The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-12-25 00:00:00

SIR RICHARD TEMPLE ON "INDIA."

" India " was the subject of, a lecture delivered
on MGula evening by Sir Richard Temple, in the
Town Hall, Ludley, in connection with the Parish
Church Literary and Debating Society. Admission
was by ticket, and the room was well filled. The
Rev. Dr. Cosens presided, and among those present
I were the Mayor (H. M. Wainwright, Esq.), and
Mayoress, the Revs. S. J. Marriott. E H. L. Noott,
and W. H. Cain, Messrs. G. Bagott, S. Bagott, K.
Jones, J. Garratt, W. Barradale, Dr. Higgs, Messrs.
G.-F. Walker, R. G, Walker, M Smith, Chief-Surer-
intendent Burton, &c.—The Chairman, in his intro-
ductory remarks, referred to the services rendered
;by Sir Richard Temple in India. The desire
lof the members of the Literary and Debating
; Society was to make themselves acquainted with
the tai t 3 and rlnciples con, cote.] a th tin if and
asoa i 1 the pro ,res. ,-; ~f Grf,4*, Lai ••, ami
inasmuch us bac (4uee.l ~f :r.;i,gla,id was a!s )r pres •
of India —(applause)—they hal on the print
-occasion, in the lecturer, a gentlemen who could
well represent to them something of the vast
empire over which the Cluetn held "minion—
(aPPlluSo 3,

