The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-04-17 00:00:00

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EAST WORCESTERSHIRE ELEJTION.

DECLARA.TION OF THE POLL.

After the close of the poll on Monday night most
f the ballot boxes were conveyed to the Board
Room of the Droitwich Workhouse, where it was
Arranged the countiog should take place, but it was
not till Tuesday morning that the boxes from some
•f the outlying distric;s were reveived. Shortly
ifter ten o'clock a staff of eight c;erks bezan the
,vork of counting. Owing to the excellent arrange-
ments made by the Undor-Sheriff (Mr. H. Golding-
lam), Vie result was made known by the High
Sherif (Mr. It. Woodward) at a quarto: t) two
o'clock, as flows:

,
W 11. Gladstone (L)
G. W. Has lags (L)
Sir R. Temple (C) 4.437
H. Allsopp (e)
_

This is a Liberal giil of two seats, the members for
the division in the List Parliament, Mr. H. Allsopp
and Mr. T. E. Walker (who retired at the general
els.ction), being Conservative.
On the motion of Mr. Gladstone, M.P., seconded
by Mr. G. NV. Hastings, M P., a vote of thanks was
given to the High Sheriff for the impartill manner
iu which he had conducted the election.

31,:. R. Woodward briefly wknowle iged the com-
pliment.
Mr. Gladstone, M.P., and Mr. HastingA,
aftcrwaids addre,sed a number of eeople from the
Ct ntral Committee room., and congratulated th
electors on the victory which had bce.e, wou —Mr.
F. Vernon, chairman of the Central C Inmittee, an!
Air. Hewing, (Birmingham) also seoke.
DISGRACBSUL CONDUCT OF TUE Rm2IT CRS IN STOUR-
BRIDGE.—On Monday mouuing a large c •owd as-
sembled in fro:At of the Taloot Hot.", and corn-
rn need groaning at every Conservaive carriage
that passed up or down, and giving cheers when the
vehicles of the opposite party passed. A gang .Y
young men and boys came in from the Lye, with
b.ue colours flying, and ”s they paraded th streets
they gave three groans for Sr Richard Temple and
Mr. Allupp, and three cheer- for liesars. Gladstone
and Hastings A Lumber of little boys were decked
out in Liberal cliours, and went up and down the
town • They were playing tin w,tistles and beating
tin po's, kettles, &e. In the afternoon a most. (lis-
graceful affair o-curred in Coventry Street. Mr. W.
J. Turney warted from the Talbot Hotol, to go to
the Duke William, where it is said a fight was going
on between some of his workmen and the opposite
side. However, ca soon as Mr. Turney started from
the Talbot the mob commenced to groan at him.
On getting into Coventry Street, and close to the
Duke William, several roughs .t empied to strike '
him, but one or two got the worst end of it, as Mr.
Turney very skilfully handlee a stik he had in his
hand, and " dropped " one 'if he antagonists. He
then lost the wick, and, placin_r his back agai' st
the shutt•-rs of the Duke William, h • manful).
fended himself with his ti-ti, until a.sis-an,e arrived
in the sh tpe of n number of ha workmen Stones
were freely thriwn and several p -rsons of boVi sexes
were severly injured L iter in the evening stone
throwing commenced in the lli4i Stnet, and whi-
tlows were broken at the oonstitatin 1 Rooms and
other places aljacent. The police (we tve pleased
to say they were not our 10-al men), bchavel in a
most di.grapeful manner. They charged the peopl,
staffs in hand, and struck or kicked at every peso
whether male or fam tlrt, in the s'reets. People
passing up or down cn b isiness were cruelly ill
treated, and several tradesmen were injured by the
Shropshire police. One po)r worn in aith a chill
in her arms was brutally knocked down, and it was
reported that the child h,d since died from the
effects of the injuries received. On Taos lay night
the stone throwing was again commencd, and we
believe several of the police were badly hurt. The
windows of the houses near the clock wt-re smashed,
but eventually the police cleared the s,reets.

DEATH OF THE REV. THO \IAA "WILLIAMS

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wo uTerhdb
ornmiciyWdimileliociarmnait%iV.s i;Deaeridoefn%t.
aJtolifinv'te!
ecea-ed caught
c( id through hurrying to catch a train abut a fort-
night sinc.. and shortly afterwards was confined to
his bed. The rev. gentleman was a giaduate of St
Edmund Hall Colle,!e, Oxford, and took his degree
of B ehelor of Arts there in 1850 He was in thc,
same year ordained a deacon, and the following year
wa, ordained a priest by the Bishop of Worcester,
He was appointed curate of St. Thomas's Church.
Stourbridge in the same year, and held th.; office
until 1852, when he was el, wed chaplain to the
Sherborne Union, Dorsetshire. In 1854 he removed
to Melka,ham, and in 1857 he again went to Stour-
bridgemunificencechurch—whichthe
owed in the character of curate-in-charge of St.
Peter'
teneeate Mitsr. eJKoilisn-
Haywood. It was mainly owing to his (Mr. 1
ms—aianllyntiossti
Williams's) exertions that toe Church of St. John's
was buiit in 1862, and the large and commodious
018 in connection with the church were also built
Etlh3hroUgh his unwearied exertions. He was exceed-
ingly energetic in all parochial work, and any other
• -ets—a burial club and other orge.nisations pro-
oted by '-;m were carried out very s:iceessfully.
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. ._re the c.ogy elienientary schools
St. John 8
-ied on in stourbriao a. the present time
being cari
bers of the Church
of :England, the St.
by na eta Schoels :-
lhoma,s's
a tat t" last School
schools having been i:E..nAferred to the
' School Board some time ago. 1
„anef
Board eleetiGn, deceased was e ec., a member o
THE IRON TRADE.
of the Grananylr Sehoo Governors, having;
WOLVERHAMPTON, Wednesday. also
eected to the position Mont /woks wan.
the Board and stood second 0r.., 'fa:a poll. He was
bi co by the pa: ents of the pupils. ar. the. , claw'
I in to the Stourbralge Union, and
lie was the Cnap a
descriptions of iron, and iron were exceed-
The market to-day was very fiat for nll
iney scare.. Some of the malers of finished
the local secretary of the Paztoi.3.l Aid Socie'y
t
iron were, however, reported to have booked i.. and urged the claims of teetotalism:ll at all times
4, Mr. Williamslliams was a strong advoes,te of temperance
more orders since Thursday than they did ai i with great zeal. His remains w:11l be interred to.
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war day (Saturday), at tvfebra ceoloek•