The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-11-13 00:00:00

THE STOTTEBRIDGE OBSERVER,

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helpless mass by a few men of his own nation. The pleasures hove long I may yet enjoy it? At all events I hare ,
of a highly civilised society are good and necessary in their
way, but Royalty h
fired by a sense of those bad the gratification of finding that even after so The RELATIONS BETWEEN EMPLOYERS
as its ditties as well as its pastimes, and
long a period, and notwithstanding the growth of so . AND WORKMEN IN DENMARK. nowhere can the imagination be so
duties as in India. many young and bright intellects around me' lam The Pall Mall Gazette remarks :—A letter from
still able to afford the same amusement that I did Copenhagen in the Allgemeine tZeilung gives- some
a cerita nearly half a o aid that I am permit i
ted not
The Daily ;tees brruemay also published the fed' 7 14 ' nxermation as to the measures taken by the onlyGovern-
v to play m old arts to the satisfaction of the
lowing telegram from their Special Correspondent : 7' P ment there for regulating the relations between em-
i audiene,e, but have been allowed to write and acts new
• Boxcar, Monday Evening. ployera and workmen in Denmark. That country,
' sane. mil4tlng with even more than my old success. I
- The voyaze of the Prince of Wales from Aden to Bombay shall carry the pleasant remembrance with me wher- says the correspondent, small as it is, was until
was a very pleasant one. Before sunrise this morning the , recently one of the principal centres of the workmen's
Osborne ente e Bombay harbour and anchored inside the ever I go, and I shall hope to return and find you all aa movement. Strikes repeatedly took place in nearly
double line of arships of the Flying Squadron. hearty and kind as ever. I have just concluded not all the factories, and public meetings, at which
r.. At eight o'cllikas the morning haze was rising from the only a most successful but a most delightful engage- Socialist opinions were freely discussed, were held
'sea, there crest 'from the squadron the deep-toned noise merit, petted by the genial manager and his cordial two or three times a week. At length the movement
of a Royal salute, as the white hull of the Serapis became company, and have nothing but thanks to bestow on all became so threatening that the Government interfered.
dimly visible rounding Malabar Point. At nine o'clock the my friends before and behind the curtain. These ar Several of the Socialist leaders were prosecuted and
Serapis had entered the stately marine avenue formed by my few words, ladies and gentlemen, and I trust they subjected to severe penalties by the tribunals, and now
the double line of „war ships, and then there thundered forth are enough; at any rate they are sincere, and I can
' say no more. I wish you all health and happiness (in- that the agitation has ceased to be dangerous a Corn.
another Royal salute, the smoke of which obscured alike the
saluting and the saluted. mission has been appointed to consider the whole
eluding myself), and look forward with hope and plea-
Emerging, the Serapis held en her way to the foot of the sure to our next merry meeting." question of the relations between w•)rkmen and their
avenue, anchor,ng just uff the landing place at the dockyard. employers. The Ministry has issued a very complete
The Prince, with his suite, in full dress, was on deck. As _ The delivemet the address was frequently inter- list of instructions to the Commission, entering into
the Serapie passeu through the fleet, the sound of the first . rupsed Ey cheers, which roese,to a very uproar of enthu- every detail of its future labours. It is to draw up
salute was the signal for Bombay to take up positions for ;dam at its close. 7 _ ,
d .i. ~ regulations fixing the maximum period for which a
witnessing the spectacle: and long before noon the streeta,. i ii ~., jk_ k.. i 4e , i, r4. . contract may be entered into between a workman and
fluttering with flags, and gay with decorations, were densely "1-
crowded, while every window along the route of the stately 1 -;---''-""""""*". - A—FATAL JUMP. —
• i hs employer, the length of the warning to be given
procession had its occupants. previous to discharge, the circumstances in which an
Accommodation for witnessing the landing at the dockyard employer may fine his workmen or keep back a por-
was provided for seven hundred persons of consideration, tion of their wages, and the penalties to be imposed for
including the naval, military, and civilian authorities, ladies, breach of contract on either side. Compensation is to
and native princes and chiefs. The scene was memorable
be provided for in the case of workmen who araiw.
for its splendour and significance. The native princes wore
jured or killed in the performance of the tasks allotted
their robes of state, and many blazed with jewels Theyoung
Gaekwar of Baroda was covered with diamonds, to them. Sunday labour is to be forbidden, and ihi
The first incident to divert the attention of the assem- existing law with regard to the employment of
blage was the departure of the Viceroy for the Serapis at children is to be altered so as to extend the prohi-
three o'clock. A Royal salute greeted the embarkation. bition up to the age of twelve. To prevent abuses in
The Viceroy was followed to tee Serapis later by the regard to the employment of women, it is sug-
Governor of Bombay, the Chief Justice, the Commander-in- gested that such employment should only be per'
Chief, the members of the Council, &c., who were presented
nutted under the supervision of public inspectors. The
to His Royal Highness, and then returned,
sanitary arrangements of the various factories are to be
At four o'clock the Prince, the Viceroy, and their suites,
were seen to quit the Serapis in the Royal barge, which pre- periodically reported on by medical officers and It is
gently for the time became enveloped in the smoke of proposed that no new factories shall be erected unless
the Royal salute from the guns of the fleet. The the plans are first approved by the authorities as re-
salute was soon answered, as the barge, sweeping on, gards apace, ventilation, light, and sewerage. Another
approached the landing place, by the guns of the salut- important instruction to the Commission is that rela-
Mg battery. Nor was the roar of the cannons the only
tive to the workmen's relief societies. It appears that
sound of welcome which greeted the Prince on nearing
the shores of this great country. British cheers, ringing and these societies do not adequately carry out their object
hearty as ever Prince listened to, burst from the excited of affording support to workmen in their old age or
during sickness, &c., and the Government therefore
assemblage under the canopy of the dockyard, and almost
vied in volume ef sound with the din of the cannonade, suggests that either every workman should be bound
The Prince wore the full uniform of a Field-Marshal with to subscribe to a society unless he can show that he has
the collar of the Garter, the sash, and jewel of the Star of made some other provision for himself, or that the sub
India, plumed helmet, and red pugree. The municipal ad- scription should be payable by the employer according
dress, a lengthy document, was read by the Chairman of
to the number of workmen under him. The Govern-
the Corporation The Prince's reply was shorter,
full of dignity and good taste, and was read with ment proposes that if this suggestion is carried out,
admirable clearness and distinctness. Then the Vice- the payments issuable by the relief societies should be
roy presented to his Royal Highness several native guaranteed by the State.
princes, with the boy Gaekwar. He talked for some
time, and amidst cheers and low salaams, finally reached the
carriage awaiting him at the entrance, and drove off at a
trot with the Viceroy and General Probyn, and a splendid
escort formed by the viceregal body guard.
The splendid, but somewhat grotesque, carriages of the
native princes followed, and the procession closed in rather a
miscellaneous manner, owing to the incursioilpf the enthu-
siastic native populace, determined to folloir the cort6ge.
Several stoppages took place en route, while the bands
played, the people cheered, and the ladies waved their hand-
kerchiefs from the windows and balconies.

