The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-02-06 00:00:00

THE ROYAL VISIT TO CHESTER.

The Mayor of Chester has received the following
communication from the Prince of Wales, through
his private secretary, Mr. Knollys :
"Marlborough House, Jan. 27, 1886.
"Dear Sir,-1 am directed to take this opportunity of
acquainting you that the Prince derived the greatest
satisfaction from his visit and from the reception
which he met with on the occasion from all classes of
the inhabitants. His Royal Highness appreciated
likewise very highly the arrangements which were
made by the authorities, and he was much struck by
the good order that was preserved throughout the
entire route. He regrets, however, very sincerely
the unfortunate circumstance which prevented him
from having the gratification of passing through the
streets of Chester on Friday.—l remain, yours truly,
"FRANCIS KNOUTS.
"His Worship the Mayor of Chester."

MR. GOSCHEN and his CONSTITUENTS

"Mr. Goschen presents his compliments to the
editor of the Daily Telegraph, and begs to forward a
copy of a letter which he has addressed to the chair-
man of his election committee in Edinburgh, with its,
enclosure.
"Feb. 1."

"69, Portland-place, Jan. 30, 1886.
"Dear Sir,—l have received the enclosed letter,,
which acquaints me with a resolution passed with
regard to my vote on Mr. Jesse Collings' motion.
The letter states that the resolution was submitted to,
a meeting of electors of the North-Eastern Division
of Edinburgh, but I gather from the newspapers what
the letter fails to state, that the meeting was held by
the Radical and Advanced Liberal Association for the.
division, a body who, if I am rightly informed, are •
the successors of the committee of my opponent at
the last election, and who were throughout virulently
hostile to my candidature.
"To such a body I owe no explanations. My
friends in the constituency, on the other hand, are
fully aware that if there was one subject on which I
was more explicit than on any other during the elec—
toral campaign it was on my antagonism to the land
views of the school of which Mr. Collings is one of
the exponents. If members are to be expected to
turn their backs at the first party call on all they said
to their constituents, the public would be justified in
looking on the exposition of opinion at election
times not as the honest and earnest expression of "
the candidate's convictions, but as mere electioneering
babble.

"My friends in the division know that, to nze
phrase which I uttered at my last pHblic meeting, I
did not claim their suffrages under the shelter of any
other man's name, howeTer great,' but 'on my address
to the electors and on the principles enunciated at my
various meetings.' I stood as a firm and ardent sup-
porter of the four measures which form Mr. Glad-
stone's authoritative programme, as an opponent of
the various forms of municipal socialism, advocated
by Mr. Chamberlain and others, and as a resolute up-
h )lder of the legislative union between Great Britain
and Ireland.

"Such were the broad lines on which fought the
contest, such were the conditions on which I was
elected, and I shall stand by them in the letter and
in the spirit. My constituents, who have treated me
with so much kindness, will, I trust, support me in
fulfilling the pledges by which I am Lound.—l am,
dear Sir, yours very faithfully,
"GEORGE J. GOSCIJEN.

"To J. Cowan, Esq., Edinburgh."
23, Lauriston-gardens, Edinburgh, Jan. 29.
Sir,—At a meeting of the electors of the North.,
Eastern Division of Edinburgh, held in St. Mary-
street Hall, on Wednesday evening, the 29th inst., a
resolution was submitted to the meeting, and carried
unanimously. Herewith I respectfully beg to en-
close you a copy of same resolution.—l am, sir, your
most obedient servant, GEORGE FETTES.
Resolution : "That this meeting views with regret
the action of Mr. Goschen in supporting the Conser-
vative party in the House of Commons on matters so
deeply I..ffecting the welfare and interest of he agri-
cultural labourer, his desertion of Mr. Gladstone and
the Liberal party whom he was returned to support.
That this meeting cordially assures Mr. Glad:tone
of their continued support in his endeavours to do-
justice to all portions of her Majesty's subjects, and
urges all Liberal members of Parliament to support
the efficient reform of the land question.—(Signed)-
ROBERT CRANSTON."