The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-05-09 00:00:00

REMARKS ON PASSING HIM.

the Rev. Laytini, pei veinal
Icy, on his way to nmke a attic call. I to pay Mlt It kin
1 pony carriage at the turnpike Mu, 110 km:neer.. ik all
sudhury. Being summoned item, L., Edgware tt It. the
magistrates decided that the toll ought to have pafit,
because Mr. Layard had been atrompanied on the erenten
by his wife and daughter. But no Saturday List the 00111 t ,)1
QUETII.B lieavhquarhrnltho comiction of the itkiv.o &Os eon,: 11,
and ruled that as Mr. Layard had been bums fide on Lis nun
to visit a sick parishioner, the presence of his wile and
daughter in the carriage did not vitiate his right to be
exempted from paying toll.

A coutennawary announces the return to England kg ('ii
Lyttelton after a short visit to the antipoder. Ills lortsln
left England on the 2nd of last December, accompanied q
his son, the nom spencer lyttelton, and by Mr. Skiff.: meof
the London police magistrates, and, travelling by the nn
route, visited the Canterbury settlement in New &Mau1...111
Which colony Lord 14 ttelton has considerable p0.c,10:,
The time occupied by their journey hats been little mole a 1,1
would have been required at the comntencement •
present century to visit Rome.

The Poor Law Board has breed ,now order far ret.
the duties of workhouse medical officers and imposin
ditional duties upon them. They arc requited to keel` a
to he termed the " workhouse iiicltvl °lacer',
which is to be entered in writing over report Mails by ,tie
to the board of guardians, as to the defects lottie iLot,
ventilation, warmth, and other arrangements of the win
house, as to any exceas in the number of any ebi,.u• ie•_at
which may be deemed to be detrimental to .11;ott
every defect in the arrangements of the inittn,aty, or
wards, and in the performance of their duties lip inn fl
of the sick; antl further a report of any other Mai'
gulling the attention of the guardians, and such re•
dations as may lie thought right to be
the guardians. The book is to be laid la no
guardians at their meetings, and :Use beton, I.
Mg committee and inspectors of the Po, I ni.
when required. All medicines and extras to
plied are to be entered on a elrd to he :Mixed at , • ,
the head of the Ind id the patient. The new duties ti
if workhouse medical officers are—To report to the Poor s,
Board every case of sudden or accidental death ottinrii.,
workhoustn, with the cause of death, within twenty fon
hours of receiving information if the same, and abo to IC.
port to the Poor Law Board every six months, without the
intervention of the guardians, on the ventilation, warmth,
accommodation for the several classes, the cookery and 41IS
tribution of food, the nursing, the supply of towels, vesse
bedding, clothing, conveniences, medical appliances, watet,
beds, lavatories and baths, and the supply anti distrilmtiOnot
hut and cold water.

A presentineit against Ritualism is being signed by elm: eh-
wardens in the archdeaconry ot Exeter. it sets forth that
Archdeacon Freeman revised in part the proof sheets ot tho
" Directorium Anglicanum," a book abounding 'inblaspe-
mous terms, forms, RIO ceremonies contrary to tlic alum
religion of Christ, and a base imitation of the Popish miss.
The Urimaldi vestments in use," continues the docuhrent,
"are more fitted for circus tomfoolery than to be niferPhisthe
Italy service of the properly reformed Church of •Englenn,
their origin being either Jewish or Pagan, although intro-
duced under new names to mystify weak minds.- Ardi-
deacon Freeman has written to the local papers, ticti)ing
that he revised the proof sheets of the el ojectionabk
but he admits having bees consulted on Its contents!

ir Archbishop Manning gave evidence on Monday untooln4
before the Select Committee on Sunday Drinklng 11l the
Archbishop's tpinion, Saturday is the most dangerous day is
the well fur the working classes there Is more druirkenue,s
011 Una night thou any other night in the work. 111(11
regard to the police reports, they afford no information as t
the extent of drunkenness at the prevent time. The sale bt
intoxicating drinks is generally admitted to have increased,
and drunkenness has Increased with it Efforts attt r the
spiritual benefit of the drinking dames is absolutely
paralyzed by the prevalence of their ccii habits. A peat
portion of witness's flock are exposed to great temptation It
think to excess on the Feast of St. Patrick, and stremions
efforts have been made during the last few years to suppress
the drunkenness consequent on that festival. In his
opinion why drunkenness wna so prevalent tut Sat,ii day
night was the fact of the poor working dames NAN.; 101,1 1,11
that night. In spite of the pulled, it in notorious that liii,
is obtainable at any hour on the Sunday, especially in isv
neighbourhoods. The restrictions proposed by the present
bill as to the non-consumptiou of liquors on the preiiiiQ
and the curtallineut of hours on the Sunday would dountivs,
be highlylioneticial. The Rev. Newman 11.11 was the seat,
witness.

