The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-01-25 00:00:00

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It beat to state that we do net at all time,
tires with ape rorrespondeitCs opinions.),
Whatever may be the state of the public mind else-
where, in London we are getting weary of the subject
of Fenianisio and:very little afraid of it. In this we
may oi may nat.e wrung, but we are beginning to think
that vlelrive euinigh special constables, that we have
pkhepilbernt.otelPalaimed about the Fenians, and that
our best policy now will be, having fortified ouirrAt
tiOn, to endeavour to. conciliate—not the Fettb.-
Ireland.- -Specgsl constables continue to be enrolled,
an•the moyementwilllistill gronnamit deeditiblit never-
theli sis thd reelMg.to which I have alluded—that we
have in.tiit.been rather overdoing this Itilikeinient—
undeffigilfexisy, If we have no mire actual ontratiee4
l•efi re yerliaineTtitarylinsiimeitiaaesnused, public atten-
tion 0111 fq.a. be divertedirand we shall ham- an trieh
Il,fot in 4410.04* of, to say nothing of.. imp woposi-
ti .t11.1,ie,?.1,1, 14 lilvli Charoh or trish land. ay
ai:y„tAlkoeieet it done' iii. Parliament in reltii Mitinifsa.
I i•alewittend,taiwNde:her reOnciliation with Mare .&'
ere nrinid be a very supe—efiCiabolis..rek.qfpsl.l,44
evetits.wliolist rite that iniong Qie many siffijects
preeeipg, o le gisiii.t.iy.n treatment . wife of the most
pref. . tie kirect of Education—State education,
ri atieent iiCittifi .!oriivlietver other term may be a. ,
ngi
plieable fo a a% ' 'e. and comprehensive educAtidnal
systern. *bather tal weekepast stateemen of variaißge
polck • 'rellieme, heliel 'have specially addreseed
*
audien •.' MI thibject, Or have introduced it into
epeschen feast:idly on other themes; had public
interest *pt. !epic has at last culminated ip4.11.e.„
educationdl conferenceld Manchester. This assembly
was ore' An9.4o,lg,:illitiliiiiiiii as all parties were re-
...
presentefiT„%liererweie ,Cbtirchmen. High and Low;
Dissenteteanfs sunny eliiiisions, Roman Catholies, and,
some whose relliflffild `el:inform it wotillt Ite hard tei•
define. A broad and Iffieral tone Wad given to the
disepenalatiif theonspetailianand non-party character
of the replet cif tie E•liteational Committee which
was enhjecainito ditomeeion. True that every reverend
Dean insisted i..ip tiering the entire ,Nubject from a
Church of ,England
.pelett of view, ?AA 310 was an ex-
ception, and the Immediate reeult of tile Conference
may be regarded. aster aireeetuent 'of Churchmen and
Dissenters etlikr,6.tlAt a national tchenerof elite:Ali. in is
desirable, tjhachilletneastipm being i.4ethattltatiabt7bo
shall be founded on the permissive or compulsory prin-
ciple', orielii•tli.•r is cputinetion of the two will not be the,
better v..iaii.' .it ie pore I
...eptisiiler this subject, the.:
motel am cotivineedetinit WiebetiOng:like what Mb '
Foretakroposes would be the best thing that could be-
donejj that there iiiivelil be a laie:thak each" wide?,
ehitilil make lin educationaLrate, hue' net thin rate
shouji) be miliect to modification according to circume ,
staktat4Xfitil if the parish is already well supplied
with ''
siqtlieloo peer to pay it, the rate should
be After wilily or partially remitted: The time semfl*
nowillilievb arrived when, if arty joiclicious achetimillan
extending ethicationbe proposed, there lea good chance
of irelivineFarried.
We are' threatened, with is new agitation, which, -----
hi iwev.itt, • • bids' fair •to be perfectly harmless. Russian railways are rapidly on the increase, and the
An aleoclfiticer somewhat strangely calling it. funds for these extensive enterprises are supplied by the
of
-.,London National Society for Promoting Ru:sial‘Trreetesmedreyrlutteti.hge Ggeurni.raaini
taeleidaplirgeoic7l;m,m,arnikewt%
V. 'i
Suffrage, me canvaeaing for signatures have the additional attraction of a very loiti^price, so that
to a :r. in favole pf giving the Parlianlentky
A
„,,,,i,rtaan„,,,a.,,,tlnff!rr::pq.,cr.:l,yanrol‘kyle,estri t,a,it,s,
Buff oVoineh, milt Itis said that wpWaidieof 71)00 win invest in this lucrative sort of stock. tht the average
signatnresohave been Already obtained. The associa. ordinary shares may be hod at 75, and preference at 85. The
I,ufaitli:ritizili.ttalßun.stainanui,ttlewitt,lefinir.theewrituinitolt,dc;,lorigromt‘
Mon is deten:l4.Air urge
,all
.women freeholders and
householdeki,tozoter, as iC is maintained they can in the annals of her might and culture, is Herr von Delvig,
legally Hajaa,the rigliti to rote. What this alleged dis- a Courland hgron; eii.remment director of railway matters.
covery is bliernaellettpen is net stated, but if any re- A sad and weary story is drawing rapidly to a conclusion.
