,transcriber's ,note3 ,i can do no better than to refer the reader to the author's own words3 ,this ,work is an exact reprint from the original1 and the errors in spelling and the peculiar ,grammar of the ,author have been faithfully followed4 ,,charles ,,hale1 ,,ph,,nix ,,buildings1 ,,hall ,,street1 ,,dudley4 ,,the ,,largest ,furnishing ,show ,rooms ,,in ,,the ,,midlands1 ,a ,,saving ,,of #bj ,,per ,,cent4 ,,as ,,charles ,,hale ,,is ,a ,,manufacturer4 ,references as to ,house1 ,college1 and ,hotel ,furnishing may be seen at the ,office4 #ah ,,show ,,rooms ,,at ,,hall ,,street1 ,,dudley4 ,,established ,,over ,,fifty ,,years4 ,illustration ,a4 ,j4 ,,baird ,,co41 ,silk ,mercers1 ,general ,drapers1 c41 #fa #fb1 ,,high ,,street1 ,,dudley4 ,,departments4 ,,dresses4 ,,silks4 ,,satins4 ,,velveteens4 ,,plushes4 ,,trimmings4 ,,hosiery4 ,,gloves4 ,,umbrellas4 ,,corsets4 ,,ribbons4 ,,mantles4 ,,costumes4 ,,shawls4 ,,skirts1 c4 ,,millinery4 ,,flowers4 ,,feathers4 ,,linens4 ,,flannels4 ,,calicoes4 ,,sheetings4 ,,prints4 ,,satteens4 ,,furnishings4 ,,gents' ,,ties4 ,,umbrellas4 ,,shirts4 ,,collars4 ,,braces1 c4 ,,quality ,,is ,,the ,,only ,,true ,,test ,,of ,,cheapness4 ,an ,efficient ,staff of ,dressmakers and ,milliners on the ,premises4 ,,funerals ,,carefully ,,and ,,economically ,,conducted4 ,,established #agba4 ,c4 ,f4 ,g4 ,,clark ,,son1 ,,wholesale ,,and ,,retail ,,chemists ,,and ,,druggists1 #bch1 ,,market ,,place1 ,,dudley1 ,beg to thank their friends and the public for their liberal patronage and support during the last #dj years1 and assure them that their continual efforts will be to secure their continued patronage and consideration4 ,,drugs ,,and ,,chemicals ,,of ,,the ,,greatest ,,purity ,,and ,,strength ,,always ,,on ,,hand4 ,,physicians' ,,prescriptions ,and ,family ,recipes carefully prepared with genuine ,drugs ,chemicals1 ,,steam ,,prepared ,,preserves ,,jams ,,of ,,the ,,finest ,,fruit ,,and ,,flavour1 ,,viz43-- ,black ,currant ,jam1 ,red ,currant1 ,raspberry1 ,damson1 ,french ,plum1 ,gooseberry1 and ,mixed ,fruits and ,marmalades4 ,,wholesale ,,boilers ,,of ,,all ,,kinds ,,of ,confectionery ,goods and ,lozenges4 ,,pickle ,,and ,,sauce ,,makers ,,of ,,superior ,,strength ,,and ,,quality4 ,wholesale ,vinegar ,merchants4 ,,also ,a ,,large ,,assortment ,,of ,,patent ,,medicines ,,and ,,perfumery ,,always ,,on ,,hand4 ,,established #aghd4 ,,william ,,smith1 ,wine and ,spirit ,merchant1 ,,swan ,,hotel1 ,,high ,,street1 ,,dudley4 ,w4 ,c4 ,,wood ,,son1 ,,wholesale ,,family ,grocers1 ,tea and ,coffee ,dealers1 ,,and ,,provision ,,merchants1 #df1 ,,high ,,street1 ,,dudley4 ,,branch ,,establishments3-- ,,hall ,,street1 ,,dudley1 ,,tipton1 ,,upper ,,gornal1 and ,,the ,,lye4 ,,the ,,grand ,,medicine ,,of ,,the ,,day6 ,,squire ,,knight',s ,,celebrated ,,purifying ,,family ,,pills4 ,these celebrated ,pills have for the last ,,hundred ,,years proved very superior to every other ,medicine offered to the ,public in the cure of ,indigestion1 ,bilious ,complaints1 ,loss of ,appetite1 ,sick ,headache1 ,giddiness in the ,head1 ,pain and ,fulness after ,meals1 ,wind1 ,heartburn1 ,lowness of ,spirits1 ,piles1 ,worms1 ,shortness of ,breath1 ,nervous ,disease1 ,cramps1 ,spasms1 ,fevers1 ,affections of the ,liver1 ,dimness of ,sight1 ,pains in the ,stomach and ,bowels1 ,eruptions of the ,skin1 c41 c4 ,,testimonials4 ,mrs4 ,job ,stephens1 of ,woodside1 ,dudley1 was perfectly cured of ,wind and ,spasms1 of one year's duration1 by taking these celebrated ,pills4 ,amelia ,griffiths1 of ,mostyn1 was cured of nine years' affliction of ,indigestion by taking two boxes of these ,pills4 ,joseph ,wagstaff1 of ,dudley ,port1 was afflicted with a severe ,pain in his ,side for four years1 but was cured before he had taken two boxes of these ,pills4 ,mrs4 ,davis1 of ,kingswinford1 was cured of constant ,costiveness1 ,pains in the ,bowels1 and ,giddiness in the ,head1 by taking these ,pills4 ,susannah ,brewster1 ,herbert ,street1 ,wolverhampton1 was cured of a very bad ,liver ,complaint by taking ,squire ,knight's ,purifying ,pills4 ,henry ,mc,kay1 ,woodside1 ,dudley1 has proved these ,pills to be the best for ,indigestion1 ,wind1 ,heartburn1 and a ,disordered ,stomach4 ,mrs4 ,beard1 ,high ,street1 ,bradley1 was cured of a very serious ,outbreak1 arising from ,impurities in the ,blood1 besides relieving a ,congested ,liver1 and acting upon the ,stomach and ,bowels4 ,,prepared ,,by ,c4 ,f4 ,g4 ,,clark ,,son1 7,,successors ,,to ,,squire ,,knight71 ,,chemists1 ,,market ,,place1 ,,dudley4 ,sold by ,messrs4 ,morgan and ,lawley1 ,hewitt1 ,homes ,grove1 and ,roberts1 ,kidderminster2 ,mellor1 ,malvern2 ,cooper1 ,upton2 ,haines1 ,bromsgrove2 ,hughes1 ,morris1 ,hemming1 and ,levi1 ,stourbridge2 ,jones1 ,lye ,waste2 ,bishop and ,matthews1 ,cradley ,heath2 ,darby and ,sidaway1 ,cradley2 ,cox1 ,old ,hill2 ,briggs and ,nicklin1 ,tipton2 ,rooker1 ,ford and ,addison1 ,brierley ,hill2 ,pearson1 ,kingswinford2 ,hudson1 ,green1 ,williams1 and ,burch1 ,west ,bromwich2 ,frampton and ,dancer1 ,smethwick2 ,price1 ,spon ,lane2 ,hipkiss1 ,princes ,end2 ,torbitt and ,gittings1 ,oldbury2 ,butler1 ,darlaston2 ,skirving1 ,emery1 and ,morris1 ,wednesbury2 ,rudge1 ,bradley1 ,hyde1 ,coseley2 and ,collins1 ,brettell ,lane4 ,sold in ,boxes1 #g;d41 #as4 #a;d41 #bs4 #i;d41 and #ds4 #f;d4 each4 ,,grainger ,,smith ,woollen ,merchants1 ,,high ,,street1 ,,dudley1 ,,keep ,,the ,,largest ,,stock ,,of ,,woollen ,,cloths ,,tailors' ,,trimmings ,,in ,,the ,,midland ,,counties4 ,,branch ,,warehouses-- ,carrs ,lane1 ,birmingham2 ,trinity ,street1 ,hanley4 ,,patterns ,,of ,,any ,,goods ,,sent ,,on ,,application4 ,,established #ahcj4 #bca1 ,,market ,,place1 ,,dudley4 ,,joseph ,,guest1 ,,wholesale ,,and ,,retail ,confectioner1 ,fancy ,bread and ,biscuit ,maker4 ,rich ,bride ,cakes and ,funeral ,biscuits made to order on the shortest notice4 ,,jams1 ,,jellies1 ,,ginger ,,beer1 ,,boiled ,,sugars1 ,c4 ,,dealer ,,in ,,british ,,wines4 ,,tea1 ,,coffee1 ,,and ,,refreshments4 ,,james ,,wood1 ,,importer ,,of ,,wines ,,spirits1 #db1 ,high ,street1 ,dudley4 ,,wholesale ,,bottler ,,of ,,dublin ,,stouts1 ,,and ,,burton ,,ales4 ,,private ,,families ,,supplied4 ,price ,list on application4 ,office1 #aja1 ,,king ,,street4 ,,abraham ,,green1 ,m4,r4,c4,v4,s41 ,,dudley ,,house1 ,,dudley4 ,,alfred ,,langham1 7,late ,jordan ,langham17 ,,ironmonger1 ,colliery ,furnisher1 c41 ,has a ,stock of ,builders' ,ironmongery1 ,cricketing ,goods1 ,lawn ,tennis ,sets1 ,balls1 ,racquets1 ,cutlery1 ,electro-,plated ,goods1 and a ,general ,assortment of ,articles belonging to a ,hardware ,business4 ,e4 ,,long1 ,accountant ,auditor1 ,,victoria ,,terrace1 ,,dudley4 ,,manufacturers'1 ,,merchants'1 ,,and ,,tradesmen',s ,,books ,,audited1 ,,posted1 ,,and ,,balanced2 ,,new ,,books ,,arranged ,,and ,,opened2 ,,balance ,,sheets1 ,,profit ,,and ,,loss1 ,,partnership ,,and ,,other ,,accounts ,,prepared4 ,,established #ahei4 ,a4 ,,whitford1 ,,grocer ,,provision ,,dealer1 #aa1 ,,hall ,,street1 ,,dudley4 ,agent for ,w4 ,a4 ,,gilbey1 ,wine ,growers and ,distillers4 ,,price ,,list ,,on ,,application4 ,,steam ,,brewery ,wine and ,spirit ,stores1 ,,netherton1 ,,near ,,dudley4 ,,thomas ,,plant1 ,,brewer1 ,wine and ,spirit ,merchant4 ,,trade ,,prices4 ,per ,barrel4 ,,india ,,pale ,,ale #fj_/- ,ditto #eg_/- ,ditto #ed_/- ,ditto #dh_/- --------------------------------------- ,beer #ab_/- ,table ,beer #ah_/- ,,mild ,,ale ,x ,ale #cf_/- ,,xx ditto #db_/- ,,xxx ditto #dh_/- ,,xxxx ditto #ed_/- --------------------------------------- ,no4 #e #fj_/- ,,strong ,,ale #f #gb_/- #h #hd_/- --------------------------------------- ,,porter #db_/- ,,brown ,,stout #dh_/- ,,double ,,stout #fj_/- --------------------------------------- ,,special ,,terms ,,to ,,the ,,trade 3-- ,n4,b4 ,terms--,one ,month from date of ,invoice4 ,all ,accounts subject to ,interest at the rate of #e if owing two months after the date in margin4 ,,established #agff4 ,,joseph ,,stevenson1 ,wholesale ,retail ,clothier1 ,,manufacturer ,,of ,,miners' ,,flannels1 ,nos4 #c #d1 ,,new ,,street1 ,,dudley4 ,,matthew ,,smith1 ,strong1 ,mild and ,bitter ,ales1 ,,stout ,,porter ,,brewer1 ,,also ,,spirit ,,merchant1 ,,queen',s ,,cross ,,brewery1 ,,dudley4 ,,joseph ,,eld1 ,cigar ,merchant1 #bdf1 ,,castle ,,street1 ,,dudley4 ,the ,castle ,tobacco and ,cigar ,warehouse1 7,,established #ahef47 ,gentlemen requiring ,,tobacco ,,and ,,cigars of the ,choicest and most ,reliable ,quality at a ,moderate ,price are respectfully invited to accord their ,patronage to ,mr4 ,j4 ,,eld at the above address4 ,n4,b4--,lambert ,butler's1 ,brankston's1 ,wills'1 ,cope's1 and ,hignett's ,packet ,tobaccos4 ,fancy ,goods in great ,variety4 ,wilson's ,s4,p4 and ,top ,mill ,snuffs1 c41 c4 ,,whelpton',s ,,pills ,are one of those rare medicines which1 for their extraordinary properties1 have gained an almost ,,universal ,,reputation4 ,during a period of more than ,forty-five ,years they have been used most extensively as a ,family ,medicine1 thousands having found them a simple and safe remedy1 and one needful to be kept always at hand4 ,these ,pills are purely ,vegetable1 being entirely free from ,mercury or any other ,mineral1 and those who may not hitherto have proved their efficacy will do well to give them a trial4 ,,should ,,be ,,in ,,every ,,home1 ,,never ,,journey ,,without ,,them4 ,recommended for ,disorders of the ,,head1 ,,chest1 ,,bowels1 ,,liver1 and ,,kidneys2 also in ,,rheumatism1 ,,ulcers1 ,,sores1 and all ,,skin ,,diseases1--these ,pills being a ,direct ,purifier of the ,blood4 ,in boxes1 #g;d41 #a_/a1 and #b_/i1 by ,g4 ,,whelpton ,,son1 #c1 ,crane ,court1 ,fleet ,street1 ,london1 and sent free to any part of the ,united ,kingdom on receipt of #h1 #ad1 or #cc ,stamps4 ,sold by all ,chemists at home and abroad4 ,messrs4 ,g4 ,f4 ,g4 ,clark ,son1 ,wholesale ,agents1 ,dudley4 ,established #ahff4 ,,dudley ,,herald ,,and ,,wednesbury ,,borough ,,news4 ,eight ,pages4 ,price #a;d4 ,published every ,saturday ,morning4 ,the ,,herald is the oldest ,dudley newspaper1 and it circulates extensively throughout the mining and manufacturing districts of ,south ,staffordshire and ,east ,worcestershire1 being delivered by upwards of #ajj ,agents and special ,messengers in ,dudley1 ,tipton1 ,oldbury1 ,west ,bromwich1 ,great ,bridge1 ,wednesbury1 ,walsall1 ,darlaston1 ,bilston1 ,coseley1 ,sedgley1 ,gornal1 ,kingswinford1 ,pensnett1 ,brierley ,hill1 ,stourbridge1 ,cradley1 ,halesowen1 ,netherton1 ,rowley ,regis1 and the outlying districts4 ,it is strictly an independent paper1 discussing public questions upon their intrinsic merits2 and1 not being identified with any party1 sect1 or local clique1 its columns contain full and impartial reports of all public proceedings in the district4 ,all communications to be addressed to the ,publisher1 ,mr4 ,,samuel ,,mills1 at the ,,herald ,offices1 ,dudley1 to whom ,cheques and ,post-office orders should be made payable4 ,,established #ahea4 ,,samuel ,,waring1 ,,tailor1 ,,outfitter1 c4 ,,liveries ,,regimentals ,executed on the ,shortest ,notice1 #bad1 ,,wolverhampton ,,street1 ,,dudley4 ,e4 ,,hollier1 ,pharmaceutical ,chemist1 ,,dudley1 ,respectfully informs the public that1 although he has retired from the retail trade1 he still retains the ,proprietorship of the ,atkinson's ,infants' ,preservative1 the ,balsam of ,horehound and ,aniseed1 ,electro ,plate ,powder1 ,chemical ,furniture ,polish4 ,hawkes' ,pearl ,ointment1 c41 and the other ,proprietary ,articles which he prepared at his former establishment in the ,market ,place4 ,should any difficulty be experienced in procuring the above ,preparations1 they may still be obtained on application by letter or otherwise1 at his ,office1 ,stone ,street1 or private residence1 ,,king ,,edmund ,,place1 ,,dudley4 ,established #ahjf4 #bbf1 ,,market ,,place1 ,,dudley1 ,,opposite ,,the ,,fountain4 ,r4 ,u4 ,,dudley1 ,mercer1 ,hosier1 ,glover1 ,outfitter4 ,agent for ,,ford',s ,,eureka ,,shirts4 ,,the ,,best ,,cheapest ,,assortment ,,of ,under ,shirts and ,drawers1 ,long ,cloth and ,woollen ,shirts1 ,,collars1 ,,fronts1 ,,wristbands1 ,,ties1 ,,scarfs1 ,,handkerchiefs1 ,,braces1 ,,gloves1 ,,umbrellas1 ,c41 ,,in ,,the ,,midland ,,counties4 ,,established #agid4 ,r4 ,,dickinson1 7,late ,,george ,,fellowes17 ,timber and ,slate ,merchant1 ,,stafford ,,street1 ,,dudley4 ,,sawing1 ,,planing1 ,,and ,,moulding ,,mills4 ,,all ,,kinds ,,of ,,english ,,and ,,foreign ,,timber1 ,,in ,,logs4 ,,planks ,,and ,,boards ,,in ,,stock2 ,,also ,,doors1 ,,windows1 ,,skirtings1 ,,mouldings1 ,,slates1 ,,roofing ,,felt1 c4 #aj1jjj ,,slabs ,,always ,,in ,,stock4 ,,established #ahed4 ,,joseph ,,gwinnutt1 ,,lemonade1 ,,soda ,,water1 ,,potass1 ,,and ,seltzer ,water ,manufacturer1 #gi1 ,,st4 ,,john',s ,,road1 ,,kate',s ,,hill1 ,,dudley1 ,begs to return thanks for the liberal support he has received in the past1 and most respectfully solicits a continuance4 ,all orders shall receive prompt attention4 ,,private ,,families ,,supplied4 ,,walter ,,showell ,,son',s ,,celebrated ,,crosswells ,,ales4 ,these ,ales1 brewed from the choicest ,malt and ,hops1 and the purest water in existence1 have so won their way into popular favour that the ,crosswells has become a household word4 ,head ,office3 ,,the ,,brewery1 ,,langley ,,green1 near ,,oldbury4 ,birmingham ,office and ,stores3 ,,great ,,charles ,,street1 corner of ,,summer ,,row4 ,potteries ,agency ,stores3 ,,copeland ,,street1 ,,stoke-,,on-,,trent4 ,kidderminster ,agency and ,stores3 ,,old ,,wharf1 ,,kidderminster4 ,entered at ,stationers' ,hall1 ,london4 ,,permanent ,,photographic ,,enlargements ,,from ,,every ,,kind ,,of ,,small ,,picture4 ,,established #ahfb4 ,w4 ,,davey1 ,,artist1 ,,photographer1 ,mr4 ,,davey begs to announce that all his ,enlarged ,photographs are now executed by a ,new ,patent ,carbon or ,autotype process1 which is as permanent as a ,water ,colour ,drawing or ,steel ,engraving4 ,specimens may be inspected at his ,studio1 #e1 ,,castle ,,street1 ,,dudley2 also specimen of a ,new ,proof of ,printing ,manufacturers' ,patterns1 and all kinds of ,machines1 c41 superior to ,lithographic work1 and as quickly executed4 ,,portraits ,,taken ,,daily ,,from ,,six ,,shillings ,,per ,,dozen4 ,children's ,portraits taken by the ,new ,instantaneous ,process4 #e1 ,,castle ,,street1 ,,dudley4 ,,duff ,,and ,,son1 ,,wholesale ,,and ,,retail ,glass1 china ,earthenware ,merchants1 ,,manufacturers ,,of ,,engraved ,,and ,,cut ,,glass1 ,,burslem ,,house1 ,,market ,,place1 ,,dudley4 ,,the ,,cheapest ,,house ,,in ,,the ,,trade ,,for ,,all ,,kinds ,,of ,,glass1 ,,china ,,and ,,earthenware4 ,,an ,,immense ,,quantity ,,of ,,publicans' ,,glasses1 ,,stamped ,,and ,,unstamped ,,measures1 ,,etc41 ,,always ,,in ,,stock4 ,,wedding ,,and ,,other ,,presents ,,in ,,great ,,variety4 ,,tea ,,services from #d_/f ,,dinner ,,services from #ac_/j ,,toilet ,,services from #d_/f ,sole ,agents in ,dudley for ,mander's ,patent ,dishes1 the ,,cook',s ,,comfort4 ,,established #ahfa4 ,j4 ,b4 ,,higgins1 7,,late ,,higgins ,,bros417 ,plumber ,house ,decorator #ci1 ,,king ,,street1 ,,dudley4 ,,wholesale ,,dealer ,,in ,,paper ,,hangings1 ,paints1 ,oils1 and ,colours4 ,,dwelling ,,houses1 ,,public ,,buildings1 ,c41 ,painted and ,decorated in the best style of art1 with the greatest expedition4 ,,estimates ,,given4 ,j4 ,b4 ,,higgins1 7,,successor4 ,,to ,a4 ,h4 ,,hoare17 ,,the ,,american ,oil and ,lamp ,stores1 #da1 ,,king ,,street1 ,,dudley4 ,a large assortment of ,petroleum and ,benzoline ,lamps1 ,lamp ,chimneys1 ,globes1 ,burners1 and ,cotton ,wicks4 ,lamps ,repaired4 ,the ,trade ,supplied4 ,,arthur ,g4 ,,knapp1 ,chiropodist1 #bi1 ,,temple ,,row1 7,,near ,,bull ,,street17 ,,birmingham4 ,a4 ,g4 ,k4 extracts ,corns and ,ingrowing ,toe ,nails without pain4 ,terms ,moderate4 ,attendance daily4 ,,established #ahcg4 ,,jas4 ,,goffe ,,sons1 ,mineral ,water ,manufacturers1 #cd1 #ce1 #cf1 ,,duke ,,street1 ,,birmingham4 ,,licensees ,,for ,,codd',s ,,patent ,,glass ,,stopper4 ,,price ,,lists ,,and ,,testimonials ,,on ,,application4 ,,established #ahce4 ,j4 ,f4 ,,timmins1 ,,glass1 ,,lead1 ,,and ,,paper ,,hanging ,,warehouse1 #bh #bi1 ,,hall ,,street1 ,,dudley4 ,dealer in ,paints1 ,colours and ,varnishes4 ,liberal ,discounts to the ,trade and ,property ,owners4 ,,established #aggi4 ,s4 ,j4 ,,perks1 7,late ,,rogers17 ,silversmith1 ,watch and ,clock ,manufacturer1 ,working ,jeweller1 c41 ,no4 #a1 ,,wolverhampton ,,street1 ,,dudley4 ,,wedding ,,rings4 ,,repairs ,,neatly ,,executed4 ,,save ,,your ,,eyes1 ,,squire ,,knight',s ,,eye ,,ointment1 ,for the ,cure of all ,diseases of the ,eyes1 approaching even to ,blindness4 ,it ,cures ,impaired ,vision1 ,blurring1 ,weak and ,watery ,eyes1 ,cataracts1 ,sore ,eyes left by ,measles1 ,red and ,sore ,eyelids1 ,partial ,blindness1 ,inflammation of the ,eyes1 ,obscurity of ,vision4 ,excessive reading by candle or gas light1 constant exposure to dusty roads1 too frequent indulgence in excessively glaring sunlight1 and the irritating consequences of tobacco smoke in confined rooms1 are a few of the causes of disease of the ,eye4 ,this celebrated ,eye ,ointment has cured thousands of cases of ,dimness of ,sight1 ,specks1 ,kells1 ,sore ,eyelids1 ,inflamed ,eyes1 ,bloodshot and ,watery ,eyes1 c41 and is peculiarly valuable in curing ,sore ,eyes in ,children left by an attack of ,measles4 ,there is no pain in its application1 as it is simply smeared on the lid of the eye every night2 and it has been used for years1 by all ages1 with the best effects4 ,see thousands of ,testimonials4 ,mr4 ,h4 ,tomlin1 #id1 ,shepherdess ,walk1 ,city ,road1 ,london1 wonderfully cured of inflammation of the eyes1 of #ab years' standing4--,july #eth1 #ahgg4 ,j4 ,a4 ,walkington1 #ac;,a ,eastborough1 ,scarboro'1 was cured of dreadful bad inflamed eyes1 after trying all the best occulists in the country4 ,mary ,ann ,parsons1 of ,cradley ,heath1 ,stourbridge1 was perfectly cured of bad eyes after four years of great pain and partial blindness4--#agth ,september1 #ahgc4 ,richard ,whitehouse1 ,park ,lane1 near ,dudley1 was blinded by inflammation in the eyes for seven years1 and was cured by the use of two pots of ,squire ,knight's ,golden ,eye ,ointment4--#ast ,august1 #ahgc4 ,thomas ,snow1 of ,hanley ,potteries1 was effectually cured of bleary and imperfect sight1 produced by working in a heated potter's room4--#crd ,february1 #ahgc4 ,mr4 ,george ,beale1 of #bd1 ,weltham ,street1 ,barnsley1 writes to say that a great many sufferers with bad eyes1 in ,barnsley1 have been rapidly cured by the use of ,squire ,knight's ,ointment4--#bast ,june1 #ahge4 ,sergeant ,hawkins1 #dhth ,regiment1 at ,bellary1 ,east ,india1 had his eyelashes restored by this ,ointment1 and many soldiers in the regiment were cured by its use4 ,mr4 ,john ,fletcher1 of ,west ,ardsley1 near ,wakefield1 writes3--,your ,eye ,ointment is worth a guinea a box1 for it cured my eyes when nothing else would4--#eth ,march1 #ahge4 ,with thousands of other ,testimonials4 ,write to any of the above persons to prove the truth of these remarkable cures4 ,sold and prepared only by ,c4 ,f4 ,g4 ,,clark ,,son1 ,,chemists1 ,,market ,,place ,,dudley4 ,and sold by all respectable ,medicine ,vendors in the ,kingdom4 ,,sold ,,in ,,pots at #as4 #a;d41 #bs4 #i;d41 and #ds4 #f;d41 or sent by ,post for #i1 #ae1 or #cf ,stamps4 ,,bowel ,,complaints4 ,,thousands ,,have ,,been ,,saved ,,by ,,dr4 ,,macann',s ,,tincture4 ,it was successfully prescribed by the late ,dr4 ,macann1 when the ,cholera raged at ,bilston1 in #ahcb1 and effected more cures in #ahdi1 and again in #ahed1 than all other medicines4 ,one dose is generally sufficient to stop ,vomiting1 ,purging1 ,cramp1 c41 and every family should have a supply in the house ready4 ,,prepared ,,only ,,by ,g4 ,h4 ,,lloyd1 ,chemist1 ,,bilston1 ,and ,sold by all ,chemists and ,patent ,medicine ,dealers1 in ,bottles1 #as4 #a;d4 each4 ,the ,stamp on each ,bottle has the signature of ,g4 ,h4 ,,lloyd1 none else is genuine4 ,,established #ahaf4 ,,thomas ,,reynolds1 ,,manufacturer ,,of ,,all ,,kinds ,,of ,fine and ,coarse ,nail ,bagging1 ,,bags1 ,,sacking ,,and ,,sacks1 ,,pocketing1 ,,spade ,,wrappering1 ,,hessians1 c41 ,priory ,street1 ,,dudley1 ,,opposite ,,the ,,new ,,town ,,hall4 ,,the ,,people',s ,,family ,,life ,,assurance ,,and ,,sick ,,benefit ,,society1 #bfe1 ,,castle ,,street1 ,,dudley4 ,enrolled1 #ahei4 ,paid in claims to ,members1 #ajj1jjj4 ,accumulated ,capital1 #aj1jjj4 ,this ,society combines3 ,,sickness ,,assurance1 ,,medical ,,aid1 ,,and ,,assurance ,,on ,,lives4 ,,moderate ,,payments4 ,,economy ,,of ,,management4 ,,certainty ,,of ,,payment ,,in ,,sickness ,,or ,,death4 ,,stokes ,,co1 ,solicitors4 ,w4 ,h4 ,,johnson1 ,sec4 ,healthy persons of good moral character may become members1 by applying to any of the ,society's ,agents4 ,,agent ,,for ,,dudley ,j4 ,,cautherrington1 #h1 ,martin ,hill ,street4 ,,cradley ,,heath ,s4 ,,thompson1 ,four ,ways4 ,,sedgley ,t4 ,,taylor1 ,high ,holborn1 ,dudley ,road4 ,,tipton ,,samuel ,,thompson4 ,,oldbury ,w4 ,,hill1 ,bromford ,terrace4 ,,brierley ,,hill ,a4 ,,loynes1 ,park ,street4 ,,cradley ,b4 ,,thompson1 ,windmill ,hill4 ,,stourbridge ,e4 ,,davies1 ,whithy ,bank4 ,information or prospectuses may be had by applying to any of the ,agents or at the office1 #bef1 ,,castle ,,street1 ,,dudley4 ,,joseph ,,alfred ,,brooks1 ,,wholesale ,,and ,,retail ,,bottler ,,of ,charrington ,company's ,,burton ,,ales ,,and ,,stout4 ,,offices ,,and ,,stores3-- #fc1 ,,birmingham ,,street1 ,,dudley4 ,,the ,,golden ,,maid ,,cooperage4 ,,established #ahcd4 ,,william ,,edward ,,rudge1 ,,cooper1 ,c41 ,manufacturer of all kinds of ,,brewing ,,dairy ,,utensils1 ,patent ,churns1 ,fancy ,ovals1 ,round and ,oval ,show ,casks for ,liquor ,vaults4 ,liquor ,casks for ,vaults1 ,butts1 ,vats1 ,porter ,casks1 7,of the ,london ,make17 c41 c41 c4 ,,adjoining ,,the ,,bank4 #ha1 ,,high ,,street1 ,,dudley4 ,s4 ,f4 ,,turner1 ,,manufacturer ,,of ,,brass ,,iron ,,bedsteads1 ,illustration 7,,established #ahdj47 ,bronze ,steel ,fenders1 ,fire ,irons1 ,fire ,burglar-,proof ,safes1 c4 ,,wellington ,,works1 ,,dudley4 ,,queen',s ,,cross ,,works1 ,,dudley4 ---------------- ---------------- ,,prize ,,medal ,,of ,,the ,,prize ,,dudley ,,awarded ,,and ,,midland ,,established #agbj4 ,,sydney1 #ahhj1 ,,fine ,,arts ,,and ,,scientific ,,and ,,melbourne1 ,,industrial #ahha4 ,,exhibition4 ---------------- ---------------- ,,joshua ,,wilkinson ,,and ,,sons1 ,,manufacturers ,,of ,anvils1 ,vices and ,hammers1 ,,smiths' ,,bick ,,irons ,,and ,,coopers' ,,anvils4 ,,joiners' ,,cramps ,,screws1 ,,water ,,tue ,,irons4 ,,cape ,,and ,,australian ,,wagon ,,breaks ,,and ,,screw ,,jacks1 ,,cast ,,iron ,,swage ,,blocks ,,stands1 ,,all ,,kinds ,,of ,,smiths' ,,tools4 ,,patentees ,,of ,,the ,,solid ,,brass ,,box ,,vice4 ,,anvils ,,for ,,the ,,spanish ,,and ,,italian ,,markets4 ,illustration ,a chiel's amang ye takin' notes1 ,and1 faith1 he'll prent it4--,,burns4 ,the ,curiosities of ,dudley ,,and ,,the ,black ,country1 ,,from #ahjj ,,to #ahfj3 ,also an ,account of the ,trials and ,sufferings of ,,dud ,,dudley ,,with ,,his ,,mettallum ,,martis3 ,the ,first ,artificer in ,iron1 ,,made ,,with ,pit ,coale and ,sea ,coale1 in #afah3 ,being some lively and instructive ,traits of the ,peculiarities of the ,inhabitants and their ,doings in the ,coal and ,iron ,district3 also1 ,,an ,,account ,,of ,,the ,,erection ,,of ,,st4 ,,thomas',s ,,church4 ,,compiled ,,and ,,edited ,,by ,c4 ,f4 ,g4 ,,clark1 ,,carr ,,villa1 ,,dudley4 ,,price #b_/f4 ,birmingham3 ,,buckler ,,brothers1 ,,printers1 ,,york ,,passage1 ,,high ,,street4 #ahha4 ,,entered ,,at ,,stationers' ,,hall4 ,illustration3 ,,dudley ,,castle ,,from ,,burnt ,,tree ,,road4 #ahaj4 ,preface4 ,yea1 it becomes a man ,to cherish memory where he had delight1 ,for kindness is the natural birth of kindness1 ,whose soul records not the great debt of joy1 ,is stamped for ever an ignoble man4 ,sophocles--,,ajax4 ,in placing the following pages before the attention of the inhabitants of ,dudley and its vicinity1 ,i am actuated by the desire that the memories of the past generation1 with all its fierce struggles for social and political predominance1 and its efforts to promote local progression1 may be faithfully portrayed in the mirror of its own doings1 reproducing many forgotten scenes and events enacted in this ,borough1 which to the writer of these pages1 and many others1 afforded then as it will afford now a fund of amusement and reflection1 such as is only to be obtained at the fountain of memory and observation4 ,the fact of being myself the collector of this large pile of printed information for the last #dj years1 emboldens me to chronicle the ,events and ,curiosities of ,dudley in such a succession of past years as will at once convey to my few remaining contemporaries a lively recollection of once stirring events1 which the present generation of active public men in our midst may perhaps deign to learn therefrom a lesson of experience and profit4 ,these curious events having been written at the time they occurred1 removes the historian out of the region of fancy and speculation1 giving a clear and unbiassed insight into the ways and doings of the past generation of our active townsmen4 ,when this history of events began1 ,dudley was comparatively a small country town1 separated from ,birmingham by the ,horseley ,fields and ,bromwich ,heath2 it was governed by a ,court ,leet of the ,manor of ,dudley1 which body annually elected a ,mayor and ,high ,bailiff1 c4 ,there was also in force a ,local ,town ,improvement ,act1 of some considerable date1 administered by townsmen of property and position in the town2 but this ,commission always fought shy of any ,sanitary or ,drainage improvements1 but contented itself by levying town rates up to a very circumscribed area in the town4 ,periodically1 as the funds accumulated1 important improvements were occasionally made in the ,market ,place1 by buying up and removing entirely what was then known as the ,old ,middle ,row1 of all descriptions of tenements and old and dilapidated buildings1 resulting in our now possessing the most spacious ,market ,place in the county4 ,both ,bush ,street and ,upper ,vicar ,street1 leading into ,king ,street1 were widened by this local ,authority4 ,the town rate varied from #as4 to #bs4 in the pound annually1 but is now extinct4 ,my book closes with the ,life and ,trials of ,dud ,dudley1 whose narrative ,i have printed in its entirety4 ,if ever a public inventor deserved some public recognition for his inventions as the first ,artificer in ,iron made with ,pit ,coale1 that man was the renowned ,dud ,dudley1 who lived and died in our midst4 ,the ,ironmasters1 ,coal ,masters and inhabitants of ,dudley and its district could not perform a more enduring and graceful act than by placing an iron column in our midst to commemorate the inventions of ,dud ,dudley1 the great ,ironmaster4 ,c4 ,f4 ,g4 ,c4 ,,the ,curiosities of ,dudley ,,and ,,the ,black ,country4 #ahbj4 ,in these days ,dudley could boast of its vigilant ,pitt ,club1 and there were very bitter rival factions of ,whigs and ,tories in the town1 the miserable affairs existing betwixt the ,prince ,regent and his discarded and illused ,consort led to much heat and animosity amongst parties in the town1 which tended to sever some of those social bonds which add so much to the good feeling of any locality4 ,on ,october #ast1 #ahai1 a large public meeting was held in the ,town ,hall1 under the auspices of the ,mayor and leading inhabitants of the town1 for the purpose of adopting a dutiful and loyal ,address to ,his ,royal ,highness ,george ,prince of ,wales1 ,regent of the ,united ,kingdom of ,great ,britain and ,ireland4 ,the ,mr4 ,francis ,finch1 so prominently figuring in this debate1 was a highly respectable merchant1 resident in the town4 ,being a gentleman of superior intelligence to his compeers1 he was looked upon as the leader of the ,whig party in the town1 and1 accordingly1 fought their political battles4 ,the most notable event which occurred at the commencement of our recital was the ,coronation of ,george ,,iv41 #ahba4 ,dudley1 though breathing a strong and hard pulsation for the unhappy ,queen ,caroline's ,stuart-like stains of human weaknesses1 was not behind neighbouring towns in loyal demonstrations toward the ,royal ,family of ,england4 ,on ,july #agth1 #ahba1 we find it recorded that a numerous meeting was held at the ,town ,hall1 to inaugurate the coming ,festivities2 ,the ,right ,honourable ,viscount ,dudley and ,ward sent fifty guineas towards carrying into effect the loyal purposes of the meeting1 which was accomplished by a public subscription4 ,divine ,service was performed at #aj a4m41 at the ,parish ,church4 ,all the school children in the town were marshalled into the ,castle ,yard and regaled with suitable eatables2 each child received a ,coronation ,medal1 furnished by ,messrs4 ,chinner and ,payton4 ,four sheep and a due proportion of ale were distributed at the ,town ,hall4 ,each publican was to provide a dinner1 at two o'clock1 for poor men and women1 and it was ordered that any man or woman obtaining more than one dinner should be prosecuted for fraud4 ,captain ,hawkes1 with the ,himley and ,enville ,troop of ,yeomanry1 was met with a brass band of music by the principal gentlemen and escorted to the ,town ,hall4 ,luke ,booker1 chairman4 ,the principal inhabitants dined together with great goodwill1 and much festivity3 and the first gentleman in ,europe had around the festive boards in ,dudley many a hearty congratulation on that memorable occasion4 #ahaf4 ,october #beth4 ,st4 ,thomas' ,new ,church4 ,the ,foundation ,stone of this noble ,church was laid this day by the ,rev4 ,luke ,booker1 ,d4,d41 ,vicar of ,dudley4 ,this spacious ,gothic structure cost upwards of #bd1jjj1 and it was restored and beautified by a public subscription in #ahfa1 at a cost of #a1gej4 ,the ,parish ,register attached to this ,church is very ancient1 commencing in #aebj4 ,the early ,registers were written by the ,monks 7,scribes7 of ,st4 ,james' ,priory ,church1 long since demolished4 ,on ,january #cjth1 #ahbc1 we find that most indefatigable ,radical1 and energetic townsman1 ,mr4 ,samuel ,cooke1 ,draper1 issuing the following startling announcement3 ,whereas1 on ,friday1 ,june #bdth1 #ahbb1 ,i1 ,samuel ,cooke1 of ,dudley1 did apply to ,messrs4 ,bourne1 ,solicitors1 for an inspection of the ,vestry ,book1 appertaining to this parish1 and was by them refused an inspection1 unless accompanied by a ,churchwarden4 ,i hereby give notice1 that in consequence of the difficulty attending this mode of access to the ,vestry ,book1 ,i shall at the next ,vestry meeting propose that the said ,vestry ,book1 containing the alleged ,secret ,order to ,mr4 ,brookes for plans and estimates of ,netherton ,church1 be delivered into the hands of the ,churchwardens1 to be kept by them for general inspection of ratepayers4 ,dudley1 ,january #bcrd1 #ahbc4 ,it was quite clear that ,mr4 ,cooke was not consulted about the erection of ,st4 ,andrew's ,church at ,netherton2 nevertheless1 that ,church was erected1 and has been a great blessing to many souls in that part of the parish4 ,february #bnd1 #ahbc4 ,one ,guinea ,reward3 ,whereas1 on ,thursday last1 about four o'clock1 a party of young men 7well-known in the town for their nocturnal exploits7 was at that unseasonable hour riotously assembled to the disturbance of the peaceable inhabitants2 were heard knocking at ,surgeons' doors1 breaking of lamps and windows1 and to threaten the life of an inhabitant2 whoever can identify which of the party it was1 who maliciously broke the windows of ,mr4 ,samuel ,cooke1 shall receive the above reward4 ,,the ,,death ,,of ,,the ,,viscount ,,dudley ,,and ,,ward1 ,,baron ,,of ,,birmingham4 ,died1 ,april #beth1 #ahbc1 the highly esteemed ,viscount ,dudley and ,ward1 of ,himley ,hall1 acknowledged to be ,the rich man's model and the poor man's friend4 ,this benevolent nobleman spent his truly valuable life at his estate and amongst his numerous friends and tenantry1 dispensing with rare judgment and true benevolence his continual benefactions4 ,the noble lord was not only mindful of the well-being and interests of the rich1 but he ne'er forgot the poor2 and the thousands of colliers working in his extensive coal mines1 and adding so much to his wealth and greatness1 were at all times special objects of his fostering care4 ,in the obituary of a provincial newspaper was inserted at the time this just memorial3--,at his seat1 ,himley ,hall1 died on ,friday evening1 the ,right ,hon4 ,william1 ,lord ,viscount ,dudley and ,ward1 ,baron ,ward of ,birmingham1 and ,recorder of ,kidderminster4 ,though we hope we shall be the last to burn incense at the shrine of mere worldly greatness1 yet we feel that it would be unjust to withhold from this departed nobleman the tribute of our sincere respect and gratitude4 ,he did not suffer himself to forget that it belongs to those who are placed on an eminence1 and entrusted with a superior portion of the goods of fortune1 to be the almoners of ,heaven2 for it was his delight to encourage honest industry1 to provide for the destitute1 and to befriend every charitable institution in his neighbourhood4 ,while he lived1 his name1 wherever it was mentioned1 was accompanied with the poor man's benediction2 and now his honourable career is finished1 his memory will be embalmed in the tears of the widow and the orphan2 and he will sleep in that noblest of mausoleums--the bosom of the virtuous and the good4 ,this good nobleman's character was illustrated in a remarkable manner1 which truly developed the gentleman and the kind hearted father of his people1 in an event which well-nigh caused a strike amongst his numerous colliers4 ,strikes1 such as we are periodically subject to in our day and generation1 7too often projected and fostered by idle designing knaves17 had no existence in those times of a proper respect and feeling existing between master and man4 ,this incident is worth recording if it be for no other purpose than showing that the noble master and his colliers were brought face to face without any underlings to distort the facts or prejudge the grievance4 ,the person who then superintended his extensive collieries1 judging it expedient to adopt a different mode of working them1 introduced1 from ,lancashire1 a certain number of miners to carry his plan into execution1 which so exasperated the native workmen1 that1 shortly afterwards1 not fewer than #cjjj of them suddenly assembled and proceeded to the gates of his lordship's park at ,himley2 thence deputing some of their body to state their supposed grievance to him in person1 and obtain an order for the aliens' dismissal4 ,at the same time several of the neighbouring gentry resorted with all speed to the ,hall1 accompanied by magistrates to render their assistance4 ,after the deputation was admitted and had stated their case1 which his lordship desired they would do fearlessly and explicitly1 he requested the attendant gentlemen would individually give their candid opinion whether his agent had acted prudently or not in bringing the foreigners1 as they were termed1 into the neighbourhood4 ,the opinion being unanimous that the mines in the strangers' country being very different to the mines in this1 the mode of working them is consequently different1 and1 however competent the men might be to work there1 it was conceived that so utterly incompetent would they be to work here1 that accidents to themselves might be apprehended1 and great loss to their employer4 ,well then1 gentlemen1 said his lordship1 from your judgment ,i must infer that the strangers in question have no business here4 ,then turning to the deputies1 in a firm and dignified tone he thus addressed them3--go and tell those who sent you that the foreigners1 as you please to style them1 shall depart to-morrow1 and if any injury be done to them the injurers will suffer for it4 ,tell them1 also1 that ,i concede the point in deference to the opinions of these gentlemen4 ,had their opinion coincided with that of the person who brought the men hither ,i would have ordered them to remain1 even if the mob now at my gates should proceed to pull down my hall over my head1 and to bury me in its ruins4 ,accordingly1 the next day1 the strangers departed in peace and safety1 carrying with them an ample remuneration for their journey and loss of time4 ,his lordship's love of true liberty was most emphatic1 for on one memorable occasion when importuned to allow his mighty influence to be used in controlling the civil freedom of some of the inhabitants of ,dudley1 he strenuously resisted the suggestion1 and on being reminded that he had only to make his wishes known to ensure a compliance by his numerous friends1 he nobly replied1 ,i believe ,i have many friends at ,dudley1 but ,i have no vassals there2 a sentiment that will honour his name when his monument shall be crumbled into dust4 ,the venerable nobleman attained the good old age of #gc years4 ,thus1 bow'd with age1 must thou1 ,o man6 become ,a time-worn ruin1 on life's beaten shore1 ,at last to moulder in the darksome tomb2 ,but1 summon'd thence1 thou shalt decay no more4 ,this benevolent nobleman left one son 7,john ,william71 who became a famous statesman1 and was raised in the ,peerage1 as the first ,earl of ,dudley4 ,on ,november #aath1 #ahbf1 ,messrs4 ,bourne and ,sons1 ,solicitors to the ,commissioners under the ,town ,act of #cast of ,george ,,iii1 issued a notice to apply to ,parliament for an amended ,town ,act1 giving more definite power to the ,town ,commissioners to remove nuisances1 obstructions1 c41 and to supply the town with a good supply of pure water1 and to further light and pave the same4 ,a ,ratepayer issued a placard on ,november #bfth1 #ahbf1 condemning in strong terms the intended expense to the ratepayer1 and the unnecessary application for power to supply pure water to the then #ae1jjj inhabitants4 ,he says1 ,water will never be brought to this town but at a great expense2 if report be true1 the estimate already given in is #ag1jjj2 he objected to have a rate levied for the purpose of supplying the town with water1 of better lighting it1 and of establishing a watch4 ,poor benighted ratepayer1 one would be tempted to think that he belonged to the nocturnal marauders complained of by ,mr4 ,cooke above1 for it is clear that he objected to a night watch2 water at all events was supplied to the people of ,dudley then at a reasonable price1 and better quality and quantity than since the ratepayer ventilated his worldly wisdom4 ,grand ,fracas between ',rough ,joe and ,nimble ,dick4' ,this was a turn up arising out of a misunderstanding o'er a bottle2 ,rough ,joe was in his cups1 or rather had given his twine an extra twist1 and ,nimble ,dick had just received a load 7not of barley7 but of ,john ,blewnose's best4 ,rough ,joe having something to do with rope1 fancied he was calculated to rig2 now rigging is too knotty a point for ,joe1 and altho' he squared his yards as if used to pitch into 'em1 yet it was evident to all present that ,joe's rigging was too coarse to stand long4 ,nimble ,dick1 who by the bye1 has lately signalised himself in several skirmishes1 one in particular1 wherein he unfortunately fell foul of a lee shore2 on this occasion he was all afloat1 and advised ,rough ,joe to get off his jawing tack1 but instead of altering his course1 he struck not his flag1 but his fist straight ahead into the chops of his would-be pilot1 which of course no chap could stand1 so clearing the deck and doffing their dabbs1 they duly prepared for a broadside1 with plenty of seasover room4 ,joe rushing to work like a tiger1 pawed1 pinned1 and played away1 but 'twas all over1 his puff was gone1 and his friend the ,nailer cried out bellowes to mend4 ',its a spike to a sparrowbill4' ,dick1 seeing his advantage1 fought home1 sent in a finisher that proved a closer to the ,rough one1 for his eye struck fire so vividly that a wag begged permission to light his cigar from the effect4 ,all was now up4 ,joe weighed anchor1 wished all rigging1 and the lawyer to-boot1 in a hotter place1 and in answer to numerous inquiries1 he replied ',i'll ha' no more4' ,we wish for the honour of the town they were better men2 they ought to be so considering their condition4 ,n4,b4--,the profits arising from the sale of these are intended for the purchase of a pair of ,asses' ,ears1 to be carried in the procession of all our future ,mayors4--,vide ,gornal ,journal4 ,future ,mayors looked in vain for the asses' ears1 but alas for broken promises the ears never turned up2 and as the author of the above recital doubtless was the owner of a pair of ears1 it was at last charitably supposed that the ears were not forthcoming without the ass2 and an exhibition of the ass would expose the author of this squib to what a donkey often gets--a good thrashing4 ,rough ,joe and nimble ,dick having no remedy1 shook hands1 and became better friends than ever4 ,june #bd1 #ahbf4 ,five ,guineas ,reward4--,whereas late on the evening of the #aith some person or persons did wantonly break and pull down the lamp irons in front of the ,independent ,chapel1 ,king ,street4 ,a certain young man of the name of ,f----s1 and two of his foolish associates1 were seen committing various depredations on that evening1 compared with such persons colliers and miners are complete gentlemen4 ,the constant practices of horse-play then so much in vogue with the young gentlemen of the period arose in a great measure from the very lax administration of public duty by the ,night ,watches1 for the ,jarvy of that period preferred a quiet snooze in his watch box to the solemn1 lonely realities of a midnight perambulation of our then unlighted streets1 lanes1 and alleys2 better days have dawned upon us1 making our worthy citizens proof against such senseless follies4 ,died1 ,august #ith1 #ahbf 7aged #fj years71 ,mr4 ,edward ,guest1 of ,new ,street1 ,nail ,master4 ,this gentleman was a very zealous ,churchman in his time1 and it was mainly through the ,rev4 ,dr4 ,brookes1 ,vicar of ,dudley1 and himself1 that the old ,parish ,church 7of ,st4 ,thomas7 was pulled down and the present edifice erected on its site4 ,mr4 ,edward ,guest was ,churchwarden from #ahae to #ahba1 during the erection1 and he had many discordant feelings to assuage1 and regrets to palliate1 arising from desecrations of the dead and disturbances in the old ,church and ,church yard4 ,a mysterious disappearance of stone slabs and gravestones occurred at this time1 and it has often been rumoured since those good old times1 that a certain court yard at ,dixon's ,green1 is laid with grave slabs1 spirited away from the ,parish ,church yard1 and ,here lieth the remains c41 on slabs is to be seen misrepresenting the supposed dust of departed souls1 and doing duty in a private court yard as a footpath4 ,where1 ,sacred to the ,memory of ,mary ,jane----1 is a myth and a snare1 for the slabs cover nothing but earthworms and mother earth4 ,who was the sacrilegeous sinner8 ,august #adth1 #ahbh4 ,we find that a ,ratepayer issued a placard1 giving a copy of the ,acts of #cg1 ,geo4 ,,iii4 and #e1 ,geo4 ,,iv41 in reference to unjust ,scales and ,weights1 and says1 ,a demand has been made upon the ,overseers of this ,parish for #aic #es4 for ,scales and ,weights1 ,interests1 c4 ,in order that you may form a legal opinion upon this subject1 and be the better prepared to discuss its merits at the examination of the ,overseers' ,accounts1 the annexed extracts1 from the two ,acts of ,parliament1 are submitted for your consideration by a ,ratepayer4 ,the gist of the ,ratepayer's anxiety appeared to be1 that it was wrong to charge the ,ratepayers 7through the medium of the ,overseers7 with the expenses of searching out evil doers 7employers of short weights and measures71 for the ,acts enforce not only fines to the offenders1 but that their weights and measures shall be seized and broken up1 and rendered useless1 and the materials thereof sold2 and the money arising from such sale1 with the fines1 shall be paid to the ,county ,treasurer4 ,the fact1 that #aic #es4 having been expended in ,dudley for that year would lead us to the conclusion that rather an extensive raid had been then made upon this class of public cheats1 and the money was well expended if the evil was stopped1 and the poorer classes afterwards got their legal weight and measure4 ,,the ,,new ,,connexion ,,methodist ,,chapel1 ,,wolverhampton ,,street4 #ahbi4 ,this commodious ,chapel was built and opened in #ahbi4 ,the cost of the structure and land was #dajj1 and in #ahff the ,chapel was considerably enlarged and beautified at an additional cost of #bjid4 ,previous to the erection of this long-needed edifice1 this section of the ,wesleyan ,congregation worshipped in a small ,chapel in ,chapel ,street4 ,this zealous body 7of ,new ,connexion ,wesleyans7 has largely increased of late years4 ,they have also an excellent ,school in ,rose ,hill in connection with their tenets4 ,died ,nov4 #bdth1 #ahbi1 ,mr4 ,squire ,knight1 ,chemist and ,druggist1 of this town1 7,aged #hg years47 ,this was a remarkable self-made man4 ,born of poor parents at ,coseley in #agdb1 he succeeded in educating himself to an eminent degree1 and in early life he was a ,medical ,botanist1 collecting medicinal herbs himself and selling them in the ,market ,place on ,saturdays4 ,he eventually opened a ,druggist's shop in ,queen ,street1 where he passed a long and eventful life4 ,mr4 ,knight belonged to the ,wesleyan ,methodists1 and became an energetic local preacher4 ,on the occasion of the ,rev4 ,jno4 ,wesley1 ,m4 ,a41 his brother ,charles ,wesley1 and a ,dr4 ,patterson's visits in their itinerancy and preachings in the ,black ,country to the ,collier population1 they were joyfully entertained by ,mr4 ,squire ,knight4 ,mr4 ,knight was not only a diligent student of medicines1 but he was also an amateur ,astronomer1 and left behind him at his death some very carefully prepared observations on the starry regions4 ,mr4 ,knight was both a successful and a benevolent old townsman1 and much esteemed for his uprightness and integrity1 and was followed to the grave by an immense concourse of people4 ,,st4 ,,andrew',s ,,church1 ,,netherton4 #ahcj4 ,july #afth4 ,this new ,church was consecrated and opened by the ,lord ,bishop ,folliott this day4 ,it was built at the cost of the ,ecclesiastical ,commissioners4 ,the first ,incumbent was the ,rev4 ,arthur ,miller1 ,m4 ,a4 ,the body of this spacious ,church was built to accommodate #aejj people1 and the galleries contain #ajjj free sittings4 ,the foundation of this ,church was laid by ,dr4 ,booker1 the ,vicar of ,dudley1 on ,november #cjth1 #ahbg4 ,on the awful visitation of the ,asiatic cholera in ,england1 7in #ahca and #ahcb7 ,dudley did not escape this dreadful affliction1 which raged for eighteen months with awful violence and fatality in this parish4 ,by the order of the authorities the cholera corpses dying in the parish were all buried in the north east side of ,st4 ,andrew's ,burial ,ground1 ,netherton4 ,from this time to the period of the agitation on the great ,reform ,bill of 7#ahcb7 we find no events worthy of record4 ,the burning question of ,catholic ,emancipation received at the time its petitions to ,parliament for and against the measure1 in accordance with the expanded or contracted views of the petitioners2 but the ,vicar of ,dudley 7the ,rev4 ,dr4 ,booker7 failed not in his episcopalian views occasionally to denounce the contemplated innovation upon our glorious constitution1 and to predict the evils that must follow the introduction of ,roman ,catholics into ,parliament4 ,the ,doctor was an eloquent preacher and a noble1 attractive figure in the pulpit1 with a fine voice2 during his many years' ministrations amongst us1 he upheld the true dignity of the ,church1 and endeavoured zealously to promote the glory of ,god and the salvation of the souls committed to his charge4 ,a fine portrait of the ,doctor is to be seen in the drawing room at the ,hotel1 ,dudley4 ,,reform ,,agitation4 ,during this period the agitation for ,reform was monthly assuming larger proportions1 and the mighty voice of the then unrepresented masses was knocking at the doors of the ,houses of ,parliaments with miles of petitions from all parts of the country1 for a ,reform in the ,representation of the ,people4 ,dudley joined its neighbours at ,birmingham and ,wolverhampton in the cry for ,reform 7neither of which important centres of industry had any share then in parliamentary representation1 save through their county members47 ,the serious aspect of passing events and political agitation1 which was evoking most persistent demands for ,reform1 stimulated the great and eloquent leaders of that movement to introduce a ,reform ,bill into the ,house of ,commons by ,lord ,john ,russell1 on the #ast of ,march1 #ahca1 ,for leave to bring in a ,bill to amend the representation of the people in ,england and ,wales4 ,this sweeping measure was to disfranchise #fj ,rotten ,pocket ,boroughs of most diminutive numbers of voters holding their rights under all sorts of curious conditions4 ,these ,boroughs then sent #abj members to ,parliament2 besides #dg ,boroughs were to lose one member each1 making #afh old members to be ejected from the ,house2 this annihilation of vested rights was to be supplied by #cd new members to be selected by manufacturing towns1 most of which had no ,borough representation at all1 and #ee additional members were to be added to the counties4 ,such a startling measure as this necessarily created a wild and frantic torrent of indignation amongst all classes concerned in maintaining the unjust and vicious system of mis-representation and jobbery1 whilst those large towns 7of which ,dudley was one7 were jubilant at the prospects of a new feature in those local privileges1 a ,borough representation4 ,this marvellous debate extended over a period of thirteen long nights in the ,house of ,commons1 and was carried by a majority of votes4 ,it is almost needless to say that ,lord ,john ,russell's speech1 as published in the political life of the ,earl1 has become history1 and was one of the most telling and searching exhibitions of close1 clear1 and comprehensive reasonings ever uttered in the ,british ,parliament4 ,,extracts ,,from ,,reform ,,speeches4 ,mr4 ,joseph ,hume says1--,but ,i must submit that in whatever way you view the question it is one of immense difficulty1 because in the established institutions of this country any change from the worse to the better must always be attended with great difficulty1 so far as individual interests and contending parties are concerned4 ,it is with this view ,his ,majesty's ,ministers have done wisely4 ,i candidly confess that when the noble lord stated yesterday that it was not the intention of the ,ministry to introduce any clause respecting altering the duration of ,parliament1 or ,vote by ,ballot1 it struck me that the measure was defective in that respect4 ,lord ,newark ,did not suppose at a moment's warning it would put an end to all corruption1 but it was the vainest of all possible expectations to imagine that reformed ,parliament would not do more than anything else to abate the evil4 ,he confessed that he had not been prepared for so sweeping a measure1 and he hoped that they might be induced to modify it before it was passed4 ,lord ,darlington ,thought the rotten ,boroughs ought to be carefully observed1 and when they were detected1 should be deprived of their ,charter1 but he could never agree with those who sought to demolish the social structure for the purpose of erecting their own temple in its stead4 ,lord ,stormont ,would not agree to the ,ministerial ,budget of ,reform4 ,he represented ',aldborough' in ,yorkshire4 ,now that borough happened to be surrounded with walls1 and as the place was as fully occupied now as it was formerly1 it was evident that no alteration had taken place in the constituency4 ,according to the noble ,lord's statement1 #afc members were called upon to pronounce civil death to their constituents2 he1 however1 thought that there were not #afh gentlemen to be found anywhere who would be ready to vote their own damnation4 7,sensation47 ,mr4 ,macaulay4 ,for himself he could only say1 that so far as he was able to consider the proposition of the noble lord during the last twenty-four hours1 he thought it a great1 noble1 and comprehensive measure1 a medicine most skilfully prepared for removing a dangerous distemper1 a plan excellently contrived for uniting and permanently knitting together all orders in the ,state4 ,they had forgot the attempts made to put down emancipation1 and how fruitless those attempts