The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-03-03 00:00:00

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THE TITHE WAR.
STRANGE AND EXCITING SCENES.
The second attempt to serve distraints on the
Anglesea farmers in arrears with their tithes cul-
minated on Saturday in a series of scenes that have
probably been unequalled,for violence since the des-
perate fight between the Denbighshire crowd and the
county police on the steep high road leading to the
little villacThe of Mochdre, near Colwyn Bay. On the
preceding Thursday Mr. Peterson, with his distraint
party, made his first appearance in Anglesea, where
there are. no branches of the Anti-Tithe League or the
New Welsh Land League, and was driven back by a
threatening mob. The Chief Constable of Anglesea then
lid that hewould supply a force sufficient to ensure the
_.cution. of thelaw, and Saturday was fixed for the f ur-
cher visit of Mr. Peterson, who left Chester on Friday
night in order to commence operations early on the
following day. The local police from Holyhead
:.Ltangefui, Beamaris, and Amlwch had received in-
' structions to assemble on Saturday morning for
he pro ec:ion of Mr. Peterson, who remained over
' night at Bangor. That gentleman, who was accom-
, pavied by his personal body guard of armed
emergen, y men, therefore found awaiting him a body
of ppli e to the number of about 35, the entire force
be ng under the ennmand of Colonel Thomas, Chief
IC( n table of Anglesea. There was, unhappily, an
-ono: ion s crowd present, and still more re-
e'gret,l ah-y, without leaders or any persons of influence
a ppi re:. tly among them. Some of the men
car ie 1 staves and others pockets full of stones,
while several possessed horns, which they blew
, -'7;10 wady :. ni thus stimtfatel the excitement. Mr.
=Peterson, who is the solicitor of the Clergy Defence
Association, was accompanied by Mr. Stevens, the
agent of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. About a
dozen farms were visited in all, and the crowd mani-
k ested a more hostile spirit as its numbers became
"augmented. . At the first farm visited the gate was ,
.found to be locked, and the gate securely blockaded '
"'against attack. Mr. Peterson followed by the emer-
gency men, scrambled over this impedient into the
1 farm yard, where there was a turbulent crowd who at
' once commenced a furious onslaught with their sticks. ,
I There was a free fight and ultimately the crowd had
to beat a retreat, and Mr. Peterson served
the farmer with the notice of distraint. At
, several other farms Mr. Peterson found the
I crowd so hostile, making use of their heavy
sticks and throwing large stones, that he war; obliged
to charge with his armed men and disperse them and
,thus force his way in, the emergency men, however, I
,did not find it necessary to draw their cutlasses upon
1 the mob. At one part the high roadwas blocked, and
some of the mob posted themselves at the back of
this obstruction and came up to the top to show
L'• fight. Mr. Peterson, with a couple of policemen,
rgallantly dashed up the height, and the mob
endeavoured to beat the police to the ground. A
'fierce struggle ensued. Armed with a big bludgeon,
and standing on a cart to give him a commanding
popition, one man aimed a fearful blow at the
sergeant of police, but before he could deliver it Mr.
Peterson dealt him a severe blow with his truncheon, '
knocking him clean off the cart on to the ground,
where he lay bleeding. The crowd then bolted,
and the blockade was raised. Effigies of the local
clergy who were distraining far tithes were stuck '
about on haystacks and other prominent positions.
-'nne 20 collisions took place between the forces
eihgaged and the crowd, and it was only with much
forbearance on the part of the authorities that loss of
life did not ensue. During one severe tussle, the Chief
Constable of Anglesea was dragged to the ground and
knocked into a ditch, but he received only slight
injuries. Mr. Stevens was struck several times with
large stones—indeed, these missles were only too
freely used. At the conclusion of the proceedings, Mr.
Peterson informed the chief constable that when ho.
returned to Anglesai ho would request the services of:
the military for his protection, and would accordingly
tpply to the Home Office.

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i EPITOME OF NEWS, ,
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Mr. James Clephan, for may years editor of th(
Gateshead Observer and a well-known previnci
journalist, died at Newcastle on Saturday, at the
advanced age of 84 years. _ -',, ,
. The Paris Figaro has Published kiirticle frcm the
pen of the Comte de Keratry, explaining the origin of
the new diplomatic situation ag marked by • the
r approchement between France and Rnssia, brought
libout by the Due Decazes and Prinoo Gortchakoff,
ilnd the Austro-German alliance, which, in consequence
r' f that rapprochement, was concluded by Count
Andrassy. After declaring that the policy of the Due
Decazes was called forth by Prince Bismarck's declare-
Ition to Prince Orloff in the spring of 1874 that France
lwas reorganising herself too rapidly, and that Germany
!consequently wished to occupy Nancy as a place of
!security, the article concludes as follows ; " Russia
;and France are actuated by the same pacific spirit.
