goods in the mean time. -

IlionwAy OFFErreEs.—John Hardy, landlord of
the Ly-tteltou Arms, was charg,edfwith allowing two
heifers to stray on the highway, on the 23rd inst.
Police-constable Wallace proved the case. Fined
Gs Gd and costs.—Henry Pearman, farmer, of Cleat,
was charged with allowing a horse to stray on the
highway, on the 12th inst. Police-sergeant Rea,
proved the case. Ordered to pay eosts.
DISORDERLY CONDUCT.—Satuuel Cartwright was
charged with being drunk on the night of the 19th
inst. Police-constable Harrison proved the case.
Fined 58 and costs.—Joseph Farmer and Joseph
Slater were each fined 5s and costs for a similar
offence.

Tossma Pon MONEY.—Joseph Collins and
william Pool were charged with tossing for money
on the highway, on the 18th inst. The case was
proved, and defennants ordersd to pay costs,

Mason. A. Workman, D. Winder, A. Ashburnham,
F. Keatch, J. Stone, W. Pidcock, R. L. G. Pidcock,
H. Sherrard, J. H. Bourley, E. R. Bower, G: T.
Taylor, G. C. de Renzie, J. Bryne, H. Mansell, H.
Clarke, J. M. Ware, J. J. Slade, J. H. Whitely, R.
P. Turner, T. Price, J. Kidd, J. G. Deed, T. G.
Watton, R. Fletcher, E. D. Roberts, E. Roberts,
T. C. Wood, J. Bundler, J. H. Thompson, F. W.
Haines, P. Ellis, E. Addenbrooks, J. L. Cheesshire,
J. S. Bolder°, W. M. 13athunt, F. R. Evans, A. L.
Lefroy, T. Williams, and—Eld ; and Messrs, E.
Gem, N. Hingley, Flint, Homfray, Trewolla, Burr,
Somers, Dunn, 'nekton, Grove, &c.

