The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-03-12 00:00:00

SrOURBRIDGE.

SPEECH BY MR. OSBORNE NIORGAN.

A me-iing was held in Cie Alhambra Theatre,
t'Stourtnidge, tee Nlonday nig t. wi,h the object of
enablieg the local rii As ocietion to make a
presentaiin to Mr. Wilson, ine unsucc-ssful can
did de at the list general election for the Mid-
Wolc..ster-i ire D.vi eon, in recuguiti n of ti,e
manner in ehich he fought on that ucteetneu. The
pretenfatiou consisted bt a complete glase servico,
numbereig altogether Itie pieces. each having upon
it tn mou 'gram "A. J. D." Mr. P Perg-ner pre-
sided, an I th re was a large attendance.
The Ch irman having oeened the proceedings
with a review of the circumstances of the late
election, Mr. W. H. Pack wool eulogised Mr. Dadson
for tt,e p ucky bat le be had fought, and condemned
Mr. Corbett, who he sat ljhad never recognised their
assoeiatioa. He (Mr. Packwood) had to perform
the pleasant du y of presenting Mr. Denson, in the
name of the subscribers, with that testimonial,
which was the result of the subscripti .ns of the
'may sous of t ii. ile had received pennies and
bal.pennies from men who hid sacritifed their half
ounces ot tub ecco—(cheers).
Mr. Ded,on, who was received with groat ellen.,
ing, said, in the course of his reply, ihit if he had
cone there aid reeeived a prteent ten thousand
tune., the value of tear, th-re would not be in his
heart the same keen feeling of love f 'r t use who
me(le the p esent a, there was et that moment—
(applause). Inc mclusi nhe reviewed the political
itu ti,u, more partioulady in reger,l to the Irish
questio,t, h:c.& he said on yM. Gladstone could
settle.
Toe Rev. W, Wallace (11api-t) proposed " That
this meettne expre,sea i s utetbeted coefilence in
the Rignt Lion. W. E. Weds-one an,l eare.,..ty
desires his speedy return to p twer with a strong and
united 'Abe el Governtueut."
This wee seconded by Mr. Panioe, arid eripported
by elr Osborne INlergen, Q C.. M.P., who said it
hat been many years nis p ivilege t , serve uneer
their grand old lea ler, Mr. Gladstone, and it had
been his pH le to eonour. him (applause). He
asked them to give practical point to that resolution
by seeding hie frieni Mr. laeLon before long to
r present tnem in P aliament. He had fouget
great tight, and he weille tight a sill better fight
yet. fi did n wisia te aey aeainat their
present memeee .a .•10 n co It t, pore amity. He
believed he had the plasue f kilo win: bun by
sight, but be dtd not often See bin in t .e 'louse of
ennAone. lie was o lige Ito leu in 1:134,e Par
litm,ntare Comoeuion to lid.:ut wh tt tie
he E.) .ud he c tiled himself an ineeeen len; Li o 3 al.
fie aid not like in tepteutent Li b rah. They se. mod
to him to eh w their indepenaehhe by iii vays vo:iug
in tire face and %octet et thu.e w.io ;writ them to Par-
lietrient—(cueefs). He was arid the last electioa
was rata. r hauls limed for the Liber.Als. La the
first place it cenie too suddenly upon the et:nary.
If they gay- a nors.. a bucket of water and a heavy
fee tof cover just before he stared to run a race,
it was ten to one lie isciuld hmik down. That was
just their ca,e. Thay had had a heavy feel, and
lied not nee time to dig at am, hear). Recent
bye elections, ouLl as those at Liverp rot and
Burnley, set), ed th t the tide of pu tie opinion was
turning. Tee country l'tea.s grtadualy waking up to
tee fact that there were only two ways of governing
Ireland. Tbey mieht govern it as they governe t
India, or they might let it govern Leaf. There
was no third course opeu to them. What would
they say if in a country like this, in whicit Protest-
ants were predominant, only Roman eathoics were
adovred to be up m a jury? In Leland that was
what was happening. Where Iteleal Cathelics
predorniaaeed tney were excluded from the jury.
And even alter that wee done the Goveremeut did
not get a co.-vietson. He contended that that w.lB
a most rr i.erable seam of the Coastitution. He
aim at thought he should prefer a Government by
force to a Government by tfaud—(apptause). kle
was at dicnei wilt Air. Gladstone last week, and
tee latter said to him. " Lord It in Wire' canoe me
' the old man in a hurry' I p.ead to being the old
man, but I atu not in a hurry "—(applause), lie
said it would be the duty of the Lioeraiparty when
they next got into power to clear the sex it quest io
of Irt land out of time way, ant then they could de-
vote thetusetves to the coredderation of th .se great
soca, and patted preblem, witn whimi wen:
bound up the prosperity, the happiness, tire great—
ness, nay, the very eXlS:eaeo of our Loantry—
(cheers),
The [notion was carried unalim mushy.
Votes of thanes woro aecordee to alr. 'Osborne
Morgan for his speech and to the Ch tirman for
presiding.