, The3r'ean be sufficiently strong henceforward if they
' wish, rot indeed to mobilise their armies, but to bring
about the demobilisation of the armies of the League.
That will suffice ,to keep in check in the future the
honest brokers, and assure a definitive triumph over
brute force." -
The Rev. Ernald Lane, M.A., rector of Leigh, who
has been appointed by the Bishop of Lichfield to be
Archdeacon of Stoke, in succession to the Right Rev.
Sir Lovelace Stainer, Bart., the new Suffragan Bishop
of Shrewsbury, is the fourth son of the late Mr. John
Newton Lane, of King's Bromley Manor, Lichfield, by
his marriage with the Hon. Agnes Begot, elder
daughter of William, the second Lord Begot LL.D.
He was born in 1836, and was educated at All Souls'
College, Oxford, where he graduated B.A. in 1860, and
, M.A. in 1862, in which year he was ordained by the
Bishop of Oxford.
The nomination for the borough of Hampstead, con-
sequent upon the elevation of Sir Henry Holland to the
peerage, took place on Tuesday. Mr. Edward Brodie
Hoare, Conservative Unionist, was the only candidate
nominated, and was therefore declared duly elected.
There is thus no change in the balance of parties.
In the international skating contest decided at Ams-
terdam on Tuesday, the first and second honours were
respectively awarded to James Smart and George See,
the only Englishmen competing.
The Lord Mayor of London presided over a meeting
held at the Mansion House on Tuesday, when it was
decided that, subject to the consent and co-operation of
the West-end Committee, the amount collected for the
Police Convalescent Fund and the Metropolitan and
City Police testimonial should be handed. over to the .
Commissioners of Police for the maintenance of the
t convalescent home at Dover for the London police, ,
- which has been offered as a free gift, and which is to
• be placed under the same management and conditions
as the Police Orphanage.
At the Clerkenwell Police-couti on Tuesday the case
arising out of the theft of Mr. Wilson Barrett's furni-
ture was again before the magistrate. Frederick W.
Denny, an auctioneer at Tollington-park, was charged
on remand with receiving part of the property, know-
ing it to have been stolen; Arthur Kemp, a hawker,,
was charged with stealing the furniture; and Peter
Smith, who described himself as a jeweller, of Penton-
ville-road, was charged with being;coneerned with Kemp
in the robbery. On the part of the prosecution an
application was made that the charge' against Mr.
Denny might be withdrawn, but Mr Bennett refused
to . accede to this. Evidence was thereupon adduced'
and- the prisoners remanded, Mr. Denny's bail, beingi
increased.
It is reported bY ,the Registrar-General that the
death-rate per thousand in London was 21.6 last week,
as compared with 231, 22.4, and 20.6 in the three pre-
ceding weeks. The rate averaged 22-6 per thousand
' during the first eight weeks of the currezittquarter. '
Between the Ist of April and the 25% February the
Exchequer receipts amounted to £79,780,757, as com-
pared with £80,879,151 in the corresponding period of
' the last financial year; and the expenditure to
£76,669,813 as against £78,988,858. On Saturday last
the Treasury balances stood at £7,331,407, and on
the corresponding date in the previous year at
£7,013,045.
At the Altrincham County-court on Tuesday Richard
Jones, a Manchester warehouseman, sued Edward
Britnor, a gentleman of independent means, residing
at Ashton-on-Mersey, for £5O damages for personal
• injuries. Defendant in October last deliberately threw
a tumbler at the plaintiff, smashing it and destroying
the sight of the right eye. Judge Ffoulkes gave judg-
ment for the amount claimed, with costs. The pro-
ceedings, he said, ought to he;v6 been taken in a higher
cola; as the defendant had inflicted permanent
injuries on the plaintiff.
At the Aston Birmingham Petty Sessions on Tuesday,
Amos Ford, ginger-beer manufacturer, Legge-street,
was fined, under the Merchandise Marks Act, 40s. and
costs, for applying the trade mark of the Birmingham
Coffee House Company (Limited), to certain mineral
waters manufactured by him. 1 tlil .
