The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-05-02 00:00:00

TfII4STOTTERRIDOF ORSFIRTFIL

imminent when In a terrible moment of political
exigency, one who ought to have been a foster-
ing son, end supporter and cherish°, of our
naComil Church, stirred up and forced a depar•
tore Irani that principle of a united Church and
itste lo one pal tot the United Kingdote—(hear,
'bear". die bad deep feelings upon that subject,
and the departure from that principle was woeful
to us, and lie was thankful to know that the con-
ocieuces of men were sullicieutly stirred by that
at to render a repetition of it impossible. He
tat ',rest pleasure in promHing that good old
lease, "Church and State," and ehould couple
.vith it Use Bishops and Clergy of the two
dioceses. Ho ahould beg to c•ili upon the Rev.

I'. Williams to reveled to that toast —(epplause).
The Rev. T. Wißimini said he thanked Mr.
Freer for pipsueiug the toast of Church and
itate. fie MAI very great pleasure in respond.
mg to It. He was sure all the clergy were very
thunkfal that they were presided over by such
an excellent man as the Bishop. He had re-
ceived many :narks of hie kindnese which he
should nevi w forget. He fiill3 dielieeed that the
f one of the clergy bad improved during the last
few yeare, nod that there were plenty more thre
roughly devoted to their work. Of coarse it
was very Dr idea during the late elections that
the people were rallying around the Church of
England, and he thought it was a great test of
their sense of the influence of the Church end
Clergy that they elected men who would protect
the Church from spoliation. He hoped the
Church would not rest upon its honours, but
r would go forward in a new course of enterprise,
to esudeavour to advance religion awned the
mass of the people—Omar, hear). He then re-
ferred to the Bill lately brought into Parliament
against elinony, the treffieking in livings being
much against the feeble; of the country. lie
Ise spoke at some length upon the bill intro.
dared by the Archbishop of Canterbury, which
had for Its object the regulation of the Church
service ; and which he looked forward to with
ereat hope as he believed, if passed, it would do
much towards stopping those illegal practices
whim n were causing so much diseeueion in the
Church and State. Ho believed there was no
greater danger than this. The rev. gentleman
seertly after sat down amid great applause.
Mr. *.feeten Boo& y, in a humorous speech
proposed "aka Army, Navy, awl Anxiliery
Free." The Conservative party was th) first
to tern its attoutiou to the iroitelede. For the
army they fought for; the 'hireling() Bill ; and
their party had always teem opposed to little
war...—(loud °floors). Major Welker reepowled
to the toast, and said he hail to return them his
heat ty thanks for the very cordial manlier in
which it bad been proposed by Mr. llomfray,
and received by those present. If they wished
to learn what had • been aerompdahod by the
army mid navy, they conkl turn to the history
sit the country, on every page of which they
would find noble deeds recorded which would
thrill every Englielim ol'e heart whoa lie read
thee.. The army had lately proved in Aaliantee
limii they were made of the Ham staff us their
furefatbera, and he was quit.) sore that if the
navy was called upon, they would not be called
upon in vein. With refereiwo to the auxiliary
lire's, lie coal)! not poiet to the history of the
emnitry, and ask them to regard them with fa.
your on Recount of what they had done, but lie
wield remind them that they were made of the
elVile flesh and blood Its the older forced were,
and that if the day should arrive when the in.
viler should set his tout upon those shores they
should give a good acemuit of themselves :
(applause). Major Smith thou proposed " The
ll.,.nses of Lords and Couweene,' and is doing
s) said that toast would require very few wards
from him in such an assembly as that to com-
mend it to their notice. They had heard a good
deal lately afloat the abolition of the House of
Lord:), and it was said that it was uut wanted,
bet he did not think that the cue could get on
without the other, Thera was no other nation
that had two such Institutious, and he did not
think that any other nation had done so well
with those inetitutions. The House of Lords
actei ae been to the House of Commone.
There had been crude measures introduced to
the Heim of Lords. awl after the infueion of a
little leaven thet Ii l been g:veu to the outititry.