A Parliamentary paper has 'teen published this Week, bid', It
contains Admiral Si arden's reports of the trials of the I km,-
nel Fleet hi 1a67, with the remarks of Vice-Admiral hobilisen,
the Controller of the Navy, thereon. The observations ot
the Controller consist of a critical analysis of the
unlaces of the several ships in the liqUatiroll as rrth
Roar-Admiral Warden ; bat ill the detailed reports the
are 'my great discrepancies, which further trial, ~]ene
can clear away. After the most careful consideridloa,
Ad-
inhial &loins.. can WC no eucomagement whates cc in
repOrts to return to the construction of unhateki,lout.,,ii
comparatively slightly-at-wonted ships; on the cAeltralT, ,
far as they go, they thoroughly confirm the propriety 01 t tic
changes that have been made in the folios of ships Mint iy
constructed—has length and greater fighting power, coinhiiir.l
with handiness, having been secured to them. The
of the new type alone give cause for dissatisfaction, and t hey
only In some instanoes, the pecularittea of which are Huss
undergoing the most caret islinquiry.

On Monday, in the court of Exchequer, the Right II
George Ward Hunt, the Chancellor of the Exchemne took
the usual oath prescribed for the holder of his °MCC neon),
the ordinary business of the court was eionnoloco
"40b.g, lAnd signed the roll. The right hit. g..,
who wore the fa state robes of the Chancellor. on, I)) )
took his neat as head of the court, mid asked Mr. lo•-,)
the •"lubman," if he had anything to move. Mr. llri
moved that the fact of the right hon. gentleman hay)), _) I: an)
the oath should be recorded, and that the Cherwell") ))))0).),-))
should be done.

An Act ilaS been prepared and brought into the threw id
Commons by Mr. Bass, Mr. Alueyd, and Mr. Liddell, wo.vb
proposes to enact that "every person playing or betung ni
any street, road, highway, or other ,men and public pl.:
or with any table or instrument of gaming, or soy
token, or other article used aS an instrument 'Pr
ginning, at any game or pretended game 01 lijU it
derailed a rogue and vagabond, and as such limy Id
and punished Ulida the Act." The bill is to connect' ii
lion on the firgt October next.

Sir It Phillhnore gave Judgment on Saturday, In the l'out
of Arches, in the Cane which has been no long pen,Th
tween the Bishop of Winchester and the Rev. Levi.,
The suit was instituted by the Bishop against Sir IN—:,
is the incumbent of Ecultulswell withsydmenton, ilea) ...own
ample!), to compel him to perform divine service at 00 Olt
ton Church. He had performed full services at E•c1e.1..,,i)
where the inhabitants principally resided, aldiic,
that he had a discretion where he would perform ti;)
as the stipend was not sufficient to employ a carnt,•• 5!,, in-
come from Ecchinswell being £6O, and from I.
£5O bs. bd. The Bishop of Winchester reutlired MT, 1.
be conducted in both churches, and the defendant
• "

,boy the monition, and argued his case in pt., ,
lordship held that on the request of the bishop Mr. ft ,_
was loolind to perform herviee in both chart:lie*, anrd i7nno
admonished iiim, and pointed out the comequence of 1.0,
contumacy. lie condemned Mr. Rugg in all the costa.

The great French railway (ampules raise capitat. by
obligations to the tune of about £12,000,000 per ammo, at
least they have done so for some time past. But by virtile el
new conventions Just concluded they have to unilertd, ,oloe
other sections, and they will probably have to raise
£16,000,000 this year. In the present data of halindr3 cd
commerce in France it appoam VI be considered ded,ble
that railway works should be pushed forward at all p.iot,
with activity, by the side of the six great coutpairiegeve
may mention others which are already houed or arc', in
course of formation, such as the tharentes, the Seib., Aid
Vesoul, .itc. These minor compimles will pr•Mably elm P e
shares and obligations to the extent of about kgotromoo