Another child murder has been reported to ei.
Nottingham police, but so far there is no clue to the
perpetrators. It appears that about a quarter-past
seven o'clock on Tuesday
~night a woman named
Alice Roche found the dead body of a child in an entry
, off Shaftesbury-street, a cloth being fastened round its
neck. At the inquest subsequentiy held, medical
evidence was given to the effect that the child bad
met with a violent death, and a verdict of "Wilful
murder" against some person or persons unknown was
returned.
A woman, giving the name of Barham, was on Tues.
day discovered leaving the private apartments of th
York Hotel, at Chatham' and several gold rings idol(
from the proprietor's (Mr. Fred. White) bedroom v-
afterwards found near where she was stopped an
questioned. She was handed over to the police.'
number of similar robberies at hotels have recentl
occurred in this neighbourhood, which it is suppose
this woman has been concerned in. • ,
At the Croydon Borough Police-court on Tuesdt

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Richard James Carter, -of South Bermondsey, _
respectably-dressed young man, was charged with
bigamously intermarrying with Jemima Carter Gibson, '
his wife being now alive. Detective-constable Stand-
ing said he received information from the two women
that prisoner had gone through the ceremony of
marriage with them and made a search for :him.
Prisoner called at the police-station at South Norwood
that morning and asked for a night's lodging, as he had
been locked out, and was then taken into custody.
Prioner said "I must have been mad with drink, or+
should not have done it." Accused was remanded.
In compliance with a petition presented by tho
Mayor. Corporation, and Burgesses of Ramsgate to the
Local Government Board, Mr, Arnold Taylor be,ld an
inquiry
.at the Town Hall there on Tuesday. The
petition asked that the Board would isime a provisional
order giving the council compulsory powers to purchase
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pertain lands rocptirecl for the purpose of otreet intr
-.provernents, and the pornitruation of a new rd to
panned) the two cliffoi and alto foe 64nolicin to borrow
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On Saturday three men, named Holland, Walker,
and Allen, were charged at Luton with stealing two
loaves from a baker's barrow, which stood in the street.
One man remarked that he took his share home to his
wife and family, and although Holland had been
eleven times, and Walker five times, previously con-
victed, the magistrates only fined them is. each,
observing that they were disposed to deal leniently
with them in this inclement weather.
A very important departure in connection with the
klrish turf was definitely made known on Saturday morn-
...mg in Dublin. For some time a number of turfites
were anxious to purchase a suitable place, close to the
Irish metropolis, for racing purposes, and on-Saturday
it was announced that these gentlemen as a company
have acquired a course near Leopardstown ; Captain
Quinn, keeper of the Irish Match Book, having been
appointed manager. Possibly coursing may be added
to racing. Leopardstown is quite close to Dublin, and
is beautifully situated.
Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria has made a speech,
which he announces no intention of abdicating. -
'7 The Bishop of Manchester, speaking at Blackpool on
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Monday, said that the choice between cremation and
interment involved nothing further than public feeling
and sentiment. He was quite sure that it had no con-
nection with Christian doctrine, and he trusted that
they would not drag that into the argument. If they
avoided its most obvious faults, he could not help
thinking that on the whole interment was the most
natural way of disposing of the remains of the dead.
He did not believe that there was anything in St.
Paul's doctrine of the Resurrection which bore upon
this subject.
A wedding ceremony was interrupted in the Minster
at Wimborne in a singular manner on Monday. A
painter, whose banns had been published in the name
of William Bretton, appeared in church with his bride-
elect, a dressmaker named Martha Read; but rumours
having got abroad that the bridegroom was a married
man, the parties were asked into the vestry, where a
Wimborne tradesman asserted that Bretton had told
him he was a married man with two children. Bretton
admitted having said this, but denied being married.
The clergyman declined to proceed with the service,
and the wedding was postponed for inquiries.
At the half yearly meeting of the Metropolitan Dis-
trict Railway Company on Monday, the chairman, Mr.
J. S. Forbes, moved the adoption of the report. In
the course of the proceedings Mr. Allanson-Winn, while
opposing the motion, was seized with a fainting tit, and
was conveyed to an adjoining room, where medical aid
was summoned. It was announced that he had re-
covered, but had subsequently relapsed, and continued
• seriously ill. Before the meeting broke up an amend-
ment postponing the report and declining to re-elect the
retiring directors was put and lost.