He felt eonvincett that now they would beim
thet sterdy legielation, whlell was so Molly
wanted, to promote the welfare of our country.
lie coupled with the toast tile name of their new
member—Mr. Walker.—(great cheering).
Mr. T. E. WALlthlt, who on rising was most
utlinsiastioully cheered. lie said : Although
_ . _ .

;his fa not the first time I have had the privi-
lege to resytind to the toast of the " Lords and
CoMMOMI' I rise on the preseut occasion with
great satil;etion, se it happens to be the first
time te it 1 oi fe be said to have Lad a vested
littered: in the toast—flieer, hear.) By your
kid was I b... 31 toot now I have a right to re
spat lto such a toast. It is usual on festive oc-
casions if thla character to propose these toasts
separately, and I imagine that if any of the
rioblo lorde who were 1110 Ni to be present hail
been here, these toast would not have been
couplet together now ; but I think thereis a eel,
t tin filmes& in the combination of the toasts on
Via present oanelon. At the present time I
believe I may say that the House of Lords and
the house of Commons are in accord with one
another. It has not been for many years that
we hero been in the position to consider them
thus—(mer). With respect to the Upper lions°
all I have to say is that it may never be des-
troyeil, and I think that however many times a
revolutionary statseteau may think before lie
proposes to destroy it, that the wishes of the
e ;entry has been so strongly expressed during
the late election that he will !not venture
lapin to express those opinions at fitly meeting
of him countrymen—(cheers). With regard to
the House of Commous, I think I might say
Mutt the country et last is ruled by a lions°
under which our titue-holioureil institutions are
secure—(hear) ; a House under whiph the glori.
met constitution of Church and State, which has
lawn 'lauded dawn to us by our forefathere, will
lie protected from the baud if the despoiler ;
, Home of Commons wider which a man may feel
that there is some security in property; meter
which even.the humblest in the luta may feel
there are some inducemente for hint to endeav-
our to gain a etake in the oonntry—(hear)
nil r which the alter, the throne, an.l the coun-
try will be secure, and under which, by Divine
providence, we may hope that the safety, hon-
our, 811.1 welfare of our Sovereign and her do.
minions will be maintained —(cheers).
Captain Noe) gave "Her Majestyle Ministere,"
end sei.l lie wielied the toast had fallen bite
;shier hereto than his own. Ile was sure all of
them were confident that the present ministry
wasot strong one and a mite one, and one that
w ;old carry them through all their troubles
that tight come to them. He thought when
e;ey come to look at the report of the First Lou-
d oi Admiralty who sail they should not have
CIA'. ships upon paper, lint in reality, they
wool.l be satieliel that ill SIUM hands our navy
wale safe. The late government were satisfied
to hale; to a greet extent their navy aud other
tliinge upon pipes; their cry was economy ir-
respeetive of etlieieney, and though the present
tioto;;;;eneet would nu tleebt hat,' to spend a
little tern tnetty, it was ()Ili, to bring back
Etielfael once more to her former position.
The relies ef the lute Ministry was to please
such ;,.s Dillce and that lot; (laughter) but he
believ,"ii; !neje object of the Ministers in
power was to hook well to the interests of the
with.° natiaa—(aohr, hear). The were all men
of business in the true Reese of the word, and
if the improvements which they would make
wonld cost us a little more in the way of taxes,
they meatbe oonvineed that it was for their
welfare the last was responded to with vocifer.
eels cheering.
Mr. W. Roberts (of Pedinore), introduced the
toaet of the" Conservative Members for East
Worcestershire and West Staffordshire." He
said he did not think it required any great
amount of eloquence to bring that toast under
their notice, lie was sorry to hear that one
of those gentlemen was at the present time suf-
fering from an attack of ill health, and he sin-
cerely hoped that they would 'have their health
preserved to them. He hoped that they would
long continue to represent their constituncies,
and assist by their words mei votes to remedy
the miechievoue legislation whieh had takeu
place in the peat, and that through their means
that mischievous men will no longer be allowed
to force such legislation neon ill as will bear
bad fruit upon generations still unknown. They
bed now amongst them teen who would do their
vory beet for their oonstituents, and he trusted
they would elwitye have the beet of health to
meet them there aud do their duty iu the House
of Commons —(treemendous applause).
