The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-11-21 00:00:00

FUNERAL OF THE MARQUIS OF , the case in Methodism. No leader can be appointed
without the concurring vote of the "Leaders'
HASTINGS. Meeting," nor any local preacher be admitted on
The body of Henry Wrysford Charles Plantagenet trial or into full recognition except on the resolution
Rawdon.Hastings, fourth and presumably last Mar- and by the vote of the Local Preachers' Meeting.
The power of discipline is, to a large extent, in
quilt of Hastings, was interred on Saturday morning, in
last week, in a vault newly-made in Kensal Green the minds of the Leaders' Meeting. No member
Cemetery. A vast number of person. ass can be censured or expelled, unless he has
enibled in
front of the mourning house in Grosvenor-square, and been found guilty at a Leaders' Meeting. or
, .
at least a hundred cabs were on the outskirts of the a Committee of the Quarterly Meeting. No
crowd; and on the roofs of these vehicles, men, by
, minister can be introduced into the pulpit of a
bop,
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and even women stood, with curious and eager faces, Methoist chapel who has not been recommended to the
which justified somebody's observation, "like a Derby ffiffistry by the Quarterly Meeting of the Circuit to
1 which he belongs. All this, I apprehend, is contrary
Day !" 1 to the essential principles of the Church of England.
The funeral procession left the residence of the late
Marquis. 4, Grosvenor-square. at eleven o'clock.
How could these provisions be fitted into harmony
['hough there was less of pomp and parade than in 3
1 with an organisation in which the sole and absolute
times not far removed into the past, might have charac- power of the clergy, as each, to admit to communion
tensed the obsequies of a man of high rank, there
or to repel, is, however, it may be in practical abey-
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1 Slice, a fundamental principle, and in which the law of
was no marked absence of the sombre stateliness be-
longing specially to an English funeral. The hearse 1 patronage remains supreme? Moreover, it would be
was followed by eight mourning coaches each with I Impossible for the Church of England to admit all
,
. Methodist minist.rs, merely an such, to take full
four horses ; and the long line of nodding black ostrich
,
plumes and of velvet trappings was increasi dby several pastoral rank and authority in the administration of
private carriages, that of the Marchioness of 'Conyng. I the sacraments. To do so would be to renounce the
i dogma of eacrodotal succession, and to admit that the
ham being of the number. In the first of the mourn-
I validity of orders has no i elation to episcopal &nth°.
Mg coaches were Admiral Yelverton, Mr. F. A übrey
Hastings, Mr. John Kirwan, and Lord Manchline ; 1 ntY• And, on the other hand, it is certain that
Methodist people nor theirministers would
the second coach contained Viscount Meridiem, Lord neither the Met
Henry Paget, Lord Alexander Paget, and Lord , endure a word of re-ordination, or consent to the
1 B. rkeley Paget ;in the third were Viscount Sydney, relinquishment of the right of sacramental adtninistra-
the Duke of Newcastle, Mr. John Balgay. and MI:. tion.
C. cil Heneage ; in the fourth, Lord Charles Ker, Capt. 1
Hawkeley, Mr. Henry Pedwick. and Mr. Wilkinson;
in the fifth, sixth, and seventh coaches Mr. John
Storey, ('apt Barlow, the Rev. John Browne, the
Rev. Henry Williams (officiating clergy inen), Dr.
Ilawksley, Dr. White, Dr. Turner, and Dr. Howson ;
and, in the last carriage, his lordship's house-steward,
valet, and gloom of the cha nbers, with the Marchio.
Hess's 11011 '9 MAid.