Hance is p ' old orittveci 4/dumb having, voted at Man- The official liquidators of Overend, Gurney, it Co. tell us
cheater, o .in a parliamentary and the other in a
"
tabwly"uoidjoir'ffia °e."lYB.; oirOtrie asitillealiiic,i,i.oret
geLog,ool:.
et,o tiai‘ye
municipal e ection, it should be remembered that these crash came. The creditors are to he paid is fulL We are
"persons" were registered,. And of course registered glad to mote that only 43 have become bankrupt out of 2,21 e
4117,,,„;:it r:;,,,,„0trh,,,,,1.,,,,,,he”15.1t
th,t,trr,e,gtillttiltapremtitolli,eti their
to
sti„l i ttyh
their
eironeideili If Wlifeen caceleially obtain the right to
vote, itls 'pretty eiTtaidtbat that right will noon be taken addresses when they went abroad for the benefit of their
away irkiiii.shem ; whereas, if they have not that I“pe.ct lirr wtrup the I:haorl'e te'obeucemrn'titnidtlit'yl•eirr.illtr:tept-
right, tWtift.t Mil at ali•likely• to obtain it—among rain estates of the eartsjers in the whole firm have yielded
other reasrge because women themselves do not want already £554,000, and dre expected to produce £432,000
it. Women mai up many cases be as fit to give a vote n''re. -
as men abittindlinelt 'Oases are the exception. The A hoiee.dinner Is announced to take place on Thursday,
the etirof February tor 150 persons, at the Laugham Hotel,
vast majority of women mot only take no interest in London, and horses are now being fed up for the occasion.
polylics, bid positively dislike . political discussions in It is stated that the twenty-two gentlemen present at the
an talieli "Xitir Ito - *cinder: • Politics is not their first horse-ddwhich tornore ter have similtied thei
han Urfor intention of assisting at
the secon, tatoelaborate trerunner.
alibi*. Indirectly the ladies already exert con. A committee of naturalists anti seintinc gastronomists has
de lit intluenetin the prffitical world, and this is 1 tmtitofourtiiiiders.nentlzitioain. taak,..eratleiyinftoe,reistairidth,:hiont.r,o;
far ;Wrier than ang directinflbence would be. But if sauguine aa to the result of their: experiments. A special
evee we do have the suffrage for wommi it is to be commie:inner has been despatched to Paris, to confer with
hope that,peaball have the ballot With it. It would
theiol.eadiin4ptitltiloori.tiessntpe‘r4en.iiiinmett itrro.digtonhoorfsethte.
not l'laleasantetate oi things for a mall to vote for considered especially fit, and to promre a sufficient stock of
Br n . an deforn'es4.and the wife to plump for Robinson. li," `i.a:f,t'atut'r ,ron i);',,};',:e'gld'V,ler
This wieulcflie'tb. ittroilae atiOther
..element of discord a, Bicknell, or Onslow-gardens, the gentleman who presented
into familiit:,'Arill (hete ars quite en di
... ~, ,l ou6already. the pony eaten the other day, acts as honorary secretary to
. the committee.
Imril tiontlach, to whom the volunteers owe 'Rh ' • i ._ •
much eani.l4ll.lWffilth.aticiety, through the volunteers, pritti.teie„tgerritgZslenirilag;..-1 'd'
iT.tilerti;oos: kirgodwie distzlsti
- ~.. • lei T`rl,
owe stsllttes.,,, - s a learnt!' volunteerarmy by boldly it the State does not come to the aid of the populations who
calling it a ,hilmie Ile pupporta this outspoken state- farg.r:reriAntg
ci,rim hagrgre.t.hezteitoetitmenaktititte.is atrtti.:li:ec.
ment by aaaerting that 180,000 or 209,000 men in terrible. Severkl Manufactuiers have increased the ware,. of
battaiion, without administrative staffs 'for its corn- their workmen and gives employment to as many of the poor
mend, or supply of any sort, is. a "mere crowd of kitiotrhilcoapi,i, ii;iii.i.:piLingnuotplinrievcite,itihri4izeriseipLitre
winosne,n,incie.unta
coated playthimaj.7 . lie aims at the constitution of children, who are fed and sheltered gratis. Every possible
the volunteer army as a feasible and practicable force,
Miaen)fmre:nietLT:ttttdtrees2t'rngoi,"l2,llll,lef:%lrg,
se hi he this' it •is far. from' being at p ~,,resent. i o Prussia which requife relief is ;6500, spread over 35 districts.