In London, on Monday evening, a jury assembled
in the drawing-room of No. 63, Wigmore-street, be-
fore Dr. Hardwicke, to inquire as to tbe death of Mr.
William James Brown Smith, aged 39.
Mr. William Hudgall, a retired gentleman, said the
deceased was his nephew, whom he had adopted 31
years ago, when he was eight years old, and he had
resided with him ever since. He had been unwell for
some time and strange in his manners. The last time
he saw the deceased alive was at three o'clock on
Sunday morning, when he was awakened by hearing
the deceased walking about in his bedroom overhead.
He was afterwards informed that his nephew had
jumped or thrown himself out of his bedroom window,
on the second floor, to the area beneath. In answer to
questions, Mr. Hudgall stated that for five or six years
the deceased had sleepless nights and suffered severely
from pains in the head, occasionally affecting him, as
he thought, mentally. He was a single man, and
there was not a more steady young man to be found in
London. There had been no tendency to insanity in
the family.
Mrs. Mary Chetniey said, she was aroused by hear-
ing a noise and heavy fall at the back of the house.
and on going to the back yard, whence the sound
came, she saw the deceased lying On the flagstones.
She raised an alarm, and Police-constable D No. 9
and others came and carried deceased into the house
where he was seen by a surgeon.
Dr. Spurgeon, of Henrietta-street, Blanchester-
square, stated that he was called to the deceased, and
found him senseless and just dying. He had a severe
wound in the back of the head, and no doubt death
must have been caused by fracture of the skull or
compression of the brain.
Other evidence was given showing that the deceased
was constantly complaining of p am n ,in the head and
want of sleep. - - -
The jury returned a verdict of "Suicide while in a
tate of temporary insanity."

I could not have believed that the natives understood and
could practise so lustily the knack of genuine British cheer-
ing. The procession maintained throughout a slow, stately
progress through the native town, and swept on to Byculla
Bridge, where it broke up; the Prince and his party passing
on to Government House, at Parell. After dinner there was
a crowded and brilliant reception.