ALHASIBaik TitStlltl4. A very ulusial event
occurred at the Theatre on Friday evening list, this
being the provincial pertorenauce, prior 0 produc.
tion in Lowton, ot an original drama in tour acts,
entitled " Bloken Lnks," written by Mr. henry
Holmes, one of the principal in mbers of the
"Hazel Kirke" Company. The story of the drama,
which is a most nue, estiug ono, ineideutslly touches
on the French marriage law, kn 'wit as the .` Code
Napoleon," and riea a vigntuus exposure of the
tuiq Ades that may be, and are practised daily,
owing to its ex.nitence. A young Frencimitiu,
demy Deavi,ie, a nataue, marr es a young Engl:sh-
woula I. 'faking (toy ,otage ot file law he abandons
her, enei t Paris, aid marries a erenchwoman.
dis first wifc Family ioiiows him, and learns to her
horror that bhe lia been tiet:ayed.. the k'renca
wife on hearing of thv deception that has been
pra....,tised by Henry, tollows him to his own house
in Loudon, and eta a iiim to death. She is dying
herselt owing to a wound sue had formerly received,
and toe .rain :a is brouht to a most effective and
striking connindon as sofa places Emily's hand in
that of a lorwer taithtul lover, and dies as the last
cv.irds ot the play are spoken " United by the Hand
of the De id." Mr. T. 11. Solly gave a manly ant
spirited ran tering of . John Burtln, to: titer
lover A vet), clever ei.e.racti-r sketch of an old
Frenchman wed pourtr iyed with admirable firume-s
and skill by !dr. tierb.rt 13 .rre. As Henry Deaville
Mr. ciiir Page 0 ime out quite strurg, and in the
weird delirious mur ler speech created a profoun
eus i Ar, 11. Fu.ford tatriy revelled in the
coadtkne
y B
of Mr. olden, an admirably written
su
character, mad bronght down the house wi a hia
comic D. T. scene. Miss Lan.a Taluot played th
part ot Matie, the French wife. With greet drttelatiC
intansity. and Mi4s F..ntiy Grootue gave a g.)
reoderiU4 of the comic old maid jJ3e Crabtree.
feissie iiampl.rys as Eeaiy Ueavi le, the, leAliig pert
j,, tee Oche, eiluweit nzslf capahle of p.ayinc; 0.1
ills sbo e eaeriut of the iarainatie ly re. Comedy,
synipa.hy, feet, tra,ei.y, and stilton:it, have all to h •
„„,,wu ii ales t,yinti rum, and Miss Huinphrys came
t,ruh toe iperdeal with tliii.shuiehtewrhs;chof
rises
audience. " rukeu Links" is rearicably well
written in terse vigorous E g
oocasionally to a poetic level. Ewen if the letignage
were not so good the situations which follow oue
upou the o her would. ensure e succest culiumating
as tuey do at the end of the third act in tz, 11:108t
tff?ctive tableau to bring down the curtain. We
hope that in ill., London production which is shortly
to take place the judgment of the provinces will be
ratified.—On Tuesday an '2ld Stourbridge favourite,
Miss Deering, commence a five nights' engagement
here. The piece selectee! was Frank tiervey's
grand emotionral drama entitled " Woman's Veit
gcane e," ahu the in.‘nner in which it was perform
call-d foitti t e untounJed appiaume of the audien 0,
Miss Deering a sip Es represen; ation of thh two
eiiaracte. Jacque:lac and tAle illureiforeese de /a
Grange cl,:t Iy sh ,weo t (lac she has not lost any of
her t,rili.tt,,t p w•-is of keeping Ilia feelings of oer
au ieuee kie tRe 1114u:et pitch of expee.
14,.0n. tier suerior ;ye Ui CinrC We lisaitily
,received. ,y 4u. ed ty the ot)
athe cf /Le ,vrup iiiiii ito .111), Eau.ly
r:ldrA and buoy (itiwny. 'Dad ousratider 4ir
DI/4 gaiii9/4 adatitabil

