The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-12-12 00:00:00

CRADLEY.

A WIFE BEATER.—EdWiII EdIIIIIIIdB WAS charged
by Mary Aim Edmunds, his wife, with assaulting her
on the ad inst. Defendant did not appear, and as
defemlant *B6 continually assaulting her4and he had
been pettiously tined les for a similar ellenee,
warrant was issued for defendant's apprehension.

LAYINO OF THE FOUNDATION STONE OF
THE NEDDAL HILL CHURCH SLHOOL.

The foundation stone of the above school was
laid by N. Hingley, Esq., J.P., on Tuesday last.
Previous to this there was a service hell in the
Roddal Hill Church. The First Lesson was read
by the Rev. J. J. Slade, vicar of Netherton; and
the Second by the Rev. D. Robertson, vicar of the
Lye. There were also present the Rev. W. H.
Hopkins, of Quarry Bank; the Rev. J. H. Thomp-
SOD, vicar of Crialley ; and the Rev. G. .1. Taylor,
vicar of iteddal Hill. The service was full choral.
The Rev. Canon Baynes, M.A., vicar uf St.
Michael's Coventry, preached a powerful sermon
from the text, Feed my lambs," in which he
pointed out the necessity there was for schools of
a similar character to that of which they were
about to lay the foundation stone, at the present
day. Education for the young was becoming more
necessary every day, but education without reli-
gion was worse than useless; and he contended
that the only place in which the children could get
that proper religious training which was deemed
necessary by parents who belonged to the Church
of England, was in a school where the doctrines
of that church were inculcated.

After a collection had been made, the party pro-
ceeded to the place where the foundation stone
was to be laid: and although the day was miser-
ably wet a large number of persons were present.
A piece of tarpaulin had been rigged up in such a
manner as to partially protect a few of those who
were near the stone; but the rest had to stand in a
drenching shower, without any other shelter save
what their umbrellas afforded. The stone at pre-
nt has no inscription, hut it is intended shortly
to have the following graven upon it Reddal
Hill Church School,—This stone was laid by Noah
Hingley, Esq., on the Bth December. 1874; who
also gave the site on which the school stands.—G.
J. Taylor, vicar; T. Standish and W. H. Nock,
churchwardens.'
Before laying the stone, Mr. Hingley was pre-
sented by Mrs. Taylor (wife of the vicar) with a
handsome silver trowel which bore the following
inscription :—" Presented to Noah Hingley, Esq..
by the committee of the Reddall Hill Church
School
_Be ilding Fund."_

Mr. Hingleyo, having laid the stone in the name
of the" Father. and of the Son, and of the Holy
Ghost," said he had great pleasure in laying that
stone, which was to be the foundation of a school
for educating children, and he hoped it would be
the 111,1111 A of doing that for ages to come. He
was glad, in looking over the list of subscribers,
to see how manfully the parishioner of Iteddal
Hill had striven for this school, and how gene-
rously they had given towards it. He was very
much pleased to see the energy with which Mr.
Taylor (the vicar) was prosecuting this work; and
he had no doubt that under his care great success
would attend the school. He (Mr, Hingley) had
given that land, with all that might be under it, as
a site for that school. Me knew there were mines
under it, but that did not matter; he had given it
to them freely, for ever, and no horny hands should
ever undermine that school—(cheers). It was
freely given, and he hoped that the school that
would be erected upon it would be instrumental in
bringing the knowledge of Christ to thousands of
children in that place in the years to come—(ap-
plause).