At Dorchester on Monday a number of persons,
mostly artisans, were summoned for refusing to pay
their proportion to a special rate levied to defray cer-
tain expenses incurred in decorating the town, &c., on
the occasion of the visit of the Prince of Wales to Dor-
chester during the Bath and West of England Society's
Show last June. The defendants objected to the pay-
ment on the ground that such a charge upon the rates
could not be legally sustained. The magistrates decided
that the rate was perfectly legal, and made an order
upon the defaulters for payment.
At the Leeds Assizes on Monday Mr. Justice Charles
said that it would be impossible for all the non-jury
cases to be taken before Wednesday, on which day he
and Mr. Justice Day had to proceed to York. There-
fore, the present Assizes would have to be adjourned,
and they would return after the Newcastle Assizes had
been disposed of. Mr. Waddy, Q.C., spoke of the in-
convenience arising from the present arrangements,
and said he hoped that his lordship would make repre-
sentations to the proper quarter so as to avoid a similar
inconvenience. His lordship said he would take care to
do so.
Peter Kershaw, master dyer, of Bradford, was, at
the Leeds Assizes on Monday, found guilty of stealing
several thousand pounds weight of wool belonging to
local manufacturers, who had sent the goods to prisoner
to be dyed, and received short weight in return. Ker-
shaw, who had occupied a leading position in Bradford,
was sentenced to five years' penal servitude. George
Row and Ephraim Rothery, wool merchants, of Brad-
ford, were each sentenced to 18 months' hard labour for
feloniously receiving goods stolen by Kershaw.
Harlaxton Manor, the residence of Mrs. Sherwin-
Gregory, narrowly escaped destruction by fire on Mon-
day. Through the overheating of the stove in the
kitchen, the chimney took fire and spread to the roof.
The Grantham Volunteer Fire Brigade were as quickly
as possible on the spot, and the fire was confined to the
apartment in which it originated. The damage done
does not exceed £lOO. The mansion is one of the finest
in the world, built in the Elizabethan style, at enormous
cost, by the late Mr. Gregory-Gregory. It was com-
menced in 1831, and completed in 1854, from a design
by Salvin. The barons' hall, 75ft. by 301 t. high, is
richly ornamented with oak wainscotting, and floored
with beautiful marble. The manor passed from the
De Lignes to the late George De Ligne Gregory. •
A speciab meeting of the isle of Man Agricultural
Society was held at Ramsey on Monday evening, to
consider the advisability of offering special prizes at
agricultural shows for stallions, to encourage the intro-
duction of first-class horses into the island, and the
improvement in breeding for the army and agricultural
purposes. A letter was read from the Lieut. Governor
approving of the movement, and a deputation was
appointed to confer with him in Douglas on Thursday,
and obtain, if possible, a grant from thagynwald Court
for the purpose, on the same condition that similar
objects are supported in England by aid from the
Imperial Treasury.
A telegram from Montevideo states that Senor Fer-
nando Torres has been appointed President of the
Uruguayan Senate, and Senor Magarinos PF6isident of
the Chamber.
Prince George of Wales sailed from Malta on Monday
on board the P. and 0. steamer Sutlej, for London, in
order to be present at the silver wedding of the Prince
and Princess of Wales.
The boy Hedley George Joyce, whose brother was
instantly killed on the railway at East Finchley, has
since died in the Royal Free Hospital, Gray's-inn-road.
The lads were struck by an engine while they were
!crossing the metals. A
t Her Majesty's ship Devastation, which left Queens-
'ferry for Portsmouth, with the view of receiving
repairs, was compelled to return to her moorings at the
. former place on Sunday night, having been unable to
: effect the intended passage, owing to the great severity
of the weather.'
• Mr. Beck, late secretary of the Grosvenor, has (says
the London correspondent of the .21ranchester gliardian)
gone over to the Carr-Hall6 Gallery. Amongst the
artists who will exhibit at the new gallery are Mr.
Burne,Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Perugini, Mr. Alma Tadema,
and Mr. W. B. Richmond. •
The Academical Board of the Triuity College, London,
has awarded the Sir Michael Costa Prize, value 10
guineas, with the gold medal of the College to Mr.