The Ven. Archdeacon said that day was one not
to him only but to thousands a day of great joy,
and a slay of thankfulness Thankfulness for
the mercies they had received from above; for the
help they had received in the great work which
was only partially accomplished, and thankfulness
for the assistance of friends without whom nothing
would have been done—or, a very small amount
of it, at most would have been done. He also ex-'
pressed his joy and thankfulness to See:so many
friends around him who had been concerned in
such a great work. The chair which was occupied
by him, ought to have been filled by some one
more competent for such a post. He had hoped
at one time that they might have had the presence
there of the Earl of Dudley, who had contributed
a sum of £5OO towards the work that had been
done to the Church up to that day, and
.had pro-
mised—if they completed it—Xsoo more—(great
cheering). He believed every one there present
would have been glad to see the Earl of Dudley
occupy that chair. On the numerous occasions on
which he has been called upon to officiate as chair-
man that office had been always very ably filled by
him. He had a happy suave manner which ren-
dered him peculiarly fitted for that post. Lord
Lyttelton, whose heart was always with him (the
speaker) ; who always betrayed a great interest in
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the work they had done; and who was the patron
of the living and the largest land owner in the _
district, was also absent. They would all know
why he was not there. It was on account of recent
domestic affliction. He (the speaker) wrote to him
expressing his regret at his absence, and remind-
ing him that nothing important had ever happened
in that parish without his presence. Upon this,
his lordship said he would attend the service if it
was particulary wished that he should do so, but in
his present state of mind it was impossible for him
to join in an event of even such a mild. character
as that they were then taking part in. Seeing
that. he (the speaker) told him that they would not
do that violence to his feelings to ask him to be
present at the service. There was one other friend
whom he had hoped would have occupied that
chair, and that was the late Lord Hatherley. He
had been interested in the work of the parish ever
since 1836, when he first came into it, and had fre-
quently given money towards that undertaking.
He had always been interested in the work of that
'parish. Lord Hatherley, even when he was Lord
Chancellor continued his duties of Sunday School
teacher and district visitor. Be could not have
seen any one in that room with greater pleasure
Lord Hatherley. He thought it was nothing but
right for him to explain to them hew it was he was
in thr chair, which he would much rather have
seen filled by a person better qualified for the post.
He would now propose as a toast, "Her most gra-
cious Majesty the Queen and the rest of the Royal
Family "—(cheers). If it had not been that it
would prolong the time, he would have thought
nothing of presenting separately the Prince and
Princess of Wales and the rest of the Royal
Family. Wherever those names were proposed
they were always well received—(cheers). Thete
was no house where the Queen was more loved
than in his own house, and, therefore, he could
give with the greatest cordiality the health of the
Queen and the Royal Family—(applause)).
The Ven. Chairman said he should propose the
next with the greatest cordiality. It was the
health of the "Bishop of the Diocese." He had
been now for some years connected with the
Bishop of Worcester, and had always received
from him the most considerate sympathy in every
work of that kind which he undertook—sympathy
not expressed in words- only, but in liberal 'sifts
—(applause)—and he ventured to say, withoutfear
of contradiction, that if they looked at the sub-
scription lists of any work of the kind—either for
building churches or restoring them—they would
not do so without seeing the name of the bishop
amongst the :übscribers—(applause). He would
further say, with the greatest confidence, that his
lordship's name was put down, not as a merely
formal matter, and not because he felt an obliga-
tion to do something in such a case, but becanse
his heart was in the work he had undertaken. He
(the speaker) was confident of it himself, and he
believed all who were conversant with the fact
themselves would bear him out when he said his
lordship was so conversant with the work that was
belles carried on in his large diocese—comprising
as it did the whole of Worcestershire and a great
part of Warwickshire—that he actually knew more
about it than many of the parishioners themselves
—(applause). His lordship was one of those who
early felt that some change should be made in the
state of the chursh, while he (the speaker) had
some degree of hesitation as, to whether that time
would ever come. But it had come, and he felt
that his lordship had himself started and stimulated
the thought in his mind and made him more dis-
posed to go on. He (the Archdeacon) had great
doubts as to the wisdom of bringing about a
diminished amount of accommodation, which it
thought would be caused in the church by the
alterations, but he believed his lordship felt that
if they did so they would nevertheless increase
the number of persons in attendance—(hear, hear).
It was therefore, with the greatest pleasure he
presented for their acceptance " The health of the
Lord Bishop of Worcestershire," who was a
sincere friend to every parish in his diocese—(ap.
plause.
His Lordship rose to respond, and, on doing so,
was greeted with tremendous cheering. He said
he was afraid that after what the Archdeacon had
said it was of very little use for him to speak to
those at the other end of the room. [This referred
to some remarks which the yen. chairman had
made as to the difficulty of making Isimself audible'
at the other end. of the rooin..] .41e wished to ex-
press to them his very great thanks for the kind
ay in which they had received the toast of his'
health. He need not assure the Archdeacon and
the clergy who were there, that it gave him the
greatest possible pleasure to be present there that
day at Halesowen Church—(applause). During
the time he had been fortunately connected with
the diocease of Worcester he had had the pleasure
of attending a very large number of similar
set vices. They seemed to him to increase more
and more from year to year at a
.certain season.
And though that season coul hardly be said to
have commenced—the series of Confirmation ser-
vices he had been lately engaged in having accu-
pied a large amount of his time—yet this was the
fifth of its kind he had attended in the present
year, and there were a great many more in prospect
—(hear, hear). Three of these related to the
consecration of churches built upfrom their found-
ations, the other two being churches that had
undergone extensive repairs. Two instances of
consecration were remarkable cases which he was
glad to have the opportunity of making known.
One was that of a church entirely build from the
foundation by a single individual—a Yorkshire
gentleman—who having amassed a good deal of
money decided to build a church at Capel Grafton.
When he came and found out there was no house for
the clergyman of the parish, and the first thing he
did was to build one—(applaust)—then lie re-
built the church, and a more handsome one he
(his lordship) had never seen. The gentleman
subsequently re-built almost every cottage on his
estate, and was altogether a landlord of the best
possible type—(applause). The second instance
was that of a church entirely rebuilt on a different
site to the orginal by the family of Newton, at
Ullenhall, near Henley-in-Arden, in the arch-
deaconry of Worcester. That also was a very
handsome church. These two cases, he thought,
were very encouraging indeed, especially to the
clergy, to see work; of the kind undertaken by the
laity alone. His lordship here alluded to the
thorough nature of the restoration that had been
carried on at Halesowen Church, and pointed out
that the work could. scarcely be said to be com-
plete until the old plastered ceilings of the aisles
had been removed and rsplaced with timbered .
roofs to harmonise with the roof of the nave, and
so render the interior uniform. He would feel
exceedingly gratified to come their again before
long and congratulate the Archdeacon on the
removal of such an imperfection. But over and
.above this he was pleased to see churches restored,
as he was happy to'say they- *ere, In all parti(or
the diocea:ses One feature; however,, alieve any
other gave him pleasure to observe, and that was
the hearty way in which 'both the 'rich and poor,
had worked together with. the Archdeacon in the.
collection of funds; he was hardly prepared to see
such an expression of sympathy when he drove
into Halesowen, in the shape of the triumphal
arches and decorations—(renewed applause). No-
thing, he thought, could show more fully the
esteem in which the Archdeacon was held in his
own parish, that the joy that was manifested by
the people on that occasion. His lordship next
alluded with much satisfaction to the large dona-
, ties of £5OO each from the Earl of Dudley, Mr.
Wragge, and Mr. Noah Hingley, to all of whom
the clergy in the diocese were especially indebted
for the very good work they had assisted in doing
in it. In conclusion his lordship again tendered
his best thanks for the manner in which his
health had been received, and for the pleasure that
had been afforded him in coming there to witness
the completion of the work.