had proved4 ,did they wait for a time when demagogues demanded again to divide the power in the ,cabinet of the ,government of this country8 or did they wait for that worst of all resources in a conflict with public opinion1 the fidelity of the military8 ,if they did not1 let them concede ,reform1 while yet concession could be made with advantage to the country4 ,it was yet time to save the property of the country from risk1 to save the multitude 7who demanded reform7 from its own ungovernable power and passion1 to save it from that danger1 which even a few days might expose them and the country to4 ,mr4 ,hunt4 ,the people of ,england had for many years past been anxious for reform1 and in #ahaf1 #ahag1 and #ahai1 had loudly expressed their wishes for some measure to amend the state of representation4 ,he did not condemn the ministers for not going the full length 7universal suffrage7 of his views2 on the contrary1 if they had only gone for disfranchising one rotten borough1 they would have had his support on principle4 ,lord ,morpeth said1 ,if the ,house was prepared to say that the demand for reform was not proper1 that the evil was not manifest1 that the corruption was not glaring1 that they might with perfect consistency determine not to give up a stone of ,gatton1 and to die in the ditch at ,old ,sarum1 where there was nothing left now but a ditch to die in4 ,he believed that the ,house would not so far outrage the sense of the community as to say that they would not so much as entertain the question of reform4 ,two extreme parties 7,tories and ,radicals7 were now agitating the country2 one was opposed to all amelioration1 and the other advocated the worst species of reform1 with a view of subverting the existing institutions of the country1 and all the gradations of rank1 society1 and order4 ,between those two extremes the only safe path was the ,conservative principle to which the measure led that was now submitted to the ,house2 to that let them hold fast4 ,by conceding what was just1 wise1 and honest1 they would be armed with tenfold power to resist the dangerous principles of some now promulgated1 which were unjust1 unwise1 and unsafe4 ,sir ,charles ,wetherell said1 ,it appeared then by this ,bill #fj boroughs were to be deprived of their franchise1 and the time-honoured right of sending #abj members to ,parliament1 and that #dg were to lose one member each1 and in the whole #afh members were to be ejected from that honourable house4 ,he did not wish to call this by an offensive name1 but as a great man 7,mr4 ,locke7 said that things should be called by their proper names1 he would call it by the name of ,corporation ,robbery--7sensation74 ,the present ,cabinet of the noble lord1 and his associates1 seem to have proceeded upon the precedent in the history of ,england which had been set by ,cromwell1 ,fairfax1 ,milbourne1 and ,co4 ,those worthy regicides set about reducing the number of members of ,parliament in their day1 and this plan of cutting off the boroughs1 and confining the number of members1 had not the merit of originality1 for it was almost the same in form1 in substance1 and in principle1 as the ,radical system of reform1 which has been introduced by regicides when they established a ,commonwealth in ,england4 ,did gentlemen recollect how many experimental governments were now afloat8 ,did they recollect that there was a smithy of political blacksmiths1 where constitutions were constantly on the anvil which was at work in making new fangled governments for all ,europe4 ,let him be permitted1 as he was in extremis1 to utter the last expiring expressions of a dying member that ,great ,britain might not be added to the catalogue of experimental states1 and that those visionary projects of ,his ,majesty's ,ministers might not be realised4 ,he had taken the liberty to call this measure a corporation robbery1 and as there had lately been special commissions sent down into the country to enquire into the breaking of thrashing machines1 he wished there could be a special commission issued from the ,crown for preventing the breaking up of ancient and independent ,corporations4 ,there being no precedent for this confiscation of corporate property1 he should be glad to hear from the ,attorney-,general upon what principle of law he would justify the present audacious attack upon the corporate rights of so many of those ridiculed places called small 'rotten boroughs4' ,he defied whether even he could lay his finger on a single page of the journals of that house which would at all warrant such an act of wholesale confiscation1 aye of civil sacrilege4 ,then what he asked was the mode by which this amorphous body proposed to carry out their iniquitous measure8 ,why neither more nor less than a most audacious threat to dissolve ,parliament in the event of their failure4 ,the man who would be influenced by this audacious menace on the present momentous occasion would be nothing less than a rebel to his country--the man1 he repeated1 whom such a threat 7uttered by any government7 would influence1 was a man wholly unworthy the name of a ,british ,senator2 was a recreant in morals2 wholly deaf to the calls of conscience and ,english liberty4 ,within the last three days the house had been promised with a 'purge1' to which1 as no name had been given to it1 he would attach the name of ',russell's ,purge4' ,yes1 he would call this bill ',russell's ,purge of ,parliament4' ,he held that the principle of the bill was ,republican in its basis2 it was destructive of all property1 of all right1 of all privileges2 and that the same arbitrary violence which expelled a majority of the members from that house in the time of the ,commonwealth1 was now1 after the lapse of a century from the ,revolution1 during which time the population had enjoyed greater happiness and security than was ever enjoyed by any population under the heavens1 proceeding to expose the ,house of ,commons1 and the country again to the nauseous experiment of ,pride's ,purge4 ,the ,attorney-,general4 ,surely his honoured and learned friend 7,sir ,chas4 ,wetherell7 did not mean to say that ,colonel ,pride's ,purge had anything to do with ,cromwell's system of reform1 for the periods of time at which they occurred were quite different4 ,he would1 however1 ask his honourable friend and those who were acting with him1 whether there was to be any reform at all8 ,he had said that he was no enemy to representative improvement4 ,when1 where1 how1 and in what shape had his learned friend ever expressed himself a friend to reform8 ,he had never heard such a sentiment proceed from him before4 ,if they were advocates for reform to any extent1 would they inform him of the plan1 and how far it went8 ,his learned friend had never brought forward a plan of reform1 or expressed such a sentiment before that night4 ,corruptions abundantly had been proved1 and the people of ,england had at length discovered that the evils which gave rise to such corruptions were no longer to be tolerated4 ,the ,house of ,commons was called upon to redress it2 and he was satisfied that the members of that ,house1 as ,english gentlemen1 would not hesitate to pursue their enquiries into the practicability of redressing it1 by passing the present bill4 ,if hon4 gentlemen were inclined to say that no reform ought to be had1 or only such reform as could be effected by an ex post facto law1 or a detestable bill of pains and penalties1 the country knew what it had to expect from them2 but1 if they said that reform was necessary1 but that this plan of reform was not satisfactory1 then he would ask them to try their hands at producing a scheme which would give them less annoyance1 and would prove more beneficial to the public at large4 ,he had the authority of ,burke1 ,pitt1 ,fox1 and ,lord ,chatham in his best and proudest days1 that reform in the ,house of ,commons was absolutely necessary for the preservation of the internal quiet of the country4 ,mr4 ,pitt had said1 that without reform no honest man would be1 or could be1 an upright minister4 ,it was the mere accident of ,peers having purchased ,boroughs1 which made it worth while to consult them as to matters which ought to appertain only to members of that ,house1 properly so called4 ,he contended that this measure1 far from being unconstitutional1 was in strict accordance with the spirit of the constitution2 to take the elective franchise from decayed and corrupt ,boroughs1 and send them to more populated and healthy places4 ,he knew that there were some gentlemen who thought that the ,attorney-,general ought to be a sort of censor over the press2 but let him tell those gentlemen that he could find occupation far more advantageous to the country than proceeding against those whose very violence prevented them from doing mischief1 and only disgusted the people whom it was their object to excite and exasperate4 ,there were other violators of the law who were much more dangerous to the public weal4 ,let them hear no more about vested rights1 for now if a ,peer chose to interfere1 by bargaining and influence1 to return members to the ,house of ,commons1 that ,peer was not only guilty of a gross breach of the privileges of that ,house1 but subjected himself also to indictment at law4 ,the character of the people of ,england was well known1 and it was not their character to approve and applaud acts of spoliation and robbery4 ,it was not consistent with the fact to say that the people of this country had been a happy and contented people for the last century1 for1 on the contrary1 it was true that during that time they had suffered much and severely from unjust measures of that ,house1 which would never have passed into law if the people had been fairly represented in ,parliament4 ,much had been said by hon4 members about revolutionary measures1 he believed in his conscience that this ,bill was strictly within the constitution of the land1 and the only measure that is calculated to allay the outside clamour for reform1 and prevent revolution4 ,his learned friend might quit this house a martyr to the cause he has espoused1 but he would have the satisfaction of reflecting1 that on one great question he had been the advocate of intolerance1 and on another the last champion of corruption4 ,mr4 ,g4 ,bankes4 ,the learned ,attorney-,general had referred to the plan of reform which had been introduced by ,oliver ,cromwell in his parliament1 and had stated that ,lord ,clarendon had given it his opinion that it was well worthy of imitation by other parties4 ,now1 let them but just see how it had worked4 ,every thing that was absurd1 futile1 and ridiculous1 it would appear from their debates1 had taken place in this reformed parliament4 ,as a test1 however1 of the merits of that reformed parliament1 he should quote to the ,house the opinion of the parent of the measure after he 7,cromwell7 had tried it by experiment4 ,on dissolving this reformed parliament the ,protector ,cromwell said1 ',my ,lords and ,gentlemen of the ,house of ,commons1 ,i had every comfortable expectation that ,god would make the meeting of this ,parliament a blessing1 and the ,lord be my witness1 ,i desired the carrying on the affairs of the nation to that end4 ,having proceeded upon these terms1 and finding such a spirit as is too much predominant1 everything being too high or too low1 where virtue1 honesty1 piety and justice are omitted1 ,i thought ,i had been doing my duty1 and thought it would have satisfied you4 ,you have not only disjointed yourselves but the whole nation1 which is in the likelihood of running into more confusion in these #ae or #af days that you have sat1 than it hath been from the rising of the last ,session to this day4 ,and if this be the end of your sitting2 and if this be your carriage1 ,i think it high time that an end be put to your sitting1 and ,i do dissolve this ,parliament1 and let ,god judge between you and me4' 7,cries of hear1 hear47 ,cromwell had given that parliament two trials1 in the first instance five months1 and the second #af days2 at the end of which he was compelled to dissolve it4 ,mr4 ,hobhouse4 ,he had listened to all that had been said on both sides on the subject of this debate1 and he had not heard one single argument to show that there was any danger whatever that could arise1 or was likely to arise1 from adopting the project of the noble lord4 ,mr4 ,horace ,swiss had expressed himself very much alarmed lest the present plan of reform should throw the elective franchise into the hands of shopkeepers and attorneys4 ,he should like to ask where the elective franchise voted now8 ,by the bill of the noble lord1 the franchise would be thrown into the hands of that class which ought to possess it--namely1 of people of a certain degree of property1 and of those who had the greatest hold upon the higher classes4 ,this was as good and proper a basis as could be proposed4 ,it was scarcely possible to believe that any gentleman was sincere1 when he expressed an apprehension1 that a system of public rectitude and intelligence in electors would give vice and ignorance an ascendancy in the choice of representatives1 and that a system of perjury1 bribery1 and corruption was essential to the attainment of virtue and knowledge4 ,if those with whom he agreed in opinion had been accused of appealing to the fears of the people1 he must accuse gentlemen opposite not of appealing to the fears of the people1 but of doing what was infinitely worse1--they had appealed1 by the worst of artifices1 to the fears and selfish passions of those whom they called the aristocracy of the country4 ,could the gentlemen who now opposed the ,ministry so violently make up a ,government amongst themselves8 ,a ,ministry can only be formed on one of two principles--,anti-,reform or ,reform--and so long as ,ministers attempted to go on without a majority in the house in their favour1 and the people outside against them1 it was hopeless to expect tranquillity or security in the ,state4 ,he asked the right hon4 gentlemen and the house in the words of ,poet ,waller1 in his famous speech on ,episcopacy1 'to ,reform1 that is not to abolish the ,parliament4' ,mr4 ,baring4 ,he had sat in that ,house a many years2 he had approved of many acts of his hon4 friends1 but when a question of this magnitude was brought forward he would state his opposition to it without apology4 ,those who supported this measure said1 'let the king stand by himself2 let the lords stand by themselves2 let the people stand by themselves2 let there be no mutual connection between them4' ,such was their doctrine1 but such was not the constitution of this country4 ,what grievance1 he would ask1 did any man suffer in this country from the action and conduct of the other ,house8 ,did they find those ,peers pressing on them in any way8 ,did they find them making laws which were directed against the popular branch of the legislature8 ,did they not find that their rights and liberties were as well secured as those of the ,house of ,lords8 ,he knew of no such interference1 and he was firmly of opinion that the mixture of different powers and interests in that ,house had been the great protector and promoter of public liberty4 ,it was certainly right and just that large popular bodies should be represented2 but could they1 he would ask1 allow that principle to be put in force without having something to counter-balance it8 ,his noble friend had gone on a reforming tour1 but he had taken care to make no stay at the ,borough of ,tavistock1 7which he represented74 ,by this plan ,boroughs containing less than #bjjj inhabitants were to be disfranchised1 and #dg ,boroughs1 having #djjj inhabitants1 were to retain one member4 ,would not ,tavistock1 which was to be retained1 belong as much to the ,duke of ,bedford as before8 ,he would have the same influence that he now possesses4 ,if1 however1 great changes must be made1 he should regret it1 and he must say that all the intelligent portion of the country would view its progress with the greatest concern4 ,much of the excitement was caused by this being announced as coming from the crown1 but he felt satisfied that1 but for such announcement1 the people would be satisfied with a much less sweeping1 and much more moderate1 plan of reform4 ,the ,marquis of ,tavistock said1 ,it appeared to him that the government of this country had for years been carried on on principles of most unjustifiable and wasteful extravagance2 that patronage had been kept up for the purposes of maintaining the influences of the ,crown1 and that which was known as ,parliamentary influence1 for the purpose of carrying on measures against the sense of the country4 ,the people felt now that they had not their just influence in the councils of the nation1 and they naturally sought for that change which would give it to them4 ,he sincerely believed that the measure now before the ,house would give them all they reasonably could desire4 ,he hoped it would curb the monopoly so long maintained by the higher orders1 and give a fair expression of the sense of the middle classes4 ,with this view he should give it his cordial support4 ,lord ,palmerston4 ,fondness for change he must say was not the character of the ,english people4 ,they had always been remarkable for a tenacious attachment to their national institutions1 affording in this respect a striking contrast to their neighbours1 the ,french nation4 ,we well know the difficulty of bringing the people to consent to any change in their laws1 how long and difficult was the struggle which brought them to give up first the traffic in human beings1 the accursed ,slave ,trade1 and at a later period those laws which condemned a large portion of the people to political degradation--he meant the penal laws against ,roman ,catholics4 ,he contended that the people of this country sought for a change because the state of the country was such as to require it4 ,the rock which the late government had split upon was their defiance of public opinion4 ,they went on spreading wide the canvas of patronage as they proceeded--but that patronage1 and the use they made of it1 did not accelerate their progress1 or increase their power1 but proved to be their ruin4 ,taunts had been thrown out during the debate against those who like himself were great admirers of the late ,mr4 ,canning4 ,they had been taunted for abandoning the principles which that great man had adopted with respect to the important question of reform4 ,he thought that the events that had taken place in that ,house since the death of that illustrious man might have taught those who had indulged in such taunts that public men might change their opinions on questions of deep national concernment without being influenced by any but honest and honourable motives4 ,if any man took a great and enlarged view of human affairs--without doubt that eminent statesman did--he would venture to say that had ,mr4 ,canning lived in these days1 and stood in the same circumstances as he 7,lord ,palmerston7 did1 his great genius would at once have comprehended the necessity of the occasion1 and would have stated in that ,house his well-known convictions of the necessity for a reform of the representation of the people4 ,if any hon4 member wanted to learn the opinions of ,mr4 ,canning let him refer to his speech delivered in ,february1 #ahbf1 on the freedom of the silk trade1 when he said 'that those who resisted improvements because it was innovation upon old worn systems1 might find themselves compelled to accept innovation when it had ceased to be improvement4' ,he believed that the proposition would prove satisfactory to the country2 he believed that there did not exist in any country in the world a body of men more entitled to respect and confidence than the middle classes of this country4 ,he would venture to say that there was not a class of men more distinguished for morality and good conduct2 for intelligence and love of order2 for true loyalty to the king2 for affection for the constitution2 and in case of need for devotion to the country4 ,to the manufacturing towns it was intended to give thirty-four members1 and to preserve the just preponderance of the landed interest1 it was proposed to add fifty-five new members to the counties4 ,he would add that it was not talents under the present system that procured a man a seat in that ,house1 but length of purse1 the ability to pay agents and post-horses up to the fourteenth day4 ,this was a great and practical evil1 and this evil the ,bill would do away with1 for it would alter the distribution of the different classes1 and bring the middle classes into communion with others4 ,sir ,robert ,peel4 ,he begged his noble friend to believe that he did not join in the taunts against him4 ,he never could think that public men did not look to higher motives than a desire to retain their places when they were induced to change their opinions1 and the character1 the views1 and the conduct of his noble friend afforded a sufficient guarantee for the purity of his motives4 ,in his anxiety to find cause for blaming the administration which had preceded the last1 his noble friend had said1 that if in #ahbh that ,government had consented to transfer the elective franchise from the rotten borough of ,east ,retford to ,birmingham1 the ,house would not now be discussing the necessity for a general reform1 for that single measure would have quieted the apprehensions of the people4 ,but1 if from such small events such mighty results would spring1 it was incumbent upon the ,house to enquire what was the paramount considerations under those circumstances which now rendered it imperative to change the constitution of the country4 ,why did they not consent to the disfranchisement of ,east ,retford8 ,his noble friend had lamented that the voice of ,mr4 ,canning could not now be heard in that ,house1 and had assumed that his voice would have been raised in favour of this ,reform ,bill4 ,god grant that voice might now be raised in that ,house1 convinced as he was1 that it would be raised to confound the fallacies and sophistries by which the public mind was deceived4 ,he regretted that the name of the ,king should be obtruded upon the house day by day2 and he could not dismiss from his mind doubts and fears as to the justice and expediency of this extreme measure of disfranchisement2 but1 granting that they did not exist1 still it was a harsh measure towards the loyal bodies who were called upon to sacrifice privileges which they had long exercised2 and even if it was justly introduced1 why should the ,king be held out as the special author of the plan4 ,then1 the ,house was threatened with a dissolution2 in his opinion the chances of a dissolution were as strong if the measure were carried as if it failed4 ,they did not think that if they rejected that bill it implied an aversion to all measures of reform6 ,upon the same principle those gentlemen rejected the ballot1 and why was he not at liberty to discuss this bill8 ,he had never been the person to excite the people to a pitch of frenzy1 to spur their lazy indifference into an emulation of revolutionary clamour4 ,if1 therefore1 this measure which common prudence would have forborne introducing at such a crisis in our foreign and domestic relations1 when fresh causes of excitement ought to be very cautiously avoided2 if1 he said1 this extraordinary measure should be defeated he would never allow that the responsibility of the disappointment could attach to him1 or those honourable members who acted with him in that ,house4 ,some disparagement had been made upon the middle classes1 but he did not participate in that sentiment2 on the contrary1 he should ever repudiate it from his heart1 for he 7personally7 desired his strength from that order of society2 he was one of themselves1 and should always be proud of his connexion with the middle classes of this country4 ,he had heard frequent allusions to ,burke and ,canning1 and other authorities whose opinions had been advanced in the course of the debate1 but he would quote a passage from a speech of the noble member for ,tavistock 7,lord ,john ,russell71 in the session of #ahai1 which he considered much more to the purpose1 and was1 besides being apposite to the question1 one of the most beautiful specimens of eloquence ever uttered in that house4 ,the discussion related to the disfranchisement of a corrupt borough in ,cornwall4 ,when asked what he would do with the unconvicted boroughs1 he replied that he would consider a general disfranchisement of the unconvicted boroughs a reconstruction of the ,house of ,commons altogether4 ,he has therefore the noble lord's own authority for so designating the present plan of reform4 ,he then observed that ',old ,sarum' had existed when ,montesquieu pronounced the constitution of ,england the nearest to perfection of any which the most enlightened ,states had ever before experienced4 ,when ,lord ,somers1 and the other great legislators who flourished with him1 bore attestation to its merits1 it was open to the same objections which have since been urged against it1 and when ,hampden lost his life ,rutland returned the same number of members as ,yorkshire4 ,such was the noble lord's judicious1 and at the present moment timely1 warning against the danger of rashly departing from the practical wisdom of mankind during the centuries of historic experience1 proffered at the critical junction of #ahai4 ,with respect to the question before the ,house1 he could not but declare that he saw in it but the instrument of men endeavouring to retain power4 ,it was the inevitable tendency of the ,bill to sever every link of connexion between the poorer classes1 and that class from whom the representatives were now chosen4 ,now1 this severing of the ties which connected the highest and the lowest classes was opposed to the practical working of the present system of representation1 which enabled every class1 in some way or other1 to have a voice in the election of the members of that ,house4 ,with regard to the influence of the oligarchy1 he would ask hon4 members to point out to him any attempt to subject the people of ,england to the sway of an oligarchy1 or to establish any laws of exclusion or distinction among them4 ,up to this time no practical advantage had been held out to the ,house1 as to the natural consequences of the change now proposed4 ,all the reason that had been urged that it was necessary to conciliate public opinion4 ,no better way of conciliating public opinion had been devised1 than that of adding half a million of electors to the constituency of the country2 but if that were a good way of conciliating public feeling1 then1 if another ,government1 wishing to participate in this popular favour1 should add another million of electors to the constituency1 would that argument meet with the same favour and success8 ,look at the question of reform in all its bearings--look at the parliamentary debates1 and you will find that whenever the question was agitated some dire misfortune lurked behind4 ,it was brought forward with great pomp of circumstances in the year of the rebellion in #agde2 it was brought forward during the ,american war2 it was brought forward at the commencement of the ,french war2 and1 to come to our own times1 it was prominently brought forward in #ahag1 #ahai1 #ahbb1 in a word1 at every period in which there was either commercial or great agricultural distress in the country4 ,then1 it was sure to find great favour with the people4 ,it was brought forward also at the periods when the excitements of foreign revolutions misled the judgment of the ,british public1 and1 deluding them with a false love of liberty1 rendered them discontented with the moderate freedom they enjoyed4 ,let us therefore be content with the well-tempered freedom that we now enjoy1 and which we have the means of securing if we act with ordinary discretion4 ,i lament exceedingly that the ,government should have determined to have agitated such a vital question1 as that of reform1 at this particular crisis2 it would have been wiser in my opinion to have avoided these new causes of excitement1 for depend upon it by this process throughout the land the first seeds of discontent and disunion are sown4 ,oh1 sir1 ,i lament beyond measure that the ,government had not the prudence to adhere to that course of policy1 which1 if they did think it necessary to propose a plan of reform in this excited state of the public mind1 they did not confine it within those narrow limits which are consistent with the safety of the country and the dignity of their own characters4 ,they have sent through the land a firebrand of agitation2 and it is easy so far to imitate the giant enemy of the ,philistines as to send #cjj firebrands carrying danger and dismay in all quarters1 but it is not so easy when the mischief is done to find a remedy for it4 ,in the present difficulty you should have the powers of summoning all the energies of life1 and should take care that you do not signalize your own destruction by bowing down the pillars of the edifice of your liberty1 which1 with all its imperfections1 still contains the noblest society of freemen known to the habitable world4 ,mr4 ,calcraft4 ,solemnly declared his opinion that this measure must1 in the end1 convert this country into a ,republic2 and the trifling difference that existed between his noble friend1 the opposition and himself1 was this--that he was for reform1 and the noble lord was for revolution4 ,mr4 ,wm4 ,duncombe4 ,he had listened to the proposition of the noble ,lord1 and in taking a retrospect of the whole debate he was compelled to acknowledge that there was much more of declamation in it than of argument1 much more of assertion than of fact1 and much more of fear than of resolution4 ,he deemed it to be revolutionary with respect to the ,constitution and ,government of the country1 and as it affected the people of ,england it was tyrannical and unjust4 ,he had never consented to the disfranchisement of the ,irish #djs4 freeholders1 nor would he ever consent to the disfranchisement proposed by this ,reform ,bill4 ,mr4 ,stanley4 ,had anxiously listened to the discussions that had taken place in that ,house the last eight years upon the all-absorbing question of ,reform1 without having ventured to give more than a silent1 though cordial vote in favour of the great principles which it involved4 ,he confessed that he had heard the right hon4 baronet 7,sir ,r4 ,peel7 with some sorrow1 use1 he would not say inflammatory language1 when speaking of this measure1 but declare that it would lead to revolution4 ,it was not a revolutionary measure1 no1 but it was a new constitution4 ,now1 his idea of revolution was this1 that revolution was a great change effected in the constitution of a country by the use of unconstitutional means1 and force1 called by the extraordinary circumstances of the time into operation1 and enabled1 in consequence of the operation of those circumstances1 to overthrow the constitution4 ,when this was the case1 let those who had always on principles of justice and of policy maintained and upheld this great question of ,parliamentary ,reform1--let them in bringing their proposition forward1 without being told that they were endeavouring to overawe and intimidate the ,house1 be allowed to advert to the situation of the country as a collateral argument in favour of the measure they advocated4 ,he regretted as much as any man that the name of the ,sovereign had been used in that ,house4 ,he was sorry that that name had been brought forward in a manner which might be supposed likely to influence their decision4 ,but the name of the ,sovereign had been made use of in the public press1 and to that he could only answer that the ,house had no influence over the public press4 ,the hon4 ,baronet said1 ',why has ,government brought this ,bill forward8 ,it is a bad time and ought not to be introduced now4' ,in answer to this we would ask1 what was the conditional pledge upon which ,ministers came in and without which his noble friend 7,lord ,john ,russell7 would not have accepted office4 ,it was this1 that they would bring in a measure of ,reform4 ,now1 with this pledge on their lips1 with those principles in their hearts1 which they had always maintained1 they entered office4 ,now1 what is the kind of advice the hon4 ,baronet gives them1 he said1 ',now1 that you are in office1 tell the people that the time is not convenient for ,reform6' ,if the ,government acted on such a principle as that1 then indeed a fearful responsibility would rest upon their shoulders4 ,dreadful would be the consequences arising from disappointed hopes1 and high expectations blighted and falsified by the mean conduct of those upon whom the people had relied4 ,but let the ,house look back for the last few years and mark the time1 the money1 and the talents which had been wasted in discussing useless questions with respect to boroughs charged with malpractices1 inquiring1 for instance1 whether one voter received one guinea and another five1 when it was notorious that boroughs were commonly bought and sold in the market by the proprietors4 ,and1 after all this labour and enquiry1 what had been gained in the shape of any reform1 not one great town1 not one great district1 had been added to those represented in that ,house4 ,not one corrupt borough had been deprived of the means of corruption4 ,it was the opinion of ,mr4 ,pitt1 when he attempted to effect a reform in ,parliament1 that a certain line should be fixed to the disfranchisement of rotten and corrupt boroughs1 and asserted1 that in the earlier periods of the constitution1 ',that as one borough decayed and another arose1 the one was abolished1 and the other was invested with the right4' ,he had been told some curious circumstances connected with the proceedings at ,wareham4 ,his hon4 friend had informed him that on the occasion of his being chaired as one of the members for ,wareham1 he heard one elector say to another1 ',pray1 which is the new member4' ,why1 answered the other1 ',calcraft is one1 and a friend of his is the other2 but ,i never saw him1 and ,i don't know who he is4' ,doubtless any person recommended by his hon4 friend would be highly respectable but he was elected without being at all known by the electors4 ,for his own part he felt no alarm for the results of the ,bill4 ,by that ,bill would be upheld the influence of the aristocracy as it was before2 he meant that legitimate influence which they ought to possess1 not the influence of bribery and corruption1 nor the influence of direct nominations1 for the only influence which the ,bill would remove was that which was notoriously illegal4 ,ministers had come into office pledged to economy1 retrenchment1 and reform2 these pledges they had redeemed4 ,they had cut off from themselves and their successors for ever that corrupt patronage upon which heretofore so much of the ,government depended4 ,with these views of the measure before the ,house1 he earnestly implored hon4 members1 by their sense of justice to the country1 by their respect of what was due to the people1 by their regard for the maintenance of that glorious constitution1 what had been handed down to them by their ancestors1 by their regard for the permanency of our institutions1 and the peace and security of the state2 he called on them by all these considerations1 by their respect for the petitions of the people1 for what might be lawfully asked and could not be constitutionally refused1 to support ,his ,majesty's ,government in their endeavour to uphold and cement the legitimate rights of the ,crown1 the aristocracy1 and the people1 and1 by so doing1 to fix the whole as well as their own fame on the imperishable basis of the affections of the people4 ,mr4 ,h4 ,seymour4 ,this measure proceeded not from fear1 but from a desire to court popularity4 ,it was an unjust attempt to reduce the power of the aristocracy1 as well as of the lower classes4 ,he contended that if the ,house was the corrupt body it was represented to be1 it was incompetent to settle this great question4 ,it was a measure devoid of principle1 or if principle was asserted in some parts of the plan it was violated in others4 ,it was broken through for some portion of the aristocracy to court popularity2 if the constitution was to be violated in this manner1 he would rather have no constitution at all4 ,the whole measure was1 in his opinion1 one of deceit2 it removed the direct influence which was seen1 and left that which was much worse1 the influence which it could not see1 yet of which it complained4 ,to a measure of that kind he could not give his consent4 ,mr4 ,g4 ,w4 ,wynn4 ,the constitution of this country was one of constant innovations and perpetual amendments2 but admitting this1 he thought such amendments ought to be gradual4 ,many changes which might be made with great advantage1 would1 if made at once1 be found highly beneficial to the country4 ,it was on this principle that he1 from time to time1 supported motions for the disfranchisement of boroughs which had been found guilty of gross corruption1 and without any personal vanity1 he might say1 that he it was that drew the transfer clause to give the franchise of the corrupt ,borough of ,helstone to ,yorkshire4 ,he was aware that it had been said that the present measure1 if agreed to1 would preclude any further change2 but if the measure was rejected1 demands for greater changes would be made by the people4 ,he had always thought that those great towns ought to have representatives1 and he believed their possessing the elective franchise would be beneficial to the country4 ,mr4 ,tennyson said1 ,that he would support the measure of his noble friend 7,lord ,john ,russell71 for he believed that it would put the representation upon a permanent and1 he hoped1 everlasting standing4 ,the sacrifice he should make by losing his seat was nothing to him1 but he felt bound to refer to his relative1 ,mr4 ,wm4 ,russell4 ,that hon4 member1 by this present ,bill1 would be called upon to make a sacrifice of three of what are termed nomination boroughs2 boroughs not purchased by him1 but which had descended to him by inheritance2 and he was willing to offer this #ajj1jjj1 the value of these nominations1 upon the altar of his country1 in order to ransom her from that oligarchy which has too long held her destinies in their merciless and unhallowed power4 ,mr4 ,daniel ,o',connell said1 ,that he looked upon the plan as large1 liberal and wise1 and he should give it his most decided and anxious support1 for in fact it was an effectual measure of reform4 ,it was well known that he was a ,political ,reformer1 and that he was in favour of ,universal ,suffrage and shorter ,parliaments2 yet1 though the measure did not embrace these points1 it was still very liberal1 and would be an experiment to prove whether any further extension was necessary4 ,he was delighted with the mode in which the noble lord had treated the close boroughs2 he had applied the pruning knife to the rotten boroughs with a thorough masterly hand4 ,every part of the constitution was violated by their existence4 ,we could venture to say that the mound of ,sarum was a ,constitutional ,borough8 ,why should noble lords have the right to send members to sit in that ,house8 ,good ,god1 was it to be sounded in their ears that the ,lords were to send their members1 one after another1 in the most open and avowed manner into that ,house for these rotten and close boroughs2 and was he to be told that they were about to commit robbery2 that they were guilty of an unjust seizure of franchises8 ,but who were the robbers8 ,he never heard of a grant of a ,charter from the ,crown1 or any ,parliament1 empowering any individual to send members to ,parliament4 ,no1 the franchises were granted to them1 and it was not that this act seized and destroyed them2 but this act was intended to lay hold of the spoliaters of them4 ,that ,house had no right to question the privileges of the ,house of ,lords1 but it had as good a right to do it as the lords had to spoliate the privileges and liberties of the ,house of ,commons4 ,the people out of doors talked good sense1 they say1 'you have got our property1 you have spoliated our liberties1 but you must disgorge them4' ,god help those members who could crawl into that ,house and then talk of coming in without stooping4 ,he would ask the hon4 members for ,bowbridge and ,aldborough1 if they could stand forward and advocate that system1 which in the rotten boroughs gave annual debaucheries1 and every six years 7for #ad days7 all that bribery1 and corruption1 and robbery could inflict1--was it fit that such a system of misrepresentation should stand any longer8 ,were not the nomination boroughs openly sold1 and was not the price of them as well known as cattle in ,smithfield8 ,in #ahbb1 the votes against ,reform and ,retrenchment gave a return of #ai votes out of #bj1 by members representing places not containing an average population of #ejj persons4 ,when they talked of the excellent working of the present ,constitution1 he would whisper a single word into their ears1 ',ireland1' that country1 of whose people perennial starvation was the lot2 he would call upon them to secure to that country the blessings of good ,government1 and to give to that ,house a fair and honourable representation4 ,mr4 ,coke said1 ,that he had been a member of that ,house for more than half-a-century1 and during that long time he had watched the proceedings of parties1 and the results of great questions1 and he must say that every day he was more and more convinced of the necessity for reform4 ,when he had heard that the noble ,lord had made a resolution to do away with rotten boroughs he felt great confidence in the measure1 and was convinced of the necessity of giving the administration his warmest support4 ,colonel ,tidthorp4 ,although there were many blemishes in the existing representative system of the country1 he could never bring himself to consent to a remedy by the means of taking away the franchise1 at one whole sweep1 from so many people who had never abused the constitutional trust reposed in them4 ,he could not but pronounce the measure in this respect to be most unjust and tyrannical4 ,mr4 ,r4 ,grant said1 ,that they were told that the ,reformers entertained the most extravagant expectations1 and that the only use that they intended to make of the present concessions was to render them subservient to the attainment of objects1 remote1 dangerous1 and undefined4 ,had not the history of mankind assured them that the most effectual mode of resisting unreasonable demands was1 to concede everything which reason and justice could claim4 ,the people of ,england were entitled to the whole ,house of ,commons1 but in the debate they had been told that they were not to look for any such thing1 that the ,commons ,house of ,parliament had never existed in the ,british ,constitution1 and that the ,house they had was not the ,house of ,commons1 but was something belonging to the ,three ,estates1 it was the ,house of the ,king1 of the ,lords1 and the ,commons666 ,in noting this argument he considered that he gave it its most complete refutation2 the ,house to which he belonged was the ,commons ,house1 and nothing else1 ,peers and ,bishops could not sit in it4 ,it was vain to talk of maintaining the doctrines which had been broached in this discussion1 in the present diffused state of knowledge throughout ,england1 with the immense number of schools in every part of the kingdom1 with the prodigious increase in ,mechanics' ,institutions1 and with all that could give an impetus to the human mind1 it was vain to talk of arresting progress1 or of blinding men to what interested them so deeply4 ,the present state of the popular enlightenment demanded an improved legislature1 and it would be at once dangerous and absurd1 and unjust1 to resist such a demand4 ,the main features of this great ,reform ,bill were the disfranchisement of rotten small towns and places which had fallen into insignificance1 and confer such franchise upon large towns and populations which hitherto had not any representation4 ,the #djs4 freehold vote for counties had existed for upwards of three centuries1 but it was supplemented with a #ej occupation clause1 and all borough votes were fixed at a #aj rental4 ,the effect of this sweeping measure was that #ef small towns and places1 having a population of less than #bjjj1 were entirely disfranchised4 ,thirty towns1 having a population under #djjj1 hitherto sending two members to parliament1 were reduced to one member2 twenty-two large towns1 not having had a representative1 were supplied with two members each2 twenty other smaller towns were allotted one member each4 ,the remainder of the seats were added to the counties1 some of which obtained two additional members1 and others only one member4 ,the ,reform ,bill passed the ,house of ,lords1 on ,june #dth1 #ahcb4 ,the debate on the ,reform ,bill in the ,house of ,lords was of a very excited character1 considering the usual gravity of the lords1 and the following recital may be worth perusal3-- ,the death of ,george ,,iv4 occurred on the #bfth ,june1 #ahcj4 ,the question of ,parliamentary reform belongs probably to the succeeding reign of ,william ,,iv41 at the opening of which--after the dissolution and general election--public feeling ran so high1 in consequence of the declaration of the ,duke of ,wellington against reform1 that the ,king was warned not to venture into the city to dine with the ,lord ,mayor4 ,the scene in the ,house of ,lords on the occasion of the ,king coming down to dissolve parliament is described as being 'riotous4' ,lord ,wharncliffe rose to propose his motion affecting the estimates2 the ,duke of ,richmond was determined to defeat the motion1 and interrupted the noble lord by calling attention to the fact--on a point of order--that noble lords were not in their places1 and moved that standing ,order ,no4 #a be read1 which renders it necessary that noble lords 'shall sit in their proper places4' ,the opportunity seized for this intentional interruption arose out of a noble earl having sat next to one of the junior barons of the ,house4 ,lords ,londonderry and ,clanricarde simultaneously rose to 'order1' ,lord ,wharncliffe protested1 and ,lord ,lyndhurst delivered a violent attack on the ,duke of ,richmond1 to which the latter retorted by threatening that if this 'tone' were repeated he would move that ,standing ,order ,no4 #a should be read1 and further1 'that the order should also be read which forbids the use of intemperate and offensive language in the ,house4' ,violent rage and angry gesticulation1 it is reported1 ensued4 ,lord ,wharncliffe again attempted to resume his address1 when the ,lord ,chancellor cut short his remarks by clutching the seals and darting out of the ,house4 ,as the ,king advanced the noise of the altercation became distinctly audible to him1 and he asked1 ',what's that1 my ,lord ,chancellor8' ,to which the ,chancellor replied1 ',only1 may it please you1 sir1 the ,house of ,lords amusing themselves4' ,the ,king having ascended the throne1 the ',commons' were summoned to the ,royal presence4 ,the ,usher of the ,black ,rod 7,sir ,thomas ,tyrwhit7 on proceeding to fulfil the ,royal command1 found the ,commons in a 'state of turbulence and disorder4' ,on the presentation of a petition for reform ,sir ,richard ,vyvyan arraigned ,ministers in an 'offensive speech4' ,uproar ensued1 amidst which ,sir ,francis ,burdett rose to order4 ,the ,speaker declared ,sir ,richard in order1 when ,mr4 ,tennyson disputed the propriety of the ,speaker's decision4 ,the ,speaker decided that ,sir ,richard was in order4 ,the latter then remarked upon the proceeding of any member questioning the decision of the 'chair4' ,what followed is very remarkable4 ,lord ,john ,russell at once rose 'to complain that any member should be blamed for so doing1' and 'denying that the decision of the chair was necessarily imperative in the ,house4' ,the entrance of the ,usher1 above mentioned1 put a stop to these turbulent proceedings1 and the ,king informed his 'faithful ,commons1' in a shrill angry voice1 that he came down with a view to the 'instant dissolution' of ,parliament4 ,after all1 our ,parliamentary ancestors were not the orderly beings now-a-days represented2 nor is it deemed desirable that their turbulent example should be imitated4 ,the ancient ,borough of ,dudley obtained one member by the ,reform ,bill1 but in ,charles ,i4's time it had two ,members of ,parliament4 ,dudley1 like most rising towns1 was keenly observing these great political movements1 and as far as its influence went in the county elections on the reform question1 it was considered that the reformers of ,dudley were mainly instrumental in unseating ,colonel ,lygon at the county election on ,may #aath1 #ahca4 ,in anticipation that the town of ,dudley was to have a representative in ,parliament under the ,reform ,bill1 efforts were made by both political parties to secure a preponderance of power and influence in this question1 and we quote a requisition to the ,mayor1 in #ahca1 to hold a public meeting to consider this business4 ,,to ,j4 ,c4 ,,brettell1 ,,esq41 ,,mayor ,,of ,,dudley4 ,we1 the undersigned1 request you will convene an early meeting of the principal inhabitants of this town for the purpose of petitioning for a ,moderate ,reform in ,parliament1 and at the same time praying that any reform that may be adopted may not include ,vote by ,ballot1 ,universal ,suffrage1 or ,annual ,parliaments4 ,also to petition that our ancient privilege of returning two members to ,parliament may be restored to us4 ,l4 ,booker1 ,vicar ,p4 ,robinson ,wm4 ,lewis ,john ,booth ,a4 ,hawkes ,thomas ,badger ,c4 ,h4 ,molineux ,john ,roberts ,wm4 ,fellowes ,thomas ,fear ,b4 ,leadbetter ,john ,smart ,chas4 ,lucas ,jos4 ,windsor ,john ,owen ,wm4 ,izod ,thos4 ,griffiths ,edward ,hollies ,joseph ,guest ,edward ,guest ,walter ,williams ,sept4 ,badger ,john ,rhann ,wm4 ,fellowes1 ,jun4 ,john ,williams ,whitehouse ,sons ,william ,chinner ,j4 ,s4 ,turner ,thos4 ,pitt ,stokes ,richard ,lakin ,chas4 ,homer ,john ,bagott ,alex4 ,gordon ,wm4 ,self ,john ,darby ,edward ,foley ,b4 ,dudley ,jos4 ,payton ,jos4 ,haden ,isaac ,badger ,c4 ,f4 ,hewitt ,geo4 ,england ,thomas ,lester ,edward ,terry ,edward ,blakeway ,stephen ,bullas ,james ,griffin ,samuel ,paskin ,chas4 ,bunn ,john ,hodgetts ,joseph ,cox ,thos4 ,cox ,edward ,marsh ,joseph ,royle with seventy-four other signatures4 ,dudley1 ,feb4 #gth1 #ahca4 ,this highly respectable requisition to the ,mayor seems to have awakened the indignation of ,an ,inhabitant1 for the following hand bill appeared6 ,,inhabitants ,,of ,,dudley4 ,some ,gentlemen1 having signed a ,requisition to ,mr4 ,brettell 7the ,mayor71 but doubtless in ignorance of its real contents1 to call a ,meeting of the principal ,inhabitants to support a ,moderate ,reform in ,parliament1 that is in effect1 no ,reform at all4 ,arouse666 and assert your dignity of character and right to ,independence1 and your abhorrence at tampering with ,vice1 for no honest men would wish the partial but entire ,reform of vicious habits and principles4 ,attend then the ,meeting1 which is to take place to-morrow morning1 at the ,town ,hall1 at #aa o'clock precisely1 and by your ,vote avenge the insult offered to you by this impudent ,requisition1 and shew the arrogant few that the many constitute the principal inhabitants of this ,town1 and at the same time do your duty to yourselves1 your families1 and your country1 by demonstrating by your voice and votes that nothing short of the removal of the whole of the evils which oppress us will satisfy the just demands of an insulted and suffering people4 ,,an ,,inhabitant4 ,dudley1 ,feb4 #ith1 #ahca4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,vote ,,by ,,ballot4 ,,fellow ,,townsmen1 ,as some of you may not be aware of the essential importance of the ,vote by ,ballot1 ,i take this opportunity of stating a few of its advantages3-- ,it will effectually destroy bribery and corruption1 as it will be in vain for any candidate to purchase votes when he cannot possibly know on which side the elector will vote4 ,vote by ,ballot is the only means by which we shall get the ,house of ,commons filled with men of principle1 who will manage the affairs of the ,nation in a way so as to relieve us from oppressive ,taxation1 and eventually to secure prosperity to every class of the community4 ,if we exclude ,vote by ,ballot we are giving up our own right of choosing a representative