VISIT of the QUEEN of the NETHERLANDS
to MISS BURDETT COUTTS'S MARKET.
In London, on Saturday, the neighbourhood of
Bethnal-creen and Shoreditch was in a state of great
excitement in consequence of the visit of her Majesty
the Queen of Holland, who, in company with Miss
Burdett Coutts, went over and inspected the noble and
charitable works which that lady had designed and
carried out for the moral and social improvement of
the most populous but mint poverty-stem-ken district
of London. In the very heart of Bethnal-green, and
within a short distance of Shoreditch parish church,
this magnificent market, called the Columbia-square
Market, has been built by the munificence of Miss
Burdett Coutts. It is close to her model lodging-
houses, which afford a comfortable and cheap home to
nearly three hundred families, and is replete with
every novel appliance for the formation of a perfect
general market. It covers a very considerable area,
and in built in the form of a vast quadrangle having
alviades and shops, w:th dwellings over on tl.e three
sides, and a very handsome mart et hall at the northern
e stremity of the quadrangle, whose lofty proportions
and elaborately-finished design does infinite credit to
its architect, Mr. Henry Derbishire. Beneath the
whole f .bric of the market is a complete forest
of vaultingis, all of which are lighted with gas, and
are well adapted for the most extensive storage
of wine or beer. A very large sum of money
has been expended in the ornamentation of the Market
Hall, and in the noble clock tower which surmounts
that structure, entire buildings sae ens-limbed
by carvinga of the style prevalent in the early
part of the fourteenth century, though the materials of
which they are composed are simple and inexpensive.
The great aim has been to offer alike encouragement
to the common workman, to the higher class or
ornamental workers, and to sculptors of promise.
Soon after twave o'clock the Queen of Holland and
suite, accompanied by Miss Burdett Coutts, arrived at
the market, and were conducted over the entire build-
ing. Her Majesty eapressed much satisfaction at so
novel and philanthropic an undertaking, and minutely
inspected the arcades, the shops, and the market hall,
and even de-cended into the vast cellars, which
occupy the whole basement of the market square and
adjoining buildings, and which were brilliantly lighted
with gas for the occasion. I ler Majesty also honoured
many i.f the occup .nts of the Columbia-square dwel-
lings with her presence, and freely walked amongst
the crowd of East-enders, who collected in numbers to
welc in- Royalty and to do honour to their benefactress,
Miss Coutts, The Royal party, on their return to
Stration street, were entertained at luncheon-by Miss
Burdett. Couttv.

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At the cemetery, the cortege was met by many
friends of the late Marquis, among whom were the
Earl of Westmorland, Captain Lennox, Mr. Wallace,
the Messieurs Coventry, Capt. Bagley, and Mr.
Granville. The Marchioness, accompanied by three
ladies, was present in the chapel and at the
grave, and was sadly overcome by her emotion. It is
said that five thousand persons were in the ground ;
and, though this may be an eNcmsive estimate, the
number was certainly very great.
The tiimb of Lord Hastings is a briek vault, not far
from St. John Longs; and the coffin placed in it on
Saturday is the first. Indeed, as air ady mentioned
here, tho vault is new, having been expressly prepared
for the reception of tho youthful Peer's remains. With
ancestral estates in several parts I,f the kingdom. •
may seem to many readers a strange and mournfully
significant circumstance that the Marquis of Hastings
should sleep In a grave at Kensal Green.

The Sporting Gazette says : The Marquis of Hastings'
illness culminated in "Bright's disease," which acceler-
ated the death of his father and aunt, and from which
he himself had been a set Ter more or less since he
was 14 years of age. The Prince of Wales person illy
called to inquire after the Moiqu s, who had previously
received a particul trly kind note from his royal high-
ness, containing a letter of introduction to the Viceroy
of Egypt on visiting b. dominions. Without witling
to intrude nye, the sacred privacy of the chamber of
death, we may state that nes Cr was woman's attention
more zealous and devotional than that of the Mar.
chioness cit Hastiogs to her husband throughout his
illness, during which she scarcely left him for a moment
day or night, except to snatch occasional rest and food;
and it is a remarkable fact, that long after he ceased to
take notice of other members of his family and old
friends, the stricken invalid did not fail to rec, guise
his wife under most gratifying and touching circum-
stances. The same affectionate hands placed a
bouquet of scarlet and white camellias in his c tffin.
The Marquis has left a will by winch he has bequeathed
the whole of his remaiiiiug property to his wife, to
which instrument Admiral Velverton and Mr. Padwick
are appointed executors.

JOHN BULL TO JOHN BRIGHT.
My eloquent .Tolin Ilright, your denunciation's strong,
More potently would smite your satire s stinging thong,
If for guidance of its might, you'd take this with you along—
That you aren't always right, your opponents always wrung:
That some doctrines worth a whiff are, though they lead

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lMtwccn two stools ;
That SaiiS for the state-skiff are, without ballast, dangerous

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That dull folks' backs get stiffer. the more you call them

mules ;
And that men from pm may differ, yet be neither rogues nor

That 'twitt argument and reason wise men two ways may

d evole
That to rile slow tht re's a season, and a season fast to rule:
That to troth it is no ties',: both es to open wide,
Ono that thin:4s their Dockside sees on, and one on their
Brightside —Punch.