Norman Watts. this gentleman has a thorough \
m tnly style of acting, eutirely devoid 3f affectation,.
and the part suited tti!u to a nicety, The Fat
Jan of Mr. John William 4 was everytaing that
could be desired. Mr. Sam A. Mewha ma le an
excellent and exceedingly funny Lord gutterly,
ani the villain o! the pi thuqt Eijcl, was
cleverly pou,trayed -by Mr. Wilfred Grahame
Mr. Ernst Steve .s was a very eood Alfred Dubois,
and the drama was gone through without a single
hitch. On Wednesday Woman's Vengeance was
repeated. On Thursday East Lymle was produced,
and last night the performsneA Commenced With the
screen scene from the School fir Scandal, and con-
cluded with Leah. We hope the efforts of this high-
class company will meet wa h the appreciation they
so well deseevee and that there will be a cr)wded
house to-night (Saturday).!
THE QUEENS JUBILEs.—A meeting was held at
the Talbot Assembly Room, StoUrhridge, on Ttr,s-
day nistiht, with r.ference to the local celebrati m
of the Queen's Jubilee. Mr. W. J. Turney, who
presided, alluded to what the town was doing
towards commemorating the jubilee by the erection
of public buildings, and be not think tney could
be expected to do more than by giving the poor
a d the school children of the town a treat. Any
attempt to obtain local subscriptions towards the
proposed Imperial iastittite wOitldi he believed,
fall tlnt.—Mr. T. D. Thomas moved a resolution
approving of the object, and affirming that it was
oesirable, in addition to the erection of a new town
hall and public offic,s to celebrate her Majesty's
jubilee by providing a treat. for the poor and the
school children of the district. Mr. Platt, in
seconding the resolution, suggested that there should
be a medal for distribution. The resolution was
supported by the Rev. L. R. Penley, an carried,—
The Rev. H. Sherrard moved the appointment of a
committee consisting of the Commissioners, the
ministers of religion, and medical men of the town,
Etna other gentlemen, to give effect to the preceding
resolution. Mr. Shorrarti neged they should make
the celebration as hearty a one as possible, and stir
the pulse of loyalty in those who participated it. it.
tier Nlaj sty was the tepr •sent.tive of a monarchy
which had flour shed for a thousand years, and she
' was herself one of the moat c ),stitutional sovereigns
who till &v r sat upon the tnrone, wlii!e she bore
an unsailteu reputaliol, and had shown a pattern of
dome-tic virtue to everyone in the Lind. lie trusted
they would collect a good sum to worthily celebr.tte
he. jabilee.— At% Alfred Freer seconded the resolu-
tion. •Nhich was sul.ported by. Mr. H. James and
(arried. —Toe Chairman thoutrlit that the expendi-
ture upon the meths), which would wean £2OO.
would be money thrown away, and he would sooner
give it to some other object. The town hall and
public offices m •vement was, he hoped, only the
beginning of a b,tter state of things in the town,
and though they had co is ted £4,300 for the T n
Hall, they would want ..£BOO for the organ. Mr.
Turney was elected chairmtn of the committee, and
it was d raided tl at the sub6cription Raoul,' be un-
limited in amount.