to persons who1 from some local circumstances1 may have influence over us4 ,beware of signing any petition for ,,moderate ,,reform1 which excludes ,vote by ,ballot1 as a ,reform of that nature will only increase our present burdens1 and our ,national sins1 inasmuch as it will cause ,bribery to be still more extensively practised1 and render still more universal those appalling scenes of ,electioneering dissipation4 ,a ,,townsman4 ,dudley1 ,february #hth1 #ahca4 ,this ,townsman little dreamt that ,vote by ,ballot1 which we now enjoy1 would be the very means of encouraging bribery and corruption continually4 ,both ,colonel ,lygon1 ,m4,p4 for the ,county of ,worcester1 and ,mr4 ,abiathar ,hawkes1 ,glass ,manufacturer of ,dudley1 appeared to have anticipated an election1 for they issued their addresses4 ,,to ,,the ,,inhabitants ,,of ,,the ,,town ,,and ,,parish ,,of ,,dudley4 ,,gentlemen1 ,in the event of the ,ministerial ,bill of ,reform being carried into a ,law1 this ,town and ,parish will enjoy the distinguished privilege of returning a ,member to ,parliament4 ,should that be the case1 ,i beg to announce to you my intention of offering myself as a ,candidate1 and if ,i am deemed worthy of your kind support1 and obtain through your ,suffrages the high object of my wishes1 ,i pledge myself to serve you faithfully1 diligently1 and honestly4 ,i have the honour to remain1 ,gentlemen1 ,your faithful and obedient ,servant1 ,,abiathar ,,hawkes4 ,kingswinford1 ,march #abth1 #ahca4 ,mr4 ,hawkes having signed the ,requisition to the ,mayor in favour of a moderate ,reform ,bill1 was then looked upon as a moderate ,reformer1 but a stern advocate for ,church and ,state2 he eventually came out as a decided anti-reformer4 ,colonel ,lygon1 ,m4,p41 was already one of the ,members for ,worcestershire1 but his recent ,votes on the ,reform ,question1 had created much disunion amongst his supporters4 ,,to ,,the ,,gentlemen1 ,,clergy ,,and ,,freeholders ,,of ,,the ,,county ,,of ,,worcester4 ,,gentlemen1 ,when ,i had lately the ,honour of being returned one of your ,representatives in ,parliament1 ,i little expected that it would be necessary so soon to address you again2 but seeing in the ,county ,newspapers1 that an ,opposition is preparing against me1 ,i feel it an imperative ,duty to come forward with an ,avowal of my ,sentiments1 and in ,vindication of my public conduct4 ,the ,accusation is that ,i voted against ,lord ,john ,russell's ,reform ,bill4 ,gentlemen1 my ,conscience and my best ,judgment revolted at this ,bill2 so violent in principle1 so hazardous to our well-balanced ,constitution1 the envy of other countries1 the safety of our own4 ,i am by no means an enemy to such ,reform as ,time and change of circumstances may have rendered necessary2 but let calm1 and deliberate caution attend the ,measure1 neither spoliating the ,property of some1 nor destroying the ,privileges of others2 such a ,measure shall have my best support4 ,i can1 with truth say1 that the retrospect of my public life1 whether in a ,military or ,civil capacity gives me no reproach2 ,i have served my ,country independently1 honestly1 and faithfully1 to the best of my judgment1 ever anxiously promoting the wishes of my ,constituents1 never asking favour for myself4 ,let1 then1 the trial with my ,opponents come when it will1 ,i will meet it fearlessly2 resting on the ,integrity of my own intentions1 and on the support of those numerous friends1 who now voluntarily offer me their ,services4 ,with the greatest ,gratitude and ,respect1 ,i am1 ,gentlemen1 ,your very faithful and obedient ,servant1 ,,henry ,,beauchamp ,,lygon4 ,grosvenor ,place1 ,april #aith1 #ahca4 ,this ambiguous address of ,colonel ,lygon's created a vehement outburst of opposition from the reformers against him1 thus-- ,,to ,,the ,,freeholders ,,of ,,the ,,county ,,of ,,worcester4 ,,brother ,,freeholders1 ,a factious opposition1 and the intrigues of the selfish ,boroughmongers1 have postponed that highly beneficial and absolutely necessary measure of ,reform introduced into the ,house of ,commons by ,his ,majesty's ,ministers4 ,our patriot king1 however1 highly approving of the principles of his ministers1 and determined that the ,bill shall not be crushed1 or his own and his people's rights longer withheld by the vile machinations of the ,wetheralls1 the ,lygons1 and the other partizans of corruption1 has exercised his undoubted right of dissolving the ,parliament1 and ,england now expects every man to do his duty4 ,on every occasion when ,col4 ,lygon has voted he has opposed ,reform in every shape--however bit by bit--however moderate--and now he adds to his political delinquencies1 ,insult and ,hypocrisy4 ,in his ,addresses1 he begs most explicitly to declare that he is friendly to moderate and constitutional ,reform1 to remove any abuse or improper innovations which time may have introduced4 ,yet he voted against transferring the ,elective ,franchise of ,east ,retford 7convicted of gross bribery and corruption7 to ,birmingham6 ,he is friendly to a moderate and constitutional ,reform1 yet he opposed the ,marquis of ,blandford's ,bill6 ,he is friendly to a moderate and constitutional ,reform1 yet he voted against ,lord ,john ,russell's motion to transfer the ,elective ,franchise from boroughs 7convicted of corruption7 to ,leeds1 ,birmingham1 and ,manchester6 ,is not this hypocrisy8 ,if not1 what is it8 ,with these facts before the public--facts known to every individual in the county--he insults them by sending forth ,an ,address1 of which the assertions above quoted form a part1 imagining that the ,freeholders in the ,county of ,worcester have minds so contracted1 and understandings so degraded and debased1 that a shallow hypocritical device like this would dupe them for a moment4 ,freeholders1 this ,colonel ,lygon again solicits your votes1 that he may again oppose the beneficent and patriotic intentions of ,his ,majesty's ,ministers--again oppose every measure beneficial to the people4 ,you know your answer4 ,a ,,freeholder4 ,dudley1 ,april #bcrd1 #ahca4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,read6 ,,mark6 ,,learn6 ,,and ,,inwardly ,,digest6 ,,if ,,possible4 ,,to ,,the ,,freeholders ,,of ,,the ,,county ,,of ,,salop4 ,,gentlemen1 ,an ,,address to you from ,mr4 ,,mytton has just now been published4 ,he has an equal ,right with myself upon your notice2 though in this act of his it has not my participation--it however obliges me to declare my intention of setting forward a ,canvass1 which otherwise1 on account of the immediate day for collecting the sense of the ,county at the ,nomination1 ,i had forborne to do4 ,your obedient1 ,faithful servant1 7,signed7 ,j4 ,,cressett ,,pelham4 ,buildwas ,bridge1 ,,sunday ,,evening1 ,may #a1 #ahca4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,style ,,of ,,political ,,writing ,,in #ahca4 ,,morning ,,service4 ,,first ,,lesson4 ,,and ,,it ,,came ,,to ,,pass in the days of a mighty ,monarch1 that he called forth his mighty men and ,counsellors1 and said unto them1 ,go forth every man unto his place1 and if ye are approved of1 return ye2 and if ye have not served my people faithfully1 return ye not4 ,but let my people choose for themselves1 those that will counsel with my people1 that they speak their will before me1 and plead for them to the intent that ,i may make them a great and happy nation4 ,and of the two men who represented the ancient and loyal ,county1 even that great ,county1 ,,worcester1 one was not found faithful1 and the people murmured greatly1 but the ,elders and ,rulers of the ,county said1 ,we will return those ,men1 let us make haste1 they said1 and they did so2 and in the morning1 when they were in the ,judgment ,seat1 going to return those men1 the men of the ,county said one to another1 ,will no one deliver us from the man we dislike8 and they were overwhelmed with despair1 for fear of that awful ,man which some of the ,elders had elected1 having #ej1jjj1 lest he should destroy their liberties1 and bring them to bondage for ever6 ,and there was sojourning that way a ,,man ,,of ,,war1 and the people ran unto him within a few minutes of the expiration of the last hour1 and said unto him1 ,deliver us from our oppressors1 and the ,,man ,,of ,,war said1 ,i ,,will ,,deliver ,,you2 and suddenly there was a shout of joy which rended the air1 and those of the ,judgment ,seat were sore afraid1 and said one to another1 ,what meaneth this8 ,and when he appeared1 the ,elders and ,rulers of the ,county were struck dumb1 and the hand of oppression withered at his presence1 and the ,,man ,,of ,,war said1 ,i am come to offer myself to represent you in the ,great ,assembly1 in the place of the man who is not approved of1 and the people shouted1 ,,long ,,live ,,the ,,man ,,of ,,war666 ,,spencer6 ,,foley6 ,,and ,,reform4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,morning ,,service4 ,,second ,,lesson4 ,after these things the ,,man ,,of ,,war passed over and came unto a place called the ,,hustings1 in the land of the ,,lygonites1 over against ,,worcester1 and great multitudes followed him4 ,and the children of the land rejoiced greatly because of him1 for he was a mighty man of valour4 ,and the ,chief of the ,,lygonites went forth to meet him1 and asked him1 saying1-- ,wherefore art thou come8 ,and the ,,man ,,of ,,war answered and said1 for deliverance of the needy am ,i come1 that the poor may rejoice1 and the heart of the humble be glad4-- ,then the ,,lygonitish leader asked him again1 knowest thou not that this country is mine8 that ,i am chosen of the ,elders of the ,land8 ,but he answered ,verily ,i say unto you1 though the ,elders have chosen thee1 thou hast purchased them with ,bribes2--yea1 they have received the wages of iniquity4 ,and when the ,chief of the ,,lygonites saw1 that by words he could prevail nothing1 he set his army in array against the ,,man ,,of ,,war1--and the battle joined4 ,and lo1 the ,chief of the ,,lygonites1 caused men of foolish minds to enlist under his banners1 and they fought till the going down of the sun4 ,and on the morrow they hasted to the ,battle1 and the army of the ,,man ,,of ,,war gained the ,,victory6 ,after these things there were great commotions and troubles2 and the noise of their tumult was heard afar off4 ,for the ,chief of the ,,lygonites gathered other servants together1 and fought against the ,,man ,,of ,,war3--,but he could not prevail4 ,then was heard great rejoicing1 for the people were glad4 ,and they sung--,rejoice1 and be exceeding glad6--break forth into singing1 for the victory is won6 ,for the enemy came forth like a flood2 and terrible was his army of banners6 ,but he has fallen from his high estate1 and his name shall sink into the dust4 ,yea2 now are the mighty fallen2 and the doom of the oppressors is sealed6 ,,no ,,lygon1 ,,down ,,with ,,the ,,boroughmongers4 99 99 99 99 99 ,a ,,continuation ,,of ,,the ,,book ,,of ,,kings4 ,,chapter ,i4 ,and ,george the ,king died and was buried with his forefathers1 and ,king ,william the ,fourth reigned in his stead1 over the ,land of ,great ,britain4 #b ,and this ,king ,william did that which was just and right in the eyes of the wise and prudent1 and was to his people as a blessing from heaven4 #c ,he opposed robbers of the public treasury1 the plunderers of the people1 the oppressors of mankind1 the sacrilegeous--hypocrites1 and evil doers1 and all such as did succumb to them1 and brought on them shame and confusion4 #d ,and it was on this wise3 #e ,a certain man of ancient extraction1 and of great repute1 an ,englishman1 called ,john ,bull1 from various causes fell sick1 and was grievously ill-treated by those to whom he trusted to be preserved1 and from their machinations was become as one going down to the ,grave2 for many of his ,members were exceedingly filthy and corrupt--disgusting to the eyes of men to behold4 #f ,now it came to pass there were certain good ministers of the people1 who beheld with horror the state of this man1 and shuddered at the contemplation of the baseness and iniquity of the workers thereof4 #g ,and they straightway proceeded to the ,king1 and he giving audience1 they reported unto him what they knew concerning this matter4 #h ,and the ,king was wrath and sore displeased at what he had heard4 #i ,then the ,king commanded them1 saying1 call me an assembly together1 both of the good and the bad1 and set this man's case before them1 so that searching diligently into the truth1 we may relieve his affliction and punish the aggressors4 #aj ,they went forth from the ,king's presence and did according as he had commanded them4 #aa ,and when that which had passed was made known to the evil doers1 they consulted amongst themselves how they might repel the attack1 and still hold on in the system of hypocrisy and plunder3 and they1 with one accord1 cried what law is there to prevent the continuation of our practices1 and who shall say unto us1 so far shalt thou go and no farther3 and they went forth1 hardened in their sin1 to attend the assembly4 #ab ,and the people cried1 lo6 behold them bold in their iniquity1 for shame hath not tinged their cheeks4 #ac ,and the assembly being met1 the man's case was commanded to be heard3 ,and the man groaned bitterly and cried unto the good ministers ,save me or ,i perish4 #ad ,and one of the good men arose1 and said unto the assembly1 hearest thou what this man sayeth1 and addressing himself unto the evil doers1 he saith1 this thing needeth amendment1 for the life of the man standeth in jeopardy4 #ae ,and this good man with the assistance of another1 like unto himself1 who had grown ,grey in the service of mankind1 prepared a remedy1 and he stood up and declared it aloud unto the assembly1 saying1 #af ,let the ,members of this man that are become so filthy and impure1 so corrupt and nauseous to the sight1 and so poisonous to the man's whole body be forthwith severed therefrom1 that the more wholesome part may not be endangered2 for without this he cannot be saved4 #ag ,and he1 proceeding1 said let us make him a draught that might purge him of the filth within him1 so shall he once more enjoy health4 #ah ,and this draught is called ,russell's ,purge unto this day4 #ai ,when he had thus spoke the good men rejoiced exceedingly and approved of his counsel4 #bj ,but the workers of iniquity1 who sought their own gain1 though at the life of the man1 cried most vehemently against it and said1 shall our places be taken from us and given unto others8 ,shall we lack our fees which we were wont to receive8 ,shall those ,members be cast away that afforded us such profit and source of peculation8 ,shall the rottenness be purged away on which we and our understrappers feed8 ,oh6 unjust sentence4--,alas6 our hope is withered4--,and ,oh6 ye our faithful ,servants1 who like fattened maggots have so gloriously gorged upon this man's body1 thy day of ,short ,commons is come4 #ba ,and the ,debate was of long continuance1 for seven successive nights rested they not from their labours3 and the hopes and wishes of mankind were great3 #bb ,but the wicked dwelt not so securely as they in their vanity imagined1 for the good men prevailed1 and this was made known unto the ,king and the ,people4 #bc ,and the ,king was wonderfully well pleased1 and the people shouted their gladness4 #bd ,and ,john ,bull failed not in giving honour and praise to the ,king and his ministers2 ,but he said unto the workers of iniquity-- ,o6 ye hypocrites whom ,i have cherished with my substance1 ,and who have polluted my body1 ,thy day of ,punishment--the day of retribution1 is at hand4 ,thy baseness and cupidity are made known to all men1 ,and for these thy works1 ,know that ,tribulation treadeth hard upon thy heels1 ,and mankind shall curse thee with the curse of bitterness4 #be ,and the people cried ,amen4 ,so be it4 #bf ,and they went to their homes rejoicing--praising the ,saviours of their ,country1 and crying aloud-- ,heaven's blessings on our ,ministers and supporters-- ,god save the ,king4 7,thus endeth the ,first ,chapter47 99 99 99 99 99 #ej1jjj ,,reward4 ,,lost1 ,at ,,st4 ,,stephen',s1 ,,westminster1 on the #aith of ,april last1 an ,,old ,,military ,,cloak ,,bag1 containing ,,colonel ,,lygon',s ,,popularity2 the ,,tie by which it was held had been long weak and flimsy1 and it finally gave him the slip at the above spot1 along with that of an ,,old ,,trooper1 one ,,general ,,gascoyne4 ,the advertiser cannot but deeply lament the loss of this ,garment1 as although much soiled and worn1 he had hoped with a little occasional patching it might have proved a good strong covering for himself and family1 for many generations1 and as he valued it more for the facility it afforded him of forwarding his own ,views at the ,horse ,guards 7in which he found it highly serviceable7 than for any application he made to the service of the ,,freeholders ,,of ,,worcestershire1 he is very desirous of being reinstalled in possession1 or of procuring some other ,garment that may enable him again to enter ,,st4 ,,stephen',s1 he therefore offers the above ,handsome ,reward for its discovery1 which will be paid on application to ,,lady ,,beauchamp66 ,he more particularly appeals to the ,attorneys of this and the adjoining ,counties1 and he trusts from the large ,reward offered1 they will exert themselves to the utmost to effect the restoration either of the lost ,garment1 or to procure him another that may pass for the original1 and which from their known fertility of expedient1 and the abundance of ,funds at their disposal1 he hopes they will have little difficulty of doing2 but as he apprehends that in future more attention to ,,decent ,,apparel and ,,clean ,,hands will be required at ,st4 ,stephen's than heretofore1 he requests that any counterfeit ,garment may be made of decent stuff1 as he wishes to sit near ,sir ,,robert ,,peel2 ,,rat-,,skin will do provided the ,fur is tolerably disguised and the smell removed4 ,n4,b4 ,it is strongly suspected that the said ,garment has been picked up and converted into a ,,spencer by a ,sailor who has been much about the ,county lately1 and who wears an old ,,whig1 with a placard with ,,reform stuck in it2 he may be easily discovered as he has grown a great favourite with the ,,freeholders1 and is followed all over the ,county with shouts of ,,spencer ,,for ,,ever66 ,,dudley1 ,,may #aath1 #ahca4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,reform6 ,,no ,,monopoly6 ,,no ,,lygon66 ,a voluntary resolution of upwards of #cfj ,workmen in ,stourbridge and its ,neighbourhood has been entered into for the purpose of having no further communications with those persons who were in opposition at a ,meeting1 held in this ,town on the #bnd of ,april1 #ahca1 against ,,lord ,,john ,,russell',s ,,reform ,,bill4 ,,success ,,to ,,the ,,stourbridge ,,iron ,,trade1 ,,and ,,lord ,,john ,,russell',s ,,bill ,,for ,,reform6 ,,god ,,save ,,the ,,king4 ,the ,,bill1 the ,whole ,,bill1 and ,nothing but the ,,bill66 99 99 99 99 99 ,,to ,,the ,,worthy ,,and ,,independent ,,freeholders ,,of ,,the ,,county ,,of ,,worcester4 ,,gentlemen1 ,i come among you as a stranger1 and having certainly no personal pretensions to the honour of your representation2 but ,i am informed that no approved second ,candidate1 belonging to your ,county1 has offered himself to you on the principle of an unqualified support of the great measure of ,,reform1 proposed to the late ,parliament by ,his ,majesty's ,ministers4 ,this ,bill ,i am assured1 you deem to be of vital importance to the state1 and are anxious to secure1 as far as depends upon you1 its success1 by returning two ,members equally and fully pledged to it4 ,my political principles being those of my brother ,,lord ,,althorp1 ,i am emboldened to aspire to the high distinction of representing you1 for this ,parliament only1 under the unequivocal pledge of voting for that most indispensable measure of ,reform1 to its full extent1 whenever it shall again be brought forward4 ,i hope that in taking this step for the attainment of such an object1 ,i am not justly chargeable with presumption2 and allow me to add1 that it is only in consequence of the deep conviction ,i entertain of the necessity of the constitutional ,reform1 which ,his ,majesty's ,ministers have brought forward1 that ,i venture at all1 under these circumstances1 to offer my services to your notice4 ,i shall with the least possible delay pay my respects to you personally2 and have the honour to be ,your humble ,servant1 ,,frederick ,,spencer4 ,,althorp1 ,,april #bfth1 #ahca4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,to ,,the ,,freeholders ,,of ,,the ,,town ,,and ,,neighbourhood ,,of ,,dudley4 ,in your election of a ,county ,representative1 you are called upon to shew yourselves to assert your ,independence1 by affording your support to a ,man who will endeavour to promote your ,interests by a conscientious discharge of his ,,parliamentary ,,duties4 ,tell the self-styled ,aristocratic ,supporters of ,,col4 ,,lygon1 that you will not compromise your ,birthrights2 that you will not be intimidated1 and that ,gold shall not prevail2 but that by unanimity and the identity of your cause with yourselves1 you will ,stand or ,fall4 ,tell them again1 and tell them too1 you use no undue influence1 but that the justice of your cause constitutes its strength4 ,tell the partisans of oppression 7who lament their ,candidate's loss of ,interest less than their own7 that you will return a ,man who will bring to maturity the ,plant nursed by your ,,patriotic ,,monarch and his ,ministers4 ,rise then1 ,brother ,freeholders1 and by your energy preclude the everlasting stigma being attached to your ,county of its representation being any longer considered the ,,patrimonial ,,inheritance of the ,,lygons6 ,let me1 ,i conjure you1 by all the ties which bind ,man to ,man1 to give effect to the great and glorious ,cause in view2 let it be your pride that you have defeated the ,machinations of ,party1 and that you have given to your ,country a ,member who will emancipate you from the thraldom of ,family ,influence6 let then our cry be ,god for ,england1 ,spencer1 and our ,cause4 ,i am1 ,brother ,freeholders1 ,yours ,faithfully1 ,a ,,freeholder4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,secret ,,out6 ,,mr4 ,,foley ,,has ,,coalesced ,,with ,,captain ,,spencer4 ,why8--,,because ,captain ,spencer's ,,brother is ,,chancellor ,,of ,,the ,,exchequer2 and a ,place in the ,treasury1 with a ,salary of a ,thousand ,pounds a ,year1 will be no inconvenient or disagreeable ,,refreshment after the ,expense of a contested ,election4 ,so much for ,mr4 ,foley's ,,independence and ,,integrity4 ,kidderminster1 ,may #ajth1 #ahca4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,worcestershire ,,election4 ,,state ,,of ,,the ,,poll1 ,,fifth ,,day4 ,,foley4 ,,spencer4 ,,lygon4 ,,first ,,day #aia #aca #bjf ,,second ,,day #cgj #cja #bhh ,,third ,,day #cfa #cba #bjj ,,fourth ,,day #cbc #bhj #bfc ,,fifth ,,day #bgi #beb #agh ---- ---- ---- ,total #aebd #abhe #aace ---- ---- ---- ,majority in favour of #chi #aej ,committee ,room1 ,bush ,inn1 ,dudley1 ,wednesday1 ,may #aath1 #ahca4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,tories' ,,downfall4 ,oh dear1 what can the matter be1 ,dear ,oh1 what can the matter be1 ,oh dear1 what can the matter be1 ,tories are dying away4 ,they flatter'd1 they promis'd1 they pledg'd1 and intreated1 ,the ,whigs to let ,sutton the turn-coat be seated1 ,but brave ,abercrombie their forces defeated1 ,in spite of all ,bobby could say4 ,chorus4--,so it's ,oh dear1 c4 ,though ,francis was absent1 and ,stanley was praising ,the ,tories1 whose ,gridiron was fearfully blazing1 ,yet brave ,abercrombie with prowess amazing1 ,soon drove them all out of his way4 ,chorus4--,so it's ,oh dear1 c4 ,their ,captains and ,corporals so fond of excess1 ,bet great odds on their ,manners1 their ,speech and ,address ,but the brave ,abercrombie soon left them to guess1 ,how to finish their comical play4 ,chorus4--,so it's ,oh dear1 c4 ,old ,billy the ,emp'ror who stood far away1 ,expecting the ,vict'ry was struck with dismay1 ,when the brave ,abercrombie's men shouted ,huzza6 ,huzza for ,old ,england1 ,huzza6 ,chorus4--,so it's ,oh dear1 c4 ,poor old ,billy who never could fight nor yet preach1 ,expected that day to have read a long speech1 ,but the brave ,abercrombie whom none can impeach1 ,made ,billy and ,bob run away4 ,chorus4--,so it's ,oh dear1 c4 ,so frighten'd was ,billy and ,buy-a-,broom too1 ,that his ,speech for a few days he couldna' get through1 ,but the brave ,abercrombie and all his brave crew1 ,on ,tuesday forc'd ,billy to bay4 ,chorus4--,so it's ,oh dear1 c4 ,great numbers of ,tories who join'd the retreat1 ,of ,old ,sutton1 refus'd with old ,billy to meet-- ,abercrombie for fear of another defeat1 ,so they wisely kept out of the way4 ,chorus4--,so it's ,oh dear1 c4 ,their flag they have hoisted and nail'd to the mast1 ',twill suddenly 'neath the proud ocean be cast1 ,but brave ,abercrombie's for ever shall last-- ,and ,reformer's shall carry the sway4 ,chorus4--,so it's ,oh dear1 c4 ,as for ,nosey who acted supreme for a week1 ,the ,bold ,hero of ,ney and the friend of ,old ,nick1 ',gainst the brave ,abercrombie is worse than a stick1 ,and ,old ,nick will soon take him away4 ,chorus4--,so it's ,oh dear1 c4 ,then let's stick to our colours and give ten-times-ten1 ,to the ,members who've prov'd themselves true ,englishmen ,to brave ,abercrombie again and again-- ,success and a hearty ,huzza4 ,chorus4--,so it's ,oh dear1 c4 ,illustration3 ,,town ,,hall ,,high ,,street1 ,,dudley4 #ahcb4 ,,dudley ,,politics4 ,,to ,,the ,,editor ,,of ,,the ,,birmingham ,,journal4 ,,sir1--,i was much surprised on receiving your paper of last ,saturday1 to find a most impudent statement made by ,mr4 ,john ,williams of this town1 relative to his exclusion from the ,bowling ,green4 ,in my opinion1 he only met with his deserts1 for it is an invariable rule with us to cut any person who differs from us in politics4 ,it was our wish that ,colonel ,lygon should have been again returned to ,parliament for the ,county of ,worcester1 and of course expected no opposition2 it was1 therefore1 with feelings of the deepest indignation1 that we saw ,mr4 ,williams's name announced as ,chairman of the ,committee of a rival ,candidate1 in direct opposition to ,lord ,dudley's agent1 the meek and amiable ,chairman of ,colonel ,lygon's ,committee4 ,yes1 ,sir1 ,mr4 ,williams is right1 in saying it was the election and that alone1 which was the cause of his expulsion1 and surely it was enough to rouse the blood of ,englishmen 7accustomed as we have been to rule the town7 to find our power gone1 and our influence laughed at by the party which ,mr4 ,williams espoused4 ,our feelings are so tremblingly sensitive on this point1 that one of the gentlemen whose names have been so unwarrantably exposed1 actually dined with ,mr4 ,williams1 at his own table1 and from it walked down to the ,bowling ,green ,committee1 and voted for his expulsion1 so that we do not allow private friendship to interfere with public duty2 and as we have1 besides1 the sanction of two intelligent ,county ,magistrates1 we have little to fear4 ,it is a source of poignant regret to us1 that none of the other members of the ,reform ,committee could be punished in the same way1 for although for the most part composed of highly-respectable individuals1 yet as we wished to keep the ,green select1 we did not send them any invitation to join us1 for we have been long accustomed to love unanimity1 and if persons thinking differently from ourselves on public matters1 were to be admitted1 there would be no end of discussion1 which we much dislike1 having but few talkers amongst us1 and others not choosing to give their opinions to be carped at by their opponents4 ,we have been taunted with having signed the ,reform ,petition a few months since2 but what of that8 ,surely we have as much right to support and vote for an anti-reform candidate1 as we had to sign a petition praying for reform4 ,and1 moreover1 what has supporting a candidate to do with our having signed a petition8 ,what if ,colonel ,lygon has opposed all reform8 ,what if he be an enemy to ,civil and ,religious ,liberty8 ,what if he has been the undeviating supporter of the reckless expenditure of the people's money8 ,what is all this to us8 ,we could always afford to pay the taxes6 ,we have thriven under the old system6 and yet we are to be told1 forsooth1 that we have forfeited our consistency1 in supporting a man1 than whom a more consistent being does not breathe4 ,he subscribes a few pounds annually to our charitable institutions1 and we are really fearful lest these should be discontinued now that his political connexion with us has ceased4 ,such are the consequences to be dreaded from this new state of things4 ,it was very strange ,mr4 ,williams could not take his dismissal quietly1 without publishing his disgrace in the newspapers1 as it never was intended1 out of a sincere regard for his feelings1 that it should be known beyond our own circle4 ,i am1 ,sir1 ,a ,,member ,,of ,,the ,,bowling-,,green4 ,dudley1 ,june #ith1 #ahca4 7,from the ,birmingham ,journal of ,june #aath47 99 99 99 99 99 ,a ,,squib1 ,,issued ,,at ,,the ,,first ,,parliamentary ,,election ,,in ,,favour ,,of ,,mr4 ,,john ,,campbell4 ,march to the battle field1 ,the foe is now before us1 ,each heart is ,freedom's shield1 ,and vict'ry's smiling o'er us2 ,the great ,st4 ,paul1 with tripe and all1 ,we quickly made surrender1 ,in proud disdain we'll break again ,each ,tory link asunder4 ,who for a ,campbell brave ,would shrink 'neath ,tory power8 ,who our just cause to save ,would rest e'en for an hour8 ,our noble cause1 ,our homes and laws1 ',gainst ,tory power sustaining2 ,we'll hold in spite ,of ,tory might1 ,or die our rights maintaining4 ,haste to the poll1 my boys1 ,the foe is near expiring1 ,the ,tories all have lost their joys1 ,and homeward are retiring4 ,the great ,st4 ,paul1 ,with tripe and all1 ,you quickly made surrender2 ,in proud disdain1 ,then break again1 ,each ,tory link asunder4 ,the old town of ,dudley1 with the outlying hamlets of ,netherton and ,woodside1 having been created into one of the ,new ,reform ,parliamentary ,boroughs 7allotted to send one ,member to ,parliament71 the whole town became awakened to its newly endowed responsibilities1 and many an ardent admirer of his native town rejoiced in the fact that ,dudley had been restored to its ancient ,parliamentary honours and privileges1 which had been taken from it1 viz43 disfranchised by ,oliver ,cromwell's ,parliament for its fidelity to the ,royal ,stuarts4 ,as a matter of course1 ,dudley proclaimed for ,reform1 and there was no gainsaying the opinion that the new ,reform ,bill had made ,dudley into a real borough2 therefore1 we must have a ,reformer to sit for ,dudley4 ,the old ,tory party thought different1 and considered that the world was going wrong1 that revolution and the destruction of ,church and ,state was near at hand1 despite the exuberance and hilarity of the ,reformers2 and they succeeded in inducing ,mr4 ,abiathar ,hawkes1 a local ,glass ,manufacturer1 to issue his moderate ,reform ,address1 conveying the impression that the man was to be elected for some virtue in himself1 not for his pronounced political opinions4 ,however1 ,mr4 ,a4 ,hawkes soon retired from the attitude that he and his too zealous friends had strung him up to1 for he retired before the first election came on in #ahcb1 and his place was supplied by the well-known ,tory1 ,sir ,horace ,st4 ,paul1 ,bart4 ,the ,reformers in the new borough were far from falling asleep1 and after one or two futile efforts to procure a local candidate1 they succeeded in inducing plain ,mr4 ,john ,campbell1 ,q4,c41 from ,edinburgh1 to fight the first battle of ,reform in the maiden borough of ,dudley4 ,sharp and fierce was the contest1 but as the majority of the #hjj electors were somewhat raw and green at electioneering adventures and tactics1 they did not come up to the style and vigour of electioneering pleasure and relaxation which was witnessed at our hustings and in our streets in later years4 ,the close of the poll shewed ,mr4 ,john ,campbell the winner4 #ast4 ,,election1 #ahcb4 #a4 ,mr4 ,john ,campbell1 ,reformer #cah #b4 ,sir ,horace ,st4 ,paul1 ,bart41 ,tory #bbi ---- ,majority for ,campbell #hi ,thus the ,reformers of ,dudley distinguished themselves at their first effort at electioneering1 and happened to secure the election to ,st4 ,stephen's ,hall of one of the soundest lawyers of his day1 besides becoming one of the most accomplished ,historians of his country1 for ,lord ,campbell's ,lives of the ,lord ,chancellors of ,england1 can never die in historical readings4 ,,dudley ,,election4 ,,the ,,speeches of ,,sir ,h4 ,d4 ,c4 ,,st4 ,,paul2 ,,sir ,,john ,,campbell1 and others2 ,delivered on the ,hustings1 on ,monday ,dec4 #ajth1 #ahcb1 being the day of ,nomination of a ,candidate for that ,new ,borough4 ,on ,,monday last the election for this borough commenced4 ,the candidates are ,sir ,,horace ,st4 ,,paul1 a high ,tory1 and ,sir ,,john ,,campbell1 the ,solicitor-,general4 ,a great proportion of the houses in the town were decorated with laurel1 and exhibited the colours of the ,solicitor-,general2 and on ,monday morning public enthusiasm was wound up to a great pitch in favour of ,sir ,john4 ,the hustings were erected immediately in front of the ,town hall1 and at #i o'clock ,sir ,john ,campbell1 accompanied by his committee and numerous other friends1 made his appearance1 amidst the loud cheering of the populace4 ,sir ,h4 ,st4 ,paul shortly afterwards arrived from the ,hotel1 and was greeted with mixed sounds of approbation and displeasure4 ,the latter1 however1 greatly predominated4 ,the applause appeared to proceed from1 perhaps1 some #bjj special constables and the more immediate friends of the hon4 baronet4 ,the necessary oaths having been administered to ,mr4 ,cornelius ,cartwright1 the ,returning ,officer1 and other formalities gone through1 ,mr4 ,,cartwright expressed a hope that the electors would discharge the duty imposed upon them with temper and moderation2 and1 by doing unto others as they should wish to be done by1 display a truly ,christian spirit4 ,if they did this1 whatever might be the issue of the contest1 they would secure the reward of an approving conscience1 and though then divided1 the town would again subside into a state of peace and happiness4 7,hear1 hear47 ,mr4 ,,dixon1 on rising to nominate ,sir ,horace ,st4 ,paul1 congratulated the electors of ,dudley on their being now qualified to return members to the representative branch of the ,legislature1 and he hoped1 for the credit of the town1 they would send that man who1 from knowledge1 connexion1 and political principles1 would prove their most faithful representative4 ,he was about to propose as a candidate for their suffrages1 a gentleman who had large property in the neighbourhood1 and who was in every way a fit and proper person to return as their representative to ,parliament4 ,he begged to nominate ,sir ,horace ,st4 ,paul4 7,great hooting1 with slight cheers1 and cries of ,no tripe4 ,sir ,horace1 we believe1 nightly treats the supporters with tripe suppers47 ,mr4 ,,salisbury had great pleasure in seconding the nomination of ,sir ,horace ,st4 ,paul1 as a gentleman1 from his well known honour and high integrity1 well qualified to represent the borough of ,dudley in ,parliament4 7,groans47 ,mr4 ,,twamley1 who was received with loud cheering said1 however inadequate he might be to perform the task he had undertaken1 he solicited their attention while he offered a few words on the glorious1 happy1 and momentous occasion on which they were then assembled4 7,cheers47 ,he had to introduce to their notice a gentleman as a candidate for their suffrages1 who had long been before the public1 a gentleman of great talent and commanding eloquence1 and who was competent to do every good to the country which it was possible for any individual man to do4 7,cheers47 ,it gave him1 ,mr4 ,twamley1 supreme felicity and pleasure to propose ,sir ,john ,campbell1 as the representative of the borough of ,dudley in ,parliament4 7,loud cheers47 ,h4 ,,braidley1 ,esq4 then presented himself to second the nomination of the ,solicitor-,general1 when he was vehemently opposed by the friends of ,sir ,horace ,st4 ,paul1 on the ground that he was not properly entered in the register4 ,it appeared that by mistake his ,christian name was stated on the register to be ,john instead of ,henry4 ,being thus disqualified as a voter1 it was contended that he had no right to take part in the election proceedings4 ,the point was argued at length before the returning officer1 by ,mr4 ,whitcomb the barrister1 on behalf of ,sir ,j4 ,campbell1 and by ,mr4 ,hildyard1 on behalf of ,sir ,horace ,st4 ,paul4 ,mr4 ,whitcomb contended that the act had provided for any misnomer and wrong description1 and that it was merely necessary when such a mistake occurred that the party claiming a vote should swear at the time of election that he was the person described as ,a ,b in the registration4 ,the returning officer1 after receiving a protest from the friends of ,sir ,horace1 allowed ,mr4 ,braidley to proceed4 ,mr4 ,,braidley1 again presented himself1 and was again assailed by the interruptions of the ,paulites and the cheers of his friends4 ,having at length obtained a hearing1 he began by observing the glorious cause having triumphed1 he then came forward to second the nomination of ,sir ,john ,campbell4 7,loud cheers47 ,who was his opponent8 ,sir ,horace ,st4 ,paul1--a ,tory1 who during the #bj years he had had a seat in ,parliament1 had on all occasions given his silent vote in favour of all the wasteful and extravagant expenditure incurred by successive ,tory ,governments4 7,groans47 ,within the last few months1 as far as the scope of his abilities would permit1 he had done all in his power to destroy the elective franchise1 which the people panted for1 and which they now enjoyed2 and yet had now the daring assurance to ask the electors of ,dudley to exercise their new privileges in his favour1 and return him as their representative4 7,groans and hisses directed at ,sir ,horace47 ,the time was now arrived when the electors must honestly perform their duty to themselves1 to their children1 and to posterity4 ,let them throng early and eagerly to the poll1 and the triumph of ,sir ,john ,campbell1 whose nomination he seconded1 was secure4 7,loud cheers47 ,sir ,h4 ,,st4 ,,paul was received with loud cheers by his friends1 and the most uproarious disapprobation by his opponents4 ,it then became his duty to address the electors of ,dudley1 and would preface what he was about to say1 that he should not offer any observations of a personal nature as regarded his hon4 and learned opponent4 ,he bore no enmity to the learned gentleman nor to any of his supporters2 and he hoped the contest would be conducted1 and if possible concluded1 in perfect good humour on both sides4 ,the political principles he had hitherto entertained he still adhered to1 and should ever continue to maintain them4 7,loud disapprobation47 ,he had held those principles when they were in good report1 and now1 when they were for a short time out of favour1 he should not cowardly abandon them4 7,groans1 with applause from the ,paulites47 ,his principles had ever been those of practical economy1 and it was upon these principles he acted when he opposed the present ,ministry in the grant of #e1ejj1jjjl4 to pay the ,russian ,dutch loan4 7,cries of ,oh1 oh47 ,he recollected1 and they would all bear in mind1 that this sum came out of the pockets of the industrious labourers4 7,cheers from the ,paulites47 ,again he had opposed the sum of #hjj1jjjl4 guaranteed to the new ,king of ,greece4 ,what1 he would ask1 were all the trifling savings effected by the present ,government compared with those enormous items of expenditure8 ,upon the same principle1 when ,parliament assembled1 and he was returned as their representative1 of which he had not the slightest doubt1 when ,his ,majesty's servants came down to the house--a most disgraceful war--7immense uproar1 shouts from the ,paulites1 and groans from their opponents17--he claimed fair play--he said a most disgraceful war1 for it could lead to no good1 but at the same time occasion great depression and ruin to the ,english trade4 ,many who now heard him already felt its disastrous effects4 ,if the trade of the manufacturer by this war--this damnable war--7great uproar17 ,they must excuse him1 he could not but speak strongly because he felt strongly4 ,he could not but think of the sufferings of the inhabitants of ,antwerp1 forced to leave shelter and property1 subject to the peril of foreign and intestine war4 ,he was1 however1 about to state1 that if in ,england1 the merchant and manufacturer suffered from this disgraceful war1 the sufferings of the artisans and the industrious working classes must be much greater4 ,formerly1 the man who opposed the ,government was deemed an independent man4 ,he who now opposed the present ,administration might1 he hoped1 claim the same character4 7,laughter47 ,before he concluded1 he might be allowed to allude to one other circumstance4 ,englishmen had hitherto been considered as being particular lovers1 and particularly proud1 of their country4 ,they were always proud of the flag under which they had fought and conquered--a flag respected throughout the whole habitable globe1--he alluded to the old ,english union jack1 which1 by the bye1 was their ,english tricolour4 ,why1 then1 should an ,englishman borrow the colours of the ,french8 7alluding to many tricolour flags waving from the windows of the houses in the opposite street47 ,it was bad enough to think what had occurred within a few weeks under that flag1 without being publicly insulted by its exhibition in the streets of an ,english town4 ,formerly1 the ,english navy knew nothing of a ,french ship in her ports except at the tow of an ,english ship2 but recently1 to the disgrace of the ,british ,government1 her fleet had been placed under the command of a ,french admiral1 in fact1 under the auspices of the ,french flag4 ,it was for wars like these their pockets were drained1 and the national character humbled4 ,the ,government and its supporters might talk of economy1--but while they merely talked of economy they practised extravagance4 ,under the ,british flag their heroes had fought1 and conquered1 and had died1--and ,god forbid that ,englishmen should ever be ashamed of it4 ,the hon4 candidate retired amidst most conflicting demonstrations of opinion4 ,sir ,,john ,,campbell presented himself amidst the most deafening cheers1 which lasted some minutes4 ,he was proud to present himself before the electors of ,dudley1 and solicit their suffrages as their member in the first reformed ,parliament4 7,cheers47 ,it had been said by his enemies that he was only supported by the rabble4 ,let them look at the rabble that stood around him4 7,cheers47 ,first1 he was proposed by a venerated inhabitant of the town1 than whom a more respectable individual did not exist in the world4 ,he alluded to his friend ,mr4 ,twamley1 who for half a century had lived respected and beloved in the town1 and who was now enjoying an ample fortune as the reward of his industry and integrity4 7,cheers47 ,the next of the rabble 7laughter7 by which he was surrounded was his friend ,mr4 ,braidley1 against whom a strong effort had been made by a quibble 7and it was only from such quibbles that any doubt could be entertained of his1 ,sir ,j4 ,campbell's1 success7 to deprive him of the power of taking any part in their proceedings4 ,through the impartiality of the returning officer that attempt had failed1 and he 7,sir ,j4 ,campbell7 had been honoured with the support of ,mr4 ,braidley4 ,another of his rabble was his friend ,mr4 ,foster1 7cheers7 a gentleman at the very head of the most important manufacturing concerns in the district1 and who employed more men than all the rest of ,sir ,horace ,st4 ,paul's friends put together4 7,loud cheers47 ,indeed1 he believed he had the good opinion and suffrages of the vast majority of the respectable inhabitants of the borough of ,dudley4 ,the individual who now presented himself to them was no stranger2 they had known him1 and he them1 for a long course of years1 accustomed as he had been to practise among them in that profession to which his studies had been chiefly devoted4 ,in the course of his practice in that profession he had been called to defend his friend ,mr4 ,cooke1 whom he saw near1 who was prosecuted1 or rather persecuted1 by the ,tories of ,dudley1 for doing that only which he thought it his duty to do1 7cheers7 and through his instrumentality he might assert he escaped unmerited punishment4 ,he 7,sir ,j4 ,campbell7 was not1 however1 alone known to them by his professional practice1 but also as a public man4 ,he ,would defy any man to produce1 during the time he had the honour of a seat in two successive ,parliaments to find a single sentiment or a single vote he ever gave against the rights and liberties of his country4 ,his friend1 ,mr4 ,foster1 one of the rabble 7laughter7 had sat side by side--many a weary hour they had spent within the walls of the ,house of ,commons4 ,they invariably supported the interests of the people4 7,cheers74 ,but where was ,sir ,horace ,st4 ,paul8 ,he would take care to say not one word discourteous of the hon4 baronet1 but as a public man he had a right to comment on his political conduct4 ,never then1 when the ayes or the noes went1 were his friend ,mr4 ,foster1 and himself1 to be found in company with ,sir ,horace ,st4 ,paul4 ,his hon4 opponent was always against the bill1 and anything but the bill4 ,he 7,sir ,j4 ,campbell7 had been much amused with an expression of ,mr4 ,dixon on moving the nomination of his opponent4 ,the gentleman set out by congratulating the electors of ,dudley on the obtainment of the elective franchise4 ,now this struck him as singular1 for having anticipated such dreadful consequences from the bill1 instead of terms of congratulation he should have expected terms of condolence4 7,laughter and cheers74 ,mr4 ,dixon ought to have commenced--,electors of ,dudley1 ,i condole with you on this melancholy occasion1 and instead of the brilliant colours now exhibited by his opponents they ought to have been habited in mourning and crape4 ,they who thought the constitution had been overturned ought not to make it a subject of congratulation1 but of condolence4 ,in the language of defeated men they ought to say ,we are beaten1 but we will do all in our power to restore ,old ,sarum and ,gatton1 and the rest of the rotten boroughs1 and perpetuate every abuse1 both in church and state4 ,sir ,john1 after indulging in a strain of happy ridicule1 said if ,dudley1 at the present time1 returned an acknowledged ,tory1 the town would be for ever memorable in the annals of infamy1 for he believed that there was not one new borough in either ,england1 ,scotland1 or ,wales1 except ,dudley1 where an ,anti-reformer had dared to show his face4 ,in some of the old boroughs1 where corruption in a degree existed1 ,anti-reformers had presented themselves as candidates2 but he believed ,dudley was the only new borough in which a candidate professing such principles had offered himself4 ,he could not believe that the electors of ,dudley would stain themselves and posterity with such unspeakable discredit 7,cheers74 ,it could not be1 for he knew that1 with few exceptions1 it was with the electors of ,dudley ,campbell and ,reform4 7,loud cheers74 ,if they were ashamed of the franchise which had been conferred upon them1 they would return ,sir ,horace ,st4 ,paul4 7,cheers74 ,he 7,sir ,horace ,st4 ,paul7 had told them1 as a honourable man1 that he entertained the same principles that he had always professed2 that he was the advocate of again enslaving and enthralling them under the mastery of those under whom they already smarted4 ,sir ,horace was for the old state of things1 although he claimed their suffrages under the new bill4 ,he 7,sir ,horace ,st4 ,paul71 to be consistent1 would say1 reform being bad1 the sooner we revert to the old state the better4 ,he would support a bill to disfranchise ,dudley1 and support another to enfranchise ,old ,sarum4 7,cheers74 ,the repeal of the ,reform ,bill was considerably too desperate a measure ever to be expected1 and the object of the ,tories was therefore directed to the destruction of its objects1 and if possible to render it a mere dead letter4 ,it would indeed be a dead letter if the constituency of ,england returned anti-reformers--men who had exerted all their power to prevent reform in the church1 the law1 and the state4 ,the ,reform ,bill would prove no good to the country unless they returned to ,parliament1 which the ,king's writ had just issued to assemble1 men prepared to carry out into beneficial effect ulterior measures1 which its framers and supporters contemplated1 when by their efforts it became the law of the land4 7,cheers47 ,the learned gentleman went on to state1 that when he first offered himself for the representation of ,dudley1 he was induced to do so by a highly respectable body of requisitionists1 and that1 although since that time he had been requested to stand for other boroughs1 both in ,england and ,scotland1 where it was supposed he would be returned with less difficulty1 he had declined doing so1 because every day brought with it fresh reasons for his rejoicing in his original determination to stand for that borough4 ,after once pledging himself to the electors of ,dudley1 he should have considered himself the basest of mankind had he deserted them4 7,why don't you go to ,stafford87 ,some gentleman called out ,stafford4 ,he could only say1 that he had no doubt if he had gone to ,stafford1 he should have been returned1 as well as other places1 with little trouble4 ,he had already contested that borough with a gentleman whom he saw standing near him1 and one of his present opponents 7,mr4 ,hawkes71 although that gentleman then went to ,stafford under the colours of reform1 and he 7,sir ,j4 ,campbell7 had in both cases defeated him4 7,cheers74 ,he repeated he had no doubt that he should have been returned for ,stafford without difficulty1 but he considered he should be more honoured in being returned as the first member for the virgin borough of ,dudley4 7,loud cheers74 ,the resolution he had formed he had no doubt would be crowned with a glorious victory4 7,cheers74 ,the learned gentleman was about to enter into certain charges of intimidation he had to prefer against a supporter of ,sir ,horace ,st4 ,paul1 but first wished to be informed by the returning officer whether1 if he mentioned the name of a person1 the accused would be allowed to reply4 ,the ,,returning ,,officer1 said1 any gentleman whose name might occur in the discussion should certainly be heard in explanation4 ,sir ,,john ,,campbell was glad to hear that declaration from the worthy ,returning ,officer1 as he could then have no difficulty in naming the gentlemen to whom he alluded1 and calling upon him to explain the circumstance he 7,sir ,j4 ,campbell7 was about to detail4 ,the ,,returning ,,officer said if ,sir ,j4 ,campbell was about to bring forward any matters of accusation against private individuals1 he would rather that he refrained from so doing4 ,he did not think the present the time for discussions of that matter4 ,sir ,,john ,,campbell said he purposely and advisedly put the question to the ,returning ,officer1 as he was unwilling to mention the name of any gentleman1 as connected with certain transactions1 unless the party accused had an opportunity of defending himself4 ,he should certainly1 under such circumstances1 not mention the names of those who had been guilty of the most disgraceful intimidation2 but if the ballot should be introduced1 he could with safety predict that it would mainly be owing to the exertions of the ,tories4 7,cheers47 ,supposing it should be introduced at the next election1 they would doubtless then congratulate the people of ,dudley upon the ballot as they now did upon the elective franchise4 ,the learned gentleman said he knew of many acts of intimidation1 but he was happy to say that in several instances they had proved unavailing4 ,he then went on to state1 that since the last time he had presented himself before the electors of ,dudley he had accepted office under the ,crown4 ,enjoying the confidence of ,his ,majesty's ,ministers1 and the favour of his ,sovereign1 he had been appointed