The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-06-14 00:00:00

HAGLEY.

STOCK SALE --iiAgley appears to maintain its prestage
lo this diAriet as a stock ma,kot There were at tit,
ssle on Munday n,a•ly 900 sheep awl lambs, np,vards of
60 head of cottle, a•ut over 200 pip. There was an
rzraordisa: y att. tu:seee of buyers from Birmingham
and the Black (s.try a. well se from St .urp .rt. B corn r-
grove, Kidder minister, and the i inntedoitc neighbourhood.
CompeLtion was i-k, 'l he who.e was dis.;o4nl of by
Mr. Wooldridge, at very good ptices Ca ab .nt 5 hours.

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I.llVei a vote of thanks to the
I !tilt,: p ci ent. Mr. de Lessert eeconding.
I This ended the business of the meeting, and the put.
I then proceeded through Hadley Park (by the hia
mission of Lord Lyttelton) to the Clent Hills. lIVL
first visited the beaatifal little church situated in de;
park near to the hall, and then walked to the
where the sandstone was got for the rebnilding hy-Tg.
church. Here was found the Permian conglomerate
and sandstone, Which are the basement beds of th.
Permian system. On this hes the breccia of which the
(lent Hills are composed, which is about 450 ted
thick. From the Quarry the party ascended the hia
, the obelisk monument, around which they aseembled
, whilst the worthy secretary gave a brief geologied
I survey of the surrounding district. Last year, he said
t Ley visited the extreme north end of the Staffordshire
coal•field, and (they saw there how the coal madams
disappeared beneath the Banter pebble; beds meg
now came to the extreme south, and found them die.
appearing for a distance ef three miles in very needy
a straight line. At Cradley they would find these tied
measures disappearing and being succeeded by alien*
tees of red marl and sandstone, which they had oh.
s..rved in the quarry in the Park. This actin id
covered with breccia, the stones of which were angels,
end not rounded by water action. The bill on which
they were standing was composed of this strange breccia,
lie proceeded to give& brief summary of the geological
structure of the surrounding hills, and then made a few
remarks upon the probability of an extension of the
coal measures beyond the known limits of the South
Staffordahare coal fields. He said the main thick cosi
of South Staffordshire was broken up in sections, sad
the quality was much inferior beyond the ordinary cod
measures. If they went further south they notilt tag
no coalfields beyond the' South Staffordshire but the
small isolated coalfields of Bristol and Somerset. In
Wales there were some, but there were no evidences at
present of its coneection with the Midland Comities. If
these views were correct he was afraid they would net
see mach extension ef the coal districts over the beautiful
estate of Lord Lyttelton. Coal had been tried for at Bro.
grove some years ago, but without success • and Mr.
Corhet was sinking again in that neighbourhood, bet
whether he would be successful or no, was bird tow.
He feared thc chanced were against him.
A vote of thanks having been passed to Mr. Madeley
for him excellent address, the party proceeded to an old
HOIIMII encampment, and from thence to • quarry ie
Wychbury Hill, where was seen the Bunter peobls beds
baulked against the ibreccia, the gravel having been
worked to the fuce of it. Having examined the quarry,
they proceeded to the Cleat Hills, where they spent
aLuut an hour, and they retorted to the Lytteltou Arms,
where an excellent repast awaited them.
he nay was beautiful and clear. and the many
beauties of the surrounding scenery could scarcely be
seen to better advantage.