From first to last the whole of the proceedings have passed
off admirably, and the Royal visit could not have commenced
In a more satisfactory or a more brilliant manner.

The Times of Wednesday publishes a telegram from
their Special Correspondent, in which he says :

The reception of the Native Princes by his Royal High-
ness the Prince of Wales was stately and splendid. After
the Rajahs of Kolapoor, Mysore, Oodeypore, Kutch, and
Baroda, came Sir Salar Jung, with the Nizam's deputation,
which contained many Rajahs, Nawabs, and Chiefs.
The Prince's birthday was celebrated by salutes all over
India. r

At 4 p in. the Prince visited the Admirals. Salutes were
fired, and the fleet was illuminated on the departure of the
Prince. On his landing he was received by the Viceroy and
the Governor at the Mazagoug Stairs. The Prince and the
Governor and Viceroy, with their suites, drove in seven car-
riages for two hours through Bombay, which was illuminated.
It was a marvellous sight with the miles of lamps and the
cheers which are unusual from Natives. There were myriads
of quaint devices : among others, 'Tell Mama we are happy.'

After the Queen's health, the Governor proposed that of
the Prince, who expressed pleasure at his reception. He had,
he said, always wished to Fee India, and never would forget
his 34th birthday, which had been passed in that great
Empire of the Queen.—Sir Bartle Frere was cheered greatly.
—Among the Natives in general the impression was most
satisfactory, and the important Chiefs were greatly
pleased. —Bombay is still en jete, and there is tremendous
excitement, never such a sight having, been beheld there.—
The Prince thanked the Governor for the arrangements. He
gave a dinner to the crews of the Serapis and Osborne.—
There are thousands of Nativ3s at Bombay besides Chiefs
and their retainers. The N izam excused himself on the
ground of ill-health. Sir Salar Jung was well received.

The following letter from the Archbishop of Canter-
bury to the Dean of Westminster has been forwarded
for publication :

" Stonehouse, St. Peter's, Thanet, Nov. 5, 1875.
"My dear Dean,-1 thank you for sending to me your ser-
mon preached in Westminster Abbey on the day preceding
the departure of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales for
India.
"I also thank you for sending to me the letter of your
correspondent respecting the propriety of my applying to
Her Majesty to command, through the Privy Council, the
use in all our churches daring the next five months of a
special form of prayer, to be drawn up by me.
"You know that this matter had before I heard from you
oocupiod Tay serious attention. I concur with you, and
with your correspondent, in a deep feeling of the importance
of this visitof the Pi ince to Her Majesty's Indian dominions.
I rejoice that our two great missionary societies deputed
me to present to the Prince before his Royal Highness's
departure addrems in which they called attention to the
efforts which their missionaries are making, and you are
aware that the answers which his Royal Highness re-
turned to these ,addresses expressed deep interest in
the success of Christian missions. We have cause to believe
that his Royal Highness is fully impressed with a sense of
the great influence—political, social, and religious—which
the present visit may exercise over the natives of India and
our own countrymen who dwell among them ; and I am certain
that his Royal Highness must feel comfort in knowing that
he is attended by the prayers which are offered up,buth for
his personal safety, and for all the highest objls of the
long journey now undertaken.
"It seems to me that it would be very difficult, if not im-
possible, to draw up a special and particular form of prayer
which should be quite suited to meet all the various exigencies
of this protracted journey, and yet be capable of being fully
understood and !heartily entered into by the worshippers in
our thousands of congregations; we can all pray in simple
words, as the Nation did with such earnestness four years
ago for his Royal Highness's health and the prolongation of
his life; but this will only embrace a small part of what
ought to be the subject of our petitions.
"I think, therefore, that while all are exhorted specially
to ask for such blessings on the Prince's journey as they
feel to be needed, our public petitions will be best expressed
In those simple words of the Book of Common Prayer into
whieh all can enter, and which, while they are so simple
that they give utterance to the general feelings of all, are
yet capable of being applied by each individual petitioner as
an invocation of those special blessings which he feels to
be most needed.

"I believe that this view is taken by the majority of our
thoughtful people, who yet, with myself, gladly welcome
any published forms of prayer which may assist us in realising
the great importance of this visit.
"1 understand that his Royal Highness is expected to
reach Bombay on the 9th of this month, and I doubt not that
his whole course in India will be followed by the prayers of
the nation, both private and public.
"Believing that you will concur with me in the view I
have taken, and anxiously trusting that all Christians
throughout Rer Majesty's dominions will unite with more
than usual earnestness at this time in their accustomed
prayers for the Prince's welfare,
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"I remain, yours ever,
"A. C. CANITJAR."