The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle. — 1881-03-26 (Stourbridge, West Midlands, England)

COUNCIL.—The monthly roeetin,: of the Council, was held eu Tlituaday. the M-yur (a erman Willis) in the citair.—Aftcr eev..ral other rmitters had been dealt with. the MAyor o.ovea the suspension of the s.tan6ing orclets. so as te allow of a resolution for an ndoress to tte gloont on the assassinatieu of the tzar. Mr. W. A. Crowtaer ' seconded the motion. Mr. Holloway add lie ohi not like to appeal disloyal, but he did not think this step was at all neces.oiry. He mcved as an amendment that Viey preceed with the ordinary business. Mr. W. Green sec.ndea the amendioeue. He could not see any neccssiy for the motion. 'The Emperor of Russia was nOt one of her M,jesey's family—(a Voice: By marriage)—aud. Viough there might be an association by tnar.iage, he was not one of' her Majesty's relatives. If the matter was to have been Os ought torward at all, it should i have been put on the agenda. paper, so that people might have known bilore't.and. Mr. Crowther and Mr. Jefferies supported the motion, the latter re-marking that he h-ped the Counell would caary it unanimou ly, as a protest against the dastardly vagabonds who infested this country. Any crowiled head seemed to be a murk fur the spite and devilry of these fellows. The ameedinent was lost, only the mover and eccender voting for it; and the or;gina! motion su-pendirg the standing orders was earlied.—The Mayer then moved ti:at litunhe addrea- be ptesenleal to htT Majesty and tabo te the Duke and Duchess of l- dinburgli, expressing the horror ot the Council at t,:e dastardly crime committed at St Paersburg on Suncley wcek. The Mayor remaiked that it was wl ile the Emperor was showing his soliei,ude for the persons who had been wounded by th first explosion that he himself was wounded. They could not at the same time but feel sonic pity for the men who committeed these crimes, and ~ho taried their lives in their heads. :bey, at all evelt is, differed from those who shot at their victims irom behind atone walls in the dead ot night, as was seen at times in another country.— Mr. Potter si-conded the motion, which Ntas supported by Mr. Goodwin, who said he trought it wa, only taeir duty to entry out what the resolu ion proposed. Mr. Hollowsy said, lest it eh uld tholght he was mare inhuman than his fellows in voting agaiust this proposal. he wished to g,ve a little explanak net 1114 vote. He abhorred murder and crime of every kind, but though fimpathi,,i,g, as every Englishman and human being must, wit these who were sufferers oy this crime, he did net see that they were called upon to vote thase addresses. Had notice been put oft the agenda paper of such an intended nio.n,n; these who ctd not take so strong an interest ie monarch cal Mailtutiens as others might have had a bet ter oppoi tunity of collecting their thoughts. They all feit sorrow and di-gust at the assassination but he did not think they were ins poslion -o jude.e of the merits or demerits ofthe case. Theinstitutiono! Emperor of RussA lied not been one which la: redounded much to the credit of the onntry as a whole.—The Mayor I must call you to order; we :ire not di: cussing the , politics of Russia.—Mr. Holloway conteaded he was in order, and said ,here was no sympathy with the poor Poles when dying in thousands on the way to Siberia. He moved 'hat no address he presented. This was not secoaded.--Mr. Greavcs slid Mr. Holloway expressed disgug at tho crinri which bad been committed, and all the Council proposed was to express the same feeling which Mr. Holloway and he felt.—The resolution was carried, Mr. Holloway voting- again-t it and a comitattee was appointed to draw up the address. ScHoor,