The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-10-10 00:00:00

ELECTION NEWS.

WEST STAFFORDSHIRE ELECTION.

The supportersof the Conservative candidates
arc actively canvassing the vartona districts in
this parish. Strong working committees have
been formed; that at Wordisicy consisting of
John Harper, Esq. IChairmam, and 'Messrs.
Hodgetts, Turner, W. Webb, Stnart, Bourne.
Wood, and others. The Re str.itioa being now
cone.n led, we ninhj iii a statesiont of the num-
bers of voters in the various districts :

WET SraTvoitosnin% VoTERA. Abhotts
Broniley, h 9; Bilaton, 248; Breewood, ;
Cann..ek, 417; Beeleshall, 82;5 Gornall, 417;
Kingswinford, 1490 ; Kinver, 279; Penkridge,
277; Penn, 330; Rowley Regis. 678; Itngeley,
235; Sedgeley, 811; Stone, 523; Stafford,
877; Tettenhall, 335 ; Wednesfield, 45i; ; Wes-
ton-on-Trent, 294; Wolverhampton, 954 ; total,
9,829.

LIBERAL MEETING AT BRIERLEY
HILL.

LaC evening a meeting was held in the Public
Will, at Brierley Hill, at which Mr. W. 0. E ni-
ter a,I Mr. H. W. Foley wore' pre.ient. The
chair wa.l occupied by Mr. W. M 'thews, and
mna • • tlin:e preHNit were Messrs. W...tkrayil,
1-•A,P,I, Fowkr, J. E. Swindell, .1. Wood,
G ,r D. Cole, E. Cooke, C. Beckley, Cap-
tain Wainwright, &e.,

,
The Chair/11AR briefly opened the proceedings,
aiter which Measrs. !Feley and Foster thea ad-
dressed the meetiatt, and in the coar te of their
remarks were frequently applauded.
Mr. Hunt moveil—" 'nat this ineeting having
beard the political sentiments of Messrs. Foster
and Foley, is of °pain that they are lit and
proper permit's to represent the Western
of the Connty of Statnrd in Parliament, slid
p'elgas ittelf to make every ett.irt to secure:
their return.
Mr. . aifil

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unanitnoußl3
A vote of

in (Steurport) seconded, and Mr.
•tetil the motion, which was carried

th utka to the Chairtnan concluded

proceedinge:

. After 7.1 r. Forrest lut.l read the above ,ol.lrep.A,
' Mr..M.trtea preseute.l the flat, to Nlr.:ll.ttlo.ws.
Mr. Nlathews, who ivi ttilv ehecred. salt :
Mr. Forre.st, I itlies, and tientl,•lnett,----I thank
you taust sitteerk-lviii gr.ttefally ,pt-it
.li.l tittle. I Hut deetly of tn., ent'.l-,ly
tionterit.ol houoar ion ha,.. done Wle tlik
I'l4, but I ae... :,t the tug ti-cut present as it
given— !nivel.% 7: friendly one. The latentim-t.
: know has II: •1 t• f tile with the v,•ry•
finest instrtc.,. .• •'• • e ill be mad... tho.:;-
Wing lit.. to a•I f.tr luy .•• ;
bility vii lr,it. ht that 1.••., •,, .f • ,
hive ::•o wt•l!, ivil Ia lily si., : • : i
sure it will Ti to L., r;..• .[. 411
has been :!..
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etch at Il•ce • ; • ." .'t 1.•
hi-au ii
e: cry •• lo
beautifully earri.ol a'•11 through 3-oar gene-
rosity. I shall n-ver fa:g I. I tint now the p•-,-
se:sor, I tank it Car v.•ry flute •,.
was 10ad... I valeiot t'Kfott.SS to you how tor, •',l
41e1i..41tte.1 I ant with it, and now all I want tot,
:11W;lyti Weetill.i! SO4llOllll 1:-; What Cannot he
given—more skill, fur, 118 Hamlet says—

Tier, i nuc rxcdkt VOlee, in ti 111th,

Far more than I am ever likely to brim! out, go
it WI:1 inexhaustilde mine of delight; to
me. It has been such it surprise too—literally
a double surprise ; and it would b hard to say
whether I is:ts Mum UtitUlliSill`d when yourself
(Mr. Forrest t announced the gift in its first sil-
ver form, or while the plan was prepariitg for
that, when Inc friend Mr. Marten offered this
beautiful guldan one ; aunt I beg especially to
thank yourself and Mr. Marten fur the great
trouhle you have taken in all the arrangements
:ounecte.l with this present. My best acknow-
ledgments arc also due to my friend, Mr. Frank.
land, of Dudley, who designed the mechanism,
and Mr. Carte, of Loplan, the manufaeturer if
the firm of Messrs. Ittulall, Bose. Carte awl Co.)
for their valuable suggestions, and for the most
friendly interest they have token in it from be
ginning to end. But every body concerned has
been kind to me, anti I am vrey t.r.,ml of this
valued aotpressi)n of friendliness and esteem,
which I sincerely trust iimy never be found to
have been misplaced or ittappreciated. So long
As I may have the Rover to give Vol any plea-
sure aith loy music. I shall hopo to have the
gratification of Pit) hug to you often upon this
beautiful iustrunteut, but to-night, while I hope
to please you. I fear I cannot do justice to the
new flute. You will hardly expect me, on this
occasion, to be quite ia the right state or body
to play as I shottld like. Indeed I should be
thoroughly nuworthy of your very flattering kind-
if I could be unmoved by it. (Prolonged
cheering,.

The tube of this flute is of lll•carat gold, and
the keys ore of silver. oMI is employe.] for
making the tube, liceanse that precious metal is
believed by iimay who IiIV) opportnnitioa of
formiug tii()pinion, to give a peenliar beauty and
richness to the tone. It is very hancLome. being'
beautifully chasial here and there, and the follow-
ing inacriptiou is most tastily engraved on the
head :"Ti James Mathews ; presented to him
by a few who esteem him as a friend and admire
him as an artist. A.D. 1858." The mechanism
was desLmed by Mr. Fratikland, of Dudley (an
exceedingly clever ,mottear inechaniet, after Mr.
Mathews's owa plaa of tiagering, which difiera
but very slightly from Mr. Carte's in the plying
of all ordinary passages, but there are a great
number of ad iitiunal keys which facilitate the
execution of the moat difficult passages and
shakes; for instance, every shake on the instru-
ment can b) made with the right hand, and most
of them by the first (the Oranges) finger of the
right hand. lint the greatest peculiarity, and
where Mr. Mathews goes quite out of the beaten
path, is the addition of some keys at the top.
When all the holes are open upon Mr. Carte's
flute it will sound the note D (4th line, treble
clef.), but upon Mr. Mathews'a instrument, when
atl the holes :we opon, the note will by F, a minor
third above that 1), the extra notes being made
by opening the additional top keys. Thus,
many passages are the inure evenly and easily to
be done, because there is here, a greater com-
pass without a break, than upon any other flute.
To the uninitiated it certainly appears to be a
complicated mass of keys, there being 28, just
double the usual number, but Mr. Mathews
seems to have. no difficulty in managing them
all. It has been beautifully manufactured by
Messrs. linithl, Rose, Carte and Co., of Loudon,
and does them great credit.

Mr. Martvn said they should now proceed with
the concert. The followino War 4 the progrannne
which was carefully selected, nd appeared to
give the greatest satisfaction, is at the close of
each picee great applause was given. No doubt
the great piece of the evening was " The
Concerto Flute,- arranged from the finale to the
violin concerto.

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