DINNER TO THE LOCAL VOLUITEETV. The
annu ii iinner to the Stota bridge V ilunteera took
place it the Assembly Roieu, Talbot Hotel, oe
Monday evenin e last when upwards .f 1?0 sat down
to a caoi,al 8, read
C ttont LOCAL FIX VIHINiTIONS•-1118 t,SUlts
of the Camb:idge local ex imiaatious h -I!in Decem-
ber I tt, w, r issa don Satiirdae. The following
are the eief local results :—Boye Students under
18 wh h ve obt 'hied honours —Class If. : C hack.
WOO i, King E lward'e School, Stourbriage.
Stadents on or 16 yearswho have obt tined honours.
. —Class I. Ist div sion : CtSSIM., King Edward's
School, 'o 11 bridge. S coal divistoe :F. S. Hut.
ton cane J 11. Ki• am, King E lward's School, Stour-
badge. C ass HI A. Cook aid G. T. Green, King
E :ay iri'• Sc) o 1, Soeurbridge. • Girls Students
under 13 yea's, who have eatisfied the examiners,
but are ot included in c asses 1,2, and 3, E. C.
Conaley, atou-bridge. Students above eighteen
yews of age who have satisfied the examiners: R.
A. Casson, Stourbridge.
lioann or U IJARDIA.7aB. Mr. Haskew presidel at
at the usual weekly meeting of this Board.yester-
day. There were also present Messrs. Pargeter,
H inerley, Griffin, Parkes, Thomps m, Mclillan, Rot.
linson, Bryce, Webb, Guy, Brooks. Rhodes, Hill,
Striiaceer, Worthington, and Yardley. Admitted
ince the house dame tee week 21, discharged 17,
dead 3, remeinina 562 corresponding week list year
576 Out-d 'or :relief. Kiegswitif ad district £47
4 s 41, Stourbri ,ge .23t 14s 2,1, Hal Bowen £3O 153
9s, non-resident paupers .£2 re 41, total £1.14 us
81, aga ust £llO 28 4} 1 in the corresponding week
last year.
A SE3IOUS Citetaaa.—At the Police Court yester-
ciao.. before Col. Fletcher, Col. Ouch:ll,oe, and T.
D. Th eines and A, Freer, Esqs , Christopher John
Tyreteicomeositer, Baylis) Street, wtte charged with
U ilawfully bre i king and entering into the laundry
of Mary Hill, 22, heath Street. Mr. Hinds de-
feuded.—Proaecutrix said she locked the laundry
up stfe on the 9th inst; the window was also safe
but the next mcvning the window was open.—P.C.
Farley said that on the 9th inst he watched the
pr nises of the last witness Ile watched from 11
p.m, on the 9th till 610 a.m. on the 10th. At about
the latter time he saw the prisoner coming up the
gasden belonging to p-osecutrix, and go to the
laiireiry window, and remain there two or three
minutes. He eatne a few yards from the window
and fetched a stick (produeed.) He noticed the
window was shut, but did net notice whether it %as
fastene 1,, Oa taking up the stick prisoner went
back to the window, and witness then heari a
grating noise like a s ick being drawn backwards
and forward., Wi.ness Oen came out of his hiding
place and went to the win low. The prisoner was
by the window w th the stick in his hand, and on
seeing witness t e made an attempt to get away,
but he checked himself. With as creationed him
, as to what he was doing, and he said, "I ain looking
for one of our fowl that has got out." Witness
remarked that it was a funny place to look for a
fowl, end askel him what lie was doing at the win-
dow, to wiliee prisoner replied, "I oaly opened the
vendo r and lo kid in for curioeite's sake." He
(wita ,v) then took prisoner to the police station,
and on charging him he said, did open the win •
div. hut I an] not attempr to take anything at all;
Idi I pick up ,eeme linen but put it down ag in."
—Teere was another charge of stsaling a pair of
drier rs, value 34, the property of Mary 11:11, on the