Mc. 'l'. E. Walker, M.P., rose to respond.
He will : liming already returned thanks for
the Cordial well in which you (mare responded to
the Hones of Commons, I now rise to shot you

for the enthuelastio way
In which you have
drank the health of your own members. I wish
that my coleagne had bet n able to be present
on this occasion and I can assure you that
nutbiug but illness of the most serious kind has
kept him away, mud I ant afraid that the fact of
boing unable to be present this eveehig has
anitertally increased the illness from which he
is suffering—hear). My hou, friend on the !eft
merely understood that the ilineas from which
my colleague is ouffering is illness of the mind,
and th it hie extra teaming afforded a proof of
the deep interest he felt for the well-being of his
ematittients—(hear). One thing I must say for
, him, and that is this, that his attention to the
duties of the House of Cumulous since his election
has been something remarkable. My worthy col.
league, I believe, has been in his place oftner than
any other member. As a man whose health is not
the most robust, I regard his attention to Parlia-
mentary duties, reflect great credit upon him, and
I hope you will take this as an earnst of the wish
that he desires to do his duty and to servo the
electors to the best a his ability. Referring to
myself, I feel that my thanks are especially duet°
the electors of this itumediate neighbourhood, for
it was in this town that my name was that pro-
posed SOI a candidate for your suftrages—(hear)—
and also to the Constitutional Association for the
requisition which they forwarded me. That I
was only too glad to come forward I need hardly
state. When I consented, I hardly expected the
gloriois victory which we have secured although
one good friend, Mr. Goldingham, said he was sure
we should win by a majority f 600. Then I was
of opiniau that the "wish was father of the
thought," but it has proved substantially correct.
We can attribute our general success not only to
the united action of ourselves, but also to the
errors of our opponents. I think that the re-elec-
tion of Mr. Lyttelten was doomed wlien he decided
to throw over that clause in the Education Act
which gave up the Bible in our eehools—(hear,
hear). Though Ido not profess to be a thick and
thin supporter of the Government—by that! niesti
1 have never pledged myself blindly to follow Mr.
Di :rarli into either of the lobbies—yet Ilhave from
Gm very first time that I was able to form any
opinion about polities felt that the only line for it
luau who really thinks about things was to join
the Conservative party—(laughter)—and I must
say th it, with the little experience I have had in
the House, that whenever such persons as Sir
Charlie Bilk° put notices on the paper, even with-
out reading it, I eliouldeto safe to go to the con-
' trary lobby and vote against him. With respect
to Mr, Gladstone, I want to make one or two
remarks. Ido not wish to say one word against
because even in the good old days, as they
wet•e called, when the prize ring was the fashion-
I able resort, there was a rule never to strike a man
when he was down. Nor was there necessity for
, giving such a blow, because a blow was given
with such precision and vigour by the people at
the late election, that I feel sure it will take Mr.
Gladstone a long time to recover from it. But in
speakiug at a diuner at Broumgrove, given to cele-
brate the Conservative triumph, I innocently
alludettto him as the junior member for Green-
wish. It is usual at times in the House, I believe,
, to speak of them in such terms. When I said that
I had not the slightest intention if casting the
' dieht 'it reflection upon the right lion gentleman ;
1 but I think that, supposing the election at Green-
wich had taken place is week later—it WO,S Ono Of
' the lir-t In the country, there is a probability that
he would n. t have been the junior inember---( hear).
, In referring to those remarks of mine, the leading
Liberal organ of the Midland counties was good
, enough to say that in the observationa which 1
. mad. there was nothing which called for eapeeial
• notioe, except the fact that I had alluded to Mr.