nen •Jt, as at, present organined, into the field, he
ti
Of
ottlisaturllnieri
2oor
fterrfliatiotritT,,iatdiviebr, 115 h
ede.m a nuail alit for
sayseimuld be to enact Mentana again on a larger mission et one et those commuPneerrhas puffin:l;e% •rYl'ertZ:
scale of failure and-die:ester. In thus speaking, his denying assertions made by the semi-official press to tire
lordship, it is to be feilied,:tell; Rime very unpalateable emlfieicetrytt.ltddth:holisetor.e sms
uwnia xi.. ek.
isef,agweg=li.ae; 'n' Teline,
truths, and perite
.v.phinteers, appear willing to admit women, and children are huddled together completely desti-
that 'they aik;643l.' Tteie- is one rather remarkable tutor in the forest, on litters of straw. Many are at-
statement w'di he makes,tbe Meaning of which will tacked 71th typhus fever, and the greater part are dying of
'
generally be ialc'en%
.iii One particular way. Let the
proper authoTity be 'Ceded, he says, and I will under-
take that the volunteers, as an army of reserve, shall
be prepared for nnyiduty or emergency at the shortest
reasonable notice. This, perhaps, is a delicate way
of tun'eesting that Lord Ranelagh should be made
Comniander-bi-Chief of the Volunteers. Well, and
would that be so strange an event? No one has perhaps
done more for the volunteers than he has; his heart is
with them, and from his position in enciety he is well
adapted for suolf &vett. • One thing at least is certain,
that if our volunteer army is to be what it ought to
be, it must. he better officered, better organised, and
under one antime•cOntrol.
The earl;;;elliierg; and the Saturday half-holiday

hanger.

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movements have dimes good deal of good to the work.
lug classes, clerks, &c., but .it is quite possible to have
too much of a spod..thing. The agitation for com-
mencing banking hitilinesii at ten in the morning in-
stead of nine seems .a step in this direction. From
nine till four, or even till five, are not unreasonable
hours for banking bnsiness, and when it is urged that
the budines*4l4lt ii ficht tlonr during these hours could
easily be acl7iiiplWed. tietireeii tenand four, it seems
to me that.44,in uyie Ws. would, if they could
Prove it, prilF.4 W 41160:: §uplioising this be true, it
is rather a 4114111AT,Way to do* at it, for undoubtedly
the public rbetter* scrted by haying the present
hours alto. e'd Ir. Wir. business wants than in

curtailing them,
now !Arially ilinrSi4enlli Minion, taken in the
aggregate, in ituliist to reform proved abuses! The
Registrar GehLral now teflii-ux that during the past
year 164 persons were killed in the streets of the
metropolis thmeigh4".adeiderfts" froth vehicles. Add
to this, supposing it could be discovered, the number
of persons injured, hut fiat killed, and what a loud
demand is thus raised for reform ! But still reform
s not coral lnkr hod oter; again it has been pro-,
posed that light iron bridges should be thrown over
dangerous iipssingo, off thatjailways should be con-
s .
structed, but nothing. of tha kind has been done.
There are marepe,...plp killed..in the streets of London
than there are on all the railways in the -Cnited
Kingdom put together; and it would be comparatively
easy to prevent this painful mortality. But so long as
we have so many conflicting jurisdictions, so long, it is
to be feared, ?re shall be without any reform in this
respect I observe that Dr. Charles Mackay has
written a pamphlet advocating street tramways.
Whether he Philds'zdt'Srie advantage, among others,
lam not aware, but not the least benefit of such
ramways would .be.the prevention of accidents from
vehicles, as there would be sidings where standing-
room would be perfectly safe.
It is not often thit '‘C` have cases of formal wife.
selling, but one,sugh has occurred in Lancashire. A
mechanic sold his wife to another man for LA, all
parties being agreeable to the bargain, and a regular
agreement was drawn up and signed. People seem to
be under the inu:ression that this sort of thing is legal,
but of course ir is illegal as immoral. But is it not
tjme that mei disgraceful proceedings should be pun-
ishable by law? Public and private morality are thus
outraged, to the treat scitnflal of society.
If this be not the golden age of literature in one
sense, it certainly is in another, for never were success-
ful authors fir.higWy paid. Good writers there un-
doubtedly are who have all their lives written anony-
mously, and who might write their hearts out without
ever being prelPerli ifipfeciated either by the public or
by publishers. But if you once get a name your
larycne willuiw. watihy—of the marne. Take two
recent instances. Mr. Tennysomgets t:100 for twenty-
four lines ; and Mr. Dickens Lip:l:id E1.,000 each for two
stories, together amounting only to some fifty pagea—
nt:l a page. likshiar 'tile titld,ific Monthly and Our
Young /Wks can Wort such:extravagant payment,
even as aii exception, may well he doubted, though of
course the proprietors take into account the fact that
this enonnowi paystsvid caw the .rnagasines to be
talked of
aillit.l:o‘ll.3,. and therefore will be-
come a goloeilliadvertisewrit. j. have not read the
tales and can theref-de flirm no idea of their merits,
but that it is to be presumed, is a matter of minor