Sir Richard Temple, who received a cordial greet-
ing, remarked at the outset that he hoped his
audience would not imagine from the remarks which
had Mee from the Chairman, that he was about to
inflict upon them any stilted oration regarding the
resources, the capabilities, and the statistics of our
Indian Empire. lie was not , about to make any
desultory or depressing statement regarding politics
or political economy, but was only about to attempt
to give a sort of easy and conversational address re-
garding some points of Oe Indian Empire, which ha
trusted would be inter -sting and amusing. Before
t iuching upon the subject of the native of India he
would endeavour to mention a few circumstances
regarding the ways of life, and the life that ,sas le
in that country by English men and women. tie
then proceeded to describe the inconvenience of the
ware nely hot weather there experienced, the
pleasant relief which accompained the advent of the
rainy seas n, and the effect of the latter upon the
earth and all vegetation. The autumnal season
was next adverted to, and the fact mentioned that
most of the diseases of a trop'cal climate were con-
trasted during the months of September, October, or
the early part of November, even. At this moment
they had a most melancholy instance in the case of
our excellent Viceroy, who, at the outset of his
career, had caught the autumnal fever of In lie.
God grant, said the lecturer, that his Lordship
might speedily recover—(app.ausee The winter
season was next spoken of, with its aceelleanying
sports and festivities, so ne of which, nowever,
differed from the recognised games played in this
country during the winter. Speaking of cricket,
the lecturer sail the Anglo-lath ins wo ild have to
look to their laurels, as toe natives ha I taken ti
the game, and one particular tribe, the Per,ess, had
caused as much astonishment by beating an Angto-
Indian team as was created at "Lords" when the
Australians first beat their English oppanon s.
Indian regattas, flower shows, race meetings, the
pursuit of football, lawn tennis. and other games,
were all alluded to. Speaking of the military
barracks in. India, the speaker sal I they were very
much improved now-a-days in comparison to what
they formerly were; the men were much more
setucated, almost all of them being able to read be-
fore they euli-ted, and those who could not read
I before were taught to read afterward, ; newspapers,
periodicals; &c., were much read, and in the long
winter evenings the European soldiery occupied
themselves in a laudable and sensible manner—
(applause). Thus, by the study of light I:teratuie
in their reading rooms, and by the pursuit of games
of skill, tit men were weaned from evii habit', and
diverted from taverns and such like place of resort.
Some thought was also given to the sailors, and
there were now very fine institutions est adished
both in Calcutta and Bombay, called "sailors'
homes," the object of which was to provide cheap,
comfortable, and salubrious lodgings for all men
who went ashore, and the good. thess homes had
accomplished was simply incalculable. The volunteer
force was quite as great an institution in India as
in England—',hear, hear)—indeed, comparing the
numbers of the Europen community, he did not
believe there was any, community iii the British
Empire that proportionately furnished so large a
number of Volunteers as did the communiti,s of
Calcutta and Bomb4y—(applause) All the em-
ployes of the railway companies were formed into
corps of Volunteers, and it could be imagined what
an effect it had in tins ,s of danger. Everyone of
the empleyes was taught to handle arms, and to
show, in the presence of danger, that calm, self-
possession, and courage which always rose from the
consciousness of training and of power—(applause).
The R,orn in Catholics in India were extremely
strong in point of numbers, and, indeed, some of
the best institutions belonged to the Roman Catho-
lic community—(applause). One word as to the
intelleetu ii life or the Anglo—lndians. His audience
would, perhaps, be surprised to hear that great as
was the institution of aludie in t.iis country India
also had its Mudie :iii fact, there was no single
station which had not got its b )ok club in connec-
t:on with the great libraries in London, and he had
no doubt "En7lymion" had already reached India,
and was being read there—(laughter, and applause).
There were also free libraries at uslcutta and Bom-
bay, and he should be cprious to know whet:ler
Birminehain itself could boast of better libraries
than did these two places—(applause). Reference
was next made to the insft utions for the pursuit of
the sciences; afterwards camp life was described,
the beautiful scenery of the Cashmere Valley was
depicted, and mention made of the a.ntiqsteri
remains to be found in India, the leetnrer remark-
ing that, te use a common phrase, there was not a
country in the world which !lad anything like the
show of antique ruins and remains that India had.
He ventured also to think that the public works,
and engineering works, and modern achievements
of the Anglo-Indian race demanded the attentioa of
all English travellers—(applause), He would not
say too much of the public buildings, because in
India they began to build in a very plain and ugley,
and he ventured to think debasing style, but of late
years this had been greatly improved. The rail-
ways were very finely designed, whilst the canals,
he said, were the finest in the world, the total mile-
age of them being counted,by thousands of miles.
The coal mines and collieries ot India, it was com-
puted, employed no less then 60,000 naives
(applause). 'The lecturer thsn spoke of the natives.
and eulogised them for their hospitable manners
and capabilities as men of business, adverted to the
remarkable quickness with which they acquired a
correct pronunciation of th a'English language, and
said as domestic servants they were simply uusur-
passable, and wonderfully faithful—(applause).
The native servants would follow the English
s ddiers in time of war into the most dangerous
situati ais, and were often under fire themselves,
and exposed to danger almost as great as those to
which the soldiery were exposed. He claimed for
all classes of native servants a high character for
fidelity, and it should be remembered that in the
dark days of the mutinies, when many of the
natives 'might have believed that the English were
shortly to be expelled from their country, when the
native troops rebelled, and when it was so remark-
ably easy for native servants to have deceived their
masters, or done them harm, there was not one
sin 1e instance recorded of any native servant
turning against his mastar in that time of difficulty
but the instances of their fidelity, even unto death,
were legion—(applausa). Toe native soldiers
wuuld go through a vast amount of work in a cam-
paign; that sort of work which was most necessary
to military success, and which did no carry with it
the highest degree of military honour or reward,
nd ducing the campaigns too little was often
thought of the debt which was owing to the
patience and endurance of the native troops. He
could assure his audience that the na ivea were
well worthy any effsrt which could be made on their
behalf. It was even said they were deficient in the
sense of gratitude, but he was wholly sceptical on
that point. The result of his experience was that
if they only gave the natives something to be grate-
ful for they would evince the quality of gratitude
in the highest degree—(applause). If ever they
had failed to convince Englishmen of this, the
probability was there was as much fault upon our
side as upon theirs, inasmuch as they hai not
enough to be grateful for—(applause). They were
being highly educated, some people said education
would make them disloyal, but he conceived it
would manifestly make them more loyal, because
men who had been brought up in English ways,
and whose minds had been formed upon the educa-
tional model as taught in our schools, whi hat
learned to think in our language, and were imbued
with the ideas of our national system, must neces-
sarily in the end be loyal to England, io her
Sovereign, and to this nation—(applause). He
hoped lie had said enough to enlist the sympathies
o: his audience not only on behalf of this Euro-
pean countrymen serving in India in official and
non-official capacities, but also on behalf of that
vast native population who an all- wise Providence
had entrusted for weal or woe to the English nation
and to its Sovereign—(Loud applause).
The usual votes of thanks terminated the pro-
ceedings.