• Gladstone as the junior member for Greenwich,
and said it was a "piece of underbred impertiu-
. mice which carried with it its own condeimmtion"
' —(laughter). lam afraid the feelings of our
friends connected with that paper must have been
dreadfully shocked with the "little" Conservative
banquet which took place in Birmingham, and
' which has been pretty well ventilated through the
prvss. They must have read a great deal of "under-
' bred impertinence" in the speech made in the
1 House of Commons a few nights ago by the member
for Cambridge, Mr. Smotlett, If! have been
innocentley guilty of such a crime I have dune
it in good company. It verges almunt upon the
, ridiculous to be called to order by the "Bremogeta
Daily Post"—(hear. hear, and laughter). I can
quite understated that journal being a little sore
after the signal defeat of the editor in East Staf-
fordshire, as indeed with most of the Birmingham
, candid nes in other parts of the country—(hear,
hear). I have no doubt that his mind has not
' been CO calm and ploaeant as before. It has occur-
red to me that the editor of that journal is always
hitting Inc. and I have no doubt that this evening
' I have given him a further oport unity. In con-
' elusion, I assure you that our best efforts will
• always be at your service, and we hope that the
memb,re of the House of Commons will not only
t enjoy good health, but that the House will live to
a good old age, and in fact, to such an age as al-
-1 lowed by the constitution of this count eft—(eheers).

The learned Chairman in reap iniiing said: We have
now a place in the new Parliament, and that Pariament
establiehed upon very different principles to the one
which we sent in P 468. Mr. Gimlet...le, on the motion
that es been alluded to by my hon. friend, bronglit for.
word by the lion. member for Cambridge, Mr. :Monett,
rose in the lletiel. intending as we thought Li give um
some reason for ;he ...adieu dissolution that lied taken
place. In many words, in many well turned phrase., in
tunny happy hits upon his siveresry, in ninny reinarke
wideli drew forth plaudits from his own Mewl., and ad.
iniratien from those who, like myeelf, hive still a love
fir the teboiarly attainments of Mr illadittone, he re-
elided to Mr. flueillett ; but althea:eh his words, phriiees,
and goetureei were maey, not one •ingle reason did he
give fir the dissolution that 1181 so auddeoly taken place
—(hear, hear). I eat there listening to every word which
he utterol, and waiting, he drew near the uu'ij:ct like a
shy Else on a bad day. Re came cluee to the kit, but
when it was just going to rise he slipped end drew away
from Cie subject, nod we never heard him give anything
• ,pn•eching a euggeetion why the Parliament, which lied
laebei up to the 17th of January, elieuld have been so
sudden iy doomed to de, although but ehortly before one
member had been returned on the side of the tiovernment
and there had been nothing certainly in tile few daya
, which preceded Mr. Gladstonea nieces which bad led us
!to believe that the Perlitment Was coming ai maidenly
' to a close. All will remember that Mr. (i:teistone was
i;l in bit two or three &lye before the voluminous noth •
WAS issued. It came from his sick bed, and written there,
as it is said so carefully that not one single spot of ink
was to be found upon the eheete—(lnugliter). fdr.Glad•
stone thought he uhould be aide, being in position, Li
rely sill. more certainty upon a Periament endilenly
called t ipether. But the right bon. gentleman had reek•
unet n!theut the host that lie hail not taken cognisanee
of w,, .t was the Conservative ',institutional associationa
throu..h! iat the country—(hear, hear). The Prime Min-
ister nieught lie would take us all by surprise, but little
thought that wtth the extension of the franchiee we had
eattled out the intention of Mr. Disraeli, atill lied been
orgeuseing our forces and educating our men Oxioughout
our beroughe unit counties to exereiee that privilege in-
uilige,.lly. fie no doubt thought that upon • sudden die-
solution of Parliament there would have been a poll of
the more ignorant, who thought that they would receive
some great benefit frotu the gigentic bait of £e,oieJooo,
which ees dangled before their expectant eyes. But we
had Wain care to:educate the people that they slier Id not
be led away by those who called themselves their friends
We boo nowitsken the responeibilities of office, elected
by the extended suffrages of our conutrymen. It behoves
us to take care that those who are now placed in power
shall use there power for the raising of the people, so