his ,majesty's ,solicitor-,general4 ,he thanked ,god1 however1 that he believed he lived in times when no collision was likely to occur between the duties of the ,king's ,solicitor-,general and the electors of ,dudley4 7,cheers47 ,the ,british constitution1 when in healthy operation1 worked harmoniously together1 the privileges of the ,crown and the rights of the people being equally for the protection of both4 ,could any charge be brought against him for accepting office under ,lord ,grey8 ,did the people of ,yorkshire censure ,lord ,brougham1 after his election for that county1 for accepting the ,lord ,chancellorship8 ,no2 when in office he laboured only still more efficiently to carry into effect the measures he had advocated and promoted when out4 ,he 7,sir ,john7 assured the electors of ,dudley that he would not hold office one moment longer when he found by so doing he was compromising the liberties1 interests1 and happiness of the people4 7,cheers47 ,the moment he found he could not hold it consistent with his principles he would resign4 7,cheers47 ,the learned gentleman next proceeded to reply to ,sir ,horace ,st4 ,paul on the ,russian-,dutch ,loan1 and to defend1 in eloquent terms1 the ,government on that question1 of which he gave a succinct history4 ,the fact was1 when ,lord ,grey with his ministry came into power1 they found a treaty in existence1 made by their predecessors the ,tories1 and which they found they could not fail to fulfil without a complete breach of national faith4 ,almost the whole of the ,tories admitted that according to the spirit they were bound to pay the guarantee to ,russia1 and it was only by a quibble such as had been brought against his friend ,mr4 ,braidley1 that they attempted1 for the purpose of embarrassing the ministry1 to set it aside4 ,as to the ,greek ,loan1 that1 too1 was a job of the ,tories2 but he confessed1 unlike most ,tory jobs1 he approved of it1 for it was nothing more than a guarantee1 if necessary1 to enable the ,greeks to withstand the ,tories of ,turkey and the ,conservatives of ,constantinople4 ,every nation of ,europe that possessed one spark of liberty was anxious that the ,greeks should be emancipated from the slavery of ,turkish tyranny4 ,sir ,john next entered into the ,belgian question1 and defended the policy of the ,british ,government at great length4 ,he described the present state of affairs in ,holland and ,belgium as the result of ,conservative influence in this country4 ,with regard to the colours which the hon4 baronet remarked were so conspicuous in the distant vista before him1 he 7,sir ,john ,campbell7 was not surprised at his consternation4 ,the banners of the ,solicitor-,general were to be seen at almost every house in the long street opposite the ,market-hall4 ,he had no doubt1 though he was the last man to inflict pain1 that the hon4 baronet was literally appalled at the fearful exhibition which then presented itself before his astonished eyes4 7,cheers47 ,if they could walk through the streets of ,dudley1 they would find #bjj similar flags2 flags all bearing the emblem of ,british loyalty--the crown2 all denoting respect and admiration to ,king ,william ,,iv4 7,three cheers for the ,king47 ,the learned gentleman1 after a long and eloquent speech1 called upon the electors of ,dudley to come speedily to the poll4 ,he assured his opponent he should not make any vexatious opposition1 nor demand the administration of any unnecessary oaths4 ,sir ,john ,campbell concluded a speech of about an hour and half in length amidst the most vehement cheering4 ,after a few observations from ,,mr4 ,,hawkes1 a late opponent of ,sir ,j4 ,campbell for ,stafford1 the ,returning ,officer put the question as to the nomination of the two candidates1 when it was decided by a large majority for ,sir ,john ,campbell4 ,the friends of ,sir ,horace ,st4 ,paul immediately demanded a poll1 which was fixed to commence at #h o'clock on ,tuesday morning4 ,the meeting then broke up1 and the supporters of the ,solicitor-,general walked in procession through the town4 7,from the ,times1 ,december #abth1 #ahcb47 #ahcb4 ,at the time the late ,mr4 ,thomas ,hawkes won his first political spurs1 as ,m4,p4 for old ,dudley2 he was the head of the glass trade in this town1 and we could then boast of having five large glass houses in full operation in our midst1 employing at the time upwards of #a1jjj hands4 ,since that time the glass trade has nearly departed from ,dudley1 and we have now only one glass works amongst us--viz41 that highly respectable firm of ,messrs4 ,john ,renaud and ,son1 at the foot of ,tower ,street1 once the celebrated firm of ,messrs4 ,guest1 ,wood1 and ,guest4 ,the glass trade seems to have migrated to ,wordsley and ,brettell ,lane1 for that is now a large centre of glass manufactory4 ,the establishment of a ,mechanics' ,institute in ,dudley during the last fifty years has undergone many phases of decline and prosperity1 for at this early period a feeble effort for securing and maintaining a ,mechanics' ,institute was made by holding a ,reading and ,lecture ,room1 with a touch of political debate1 in ,new ,street2 and the late ,rev4 ,john ,palmer1 ,a4,b41 ,unitarian ,minister1 took great interest in its promotion1 and his subjoined lecture1 delivered to the ,institute on ,monday1 ,october #adth1 #ahcc1 testified his energetic efforts in its promotion4 ,,lecture ,,on ,,the ,,advantages ,,of ,,uniting ,,scientific ,,with ,,practical ,,knowledge1 ,,in ,,arts ,,and ,,manufactures4 ,the circumstances under which the mechanic is usually brought forward in life1 are in a national point of view1 as well as regards the individual1 deeply to be deplored4--,england has obtained celebrity all over the world for the skill and ingenuity of her workmen2 but her reward has not ended in a mere name3 she has experienced the more gratifying testimonials of seeing the wealth of the world in her ports1 to pay her for her superiority in ,arts and ,manufactures4 ,indeed1 if we trace ,england's greatness to its source1 we shall find it issuing from the labour and ingenuity of her operative classes4 ,her agriculture is adequate to the support of a small portion of her population only1 and it is to her manufactures she must look for the maintenance of the remainder4 ,it is from the same inexhaustible source that her armies have been sent to every shore1 and her fleets to every sea2 it is from the same source that her power and energies are everywhere seen rising in such gigantic forms1 and executing such incredible operations2 it is from this1 too1 that her philosophers are wise1 her poets eminent1 her statesmen eloquent3 this is her universal spur to industry2 remove it1 destroy the manufactures of ,england1 and her greatness is annihilated by the act2 a universal palsy seizes on her powers1 her resources1 her genius1 her name4 ,is it not then of the first importance that she should look on her mechanics1 those who hold the germ of her eminence1 with a favourable eye8 ,is it not the duty of her statesmen to view their country's greatness in its cradle1 and to anticipate the means best calculated to bring it forward to the best and most vigorous maturity8 ,yes1 it may be replied1 and this is already done2 have we not schools in abundance for the children of all classes1 have we not schools national1 schools congregational1 army schools1 navy schools1 public schools1 private schools1 was ever country so be-schooled as this is8--,alas6 the education of our youth is miserably defective4 ,i do not desire to put down the schools that now exist1 but ,i should wish to see others of a much different kind established4 ,the education now universally afforded is merely mechanical4 ,the intellect is but little taxed1 and1 less still1 amused by it4 ,what is the amount of instruction penuriously dealt out to the children of our mechanics8--why1 to know how to read1 to mind their stops and emphasis in proper places1 to write and make up pecuniary calculations1 and this being done1 their education is finished2 they are then sent to learn their trades2 the system of mechanical instruction goes on2 the hands and feet and fingers must practise such and such motions by which such and such results are produced2 and after all it is often found that a better workman may be constructed out of materials of wood and iron4 ,it is melancholy to reflect how large a field of literature has been thus left uncultivated4 ,i lately wanted information respecting the iron trade2 ,i desired to know what internal or chemical change takes place in the metal in its progress through various states3 and ,i have not been able to discover that more than one simple and popular treatise on the subject has ever issued from the ,british press4 ,the ,french have been more inquisitive on these important subjects1 and some ,english chemists have noticed them in a desultory manner4 ,but a full1 familiar1 and popular treatise on this great source of our country's wealth is a desideratum reflecting the greatest disgrace on the system of education pursued throughout the country4 ,it is impossible that the philosopher who sits down in his study to propound theories on subjects connected with arts and manufactures should be able to bring as much information to the task as is known to the practical man2 and it is equally useless to hope that the latter can turn his experience to the same account as if he were acquainted with the peculiar knowledge of the theorist4 ,at the first meeting of this society1 ,i mentioned an anecdote of two individuals employed in the humble but useful calling of stone breakers2 one struck each stone as it happened to lie before him2 the other observed that stones broke easiest in certain directions2 he applied this observation to his employment1 and was thereby enabled to earn considerably more than his companion4 ,now this fact was known to the theorist long before1 and under a proper system of education1 should have been more especially known to him whose bread so materially depended on it4 ,i constantly observe in the streets and highways1 as strong an instance as need be adduced to point out the necessity of a better national instruction4 ,waggons are drawn by teams of horses to the number of four or even five1 placed one after the other4 ,now a knowledge of mechanical forces would shew1 that the nearer the exerting force is placed to the draught1 the greater the power2 to speak in technical language1 the power is inversely as the square root of the distance--thus1 if one horse be nine feet distant and another sixteen 7the two horses applying equal strength7 the horse nearer the draught will draw four pounds for every three drawn by the more distant2 for these numbers #d and #c are the square roots of the numbers expressing the distances #af and #i feet3 or in other words1 three horses at #i feet distance will do as much as four #af feet1 or as #e at #be feet4 ,horses then in draught should always be put in pairs2 there is an obvious inconvenience in increasing the breadth of the team2 and besides those stationed too far on the side1 may be as far from the centre of gravity of the draught1 as if they were placed in front of the others4 ,the want of scientific knowledge occasioned our ancestors incalculable trouble and expense4 ,i will explain this by their aqueducts3 should we require to convey water from the top of a hill or mountain to another of equal elevation1 the object may be easily and at little cost effected by placing united pipes through the intermediate space1 and allowing the water to enter at one end4 ,it is obvious that it will find its level1 it will run through the pipe where it has entered1 and having filled the lower portion1 will rise on the opposite side until it has attained the elevation at which it entered the pipe on the first hill2 but before this simple principle was known1 it was deemed necessary to find a level for the water2 immensely high and broad walls were raised from mountain to mountain1 while to save some labour and to afford some convenience1 arches of proportionate magnitude were built1 spanning the valley below1 and on the top of this structure a canal was formed1 over which a stream of water1 dearer in many instances than ,setin or ,falernian wine was conveyed4 ,the ,architects in those days could not have been more uselessly and absurdly employed1 if their genius were exercised in inventing diving bells1 to secure the sea horse from drowning1 or in constructing steam paddles to assist the whale2 their employment was more preposterous than that of painting the lily1 or flinging fresh perfume o'er the violet4 ,scientific knowledge can be a burden to none1 and there are few indeed that it may not benefit4 ,even the frugal house-wife1 who with her family partakes of the evening cup of tea1 may practise a little useful economy by knowing a simple chemical principle4 ,some alkalis have a superior power of extracting the colouring matter from vegetables4 ,in the tea plant1 the essence which we extract by infusion is identified with this colouring matter2 hence1 if ,i put into the tea pot1 during the process of infusion1 a small quantity of the carbonate of soda1 ,i shall draw forth a larger quantity of the essential tea-principle1 and1 of course1 ,i shall have my tea stronger2 or if ,i have a respect for my nerves1 a less quantity of tea with a little carbonate of soda will answer my purpose4 ,in performing operations in certain manufacturing processes1 all the assurance of success in the mind of the operator proceeds from the knowledge that1 by the same means1 such results have been produced before4 ,how exceedingly slow then must be the progress of discovery and improvement4 ,it is almost impossible in some trades1 that some fortunate combination of circumstances should not occasionally take place1 and that a discovery of importance should not thereby follow4 ,it was thus that the telescope was invented4 ,some glasses happened to be placed by the hands of children1 in such a disposition as to magnifying or reflecting powers1 as that the peculiar telescopic qualities were observed4 ,the hint was acted on1 and after repeated trials and disappointments1 some clumsy and inefficient telescopes were formed4 ,but had the science of optics been known1 the secret must have instantly followed2 or had the construction of the human eye been previously considered 7for the eye is a perfect and beautiful telescope7 the hint for making an external and auxiliary eye would have been suggested by the study4 ,but let it not be supposed that all important discoveries are already made1 and that there is no opportunity for new ,watts and ,arkwrights to take their illustrious positions in society4 ,genius still has many harvests to reap1 and men of common sense and common ingenuity have many opportunities of rising to wealth and respectability4 ,even a simple discovery in candle-making is at this moment realizing a fortune for the inventor4 ,many of you know the argand lamp2 the burner1 whether for oil or gas1 is circular1 and through it is a passage for a current of air2 while this is freely open the volume of flame is large1 and the colour of the light white1 but when obstructed the flame is smaller and of a bluish colour4 ,most of the gas burners in the shops are on the argand principle1 where the fact now stated may be brought to trial4 ,the inventor of the patent candles had nothing to do but to transfer this well known principle to materials used in candle making2 the wick is tubular1 and the passage secured from obstruction by the melted wax or tallow4 ,this was almost the whole improvement4 ,candles thus made1 burn with a purer and larger flame1 and the protection afforded to inventors by the patent laws1 will ,i doubt not1 be the cause of an abundant reward to the observer4 ,thousands of these discoveries will yet be made1 and thousands will derive fortunes from the discoveries4 ,in the very same useful article1 ,i knew an attempt made to produce improvement1 which was unsuccessful1 because the individual was poor1 and his fellow tradesmen ignorant4 ,had he the means of continuing experiments1 or could he have found any individual in the candle trade wealthy enough to assist him1 and possessing sagacity enough to appreciate the intended improvement1 ,i am confident the effort alluded to would have issued in merited success4 ,the case was this4 ,it may not be known to you1 that generally1 no flame can be produced without a quantity of a certain gas which is always in the atmosphere1 called oxygen2 if a portion of air be deprived of this gas1 you can get nothing to burn in it2 if you increase the quantity of oxygen1 you thereby augment the flame of any substance burning in it2 if you fill a vessel with pure oxygen1 almost any thing will burn in it2 even iron first touched with lighted tinder1 will burn in it1 with a light intense and beautiful4 ,an individual in the candle trade conceived the idea of infusing this oxygen gas into tallow2 his ingenuity enabled him to overcome some obstacles2 the tallow was saturated with this supporter of flame1 and candles were formed from it2 but when the candle was lighted1 it was discovered that the tallow all round was possessed with the quality of wick2 it was beautifully inflammable1 but the candle burned away very rapidly4 ,from circumstances noticed above the inventor could not follow up his experiments to the point he had so nearly attained success4 ,the art of dyeing is very imperfectly understood by those who profess it4 ,a dyer possesses merely an imperfect art when he ought to command a perfect science4 ,i know few1 if any1 trades so completely scientific1 and so abounding with pleasing investigation4 ,but there is not only the absence of this pleasure but absolute loss of money to the dyer in the composition of various dyes4 ,this may be shewn in several ways2 ,i shall now notice one4 ,the science of chemistry has unfolded a singular fact1 which is that bodies will not always unite in any proportions we might desire2 we may take salt and water1 and mix them in any proportions up to the period when the water becomes saturated1 but it then finds a limit4 ,thus we can make water more or less salt4 ,now common vitriol is a compound formed of sulphur and oxygen2 two parts of the former being mixed with one of the latter2 but if one unacquainted with this principle should attempt to make vitriol1 and should put three parts of the sulphur to one of the oxygen1 or two of sulphur to two of oxygen1 there would either be a positive waste of a considerable portion of ingredients1 or a new article would be formed essentially different from the desired acid4 ,a want of knowing this valuable truth costs many an humble dyer a fortune4 ,how evident is it then1 that ,ignorance is a heavy tax4 ,in the operation of tanning it might be shewn1 and ,i trust will be shewn by gentlemen connected with this institution1 both by lectures and experiments1 that the exhausted tan1 as it is called1 contains much more of the tanning principle than has been extracted from it4 ,our ,british-oak bark is approaching a final exhaustion1 and when we are driven to use the foreign only1 the secret will ,i doubt not be discovered4 ,when ,i look around me1 and consider the several trades1 arts and manufactures1 in which many in this district are engaged1 ,i cannot help expressing my astonishment that an ,institution of this nature was not established before4 ,instances of the beneficial purposes it would serve1 multiply on me so fast1 that ,i might expend the time of many lectures on the subject of this evening4 ,i do not wish to encourage fraud1 but a fact now strikes me1 in reference to the gold1 silver1 and jewellery trade1 too curious to omit4 ,i shall prepare my way by explaining a few principles respecting weight4 ,i dare say you are aware that the air we breathe possesses weight4 ,if you weigh a bottle under ordinary circumstances1 containing air1 and nothing else1 and afterwards pump the air from it and weigh it again1 you will find that its weight is reduced2 it weighs less than when filled with air4 ,now if ,i weigh two bodies of different sizes1 but of equal weights1 in the open air1 and then dip balance and all into water1 ,i shall find that they are no longer equiponderant4 ,each article in weighing loses as much weight as is equivalent to its own bulk of the medium in which it is weighed4 ,for instance1 if ,i weigh a piece of timber shaped like a quart bottle and of the size of one1 and in the other scale have copper weights1 the timber will lose as much weight as the size of the bottle of air would weigh1 and the copper loses as much weight as its own size of air would weigh4 ,now if ,i weigh them both in water1 the timber will lose as much weight as a bottle of water would weigh1 and the copper weight will lose as much as its bulk of water would weigh4 ,it is evident then that the disproportion in the latter case must be much greater than in the former4 ,this is the reason why boys lift stones in the water they could not raise on land4 ,and this is the reason that we often find1 that a commodity balances a certain weight at one time1 which it will not balance at another4 ,the cases of air and water1 as media for weighing1 ,i have adduced as extreme cases1 to explain the effects of the different states of the atmosphere2 some times it is light and thin1 at others dense and heavy4 ,when air is light1 bodies weighed lose little1 but when it is heavy1 they lose proportionably4 ,it is then of importance in purchasing precious articles by weight1 to know the state of the weather as indicated by the barometer1 and to observe the same index when we sell again2 the difference in silver would not be much1 that of gold would be of more importance1 but in the purchase of diamonds the difference in value may be very considerable4 ,but you must observe1 that as each body loses according to its bulk1 so the greater disproportion in this respect1 the better2 a fraudulent jeweller should then have weights of wood1 and he should buy when the atmosphere is light1 and sell when it is heavy2 the rule also will be of service with common weights to the dealers in feathers1 c4 ,so much for honesty6 ,in connexion with the silversmith's business1 ,i shall now illustrate my subject by a reference to the art of gilding4 ,many of our shopkeepers are proud of having their names and callings over their shops1 glittering in golden letters2 and ,dudley has many artists well qualified to gratify the taste4 ,we also gild our frames for pictures and mirrors2 but the gilding soon wears off1 particularly that exposed to the air4 ,the artist cannot prevent this1 he has no control over the air1 but the man of science has4 ,i think ,i shall best illustrate my subject1 by noticing the discovery of the truly beautiful principle it is now my object to unfold4 ,the atmosphere acts with various corroding effects on different metals1 and it will1 under certain known circumstances1 often pass by one to seize upon another4 ,some years since the lords of the admiralty1 struck with the amazing expense of coppering ships' bottoms every year1 7for one year1 or rather one long voyage1 effectually corroded and destroyed one sheathing7 applied to ,sir ,h4 ,,davy1 to know if any plan could be devised for remedying this serious evil4 ,it would be useless for me now to enter into minute details2 suffice it to say1 that ,sir ,h4 ,,davy was fully aware of the principle noticed above1 and he applied it2 he connected here and there very small portions of metals1 more liable under certain influences to be rusted1 than the copper of the vessels2 the metals he used were iron and zinc2 the latter placed inside the ship1 the former connecting it to the copper outside4 ,the process was most simple1--the cost very trifling1--the success truly gratifying4 ,it was then found that the corrosive qualities of both air and sea water were neutralized2 and1 fortified with this simple protection1 vessels afterwards completed the whole extent of the ,india voyage1 without the copper sheathing being tarnished4 ,true1 other difficulties made their appearance4 ,rust of copper is pernicious to water-worms and small marine animals1 that do great injury to the bottoms of ships2 and when the copper was kept free from rust1 by means of ,sir ,h4 ,,davy',s galvanic contrivance1 those little reptiles came in vastly increased numbers and strength1 and achieved as much mischief as was prevented4 ,but while ship's bottoms are thus exposed1 the principle on which it was attempted to secure them1 may be applied to other purposes2 amongst those is gilding4 ,by drawing a very simple galvanic circle1 made of small morsels of zinc and iron from the gilded letters or ornaments outside a shop window1 the gilding may be made to retain its brilliancy for many years4 ,indeed simply driving a nail in the wood-work under every letter1 will keep the metallic lustre outside distinct and beautiful for a much longer time1 than if this were not done4 ,whenever a new principle unfolds a law of nature1 its applications are almost innumerable2 and things buried in mystery before1 become simple and obvious4 ,i some time since visited the ,cradley ,salt ,wells1 and on entering the bath room1 saw a man busily and laboriously employed in removing the rust from the inside of the boiler2 he told me he had to repeat this job very often2 for that the dust formed very fast1 and quickly became exceedingly hard4 ,this was obvious to me from the difficulty of removing it with a large and heavy knife4 ,i instantly saw a method by which the man's labour might be altogether saved2 or the task much more easily accomplished4 ,this was by the application of chemical re-agents4 ,i do not profess to know these1 because my acquaintance with that beautiful science is too limited2 but such as it is1 ,i doubt not1 that after a few experiments1 ,i could discover it4 ,but ,i do know a principle1 that if applied1 would not only have made the task an easy one1 but would1 absolutely1 have rendered it unnecessary2 and that is1 the principle noticed above in reference to ship's bottoms1 and gilding4 ,were a portion of zinc placed1 according to the galvanic principles1 in connection with the inside of the boiler1 the rust would not accumulate1 at least on the boiler2 the same agency that in the former case kept the coppers clean1 and the gilding bright1 would in this case also1 prevent the incrustation from adhering to the boilers of the ,salt ,wells at ,cradley4 ,it must be acknowledged1 that there is in the human mind a very great repugnance to that which is new4 ,the march of knowledge is always considerably in advance of the march of improvement2 a philosophical principle of the greatest value1 is sometimes ascertained a long time before it is profitably employed4 ,it was suggested long since that the principle here noticed ought to be used in the construction of steam boilers of all descriptions1 all being subject to rust2 but particularly those of ships1 in which the water is generally from the sea4 ,this has not been done2 and ,i am confident that if it had1 many explosions would have been prevented1 and many lives saved4 ,but the time is fast approaching1 when no useful discovery will be rejected1 merely from the fact of its being new4 ,many a fortune to future mechanics and artists in the form of philosophical theories are already stored up in the studies of men of science4 ,they want the knowledge of how they should be applied1 and men who could employ them knew nothing about them4 ,one of the latest triumphs of ,science is of a nature too interesting1 and too appropriate for my present purpose1 to be omitted4 ,i refer to the cure of dry rot in timber4 ,this malady1 the scourge of houses and builders1 long engaged the attention of the literary world2 and recently was nearly abandoned in despair4 ,success and perseverance are however closely allied4 ,the eye of the chemist was brought to bear somewhat more closely on the subject4 ,it was observed that in the pores of some timbers a little globule of fluid was contained1 which further examination proved to be a substance called albumen1 precisely the same as the white of the egg4 ,this substance1 belonging more to the animal than to the vegetable world1 was more liable to putrefaction or rottenness2 and when in this state1 it naturally imparted the principle of decay to the surrounding woody fibre4 ,this was the true nature and cause of dry rot4 ,the knowledge of the disease is1 proverbially1 considered half the cure4 ,here it was the whole cure4 ,it was known that corrosive sublimate united to albumen formed a substance not liable to this species of corruption4 ,the timber then was deposited in tanks containing a solution of corrosive sublimate1 and it was discovered that albumen was immediately destroyed2 and1 of course1 the dry rot effectually prevented4 ,the discovery is truly beautiful1 and not less so than valuable and important4 ,a question is sometimes asked by persons in this neighbourhood1 whose querulous propensities cause them to anticipate evils1 centuries removed1--what will become of the iron trade when all the coal pits are worked out8 ,the question brings to mind the old lady who1 on being told that a certain comet would in the year #c1jjj and odd burn the world1 absolutely lost her senses through fear4 ,the man who from past improvements relies on human ingenuity sees no cause for apprehension in the question4 ,for what is the fact1--the same question was just as seriously asked a couple of centuries back in reference to timber1 what shall be done for iron manufacturing when all the timber in the neighbouring woods shall be exhausted8 ,it appears that the woods about ,dudley were very extensive at the time4 ,of these but little remains at present2 but the manufacture of iron has experienced no obstruction4 ,the idea of applying coal to the purpose would have appeared preposterous4 ,this valuable combustible was known to exist abundantly1 but it was believed to be impracticable to apply it to the manufacture of iron1 till a ,mr4 ,,dud ,,dudley1 in the year #afai1 tried the experiment and tried it successfully4 ,had ,i time ,i should gladly read the life of this singular man4 ,it may be found in ,,shaw',s ,history of ,staffordshire2 but ,i have not time even to condense it4 ,the obstacles he had to encounter for forty years1 from a want of scientific knowledge--from those who detested innovations--from those who saw that his success would be prejudicial to their interests--from natural causes 7such as floods1 c47--and his final and complete triumph over all1 evince a mind gifted with no ordinary endowments4 ,i think it would interest many were this life read in the society some evening of meeting4 ,but the question may be asked1 do you see any probable substitute for coke1 when the coal is exhausted8 ,i answer1 yes ,i do2 and you will smile when ,i tell you that it is by burning water2 for the fact is undeniable1 that water is1 in its elements1 a most combustible body4 ,this discovery has been long within sight2 the only obstacle was1 that the expense of other materials1 necessary for preparing water for fuel1 was too great to make the discovery practically useful2 this it is said has been overcome by a gentleman at ,leamington#a and we may shortly expect to see coal and timber superseded by this more abundant article4 ,cooks will then light up their fires by heaping upon it masses of ice1 and the rivers will be in constant danger from the impudence of cigar smoking boatmen4 ,but1 seriously1 while we laugh1 a proper question is1 why should such anticipations excite laughter8 ,an article appeared last year in ,tait's ,magazine1 on reading which1 we may have cause to suspect1 that in the abundance of our laughter1 there may be much folly4 ,as the article is short1 amusing1 and to my purpose1 ,i shall read it4 ,about this time five hundred years ago1 ,anno ,domini #acdj1 gunpowder and guns were invented4 ,now the following 7setting aside the mode of language1 which is not essential to our purpose7 is the way in which one of these gentlemen1 a few months previous to that event1 would have expressed himself in reference to some other impossibility4 ,somebody would be speaking of alterations in the mode of warfare1 upon which our contemptuous antivicissitudinarian would thus break out3-- ,a change like that6 ,why you might as well say that people by-and-by will fight with fire and smoke1 and that there will be arrows as round as plum-puddings1 and made of lead1 as thick as your skull6--7,a laugh among the ,hon4 ,gentlemen of that time47 ,in nine months after this speech1 gunpowder is invented1 and the art comes up by which round leaden arrows are shot out of cannon1 darting fire as they come1 and filling the air with smoke4 ,anno ,domini #addj--,the great grandson1 or other representative of the above gentleman1 exclaims1 on some fresh subject of innovation amidst the honours of the laugh4--,a change like that6 ,why1 you might as well say that by-and-by there will be books without being copied out1 and that we shall have a hundred of those impossible books in the course of a day4 ,next year the art of printing is invented1 which was thought at first a thing magical and devilish1 and by which we can now have a thousand copies of a book in a day4 ,anno ,domini #aecd4--,the great-great-great-great-grandson or now representative as aforesaid1 is treating some other novelty with the usual happy contempt of his race3--,a change like that6 ,why1 you might as well say1 that the people will all be permitted to read the ,bible1 and that nunneries1 and even ,abbots will be put down66--7,shouts of laughter1 in which the ,reverend ,abbots present were observed to join47 ,the same year the ,bible is printed and read openly1 and upwards of six hundred religious houses suppressed4 ,anno ,domini #afff4--;,a change like that6 quoth the representatives1 ,why you might as well say that ,englishmen will leave off taking a steak and a cold tankard for their breakfast--7,a laugh7--or that they will go to the other end of the world to pluck it off a gooseberry bush4--7,great laughter47 ,the same year tea is brought into ,england1 not indeed off a gooseberry bush1 but off a bush of no greater importance1 and 7in common parlance7 at the other end of the world4 ,but what ridicule would the man have excited who would have presumed to prophesy the use of the compass1 the application of the giant steam1 and the rising of gas light over the manufacturing and the civilized world6 ,what more interesting task than to sit down with our fathers and hear them tell how things were done formerly2 with what time1 trouble1 expense1 and uncertainty operations were then performed1 that now cost but little delay or uneasiness4 ,there is not a single mechanic amongst us who1 in the course of his study1 will not see hints towards an improvement that future times will develope1 doubtless far greater than what has already taken place4 ,and let me urge it on you1 the pursuits that will lead to these ends belong peculiarly and immediately to you4 ,the philosopher goes out of his way to pursue them4 ,when we find ,dr4 ,lardner furnishing the world with practical treatises on manufactures1 we are surprised to think where he got the information4 ,you1 the mechanics1 ought to be the discoverers of all improvements in your several trades1 and ought to enjoy the reward of such discoveries4 ,talk not of want of time1 anticipate not difficulties4 ,when you feel disposed to make such apologies1 call to mind ,sir ,r4 ,arkwright1 when a barber's boy1 kicked and cuffed by his master for chalking the wig blocks over with figures1 that were to him fully as intelligible though not so pretty as the hieroglyphics of ,egypt4 ,poor ,arkwright had the most difficult obstacles to surmount2 and yet he lived to be honoured1 and died full of years and possessions4 ,and call to mind the profound ,bonnycastle1 who commenced his literary career in the situation of shoe-boy1 an inferior kind of ,john ,boots in the ,military ,college of ,woolwich2 where he afterwards became deservedly the principal4 ,and look to honest ,jamie ,ferguson1 making a heaven and an earth for himself while he tended the flocks and herds of his agricultural employer4 ,many a cold night did this poor boy lie on his back to watch the motions of the stars1 and to imitate them by his ingenious contrivances2 and who that then saw him could have supposed that he was destined to become the light and pride of science1 the friend and favourite of kings and philosophers4 ,and is there nothing inciting in the story of ,,benjamin ,,franklin1 the printer1 entering ,philadelphia unknowing and unknown in his #agth year1 eating his plain morsel under the portico of that proud mansion that afterwards gave him a wife8--,and is there no magic to rouse to exertion in the names ,marmontel1 ,kelper1 ,johnson1 ,linnus and ,simpson1 men whose genius no poverty could blight1 and being dead yet speak8 ,but where do ,i run8--,is not the delight of pursuing science an ample recompense8 if not1 is there not a golden reward in reversion4 ,truly has it been said of wisdom1 that she has in her right hand riches and honour4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,third ,,edition ,,of ,,the ,,speech ,,of ,,the ,,right ,,hon4 ,,and ,,rev4 ,,lord ,,ward4 ,,delivered ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of ,,lords ,,on ,,monday ,,evening1 ,april #fth1 #ahce4 ,,the ,,ministry4 ,lord ,,ward rose and said3 ,for the first time1 and perhaps for the last1 ,i now address your ,lordships4 ,i beg to know from his ,majesty's ,ministers whether they have advised an ,honourable ,friend of mine1 the member for ,dudley 7,mr4 ,t4 ,hawkes71 to present an ,address from that place to his ,majesty1 in favour of his ,majesty's present ,ministry4 ,the ,duke of ,,wellington1 and the other ,members of the ,government who were on the ,treasury ,bench1 appeared for some seconds in consultation2 but no answer was given4 ,lord ,,ward3 ,am ,i to infer from the silence of the noble ,lords opposite1 that such is the case1 that the ,honourable ,member for ,dudley has presented such an address to his ,majesty8 because1 if he has1 ,i feel myself called on to say that it was not founded on fact--that that address was got up at a hole-and-corner meeting--that it did not express the opinions of the people of the town of ,dudley--that his ,majesty has been deceived and cajoled by the ,chancellor of the ,exchequer and the first ,lord of the ,treasury2 and ,i think it high time that his ,majesty's confidence should be disabused1 and that he should be informed that such are not the sentiments of my ,honourable ,friend's constituents4 ,the ,duke of ,,wellington3 ,i understand that the ,noble ,lord has inquired if any ,members of his ,majesty's ,government in this ,house have advised the presentation to his ,majesty of an address from the town of ,dudley in favour of his ,majesty's present ,ministers4 ,in reply1 ,i beg to assure the ,noble ,lord1 that ,i have no knowledge whatsoever of the presentation of any such address4 ,morning ,chronicle1 ,april #g4 99 99 99 99 99 ,from the ,,courier1 ,april #g4 ,among the things which occurred worthy of notice1 last night1 in the ,house of ,lords1 the short speech of ,lord ,ward must not be overlooked4 ,he asked the ,ministers whether they had advised his ,hon4 ,friend the ,member for ,dudley to present an address from that town in favour of his ,majesty's ,ministers4 ,no doubt they willingly accepted that or any other little help to eke out their popularity and make a show to the ,king2 and no doubt1 as ,lord ,,ward stated1 his ,majesty was cajoled to believe that his ,ministers were very popular in the country4 ,sir ,,robert ,,peel seems to have the same opinion1 for he appealed the other night from the majority in the ,house to the majority out of doors2 but he and his friends have so little confidence in his popularity1 that they carefully exclude1 as yesterday at ,westerminster1 all but their invited supporters from the little clubs which they call public meetings4 ,lord ,,ward stated a plain fact in a bold and manly manner4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,an ,,address ,,of ,,the ,,non-,,electors ,,of ,,the ,,borough ,,and ,,neighbourhood ,,of ,,dudley ,,to ,,the ,,right ,,hon4 ,,and ,,rev4 ,,lord ,,ward4 ,,my ,,lord1 ,the ,non-,electors of the ,borough and ,neighbourhood of ,dudley have felt much gratified at your ,lordship's spirited conduct in the ,house of ,lords on the #fth instant1 and at your generous and unsolicited vindication of the ,borough of ,dudley from the suspicion of entertaining sentiments like those imputed to them in the hole and corner ,address emanating from the ,tory faction of ,dudley1 so calculated to mislead the ,sovereign and induce him to retain a ,ministry whose design was to lead the ,country into ,slavery and ,ruin4 ,this1 my ,lord1 is the way in which ,kings have been so often deceived1 always to the ,country's prejudice1 and sometimes1 as ,history proves1 to the destruction of the ,throne4 ,thank you1 my ,lord1 for standing up for the plain ,truth1 so necessary at this time both to ,king and ,country and that you have not suffered a faction whose personal objects are of a most base and selfish character1 and whose political objects are the destruction of all popular influence and the establishment of an aristocratic tyranny4 ,we1 my ,lord1 are anxious to maintain the constitutional rights of ,king1 ,lords1 and ,commons1 these can be supported only by doing ,justice to the long outraged ,millions1 who by delusions like those attempted in the ,address so justly condemned by your ,lordship1 have long been the victims of unprincipled ,courtiers and corrupt ,statesmen1 supported heretofore by an abandoned ,majority of the ,house of ,commons4 ,considering your ,lordship at once as a ,peer and a ,clergyman1 and what is still more honourable1 a friend of ,truth and an enemy of ,deception and ,cajolery--we feel ourselves bound thus to express our sentiments of respect and admiration1 and our hope that your ,lordship's sagacity and patriotism will detect any attempts which may hereafter be made to deceive the ,king and misrepresent the ,people4 ,we have the honour to be ,your ,lordship's most obedient ,servants1 ,,the ,,non-,,electors ,,of ,,dudley ,,and ,,its ,,neighbourhood4 ,to the ,right ,hon4 and ,rev4 ,lord ,ward1 ,himley4 ,dudley1 ,monday1 ,april #bj1 #ahce4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,dudley1 ,august #ahcc4 ,we1 the undersigned1 ,inhabitants of the ,town and ,parish of ,dudley1 and its ,vicinity1 having heard with surprise and ,indignation of the ,,gross and ,,unmanly attack made by ,sir ,john ,campbell1 on the acting ,magistrates of this ,town and ,neighbourhood1 in the ,house of ,commons1 in the following ,words1 ,that in this ,town1 ,justice is not administered to the satisfaction of the ,public1 and that the most serious discontent prevails1 and that the ,magistrates are such1 as in their absence he should not like to describe-- ,take the earliest opportunity of bearing our voluntary ,testimony to the upright1 independent1 and praiseworthy conduct of the ,magistrates acting for this ,town and ,neighbourhood2 and of asserting that they have uniformly conducted themselves to the perfect satisfaction of the ,inhabitants and public in general1 and we deny that serious discontent prevails4--,to ,gentlemen of high respectability and character who have sacrificed so much valuable time 7each of them being extensively engaged in business7 we consider ourselves deeply indebted2 and we beg to tender to them our most sincere and grateful thanks for their unwearied exertions in the administration of ,justice and the preservation of the public ,peace4 ,luke ,booker1 ,vicar of ,dudley ,proctor ,robinson1 ,m4,a4 ,edward ,harper ,wainwright1 ,b4,a4 ,john ,booth1 ,b4,a4 ,joseph ,bennitt1 ,churchwardens ,john ,williams1 ,william ,taylor1 ,overseers ,p4 ,v4 ,swanwick1 of the ,henry ,harper1 ,poor ,tho4 ,shorthouse1 ,j4 ,g4 ,bourne1 ,mayor ,edward ,dixon1 ,banker ,cornelius ,cartwright1 ,surgeon ,thomas ,wainwright1 ,surgeon ,w4 ,bennitt1 ,capt4 of the ,d4,y4,c4 ,william ,bennitt ,joseph ,guest1 ,glass ,manufacturer ,james ,bourne1 ,solicitor ,francis ,downing1 ,gent4 ,h4 ,d4 ,bourne1 ,coal ,master ,james ,bourne1 jun4 ,solicitor ,w4 ,e4 ,davies1 ,glass ,manufacturer ,william ,masefield1 ,draper ,joseph ,smith1 ,innkeeper ,edward ,terry1 ,grocer ,john ,bagott1 ,tailor ,stephen ,bullas1 ,ironmonger ,j4 ,m4 ,capewell1 ,dentist ,john ,harper1 ,grocer ,john ,standish1 ,hairdresser ,john ,orme ,brettell1 ,land ,agent ,thomas ,brettell1 ,coal ,master ,o4 ,g4 ,shaw1 ,maltster ,james ,johnson1 ,grocer ,richard ,bourne1 ,organist ,eber ,patten1 ,hatter ,john ,tompson1 ,mine ,agent ,w4 ,h4 ,tompson1 ,stone ,master ,samuel ,johnson1 ,agent ,george ,payton1 ,coal ,master ,thomas ,griffiths1 ,shoedealer ,richard ,wilcox1 ,innkeeper ,henry ,c4 ,brettell1 ,solicitor ,joseph ,c4 ,brettell1 ,engineer ,joseph ,payton1 ,auctioneer ,richard ,lakin1 ,hatter ,william ,fellows1 jun4 ,solicitor ,john ,roberts1 ,surgeon ,john ,rann1 ,gent4 ,charles ,homer1 ,wine ,merchant ,hartil ,dudley1 ,nail ,ironmonger ,benjamin ,dudley1 ,silk ,mercer ,cornelius ,c4 ,brettell1 ,surveyor ,geo4 ,sep4 ,tompson1 ,shoemaker ,samuel ,pemberton1 ,coal ,master ,john ,leake1 ,chemist and ,drysalter ,j4 ,s4 ,jeavons1 ,iron ,merchant ,j4 ,s4 ,turner1 ,chemist ,john ,pritchard1 ,grocer ,samuel ,dunn1 ,flour ,dealer ,henry ,darby1 ,book-keeper ,james ,bloomer1 ,fendermaker ,james ,grigg1 ,wheelwright ,benj4 ,woolley1 ,nail ,ironmonger ,samuel ,lewis1 ,nail ,ironmonger ,james ,yates1 ,agent ,william ,fellowes1 sen4 ,solicitor ,john ,vaughan1 ,accountant ,w4 ,r4 ,baker1 ,draper ,john ,owen1 ,confectioner ,richard ,timmings1 ,ironmonger ,william ,mills1 ,grocer ,benjamin ,prince1 ,town ,clerk ,josegh ,whitehouse1 ,fishmonger ,james ,ashton1 ,innkeeper ,john ,henly1 ,glass ,cutter ,joseph ,gardener1 ,tailor ,john ,raybould1 ,paviour ,john ,timmins1 ,broker ,john ,leech1 ,grocer ,john ,oakey1 ,gent4 ,joseph ,bate1 ,ironmonger ,j4 ,newbold1 ,chemist and ,druggist ,thomas ,cox1 ,nail ,ironmonger ,william ,haden1 ,ironmaster ,joseph ,haden1 ,ironmaster ,william ,shedden1 ,gent4 ,james ,bullas1 ,gent4 ,thomas ,fereday1 ,surgeon ,william ,smith1 ,accountant ,joseph ,lear1 ,innkeeper ,samuel ,whyley1 ,blacksmith ,charles ,cox1 ,innkeeper ,william ,whyley1 ,butcher ,edward ,kimberley1 ,fishmonger ,thomas ,pearsall1 ,attorney's ,clerk ,benjamin ,shaw1 ditto ,thomas ,allen1 ,parish ,clerk ,john ,eld1 ,baker ,william ,brown1 ,victualler ,samuel ,payne1 ,innkeeper ,thomas ,gray1 ,draper ,benjamin ,jordan1 ,innkeeper ,william ,jordan1 ,shoemaker ,joseph ,dudley1 ,shoemaker ,george ,fellowes1 ,carpenter ,william ,adams1 ,victualler ,john ,nock1 ,draper ,john ,smart1 ,fishmonger ,b4 ,woolley1 jun4 ,chain ,manufacturer ,thomas ,fehr1 ,spirit ,merchant ,edward ,blakeway1 ,grocer ,francis ,baker1 ,grocer ,joseph ,salt1 ,stonemason ,william ,self1 ,butcher ,w4 ,j4 ,cruchley1 ,school-master ,edward ,bill1 ,builder ,richard ,thomas1 ,sheriffs' ,officer ,thomas ,steedman1 ,maltster ,richard ,whitehouse1 ,dealer ,william ,robinson1 ,solicitor ,james ,darby1 ,book-keeper ,thomas ,thomas1 ,nail ,factor ,william ,howells1 ,clerk ,edward ,foley1 ,maltster ,edward ,marsh1 ,surveyor ,james ,fullwood1 ,wheelwright ,jos4 ,hartill1 ,fender ,manufacturer ,daniel ,shaw1 ,surgeon ,joseph ,whitehouse1 ,glazier ,joseph ,cooke1 ,saddler ,william ,whatmore1 ,innkeeper ,barnabas ,willcox1 ,currier ,john ,powell1 ,painter ,william ,deeley1 ,iron ,founder ,john ,share1 ,upholsterer ,william ,round1 ,timber ,merchant ,john ,rann1 ,printer ,john ,sherman1 ,draper ,thomas ,lewis1 ,agent ,charles ,bunn1 ,butcher ,joseph ,cox1 ,nail ,ironmonger ,john ,holland1 ,builder ,daniel ,parker1 ,builder ,jeremy ,parker1 ,timber ,merchant ,william ,herbert1 ,engraver ,samuel ,herbert1 ditto ,james ,bill1 ,builder ,matthew ,houghton1 ,coal ,master ,edward ,creswell1 ,iron ,master ,thomas ,rhodes1 ,banker's ,clerk ,george ,bennett1 ditto ,william ,smitheman1 ,innkeeper ,robert ,martin1 ,iron ,founder ,thomas ,eves1 ,coach ,proprietor ,edward ,guest1 ,glass ,manufacturer ,zechariah ,round1 ,builder ,william ,power1 ,farrier ,edward ,challingsworth1 ,saddler ,thomas ,stokes1 ,builder ,john ,stokes1 ditto ,joseph ,anslow1 ,plumber ,john ,cheshire ,luke ,price1 ,shoemaker ,william ,hollies1 ditto ,edward ,robinson1 ,gent4 ,robert ,garratt1 ,innkeeper ,sheld4 ,gray1 ,wine and ,spirit ,dealer ,thomas ,whitehouse1 ,book-keeper ,j4 ,w4 ,pain1 ,teacher of ,gymnastics ,thomas ,irwin1 ,glass ,cutter ,joseph ,lear1 ,glassman ,george ,lear1 ,clothier ,a4 ,power ,steedman1 ,maltster ,william ,richardson1 ,engineer ,joshua ,harvey1 ,iron ,founder ,john ,sturmey1 ,grocer ,george ,fryer1 ,seedsman ,thomas ,woodall1 ,blacksmith ,john ,g4 ,derecourt1 ,carpenter ,joseph ,pearson1 ,builder ,mark ,boden1 ,excise ,officer ,john ,perry1 ,locksmith ,thomas ,bradley1 ,grocer ,james ,brewin1 ,accountant ,mark ,bond1 ,gent4 ,john ,allen1 ,cordwainer ,john ,hobson1 ,victualler ,john ,fullard1 ,hairdresser ,elijah ,hillman1 ,butcher ,joseph ,haxeltine1 ditto ,thomas ,worrad1 ,innkeeper ,thomas ,hines1 ,staymaker ,charles ,lucas1 ,butcher ,richard ,dudley1 ,surveyor ,samuel ,james1 ,victualler ,samuel ,hudson1 ,corkcutter ,john ,hughes1 ,clerk ,george ,evans1 ,clerk ,joseph ,bradley1 ,clerk ,william ,morrall1 ,upholsterer ,humphrey ,hartle1 ,victualler ,samuel ,fisher1 ,victualler ,george ,lloyd1 ,glasscutter ,samuel ,chavasse1 ,accountant ,thomas ,davidson1 ,accountant ,and others1 making upwards of #cjj persons who signed this ,address4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,sir ,,john ,,campbell4 7,from the ,john ,bull ,newspaper1 of ,august #ahth1 #ahcc47 ,,sir ,,john ,,campbell1 the ,solicitor-,general1 has 'put his foot into it1' as the old wives have it4 ,it seems that ,sir ,,john--a most unpopular man at best--has been for some time getting out of the good graces of his supporters at ,dudley1 by having1 upon every occasion1 voted with ,ministers1 which1 as ,solicitor-,general1 appears to us to be nothing more than might be expected2 not so1 however1 because he had publicly and repeatedly pledged himself to his constituents to do no such thing4 ,although ,sir ,,john--we speak advisedly--has not the remotest chance of being again returned for ,dudley1 he felt that he ought to do something to brush up his radical friends there1 and accordingly decided upon attacking the characters of the ,magistrates acting for the town and neighbourhood4 ,as it turns out1 nothing could have been more unjust1 and as it will turn out1 nothing so foolish4 ,the population of the circle of four miles1 of which ,dudley is the central point1 exceeds one hundred thousand2 and if the purest integrity1 patience of investigation1 strict impartiality1 and ,christian lenity1 are requisite for the ,bench1 these qualifications the ,dudley ,magistrates in an eminent degree possess4 ,in making an enquiry of ,lord ,,althorp whether ,government intended to grant charters to the new boroughs1 ,sir ,,john ,,campbell stated that no place more needed one than ,dudley2 'for1' said he1 'the people have no voice in the election of their ,magistrates4 ,justice is not administered to the satisfaction of the public2 serious discontent prevails there1 and the ,magistrates are such as in their absence ,i should not like to describe4' ,it is by no means difficult to point out the party to whom the administration of justice in ,dudley is not satisfactory4 ,some time since1 a considerable number of the friends and supporters of ,sir ,,john ,,campbell1 who voted for him at the last election1 were brought before the ,magistrates1 and convicted of using short weights and false measures1 and accordingly fined for their rascality2 others of ,sir ,,john',s supporters have been in 'durance vile2' and to these1 and such as these1 'justice is not satisfactorily administered2' and amongst these 'the most serious discontents prevail1' but among none else4 ,sir ,,john1 not content1 however1 with denouncing the existing ,magistracy of the town he represents1 proceeds to observe1 that there are several enlightened persons in ,dudley who could1 under a new charter1 administer justice in a manner creditable to themselves and satisfactory to the public4 ,now let us look at some of ,sir ,,john ,,campbell',s objections to the present ,magistrates4 ,he objects to them because they are in trade--one being a banker1 and the other two first-rate manufacturers in independent