Mr. 3. P. Hunt rose to propose the next toast,
which was "The health of the Clergy," and in doing
so said it was unnecessary for him to say one word
about the propriety of their drinking the health of
the clergy—(applanse). He should, therefore, con-
tent himself with saying how obliged the inhabit:l:its
of Halesowen were to them for their being present
that (lax to help there in celebrating an event which
would be long remembered in Halesowen; not only
because that was the first stage in the restoration .of
their old palish church, but because it removed an
incubus which had long rested upon the church and
the parish—(cheer). He could not help imagining
that as he heard the church bells peal forth that
morning they were saying, "I am free; I am free' .
—(applause). He had great pleasure in coupling
with the toast the name of Canon Douglas—(great
cheering).
The Rev. Canon Douglas briefly returned thanks,
and said his visit to Halesowen had been a source of
great satisfaction to him, and it afforded him great
pleasure to be there that day to see the good work
that had been so well beutut so nearly accomplished.
. And he sincerely congrauled the Archdeacon upon
tile manner in which it had been done.
Mr. IL Gem.next said he was happy to say that he
was permitted to, propose the next toast, which he
was sure would be received in that heartfelt manner
it deserved. If he had not been a slow speaker and
a man of few words he should not have undertaken
the toast, for he should not have known where to
stop in the praise of the Archdeacon, who was well
known and loved in that place. He had for well-nigh
forty years been deeply interested in it, and had
shown a zeal and love and devotion for the spirit-
ual, moral, and educational interests of the place
which it would be hardly possible to exceed—
(applause)—and he believed he had beenpermitted
to see a vast amount of fruit from the labours of
love in which he had been engaged. The event
they had been celebrating—particularly one phase
of it, namely, the open seats—he knew had been
on Archdeacon Hone's mind for many years, and
the perfecting of the plan would be to him a very
, pleasant sight—(applause).. There would now be ,
no preference in seats; all would be welcome to
the best in church that could be had if only they
would come in time. The subscriptions had come
in for the work from far and wide, and constituted,
he took it, another proof of the esteem and respect
in which the Archdeacon was held. He (the
speaker) felt personally deeply indebted to Mr.
Hingley and others for their noblegifts ; while they
must remember a fact not perhaps known to many
there, that this was not the first the restoration of
Halesowen Church had been undertaken by the
Archdeacon—(applause). He had had that resto-
ration carried on according to the ideas of his time
and it was gratifying to find that, although the
first restoration was his own, yet he could now go
with the times and see that it was to the interest
and advantage of all to have open pews, and many
things which they learnt by experionce to be con-
ductive to publicworship. The speaker concluded
by alluding to Archdeacon Hone's spiritual work
in the parish, and said he trusted that lie and his
-family would continue for many years to have
health and strength to go on with their labours of
love until they were called to the higher assembly
above—(loud applause).
The Yen. Archdeacon Hone, in response, said he
should have been very glad if the number of toasts
could have been reduced by that of his health being
left out, so tied he need not have said a word about
himself. He thanked Mr. Gem for the very kind
way in which he had spoken of him and his family;
and he thanked then' very much for the way in which
they had received the toast. He hoped they would
now allow him to speak upon a -subject wlieh was
more congenial to
.him than that of talking about
himself, nainelY,' of the work that had been done;
and, first -of all, he must say with perfect sincerity
the work had not been his own. If it had not been
for those dear and good friends who had helped him
in the ministry of the parish, he should have shrunk
altogether from putting his hand to any great work
such as this had been. They would perhaps allow
him to make •reference to the past history of the
affair. When he first entertained the idea of the
work he thought if he could raise from £1,200 to
.C 1,500 :it would be a reasonable expectation; but
the manner in which it had been responded to was
beyond anything he had ever reckoned on, anclais one
name after another appeared on the subscription list,
lie found placed opposite it a sum generally three,
four, and,cven five times as great as he had expected.
Remarkable results had, too, flowed from the circum-
stances'of the prosperous state of the iron trade, as
well as the fact that Mr. Wragge had, during the
time of the restoration, placed at his command a
large sum of money to expend according to his judg.
went, When he (the speaker) presented to that
gentleman in October, a humble petition for the con-
sideration of their ease, which was only one amongst
ten thousand, he got in return a very considerate and
friendly letter, containing, however, nothing at all to
encourage anything but a hope of the customary do.
nation of a guinea. But as he sat down with his