that Cuero shall be secured the greatest happiaess for
the greatest number—(hear). When Mr. Cladetone en-
ured tho itemise after Sir Stafford Northa..tn had brought
fariseid the Widget, It Was generally expected that he
would have given an expression if hie views, said disclose)
his own opinions ; but upon this subject the late Prime
Minister was dumb. 'then it Was though that lei would
point cut to the House the error of the ruling party. He
might have " called down " a curse upon us, but he de-
parted blunting se altogether—flaughter) —and we only
hearil from hint that there wee considerable approval of
the schemes proponadeil by the Chancellor of the Rxelle•
qui, I will not say one word now about that budget;
rather let ashaiik to the future. One of the first schemes
in the future should be one which would enable a lionext
working inau, without being trammelled by so much
trouble anti elpenee to obtain and properly secure an
minima uif property in thin country—(hear). We shall
hail that ocliente which the great mini of the present
Lori Chancellor (Lord Calm') will bring forward I. .r the
more rosily transfer of land and greater security of real
property with the highest amount of credit. It will give
those who have property a ready means of parting with it.
It has been said that the Conservatives have shown no de•
aided policy; but Our policy is this—to continue the Con.
stitotiou of our country, improving it where anything ha.
been.° ebnolete, where circumstance, shall have changed
and required alteration, there we will di) it and suit them
according to the teas. and the different habits of the
world ; doing nothing rashly, not by " harrasiog legie-
lotion which brie eharsoterined the late Parliament, in-
fliceieg penalties In every branch of trade, but by giving
to every man the full right to act according to his dieere•
lion, taking care that the law shall be eqaally constructed,
maintaining every man in hie proper rank and proper
order. These are the principala we propose to carry out
in the Parliament to which you have elected ne--(loud
Mr. Wooldridge rose to propose the toast of "The
Chairman," and in doing No, he said for him to attempt
to nay anything in praise of Mr. 11111, would be equiva-
lent to rubbing the newly-gathered peach, to add to its
luntre. Ile had in the name of the u!onserrativee of this
town, to thank him for his presence anionget them that
evening. The Birmingham press had recently made
uncaring allusions to the rejoicing* of the Conservatives
In Emit Worcestershire, where they had list two seats and
gained only one. To one of those they did nit attach
mach importance, and what they had done is the way of
dinging Conservative principles in lisat Worcestershire
would peeve to be of the greatest value in the future,
and he contended they had a right to celebrate the deci-
sive victory which they had gained in the representation
of this division of the county. It occurred to him, why
he should be a Conservative, patting it on the lowest
ground. The Radical press tells them that the Tory rule
way bad; bat if that was the case, the Radical rule was
were.. We was, however, • Tory ea other ground,. lie

was a Tory because the &Mks of the country was better
..10kod after in the:bends of the Conservative party. He
thought this country bed never stood lower lathe eyes of
its neighbours than it did new, after a long reign of
Radical inisriale—(hear, hear). What would have bees
,aid had Mr. Disraeli made use of the at 'yid prerogative
to abolish purchase in the rimy ? What would the Redo'
cal press have said it they (the ('onservative.) had per-
petrated the Collier scandal ' What wonld the Radical
press have call if they the Conservativen) had made such
a muddle as the San Juan muddle ? He concluded by
eapreasing the very great pleasure he felt in proposing
the health of their chairman, and was sure they would all
j•sin him in giving expression to the plessore which his
meant— there, all chairman, that evening, afforded them
--(loud cheers).
The toast wan received with the greatest enthuniasm.
three hearty cheer, being given fur the chairman by all
present.
Mr. A. Stavelev Hill said he wan Teri much obliged to
them for the kiwi way in which Mi. Wooldridge had pro.
weed his health, and for the enthusiastic manner in
which they had ...Impended to it. He bad given op the
seat for the town which he bad represented in Warwick-
shire, and that that twat should have been loot to his
sartv iso. liii only sorrow during the late election. But
he thought he WOI not to blew for taking a neat amongst
his own people.