circumstances1 and employing hundreds of hands4 ,sir ,,john',s friends1 with two or three exceptions1 are retail tradesmen who1 by their education and habits1 are not qualified for the ,bench1 and who1 through fear of offending their customers1 would not be likely to give unprejudiced judgments4 ,the next charge brought by ,sir ,,john ,,campbell against the ,magistrates is somewhat comical2 he not only charges them with being active partisans1 but with being all on one side4 ,sir ,,john shews somewhat of the simpleton here4 ,he proclaims to the world1 if the world happen to care anything about him one way or another1 that all the respectable part of the constituency of the place he represents1 is zealously and unanimously opposed to him4 ,certain it is that all the respectable portion of the population voted against ,sir ,,john2 but to shew that political feeling had but a small share in their disinclination to him1 the very same people voted for ,mr4 ,,littleton1 who is also a ,whig1 and now also a placeman4 ,one cannot wonder at ,sir ,,john',s soreness1 but that he should permit it to be seen seems extremely curious--for he is a ,lawyer1 and hath a reputation for 'cunninge2' yet when the ,magistrates petitioned the ,house of ,commons on ,monday1 although ,mr4 ,,littleton1 the ,secretary1 and 7as he says himself7 de facto ,,lord ,,lieutenant ,,of ,,ireland1 and ,sir ,,oswald ,,moseley1 the ,chairman of the ,quarter ,sessions1 gave those gentlemen the highest character1 founded not only on their public conduct1 but upon their own personal knowledge1 ,sir ,,john ,,campbell1 would not retract a word of what he had said1 but only1 as ,sir ,,oswald ,,moseley observed1 'made his attack worse by his explanation4' ,this stubbornness in his calumny is easily to be accounted for4 ,sir ,,john knows that his doom at ,dudley is sealed1 and therefore imagines1 perhaps1 that it will look manly1 and bold1 and patriotic1 not to flinch4 ,the effect of his venom1 however1 has been rather different from what he anticipated4 ,addresses1 expressive of their best thanks and high admiration of the manner in which the ,magistrates have discharged their public duties1 and preserved the public peace upon every occasion1 have been spontaneously prepared1 and are already signed by hundreds of the ,clergy1 ,bankers1 ,merchants1 ,manufacturers1 and ,farmers4 ,never did there appear more unanimity in an insulted town--insulted and libelled by its own ,representative--and never was insult more keenly felt4 ,we have now shewn who the persons are whom ,sir ,,john ,,campbell ventures to stigmatise and abuse--now let us exhibit some of those to whom he is obliged to truckle4 ,one case will do for the present4 ,it seems that a radical bookseller at ,birmingham1 of the name of ,,russell 7no relation we believe to the ,,bedfords7 published a libel upon the ,street ,commissioners4 ,sir ,,john was retained to move for a criminal information against him--'it was in his vocation1 ,hal6' of course he took the ,gaus and did his work4 ,will it be believed1 that because he did this1 his constituents in ,dudley write to him--to ,sir ,,john the ,,knight--the ,parliament man6--the ,,king',s ,,solicitor ,,general1 to know how 'he came to do such a thing as move for a criminal information against a libeller8' ,will it be believed1 that this ,solicitor ,general--the denouncer of ,magistrates--the representative of independence1 wrote the following letter to ,mr4 ,,samuel ,,cooke1 a small draper1 and ,chairman of a ,political ,union1 in his vindication against so heavy a charge3-- ,london1 #agth ,may1 #ahcc4 ,,my ,,dear ,,sir1 ,i was actually on the point of writing to you about ,,russell',s case1 when ,i had the pleasure of receiving your letter4 ,i had been told that you1 and many of your friends in ,dudley1 were under a mistake1 which ,i am desirous of clearing up1 in supposing this was an official or a ,government prosecution4 ,government has nothing to do with it1 nor had ,i any power or discretion respecting it4 ,i merely1 as a private barrister1 received a brief to move the ,court of ,king's ,bench for a criminal information1 and ,i could not refuse the application4 ,what ,i said upon the occasion1 ,i really do not recollect2 but ,i was not speaking in my own person1 or my own sentiments4 ,i spoke from my brief1 according to the instructions ,i received1 as any other gentlemen of the bar might have done4 ,the freedom of the press ,i have ever maintained1 and ever will maintain4-- ,i remain1 yours faithfully1 ,j4 ,,campbell4 ,to ,mr4 ,cooke1 ,draper1 ,dudley4 ,this is an agreeable display of the state of servility to which the vote-hunters of the great unwashed are reduced4 ,would it have been credited1 until now1 that the ,,king',s ,,solicitor ,,general could so far sacrifice his dignity of character--or rather of the character of his office--as to condescend to explain to a huckstering ,chairman of a ,political ,union1 cried down by the ,,king',s ,proclamation1 how and why he took a fee in the way of business8 ,but the best of the joke is to come4 ,this very ,,cooke--this ',my dear ,sir' o' the ,,king',s ,,solicitor ,,general1 was himself tried for a libel at ,worcester1 and paid ten guineas1 fine or fee1 to enable his dear friend1 the ,,king',s ,,solicitor ,,general1 to defend him2 the which proved a useless outlay on the part of the draper1 for he was1 in spite of all the talent and eloquence of his learned advocate1 ,,convicted4 ,having shewn the sort of people in ,dudley with whom ,sir ,,john corresponds1 we are not surprised that he should know so very little of the respectable portion of its inhabitants4 ,we are inclined therefore to attribute to ignorance his conduct towards the ,magistracy1 which certainly can find no other earthly excuse4 #ahcc4 ,march #fth1 died1 ,john ,william1 the ,first ,earl of ,dudley1 having been created an ,earl1 on ,september #bdth1 #ahbg4 ,aged #eb years4 ,this nobleman was a distinguished classical writer1 for his letters to the ,bishop of ,llandaff are replete with profound learning1 and show the evidences of a very elevated mind4 ,he was appointed ,secretary of ,foreign ,affairs in ,mr4 ,canning's ,administration1 and also a short time under the ,duke of ,wellington's ,government4 ,the nobleman never married1 and the title became extinct4 ,in #ahcd1 ,mr4 ,jno4 ,campbell having so well disclosed his profound abilities was made ,solicitor ,general1 and came down to ,dudley to seek re-election4 ,the old ,tories girt up their loins1 and at once determined to oppose the aspiring ,scotchman1 for they little relished the idea of a foreigner and a stranger representing their old town4 ,mr4 ,thomas ,hawkes1 a native of the town and an extensive glass manufacturer1 a proclaimed ,moderate ,reformer was selected by the ,tory party to dispute the envied seat with ,sir ,john ,campbell4 ,mr4 ,hawkes was too glad of the opportunity of showing his zeal and ambition for those high and distinguished honours which had so recently been showered upon ,sir ,john2 and he was induced to contest the seat against ,her ,majesty's ,solicitor-,general4 ,this election was especially characteristic as being most violent and riotous1 ending in the defeat of ,sir ,john ,campbell by a majority of #fh votes4 ,towards the close of the poll1 7#d o'clock7 when it became evident that ,sir ,john was beaten1 a serious riot arose in the town and it was deemed expedient by the ,justices to read the ,riot ,act1 and send off to ,birmingham for military assistance2 the ,dragoons arrived in hot haste1 but not before much mischief and violence had been done to both property and persons4 ,it was always alleged that ,mr4 ,foster's workmen from ,shutt ,end began this senseless destruction of the property of the innocent inhabitants1 by tearing down the shutters of the shops in the ,high ,street and ,market ,place1 and smashing the shop windows with the same4 ,mr4 ,foster was a strenuous supporter of ,sir ,john ,campbell1 and was much chagrined at his friend's defeat4 ,sir ,john had to make his escape from the fury of the mob by a rapid and circuitous flight down a dark passage in ,hall ,street1 which to this day is known as ,campbell's ,flight4 ,the broken heads and bruised bodies of all sorts and conditions of men on this memorable occasion1 testified to the intensity of the conflict4 ,the soldiers were quartered upon us for some time for this unruly piece of business4 ,the result of this election was-- #a4 ,mr4 ,thomas ,hawkes1 7,tory7 #cbb #b4 ,sir ,john ,campbell1 ,knt4 7,reformer7 #bed ---- ,majority for ,mr4 ,hawkes #fh ,in #ahcb1 the year of the great ,reform ,bill1 ,campbell1 who had previously been member for ,stafford1 became member for ,dudley4 ,in reference to this he writes--,what a deliverance from ,stafford6 ,there has been more bribery there than ever1 and the new part of the constituency is worse than the old4 ,and this after the passing of the ,reform ,bill6 ,no wonder that every right-thinking man is disgusted with a system which to a large extent perpetuates this state of things4 ,in #ahcd ,campbell became ,attorney-,general1 and had to seek re-election4 ,he was defeated by ,major ,hawkes4 ,on this he remarks ,i was very generously received by ,lord ,grey and the ,chancellor1 but ,i find that ,i was blamed by subordinate members of the ,government1 who said that ,i ought to have carried the seat at any cost4 ,i would sooner have lost my office and seen the party at once driven from power than have attempted to corrupt such a constituency4 ,the incipient danger of corruption ,i find to arise from publicans and keepers of beer-shops who were electors1 and1 without any notion of receiving bribe or voting money1 were eager to have their houses opened with a view to the profit on the sale of liquor1 and ,i fear would be thereby influenced in their votes4 ,this second extract certainly reveals a better state of things1 but also gives a glimpse of much that still remains to be remedied4 ,in #ahce1 ,dudley was doomed to have another election4 ,a ,captain ,forbes offered his feeble services1 and he was floated by the ,reformers amid many fears and doubts1 because it was fully understood that ,mr4 ,thomas ,hawkes was again to run the ,tory ticket against all comers1 and by the hard exertions of his friends1 and the personal regard in which he was held by the townspeople1 he was returned the second time ,m4,p4 for ,dudley4 #a4 ,mr4 ,thomas ,hawkes1 ,tory #cbg #b4 ,captain ,forbes1 ,reformer #bej ---- ,majority for ,mr4 ,hawkes #gg ,the spirit of ,reform1 branching out into every thing we had to deal with1 awakened in this borough a lively sense of its own backwardness and commercial ease and security4 ,the neighbouring hamlets and villages were beginning to show signs of much vitality2 new coal mines were opened out2 new iron works erected2 branches1 or arms1 of our canal routes were extended1 and a great impetus was given to the development of the coal and iron trades in every direction4 ,the shops and shop windows in our then narrow ,market ,place began to look antediluvian1 weird1 and shabby2 thus a spirit of rebuilding and renovation set in1 and many of our old familiar shops began to change faces4 ,the increase of gas lamps in our main streets and an improved effort made by the ,town ,commissioners to better our bye-ways and highways1 all tended to convince the occasional visitor to ,dudley that the old ,dudley town had caught the flame of ,reform and regeneration and was going ahead in progress and civilisation4 ,the old ,middle ,row of shops and dwelling houses had long been deemed a nuisance and an encumbrance on the ground1 and strenuous1 and ultimately successful1 efforts were made by both the inhabitants and those then high in authority to pull down and remove the same1 resulting in giving ,dudley the largest and most commodious ,market ,place in the ,county4 #ahce4 ,may #adth4 ,this day and night1 a violent and boisterous snow storm visited this town and neighbourhood2 the snow remained on the ground for some days1 the thermometer standing at #cj degrees4 ,great damage was done to the buildings1 grass lands1 and gardens1 and the like severe weather had not been witnessed before by the oldest inhabitants4 ,died1 ,october #ast1 #ahce1 ,rev4 ,luke ,booker1 ,m4,a41 ,,ll4,d41 many years vicar of the valuable living of ,st4 ,thomas's1 the ,parish ,church of ,dudley4 ,aged #gc years4 ,dr4 ,booker came to ,dudley as a young curate of great promise1 and was for some time the ,incumbent of ,st4 ,edmund's ,church4 ,on the death of the ,rev4 ,doctor ,cartwright1 ,m4,a41 the then vicar1 his friend and patron1 the good ,viscount ,dudley and ,ward1 presented ,dr4 ,booker to the living of ,st4 ,thomas1 and a long life friendship existed between him and his noble patron4 ,dr4 ,booker was a gentleman of great classical learning and erudition1 and being favoured with a commanding person1 his appearance both in and out of the pulpit always commanded attention and respect4 ,he was a sound theological preacher1 exercising great energy and zeal1 and secured a large share of church attendants4 ,he contributed largely as a writer to many of the leading ,christian periodicals of the day2 and his firm adhesion to the national principles of ,church and ,state1 made him at all times a powerful and welcome advocate on the platform4 ,in politics the ,doctor was a pronounced ,tory1 and at times his persistent interference in political questions did not add to his dignified position as ,vicar of ,dudley4 ,he was also a poet of considerable beauty of thought and enunciation1 a few remains of which are still extant2 he also published an ,history of ,dudley ,castle and the genealogy of the noble owners4 ,among the varied remarkable acts that he did was to write a voluminous social and political ,diary of the leading events of ,dudley and its people in his day1 which he did not live to put in print4 ,dr4 ,booker was a great favourite amongst the weaker sex1 for he embraced the privilege of leading four blushing brides to the hymeneal altar during his long and excitable life4 ,the unhappy drawback in the ,doctor's character was the thorough hatred of ,dissenters1 and his unswerving abhorrence of all ,reformers and ,radicals1 to whom he ascribed all kinds of inconceivable mischief against ,king1 ,lords and ,church1 by their unlawful machinations at the time of the ,great ,reform ,agitation to obtain their political freedom4 ,the ,rev4 ,doctor was the main motive power in the destruction of the commodious and historic ,old ,st4 ,thomas's ,church1 and the erection of the present handsome ,gothic ,parish ,church1 at a cost of upwards of #bj1jjj4 ,great opposition was raised by the ,parishioners at this time to the demolition of their ,parish ,church1 which was known to be quite large enough for its audience1 and which might have been restored to answer all parochial purposes at a much less cost4 ,the laying of the foundation stone of this new church took place on ,october #beth1 #ahaf1 by the ,bishop of ,worcester1 7,the ,right ,rev4 ,dr4 ,folliott17 occasioned an immense ,public ,procession of ,school ,children1 ,clergymen1 ,merchants1 ,shopkeepers and ,inhabitants of the town and neighbourhood1 with the ,reverend ,doctor at their head1 which presented such a motley group1 as to become a subject of much comment and ridicule by some of the witnesses of that vainglorious ceremony4 ,the following amusing description of the procession by an eye-witness1 who happened to be on a visit to ,dudley at the time1 will repay a perusal4 ,,the ,,procession ,,and ,,the ,,bells1 ,,or ,,the ,,rival ,,poets1 ,,inscribed ,,to ,,the ,,inhabitants ,,of ,,dudley4 ,,the ,,procession4 ,the morning came1 nor find ,i that the sun1 ,as he on other great events hath done1 ,put on a brighter robe than that he wore ,to go his journey in the day before4 ,,churchill4 ,thursday was fine beyond expression1 ,and augur'd well for the ,procession3 ,at eventide1 the sun's last ray ,gave promise of a golden day4 ,the ,d--ct--r went to bed at ten1 ,lay for an hour1 then rose again3 ,with half clos'd eyes he kept awake1 ,anxious to see the morning break4 ,his best black brigs1 and eke his shoes1 ,his long-tail'd coat and silken hose2 ,his buckles bright1 and broad-brimm'd hat1 ,his finest shirt1 and best cravat4 ,he'd told the servant to prepare1 ,and all were plac'd upon the chair4 ,the thought of what's at hand forbids1 ,sound sleep to light upon his lids4 ,three times he rose1 with anxious eye1 ,the beams of morning to descry-- ,three times he rose1--but all in vain2-- ,three times he went to bed again4 ,at length1 according to report1 ,he slept1 and dreamt he was at court1 ,sceptres and mitres seem'd to rise ,before the ,d--ct--r's wond'ring eyes3 ,orders of knighthood1 stars1 blue ribbons1 ,were plenteous as the notes of ,gibbons4#b ,and sooth1 he wish'd that he possess'd ,a mitre finer than the rest3 ,but1 as he reach'd to catch the prize1 ,he snor'd aloud and op'd his eyes4 ,at length he from his bed arose1-- ,thrice did he spit1 thrice wiped his nose2 ,thrice strove to smile1 thrice strove to frown1 ,and thrice look'd up1 and thrice look'd down2 ,and then forthwith his speech he wrote1-- ,his breakfast hurried down his throat2 ,with eager haste stalk'd through the street1 ,the ,b----p's ,reverence to meet2 ,and anxious still to see his ,grace1 ,chided the coachman's tardy pace1 ,whose stupid1 senseless1 dull delay1 ,might spoil the pleasures of the day4 ,but now1 behold1 the prelate comes6 ,sound1 sound the trumpets1 beat the drums6 ,from street to street the blast makes way2 ,all hear the summons1 and obey4 ,hundreds on hundreds flock to meet him1 ,with open mouths1 as if they'd eat him4 ,a ,b----p6 aye6 that ne'er can be ,a human thing like you or me1 ,says one3 ,no1 no1 replies a second1 ,a ,b----p's more than human reckon'd2 ,he consecrates1 ,sir1 he ordains1 ,gives orders1 if he gives not brains3 ,he keeps beneath his watchful eye ,the clerical fraternity2 ,reads them a pious charge1 and sees ,they don't neglect----their surplice fees4 ,sometimes he lays his oily hand ,upon the crowds that round him stand2 ,who1 though they feel the unction come1 ,from 'twixt his finger and his thumb1 ,will never in this world of sin1 ,take all its blessed influence in2 ,will never know the good that's done1 ,until their mortal race is run6 ,pardon1 my friends1 this short digression2#c ,we hasten now to the ,procession4 ,all points of etiquette discuss'd1 ,and gravely fix'd1--a task which must ,require no little time and pains1 ,and rack the reverend vicar's brains1-- ,all points of moment now decided1 ,the parties class'd1 the ranks divided1 ,from ,bl--w--tt's to the ,church they go1 ,arrang'd in many a martial row2 ,each1 you may naturally suppose1 ,adorn'd in his best ,sunday clothes4 ,muslin cravats1 as white as milk2 ,nay even stockings made of silk2 ,capes1 black1 brown1 blue1 green1 red and grey1 ,cut out in the most stylish way3 ,and ,day and ,martin1--wond'rous sight6 ,sent from each foot a blaze of light6 ,ribbons and medals1--what profusion6 ,beggars and bankers1--what confusion6 ,vicars and curates1 cobblers1 tinkers1 ,socinians1 ,churchmen1 and ,free-thinkers4 ,carpenters1 bellows'-menders1 nailors2 ,glaziers and maltsters2 grocers1 tailors2 ,and truant from their desks and shops1 ,spruce journeyman and 'prentice fops2 ,tatterdemalions1 long and short1 ,big1 little1 some of every sort4 ,poor children first1--a woeful sight6-- ,march'd on in pitiable plight1 ,though ill provided to sustain ,the howling wind and pelting rain4#d ,huddled together1 see1 they go2 ,collected but to make a show2-- ,their warmest1 neatest1 only dress1 ,a rag to hide their nakedness6 ,billy the tailor1 a brisk fellow1 ,came next1 beneath a huge umbrella2 ,sharp as a needle1 blithe and gay2 ,he led the band and shew'd the way4 ,no ,churchman2 but1 'twas best to go2 ',twould get him many a job you know#e-- ,then came his troop1 big1 strapping men1 ,who made the streets resound again4 ,serpents and clarionets they blew ,bassoons and flutes1 and hautboys too2 ,and humouring the ,d--ct--r's whim1 ,tried to perform the ,german ,hymn4 ,but stay1--who's next8--,some farmer's wife8 ,o no6 the ,b----p1 on my life1 ,in lawn up to his very chin1-- ,emblem of purity within6#f-- ,now order ceases first who can1 ,the ,d--ct--r or his servant man4 ,but chief our ,reverend ,pastor see1 ,rigg'd as aforesaid cap-a-pie3 ,yes1 burning with the sacred flame1 ,among the foremost ,b--k--r came2 ,by ,nature form'd to make a show ,above all those who are below3 ,for1 to the wonder of the people1 ,he look'd just like a moving steeple4 ,bombastes all his pomp display'd1 ,in this august processionade1 ,with such a sanctimonious air1 ,with such a face of solemn care4 ,as might import him to contain ,a world of----room within his brain4 ,his hollow jaws indeed bespeak ,how deeply read he is in ,greek2 ,his hanging eyebrows also tell ,he construes ,latin full as well3 ,for1 though he never was at college1 ,who doubts he has these stores of knowledge#g ,much more my ,muse could tell in rhyme1 ,the will she has but not the time4 ,suffice it then1----he stalks along ,a giant in the motley throng2 ,with all that empty consequence ,which fools adopt instead of sense2 ,and1 as he stalks1 he seems to say1 ,for all the labours of this day1 ,a something whispers ,i shall not ,in ,church preferment be forgot4#h ,i'll hasten down to ,h--ml--y ,hall1 ,and on my noble patron call3 ,from my poetic pan shall rise1#i ,again to blind my ,lady's eyes1 ,thick clouds of incense1 till she see ,all that is excellent in me6 ,who knows1 but1 mighty and ador'd1 ,i may become ,right ,reverend ,lord2#aj ,and spite of all his vast pretences1 ,my rival great ,wigorniensis8 ,a mitre1--yea1 perhaps the best1 ,may crown my toil and make me blest4 ,if ,i can get a mitre--now ,i care not where ,i go or how4 ,i'll hug this hope of future joys1 ,and heed nor rain1 nor mire1 nor noise4-- ,these words he had no sooner said ,than thrice he shook his sapient head1 ,and thrice determined to pursue ,the pious end he had in view4 ,next to his giantship1 the ,d--ct--r1 ,with humbler step1 came hobbling ,pr--ct--r1 ,he hobbled1#aa but his will was good2 ,could he go better than he could8 ,he raised his legs with mighty pain1 ,and then1--he set them down again4 ',tis whisper'd--but my cautious muse ,will not forget her ,p's4 and ,q's43 ,i'll not indulge in retrospections1 ,but leave him to his own reflections3 ,the darling babe of grace ,i'll spare2 ,for other holy souls were there4 ,mark1 then1 the next1 another priest1 ,starv'd a whole month for this day's feast2 ,a little fellow1 black his gear2 ,sharp as the blast which blew him here4#ab ,his fine-spun coat1 as good as new1 ,his trowsers--wide enough for two4 ,his cheek-bones and his jaws declare ,oat-cake has been his daily fare4 ,the hat he bought for ordination1 ,new-brushed1 he sports on this occasion4 ,his dress though threadbare1 now 'tis wet1 ,looks fresh1 and good1 and black as jet4#ac ,now1 helter-skelter1 all rush on1 ,stiff ,ned1 long ,dick1 and gaping ,john1 ,isaac and ,tom1 as all admit1 ,two gentlemen of equal wit1 ,of equal polish1 equal grace3 ,the same in modesty of face4 ,i know the town will give it credit1 ,or else my ,muse would not have said it2 ,for all confess that either brother ,is just as wise and great as t'other3 ,each so demure1 so meek1 so mild1 ,as gentle as a new-born child4 ,these pious patriots were drest ,each with a token on his breast1#ad ,of copper wrought1 and brighter far1 ,than ,venus or the ,morning ,star1 ,a female figure took the place ,britannia would1 in other case2 ,whilst1 by her side1 in small1 portray'd ,a cask of ,dudley nails was laid2 ,containing1 we may well suppose1 ,sparrow-bill1 ,ten-penny and ,rose2 ,clasp1 ,flat-points1 ,flemish-,tack and ,clout1 ,of strictly honest tale no doubt3 ,for as my muse can only guess1 ,she won't presume to call them less4 ,enough3--the curious if they please ,may find a nobler pair than these4 ,now1 ,tom1 an ,unitarian true1#ae ,and strange to say1 a ,churchman too1 ,like ,janus with a double face1 ,among our heroes found a place4 ',twas plain enough how pleas'd the elf ,was with that paltry thing1 himself2 ,proud of his intellect and clothes1 ,he felt himself the first of beaux4#af ,and1 pretty creature1 strutted more ,than ever peacock did before4 ,the ladies very loath to miss#ag ,an opportunity like this1 ,stretched forth their necks to catch a sight ,of one so spruce and so polite4 ,there goes the charming man1 they cry2 ,and then they laugh1 ,i know not why6 ,and then1 all wonder and amaze1 ,at him and at each other gaze4 ,the thing's confirm'd beyond a doubt1 ,although the cause is not found out1-- ,the modest ninny thinks his worth ,has not his parallel on earth2 ,and justly3 for1 without a crime1 ,i can't describe it e'en in rhyme3 ,so nobly bred1 so nobly taught1 ,in speech as lib'ral as in thought3 ,news he can tell1 untold before1 ,all that he knows1 and ten times more3 ,and yet1 upon his magpie tongue ,truth1 sense1 and wit alike are hung3 ,his honor----,i recall the word1 ,of that my muse has never heard2 ,of facts alone ,i fain would sing1 ,a joke's a very serious thing6 ,a man may see with half an eye ,what treasures in his head-piece lie3 ,why then1 dear ,sir1 such wond'rous pains ,to shew the world your lack of brains8 ,then little ,dick1 and waddling ,tim1 ,and bawling ,joe1 and long-legg'd ,jem2 ,and hundreds more in couples came1 ,the which my muse disdains to name3 ,i'm certain none of ,hogarth's sketches ,e'er formed a set of stranger wretches4 ,among the rest see ,doctor ,slop1#ah ,an emblem of a physic shop3 ,so sour1 so nauseous1 so splenetic1 ,a bolus1 blister1 or emetic2 ,decoction1 julep1 pill and drop ,are typified in ,doctor ,slop4 ,his bones with flesh how poorly clad6 ,how like a map his visage sad6#ai ,lavater would at once declare1 ,the ,city of the ,plague was there3 ,and e'en a less discerning eye ,the ,lake of ,brimstone might descry1 ,where all those naughty rebels pop1 ,who don't agree with ,doctor ,slop4 ,if sick1--engage him1--give him time1 ,he'll send you to another clime2 ,for change of air is understood ,by sons of physic to be good4 ,but1 oh6 my pulse is stopp'd2 enough ,of ,doctors and of ,doctors' stuff3#bj ,though half his worth is yet unsung1 ,my muse would rather hold her tongue4 ,last came the scarlet troop1 as gay ,as new-scrap'd carrots for the day3 ,c--w--ll1 and all his comrades too3 ,hibernian ,h--gh--s1 and ,dicky ,dr--we3 ,great captains in the fighting trade1 ,who serv'd their time upon parade4#ba ,but of such ,gentlemen no more3 ,i bless my stars ,i see the shore6 ,at length1 attain'd the sacred spot1 ,where1 side by side1 their fathers rot1 ,half rising from their tombs to see ,what alter'd things their children be2 ,the massy portal open flies1 ,and each to gain admission tries3-- ,but watchful sentries guard the door1 ,t'admit the great1 and drive the poor2 ,for treason 'twere1 and deadly sin1 ,to let the herd of vulgar in4 ,no matter how they enter3 each ,is thrust against his neighbour's breech4 ,one loses half his coat1 and one ,feels that his hat or shoe is gone4 ,another wild with fury1 hoots1 ,stop1 scoundrel1 stop1--,i've lost my boots4 ,another fall'n1 for mercy cries1 ,and prays to heav'n they'll let him rise1 ,but1 ah6 for naught their lungs they strain3 ,they cry1 ,hayloo6 and stop1--in vain2 ,the crowd more anxious1 forward press ,to catch a glimpse of holiness2 ,and see what ne'er before was known1 ,a ,reverend ,mason lay a stone1 ,in solemn silence see him stand1 ,the silver trowel in his hand2 ,the ponderous mass at his desire1 ,descends into the yielding mire2 ,and many a cracking human bone1 ,confess'd it was a mighty stone1 ,at length1 the task perform'd1 ,his ,grace ,made his best bow1 and left the place2 ,and1 anxious only to be gone1 ,stepp'd in his coach1 and cried1--,drive on4-- ,the boy then smacks his whip1 and lo6 ,the ,b----p's horses scampering go3 ,the party gaze with wild dismay ,to see the chariot roll away6 ,now1 as their breasts with anger burn1 ,behold the muddy group return2 ,and1 as they pace along the street1 ,resolve each joint themselves to eat1--#bb ,their bellies1 judging from their faces1 ,as empty as some other places4 ,at ,bl--w--tt's many a dainty dish ,of beef and mutton1 game and fish1 ,arrang'd upon the table stood2 ,for ,dudley's sons know what is good4 ,but soon each dainty dish was clear'd1 ,and only fleshless bones appear'd1 ,each vied with each1#bc and seemed to say1 ,i'll have my belly full to-day4 ,the dinner o'er each takes his glass1 ,and tries his neighbour to surpass3-- ,for1 where's the use of wine1 say they1 ,except to banish care away8-- ,forgive my ,muse1--her task is o'er2 ,she recollects but little more1 ,she saw the polish'd table shine1 ,with blushing fruit and sparkling wine2 ,she heard the lofty ceiling ring ,with three times three1 ,god save the ,king4 ,she look'd again1--one sleeping snor'd1 ,and one was sunk beneath the board2 ,and one1 as well as he was able1 ,was speechifying on the table1 ,a moment pass'd1--again she gaz'd1 ,and saw each arm in contest rais'd#bd ,the glass in fragments strew'd the floor3-- ,she hung her head1 and saw--no more4 ,qui capit1 ille facit4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,impromptu1 ,,by ,,dr4 ,,booker1 ,,on ,,reading ,,the ,,above4 ,a certain junto1 sore dismay'd ,our ,christian ,church to think on2 ,look'd on her strong foundation laid1 ,as the ,devil look'd o'er ,lincoln4 ,a twig from a rod in pickle4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,impromptu1 ,,on ,,reading ,,the ,,doctor',s ,,impromptu4 ,a junto1 ,doctor8 ,no1 'tis one ,who makes1--though hundreds share--the fun2 ,he heeds you not4 ,your rod provide3 ',twill serve to sting your own b-cks-de4 ,yourself shall be dismay'd and sore1 ,as from your breech descends the gore2 ,and1 as ,i flog with stroke uncivil1 ,i shall be ,lincoln1 you the ,devil4 ,again1 ,sir6--you know where to place it1-- ,i say ,qui capit1 ille facit4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,another4 ,the ,doctor raves1 and storms1 and vows1 ,and looks as wretched as his cows6#be ,with straining pericranium tries ,to write impromptus and replies2 ,but1 like his cows and ass profound1 ,his region is the burial ground1 ,be calm1 dear ,doctor6 ,stay your pen6 ,the poet1 perhaps may write again6 ,he knows you2#bf every word betrays it2 ,but still1 ,qui capit1 ille facit4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,verses ,,intended ,,to ,,be ,,cast ,,upon ,,the ,,bells ,,of ,,this ,,new ,,church ,,at ,,dudley2 ,written by a certain learned ,doctor1 ,november1 #ahag4 ,the ,maiden's ,bell4 ,many a maiden fair gave me1 ,whose wedding peal ,i ring with glee3 ,may they in all their future lives1 ,be happy mothers1 happy wives4#bg ,the ,matron's ,bell4 ,many a matron1 grave and good1 ,or wedded1 or in widowhood1 ,bade me the time of holy pray'r ,to many a list'ning flock declare4 ,the ,glassman's ,bell4 ,many a gen'rous man of glass ,bade me in sound all bells surpass2 ,bright as their ware be all their days1 ,and bright through time be ,dudley's praise4 ,the ,mineman's ,bell4 ,many a truly gen'rous soul1 ,men of iron1 men of coal1 ,men of metal bade me sound ,sweetly to all the hills around4 ,the ,vicar's ,bell4 ,for me the vicar preach'd aloud ,to many a kind and godly crowd1 ,who1 with a heart devout and willing1 ,gave their bright guinea and their shilling4 ,the ,bishop's ,bell4 ,i1 the gift of mitred sage1 ,sound his praise to many an age3 ,reverend name6 of ancient line2 ,and long on me may ,folliot shine4 ,the ,patron's ,bell4 ,me did the manor's ,lord bestow1 ,who loves to lighten human woe3 ,to doomsday may the name descend1 ,of ,dudley's and the poor man's friend4 ,the ,regent's ,bell4 ,a princely gift6 a prince gave me1 ,the prince of princeliest land and sea-- ,england6 ,his name ,i nobly ring1 ,and bid thee cry1 ,god save the ,king4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,epigram4 ,premising that ,,divine ,,poeta6 is to be literally rendered ,,poetic ,,divine1 we address ,dr4 ,booker in the words of ,virgil1-- ,tale tuum nobis carmin1 divine poeta6 ,quale sopor-- ,see ,rev4 of ,dr4 ,booker's ,calista1 ,ann4 ,rev4 #ahjc1 p4 #efd4 ,it has been said1 we know1 there but appears ,one ,epic ,poet in a thousand years3 ,but ,b--k--r lives to prove the thing untrue2 ,and to demonstrate that there may be two4 ,th' immortal ,milton still the first is reckon'd2 ,the thrice immortal ,b--k--r is the second2 ,and ,dudley's bells eternally shall toll ,in matchless notes for his poetic soul4 ,to future ages shall his name be given1-- ,the saint-like priest who shew'd the way to heav'n1 ,yes6 children's children as they drink their liquor1 ,and pay ,church levies still--shall bless the ,vicar4 ,qui capit1 ille facit4 ,nov4 #bf1 #ahag4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,learned ,,doctor',s ,,rejoinder4 ,n4,b4--,though dated ,nov4 #bf1 the preceding precious farrago1 with characteristic piety1 was sent on ,sunday1 the #gth of ,december1 no doubt with a charitable hope that it would make the ,vicar's mind1 on that day1 very composed and comfortable4 ,its authors will be sorry to know that the effect they hoped for was not produced4 ,the delectable performance did not excite a single thought till the next morning1 when the following notice was taken of it1 certainly more than it deserves4#bh ,,an ,,old ,,rod ,,new ,,twigged4 ,stripes for the back of fools4--,,prov4 ,a few weak infidels dismay'd ,our ,christian ,church to think on1 ,look on her strong foundations laid1 ,as the ,devil look'd o'er ,lincoln4 ,but though they look as black as he1 ,and gall for ink he sends them1 ,in which to write their ribaldry1 ,and inspiration lends them3 ,the church her glory shall display1 ,defended from each evil1 ,in spite of all such fools can say ,or their sage friend the ,d----l4#bi ,yea1 she shall have her merry peal1 ,to fill their hearts with sadness2 ,while ,christians1 at such music1 feel ,an honest ,english gladness4 ,nay1 she shall have a lofty spire ,with weathercock surmounted1 ,that they may1 if 'tis their desire1 ,see what they are accounted4 ,puff'd here1 puff'd there1 puff'd every where1 ,save in a right direction1 ,or now the culprits would not share ,a whipping post correction4 ,will ye be good1 ye scurvy rogues1 ,ere more your hides ,i tickle8 ,well then--put up your dirty brogues2 ,rod6 sleep again in pickle4 ,no snake#cj in the grass4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,lines ,,in ,,reply ,,to ,,some ,,verses ,,signed ,,no ,,snake ,,in ,,the ,,grass4 ,he would an elegy compose ,on maggots squeezed out of his nose2 ,in lyric numbers write an ode on1 ,his mistress eating a black pudden2 ,and when imprisoned air escaped her1 ,it puffed him with poetic rapture4 ,a carman's horse could not pass by1 ,but stood tied up to poesy3 ,no porter's burthen passed along ,but served for burthen to his song4--,,hudibrass4 ,qui capit1 ille facit4 ,repress your fury1 sage ,divine6 ,perdition breathes in every line4 ,dagger and staff in hand you fight1 ,like ,falstaff1 ,shakespeare's valiant knight1 ,how like him though in form and dress ,i leave your ,reverence to guess3-- ,how far like his your maxims too ,of honour1 ,sir1 ,i leave to you4 ,you would attempt in canting strain4 ,my short effusion to explain2 ,and wielding your tremendous birch1 ,to say ,i stigmatize the ,church4 ,that1 ,sir1 in toto1 ,i deny3-- ,in your own style1 ,sir1 'tis a lie4 ,the ,church ,i honour3--,i admire ,the holy roof1 the lofty spire1 ,the pealing song1 the hope sincere1 ,the pray'r of virtue ,i revere1 ,the ,church1 with an affection true1 ,i love1--#ca;,i stigmatize but you4 ,yes6 give the ,church a lofty spire1 ,like your tall self1 ,sir1 ,i desire3 ,and like your ci-devant chapeau1 ,give it a weathercock also3-- ,but make it fast1 dear ,sir1 because ,it may be lost as ,gilpin's was#cb ,in judgment1--7'tis an ancient line17 ,remember mercy1--,o ,divine6 ,and1 when your enemy lies low1 ,desist1--strike not another blow4 ,but1 since you deign to wield your pen1 ,achilles-like1 and fight again3-- ,but since you deign1 ,o sage divine6 ,again to court the tuneful ,nine2 ,and since1 in acrimonious style1 ,you dare my verses to revile1 ,and raise a laugh at my expense1 ,dear ,doctor6 take the consequence4 ,brave knights are bound to feel no blows ,from paltry and unequal foes4 ,the pages of all history shine ,with poets1 heathen and divine2 ,whose numbers are so highly priz'd1 ,their memories are immortaliz'd4 ,the first1 whose poems still are saved1 ,was he who wrote the ,psalms1 ,king ,david4 ,homer and ,virgil1 and a score ,of ,greek and ,latin poets more1 ,have sung in such melodious measure1 ,that verses still are read with pleasure4 ,the moderns too have sung their share1 ,voltaire1 ,racine1 and ,molire2 ,and many on ,italia's shore2 ,in ,germany a thousand more4 ,in ,britain1 too1 are poets found1 ,for ,britain is poetic ground1 ,milton and ,shakespeare are her pride1 ,and ,pope and hundreds more beside4 ,e'en now we've ,southeys1 ,scots and ,byrons1 ,and ,moore1 whose songs are sweet as syrens'6 ,another poet1 too1 have we2 ,the ,great ,l-ke ,b--k--r1 ,,ll4 ,d4666 ,when all the rest shall be forgotten2 ,their poems1 like their bodies1 rotten2 ,when spills are made of leaves of ,pope1 ,and ,lalla ,rookh shall wrap up soap2 ,when even ,david's sacred rhyme ,shall be destroyed by ruthless time2 ,thy name1 ,o6 ,b--k--r6 still shall be ,lauded to all eternity6 ,yes6 ,dudley's ,vicar shall survive1 ,and like a plant perennial thrive6 ,what melody pervades each line6 ,how rich1 harmonious and divine6 ,read where you will1 you're sure to find ,some scintillation of his mind3 ,the finest style1 the sweetest words ,the ,doctor's mother tongue affords6 ,already1 in reality1 ,he's purchas'd immortality4 ,with sermons pious1 heavenly1 holy1 ,he drives the heart to melancholy3 ,with magic powers he charms the soul1 ,and bids it into madness roll3 ,with charity dilates the breast1 ,and sinks each sordid view to rest4 ,or1 on a sudden can inspire ,the soul with never-quenching fire3 ,in short1 the mind with joy can fill1 ,or with despair1--just which he will4 ,but more1--his pow'r o'er human woes ,not only shines in nervous prose2 ,in strains delightful and sublime1 ,he speaks in prose1 and writes in rhyme2 ,and when he writes in rhyme will make ,the one verse for the other's sake4 ,the one for sense1 and one for rhyme1 ,he thinks sufficient at a time4 ,yet though his rhymes may be baptiz'd1 ,nothing but prosing poetiz'd1 ,there's still some difference between 'em1 ,which all can tell who've ever seen 'em4 ,for prose he gets with conscience clear1 ,full twice five hundred pounds a year2 ,yet should his rhymes a folio fill1 ,they'd never pay his printer's bill2 ,but on his shelf in peace recline1 ,and1 but to light his candles1 shine4 ,claudite jam rivos1 pueri3 sat prata biberunt4 ,,vir4 99 99 99 99 99 ,to ,no snake in the grass1 on his not replying to the lines lately address'd to him4 ,contremuit remus4 ,,vir4 ,,lib4 ,the pallid scurvy rogue yet tingling stands1 ,and holds his breeches close with both his hands4 ,,pope4 ,the ,doctor trembling and dismay'd1 ,to write another word afraid3 ,in vain implores1 with language civil1 ,the aid of ,lincoln and the ,devil4 ,he hides1 from stroke of scurvy rogues1 ,his seat of honour with his brogues3 ,the tuneful nine1 to see him lash'd1 ,hung down their heads and fled abash'd4 ,je suis ce que je suis4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,lines ,,by 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 ,qui ,capit1 ever discontented1 ,envious1 jealous1 disaffected3 ,to stigmatise our ,vicar's toils1 ,the stigma on himself recoils4 ,who is he satirical and vain8 ,his unjust impudence of what avail8 ,qui ,capit1 know1 that ,god1 all just1 ,ne'er means his creatures to be curs'd4 ,you honour the ,church1 ,qui ,capit1--no6 ,who can believe it8--'tis not so6-- ,virtuo consistit in actione4 ,sir1 henceforth1 learn to mend your manners1 ,and ne'er insult your betters4 ,,junius4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,reply ,,to ,,junius4 ,strange such a difference should be1 ',twixt tweedle dum and tweedle dee4 ,junius to rhyme pray bid adieu1 ,nor shame the dunghill where you grew1 ,hear what a friend of ,qui advises1 ,stick to your ,latin ,exercises1 ,the muse thy folly will disown1 ,pray tarry till thy beard be grown4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,on ,,the ,d--,,ct--,r',s ,,silence4 ,old ,argus of an hundred eyes could boast1 ,an hundred fluent tongues had ,b--k--r's head1 ,but ,argus all his eyes by music lost1 ,at dogger'll rhyme all ,b--k--r's tongues have fled4 #ahce4 ,november4 ,the ,rev4 ,w4 ,h4 ,cartwright1 ,m4,a41 a grandson of the late ,doctor ,cartwright1 a former vicar of ,dudley1 was nominated to the valuable living of the parish church1 as the successor to the late ,dr4 ,booker4 ,mr4 ,cartwright held the living for ten years1 and then suddenly exchanged livings with the ,rev4 ,james ,caulfield ,browne1 ,m4,a41 ,rector of ,compton ,marten1 in ,somersetshire4 ,doctor ,j4 ,c4 ,browne1 held the living for #be years1 and died universally revered and respected1 ,march #aath1 #ahgj4 ,aged #fe years4 #ahce4 ,december #afth1 died1 the ,rev4 ,william ,humbel ,baron ,ward1 of ,birmingham4 ,aged #ed years4 ,this nobleman was the father of the present ,earl of ,dudley2 but only enjoyed the title and estates a very short time4 ,another ,borough election in #ahcg again set the town alive1 and as the great spirit of ,reform had received innumerable checks throughout the country2 ,dudley participated in a modified ,reforming declension1 and again was unsuccessful in returning a ,reformer4 ,a ,mr4 ,merryweather ,turner was the ,reform candidate brought against the old member1 ,mr4 ,hawkes1 with the following result3 #a4--,mr4 ,thomas ,hawkes ,tory1 #che #b4--,mr4 ,merryweather ,turner ,reformer1 #bhi ---- ,majority for ,mr4 ,thomas ,hawkes #if #ahch4 ,the ,rev4 ,john ,davies1 ,m4,a41 was appointed the incumbent of ,st4 ,edmund's ,church4 ,this highly esteemed1 hard-working1 and truly ,christian pastor1 held this living for the long period of ,thirty-one years1 and died ,april #bast1 #ahfi1 universally esteemed and regretted1 aged #fe years4 ,,baptist ,,chapel4 #ahci4 ,this substantial brick building was erected in #aggg1 and considerably enlarged in #ahci1 at a cost of #gjj2 in #ahhj1 further improvements and alterations were made1 adding much to the comfort and convenience of the congregation4 ,the ,rev4 ,william ,rogers1 a true specimen of a ,welshman1 was the zealous minister of this ,chapel for many years4 ,there is also a good ,sunday ,school in vigorous operation held in the vestry room4 ,the ,baptist connexion have also another ,chapel situate at ,cinder ,bank1 ,netherton1 which is said to be of considerable antiquity4 ,the ,rev ,geo4 ,m4 ,michael1 ,b4,a41 is the present minister4 ,on the following page will be seen the way in which ,holy ,mother ,church was supported in ,dudley in these days of civil and religious liberty666 ,,church ,,rates6 ,,seizures ,,in ,,dudley ,,during ,,the ,,year #ahcg4 ---------------------------------------- ---------------------------- ,value ,names of of ,amount the ,persons ,religious ,trade ,goods ,goods of seized upon ,profession seized seized ,rate ---------------------------------------- ---------------------------- s4 d4 s4 d4 ,brown1 ,james ,quaker ,confectioner#b barrels #b #aj #j #j #ab #a grapes ,beasley1 ,thomas ,baptist ,schoolmaster#b desks #d #aj #j #j #b #a ,bridgwater1 ,joseph,quaker ,maltster ,malt #d #f #j #b #aa #j ,cooke1 ,samuel ,independent ,draper #c pair #b #e #j #j #ag #aa blankets ,hill1 ,thomas ,ditto ,shoe-seller #aj pair #c #aj #j #j #i #g shoes ,houston1 ,william ,ditto ,pawnbroker #a watch #b #aj #j #j #aj #aj ,lay1 ,benjamin1 ,quaker ,grocers ,cheese #c #ae #j #a #ab #f and ,sons ,pitchfork1 ,joseph ,unitarian ,schoolmaster#b tables #b #b #j #j #c #f ,rogers1 ,richard ,independent ,clockmaker #a clock #e #j #j #j #i #g ,wood1 ,edward ,ditto ,pawnbroker #a watch #c #j #j #j #ad #g ,wood1 ,w ,c ,unitarian ,grocer ,loaves of #h #f #f #c #e #j ,sugar ,williams1 ,john1 ,quaker ,millers #b pockets #aa #aa #j #d #ad #b and ,brothers hops ,williams1 ,john ,ditto ,miller ,barometer #c #aj #j #a #aj #b ---------------- #ef #ae #f #ag #ac #j ---------------------------------------- ---------------------------- ,,one ,,thousand ,,pounds ,,reward4 ,whereas1 some ill-looking ,persons did1 on the #bast of ,september1 #ahcg1 enter the ,premises of ,w4 ,c4 ,,wood1 ,grocer1 ,dudley1 and in his absence did wilfully abstract ,,five ,,lumps ,,of ,,sugar1 value #h1 the honestly-acquired property of the said ,w4 ,c4 ,wood2 and1 whereas1 the said ill-looking ,persons left behind them a piece of paper1 on which was written that they were under the command of one ,person called ,,captain1 and of another called ,,baker2 and by which it further appears that the property thus taken was to defray the expenses of some kind of a ,religion1 to which these persons are said to be attached4 ,,this ,,is ,,to ,,give ,,notice1 that if any ,person brings the said parties to ,justice1 and prosecutes them1 so as to satisfy the demands of ,,common ,,honesty1 he shall receive the above ,reward4 ,the ,,captain stands about #e feet #f inches high2 of a light complexion4--,he has a mark on his left ear1 occasioned by a wound received in one of his professional encounters4 ,the ,,baker is about #e feet nothing1 and a square built1 ,sancho-,panza kind of a ,person2 and rivals ,punch in his admiration of the ,law of the land1 and ,dogberry in his extensive acquaintance with it4 ,the ,property1 it is believed1 is now deposited at the ,albion ,inn1 ,stone ,street1 ,dudley1 where1 it is expected to be sold1 on ,tuesday or ,wednesday next1 to maintain the aforesaid queer ,religion2 and ,w4 ,c4 ,,wood requests the attendance of his ,friends on the occasion1 to prevent the ,property being sold below its value4 ,n4,b4--,it is ascertained that the ,,captain',s party visited1 on the same day1 the ,premises of ,mr4 ,s4 ,,cooke1 and ,mr4 ,e4 ,,wood1 from whence they succeeded in carrying off other ,articles1 for the same pious purpose2 to wit1 several pairs of ,,blankets1 ,,and ,a ,,watch4 #ahdj4 ,at this time the town and neighbourhood was upon the balance of either increased depression and adversity1 or improved development of the iron and coal trade4 ,in #ahcf ,mr4 ,edward ,smith built and started at ,hartshill a new branch of the iron trade--viz41 manufacturing iron hurdles and fencing of a very improved and superior style1 strength1 and appropriateness2 more especially for our colonial possessions1 where thousands of miles of iron and wire fencing have been exported by this eminent firm 7,messrs4 ,hill1 ,smith1 ,co41 the ,hartshill ,works1 near ,dudley74 ,the ,woodside ,iron ,works were built in #ahda by ,messrs4 ,bramah and ,cochrane2 but have been considerably enlarged at various times1 and employ upwards of #a1jjj hands when in full work4 ,the extraordinary engineering and mining ability thrown into this very important iron work by the late esteemed ,a4 ,b4 ,cochrane1 ,esq41 ,j4,p41 soon placed this firm at the head of that species of iron manufactory for which it is now so world-known4 ,we shall not soon forget that well-earned proud position which the late ,mr4 ,cochrane secured when he exhibited to ,lord ,overstone and others of the ,crystal ,palace ,exhibition ,commissioners1 in #ahej1 a large section of that future exhibition in ,hyde ,park1 ,london1 which brought all nations1 kindreds1 and tongues to witness the ,great ,world's ,fair4 ,the construction of the iron work of the ,crystal ,palace of #ahea at the ,woodside ,works was a marvel of engineering skill and accomplishment1 and clearly demonstrated to the world the power and ingenuity which the ,woodside ,works possessed to make and erect anything in the substance and form of iron4 ,in #ahec ,mr4 ,cochrane became possessed of these important works by the retirement of ,mr4 ,bramah1 and from that date to the period of his untimely death in ,june1 #ahfc1 this establishment secured and maintained almost unparalleled advancement and commercial success4 ,mr4 ,cochrane was only #ej years of age at his death1 but his natural benevolence and philanthropic leanings stopped not at the usual benevolence which belongs to the large employers of labour in our locality1 for his open handed charity induced him1 in #ahfj1 to build and maintain at his own cost1 the handsome ,holly ,hall ,schools1 for the education of the children of his own workmen1 and all who felt inclined to be benefitted by its establishment4 ,in #ahfc the ,vicar of ,dudley1 the late ,dr4 ,browne1 commenced a series of ,religious ,services1 which were conducted by the ,rev4 ,robert ,harper1 ,m4,a41 of the ,dudley ,grammar ,school1 but were discontinued at the end of eight months4 ,however1 on ,good ,friday1 #ahfe1 the ,executors of the late ,mr4 ,a4 ,b4 ,cochrane recommenced the ,services with much success1 under the spiritual guidance and care of the ,rev4 ,john ,birch1 ,m4,a41 and eventually the ,schools and all their belongings were purchased by the ,earl of ,dudley1 whose open-hearted liberality has so often been extended over almost every object of worth and public utility in ,dudley and its neighbourhood4 ,the noble ,earl very handsomely provides the funds for the clergyman's stipend1 the ,rev4 ,mr4 ,swindell1 ,m4,a41 and1 at the same time1 pays the expenses of the school management1 and discharges all its pecuniary liabilities4 ,an effort is now being made to build a ,church at ,hartshill to accommodate that vastly increasing population4 ,in #ahdg1 the late ,mr4 ,william ,jeffries erected some extensive ,iron ,works at ,hartshill 7near ,messrs4 ,cochranes' ,works71 which are now known as ,messrs ,hingley and ,smith's ,iron ,works1 and have been very much enlarged in late years4 ,on ,june #bnd1 #ahdh1 an appalling accident took place at these ,iron ,works1 by the sudden explosion of a large iron boiler1 which dealt death and destruction all around2 for it is melancholy to relate that #dj men and boys were blown to atoms1 in almost an instant1 and the destruction to the machinery and works was most serious to the owners4 ,another famous ,iron ,master in the ,black ,country1 about this period 7the late ,samuel ,h4 ,blackwell1 ,esq41 ,j4,p471 contributed by his indomitable activity and knowledge to a large amount of improvement and development in the ,iron and ,coal trade4 ,the ,old ,russell's ,hall ,furnaces sprung into being and activity under his management1 and ,bilston also benefitted by his energy and manufacturing operations in that quarter4 ,mr4 ,blackwell was a learned ,geologist1 and took great interest in trying to prove many of the then undissolved problems in ,geology and ,iron making4 ,this gentleman had the distinguished honour conferred upon him of being strenuously solicited to become one of the ,members in ,parliament for ,south ,staffordshire1 but this distinction he declined1 alleging that his immense manufacturing engagements precluded such a possibility4 ,many of ,mr4 ,blackwell's speculations turned out unfortunate1 and when an adverse turn took place in the ,iron trade1 he was compelled to suspend his numerous operations1 and died 7,march #be1 #ahfh7 at the comparatively early age of #eb years4 ,the appointment of the late ,richard ,smith1 ,esq41 ,j4,p41 as ,mining ,agent and ,manager for ,lord ,ward's extensive estates about this time1 augured well for an increase of prosperity in this large mining district4 ,mr4 ,smith's undoubted energy and ability1 and his thorough knowledge of all things belonging to mining operations1 ensured every confidence in those who understand these matters1 that the right man was in the right place4 ,the feebleness and almost inaction of his predecessor was soon dissipated1 and although ,mr4 ,smith had his detractors and opponents in opinion in many important operations that he was concerned in1 nevertheless it cannot now be fairly gainsayed that he was most assuredly the leading spirit and pioneer of that vast amount of mining development which characterized the ,iron and ,coal trades in these parts during the time he was at the head of ,lord ,dudley's affairs4 ,mr4 ,smith's judgment and far-seeing policy laid the foundation of much that has since then been accomplished1 and the town of ,dudley and the whole district have been substantially and commercially benefitted thereby4 ,let any unprejudiced mind make a survey of the increased villages and hamlets which have arisen around us during the last #cj years1 and he will not fail to note that ,pits1 ,iron ,works1 ,chain and ,nail ,manufactories have sprung up where farm houses and green fields once existed in peaceful seclusion4 ,the laying down of upwards of #bj miles of mineral railroads on his ,lordship's estate to facilitate his vast working operations1 the erection of the ,round ,oak ,furnaces and ,iron ,works in #ahee1 and the additional ,new ,works built in #ahfc1 all combined to assist in that grand scheme of scientific development1 which had its birth in the fertile brain of the late ,richard ,smith1 and which gave ready employment to thousands of our hardy sons of toil1 increasing our local trades and population1 and adding materially to our progress and wealth4 ,we have another honoured worthy ,iron ,master to record in our history1 that modern ,dud ,dudley of our district1 the lately lamented ,noah ,hingley1 ,esq41 ,j4,p4 ,the man who introduces a new industry into a district is a real benefactor to his fellow man2 and the splendid ,anchor1 ,chain and ,cable ,works1 now in full operation at ,primrose ,hill1 ,netherton1 proclaim the wisdom and ability which the late ,mr4 ,hingley put in practical force1 under many almost overwhelming difficulties1 when he introduced that particular kind of iron manufacture into our midst4 ,assisted by his equally energetic sons1 this renowned firm 7,messrs4 ,noah ,hingley and ,sons71 possess also the newly constructed blast furnaces at ,old ,hill1 besides other works of importance1 constructing much of the minor materials for their large works4 ,the death of this good old gentleman1 in #ahgg1 drew the tears of sincere regret from thousands of the working classes of this neighbourhood2 and the public funeral1 which was accorded to his remains1 witnessed one of the largest gatherings of respectably dressed1 sorrowful men1 women1 and children1 that ever assembled on any occasion to pay their last mark of regard to real departed worth4 ,the ,mayor and ,corporation of ,dudley attended these obsequies in public procession2 ,mr4 ,hingley being an ,alderman of the ,borough1 and in #ahgj-a its esteemed mayor4 ,,independent ,,chapel4 #ahdj4 ,this new and commodious ,congregational ,chapel was built and opened for ,divine ,worship in #ahda1 under the pastorship of that excellent minister the ,rev4 ,james ,dawson1 who held that increasingly arduous appointment for a period of forty years4 ,the yearly increasing numbers of the members of this ,christian ,church1 after ,mr4 ,dawson had been thoroughly engrafted into his truly earnest and evangelical work1 made it necessary that three enlargements of the old chapel were required2 for1 as the minister's popularity increased1 his chapel became so inconveniently filled that the heads of the connexion took sweet council together1 and determined upon erecting a much larger chapel1 more suited to their requirements4 ,the present chapel contains about #a1bjj sittings1 and there is an excellent ,sunday school connected with this respectable body of worshippers1 instructing in spiritual grace upwards of #djj children4 ,mr4 ,dawson only lived three years after the opening of the new chapel to enjoy the spiritual fruits of a long life of affectionate zeal and energy on behalf of those immortal souls committed to his charge4 ,this handsome brick structure cost #c1ejj1 raised by the congregation1 and happily is quite free from incumbrance4 ,it is in the recollection of some of the oldest inhabitants that the establishment of this sanctuary arose in consequence of a split or religious disagreement occurring amongst the ,unitarian congregation in ,wolverhampton ,street at that period1 which ended in the secession of many of its communion4 ,the ,rev4 ,g4 ,m4 ,fox1 ,b4,a41 is the present most indefatigable minister4 ,,st4 ,,john',s ,,and ,,st4 ,,james' ,,new ,,churches4 #ahdj1 ,july #bgth4 ,these two unpretending and unmeaning looking district ,churches were consecrated this day by the ,rev4 ,robert ,james1 ,lord ,bishop of ,worcester4 ,architect1 ,mr4 ,william ,bourne1 ,dudley4 ,the first ,incumbent of ,st4 ,john's was the ,rev4 ,mr4 ,short1 ,m4,a4 ,the first ,incumbent of ,st4 ,james' was the ,rev4 ,chas4 ,cameron1 ,m4,a4 ,the ,builders were ,mr4 ,thos4 ,pitt ,stokes and ,mr4 ,john ,holland1 ,dudley4 ,the site and burial ground1 in both cases1 were given by that very liberal ,church ,patron1 ,lord ,ward4 ,both these ,churches have within the last few years undergone considerable alterations and attempts at restoration to what a ,church ought to represent when finished1 and much of their former barn-like features have thereby been obliterated1 much to the comfort and satisfaction of the worshippers attending thereat4 ,these extensive restorations were defrayed by public subscriptions4 ,the year #ahda brought us another trial of political strength in this borough1 and ,mr4 ,hawkes was pitted against a ,mr4 ,j4 ,a4 ,smith1 a ,reformer of very moderate pretensions1 but with the like results2 ,mr4 ,hawkes held the good opinions1 as a useful local man1 of the majority of the electors1 and he was the third time elected member for ,dudley4 #a4 ,mr4 ,thomas ,hawkes1 ,tory #dcf #b4 ,mr4 ,j4 ,a4 ,smith1 ,reformer #ahi ---- ,majority for ,mr4 ,hawkes #bdg ,,dudley ,,bread ,,and ,,soup ,,kitchen4 #ahdb4 ,this very valuable and highly acceptable institution1 to the distressed poor especially1 was established by a number of benevolent ladies and gentlemen in the town1 during one of those cycles of hard times and bad trade to which this town and district is periodically subject4 ,messrs4 ,thomas and ,isaac ,badger1 ,mr4 ,wm4 ,barrows1 ,mr4 ,cornelius ,cartwright1 ,messrs4 ,bourne and ,wainwright1 the ,rev4 ,w4 ,h4 ,cartwright1 ,m4,a41 ,vicar1 c41 ,miss ,banks1 ,mrs4 ,h4 ,m4 ,wainwright1 ,mrs4 ,wm4 ,barrows1 ,mrs4 ,dr4 ,roberts1 and other ladies and townsmen1 lent a most willing hand to this work of charity4 ,from that period1 until now1 this deserving institution yearly distributes its weekly bounty to thousands of distressed families1 in our bleak and dreary winter months4 ,its income is about #cjj a year4 ,,the ,,methodist ,,wesleyan ,,chapel4 #ahdb4 ,this fine brick edifice1 forming a centre with two projecting wings1 situated in ,king ,street1 was erected in #agij1 and had considerable additions and alterations made in #ahaj and #ahbe4 ,it contains about #hej sittings1 of which #aij are free4 ,the ,wesleyan ,members in this town and neighbourhood are a highly respectable and liberal communion of ,evangelical people1 having during the last hundred years exercised a most ,christian and beneficial effect upon this town and locality4 ,in the earlier days of ,methodist troubles and internal contentions1 this good old ,chapel had its share of them2 for there are some alive amongst us who can recollect the painful disruptions some #ej years ago1 when pulling recusant and unpopular parsons out of the pulpit by main force1 portrayed too painfully the dissensions which then reigned in the midst of the ,methodist community4 ,the ,ministers in this chapel are appointed at the ,annual ,wesleyan ,conference4 ,there is an excellent ,sunday-school at the rear of the ,chapel1 where #cjj children receive a careful scriptural training4 ,a few years ago a very handsome ,new ,wesleyan ,chapel was erected at ,dixon's ,green1 which is a great boon to the numerous ,wesleyans residing in that increasing locality4 ,,the ,,roman ,,catholic ,,church1 ,,st4 ,,mary ,,and ,,st4 ,,thomas ,,of ,,canterbury4 #ahdb4 ,this modern ,gothic ,church was opened on ,march #gth1 #ahdb1 by his eminence ,cardinal ,wiseman4 ,previous to the erection of this sacred edifice the ,roman ,catholics in ,dudley worshipped in a small ,chapel in ,king ,street1 or were necessitated to travel to ,sedgley4 ,the ,catholic ,church was founded and built at the sole cost of the ,honourable ,rev4 ,george ,spencer1 better known afterwards as ,father ,ignatius4 ,the land was given by ,mr4 ,william ,fletcher1 nail master1 of ,dudley4 ,in #ahge1 this ,church was altered and restored at a cost of upwards of #a1jjj4 ,the ,rev4 ,j4 ,i4 ,bond1 ,m4,r41 being the resident priest4 #ahdc4 ,april #abth1 died ,mr4 ,wm4 ,maurice1 ,bookseller and ,printer1 ,market ,place1 an energetic adherent to the ,unitarian cause in this town1 and much respected by a large circle of friends4 ,aged #gj years4 ,died1 ,december #bcrd1 #ahdc1 the ,rev4 ,james ,dawson1 ,pastor of the ,independent ,chapel1 ,king ,street4 ,in penning a few remarks upon the lamented death of this venerable and pious ,christian ,minister1 who for the long period of #dj years conducted his valuable ministerial duties in the ,congregational ,chapel in ,king ,street1 ,i have to acknowledge the kindness and courtesy of his son1 ,mr4 ,john ,dawson1 ,chemist of the ,town1 who has furnished me with a perusal of the inner life 7a diary7 of his lamented father's serious inspirations often offered up to the ,throne of ,mercy on behalf of his attached flock4 ,in #ahja1 ,mr4 ,dawson came as a ,minister on ,probation to ,king ,street ,chapel1 and on ,june #ast1 #ahjc1 he was ordained to the ,pastoral ,office over the ,church of ,christ at ,dudley4 ,the following is a copy of his certificate of office and authority4 ,this is to certify that our ,brother the ,revd4 ,james ,dawson was regularly set apart to the ,pastoral ,office in the ,church of ,christ1 meeting in ,king ,street1 ,dudley1 in the ,county of ,worcester1 on the first of ,june1 #ahjc4 ,signed1 ,j4 ,brewer1 ,birmingham1 ,j4 ,moody1 ,warwick1 ,obh4 ,bennett1 ,wm4 ,williams1 ,birmingham1 ,jno4 ,hudson1 ,west ,bromwich1 ,thos4 ,chipperfield1 ,stretton1 ,s4 ,hanwell1 ,b4 ,eaton4 ,such then was the form of ,ordination of a ,minister in the ,independent ,society of ,christian worshippers in those remote days1 whether such is the authority now in use ,i am unable to assert4 ,some jarring and hasty remarks have lately been floated in our local ,press1 hurling serious charges against the religious belief and good manners of the people of ,dudley in our own days4 ,past experience1 and actual facts1 loudly rebut such insane assertions1 for we have only to take a survey of this important ,borough now to witness the religious and scholastic zeal exhibited in the erection of ,churches1 ,chapels1 and ,sunday ,schools to the ,glory of ,god and the spiritual good of the people2 which its inhabitants have long placed in broad day-light1 shewing their ,christian benevolence and charity4 ,comparisons sometimes become odious2 and a perusal of the following extract from the memoranda of the late ,revd4 ,james ,dawson1 may assuage some disappointed feelings1 and remove recent and unpleasant impressions4 ,when the revival of religion took place in ,england1 through the instrumentality of ,whitfield and ,westley1 ,dudley with the rest of the ,kingdom partook of the advantages4 ,previous to this revival1 the town1 with the surrounding neighbourhood1 was in an awful state of moral darkness4 ,the congregation assembling in the ,wolverhampton ,street ,chapel had forsaken the truth1 and ,god had forsaken them4 ,all was gloom and desolation in the ,church2 for the ,gospel had not been preached in it since the time of ,richard ,baxter1 who officiated in ,st4 ,thomas's ,church nine months1 and taught the ,grammar ,school4 ,the ,countess of ,huntingdon's ,students and ,ministers brought the ,gospel to ,dudley1 and laboured for a considerable time in a dwelling house in ,king ,street1 and to their labours must be traced the erection of a new ,calvinistic ,chapel in this town4 ,it was erected in the year #aghh1 in what is called her ,ladyship's ,connexion4 ,owing to a variety of causes1 but chiefly to the inefficiency of the supplies1 and a heavy debt upon the ,chapel1 the cause did not prosper4 ,difficulties pressed upon the few people who attended1 and it was feared the place must be sold to liquidate the debt1 and at length it was deemed necessary to turn the ,chapel over to the hands of ,trustees1 and transform it into a ,congregational ,church4 ,this change was effected in the year #agib4 ,after this period it was supplied chiefly by occasional ,ministers from ,birmingham and other neighbouring places4 ,in the year #ahjj1 application was made to ,thomas ,wilson1 ,esq41 of ,london1 ,treasurer to the ,dissenting ,college at ,hoxton1 for a ,student to come amongst them with a view to a settlement4 ,their prayers were heard1 and ,mr4 ,james ,dawson was appointed to visit them1 who1 ultimately1 took upon him the charge of the ,church1 and was ordained to the ,pastoral ,office on ,june #ast1 #ahjc4 ,in the year #ahji1 the front gallery was erected at a cost of #ajj1 raised entirely by the ,congregation4 ,it was found necessary in #ahae to erect side galleries1 the seats of which were soon occupied4 ,more seats were soon required1 and by a removal of the ,sunday ,scholars from under the front gallery into different parts of the ,chapel1 and by a further addition of seats in #ahai1 the increasing congregation was accommodated4 ,in the year #ahbd1 it was thought necessary to enlarge the ,chapel still further4 ,a meeting of a few friends was held to consult upon the best method of accomplishing the object1 when subscriptions were entered into1 and the enlargement was commenced and finished the same year4 ,the seats were soon occupied1 and the place became again too small to accommodate all who were desirous of attending1 and after much deliberation it was determined to erect a ,new ,chapel upon a scale sufficiently large for all who were willing to hear the ,gospel1 and especially to afford room for the poor4 ,the ,foundation ,stone was laid the #bast day of ,may1 #ahci4 ,may the blessing of ,god rest upon it1 and render it a blessing to thousands of the fallen sons of ,adam4 ,gloria sit ,deo4 ,,james ,,dawson1 ,scripsit1 #ahci4 ,the ,rev4 ,james ,dawson1 during the forty years he laboured as the beloved and respected minister of this ,church of ,christ1 secured the goodwill and esteem of all denominations4 ,his great energy in the pulpit and his unwearied efforts amongst his flock1 supported as it was by his strong evangelical views1 caused his name to be revered far and wide1 and the life-long result of his ministry was a cheering evidence of what spiritual blessings a good man can confer upon his fellows4 ,mr4 ,dawson was a very retiring and humble-minded gentleman1 very fearful of being the cause of offence1 for in #ahje we find him writing1 ,it appears highly improper to speak evil of any one1 but much more for one ,christian to speak evil of another4 ,how hateful1 then1 must it appear for one minister to speak evil of another2 it is exceedingly bad and most horrible4 ,we find his aspirations and thankfulness for his yearly increase of spiritual work to be quite child-like and steadfast2 for he writes1 ,this evening ,i was very comfortable at the prayer meeting2 found great liberty in addressing a few who were present2 our members increase both at the prayer meetings and public assemblies1 for which ,i am thankful1 and pray they may more rapidly increase in knowledge and true holiness4 ,increasing years and duties1 however1 pressed hard upon this zealous servant of ,christ1 for in the latter part of his earthly sojourn he writes thus1 ,although1 through the kindness and mercy of my ,god1 ,i enjoy a good measure of health and vigour of constitution1 yet ,i feel myself incompetent to the full discharge of ministerial duties2 visiting becomes irksome2 occasional preaching in the neighbourhood1 and meeting ,bible classes impracticable at my time of life4 ,the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak4 ,a monument in the chapel records his death and excellency2 he died ,december #bcrd1 #ahdc1 aged #fe years4 ,in ,august1 #ahdd1 the town was suddenly made acquainted with the unwelcome news that ,mr4 ,hawkes was about to resign his seat in ,parliament1 and that a fit and proper person would have to be elected in his place4 ,rumour1 with her thousand tongues1 ran hard and fast in conjecture and doubts as to the coming candidate2 for it had long been observed that the ,priory influence was yearly gaining strength and dictation1 and the future ,reform influence in the borough was being reduced to very narrow dimensions4 ,the minds of the electors were soon put to rest by the announcement that ,mr4 ,john ,benbow1 of ,london 7of the firm of ,messrs ,benbow and ,tucker1 solicitors1 ,london71 was the favoured ,tory candidate1 to do battle for ,church and ,state in ,dudley4 ,the ,anti-,corn ,law ,league 7emanating from ,manchester71 had already done a heavy uphill work throughout the kingdom1 in advocating the total repeal of the ,corn ,laws2 and some of its most talented public advocates had already obtained seats in ,parliament as the reward of their fidelity to that great public question4 ,the ,reformers of ,dudley considering that the promotion of trade and commerce was more intimately connected with them than the interests of the ,british ,farmer1 for everyone had got hold of the hackneyed saying1 that we must buy in the cheapest1 and sell in the dearest market1 decided to run a ,free-,trade candidate at this by-election in the person of ,mr4 ,william ,rawson1 the chairman of the ,anti-,corn ,law ,league4 ,mr4 ,rawson's claims upon the electors of ,dudley mainly consisted in his advocacy of ,free ,trade1 not only in corn1 but everything else1 whilst the little loaf1 and the big loaf were held up to the gazing crowd1 as the sign-posts of cheap bread1 good wages1 and increased commercial progress1 and prosperity4 ,mr4 ,benbow had the advantage of a very different introduction to the electors2 to many of whom he was well-known as the legal adviser to the trustees of the then young ,lord ,ward1 whose immense wealth and popularity was the pass-word to any man's success4 ,mr4 ,benbow was not a fluent speaker1 neither was ,mr4 ,rawson1 so that we had not much speechifying from these gentlemen2 it was said1 that ,mr4 ,rawson was a great thinker2 however1 these deficiencies were made up by the incessant fluency of ,mr4 ,samuel ,cooke1 a respectable linen draper1 of ,dudley1 ,mr4 ,william ,insull1 and ,thomas ,hill1 who had become pronounced ,chartists1 and whose advocacy for many years of the ,nine ,points of the ,charter entitled them to the regard and esteem of the whole force of the working classes in this town and district4 ,mr4 ,cooke was a well-read gentleman1 with a zeal and honesty of purpose which few men can aspire to2 there was a purity and singleness of aim in his public deliverances which secured him the respect of all good thinking people2 and when he was committed to ,worcester prison for a time1 for what was then construed into seditious speaking1 he was received back again to the scene of his well-meant labours with public triumph and cordial congratulations4 ,this election1 however1 came off under some popular excitement1 for ,free ,trade was then the great war cry1 and it had upset one ,ministry and was wrecking the stability of another2 but the ,castle influence was proved to be too overwhelming for the popular cause2 and the day of nomination1 with its hordes of men driven up to the hustings like sheep1 to hold up their hands for whom they were bidden1 was1 in truth and in deed1 a sad exhibition of what was misnamed freedom of election4 ,mr4 ,benbow was elected by a good majority1 and entered the ,house of ,commons as a decided ,tory representative4 #a4 ,mr4 ,john ,benbow1 ,tory #chh #b4 ,mr4 ,william ,rawson1 ,free ,trader #age ---- ,majority for ,mr4 ,benbow #bac ,benefit ,societies1 established by the most intelligent of the working classes1 had begun now to have a very beneficial effect in teaching the great principles of self help4 ,the ,manchester ,unity of ,odd ,fellows had taken the lead throughout the country in this respect1 and in the parish of ,dudley we had upwards of #a1ejj members enrolled4 #ahde4 ,july #adth4 ,a monster and grand procession of ,odd ,fellows walked the town this day1 and went to a service at the ,parish ,church1 when a collection was made for the ,widows and ,orphans' ,fund1 amounting to #aj #abs4 #c;d4 #ahde4 ,july #cjth4 ,the ,rev4 ,doctor ,browne1 ,vicar of ,dudley1 was installed an ,odd ,fellow in the ,rose and ,thistle ,lodge1 and the worthy ,doctor's zeal on behalf of the ,widows and ,orphans' was most manifest in the parish4 ,,the ,,friends' ,,meeting ,,house4 #ahde4 ,this small place of worship is approached through a passage leading out of ,high ,street4 ,it was originally built in #afgj1 was enlarged in #agic1 and has since had additional alterations4 ,the ,friends are a small and select body of worshippers in this town1 and appear to have suffered severe and uncharitable persecution at times1 for it is recorded that on the #bnd ,may1 #affe1 four ,friends of ,dudley were seized by one ,major ,wilde1 and a troop of horsemen1 and taken to ,worcester ,gaol1 kept there thirteen days till the ,assizes and ,sessions were over1 and then committed to the common jail for three months without any trial1 or even being brought into open court4 ,at the expiration of their time of imprisonment1 these ,friends were brought into open court and fined #ab;d4 each1 and then dismissed4 ,the heinous crime with which they had been charged was1 that they would not take an oath4 ,surely we live in happier days of freedom and enlightenment1 which is not always duly appreciated by the censorious and narrow-minded citizens of the present age1 both social and religious pressure being often exercised in the sacred name of civil and religious liberty4 ,,the ,,dudley ,,dispensary4 #ahde4 ,may #ad4 ,the foundation of this most valuable and humane institution bears date from this period4 ,a public meeting of the inhabitants was held at the ,town ,hall1 on ,may #adth1 #ahde1 under the presidency of ,edward ,terry1 ,esq41 the ,mayor1 ,for the purpose of adopting such means as might be deemed best calculated to afford efficient medical relief gratuitously to indigent persons residing in the district1 and especially of considering whether the establishment of a hospital at ,dennis ,park1 to be called the ,dudley and ,stourbridge ,hospital1 be desirable or otherwise4 ,the subject was discussed with much animation and consideration for the wants of the indigent poor in the ,dudley district4 ,it was1 moreover1 considered that the wealth and kindly feeling of the inhabitants of ,dudley and its immediate neighbourhood was a sufficient guarantee that a dispensary should and could be handsomely supported and maintained in the town of ,dudley1 irrespective of any pecuniary assistance from the ,stourbridge district4 ,after much discussion1 the following resolutions were unanimously carried3--#ast1 ,that in consequence of the distance of the intended hospital from this town and parish1 such an institution would not be attended with so much advantage to ,dudley and its immediate locality as a ,dispensary4 #bnd1 ,that this meeting is fully of opinion that the establishment of a ,dispensary to provide gratuitous medical assistance to those who are unable to procure professional relief for themselves1 is the most desirable plan that can be adopted for this immediate district1 and that a subscription be now opened to carry this object into effect4 ,the handsome sum of #agh was speedily collected in donations1 and premises were taken in the ,upper ,high ,street at a rental of #dj per annum1 and converted into a ,public ,dispensary4 ,mr4 ,richard ,meredith was appointed the first resident ,medical ,officer1 and the ,institution was opened with an annual subscription list of #bhi4 ,in #ahfj it was deemed necessary to enlarge the usefulness of this charitable institution by erecting a more commodious building better adapted to its yearly increasing requirements4 ,the noble ,earl of ,dudley1 under the circumstances1 presented the committee with a very eligible building site in the ,priory ,road2 and that ever-to-be-remembered humble and unostentatious townsman1 ,joseph ,guest1 ,esq41 and friend to every good cause in ,dudley1 at once volunteered to erect the new dispensary at his sole cost4 ,this noble and truly ,christian offer was at once accepted1 and the present ,dudley ,dispensary stands amongst us as a living testimony of the benevolent consideration of a worthy ,dudley gentleman1 the late ,joseph ,guest1 ,esq4 ,it was said that the dispensary cost upwards of #a1fjj in its erection4 ,there is one feature in the management of this valuable institution which requires immediate rectification1 viz41 that a large number of patients who now derive benefit from this valuable institution are not the kind of people 7the indigent poor7 for whom it was originally established1 and the rules of the institution are constantly broken by subscribers giving tickets to such applicants for medical relief4 ,railway speculations1 and numberless new railway projects cropped up all over the kingdom1 and at ,dudley we had the honour of entertaining what was called ,the ,battle of the ,gauges1 a most scientific difference of opinion1 whether the ,narrow ,gauge1 or the ,broad ,gauge1 was likely to be the most conducive to the public good4 ,we had numerous private1 and two public1 meetings held to discuss this important question1 inasmuch as two ,railway lines were projected from ,wolverhampton 7via ,dudley71 to ,london and ,bristol1 c4 ,the one named the ,oxford1 ,worcester1 and ,wolverhampton ,railway 7,broad ,gauge71 the other was called the ,tring ,railway 7,narrow ,gauge71 branching off to ,birmingham in its route to ,london4 ,after much ignorant conception and argument about the merits of each project 7for we were entirely in the hands of the ,speculators1 ,lawyers1 and ,engineers71 it was unfortunately for the future advantage of ,dudley decided to support the ,broad ,gauge 7the ,oxford1 ,worcester1 and ,wolverhampton line71 which ,bill passed the ,house of ,lords on ,july #cast1 #ahde1 and was commenced shortly afterwards4 #ahdf4 ,mr4 ,c4 ,f4 ,g4 ,clark1 ,chemist of this town1 who had taken a very prominent part in supporting sound ,odd ,fellowship in this town and district1 delivered a very luminous and entertaining lecture in the ,lancaster ,school-room1 ,dudley 7,dr4 ,browne1 ,vicar in the chair71 ,on the ,origin1 ,history and ,principles of the ,society of ,odd ,fellows4 ,this lecture 7on a novel subject7 attracted upwards of #ejj of the public1 and the clear1 and lucid manner in which the lecturer stripped ,odd ,fellowship of many of its believed absurdities1 and shewed the advantages of a society1 which not only affords a vast amount of assistance to its own members1 but also relieves the ,poor ,rates1 and other burdens upon parishes to an unparalleled extent1 by teaching its members to be provident1 sober1 loyal1 and industrious4 ,the profits of the sale of this lecture were given to the ,widows and ,orphans' ,fund1 when upwards of #ej was added to that excellent ,fund4 ,mr4 ,clark continued to lecture in this laudable cause for some years in this district4 ,,odd ,,fellowship1 ,m4,u4--,on ,friday evening week1 ,march #bgth1 #ahdf1 a lecture was delivered in the ,lancasterian ,school ,room1 ,stafford ,street1 ,dudley1 by ,mr4 ,c4 ,f4 ,g4 ,clark1 ,on the ,origin1 ,history1 and ,principles of the ,manchester ,unity of ,odd ,fellows4 ,the audience was very numerous1 and the room1 which is large1 was well filled4 ,the chair was taken by ,dr4 ,browne1 ,vicar of ,dudley1 who briefly claimed for the lecturer a patient hearing4 ,mr4 ,clark opened his lecture with an introduction on the character of benefit societies in general1 showing the superiority of ,odd ,fellowship over most other similar institutions4 ,no society1 he observed1 that had ever been established in this country had afforded the amount of real benefit to its members which had been conferred by the ,loyal and ,independent ,order of ,odd ,fellows of the ,manchester ,unity4 ,he briefly noticed the origin of these institutions1 expressing his opinion that they were to be traced from the ,ancient ,guilds1 established by the church1 in the time of the ,saxons4 ,he explained several of the laws of the societies of ,guilds1 and showed that they were established for a similar object to that of the societies of ,odd ,fellows4 ,the ,manchester ,unity1 he observed1 was established in #ahab by twenty-seven working men1 in ,manchester1 and remained in obscurity for some years1 until in #ahbj it was introduced into many of the large towns in the kingdom by the migrations of the ,manchester brethren1 and from that time its progress was rapid and signal4 ,in #ahch1 it was introduced into ,scotland1 where it has been fostered with a spirit highly creditable to that far-seeing and intelligent people4 ,in the ,isle of ,man1 the doctrines of the ,order had been so propagated that scarcely a man of any degree of station or character remained unconnected with it4 ,there were upwards of #d1jjj lodges in the ,unity1 and they were dispersed throughout ,great ,britain and ,ireland1 ,malta1 ,india1 ,australia1 the ,canadas1 the ,united ,states of ,america1 and other possessions of the ,british empire4 ,in the year #ahdd the society received into its funds #cbf1bjg1 out of which was expended in purposes of relief #agj1ahb1 and for carrying on the extensive working of the system #ga1dbj4 ,mr4 ,clark next noticed the system of government adopted by the institution1 and most minutely explained the advantages arising from its completeness and comprehensiveness4 ,he then called attention to several individual cases of benefit1 and showed that ,noah ,clarke1 of the ,cumberland ,lodge1 received up to his death in #ahdc1 upwards of #cjj from the funds of the ,cumberland ,lodge1 in the ,manchester ,district4 ,he noticed the objections which had been raised by many men to the ,order1 which he replied to with much ability4 ,in closing his remarks1 the lecturer noticed the benefit which the institution had afforded in ,dudley4 ,in the year #ahdb and #ahdc1 when trade was so bad1 #dcb #cs4 #c;d4 was paid on account of sickness and distress by the ,wellington ,lodge alone4 ,during fifteen years and a half1 ,david ,pearson1 of the ,good ,intent ,lodge1 held in ,high ,street1 had received upwards of #ade2 and ,thomas ,tomlinson1 of the ,wellington ,lodge1 in ,stone ,street1 during fourteen years and a half1 upwards of #abj4 ,he concluded by reading an eloquent tribute to the ,order written by ,dr4 ,wright1 of ,birmingham1 and sat down amidst loud applause4 ,thanks were afterwards voted to the chairman for his kindness in presiding1 and to ,mr4 ,clark for his eloquent and instructive lecture4--,from the ,birmingham ,journal4 ,died ,june #bbnd1 #ahdf1 ,mr4 ,jeffrey ,finch1 of ,portersfield1 ,fender ,manufacturer2 a true specimen of a kind1 genial1 ,dudley man of ancient descent4 ,aged #ei years4 ,died ,june #bdth1 #ahdf1 ,mr4 ,rice1 ,castle ,street4 ,aged #ef years4 #ahdf4 ,june #cjth4 ,the jury at ,worcester ,sessions awarded the sum of #c1ddj to ,mr4 ,ralph ,musselwhite1 ,draper1 for his shop and house being pulled down1 standing on the ,market flat1 he demanding from the ,dudley ,town ,commissioners #d1hjj666 #ahdf4 ,november #ajth4 ,a piece of very handsome silver plate was this day presented to ,captain ,wm4 ,bennett1 of this town1 as the result of a public subscription1 to mark the sense of his public services and worth4 ,the testimonial was presented by ,lord ,ward in a very complimentary speech4 ,died ,february #ast1 #ahdg1 ,mr4 ,james ,morris1 ,chemist and ,druggist1 of ,dudley1 a famous freemason4 ,aged #dh years4 ,died ,march #bbnd1 #ahdg1 old ,mr4 ,wm4 ,fellowes1 ,senior1 ,castle ,street4 ,this old gentleman was a well known person in this town1 and an acute lawyer in his day1 with some eccentricity of character and thought4 ,aged #hf years4 ,in the month of ,june this year1 it was quite evident in the political horizon that a dissolution of ,parliament was at hand1 and that our member1 ,mr4 ,jno4 ,benbow1 ,m4,p41 would seek re-election2 accordingly1 on the #fth of ,july1 the following address was freely circulated in the borough3-- ,,to ,,the ,,electors ,,of ,,the ,,borough ,,of ,,dudley4 ,,gentlemen1 ,a dissolution of ,parliament being soon expected to take place1 ,i hasten to solicit a renewal of that important trust which1 in #ahdd1 you kindly confided to me4 ,during the period of my service in ,parliament1 ,i have ever been most anxious to prove my grateful sense of your generous confidence1 by a diligent and faithful discharge of the duties which it imposed4 ,on questions of national policy1 which have been of more than ordinary magnitude1 ,i have honestly supported those measures which the exigencies of the times1 and the conflicting claims of the various interests of our free but complicated state seemed to me to demand2 while in all that concerns your local interests it has been my constant endeavours to extend the trade and manufactures of your important town and neighbourhood1 and to advance the general improvement of your borough4 ,if by your suffrages ,i am again placed in the distinguished situation as your representative1 it shall be my zealous aim to enhance your prosperity1 and promote the welfare of our common country4 ,i have the honour to be1 ,gentlemen1 ,your faithful and obliged servant1 ,,john ,,benbow4 ,july #fth1 #ahdg4 ,mr4 ,benbow1 it was thought1 was not going to have such an easy walk over1 as his admirers had anticipated1 for a ,mr4 ,joseph ,linney1 an out and out ,chartist1 from ,bilston1 was trotted before admiring reformers by our old friend ,mr4 ,samuel ,cook1 with the evident intent of embracing the opportunity of airing the ,six ,points of the ,charter4 ,on ,july #bdth1 this ,bilston ,firebrand issued a long-winded address to the ,electors1 embracing-- #a4 ,universal ,suffrage1 #b4 ,vote by ,ballot1 #c4 ,annual ,parliaments1 #d4 ,no ,property ,qualification1 #e4 ,payment of ,members1 #f4 ,equal ,electoral ,districts4 ,in summing up his discourse1 he says3 ,i have but to add in conclusion1 that1 if returned1 ,i shall lend my support to those measures facilitating by ,railroad and ,cheap ,postage the means of easy and rapid transmission and intercourse2 thus ,i shall oppose all ,foreign ,wars not rendered necessary for self-defence or the purposes of humanity1 and that ,i shall feel it my duty annually to present myself before the inhabitants of your ,borough in public meeting assembled1 and there to resign my trust into their hands1 should such be the will of the majority4 ,now it so happened that ,mr4 ,linney was a voluminous talker1 and his free presence on the hustings with his friend1 ,samuel ,cook1 ,mr4 ,wm4 ,insull1 and kindred spirits1 was looked forward to with dismay by one party1 and hilarity by the other1 for a turn of local fun was sure to arise in the public discussions4 ,another element of discord1 also1 arose amongst some of ,mr4 ,benbow's previous supporters1 arising from the galling political dictation now assumed by the ,priory influence4 ,it was determined that if we were to be ridden by lordly influence that we would elect a local man whom we could trust to represent us1 and it was at once determined to invite our own townsman1 ,mr4 ,thomas ,badger1 a very large employer of labour both in ,dudley and the neighbourhood1 to offer himself for the suffrages of the electors4 ,mr4 ,benbow and his friends became now thoroughly alarmed1 and aroused to immediate action2 for the old gentleman trudged down to ,dudley to survey the situation1 and at once issued the following laconic address3-- ,,to ,,the ,,electors ,,of ,,the ,,borough ,,of ,,dudley4 ,,gentlemen1 ,the dissolution having ensued1 ,i now wait upon you to ask your suffrages1 and should ,i be kindly favoured with a renewal of your confidence1 so as to be again enabled to discharge the important duties which will devolve upon your representative in ,parliament1 you may rest assured that ,i will endeavour to repay the obligation by all the means in my power4 ,i am1 ,your most obedient servant1 ,,john ,,benbow4 ,dudley1 ,july #bdth1 #ahdg ,the political freedom of ,dudley was now in the throes of life1 or death2 and whilst our highly respected townsman1 ,mr4 ,badger1 was counting the cost1 and rehearsing in his mind the past experience of his friend ,mr4 ,hawkes1 late ,m4,p4 for ,dudley1 in ,parliamentary matters1 the following ,curiosities of ,dudley appeared before the disturbed ,electors4 ,,dudley ,,election4 ,,to ,,the ,,independent ,,electors ,,of ,,the ,,borough ,,of ,,dudley4 ,gentlemen1 ,a dissolution of ,parliament is at hand1 and ,i hear of no other candidate for our suffrages besides our present ,member4 ,is it not1 however1 worthy of enquiry1 if this gentleman1 a ,london ,lawyer1 a nominee1 and personally unknown to the great majority of you1 is the man of your choice1 and a proper representative of your wants and interests in ,parliament1 and has he fair claims to be re-elected by you8 ,to justify these claims1 what have been his doings since he held his seat for this borough8 ,what has he done for the country at large1 or for the constituency he represents8 ,when the most momentous question that could be raised in a ,protestant country was agitated--the revival of ,popery in the endowment of the ,papist ,college of ,maynooth1 was he at his post to defend the strongest bulwark of our national prosperity and glory--our reformed ,christianity--or did he not skulk behind the scenes at each division on this vital question--and1 by an ignoble silence1 allow that measure which opens a broad inroad to the triumph of ,popery1 to pass without his vote8 ,is such a man worthy of the confidence of a ,protestant constituency8--,and in what other measure of national importance1 and for the welfare of the people1 has he taken any part8 ,as to matters of local interest1 his conduct in the case of the ,bill for the ,oxford1 ,worcester1 and ,wolverhampton ,railway will not soon be forgotten4 ,to this measure1 which promised the greatest benefit to the town and district1 and which was hailed and supported by a vast majority of his constituents1 he presented the most determined1 unwearied and implacable opposition1 and ever since it has passed has continued to throw every obstacle which malice or litigation could invent in the way of its progress4 ,i say nothing to a number of other matters of local concernment1 which1 in proportion to their importance1 redound as little to his credit4 ,and what has been his bearing towards those of his constituents who have held any official intercourse with him8 ,strong1 or fancying himself so1 in the interest of his patron1 he has looked down upon them1 if not with positive contempt1 with the most supercilious indifference--riding rough-shod over them1 their opinions1 and their wishes1 in the pure style of an ,,irresponsible4 ,too haughty to listen to their petitions1 and acknowledging no one's judgment or will but his own1 his career has been as that of a tyrant among a nation of serfs4 ,and yet he has the hardihood to offer himself again to the suffrages of these insulted constituents1 and1 strange to say1 they seem prepared to sit down in this state of degradation4 ,but ,i shall be told that the honourable member has done great things for our borough1 and that he has made full atonement for all his sins1 in procuring from his patron--7one would think they were his own gift1 if the selfishness of his nature were not too well known7--sites for a prison1 schools1 c4 ,and does he1 or will you1 my fellow electors1 rob the noble head of the house of ,dudley of these acts of justice and benevolence1 or will you ascribe to the agent the act of the principal8 ,had ,,mr4 ,,benbow never heard of that honourable name1 ,i hesitate not to aver1 that the borough of ,dudley had been no loser at all in the matter4 ,is he1 then1 ,i repeat1 the man who ought to represent us in ,parliament8 ,and have we no one among ourselves equally1 or better1 qualified to support our interests1 and to whom some debt1 not of reproach1 but of public gratitude is due8 ,i think we have1 and ,i would name ,,thomas ,,badger1 ,,esq41 as one4 ,no man is better acquainted with the interests and wants of our borough than he is1 and no man has exerted himself so much and successfully to promote them1 or would labour more faithfully and zealously in support of those wants and interests4 ,living all his life among us1 his character is well known to be unimpeached and unimpeachable4--,strong and clear in his judgment1 firm and decided in his principles and proceedings1 and well experienced1 by years and business1 in the knowledge of our commerce1 and of men and things1 and with a property sufficient to place him above temptation1 he is well-fitted to serve the interests of his neighbours and his country4 ,i do not know that he would accept the trust1 but ,i think he ought to be invited to do so1 and ,i throw out this hint in the hope that it may be taken up and succeed4 ,,an ,,independent ,,elector ,,of ,,dudley4 ,dudley1 ,july #bj1 #ahdg4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,dudley ,,election4 ,a ,,word ,,in ,,the ,,ear ,,of ,,an ,,independent ,,elector ,,of ,,dudley4 ,my ,dear ,independent1 ,what a funny fellow you are6 ,asking at this time of the day1 if ,mr4 ,benbow is the man of the choice of the ,dudley ,independent ,electors8 ,and whether he is not a nominee8 ,what fun6 ,to ask if these things are not worthy of enquiry8 ,you droll dog6 ,ask whether the sun shines8 ,what has he done for the country at large1 or for the constituency he represents8 ,i fearlessly answer he has done his duty4 ,nominees attend to the interests of those who nominate them4 ,and has he not perseveringly upheld the interests of his patron in all the railway struggle8 ,what had the vast majority of his constituents to do with the matter8 ,true it is1 he opposed the ,oxford1 ,worcester1 and ,wolverhampton ,railway ,bill1 which was hailed and supported by a vast majority of his constituents1 and that he continues the most determined1 unwearied1 and implacable opposition to it2 but yet he will be re-elected without opposition2 clearly showing it is no business of theirs4 ,the line of ,railway ,mr4 ,benbow supported was the most beneficial for ,lord ,ward's estates1 and that is one and the same thing as the ,borough of ,dudley4 ,could the constituency expect more8 ,his conduct respecting the endowment of the ,papist ,college of ,maynooth1 may have been1 from what is known1 more independent6 ,we know not what ,lord ,ward's opinions on this subject are3--and ,mr ,benbow1 may1 in this instance1 have equally disregarded the opinions of the ,independent ,electors of ,dudley1 and of his ,patron4 ,whether they were alarmed at the revival of ,popery1 or simply objected to the grant of the public money for an exclusively sectarian religious education1 he may1 in this instance1 have voted to please himself6 ',tis clear the ,independent ,electors had nothing to do with it4 ,you forgot the ,corn-law affair6 ,the ,independent electors1 at the last election1 returned ,mr4 ,benbow in opposition to ,mr4 ,rawson1 the enthusiastic ,treasurer of the ,anti-,corn ,law ,league1 expressly to uphold those laws1 and protect native industry2 and he voted for their total abolition6 ',tis true in so doing he showed a similarity of opinion between himself and ,lord ,ward2--and a decided diversity between himself and his ,independent supporters6 ,in return for his independent conduct1 his ,independent supporters1 will again vote for1 and elect him ,member for ,dudley4 ,never before was such a band of disinterested ,patriots known6 ,among them stands pre-eminent1 ,thomas ,badger1 ,esq41 selected by you as a proper person to oppose ,mr4 ,benbow6 ,in homely language1 you have selected him to bell the cat8 ,there are rumours afloat of the deliberations of the council when this measure was proposed6 ,and if there be truth in these rumours1 these deliberations came to a similar result with those of the mouse council6 viz41 that the advice was very bold1 but its execution1 by any member of the council1 hopeless4 ,i thought you too severe here4 ,to look for any electors of the ,borough of ,dudley1 who approve of ,mr4 ,badger's political principles1 of sufficient courage and independence to oppose the ,himley ,influence was too bad4 ,mr4 ,badger would repudiate any such admirer4 ,mr4 ,benbow is the man for ,dudley4 ',tis true he voted for the extended ,grant to ,maynooth1 in opposition to many of his supporters3 no matter2--they will generously support him as before6 ',tis true he broke all his pledges to uphold the ,corn ,laws to the disgust and indignation of his independent supporters3 no matter2--they will rally round him at the hustings6 ',tis true he opposed himself to the interests and wishes of the great majority of the electors and inhabitants of the ,borough in the ,railway affair3 no matter2--they dare not vote against him at the poll6 ',tis true he has neglected the interests of his nominal constituents whilst living3 no matter2--he has procured from his patron the grant of burial grounds1 without charge1 for their benefit1 when dead he provided them with graves2 ',tis true2 the independence of the ,borough is utterly destroyed3 no matter2--,mr4 ,benbow1 like a generous enemy1 has provided a decent burial6 ,when you next write1 be guarded in what you say2 ,mr4 ,benbow may find you out2 although you do not sign your name1 and although you cut off the ,printer's name and address3 he is so sharp4 ,and woe betide any one he catches tripping4 ,your sincere friend1 ,a ,,brother ,,independent4 ,dudley1 ,july #bb1 #ahdg4 99 99 99 99 99 ,dudley ,castle in ,modern ,times4 ,a ,,new ,,farce ,,in ,,one ,,act1 ,,after ,,shakespeare4 ,,scene4--,a ,room in ,smith's ,hotel4 ,characters4 ,,tom ,,nailer1 a ,,feeling ,candidate4 ,,isaac1 one of the ,old ,school4 ,,spirits1 a would-be ,senator4 ,,mayor1 a willing instrument4 ,,chartist ,,sam1 an unpopular popular man4 ,,bill1 an ,american adventurer1 lately returned from his travels4 ,,george ,,wesley1 an eminent ,brewer4 ,,molley1 a newly-appointed ,justice4 ,,lord ,,priory1 a ,deputy-,landlord 7arriving late47 ,,waiter1 listening through the hey-hole4 ,enter ,,isaac 7musing7 with the ,standard paper in his hand4 ,isaac4 ,gentlemen1 ,i come no more to make you laugh1 things that bear a weighty and serious brow1 full of state and woe1 such scenes as draw the eyes to tears1 we now present4 ,this paper tells me that the ,queen hath now dismissed her faithless ,parliament1 once more to meet the public eye1 and he whom we so lovingly raised to the honour1 and safe keeping of our state and consciences1 comes here again to seek our love1 which he hath thus so shamefully abused4 ,we must be up and doing1 else the unmitigated errors of our former deeds will cloud the bright honour of our party4 ,what say you friends to another ,candidate for our purpose8 7,yes6 yes66 yes6667 ,mayor 7reading his speech47 ,most willingly my friends ,i would obey the councils of our party1 and having heard our friends speak highly of our worthy ,tom1 as one in whom the inmost secrets of our hearts and wishes may be safely hid2 one that will our interests truly represent1 despite the reasonings of the vulgar herd2 one that will faithfully uphold our holy church against the ,papal ,powers and low dissent2 one that has claim upon our love for long tried services and renown1 and whose ambition is but laudably upright2 this is the man in whom we can confide4 ,i therefore do most thankfully propose him as our future ,senator4 7,immense cheering1 clapping of hands1 and stamping of feet47 ,isaac4 ,this is the happiest moment of my life1 the head and front of our noble house is thus most justly to attain his high rank in the bold field of senatorial fame4 ,oh6 how toil of former years will thus recline upon laurels so nobly won2 and our famed house1 whose ancestors we can from yore bring down1 will now be upward raised to honour1 fame and senatorial power4 ,i do my friends most cordially approve your choice4 ,chartist4 ,most reverend1 grave and noble gentlemen1 ,i would intrude upon your presence1 and a round unvarnished tale unfold1 concerning him on whose behalf ,i am constrained to speak4 ,unkindly given to that ,bending-,bow1 whose bearing to my admonitions have been sadly coarse1 and whose independence ill-becomes his place2 his confidence ,i do now abjure1 and leave him to his merited deserts4 ,but1 whilst my honoured friend ,tom1 whose mighty hand ,i have so often felt1 stands high with us for ,magistraterial worth1 yet sadly he doth lack those senatorial powers which constitute the wisdom of our state4 ,he whom ,i do now propose1 so gentle he in ,spirits1 mild in speech1 so clear in judgment1 correct in our cause1 so free from fetters1 and unbiassed in mind2 he can our cause uphold1 and justly raise our state and interests to our wishes4 ,i do therefore propose my friend ,spirits as our future representative4 7,immense murmuring47 ,molley4 ,why murmur thus my friends1 for this ambitious wish by him whom we so oft have cause to praise for his discretion1 probity1 and talents4 ,it ill-becometh one1 like me1 who hath derived so much unmerited power and distinction from our noble ,tom1 to try to stem the flood of his most honoured course2 but know ye not that divers sayings we do hear abroad of the little relish the gentle burgesses have for his name8 ,the trumpet that was sounded for the object of our choice falls dull upon the public ear2 and rumour1 with her slanderous tongue1 talks loud of bye-gone bigotry1--party purposes1 uncourteous bearing1--revengeful feelings1--which were wont to emanate from his noble house2 besides1 the foul slur that he doth lack the talent1 knowledge1 and the like1 which ought to fit him for ,st4 ,stephen's ,hall4 ,these things behove us to be on our guard against the common enemy1 and remember our cause1 the church1 our privileges1 our private interests1 above all the public weal1 demands that cheated once out of our former loves1 we should send one to ,parliament in whom we can confide4 ,perchance our ,tom might lose the day1 but if by trickery1 electioneering evils1 false faces1 and designing deeds1 we can them all outwit and send our man1 the game is then our own4 ,these potent reasons do constrain me to support another candidate2 besides1 in starting two into the field1 we shall mislead the enemy2 perchance in losing ,tom1 the other we may securely gain2 and by our ,chartist friend our cause upholding1 it augurs well for the relish that doth show itself in the ungodly camp of the rabble herd2 for their support may thus be safely brought unto our aid4 ,i would beseech you to adopt this course1 and give our ,spirituous friend the benefit of your close alliance4 ,tom 7rising with great emotion47 ,rude am ,i in speech1 and little blessed with the set phrase of courtliness1 but ,i do requite you for your love to me4 ,i did not go into this matter1 but by the learned approbation of my friends2 and if ,i am traduced by tongues1 which neither know my faculties nor person1 yet will be the chroniclers of my doings1 let me say it is but the fate of place1 and the rough brake that virtue must go through4 ,we must not stint our necessary actions in the fear to cope malicious usurers1 which ever as ravenous fishes do a vessel follow1 longing for the leaden corpse thrown over4 ,my ambitious spirit1 aided by your weighty counsels1 led me to suppose that my success was certain4 ,they do me wrong that complain unto the people that ,i am stern and love them not1 that fill their ears with dissentious rumours2 because ,i cannot flatter and speak fair1 smile in men's faces with an apish courtesy1 thus ,i must be held a rancorous enemy4 ,cannot a plain man live and think no harm1 but thus his simple truth must be abused by silken1 sly1 insinuating snobs4 ,i will forego this proffered seat1 and leave my younger friend to win the day4 ,george ,wesley 7beseechingly47 ,know1 then1 that it is your fault that you resign this seat2 your state of fortune1 and your birth's due demand your acquiescence4 ,pray1 ,i beseech you1 to revise your thoughts and think this noble ,isle doth want her proper limbs4 ,this ,bending-,bow whom our manners call the member--more bitterly could ,i expostulate1 save that for reverence sake to some alive ,i give a sparing limit to my tongue4 ,come1 then1 dear ,tom1 take to yourself this unfettered seat of honour1 this proffered benefit of dignity1 if not to bless us and the land withal1 yet to draw forth your noble ancestry from the corruption of abusing time1 into a lineal