John Alsop, of Newton Abbot, for an orchestral over-
ture in F. The adjudicator was Sir Herbert Oakeley,
Professor of Music at Edinburgh University.
The new station on the Great Eastern Railway at
Hertford was opened for passenger and general traffic
on Monday morning. The structure is handsome and
convenient, being nearly 400 yards nearer the centre of
the town than the old station. The communication
between Hertford and London will be improved imme-
diately by the addition of several fast trains.
The death of Mr. Charles Richard Bannastre Legh,
J.P., Deputy-Lieutenant for Cheshire, of Adlington
Hall, Lancashire, is announced. The deceased was a
direct descendant from John de Legh, who acquired
Adlington in 1316. The deceased, who was a Conser-
vative, presided for a number of years as Chairman of
the Macclesfield Petty Sessions.
The London Chamber of Commerce has decided to
extend the time in which specimens of home-grown
tobacco can be sent in for the fifty guineas prize com-
petition from the Ist of March (the date originally
, fixed), to the Ist of May of this year. The conditions
of the competition for a second prize of fifty guineas
for the 'best specimens of Colonial and Indian grown
tobacco remain unchanged,' and they can be received
up to the Ist of December: • .
• Mr. Rowley King, second son of Sir Gilbert King, of
Jamestown, Drumsna, while out shooting on Saturday,
was crossing a ditch when his gun exploded, and the
charge entering his body he was killed. As he did not
return home search was made all night, but it was not
until morning that the body was found in a ditch. It
appears that Mrs King was carrying his gun before
him, and that the charge;first struck lkim at the left side
of the neck. , The clothes became ignited and burned
the front of hiebody. . ' .. .
The scheme which has been prepared, under the
direction of the Lords of the Admiralty, for the mobili-
sation of our naval forces, is to bef practiaally tested 1:
the fitting out at the home ports of as strong a fleet is
can be got together. In pursuance of Orders which
have been issued frOna Whitehall, the Channel Squadron
will arrive at the honie reSits not later' than the 4th of•
April. Vice Admiral Sir William • Hewett, K.C.8.,
will then strike his flag, and be succeeded by Vibe'
Admiral J. K. Baird, Admiral Superintendent of NaVal
Reserves: After the ships have made good their defects,
they will take part in the summer manoeuvres in cdn-
nection with the mobilisation scheme. In addition to
the reserve squadron, a number of ironclads, gunboats,
and torpedoes will be brought forward for commission.
The arrangements for manning a powerful fleet hays)
engaged the continuous attention of the naval authorities
in London and at the home ports, and the results will
be looked forward to with the greatest interest. The
strictest secrecy is being observed in respect to the pre-
parations for what promises to be a most effective
means of testing the resources of the navy, and be
practicability of commissioning and sending to sea at
comparatively short votive all the ships available for
service. .
Intelligence received at Rome from Massowah is that
all the reports received agree in stating that the Negus
arrived on the 22nd inst. at Godofelassi with his army,
which is encamped on the Mai Gardi plain. It is said
that he appears anxious to make a further advance, for
it is reported that his advance guard is at Debassa, to
the north of Goddfelassi. The Italian railway line has
been finished for two kiloinetres beyond Dogali.
The fourth annual Conference of the National Asso-
ciation of Journalists was held on Saturday at New-
castle, in the Council Chamber of the City Hall, granted
by the Mayor, Mr. W. D. Stephens. Sir Algernon
Borthwick, M.P., presided, and, in moving the adoption
of the report, strongly urged the value and importance
of establishing an institute and placing journalism on a
broad, sound footing as an-organised profession.
The annual meeting of the Press Association was
held on Saturday at the Society of Arts, Mr. Hyde
Clarke in the chair. After some discussion the con-
sideration of the report and,other business was adjourned
for a month. .
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I At the Clerkenwell Poltre-court on Saturday, Arthur
Kemp, a hawker, was charged with being concerned
. with another man in the recent robbery of Mr. Wilson
Barrett's furniture. He said at the police-statimi that
Denny had. Only given•Xl9, for the furniture. He was
;remanded, and bail refused. , I- • ' „
. In Dublin on Saturday Vice-Chancellor Chatterton
granted leave to issue a writ in the action brought by
• ,the Hon. Mrs. Whyte-Melville against the-Rev. Heiry
•Uigginrion Whyte-Melville, to restrain him from t am
ferriq pertain coouritiea forming a Portioo of tue•
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