family to diuuer on New Year's Day the late post
brought him a letter in which Mr. Wragge said he
had duly considered the case, and he thought he was
at liberty by the terms under which he was entrusted
with the money, as it was also his inclination to pro-
, mise a sum of .2500 towards the work—(applause).
The speaker next referred in detail to the several
larger donations, and showed that as the work of
restoration progressed the money came in until it
amounted to far greater proportions than he and
others had ever contemplated, until now, adding the
SUM collected at the offertories thacmorning (X 169
they might say they had at least arrived at .t 1,165.
He referred with great pleasure to the efforts made
by the working men, working women, and young
girls of the district in the matter of their tea meet!
jugs and concerts ifor the purpose of raising funds,
and said he had not only been astonished, but en-
couraged to much hopefulness by Such exertions.
Another matter causing him infinite delight was the
fact that, although before the restoration there were
only some twenty-four sittings in the church unar.
propriated, yet so successful had been the efforts of
the churchwardens that nine-tenths of the owners of
appropriated pews in the church had given up their
right :-r-applause). - The principle on which they had
acted from the beginning he believed to be a right one.
namely, that whatever they did to do it well as far
;the meney would allow, in preference to doing' it in a.
less subStantia manner. . Whatever they could not'
do they preferred leaving to posterity; but if the
.whispers he heard were true, :he might confidently,
say that the remaining part of the restoration would
not be left to posterity, but that they would do it
themselves.-applause). Another thing, if they
wished to do the work slightingly, Sir Gilbert Scott
would not allow it to be done in an inferior
.way—
(applause,. . The speaker concluded by alluding in
praisworthy terms to the choir, which, he • said, was
a young one, and had acquitted itself admirably
under the guidance -oflMr. Fairburn, the choirmaster,
and to the performances °Mr. Troman, the organist,
who being formerly the organiskat Halesowen, had
left for some six or seven years, and had during the
interval gained the degree of Bachelor of Music at
the University of Oxford. The latter gentleman
had composed a Te Deunt, which ho had dedicated to
him (the Archdaacon), and had performed it for the
first time at the morning service—(applanse).
Mr. Homfray proposed the health of the archi-
tect.
Sir Gilbert Scott, in acknowledging the compli-
ment, said his thanks were due to them for having
honoured him by placing him in the position of
architect. The work had been a most interesting
one, and one which he thought was most import-
ant. In nearly every place in that kingdom there
was some object which connected the present with
the past, and that one object *as generally the
church—(bear, hear). They had heard that day
from the bishop of two instances in which churches
had been re-built in that dioceses, but on hearing
it he could not help feeling regret that any ancient
church in the kingdom should be rebuilt. He was
always anxious that instead of being re-built
churches should be so repaired and so enlarged
and brought into IL proper state as to preserve
their antiquity—(hear, hear). He thought the
destruction of an old church was wiping out a leaf
froze the history of the parish in which it stands,
and of the country itself. There might be some
,cases in which it became necessary, but a great
-deal of consideration ought to be given before it
was 'determined upon. In the case before them
the very reverse had been done in former days to
injure that ancient church, but under the auspiees
of the _Archdeacon they had done everything they
could -to bring it into its ancient form, and towhat
existed five or six hundred years ago. The work
of restoration to its ancient form, was incomplete.
Several speakers lied spoken hopefully • of carrying;
out the remainder of the work, and this was most
desirable;, but, was-at the same time very consider-
able. It not only included the alteration Of . two
,ceilings, for these ceillings represented roofs
'which must be made of oak; and thataias not all
'there were walls requirihg much attention. -Frotu•
what he had Seen 'there that day, however, he felt
not the slightest doubt in the world but that the,
Work. would be done. Seeing the 'earnestness
manifesteithe could not for a moment doubt that
the church would be restored thoroughly to what
-it was in the past periods of its existence—
(applause).
The Yen. Archdeacon Hone next proposed the
health of the lay labourers in this work, included
"Restoration Fund Committee'," .with which the
name of -Mr. Trewolla was coupled.; "the Subscri-
bers; " and the " Decoration Committee."

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Mr. Trewolla returned thanks on behalf of the
lay labourers, in a lengthy speech, in which he
detailed the difficulties of the work which had been
undertaken, and their own ineflectual efforts to do
some thing towards the restoration themselves;
and of the marvellous change which was made
when Sir Gilbert Scott put in an appearence. He
also expressed a strong desire to see the goodwork

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