Mr. Broughton said the pleasing doty had devolved
upon him of proponiug the bealths of their two vice-
chairmen. Ile saw that one of them was a major and the
other wan a captain. They were not round men placed
in square holes, but they were ready to face either victory
or death. For that was the cane with the 13ritinh soldiers,
whether they were majors, captains, or colonels, they was.
&Braya ready to face the foe. He Mien it ilJ.i the
rule to call our constitutioo all to pieces ; but lie knew I
Instances where men who had emigrated from England,
and since returned, were very glad to find themselves at
home, acid to exclaim, " England, with all thy faults I '
love thee still." It was a groat pleasure to him to pro-
pose the health of the two gentlemen to whom he hail
referred. and he hoped they would all receive the toast
with " three times three."
Thin haring been done,
Mr. Smith responded, and uid he ',W119 very much
obliged to Mr Broughton for the way In which he had
propoeed their healths. He wan yore; to say that after
11 yearn passed in it ho had left the service ; hut if any-
thing should happen he would gladly go back and lead
his corps. He had Inol the honour of being chairman of
the Conservative Asaociation of Hist dlstrost forth years.
When Sir John Pakington came down they stood no
chance ; but clime then there had been a great develop-
ment of Conservativb principles in the county, acid 118
did not think from what ho had area the Liberals would
ever he stile to wrest those meats from them again.
Mr. Collis proposed " the Stow bridge Comititutional
Aseociation." Ile eoneidered that there was no sue 111
the town better qualified than (doused( to speak of the
goo I which had been rendered to the Comeervetive ems°
by the Constitutional Association. A very few yeareago
that SP viCilliioll waa at a very low ebb, indeed It lw-
c,irred to Mr. seething that some grim should be taken
with a view to arreettitg the progrens of Itaelicalioni ha, this
neighb .urhoutl. A library won firmed, NMI the Conser-
vative papers taken In dad), and the whole thing wail
fa'rlv Lunched. The aisaociatien laud since proved to be
of the greatent service to this COOVI'VatiTO cause, f,,r at
the election of Mr. Amplilett, in leibte, they placed line
at the head of the poll. At the last eleetion they again
rendered very important service Melted , and they wore
again rewarded by seeing not only one, but two Conser-
vatives returued for this district. He wan happy to as)
that the funds of the society were In a protperous htate,
that tte inembera were very numerous, and that they had
dose" the State good aervice ;" but he thought the lead-
ing men of the party ought to collie forward rust help
thew, so that they might enlarge their library and other
resourees, and thus lee enabled to extend their sphere of
usefutit ess.
' " " • " "

Mr. G. If oreley ',turned thanks ou behalf of the com-
mittee of the Constitutional Association, for the very
kied way in which those present bad drunk their health.
With refertlied to their association, ho could only say
that wimn the time came for their nerve-es to be required,
they would ho found—to use the words of • former
speaker Ready, aye ready. '"Their opponents had
thought proper to start a Liberell AMOICieIOU in pp /al•
lion ti theirs, lie wan very glad of thin, as it would tend
to utak, them inure vigilant, end put them a their mettle
lie ennoluded, by again thanking them for the cordial
way in which they had received the toast.
•• The Visitors ' was proposed by Mr. G. Grazebrook,
and responded to by Mr. bioldingliam. The latter gen-
tleman, in the course of hi, remarks, dw, it at some
length upon tha importance of attending to the registrn.
tion, and limited • high eulogium upon Messrs. 0.
Balboni and T. Perkin for the valuable set vices they bad
re,l ;eri jun this respe,t.
The " Canservativo Press' and The Ladies," having
been given and responded to, the proceeding,. terminated.
At the close if the banquet, sever*: gentleman gave in
their names to become members of tile amociation, and
several others promised donation+ of I:10 each towards
the tannin of Ilia association.