25 h tilt, and t ire was a still fuither charge of
stealing a pair of drawers, value 3s, on the sth inst,
the property of 'Mary Hill. Proseeutrix give evi-
deece, and added that he did not wish to press the
cher re.—Richard Been Tyrer, brother of pritoner,
said he examined his brother's box and found the
missing liuen.—Mr. Hinds shianitted that the evi-
deace adduced was not sufficient for them to con-
vict upon.—The Bench retired to consider their
verdict, and on returein e into. Court said they
cansidsredt tore was a prima facte case.—Mr. Hinds
then proceeded to c -11 witnesses as to prisoner's
character.— l'he Rev. Lionel Banks Penley said he
haul known the pri,oner for a number rif years, and
be was ona of the best young men with whein he
hid to deal, He had beau a consistent chi is.ian
men, and attended church reeularly.—Mr.
youa t
aa T. Ford, the prisoner's employer.. also spoke very
highly of his honesty and integruy.—Tee Bench
decided to d straw the first c ise. As to the other
they wer • very glad the law allow them to Fr.pose
a fine ins earl of send ng him to prison it ap-
peared to theni to be a ease of klepeeseamia A flue
ot £2, iiciiliiig costs, was imposed.—This Bench,
addreesing the latlas.r, said the prisoner required his ,
inoet eerious atierCeon, and thought ache %go would
do him good.
GRIMM OF (r Rralom. -- 'William North.
builder, Kiddern, ieier Street, was charged with
obstructing the teee pas-age of the highway, on
tne 11th inst Mr. Ward defended. Henry Aaatne,
in the employ of defendant, sail he put a quantity
of lime and send on the horse road. Cross ex-
amined :—The sand was near the Climax WOrke,
Mill Street. The lime and sand was placed outside
because the space inside was limited, Several
carts had passed up the street befo...e the gentleman
piste lup whoa.) horse shied. He saw the hors )
slay in the street on Thursd :y. w:lezi there was no
obstrucion at all. The stu!'i se, close up agai, at
the wall. [I Mr. King: It was mixed in•ide. tat'
it wool I not
.be slacaed Inspector Lunge said
frim information receive 1 he went into Mill 'Street
by tic Climax Works. tie saw morne sand lime'
stove!, hod, and eotne bricks. The mortar was or;
the side of the road. Trie aidtb of the road was
about 91t. 4in Toe width Loin the mortar was Eat.
The width of the crossing 2 t 10:11. He afterwards
saw the cot nde.e, eh seat he told tin man to
nix the moitir there because they Laiii't room.
Cross-ex imined : There was tic footpath on the side
of tie, road %viler° the bui ding was He knew the
gentleman who horse sweet, and he those higu
spiri ed horse. After heariug Mr. Ware's defence
t .e B
.nch retired to consider their ver lict, and cie
returione ,nto Coutt, Cul. Fletener sat 1 it was a
eaee in which they could not convict and dismissed
the case.

That a wood t! ing should be kept from the public,
because cf the old-time prejudice of an exce.-dingly
diminutive min,rity, is absurd. St. Jacobs Oil has
dcmoustrat,d itself an absolute blessing to very
many, and the wider this fact is known the better
for humat, ity,

rhe Old ical SpecialistiAy in conealted daily at
4L U-e%c, tAninea htree t, ihnuiaghara.

v KIIVO DBILIry and General Weakness
u)ss of Poxer and k:nergy, speedily cured 'll,
fixtcral vitality re 4 ore I. Put,oia ,lytlO itYt liitt4
eount,v send of tlie:r ease, all a !vie f
t.., ir elre w.i t s-ut free of eilarg,i. o,lly a
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