detrimental to the health of the public, going
through the streets in that manner. The time
allowed by the bye-laws to move such matter was ,
between 6 o'cl .ck at night and 8 o'clock in the '
morning. Dr. Ashinead, medical offic -r of health ;
for the Local Board, said his attention was called
to the bad smell. It was detrimental to the public
health, and might have produced typnoid fever.
The defence was that he was not aware he was
doing wrong. Defendant was ordered to pay the
costs.
ADMINISTERING POISONOUS DRUGS TO HORSES.—
Thomas Norman, wagoner, was 'summoned for
adininis ering poisonous drugs to four horses, be-
longing to his master, Thomas Bache, farmer, of
Kinver. Mr. Elolberten appeared for the defence.
Pt oxicutor said that about 10 o'clock on the evening
ef the 7th just., he went into his stable to look at
the hors s. The horses had been suffering frcn
bad colds. On entering the stable he noticed a
str.eig sin di. He went and examined the manger
and found a quantity of chaff a portion of which
he took out and gave to his wife. On a subsequent
occasion his wife took the chaff to Mr. Blakeway.
The corn box was searched in his presence, and the
two bottles produced, containing drugs, were found
in it. In his presence a portion of the drugs were
put into two clean bottles, sealed up, and sent to
Mr. Bland.—Cross-examined : Norman had been in
his employ since March last. His horses had had
very bad colds. The horses had looked very well
during that time. The horses did not look any
worse than when he (defendant) 'took to them.
Defendant came to him with a very good character.
Wagoners were in the habit of giving the horses
something to mate tnem look better and sometimes
the horses looked better for it.—Police-sergeare.
Head said he searched the corn box and found the
bottles produced He charged the defendant with
administering poisonous drugs to the horses and
d-fendant rep'ied that 111 did not give it them to do
them any injury. On the way to the station de-
fendant said "Its no use telling lies," I have given
them some of the drugs and I hope Mr. Bache will
be lenient with me. He sealed the bottles an I
took them to Mr. Bland.—Mr. Bland was of
opinion that the drugs if given in a concentrated
state would be injurious to horses ; but he thought
if taken in small doses it would not be injurious.
Mr. Blakeway, veterinary surgeon, Stourbridge,
said the contents of one of the betties brought to
him was most injurious to the horses. The horses
were under his treatment at that time and although
the drugs were given in small quantities it had
proved most injurious. The drugs in one of the
bottles was net injurions. Mr. Holberton addres-
sing the Be,neh for the defence, contended that the
defendant did not wilfully administer the poisonous
drugs to do them harm. The Bench said they con-
sidered the case fully made out, that he did wilfully
administer injurious drugs to the ho:-es They
should fine him in the amount of coste, .22 15 6d,
hoping it would be a caution to him ae! others to
refrain from using drugs otherwise the: provided
by their masters.
KILLING A. PHEASANT. Jam's Har.lin, John
Haywood, Phillip Hodgkiss. John Lit-le, and James
Harwood, of Srourbridge, were charged .vith killing
a pheasant on land in the occupation of tne Earl of
Stamford. Mr. Ald'sen prosecuted ani Mr.
Holberton defended. Police-constable Marshall,
stationed at Envtlle, said that from information
r-eeived he concealed himself, with Henry Hollins
aid Harry Hollins, in Mauve Lane, Kinver, About
1 45. he saw the five defendants pass down the lane.
They had a doe- with thorn and kept looking over
the fence as they were going alone,. He tnen went
to another part; 2 miles away, a place called Enville
Conmon. When he got near the rac2course he
again saw the five men. He watched them along
the Stourbridge road near to Etiville, until he got
to Wall's Wood and then say three of them get
over the fence into the wood. He then heard then
pheasants flying about and stones being tarown
into the trees. He saw Harding with the pheasant
produced in his hand. When defendant saw wit-
ness he threw down the pheasant and ran away.
There was no road near the wood.—Harry Hollis
end Henry Hollins, gamekeepers, gave corrul ora-
tive evidence.--llodgkiss, against whom a previous
conviction was proved, .vas fined los and costs, or
in default one month The ogler defendants were
each fined 20s and costs, with the alternative of
one month's nt.
RIDING WITHOUT REINS. Thomas G willam,
wagoner, was fined 103 including costs, for riding
on a wagon withoutreins.—Police-constable Enoc h
proved that defendant was riding on a waggon
drawn by three hor6es, without having reins. He
was also as'eer.
TRKSPASS.—Benjamin Craddock, Richard Crad-
dock, Cartwright, a-id William King were
charged with trespassing on land in the occupation
of Mr. G. A. H. Best.—Mr. Addis= prosecuted and
Mr. Holberton defended.—John Phillips, game-
keeper, said he was concealed and saw 5 men pass
by him. He saw Kin; and a man named Williams
get over the fence into a field called "Yew Tree
Ileleadow.' The other three mea went walkiug
down the road. He afterward? saw them jump
back again over the field and run down the lane to
the other men. Kne hid a pheasant in his
possession.—Williim Gerdge. a keeper, and Walter
Aldnow, a puddler, gave similar evidence.—Ricbard
Craddock and Benjamin Craddock, who had been
previously convicted, were fined 40s each and costs,
or, in default one month's imprisonment. The
other two were each fined 103 and costs, or, in de-
fault 14 days.

TEIE EARL OF DUDLEY AND THE
_ ENIPLOYERS' LIABILITY ACT.

On Wednesday morning Mr. E. Fisher Smith,
chief agent for the Earl of Dudley, wad Mr. William
Jeffries, met a dovy and a collier from each of his
lor :ship's pits on the west of Dudley, at Round
Oak Offices, fir the purpos: of making a statement
to them re-pecting the Employers' Liability Act.
Messrs. John Skidmore, J. Hughes, .J. Sheen, J.
Mantle, ,Nightiugale, 13ulger, and Hancox were also
present.
Mr. Fisher Smith said that 'he had no doubt
most of the men pressnt were union men, and he
wi,hed to explain to them that he did not wish thew
to come to any decision without c msulting their
advisers. He did not want to supersede the union,
but simply to speak ti them on a question which,
in his opinion, was of more importance to the tnen
than to the masters. The men expected great
advantages from the Employers' Liability Act. He
was riot prepared to say whether these expect diens
would be verified, but it was of great importance
that their relative positions should be understoed.
Arte.ngements had been come to in many of the
colliery districts between the employers and employed
and he thought that the scheme arranged in tee
South Wales district was a very good one. Before
he sta' ed what that was Mr. Jeffries would desciibe
the existn; system of dealing with accidents in
Lord Dudley's collieries.
Mr. Jefferies said that about £2,000 was paid
annually in that office on account of colliery acci-
dents for that side of Dudley alone. Thick-coal
collieries did not pay anything to the accident fund,
but at the end of each month the office assessed the
amount which each butty should contribute towards
it. The amount varied according to the condition
of trade' but whatever the amount was the Earl of
Dudley doubled it. It was quite easy to see that
the bu. ty could not pay these amounts unless they
were paid to him in his charter, and so in reality
the amounts came out of the Earl of Dudley's cash-
box. 'thin-coal miners paid 4d a week to the
accident fund. When a man was disabled he got
from the office Os., and a doctor was found for him,
and he had his coal allowance continued the same
as if he were at work. This 6s a week paid out of
the office was augmented by 6s. a week gathered by
tae mei, at the pits. These payments were
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pit worked. When a man was on the box, too, he
was allowed his usual Christmas beef. In the
eveut ot the accident being fatal, the office allowed
£3 for a coffin, and the chatterinaster, in most cases
found what was necessary beyond that. The widow,
if tee man died, received Is 6d a week for life or
till she married again, and 6d. a week for each child
up to the age of 13 or 14. according to discretion.
If t ie widow married she received six months' pay
and the pit's company often continued gathering
for her for twelve months. Mr. Jeffries appealed
to the men to say whether his statements were
accurate, and they all admitted they were quite
e correct.
Mr. Smith then stated the leading features of
the South Wales plan. The Employers' ' Liabality
Act only gave, be said, compensation for a limited
clsss of accidents, and this scheme gave, he con-
sidered, a very liberal allowance. In the case of
the death of men leaving no dependent relatives it
gave £2O, and £5 in addition for the death of men
who did leave dependent relatives. Widows were
prole..d for at the rate of ss. a week, and 2s 6d a
week for each child till the age of 13. In the case
of the disat lement of a man the pay was Si a week,
Where men who were members of the society went
to work at the Collieries of masters who were not
members the payments were three-fourths of the
amounts he had stated, and such men bad their
remedy against their employers under the Act. The
payments were 3d. a week for each man, and Bs, a
week was the total that waa provided. There would
probably be no gathering at the pits. The selerne
was much the same as the Cannock Chase one.

Several of the men spoke, awl ail said ihat they
were in htvu uf the continuance of 111 tin..;
that the pits companies they represunic,.• iheL
that morning, and passed resolutions favourable to
the continuance of the old system,
Mr. smith said he waa quite willing that the old

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