true derived course4 ,tom 7angrily47 ,i cannot tell if to depart in silence or bitterly to speak in your reproof best fitteth my degree1 for tongue-tied ambition1 not replying1 yieldeth to bear the golden yoke of membership which fondly you would thrust upon me4 ,definitely thus ,i tell you4 ,your love deserves my thanks1 but my deserts unmeritable shun your high request2 but if all obstacles were cut away1 and my path were even to the seat1 ,i the sceptre would lay hold1 and rid you of your fears4 ,alas6 ,i am1 they say1 unfit for state and dignity4 ,i do beseech you take it not amiss1 ,i cannot1 nor ,i will not1 yield to your entreaties4 7,lamentations47 ,bill4 ,you are1 my sire1 too ceremonious for the times2 weigh it but with the grossness of the age2 you break no faith in serving on this seat2 besides1 the benefit is always granted to those who have the wit to claim the place4 ,this ,bending-,bow hath neither claimed it nor deserved it2 then taking it from him you serve the public most1 and thereby elevate our noble house4 ,chartist 7with much impatience47 ,i do beseech you hear the sentiments of our spirituous friend4 ,spirits 7rising with great gravity47 ,my election sure1 my honour elevated1 and your dear wishes realized1 ,i will requite your honoured favours4 ,a life devoted to your service and the cause of liberty1 an advocate for the people's rights1 and a recourse to physical force in agitating times1 are the principles upon which ,i solicit your support4 7,cheers from ,chartist47 ,faithfully attached to the unlimited favour of the people1 an enemy to that hydra of all religious toleration 7the ,church by law established71 considering the connexion betwixt ,church and ,state1 a libel upon the freedom1 and a disgrace to this country4 ,i deem the advocacy of politics by men who have devoted their lives to the service of ,god 7as is witnessed in the ,house of ,lords71 as a shameful surveillance to the integrity of that section of the executive1 for its interference is tinctured with the bigotry of the schools1 and its existence overawes the weak and imbecile opinions of the expectant recipients of ,church patronage4 ,considering the present franchise a mockery upon the political rights of the people1 as exclusive in its operations1 and venal in its results1 ,i shall endeavour to extend the franchise to both sexes after they have left school4 7,immense cheering1 with marked disapprobation from ,tom and ,isaac47 ,freedom of election being the bulwark of independence1 ,i look upon the system of representation as practised in this borough1 and the herd-like manner in which white slaves are driven about like cattle1 according to the motives of the noble proprietor1 or the interests of a small section of the electors2 as a violation of the sacred rights of man1 and a farcical performance calculated to revolutionize the organisation of society at large4 ,gentlemen1 nay1 my constituency6 let us leave man1 the noblest attribute of the ,divine origin in the freedom of his birth1 the unfettered exercise of his mind1 and the full powers of his physical and gastronomical faculties4 7,mingled shouts of applause1 and prayerful groanings from ,george ,wesley47 ,gentlemen1 don't pledge your consciences for party and base purposes4 7,cheers47 ,beware of peerage interference with your noble rights4 7,cheers47 ,rally round the standard of liberty2 give me your unqualified support and alliance1 and ,i will retrieve our lost influence4 7,prolonged cheering1 during which time ,spirits calls for some gin and water47 ,lord ,priory 7entering late1 and much excited47 ,what work is this1 my countrymen1 in hand4 ,where go ye1--what do ye1--speak1 ,i pray you4 ,i tell you1 friends1 most charitable care hath the ,member for you2 you might as well strike at the heavens with staves as try to unseat him4 ,you do us wrong to thus traduce our deeds before you hear our reasons2 either you must confess yourselves wondrous malicious1 or be accused of folly4 ,beware1 friend ,tom1 of false ambition1 unmerited deserts1 and silly men4 ,our member's course has been to win ye all1 and thus retain your loves2 but sadly ye do now requite him for his care4 ,past services1 present local advantages1 and expectant hopes1 you bury in the deep malice of your bridled minds4 ,beware the ire of our noble house1--beware the malice of our blasted hopes1 upon your puny heads4 ,what would ye have1 ye curs8 that like not war nor peace2 the one affrights you1 the other makes you proud4 ,he that trusts you where he should find you lions1 finds you hares2 where foxes1 silly geese4 ,he who deserves greatness gets your hate1 and your affections are like a sick man's appetite1 who desires most of that which would increase his evil4 ,he that depends upon your favours1 swims with fins of lead1 and hews down oaks with rushes4 ,trust ye1 ah6 with every minute you do change your mind1 and call him noble that was once your hate2 him vile that was once your friend4 ,what is the reason that in these several places of the city you cry against our noble senators4 ,shame you not for this unnatural alliance2 remember whom you take withal into your puny councils1 and reconsider your uncourteous ways4 ,chartist 7greatly excited47 ,a thing devised by the enemy1 thus this babbler wishes to over-awe us4 ,go1 gentlemen1 every man unto his charge2 let not such babblers affright our souls2 conscience is but a word that cowards use1 devised at first to keep the strong in awe4 ,our strong arms be our conscience1 swords our law2 march on1 join bravely2 let us to the pell-mell1 not to lose1 but hand in hand to win4 7,immense shouting47 ,enter ,messenger 7breathless47 ,gentlemen1 gentlemen1 ,mr4 ,benbow has just entered the town666 ,molley4 ,friends1 where shall we meet to-morrow8 ,isaac4 ,oh1 at my house1 at ten4 ,all4 ,we will be there in time4 ,till then1 adieu4 ,a ,,looker ,,on ,,in ,,dudley4 ,july #bbnd1 #ahdg4 ,such was the literary talent evoked1 which helped to keep alive a little electioneering excitement1 under an almost foregone conclusion1 for ,mr4 ,badger had declined to be put in nomination--although it was almost certain he would have been elected--so ,mr4 ,benbow had only one opponent to face on the hustings1 his ,chartist antagonist1 ,mr4 ,joseph ,linney4 ,the nomination day came1 surrounded with all the tactics celebrated in the house of ,himley2 the two candidates had their say1 the mob and electors had their fun and bonnetting4 ,mr4 ,joseph ,linney was elected by the show of hands1 by a large majority2 the usual poll was demanded1 and the day and time fixed upon1 but1 alas6 for human greatness1 poor ,mr4 ,linney could not find the necessary guarantee 7funds7 for his election expenses1 and his friends and admirers were in the same plight1 so before the polling commenced1 it oozed out that ,mr4 ,linney had retired from the contest1 leaving the old member master of the field4 ,thus1 ,mr4 ,benbow was again returned the member for the ,castle interest in another ,parliament4 ,much dissatisfaction was felt at this election1 by both ,tories and ,reformers1 at the apparent intention to stamp out that small spark of political freedom1 whenever it was wafted by a little political breeze1 and1 as might became right1 there was no redemption then from a thraldom which was afterwards so signally revenged by both political parties on the house of ,himley in #aheg4 ,the ,irish famine and distress1 in the winter of #ahdf-dg1 in the southern and western counties of ,ireland1 had awakened profound sympathy and benevolence throughout the nation2 and ,old ,dudley was not backward in her material pecuniary assistance on this memorable occasion4 ,a public meeting was convened by the mayor 7,james ,fisher1 ,esq471 and a numerous committee was at once formed to canvass the town for liberal subscriptions to the ,irish ,relief ,fund4 ,at the close of the canvass1 ,march1 #ahdg1 it was announced that the handsome sum of #fee #bs4 had been collected for this very deserving object4 ,died1 ,september #ajth1 #ahdg1 at #aa a4m41 having dropped down dead in the street1 old ,mr4 ,stevenson1 tailor1 of ,queen ,street4 ,aged #gg years4 ,died1 ,september #bdth1 #ahdg1 a well-known feature in the ,market ,place1 old ,mr4 ,morris1 of the ,jolly ,colliers ,inn4 ,aged #hg years4 ,died1 ,september #bfth1 #ahdg1 ,mr4 ,cole1 the keeper1 and visitors' guide to the ,castle ,grounds2 this old familiar townsman had been for many years the butler at ,himley ,park4 ,aged #hf years4 ,it was through the strenuous and oft-repeated wish of ,john ,maughan1 ,esq41 the estates land agent1 and ,mr4 ,cole1 that ,mr4 ,c4 ,f4 ,g4 ,clark1 chemist1 in the ,market ,place1 was induced in #ahdf to write and compile the ,dudley ,castle ,guide ,book2 a condensed history of the ,castle1 which was much needed by visitors to our fine old feudal ruins1 and delightful sylvan walks and drives along the ,castle ,grounds4 ,this popular ,guide ,book has now attained its ,fifteenth edition1 and retains its long-won favours and popularity4 #ahdg4 ,october #aith4 ,a public testimonial of very valuable books1 handsomely bound1 was presented to ,charles ,twamley1 ,esq41 ,solicitor of this town1 to mark the sense of kindly and generous feeling exhibited towards him by all classes of the inhabitants4 ,mr4 ,chas4 ,twamley's removal to the lucrative appointment of ,registrar of the ,lambeth ,county ,court was a source of much regret to his political friends 7,radicals71 for ,mr4 ,twamley had always been a prominent leader and ,reformer in the borough4 ,mr4 ,twamley was a scientific ,geologist1 and often lectured on that exhaustive subject2 he also was a very prominent founder1 along with others1 of the ,dudley ,geological ,society in ,new ,street1 which is now transferred to the ,new ,mechanics' ,institute4 ,mr4 ,twamley's charming and painstaking research in his ,history of ,dudley ,castle and the ,priory1 in #ahfg1 will always stamp his history as superior to any others1 having cleared away a host of illfounded surmises by the late ,dr4 ,booker in his florid history4 ,his lectures on the ,silurian ,formation and the ,coal ,measures are most learned and instructive1 and invaluable to the ,geological ,student4 ,died1 ,november #aeth1 #ahdg1 ,mr4 ,o4 ,gilbert ,shaw1 of the ,barrel ,inn1 ,high ,street1 much respected by all parties4 ,aged #fi years4 ,died1 ,november #bbnd1 #ahdg1 ,miss ,louisa ,elkins1 sister of ,mrs4 ,dr4 ,johnson1 ,castle ,street4 ,this unhappy young lady procured in the night1 from ,dr4 ,johnson's ,surgery1 a quantity of prussic acid1 which she took up into her bed room and swallowed1 death ensuing at once4 ,aged #bb years4 ,on ,wednesday1 ,november #bdth1 #ahdg1 the recently built ,gothic ,trinity ,presbyterian ,church1 situated in ,wolverhampton ,street1 was publicly opened for divine worship with considerable ceremony4 ,the ,rev4 ,wm4 ,chalmers and the ,rev4 ,john ,weir1 both from ,london1 were the preachers1 and the ,rev4 ,george ,lewis1 ,minister of the ,church1 assisted4 ,this new ,gothic edifice was considered quite a feature of prominence in the street4 ,mr4 ,lewis continued for a number of years to be a most zealous and acceptable preacher in this church to his fellow countrymen4 ,november #bith1 #ahdg4 ,a ,public ,meeting was held by requisition to the ,mayor1 ,elliott ,hollier1 ,esq41 to take into consideration the propriety of endeavouring to make such alterations in the days the ,fairs in the town are held1 and also of having an additional ,fair in the year4 #ahdg1 ,december #dth4 ,the ,vicar 7,dr4 ,browne7 publically announced that the ,parochial ,national ,schools1 recently erected in ,upper ,king ,street1 would be opened for the education of children of the poorer classes after ,christmas4 #ast class children charged #b;d4 per week2 #bnd1 #d;d42 #crd1 #f;d4 ,adult schools for male and females were opened shortly afterwards4 ,this ,national ,school has been a source of immense educational good in this parish4 #ahdg1 ,december #ast4 ,there was a general reduction of #bj per cent4 in wages1 both in the ,coal and ,iron trade4 ,the slackness of trade and the great distress and want amongst the working classes1 was most perplexing and distressing1 and the local failures in the ,iron trade became alarming4 ,,dudley ,,police ,,station4 #ahdg4 ,the ,borough ,gaol and habitations for our excellent ,police ,force were erected at this time by the ,county of ,worcester4 ,previous to this wise concentration of the ,police ,force into one locality1 the men were lodging and living all about the town1 much against that discipline so necessary in the force1 and now so characteristically practised by the ,dudley ,police4 ,the lock-up for prisoners was a dingy hole at the ,workhouse1 in ,tower ,street4 ,mr4 ,superintendent ,burton is our veteran popular chief officer4 #ahdh4 ,since the intimidation and undue influence exercised at the last election1 it was determined to endeavour to counteract such hinderances to freedom of election1 by using every effort to extend the ,franchise4 ,with this object a ,public ,meeting was held on ,february #hth1 #ahdh1 in ,dudley1 under the ,presidency of the ,rev4 ,john ,palmer1 ,m4,a41 ,unitarian ,minister of ,dudley1 to promote an extension of the ,midland ,counties ,freehold ,land ,society1 whereby1 it was shewn how a working man could obtain a freehold house and a vote for the ,county4 ,the meeting was largely attended and addressed by ,alderman ,weston1 ,mr4 ,j4 ,s4 ,wright1 and ,mr4 ,w4 ,b4 ,smith1 ,m4,u41 as a deputation from ,birmingham4 #ahdh1 ,january #gth4 ,died ,mr4 ,alexander ,gordon 7of the ,straits ,house1 ,lower ,gornal71 formerly a very active public man in this town4 ,mr4 ,gordon was a strong ,reformer in ,politics1 and the leading member of the ,wesleyan ,methodists in this town and district4 ,he was a truly kind and benevolent old gentlemen1 but was particularly partial to his own views4 ,he died at the advanced age of #gg years4 ,january #bjth1 #ahdh4 ,mr4 ,ralph ,musselwhite1 ,draper1 in the old ,middle ,row1 again brought an action against the ,town ,commissioners1 in the ,queen's ,bench at ,london1 to recover the expenses incurred at his previous trial at ,worcester1 wherein he was defeated4 ,he was again defeated at the ,queen's ,bench1 after having expended upwards of #a1jjj in useless and unreasonable litigation with the ,town ,authorities4 #ahdh1 ,february #aath4 ,died at ,bath1 ,chas4 ,molyneux1 ,esq41 ,manager of the ,dudley and ,west ,bromwich ,bank in this ,town2 he was also a ,magistrate1 and sat on our ,dudley ,police ,bench4 ,february #gth1 #ahdh4 ,a most influential and numerously attended public meeting was held at the ,old ,town ,hall1 ,dudley1 under the auspices of ,mr4 ,elliott ,hollier 7the ,mayor71 for the purpose of adopting the best measures for promoting the objects of the ,mechanics' ,institute in the ,borough of ,dudley1 and the following report emanated from the meeting4 ,,dudley4 ,,mechanics' ,,institute4--,a numerous meeting of the friends of this project was held at the vacant rooms in ,wolverhampton ,street on ,tuesday week1 to consider the best means of establishing a ,mechanics' ,institute1 adapted for all classes1 upon a solid and permanent basis4 ,elliott ,hollier1 ,esq41 ,mayor1 was called to the chair4 ,after some animated discussion1 entered into by those gentlemen who are usually found at their posts in advocating and assisting the advancement of knowledge1 and the establishment of useful institutions1 it was deemed advisable to give more publicity to the project1 and canvass the merits of the question amongst all classes4 ,in accordance with this disposition it was at once resolved to suspend operations till a more definite system should be agreed upon4 ,the most effectual way of submitting this to the inhabitants was considered to be by petitioning the ,mayor to convene a public meeting for the especial object1 and then submitting a definite plan for approval at that assemblage4 ,s4 ,blackwell1 ,esq41 proposed1 and ,dr4 ,browne1 seconded1 a proposition to that effect3 and a resolution was at once signed by the meeting to the ,mayor1 who fully acquiesced in the expediency and propriety of the movement4 ,amongst the various modes suggested for effectually maintaining a ,mechanics' ,institution was one announced by ,mr4 ,clark1 which appeared to augur well for ultimate success2 and as it is a project1 which1 if carried out1 would affect collectively two other institutions already established in the town1 it may not be amiss to give our ,dudley readers an outline of it4 ,the proposition is that a ,mechanics' ,institution shall be established by #bjj or #cjj shares of one guinea each1 and that the annual subscription shall be #ajs4 ,the capital thus raised to be appropriated to the purchasing of a library1 apparatus1 and the necessary furniture required for the effectual carrying on of the institution4 ,that overtures be made to the ,geological ,society 7now almost defunct7 and the ,new street ,news ,rooms1 for a mutual amalgamation of these bodies into one large and comprehensive ,philosophical ,institution1 to be managed agreeably to the usual customs of such institutions4 ,in the event of this suggestion being carried out1 little or nothing 7save a capital for library71 would be required to commence operations1 for the ,news ,room is already in full operation1 and rooms connected with the ,geological ,society are partially unoccupied1 and well-adapted for the purpose4 ,amongst the gentlemen and tradesmen present at the meeting1 were the ,rev4 ,dr4 ,browne1 ,vicar2 ,rev4 ,messrs4 ,noot1 ,a4 ,davis1 ,rogers1 and ,lewis2 ,messrs4 ,s4 ,blackwell1 ,houghton1 ,bateman1 ,hickman1 ,j4 ,c4 ,cook1 ,grainger1 ,boddington1 ,clark1 ,rudge1 ,minty1 ,rock1 ,wright1 ,mainwaring1 c4 ,from an advertisement in another column1 it will be seen that at a public meeting on ,monday1 the mayor in the chair1 a series of resolutions were carried for the purpose of actively promoting the institution4--,birmingham ,journal1 #ahdh4 ,february #aith1 #ahdh4 ,the committee appointed at the public meeting1 after mature and earnest consideration1 issued the following suggestions as a programme1 upon which a sound and successful ,mechanics' ,institute might be grafted2 it being arranged that the prosperous ,reading ,room1 which ,mr4 ,secretary ,c4 ,f4 ,g4 ,clark1 had established in #ahde1 at the ,geological ,rooms in ,new ,street1 should be incorporated with the new institution4 ,,dudley ,,mechanics' ,,institution1 ,,under ,,the ,,patronage ,,of ,,the ,,right ,,honourable ,,lord ,,ward4 ,the ,sub-,committee appointed at a ,public ,meeting of the ,inhabitants of the ,borough of ,dudley1 convened by the ,mayor1 7pursuant to a ,requisition71 and held at the ,old ,town ,hall1 on ,monday ,evening1 the #gth instant1 for the purpose of taking into consideration the best means to be adopted for the permanent establishment of the ,dudley ,mechanics' ,institution1 beg to call your attention to ,,the ,,following ,,resolutions ,,which ,,were ,,proposed ,,and ,,unanimously ,,adopted3-- #a4--,that this ,meeting1 acknowledging the desirability of the permanent establishment of the ,mechanics' ,institution in the ,borough of ,dudley1 pledges itself to promote the same by every means in its power4 #b4--,that for the promotion of such an object a ,sub-,committee be appointed1 for the purpose of soliciting subscriptions and donations to establish a fund to carry out the purposes of such an ,institution to the fullest extent possible4 #c4--,that a ,sub-,committee of the following ,gentlemen be appointed for the purposes referred to in the preceding resolution3--,the ,rev4 ,dr4 ,browne1 ,vicar2 ,mr4 ,elliott ,hollier1 ,mr4 ,s4 ,h4 ,blackwell1 ,mr4 ,william ,bourne1 ,mr4 ,john ,bateman1 the ,rev4 ,john ,raven1 the ,rev4 ,george ,lewis1 and ,mr4 ,henry ,johnson4 #d4--,that in order to afford all classes an opportunity of attending1 and deriving the greatest benefit from the establishment of this ,institution1 it be recommended that two classes of ,subscribers be adopted1 consisting of ,honorary ,members at ,one ,guinea1 and ,ordinary ,members at not less than ,ten ,shillings each per annum1 which may be received fortnightly1 in advance4 #e4--,that the ,sub-,committee be requested to solicit the patronage of the ,right ,honourable ,lord ,ward to this ,institution1 and that of the ,members for the ,borough1 the ,eastern ,division of ,worcestershire1 and the ,southern ,division of the ,county of ,stafford1 and also the support of all parties who1 though not residing in1 may have property or an interest in ,dudley and its neighbourhood4 ,the want of an ,institution of this character in ,dudley1 has been so long acknowledged1 that the ,sub-,committee cannot but hope that such general support will be given to it as will render it effective for the objects it proposes to carry out1 and ensure its being established upon a permanent basis4 ,these objects are1 the establishment of a ,,reading ,,room ,,and ,,library2--the diffusion of general information on the various ,branches of ,science and ,literature by ,,lectures2--and especially the providing its ,members with opportunities of acquiring good and useful instruction by means of ,,classes in ,,writing1 ,,arithmetic1 ,,drawing1 ,,music1 c41 c4 ,the ,sub-,committee regard the establishment of these ,institutions as most important1 and as having a direct and immediate bearing upon the great question of ,national ,education4 ,they are calculated indeed to furnish almost the only means by which the ends proposed to be effected by our various schools can be fully carried out1 for1 unless facilities are afforded to those whose education has been commenced in these schools1 of continuing and perfecting that education1 the advantages already obtained must be1 to a certain extent1 lost4 ,the ,sub-,committee therefore appeal with confidence1 upon this ground1 to all those who recognize the importance of ,general ,education to all ,classes1 and who1 feeling that the question has long been decided whether ,education is to be general or not1 are anxious to render it as sound and comprehensive as possible4 ,some of the neighbouring ,towns of smaller population1 and of less manufacturing importance than our own1 are already in possession of ,mechanics' ,institutions affording all the advantages proposed by this2 and when the extent and character of the population of ,dudley1 and its position as the ,centre of a great ,manufacturing ,district are considered1 it must be acknowledged that it possesses ample means for the establishment of an ,institution that shall be at least equal to any in the neighbourhood4 ,to ensure this1 general support alone is required1 and therefore the ,sub-,committee venture to solicit your individual patronage and active assistance2 at the same time they have much pleasure in announcing a ,donation of ,fifty ,pounds from the ,right ,honourable ,lord ,ward1 with an ,annual ,subscription of ,five ,guineas1 and also a ,donation of ,ten ,pounds1 and an ,annual ,subscription from ,john ,benbow1 ,esq41 ,m4,p4 7,signed7 on behalf of the ,sub-,committee1 ,,elliott ,,hollier1 ,mayor4 ,dudley1 ,february1 #aith1 #ahdh4 ,died ,february #abth1 #ahdh4 ,mr4 ,john ,allen1 who held the office of ,parish ,clerk in ,st4 ,edmund's ,church for the lengthened period of thirty-seven years4 ,aged #hf years4 #ahdh1 ,february #bbnd4 ,a sanguinary and destructive ,revolution broke out in ,paris1 which lasted six days1 ending in the abdication and flight of ,louis ,phillippe1 ,king of the ,french1 and his family to ,england1 wherein he afterwards died4 ,a ,republic was established on the wreck of this criminal revolution4 ,on the #beth of ,february1 #ahdh1 a large and influential meeting of all classes of the inhabitants of ,dudley was held at the old ,town ,hall 7,mr4 ,elliott ,hollier1 the mayor1 in the chair71 for the purpose of petitioning the ,legislature against the ,income ,tax1 and in favour of a ,property ,tax alone4 ,the following placard issued by our old ,chartist leader1 7,mr4 ,samuel ,cooke71 gives the public a pretty good notion of his views on this ,european calamity4 ,,bravo666 ,three ,cheers and one ,cheer more for the ,establishment in ,france of a ,republican form of ,government4 ,french ,men1 and ,french ,women1 yea and ,english ,men and ,english ,women1 study the following portions of the ,bible6 ,genesis #a 444 #bf 444 #bi ,judges #h 444 #bb 444 #bc #i 444 #a 444 #f 444 #g 444 #ae 444 #ej 444 #ee ,samuel #h 444 444 #ab 444 #af 444 #ai ,hosea #h 444 #d 444 #aa 444 #ab 444 ,isaiah #a 444 #bf 444 ,the ,bible is the most ample ,republican and ,democratic ,book in the world4 ,who makes ,governments1 and what are they made for8 ,are they not made by the people1 and for the people8 ,made by the people to be a benefit to the people4 ,if they injure instead of doing good to the people1 ought not the people to remove them and punish them8 ,,samuel ,,cook4 ,dudley1 ,feb4 #bfth1 #ahdh4 ,died1 ,march #bnd1 #ahdh1 at his house in ,vicar ,street1 ,mr4 ,john ,hodgetts1 ,nail ,master4 ,this gentleman took a very conspicuous part in politics1 on the ,reform side1 during the passing of the ,reform ,bill in #ahcb1 and acquired for his zeal the cognomen of ,lord ,john4 ,aged #ei years4 ,march #fth1 #ahdh4 ,a ,new ,cattle ,fair was established this day1 to be holden on the first ,monday in ,march annually4 ,the usual ,may1 ,august1 and ,october ,fairs were ordered to be held on the first ,mondays of the respective months4 ,e4 ,hollier1 ,mayor4 ,on ,monday1 7,march #bjth1 #ahdh17 a large meeting of the working classes was held at the ,old ,dock ,square1 ,dudley1 7,mr4 ,samuel ,cook in the chair71 for the purpose of congratulating the ,french on the recent victories obtained1 at the recent ,revolution1 by that noble and patriotic nation1 and adopting the ,national ,petition 7the ,people's ,charter71 and other measures for the general advancement of the people4 ,mr4 ,thos4 ,clark of ,london1 ,mr4 ,j4 ,linney of ,bilston1 ,mr4 ,ernest ,jones1 and ,mr4 ,fussell of ,birmingham1 advocated the nine points of the ,charter with much heat and zeal1 for they said that the day of your political regeneration is drawing nigh4 ,the political earthquake of ,france has pierced the hearts of the tyrants to the core2 show that you produce all and partake of the least of ,god's blessings2 that you have been the easy prey of those who have fattened upon your labour2 and in return they despise the very men who feed them1 are facts no one will dispute1 for1 ,the gold you make another heaps1 ,the corn you sow another reaps1 ,the cloth you weave another wears1 ,the arms you make another bears4 7,,shelley47 ,,god ,,save ,,the ,,people4 ,notice666 ,the originators of this meeting strictly forbid riot or tumult1 and should the same occur1 an adjournment will immediately take place4 99 99 99 99 99 ,this ,chartist meeting took place1 and after a fair amount of banter and wind had been let off by the various speakers1 the meeting quietly dispersed1 for they well knew that the authorities were watching their movements1 and that a strong body of police was at hand to put down either riot or tumult4 ,the ,chartist movement throughout the country was at this time assuming large and formidable dimensions4 ,march #bdth1 #ahdh4 ,the ,town ,commissioners purchased the ,jolly ,colliers ,inn1 and three other houses at the back1 on the ,market flat1 the property of ,mr4 ,homer1 ,kateshill1 for the sum of #b1hjj2 the rental brings in #adb per annum4 ,april1 #ahdh4 ,in consequence of the frequent pitfalls from mining operations on the ,dudley ,castle grounds1 it was deemed expedient to close the grounds entirely for some little time4 ,april #ahth1 #ahdh4 ,the opening address to the members of the newly-established ,mechanics' ,institute was this evening given by ,dr4 ,john ,percy1 of ,birmingham4 ,the ,easter season1 observed by the ,church1 again awakened the ire and ruffled the temper of our old townsman1 ,mr4 ,samuel ,cook1 for here follows his public effusion on that head4 ,,to ,,the ,,public4 ,the word ,easter1 in the #dth verse of the #abth chapter of ,acts1 is a notorious lie4 ,the word ,bishopric1 in the #bjth verse of the #ast chapter of ,acts1 is a notorious lie4 ,the word ,harlot1 in the #ast verse of the #bnd chapter of ,joshua1 and in the #cast verse of the #aath chapter of ,hebrews1 is an atrocious lie4 ,is it not a disgrace to1 and ought it not to shame1 the religious public1 that they have allowed the impious scoundrelisms of ,james the #ast so long to pollute the ,sacred ,volume8 ,,samuel ,,cook4 ,dudley1 ,april #bjth1 #ahdh4 #ahdh1 ,april #bfth4 ,a public meeting was held at the old ,town ,hall1 under a numerous requisition of tradesmen to the mayor 7,mr4 ,elliott ,hollier71 to consider some measure calculated to obtain an unanimous closing of the shops at eight o'clock in the evening throughout the year1 7except on ,mondays and ,saturdays71 for the purpose of allowing to the assistants engaged in business an opportunity for the enjoyment of healthful recreation1 and to enable them to participate in the benefits it is intended should accrue to them by the recent establishment of the ,mechanics' ,institute1 but from which this class of the community is totally debarred by the present system of late closing4 ,this question was not very enthusiastically taken up1 for many long heads in the town thought1 and thought wisely1 that the ,public ,house would be more likely to be patronized than the ,mechanics' ,institute1 where such pleasure and relaxation was afforded1 and the upshot of it was that every master was the best judge of his own business requirements as to labour and relaxation4 ,,to ,,the ,,inhabitants ,,of ,,dudley4 ,,oakham ,,cottage1 #e a4m4 ,saturday1 ,may #bg1 #ahdh4 ,,my ,,dear ,,parishioners1 ,i eagerly embrace the opportunity afforded me for congratulating you most cordially on the unanimity and good feeling displayed at the general meeting of the supporters of the ,mechanics' ,institute1 last evening4 ,i point to the labours of the ,committee and to the encouraging support they have received with honest pride and the most sincere delight--and1 in consequence of these successful labours1 and this public approbation thereof1 ,i feel called on to suggest and recommend the most prompt1 energetic1 and unanimous support and co-operation of all classes and individuals in behalf of this ,philanthropic ,institution--that this unostentatious but admirable and holy principle1 so dear to every ,christian heart1--,glory to ,god in the ,highest1 peace on earth1 and goodwill towards men1--may be brought into active and perpetual operation in this ,parish1 is my motive for offering my humble support and anticipating your co-operation4 ,why--let me ask--should any individual withhold the hand of fellowship from his neighbours and fellow parishioners in a work from which the elements of discord are carefully and fundamentally removed8 ,i do not envy that man's feelings who can allow groundless and purblind prejudice1 the offspring of unreasoning ignorance1 to blind his eyes1 and steel his heart against endeavouring to benefit his fellow creatures4--,let such an one--if indeed he can be found--remember that man is not a mere animal1 but a reasoning1 reasonable1 and consequently a responsible being2 and according to the food his mind receives1 so will it be vigorous for good or evil4 ,let us therefore feed men's minds with wholesome information1 and thus--,lead them thro' nature up to nature's ,god4--,and rest assured this grand remembrance is the mainspring of my every action1 the burden of my every waking thought1 and the leading object of my life4 ,magna est veritas1 et prevalebit4 ,great is the truth and it will prevail4 ,believe me to remain1 ,my dear ,parishioners1 ,your faithful friend1 ,,james ,c4 ,,browne1 ,d4,c4,l41 ,vicar of ,dudley4 ,june1 #ahdh4 ,a most heartrending and devastating accident happened at ,hartshill4 ,a boiler connected with a forge mill suddenly exploded1 and eleven men were instantly scalded to death4 ,church rates were still levied in this parish1 and occasionally we had to witness some very unwise and unpleasant seizures of respectable townsmen's goods or furniture1 who conscientiously refused to pay the obnoxious church rates4 ,the spirited remonstrance made by ,mr4 ,joseph ,pitchfork1 the talented and genial master of ,baylisses ,school1 in ,tower ,street1 who was occasionally a victim in this unrighteous cause1 will repay perusing4 ,,church ,,rates4 ,,glory ,,to ,,god ,,in ,,the ,,highest1 ,,peace ,,on ,,earth1 ,,and ,,good ,,will ,,toward ,,men4 ,do this in remembrance of me4 ,luke #bb4 v4 #ai4 ,,fellow ,,townsmen1 ,my household goods have been pounced upon a third time1 to furnish the ,churchmen of the ward1 in which ,i have the misfortune to dwell1 with means to worship their ,god more cheaply2 with wine to drink in remembrance of their ,saviour at the communion table1 at less expense to their niggardly pockets2 to pay for the washing and mangling of their parson's surplice1 and for removing the dust and dirt which will accumulate in temples made with unclean hands4 ,now1 is it not a burning shame that churchmen still resort to this disreputable means of raising the dust to save their own miserable pelf8 ,why will they not render unto ,god the things that are ,god's without sending the ,constable to lay his hands upon ,dissenters' goods8 ,cannot they partake of the ,sacrament at their own cost1 without bringing down upon the solemn ceremony the suspicion and reality of unspeakable shabbiness8 ,cannot they remove their own dust and dirt without making use of the cleaner hands of their dissenting neighbours8 ,why not quite as reasonably call upon the ,dissenter to pay their ,bakers' and ,butchers' ,bills8 ,why not tax him with the washing and mangling of the ,vicar's ,shirts as well as the ,vicar's ,surplices4 ,i wrote some time ago to the high-spirited ,d4,c4,l4 of ,dudley1 offering to pay the amount of my present and all future church rates1 towards the support of what are called his ,schools2 which ,i could conscientiously do2 because ,education benefits and blesses ,society at large2 it does not1 like ,church-of-,englandism1 take my goods and in return tell me that ,i shall without doubt perish everlastingly3 ,i have received no answer3--of course1 a person doomed like me was not entitled in this upper world to any politeness from one who without doubt will lie in ,abraham's bosom everlastingly4 ,what a miserable mockery it is to plead a ,law in defiance of such wretched practices6 ,what is called the ,law in ,dudley is no law at all in ,ireland3--,in the large towns of ,birmingham and ,wolverhampton2--in ,westbromwich and in every other place1 in which intellect1 intelligence and education have the upper hand of vulgar1 ignorant and unscrupulous wealth1 the inhabitants have swept the accursed tax indignantly away4 ,besides1 is it quite certain1 that my goods are gone to the support of the ,right ,church1 to the ,right of ,private ,judgment ,church1 or to that more ancient church which forbids the ,right8 ,it is notorious that a sort of leaning lovingly towards the elder ,sister with the ,scarlet ,robe extensively prevails in the ,church of ,england1 and that if the temporalities of the ,church did not stand corruption-like in the way1 great numbers of your ,reverend ,doctors and divines would fall1 nothing loth1 into the arms of the nameless one of ,rome4--,verily1 the ,shepherds are infected1 if the flocks be free4 ,let us hope1 that in no long time the ,churchman will be shamed into dropping this wretched tax into oblivion for ever3 for if it continue many years longer to annoy and distress ,dissenters without the slightest semblance of common sense or common justice2 they will1 ,i'm afraid1 be led on to regard the ,churchman with suspicion and aversion1 and his church1 as our ,saviour regarded the temple at ,jerusalem1 when he chased from its precincts the ,money-mongers who defiled it4 ,i am1 fellow townsmen1 ,one doomed by the ,church of ,england without doubt to perish everlastingly and through ,church-rates1 to pay the expenses of his own condemnation4 ,,joseph ,,pitchfork4 ,dudley1 ,june1 #ahdh4 ,the subjoined placard will shew that everyone in ,dudley was not a believer in ,mr4 ,samuel ,cook's politics and singular religious tenets3-- ,,to ,,the ,,people4 ,,samuel ,,cook ,having1 by a shameless and impious placard1 invited you to attend a meeting on ,sunday evening next1 to hear a discussion on the question of resistance to the law1 and endeavour to ,,trepan ,,you ,,into ,,disaffection ,,and ,,rebellion1 we think it our duty1 as sincere friends to your welfare1 to caution you against the ,,base ,,and ,,godless ,,designs ,,of ,,such ,,infidel ,,men4 ,whatever they may tell you to the contrary1 we know their object is to make you like themselves--,,despisers ,,of ,,the ,,commandments ,,both ,,of ,,god ,,and ,,man1 and thus bring you into a condition for every wicked work4 ,they will teach you to become a set of wretched infidels1 like the ,,french1 and then make you their tools to aid them in getting up a ,,rebellion1 ,,and ,,filling ,,our ,,land ,,with ,,plunder1 ,,slaughter1 ,,and ,,blood4 ,be assured this is the end they have in view4--,therefore1 as you love ,,yourselves1 ,,your ,,families1 and ,,your ,,god1 ,,avoid ,,the ,,company1 ,,and ,,go ,,not ,,near ,,the ,,place ,,where ,,such ,,sabbath-,,breaking ,,firebrands ,,assemble4 ,dudley1 ,june #cj1 #ahdh4 ,,asiatic ,,cholera4--,this much dreaded epidemic1 which was now spreading with fearful rapidity in most of the large centres of industry and dense populations1 had infected the towns of ,bilston and ,wolverhampton with great severity and loss of valuable life1 and at last reached the town of ,dudley1 causing much fearful looking to a premature ending of all earthly things4 ,our local ,sanitary ,authorities at once put in force all the powers the law then gave them1 viz41 ,the ,nuisance ,removal and ,disease ,prevention ,act of #ahdh4 ,our back streets were kept cleaner1 and free from refuse and stinking garbage2 our ashpits were thoroughly inspected and cleansed2 orders were issued for the absolute observance of much greater attention to both personal and household cleanliness and sobriety4 ,the poorer victims were generally buried at night1 in ,st4 ,john's and ,st4 ,james' ,churchyards1 and the ,cholera ,black ,waggon1 slowly and mournfully picking up and conveying its loaded freight of once bright and happy beings1 both young and old to their unbidden1 hurried1 and mixed common grave1 was a nightly sight not easily forgotten1 and one sight quite sufficient for one lifetime to witness4 ,as drowning men1 it is said1 catch at straws1 so we1 the denizens of then poor stricken down ,dudley1 were too glad to listen to any advice which might help to mitigate the fearful scourge in our midst4 ,the ,rev4 ,j4 ,b4 ,owen1 ,m4,a41 of ,bilston1 at this particular juncture1 came and lectured at our newly formed ,mechanics' ,institute1 ,on ,sanitary ,improvement securing ,good ,health4 ,it need hardly be written that this lecture was densely crowded1 as ,mr4 ,owen was one of the ,god-fearing guardian angels and friends of all the awe-stricken inhabitants in ,bilston1 who was night and day to be seen aiding in the cause of our common humanity4 ,it was afterwards known that upwards of #gej persons perished in ,bilston of ,asiatic ,cholera4 ,up to this date the death rate had been observed principally amongst the really poor1 indigent1 delicate and sickly2 the deaths amongst young children being very numerous also4 ,the once celebrated ,dudley ,races1 held where the present railway station and railway line runs towards the ,lime ,kilns1 down the ,new ,tipton ,road1 were held the last time in ,july1 #ahdh4 ,the grand stand was backed up against the ,castle grounds wall1 and the race ground extended in an oblong course1 running from the ,new ,road to the ,lime ,kilns4 ,july #bdth1 #ahdh4 ,the town was suddenly agitated this day1 by the announcement of the failure of ,messrs4 ,jno4 and ,m4 ,williams and ,co41 ,corn ,millers1 of this town2 liabilities said to be #ce1jjj4 ,the general trade of the town and district was now in a most deplorable state1 and in the recollection of the old tradesmen it was never known to have been so bad4 ,added to the distress1 the puddlers and colliers1 c41 received notice for a reduction in wages of #aj per cent41 which was equal to #f;d4 per day4 ,at this distressing period of our history1 men1 women1 and children1 in a state of absolute starvation1 were seen daily dragging a light waggon through our streets1 asking for alms of loaves of bread and victuals for their famishing families1 shewing the dire disasters that had visited our old town and locality4 ,to make matters worse1 seventeen shops1 ranging from ,st4 ,edmund's to ,st4 ,thomas's ,churches1 were to let at this unhappy time4 ,our active and exciteable neighbour1 ,mr4 ,samuel ,cook1 was still bent upon enlightening the people in something1 which eventually did not fill their bellies1 but caused some of the incautious to be sent to jail for seditious speaking and rioting4 ,this time he secured the services of that ,arch ,infidel from ,leeds 7the hot-bed of ,chartism7 to lecture at ,tipton1 on a ,sunday1 ,on the ,curse of an ,aristocracy1 the ,rights of the ,people1 and ,primitive ,christianity4 ,the drum and fife band1 with ,mr4 ,cook and the lecturer at its head1 led many foolish men and youths on the broad road to infidelity and lawlessness4 ,,the ,,people1 ,,their ,,rights1 ,,and ,,liberties1 ,,their ,,duties ,,and ,,their ,,interests4 ,on ,sunday1 ,august the #acth1 #ahdh1 ,,two ,,lectures will be delivered in the open air1 ,waterloo ,street1 ,tipton1 by ,mr4 ,,joseph ,,barker1 of ,wortley1 near ,leeds4 ,afternoon ,subject4--,the ,curse of an ,aristocracy1 and the need of a ,democracy4 ,evening ,subject4--,primitive ,christianity1 ,true ,religion1 c4 ,the lecture in the afternoon to commence at ,three o'clock1 and the one in the evening at six4 ,go ye men and women in your ,tens and ,hundreds and ,thousands1 and hear ,mr4 ,barker on the above important subjects4 ,,samuel ,,cook4 #ahdh4 ,august4 ,the ,st4 ,edmund's ,national ,school ,foundation ,stone was laid by ,lady ,ward1 of ,himley4 ,the ,right ,honourable ,lord ,ward subscribed #ajj to the ,building ,fund and gave the land1 the remainder of the money was raised by public subscription4 ,this flourishing school has been of immense value to the poorer classes of the inhabitants1 having turned out some very clever boys and girls4 ,died1 ,september #fth1 #ahdh1 ,mr4 ,john ,l4 ,wood1 ,grocer1 ,high ,street4 ,aged #dj years4 ,,bravo6 ,,three ,,cheers ,,and ,,one ,,cheer ,,more ,,for ,,the ,,nail ,,masters4 ,dudley ,nail ,ironmongers' ,meeting4--,on ,wednesday last1 a ,meeting of the ,nail ,ironmongers was held at the ,hotel in this town1 on the recent alterations of the prices to the nailers1 when it was agreed that the latter should receive the prices as in the year #ahch1 and which we are pleased to add will be in effect1 giving to the nailers their old and increased prices4 ,birmingham ,journal ,september #ith4 ,nail ,masters1 ,iron ,masters1 ,coal ,masters1 ,cotton ,lords1 ,woollen ,lords1 and all other manufacturing ,lords and ,masters4--,get fair profits1 and be content--give reasonable wages1 and let live1 as well as live4 ,be not avaricious1 and go not beyond your tether4 ,try not to undersell each other1 and keep the markets steady4 ,then the ,australian1 the ,east ,indian1 the ,brazilian1 the ,american1 and other buyers will know how to order4 ,this is the radical advice of ,,samuel ,,cook4 ,dudley1 ,september #acth1 #ahdh4 #ahdh4 ,october #crd4 ,the following public notice was extensively distributed in the town and parish1 in reference to the attack of cholera3-- ,,the ,,nuisances ,,removal ,,and ,,diseases ,,prevention ,,act4--#ahdh4 ,,notice ,,is ,,hereby ,,given1 ,that the ,board for repair of the ,highways of this ,parish are resolved to enforce the provisions of the above ,act1 and are prepared to receive ,notices in writing1 in accordance with the said ,act1 from such ,householders who may have cause to complain of any nuisance4 ,the required ,forms and further information may be obtained at my ,office4 ,,john ,,bateman1 ,clerk and ,surveyor to the said ,board4 #crd ,october1 #ahdh4 #ahdi4 ,january #bjth4 ,an explosion of gas1 arising from the frost1 took place this morning at the shop of ,mr4 ,thomas ,guest1 grocer1 ,queen ,street2 the window was blown into the street1 and the goods in the shop were much damaged4 ,mr4 ,guest1 who was in the place at the time1 escaped most miraculously4 ,february #gth1 #ahdi4 ,this evening1 the members of the ,rose and ,thistle ,lodge of ,odd ,fellows1 ,m4,u41 unanimously seceded from membership in the ,manchester ,unity1 and issued the following reasons for their proceedings3 ,,to ,,the ,,independent ,,order ,,of ,,odd ,,fellows1 ,m4,u4 ,,reasons ,for the ,secession of the ,rose and ,thistle ,lodge of ,odd ,fellows from the ,manchester ,unity4 #a4--,that the present system of management is extravagant1 vexatious1 and unnecessary1 and consumes #bi per cent1 or nearly one-third of the ,income arising from the ,contributions4 #b4--,that the ,scales of ,payment are not based upon the actual rates of ,sickness and ,mortality1 as shown by the ,reports of the ,registrar ,general1 and other practical ,actuaries4 ,for instance1 the ,m4,u41 in the ,dudley ,district1 proposes to assure to its members1 on the payment of #f;d4 per week contribution1 and an entrance fee of #a #as4 #j;d41 the following3-- ,at the death of a ,member1 #h from ,lodge fund2 #f from ,district fund2 #a from ,widows' and ,orphans' fund4 ,at the death of a ,member's wife1 #d from ,lodge fund2 #c from ,district fund2 making a total of #bb2 besides #hs4 a week during sickness1 and #es4 per quarter allowance to ,widows1 and some small payment to ,children2 whereas1 to assure all these benefits1 taking the average ages of the members at thirty-two years1 #h;d4 weekly contribution should be paid instead of #f;d4 ,see ,mr4 ,nelson's ,observations on the ,insolvency of the ,manchester ,unity4 7,page #bb1 #bc1 #bd74 #c4--,that the ,m4,u41 not being protected by ,law1 is subject to fraud1 robbery1 and imposition1 without any redress against the offending parties1 as lately witnessed in the wholesale fraud committed by the late ,corresponding ,secretary of the ,order1 at ,manchester4 #d4--,that the uniformity which exists in this ,district1 in the payments of ,tradesmen's and ,miners' ,lodges to the district fund1 is contrary to all well-recognised principles of justice2 because the ,miners' ,lodges are subject to a much greater percentage of ,sickness and ,death than the other ,lodges1 and only pay in the same ratio4 #e4--,that the members of the ,m4,u4 do not pay according to their respective ages1 for a member at thirty five years of age pays no more contribution than a young member at eighteen years of age1 with the exception of an increased initiation fee on his entrance4 #f4--,that the ,m4,u4 makes no real provision for the infirmities of old age2 because1 as long as a member 7it matters not how aged7 is not under medical treatment1 he is not entitled to lodge pay3 thus a member may live to old age1 and not receive any benefit from the ,lodge1 except at death4 #g4--,that the present general system adopted throughout the ,unity is delusive1 and incapable of fulfilling perpetually its professed engagements1 which justifies the adoption of a sounder principle of assurance for the ,working ,classes1 according to the actual returns of ,sickness and ,death1 as furnished by scientific and practical ,actuaries4 ,see ,mr4 ,nelson's ,pamphlet4 ,page #dj4 ,by ,order of the ,committee1 ,,george ,,deeley1 ,,chairman4 ,rose and ,thistle ,lodge1 ,hope ,tavern4 ,february #adth1 #ahdi4 ,died ,feb4 #ahth1 #ahdi1 ,mrs4 ,dixon1 the beloved wife of ,edward ,dixon1 ,esq41 ,banker1 formerly of this town4 ,aged #fg years4 ,two numerously attended lectures were given in the ,lancasterian ,school ,room1 on the #bfth and #bgth ,february1 by ,j4 ,kingsley1 ,esquire1 of ,london1 on ,no ,church ,rates1 and ,separation of ,church and ,state666 ,the members of the ,new ,dudley ,provident ,society1 which emanated from the secession of the late ,rose and ,thistle ,lodge of ,odd ,fellows1 ,m4,u41 issued their new rules and scales of payment in sickness and at death4--,,john ,,finch1 ,president2 ,,john ,,bagott1 ,secretary4 ,feb4 #bgth1 #ahdi4 ,the druggist's shop of ,mrs4 ,lydia ,morris1 ,high ,street1 took fire this evening1 but was soon got under4 ,damage about #ej4 ,feb4 #bgth1 #ahdi4 ,the ,postmaster ,general having intimated his intention to discontinue the ,birmingham and ,ludlow morning mail coach1 and intending to substitute a mail cart to convey the letters and parcels1 a public town's meeting was convened by ,mr4 ,edward ,terry1 the mayor1 to petition against the same4 ,,bravo6 ,,bravo66 ,ten thousand times ten thousand cheers for the defeat of the ,french ,ministers on the nefarious conduct of their ,general against the ,illustrious ,roman ,republic4 ,soon may all the ,continental ,brambles be supplanted by ,olive ,trees1 ,fig ,trees1 and ,vines 7,judges ix471 ,is the ardent prayer of ,,samuel ,,cook4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,to ,,churchmen ,,and ,,dissenters ,,of ,,dudley1 ,,and ,,the ,,parishioners ,,generally4 ,,down ,,with ,,church ,,rates6 ,you are again called upon in these times of deep distress to arm the ,state ,church with power to add to your already too heavy burden an enormous ,levy or ,,church ,,rate of ,,tenpence ,,in ,,the ,,pound4 ,it remains for you to protest in the face of your country against such an impost1 ,,or ,,for ,,ever ,,be ,,slaves66 ,join with your neighbours who think proper to support their own forms of religious worship1 their ,ministers1 and ,temples1 and declare by your united action1 ,,that ,,no ,,church-,,rate ,,shall ,,be ,,added ,,to ,,your ,,burden ,,of ,,taxation4 7,a ,,copy74 ,,notice ,,is ,,hereby ,,given1 ,that a meeting of the ,ratepayers in the ,vestry1 of and for this parish1 will be holden in the ,vestry of ,st4 ,thomas's ,church1 ,dudley1 at ,eleven o'clock in the forenoon of ,friday1 the #ith of ,march instant1 for the purpose of granting the ,churchwardens a ,rate or ,levy of ,,tenpence in the pound4 ,if a poll be demanded1 the meeting will be immediately adjourned to the ,old ,town ,hall1 and the poll will commence forthwith1 and be kept open till four o'clock in the forenoon of the said ninth day of ,march1 and the poll will be continued at the ,old ,town ,hall aforesaid1 from the hours of ,ten in the forenoon of ,monday1 the #ab day of ,march1 to the hour of ,four in the afternoon of the same day1 and again at the same place1 from the hour of ,ten in the forenoon1 to the hour of ,twelve at noon on ,tuesday1 the thirteenth day of ,march1 when the poll will then be declared4 ,,james ,c4 ,,brown1 ,d4,c4,l41 ,vicar4 ,,john ,,orme ,,brettell1 ,e4 ,,hollier1 ,churchwardens4 ,dudley1 ,march #crd1 #ahdi4 ,,church ,,rates4 ,a ,church ,rate is proposed by the ,churchwardens of ,st4 ,thomas's ,church1 of ,sixpence in the ,pound1 to be granted1 in the ,vestry1 on ,thursday1 the #hth instant1 at ,ten o'clock4 ,will the ,people of ,dudley submit to this8 ,ratepayers1 attend the meeting1 and show your opposition to the obnoxious ,tax1 by voting for a ,penny ,rate4 ,a preliminary meeting will be held at the ,swan ,inn1 on ,wednesday ,evening at ,eight o'clock4 ,all ,persons in favour of ,religious ,liberty are requested to attend4 ,committee ,room1 ,swan ,hotel1 ,dudley1 ,april #eth1 #aheb4 ,died ,april #bhth1 #ahdi1 ,miss ,mary ,parsons1 of ,wolverhampton ,street4 ,on the death of this very elderly lady1 #hjjj reverted to the ,unitarian ,schools and ,charities in this town4 ,aged #if years4 ,died ,may #adth1 #ahdi1 ,mr4 ,abiathar ,bunch1 ,auctioneer and ,valuer4 ,he unhappily dropped down dead in a fit in the ,market4 ,mr4 ,bunch was decidedly a very eccentric man of the true ,dudley type1 but very genial and hearty withal4 ,aged #eg years4 ,died ,august #bnd1 #ahdi1 ,mr4 ,benjamin ,wood1 ,tobacconist1 ,market ,place4 ,august #bhth1 #ahdi4 ,the ,town ,commissioners bought the last lot of building remaining on the ,market ,place 7formerly occupied by ,mr4 ,robert ,houghton1 ,draper7 for #a1hfj4 ,sept4 #aeth1 #ahdi4 ,on the grand occasion of the ,british ,association visiting the ,silurian ,caves and the ,castle this day1 the ,caverns were beautifully illuminated at the expense of ,lord ,ward1 and a splendid luncheon was given at the ,national ,school ,room to commemorate the event4 ,many thousands of people attended the illuminations in the ,caverns1 for it was such an unique and unparalleled sight as cannot be repeated1 for some of these spacious limestone caverns have since that time fallen in1 and the canal is not used4 ,sept4 #bith1 #ahdi4 ,the ,dudley ,news ,room1 held in ,new ,street1 was finally closed this day1 its numerous members having joined the new ,mechanics' ,institute4 ,the balance of fund in hand was presented to the ,dudley ,dispensary ,fund4 ,c4 ,f4 ,g4 ,,clark1 ,secretary4 ,sept4 #beth1 #ahdi4 ,the awful scourge of ,cholera still raged in our midst1 and we had fifty-four well authenticated deaths by ,cholera1 and all conceivable human efforts were adopted to assuage its attacks4 ,died ,sept4 #beth1 #ahdi1 ,mrs4 ,allender1 of the ,woolpack ,inn1 ,castle ,street1 of a clear case of ,asiatic ,cholera4 ,aged #ed years4 ,sept4 #bfth1 #ahdi4 ,this day was appointed by the ,bishop of ,worcester 7,dr4 ,pepys7 as a day of fasting and prayer to ,almighty ,god to assuage the raging of the ,cholera in this afflicted district4 ,it was held with great solemnity by all denominations of people1 for we all felt most acutely that we were in the same boat in this perilous voyage of life1 daily hanging in the balance1 and dreading1 but little knowing1 whose turn it would be next to be suddenly called away4 ,some curious remedies and preventatives of ,cholera were adopted4 ,some people kept close quarters in their comfortable houses1 and watched the destroying angel pass by1 others thought it best to be out and abroad4 ,vegetables and fish were eschewed by all genteel people1 although it was clearly shown that the poor who ate such forbidden things died no sooner for the use of such edibles4 ,pills1 ,plasters1 and ,mixtures 7having reputed infallible cures7 were taken wholesale1 and brandy and salt found its many votaries1 for the brandy was swallowed whilst the salt was employed as a poultice to the stomach4 ,the use of ,cayenne ,pepper 7largely7 was considered an infallible preventative of ,cholera ,morbus4 ,alas1 all failed1 and the ,cholera raged until it burnt itself out1 and had claimed all its victims4 ,god grant that we may never have such a dreadful and alarming visitation again4 ,nov4 #aeth1 #ahdi4 ,the ,queen in ,council ordered a general ,thanksgiving ,day for the abatement of ,asiatic ,cholera in ,england1 for happily it had nearly been stamped out4 ,this day was held with great earnestness and thankfulness throughout the land4 ,during the strain of fear and sorrow which this sad visitation had forced upon the nation1 and the local enquiries which were held in various important towns on the principles and practices which ought to govern ,local ,authorities in managing their own districts1 a great divergence of public opinion was elicited1 which ultimately ended in ,parliament appointing a searching ,commission to examine these undissolved problems of scientific men4 ,the sanitary state and condition of a nation is a very broad platform to stand upon1 and a good plea has been urged on the ground of private rights and privileges1 but it is now unmistakeably admitted that the ,grand ,all ,people must enter into a man's calculations when he builds a house1 or feeds his pig1 and that he cannot be allowed to create a nuisance which can be proved detrimental to his neighbour's health1 or a shame to morals or decency4 ,since those memorable1 harrowing times many most salutary ,sanitary ,acts have been passed1 which will ,i hope for ever place beyond the pale of probability a revisitation of the fatal ,asiatic ,cholera4 ,,the ,,grammar ,,school1 ,,dudley4 #ahdi4 ,rev4 ,a4 ,kerr ,thompson1 ,m4,a41 ,queen's ,college1 ,oxford1 ,head ,master1 late ,senior ,assistant ,master in ,king ,edward the ,v,ith's ,school1 ,birmingham2 ,rev4 ,f4 ,j4 ,fairhead1 ,b4,a41 ,queen's ,college1 ,cambridge1 ,second ,master1 late ,second ,master of the ,college1 ,wye1 ,kent2 ,mr4 ,john ,henn1 ,assistant ,master1 formerly ,assistant ,master in ,king ,edward the ,v,ith's ,school1 ,meriden ,street1 ,birmingham1 and late ,head ,master of ,st4 ,peter's ,national ,school1 ,birmingham4 ,,dudley ,,union ,,workhouse4 ,at a ,meeting of the ,inhabitants of ,dudley1 convened by the ,mayor 7,,edward ,,terry1 ,esq417 in compliance with a respectably signed requisition1 held at the ,town ,hall1 the #hth day of ,october1 #ahdi1 to take into consideration the confined situation of the present ,poor ,house1 and the necessity that exists for the adoption of measures without delay for its removal to a more open and healthy site4 ,resolved1--,on the motion of ,,thomas ,,badger1 ,esq41 seconded by ,c4 ,f4 ,,hewitt1 ,esq41 ,that it is the opinion of this ,meeting that the present ,workhouse in ,dudley is in a most inconvenient and objectionable situation1 being too confined1 and being too much in the midst of the population of the ,town1 and that during this period of pestilence it is 7as on former occasions it has been7 fraught with the utmost danger alike to the inmates1 and to the inhabitants2 and moreover1 that it is the opinion of this ,meeting that the situation of the premises does not admit of the said ,workhouse being enlarged or improved4 ,resolved3--,on the motion of ,mr4 ,,john ,,vaughan1 seconded by ,mr4 ,,thomas ,,wood1 ,that this ,meeting be adjourned until ,monday1 ,october the #bbnd inst41 at eleven o'clock1 to afford time for further consideration of the subject2 and that ,messrs4 ,c4 ,f4 ,hewitt1 ,john ,marsh1 ,william ,bourne1 ,c4 ,f4 ,g4 ,clark1 ,fisher ,smith1 ,alexander ,patterson1 ,j4 ,bateman1 and ,j4 ,c4 ,cooke1 be appointed a ,committee to collect information as to the probable cost of erecting a suitable ,workhouse for the ,dudley ,union1 and to report on the probable value of the present ,workhouses4 ,signed1 ,,edward ,,terry1 ,chairman4 ,october #hth1 #ahdi4 ,it is wise and prudent at times to look within ones-self and try to see ourselves as others see us2 thus the subjoined public views of ,curiosities of ,dudley will illustrate this point4 ,the ,government of all1 by all1 for all4 ,,the ,,dudley ,,chartists1 ,,and ,,the ,,reform ,,and ,,financial ,,associations4 ,at a ,committee ,meeting1 held ,october #aeth1 #ahdi1 ,it was resolved3--,that the ,committee of ,dudley ,chartists renders its most cordial and energetic aid to any and all parties favourable to the present move for ,financial and ,parliamentary ,reform1 at the same time reserving to itself the right of progressing when these objects are achieved4 ,n4,b4 ,the above resolution has been copied into the ,birmingham ,mercury1 the ,northern ,star1 and the ,nonconformist4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,reform6 ,,reform6 ,,reform6 ,the ,,manifesto of the ,,national ,,reform ,,association4 ,after mutual deliberation1 the ,middle and ,working ,classes have agreed upon the basis of a representative system--both parties accept the principles of the ,national ,reform ,association4 ,they are--#ast4 ,the extension of the ,suffrage to every ,occupier of a ,tenement1 or portion of a ,tenement4 #bnd1 ,vote by ,ballot4 #crd4 ,triennial ,parliaments4 #dth4 ,a more equal apportionment of ,members to ,population1 #eth4 ,the abolition of the ,property ,qualification4 ,such a ,reform carried in its integrity would make the ,house of ,commons the embodiment and expression of the mind and will of the people2 and with this1 and with nothing less1 should the people be content4 ,to work1 not words1 we must devote the next few weeks for the advancement of our political rights1 and to the means of alleviating the burdens of our fellow men4 ,republished by order of the ,committee of the ,dudley ,mutual ,improvement ,society4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,dudley ,,representation4 7,from the ,daily ,news1 ,december #ast1 #ahdi47 ,dudley was enfranchised by the ,reform ,bill4 ,it is the centre of a manufacturing district2 it contains a population of nearly five and thirty thousand2 it has #a1cjj #aj householders1 of whom nearly #a1jjj were registered electors3 corruption has not been practised in it1 and nevertheless it returns a strong ,tory representative1 and1 under existing circumstances1 would continue to do so1 let the suffrage be extended as it might4 ,it will at once be inquired--what is the cause of this8 ,an anomaly is here presented which requires explanation4 ,these facts1 it will be said1 appear to militate against the arguments in daily use--that the feeling of the country is ,liberal--that the people are well fitted to receive an extended suffrage--and that the large manufacturing constituencies are the most enlightened1 and1 as a rule1 return the most useful representatives4 ,it will be observed1 too1 that the position of ,dudley appears the more anomalous because the town is immediately adjacent to1 and in many respects materially influenced by1 ,birmingham and ,wolverhampton--places which may almost be described as centres of political enlightenment4 ,it will be asked how these things are to be accounted for and reconciled4 ,in dealing with the borough system of ,england it is certainly our duty not to pass them over4 ,the ,toryism which is predominant at ,dudley is a very peculiar ,toryism4 ,it is a low and vulgar ,toryism2 an ignorant and very brutal ,toryism4 ,as a rule ,toryism is the aristocratic principle of ,england3 it presents itself in the flowing wig and ruffle style of the early days of ,george the ,third2 it boasts of long descent and ancient pedigree1 and1 as many a ,tory of the present day will tell you1 came to him as an inheritance with his family plate and pictures4 ,but the ,toryism of ,dudley is nothing of this sort2 there is not a ,tory in the town who can boast of his grandfather2 it is difficult to put your finger upon a member of the party who is entitled to the position and reputation of a gentleman4 ,a coarser and more vulgar crew than the ,tories of the town of ,dudley1 high and low1 it would be impossible to pitch upon in any community in ,england4 ,the ,toryism of ,dudley is a ,toryism of ignorance--a ,toryism of habit--a ,toryism of self interest--and a ,toryism of coercion4 ,we have been in places where ,toryism was the representative of loyalty4 ,at ,dudley they care as much about the ,sovereign as they do about the ,president of ,france4 ,there are other towns where ,toryism shadows forth the ,church of ,england1 and where ,tories march in array to the poll with a view1 as they believe1 to keep dissent in check4 ,at ,dudley the ,tories profess no ,church principle1 nor1 indeed1 any description of religious principle4 ,up to #ahde1 when a diocesan effort was made to civilize this locality1 there were few places where the ,church was so completely useless--where it was so apt a representation of the dried up well of the desert in which thousands are perishing of thirst4 ,even now1 when the ,church is making some effort to enlighten this depraved and almost heathen population1 it is not the ,tories of ,dudley who support its efforts1 nor the ,tories of ,dudley who promote its usefulness4 ,and this fact shadows forth one of the great causes of the ,toryism of this town4 ,we have said that the ,toryism of ,dudley is a ,toryism of ignorance4 ,the ignorance of ,dudley ,tories is not mere personal ignorance--though there is an ample amount of that--but it is an entire and utter ignorance of the population amongst which they live4 ,that population is a most important population4 ,it is almost exclusively a mining population4 ,within the parish of ,dudley there exists #cb1jjj souls3 but within a circle of three or more miles around it there are scarcely less than #ajj1jjj more1 and the great proportion of these are engaged exclusively in the mining operations of the district4 ,talk of our large towns--why the population of the parishes of ,dudley1 and of ,tipton1 ,clent1 ,kingswinford1 ,sedgley1 and ,west ,bromwich1 all in close proximity to ,dudley1 equal the population of ,birmingham itself6 ,what is the condition of this population8 ,who cares for and protects this enormous mass of labouring poor8 ,the ,dudley ,tories--for whom so many of them labour8 ,we lament to say not one of them4 ,it is a painful fact to record1 but we do believe that there is not one of the employers of the ,dudley district who knows one per cent4 of the men who toil and labour to produce his wealth4 ,take ,england through1 and you will not find a locality where there is not so little sympathy between the employers and employed1 but such an utter regardlessness on the part of the former of every single interest appertaining to the latter4 ,it is upon the records of official evidence that they omit even the commonest precautions for the preservation of their lives4 ,human existence here is treated as a cheap commodity4 ,those horrible pit accidents1 of which we hear so frequently--7and yet1 in comparison of the frequency of their occurrence1 so very rarely7--proper precautions would prevent one half of them--precautions entailing trouble and expense no greater than is the bounden duty of every master to provide4 ,but the utter ignorance of the ,dudley ,tories of the population amongst whom they live is no better exhibited than by the strikes1 which are of habitual occurrence in this important district4 ,if the history of the labour of this locality were written1 it would be found that strikes amongst the pitmen were the rule1 and continuous labour the exception4 ,the pitmen in the ,dudley district are always1 in fact1 in an incipient state of strike1 or else in strike itself4 ,it is evident that there must be something wrong in a system under which such a state of things as this exists4 ,we do not hear of these repeated strikes in the cotton manufacturing districts1 in the woollen trade1 or in the clothing trade1 at ,manchester1 or ,bolton1 or ,huddersfield1 or ,leeds4 ,why should the population on the ,dudley side of the coal country strike so much more frequently than they do upon the ,wolverhampton and ,bilston side of the same district8 ,there must be a fault here1 and we have little hesitation in attributing it to the want of sympathy of the employers for the employed4 ,in order to explain this more thoroughly it is necessary to describe shortly how the mines of this coal district are worked4 ,we will take the district immediately adjacent to the town of ,dudley4 ,the great owner of the soil is ,lord ,ward4 ,lord ,ward lets his land on royalties3 that is to say1 the person taking a lease of it engages to work the minerals upon the property1 to pay so much per ton for all the coal and ironstone obtained1 to get no more than a certain maximum quantity1 which is agreed on1 every year1 but to pay as for a certain minimum quantity1 whether he may get the maximum or none4 ,this is the contract as between the owner of the soil and the ironmaster4 ,but the ironmaster does not work the mines himself3 he contracts with a middleman1 called a butty-collier1 who engages to open the mine for him1 and to get a certain quantity of coal or ironstone per week1 at a price to be agreed4 ,the butty-collier employs a gang of men for this purpose4 ,these men are consequently never brought into connexion with1 nor do they in the slightest degree engage the sympathies of1 their real employer4 ,in many cases they do not even know the butty1 for the butty contents himself with negotiating with the master1 and contracts with the men through one of their own class1 who is ordinarily called a doggie4 ,the master never goes into the mines3 the butty very rarely4 ,but it is in these mines that the colliers exist from one week's end to another2 it is here that they live1 and breathe1 and have their being4 ,now1 the effect of this system of labour in the iron district is highly detrimental to every class engaging in the trade4 ,the labourer1 having nothing in common with the employer1 is continually striking to get more out of him--and hence the strikes by which the trade is continually suffering4 ,on the other hand the employer is led to treat the workman as a mere machine2 as a machine without wants or feelings2 as a machine in which he is only so far interested as he can work it4 ,a remarkable proof of this position is to be found in the fact1 that although accidents in the pit-work are in the fearful proportion of no less than seventy-two per cent4 per annum to the number of labourers1 yet there is not in the ,town of ,dudley1 or in the country round about it1 a hospital1 or even a dispensary6 ,all cases requiring peculiar care must be sent to ,birmingham1 twelve miles off6 ,when people are found so careless of the lives of the labourers by whom they live1 how can it be expected that they can be anxious concerning their political position8 ,the late ,vicar of ,dudley put it upon record that his rich fellow townsman cared nothing either for the spiritual or moral welfare of the poor4 ,i had the greatest possible difficulty1 he says1 in obtaining money for building district churches4 ,on coming to the parish ,i found only two old endowed schools in one building1 and they were in great difficulties4 ,this reverend gentleman and other clergymen detail the difficulties they have in extracting a sixpence from the richest masters in the district for the benefit of the poor1 and the utter regardlessness which there is for their social or spiritual well being4 ,this ignorance of the working class--of their wants1 wishes1 feelings and interests--is no doubt a predisposing cause to the ,toryism of the ,dudley ironmasters4 ,the system of their trade is another predisposing cause4 ,most people know1 that virtually1 the iron trade is a monopoly4 ,the large ironmasters are continually struggling to maintain it so4 ,you have heard probably of what are called ,ironmasters' ,quarterly ,meetings4 ,allow us an opportunity of exposing one of the greatest absurdities that ever existed in any trade4 ,in the week after every legal quarter day the ironmasters of ,south ,staffordshire perambulate the district to hold what they call their quarterly meetings1 and to arrange what the price of iron shall be for the ensuing quarter4 ,the ironmasters meet1 say at ,wolverhampton or at ,dudley4 ,they dine at the hotel4 ,they fix the price of iron--the price that is to govern all the trade4 ,one of them--a jolly red nosed old ,tory--the most convivial of all the lot1 and the most emphatic about the price1 returns home after dinner1 and finds a letter on his table requesting him to tender for a quantity of rails4 ,within twelve hours after he has settled the price1 he is certain to be underselling all his neighbours4 ,this settling the price of iron is a farce4 ,but if so1 what is the use of the quarterly meeting8 ,why1 the use of the quarterly meeting is to keep up the monopoly1 to afford an occasion for excluding the new man in the business--to present a favourable opportunity for a combination against the weaker and humbler manufacturer--and1 in addition to all this1 to put the screw upon the labourer1 by combining to enforce the lowest rate of wages in the works and pits4 ,for at these ,ironmasters' ,quarterly ,meetings1 wages1 forsooth1 are regulated1 as well as the price of iron4 ,and you will find1 if you examine the subject attentively1 that these wages are fixed without regard to the quality of the labour or the skill of the workman1 in the same way as the price of iron is fixed1 without regard to its quality1 or the nature of the supply4 ,their monopoly1 therefore1 makes the ,dudley ironmasters ,tories by habit and ,tories by position4 ,we will now show how they are also ,tories by self-interests and ,tories by coercion4 ,the coal-field1 or as it is sometimes called the great black cake1 is of limited extent4 ,the lords of the soil are few in number4 ,lord ,ward possesses the largest share of it4 ,sir ,horace ,st4 ,paul was the next greatest proprietor4 ,now it is a matter of absolute necessity with the lessees1 that they should be upon as good terms as possible with the owners of the soil4 ,and we will explain the reasons why4 ,when a coal-field is taken to work a considerable amount of capital is necessarily invested4 ,works have to be erected2 a shaft has to be sunk4 ,from the nature of the property no very large quantity of land can be taken at once4 ,in a little time1 probably1 all that has been originally leased is worked out4 ,the lessee has now to obtain a new piece of ground4 ,you will see at once that in order to make his original pit and works available it is necessary that such new piece of ground should adjoin that he originally took4 ,the instances are rare in which this adjoining ground does not belong to the same landlord4 ,if the master is on good terms with the steward he gets it2 if he is not1 a large proportion of his capital is necessarily sacrificed4 ,the self-interest1 therefore1 of these ironmasters induces them to go with the owner of the soil1 and obliges them to submit to the coercion of the steward4 ,at ,dudley1 as we shall presently find1 this has gone so far that the constituency are content to swallow ,lord ,ward's own agent as their representative in parliament1 a person who rarely comes amongst them1 who does the town no earthly good1 and who is as careless about the fulfilment of his parliamentary duties as if he was sitting for ,gatton or ,old ,sarum4 ,such1 then1 to conclude this branch of the subject1 are the circumstances under which the important town of ,dudley is a ,tory town4 ,the explanation will set at rest all cavil as to the reason why this large manufacturing constituency should now send a ,tory to the ,house of ,commons4 ,we started by saying that there was little hope of improvement--that an extension of the suffrage would probably have no effect whatever on the returns of this constituency4 ,if the suffrage was household1 it would be extended in ,dudley to a lower class of buttys and doggies1 who are all under the thumb and immediate influence of the master4 ,if it was universal1 it would be extended to the mining labourers1 who in their turn are under the thumb and immediate influence of the buttys and doggies4 ,indeed the character of this particular population requires that1 before the suffrage1 another enlightener should be introduced1 in the person of the schoolmaster4 ,the old collier of this town1 says the late ,vicar of ,dudley1 is a heavy1 superstitious1 gluttonous animal1 most harmless1 and naturally good natured1 without a spark of political feeling1 unless as regards his daily wages3 all beyond is to him dreary and unreal4 ,some years ago1 the ,chartists thought they had made an impression in the coal country2 but it was a mistake4 ,they were all powerful in ,birmingham1 but not in any way understood in ,dudley4 ,the ,chartists1 says a working man1 had a room in ,dudley for a year or more before the strike4 ,occasionally ,lecturers would come and lecture there4 ,not many men at any time enrolled their names4 ,i should say #ej or #fj might be the most1 and they paid #a;d4 a week1 but the room could not have held that number at once4 ,another working man says3 ,the men did not follow the ,chartists from any principle1 but fled to them for refuge in the strike1 and were glad for any one to come and instruct them in the prices of iron and so forth4 ,political affairs had nothing to do with us2 we had to deal with our masters4 ,the ,chartists never had any friends in ,dudley4 ,a population of this sort evidently requires instruction in order duly to exercise political privileges4 ,and1 now1 having fully pointed out the position of ,dudley as regards the social and political influences at work there1 we proceed to give that which is more immediately the business of this article1 the electoral history of the town4 ,it is a short and dreary one1 only marked by the occurrence of one exciting contest4 ,the large towns which were enfranchised in #ahcb felt at the first election which occurred in them all the awkwardness of a first appearance in a new character4 ,parties were unformed1 no combinations of any sort prevailed1 and in the majority of cases accident rather than deliberate judgment determined the choice of the electorates4 ,an accident threw the representation of ,dudley into the hands of no less a person than the ,solicitor-,general1 ,sir ,john ,campbell4 ,mr4 ,campbell had sat for ,stafford in the parliaments of #ahcj and #ahca4 ,but with the passing of the ,reform ,bill he was desirous of obtaining election by a different constituency1 and indeed circumstances which had occurred at ,stafford prevented his again sitting for that town4 ,dudley1 a borough not far distant from ,stafford1 was selected1 it is believed1 by ,mr4 ,joseph ,parkes4 ,sir ,john ,campbell went to ,dudley in utter ignorance of the character of the constituency and of the men with whom he had to deal4 ,but it was a new borough1 a large borough1 and a manufacturing borough1 and therefore was supposed necessarily to be a ,liberal borough4 ,when ,sir ,john ,campbell got down he found apparently a very influential opponent in the field4 ,this was ,sir ,horace ,st4 ,paul1 one of the principal owners of the great black cake4 ,the nomination of ,sir ,horace ,st4 ,paul1 however1 was not free from objection4 ,he had represented ,bridport in several preceding parliaments1 and had been an opponent of the bill by which ,dudley was enfranchised4 ,for common honour the great body of the new electorate were obliged to set their faces against this4 ,but there was another circumstance greatly to ,sir ,horace's disadvantage4 ,although he owned a considerable part of the mineral property of the district1 his possession of that property was far from beneficial to the iron and coal masters4 ,sir ,horace ,st4 ,paul worked his own mines1 and the ironmasters regarded him with some jealousy1 as a rival in their business4 ,the support he received from them was1 therefore1 anything but warm2 and the political ,union of ,birmingham having declared for ,sir ,john ,campbell1 plain ,jack was enabled to secure a comparatively easy victory at the poll1 where the numbers were--for ,campbell1 #cdh2 ,st4 ,paul1 #bbi4 ,at this time there were only #fgj voters on the poll1 instead of #ajjj1 as at present4 ,in ,february1 #ahcd1 ,sir ,john ,campbell having succeeded ,sir ,wm4 ,horne as ,attorney-,general1 came down to ,dudley to obtain his re-election4 ,circumstances1 however1 had vastly changed since #ahcb4 ,the reform excitement had passed away4 ,the ,birmingham ,political ,union was defunct4 ,the ,liberal party had become less popular1 and in ,dudley ,sir ,john ,campbell had done nothing to secure for himself any local sympathy4 ,the party which had brought him in in #ahcb was a party without any influence or weight whatever in the town4 ,they had succeeded mainly in consequence of the feeling of the day1 and the fact of their having succeeded was sufficient to unite against them very strong and powerful influences4 ,the ,dudley ,tories1 in fact1 had now begun to shew a formidable front1 and were prepared stoutly to contest the seat4 ,the candidate they selected was a local man--,mr4 ,thos4 ,hawkes1 of ,himley4 ,mr4 ,hawkes was an amiable man1 whose family had made their property in ,dudley1 and who had himself been engaged in the glass trade of the district4 ,he was a man of some ambition1 and had aimed for a long time at high society and a seat in parliament1 without having either the means sufficient for the one1 or the ability desirable for the other4 ,however1 the ,dudley ,tories were disposed to gratify him1 the more so as he was a man very likely to succeed at an election from his general popularity1 and the more so from his residence being next door to ,himley ,hall4 ,mr4 ,hawkes was accordingly proposed4 ,the ,tories exerted themselves indefatigably on his behalf1 and it was speedily evident that they would be successful4 ,but the ,tories of ,dudley are not a class of people who can bear either success or defeat with moderation4 ,they had displayed from an early period of this contest violent passions1 and an infinite amount of bad feeling towards their opponents of all classes4 ,gangs of bullies had gone about to threaten and assault individuals1 canvassers upon the ,liberal side had been insulted in the public streets1 and it was an open boast with the ,tories that they would make the town too hot for their adversaries4 ,on the day of election all those coarse and vulgar methods of exasperation were increased tenfold4 ,people were insulted at the poll1 and the authorities1 all ,tories1 would afford them no protection4 ,at length the town became a scene of riot and confusion4 ,it was feared that ,sir ,john ,campbell would personally become an object of attack1 and he was advised to leave the town4 ,accordingly whilst the ,tory mob was bellowing in the street1 in the front of his hotel1 the ,attorney ,general1 accompanied by a friend1 and disguised by a muffler round the lower part of his face1 left the inn by a back door1 and proceeding through the narrowest and dirtiest parts of the town1 escaped from it by a circuitous route4 ,the passage by which ,sir ,john left ,dudley received the name of ,campbell's flight1 and will probably be so distinguished long after the circumstances which gave it celebrity have passed into oblivion4 ,an hour of retribution1 however1 was now at hand4 ,the ,tory mob had held the town all day1 but it is a dangerous thing in a district of this sort to play a game at mobs4 ,no sooner was it known that there was rioting in ,dudley than the largest coal and ironworks on the ,stourbridge side poured forth an army of miners2 men to whom to see the light of day was itself almost an excitement4 ,into ,dudley they poured with wild shouts and outcries4 ,the people fled in terror4 ,the shop windows had all been closed4 ,as they came down the streets the colliers pulled down every shutter1 and threw them through the windows into the houses4 ,not a whole pane of glass was left4 ,the pavements were torn up4 ,stones began to fly in all directions4 ,the town for a whole hour was given up to a worse riot than before1 and then the ,blacks began to retire4 ,the rear of their army was at one end of the town when the ,dragoons from ,birmingham galloped in at the other4 ,the authorities who had permitted riots on their own side all the day1 had sent expresses for the troops the moment they found they had got the worst of the game they had begun4 ,the military arrived too late to prevent the mischief2 but they held possession of the town all night1 and thereby afforded security to the inhabitants4 ,and thus terminated one of the most riotous elections ever known in ,england--an election thoroughly disgraceful to the town where it occurred1 but of which the ,dudley ,tories boast to this hour1 as if1 instead of exciting the worst feelings of humanity1 they had achieved some great moral triumph4 ,mr4 ,hawkes sat for ,dudley from ,february1 #ahcd1 to ,july #ahdd4 ,at every successive election some one was brought forward to oppose him1 but his majorities increased at every contest1 and the ,liberals polled fewer and fewer the more frequently they fought the borough4 ,except the excellence of their cause1 they have not in fact a single element of strength in ,dudley4 ,mr4 ,hawkes probably acquired some additional influence in consequence of the marriage of one of his daughters with the brother and heir presumptive of ,lord ,ward4 ,the peer himself was for a long time understood to be the lady's suitor1 but the younger brother ultimately obtained her hand4 ,mr4 ,hawkes might have continued1 under these circumstances1 to represent the town1 but unfortunately the pressure of pecuniary embarrassments obliged him1 in #ahdd1 to go abroad1 with a view to repair his fortunes4 ,he accordingly relinquished his seat1 to which ,mr4 ,john ,benbow1 the agent and auditor of the ,ward estates1 immediately succeeded4 ,mr4 ,benbow's pretensions to the representation of the town rest exclusively upon the office which he holds4 ,he is neither a native nor a resident1 nor in any other way connected with the place4 ,he is comparatively very slightly known in ,dudley4 ,he visits it but rarely1 and does nothing of himself to advance its local interests4 ,a representative he can scarcely be called1 for ,mr4 ,benbow is one of those members who rarely record their opinions by a vote in ,parliament1 being contented with the seat without the trouble of attending4 ,dudley1 thus represented1 has reached1 as one may suppose1 the lowest point of its political degradation4 ,it fell very low when the seat descended from the ,attorney-,general to ,mr4 ,hawkes4 ,it fell still lower when the resident and the friend was superseded by the stranger and the mere official4 ,nothing can change ,dudley but a change in the opinions of ,lord ,ward4 ,and stranger things may come to pass than that4 ,dudley1 in outward appearance1 is an improving place4 ,within the last five years its shops have assumed a much handsomer aspect1 some of its streets have been widened and more attention has been paid to cleanliness4 ,it has all the bustle of a busy and a thriving town2 but as its trade depends exclusively upon the coal and iron districts all around it1 it is necessarily subjected to many fluctuations4 ,we cannot recommend ,dudley to the tourist as a halting place1 for the smoke renders the atmosphere in the town and country all around it particularly disagreeable4 ,but there is no district in ,england better worth examination1 both as regards the state of an important trade1 and the condition of an enormous population4 ,those who will face the dirt and dinginess of ,brierley ,hill and ,tipton will find ample food for study2 and they will see a scene of industry and wealth where1 within the memory of man1 little else was to be found but open waste and common4 ,the concluding paragraph in this severe editorial1 but too truthful recital of the political status of ,dudley at this period of our history1 wherein it is written that1 ,nothing can change ,dudley1 but a change in the opinions of ,lord ,ward1 and stranger things may come to pass than that2 has been most unexpectedly fulfilled by his ,lordship's recent recantation of his former steadfast political views1 discarding now for ever the long held ,conservative principles of the ,house of ,himley1 and passing over with all his enormous powers and local belongings into the ranks of the modern so-called ,liberalism4 ,pitiable is it indeed to witness the twingings of a forced compliance now to his new-born politics in all degrees and stations of his employes2 whose former by-gone stereotyped orders1 wrung from many an honest heart the secret feelings of a detestation of such doings1 but silenced by the sense that his daily bread absolutely depended upon his compliance4 ,such is the fate of ,political ,toadyism6 ,died ,january #ajth1 #ahej1 ,mr4 ,george ,lester1 ,pork ,butcher1 ,high ,street4 ,aged #cb years4 ,died ,february #ith1 #ahej1 ,mr4 ,frederick ,johnson1 ,solicitor1 ,wolverhampton ,street4 ,this was a young gentleman of brilliant talents1 and had he lived would have been an ornament to the town4 ,aged #bg years4 ,the ,truck or ,tommy system1 an odious practice of paying hard working men in kind or provisions instead of money1 had very extensively ramified itself into the business operations of ,iron ,masters1 ,coal ,masters1 ,nail ,factors1 and ,nail ,foggers to such an extent1 as to threaten the annihilation of all fair dealings betwixt the employer and the employed in our varied labour markets4 ,the consequence was1 that a public meeting 7under the auspices of ,thomas ,fereday1 ,esq41 the ,mayor71 was held in the ,old ,town ,hall1 on ,april #ast1 #ahej1 to form an ,association for enforcing the law against the payment of wages in ,truck or ,tommy4 ,a very influential ,association was at once formed1 and ,mr4 ,geo4 ,boddington1 ,solicitor1 ,dudley1 was appointed ,solicitor to this ,association2 which1 by its energetic convictions of numerous offending parties1 speedily gave a sensible check to this wicked and dishonest usage4 ,it was clearly shown that the poor working man was paying #be per cent4 more for his provisions than he ought to do2 besides being deprived of the right to buy his daily food in the best market4 ,mr4 ,c4 ,f4 ,g4 ,clark became a prominent ,lecturer to the working classes in this district on this burning question1 and laid bare with an unsparing hand the iniquity of the ,truck system4 ,may #ast1 #ahej4 ,the ,south ,staffordshire ,railway was this day publicly opened4 ,it runs from ,dudley to ,alrewas1 joining the ,midland line at that ,station4 ,a procession took place from the ,dudley ,station to the ,hotel1 where was held a public ,dinner to celebrate the event4 ,died ,may #hth1 #ahej1 by his own hand in a fit of temporary insanity1 ,mr4 ,joshua ,wilkinson1 ,anvil and ,vice ,manufacturer1 ,queen's ,cross1 ,dudley4 ,this sad death was most grievously deplored1 for ,mr4 ,wilkinson was a large and liberal employer of labour1 and a most kind and genial friend and neighbour4 ,aged #ef years4 ,may #bjth1 #ahej4 ,this being ,whit-,monday1 the ,dudley ,castle and ,silurian ,caverns were opened to the public with uncommon array and splendour1 as the caverns were lighted the first time with gas4 ,mr4 ,elliott ,hollier1 ,chemist1 was the chief instrument in having this grand spectacle opened to the public1 for his untiring exertions throughout were truly extraordinary1 the whole entertainment devolving upon his efforts4 ,the fetes were kept open for three successive days1 and as the profits were to be appropriated to paying off the debt of the ,geological ,society1 it was gratifying to find that the realization of #gej was the result of this wonderful and pleasurable exhibition of nature and art4 ,upwards of #bj1jjj people attended these fetes4 ,may #bfth1 #ahej4 ,an ,evening ,lecture was commenced this day 7,sunday7 in ,st4 ,edmund's ,church1 the ,rev4 ,a4 ,kerr ,thompson1 ,m4,a41 the ,head ,master of the ,grammar ,school1 was appointed the ,lecturer4 ,the stipend was raised by a voluntary annual subscription4 ,july #bnd1 #ahej4 ,miss ,ellen ,browne1 second daughter of ,dr4 ,browne1 ,vicar1 was this morning married to the ,rev4--,osborne1 ,m4,a41 with much ceremony and rejoicing4 ,july #bnd1 #ahej4 ,died1 in consequence of a fall from his horse in ,st4 ,james' ,park1 ,london1 ,sir ,robert ,peel1 ,bart41 ,m4,p41 acknowledged the greatest statesman and debater of his day4 ,aged #fd years4 ,died1 ,august #bfth1 #ahej1 at ,claremont1 near ,london1 ,louis ,phillippe ex-,king of the ,french4 ,aged #gg years4 ,died1 ,september #hth1 #ahej1 ,mr4 ,mark ,bond1 many years ,clerk at ,st4 ,edmund's ,church4 ,aged #gi years4 ,died1 ,september #acth1 #ahej1 old ,mr4 ,morris1 maltster1 ,castle ,street1 much esteemed4 ,aged #gh years4 ,september #bjth1 #ahej1 there had been a great dearth for want of rain1 as there had been none since ,august #bjth till this date4 ,the want of rain had dried up all vegetation and created a great scarcity of green meat for cattle all over the country4 ,died1 ,october #aath1 #ahej1 ,mrs4 ,wilson1 formerly of ,queen ,street1 feather dealer1 c4 ,aged #ic years4 ,died1 ,october #bith1 #ahej1 ,john ,roberts1 ,esq41 ,j4,p41 ,surgeon1 ,wolverhampton ,street1 ,dudley4 ,aged #fb years4 ,this gentleman was a noted but bigotted politician in his day2 was appointed a ,borough ,magistrate2 very fond of office1 but was not always wise in administering the claims of justice2 was a warm friend and good counsellor to those intimately acquainted with him4 ,a marble monument erected in ,st4 ,edmund's ,church records the many virtues of this gentleman4 ,,papal ,,aggression4 ,on ,november #bfth1 #ahej1 a large and influential public meeting of all denominations of ,christians1 ,thomas ,fereday1 ,esq41 the ,mayor1 in the chair1 was held in the ,old ,town ,hall1 for the purpose of presenting an address to the ,queen1 against the recent insolent usurpation by the ,pope of ,rome of authority and jurisdiction in this your ,majesty's independent dominions4 ,this meeting was addressed at great length by the ,mayor1 ,dr4 ,browne1 ,vicar2 ,rev4 ,jno4 ,wesley ,thomas1 ,wesleyan ,minister2 ,rev4 ,jno4 ,palmer1 ,unitarian ,minister2 with our ever-green and watchful friend1 ,mr4 ,saml4 ,cook4 ,the meeting passed off most enthusiastically1 and the address was duly presented to the ,queen2 but1 like all other efforts to put down freedom of opinion in religious faith1 it signally failed to secure the ends aimed at2 for all parties seemed to have forgotten ,catholic ,emancipation1 granted some twenty-one years before4 ,february1 #ahea4 ,this month all the ,market ground which had been cleared of the old buildings was paved with new stones4 ,died ,february #bgth1 #ahea1 ,mr4 ,john ,smith1 the kind1 considerate1 and jovial landlord of the ,hotel4 ,aged #eh years4 #ahea4 ,march #cjth4 ,the ,census of the ,united ,kingdom was taken this night4 ,,marriage ,,of ,,lord ,,ward4--,april #bdth1 #ahea1 the marriage of ,lord ,ward1 so well known as being one of the largest proprietors of the empire1 with ,miss ,selina ,constance ,de ,burgh1 eldest daughter of ,hubert ,de ,burgh1 ,esq41 was celebrated at ,st4 ,george's ,church1 ,hanover ,square1 in the presence of a select circle of the friends of both parties4 ,the ceremony was conducted in a comparatively private manner1 owing to the recent demise of a member of the ,de ,burgh family4 ,the ,rev4 ,legh ,claughton1 ,vicar of ,kidderminster1 and brother-in-law to ,lord ,ward1 officiated4 ,shortly after nine o'clock the bridal party entered the church2 ,mr4 ,de ,burgh gave his daughter away4 ,lady ,wallscourt1 the ,hon4 ,mr4 and ,mrs4 ,dudley ,ward1 ,mr4 and ,mrs4 ,hawkes1 the ,hon4 ,mrs4 ,blake1 the ,dowager ,lady ,ward1 and other friends of the families1 were present4 ,at the conclusion of the ceremony the bridal party repaired to the residence of ,mr4 ,de ,burgh1 in ,grosvenor ,crescent1 and there partook of breakfast4 ,the happy pair subsequently left town for ,sandgate1 to pass the honeymoon4--,birmingham ,journal4 ,this unhappy lady died shortly afterwards of fever1 and was interred in the family vault in ,himley ,church1 amidst a grievous sorrowing throng of relations and friends4 ,aged #bb years4 #ahea4 ,may #ast4 ,this day the ,great ,national ,exhibition was opened in ,hyde ,park1 ,london1 by the ,queen and ,prince ,albert1 in great pomp and state1 attended with an immense retinue of ,english and ,foreign potentates4 ,many of us denizens of the ,black ,country attended also and paid our respects to the immense block of coal exhibited1 which came from the bowels of the earth at ,dudley ,port1 or ,horseley ,fields4 ,may #eth1 #ahha4 ,this town and locality was this day visited with a terrific storm of thunder and lightning4 ,some houses in ,prospect ,row and ,st4 ,thomas's ,church were struck with the lightning1 but fortunately no lives were lost4 ,july #bhth1 #ahea4 ,a partial eclipse of the sun took place this day1 at the hour of #c p4m4 ,august #fth1 #ahea4 ,proposed ,application of the ,public ,health ,act to ,dudley4 ,mr4 ,lee1 one of the ,inspectors under the ,sanitary ,act1 held a ,public ,enquiry1 and made a survey of the ,borough of ,dudley1 and he declared that this town was the worst drained and the filthiest of any town in the kingdom4 ,the death-rate was much higher than any other1 being #bh deaths in every #a1jjj inhabitants during the last #aj years666 whereas the general average was #bj deaths in every #a1jjj inhabitants4 ,oh6 ye advocates for economy1 and keeping your hands tightly on your breeches pockets2 who draw the rent1 with greed1 from your ignorant tenants1 but refuse to bear the burden which belongs to the landlord for the domestic health of those very tenants you live upon day by day1 read the subjoined astounding report and ask yourselves whether conscience does not struggle hard to resume her seat6 ,,proposed ,,application ,,of ,,the ,,public ,,health ,,act ,,to ,,dudley4 ,on ,tuesday last1 ,,william ,,lee1 ,esq41 one of the ,superintending ,inspectors of the ,general ,board of ,health1 opened an enquiry at the ,old ,town ,hall1 ,dudley1 for the purpose of enabling the authorities at ,whitehall to form an opinion as to the desirability of bringing the provisions of the ,public ,health ,act into operation within the ,borough4 ,such investigations have mostly hitherto been instituted upon the petition of the inhabitants of such towns as were considered to require improvement in sanitary matters4 ,in this instance1 however1 the ,board had taken advantage of the powers given them by one of the sections of their act1 which directs them to take steps for the application of its provisions to towns where the returns of the ,registrar-,general showed that the deaths annually exceeded twenty-three in the thousand4 ,although doubtless the attention of the ,board had been called to the matter by some influential gentlemen of the town1 we suppose we must attribute the very thin attendance of the inhabitants at the opening of the enquiry as much to the private and non-popular nature of its origin1 as to any want of interest in the matter either as a question of public health1 or as one which may ultimately become important to the community as ratepayers4 ,the proceedings did not commence until nearly an hour after the appointed time1 and even then not more than a dozen or fourteen persons were present4 ,amongst them were the ,rev4 ,dr4 ,browne1 7the ,vicar17 ,john ,houghton1 ,esq41 ,t4 ,w4 ,fletcher1 ,esq41 7firm of ,robinson and ,fletcher1 ,solicitors17 ,messrs4 ,hollier1 ,fisher1 ,richardson1 ,bowen1 ,bateman1 ,t4 ,p4 ,stokes1 ,minty1 ,griffiths1 and ,cook4 ,,mr4 ,,lee began by remarking on the scanty attendance1 which either showed that the inhabitants were not generally aware of the enquiry being about to take place1 or that they did not feel very much interested in the question4 ,it was1 however1 a question of very great importance to all the residents of the town1 and he regretted very much that the room was not filled4 ,all the rated inhabitants had a right to be present1 and to be heard on any matter touching that enquiry1 and it had been proved that full notice had been given1 so as to enable the inhabitants to know when and where the enquiry would be held4 ,the fact of there being reporters present would enable those inhabitants who were not present to know something of the proceedings1 and he hoped that the result would be that if any misapprehensions existed1 they would be removed4 ,in the few remarks he should make1 he thought it would be well to direct their attention to that portion of the ,public ,health ,act which related to preliminary inquiries4 ,under that ,act1 the ,general ,board of ,health was appointed to intimate its application under certain circumstances stated in the #hth section4 ,they were to appoint inspectors to make preliminary enquiries in large and populous towns and places1 and these enquiries would be instituted either upon the petition of not less than one-tenth of the inhabitants rated for the relief of the poor1 or where the returns of the ,registrar-,general showed that the deaths annually exceeded the proportion of twenty-three to a thousand4 ,upon the latter alternative the ,board had the power of directing an enquiry to be made1 without any petition from the ,inhabitants4 ,the section then went on to state the chief objects of the enquiry4 ,the report was to be made to the ,general ,board of ,health by the ,inspector in writing1 and was then to be printed and circulated in the parts to which the enquiry related4 ,upon that report any inhabitant might make any statement in writing1 as to anything contained in1 or omitted from1 such report4 ,it would be the duty of the ,general ,board of ,health to consider the report and statements made2 and there were then two modes of proceeding for that body to adopt1 according to circumstances4 ,if the inquiry had been instituted upon the petition from the inhabitants of the locality1 if the boundaries for the district were the same as those from whence the petition came1 and if there should be no local act of ,parliament in force in the district1 then the act might be applied by an order of ,privy ,council1 naming the day when the election of a ,local ,board of ,health should take place4 ,but if the inquiry should have been instituted in consequence of the mortality being over twenty-three to a thousand1 and if the boundaries were different1 and if there were a local act of ,parliament1 then the ,general ,board1 if they thought the ,public ,health ,act should be applied1 would have to make a provisional order1 which would have no force or effect until it had been approved by ,parliament4 ,in the case where a ,municipal ,corporation exists1 it is made the ,local ,board of ,health4 ,as the inhabitants of ,dudley had no ,corporation1 either the ,commissioners must act as a ,local ,board of ,health1 or the residents must meet and elect one4 ,mr4 ,lee then proceeded to detail the duties that would fall within the province of the ,local ,board1 stating that their powers were permissive1 not compulsory1 and that money to carry out the necessary works could be borrowed on the rates1 to be repaid by equal annual instalments1 running over a space of thirty years4 ,by the latter provision1 all difficulty as to causing a burden on the inhabitants was removed1 for if the amount should come to anything like the sum of #e per house1 the rate of interest would not be more than one penny per week4 ,he would now take them back to the grounds on which that inquiry had commenced4 ,the census of #ahea had been taken1 but the returns of the ,registrar-,general had not been made up so that the general rates of mortality could be ascertained4 ,there was no difficulty1 however1 in the returns for any particular town1 and it would be sufficient for him to show to them that the rates of mortality had increased very considerably in ,dudley since #ahda4 ,he had before him the ,registrar-,general's return for ,dudley1 dated the #gth of ,june1 #ahea1 made according to the terms of the act1 from the year #ahdd to #ahej inclusive4 ,the present population of the parish of ,dudley was #cg1ied4 ,the deaths during those years were #f1hfd1 giving an annual mortality of twenty-eight to every thousand of the inhabitants living4 ,if he took the comparative returns of #ahda1 he should take a much more favourable view of the condition of ,dudley than now existed4 ,in #ahda1 according to the census returns1 the rate of mortality in ,england and ,wales was little more than twenty to a thousand of the population2 and at that time the rate of ,dudley was #bf4g1 while in ,walsall it was #bd4b1 in ,wolverhampton #be1 and in ,birmingham1 7with a population four times more than ,dudley17 #bf4e4 ,he found that in the same year the deaths in ,dudley were #a in #cg2 in ,walsall1 #a in #da2 in ,birmingham1 #a in #ch4 ,the deaths from epidemic diseases in ,dudley were #a out of every #aca of the population annually2 in ,walsall1 #a out of #aed2 and in ,birmingham1 #a out of #bjb4 ,the average age of all who died in ,dudley was only #ag years1 at a time when the mortality was less than it was now4 ,in ,walsall it was #ai years and #c months2 in ,wolverhampton1 #ai years and #a month3 and in ,birmingham1 #bc years and #i months4 ,they would see by that excessive mortality how large a proportion of the community were cut off before they arrived at the years of maturity4 ,of those who died above #bj years of age1 the average was #ej years and #aj months2 in ,wolverhampton it was the same2 in ,walsall1 #eb years and #f months2 and in ,birmingham1 #ea years and #g months4 ,there they saw that no place among them all was so bad as ,dudley4 ,taking the whole of the deaths1 and dividing their per centage1 there were #cd4e per cent4 under a year old1 in ,dudley2 in ,walsall1 #bi4g per cent42 in ,wolverhampton1 #bg4f2 and in ,birmingham1 #bd4h4 ,under five years1 in ,dudley1 #fj4h per cent42 in ,walsall1 #ee4g2 in ,wolverhampton1 #ee4c2 and in ,birmingham1 #dh4d4 ,seven out of every ten persons under #bj years of age died annually1 a much larger rate than any other place mentioned4 ,as death had done its main work during the years of infancy1 they were not persons who had lost their lives in mines1 for two-thirds of their population died under five years of age2 as they got farther on in life there were1 of course1 fewer remaining in ,dudley to be killed1 and consequently the per centage was less in unhealthy than in healthy districts1 as the greater portion had been destroyed before arriving at the years of maturity4 ,he would give one instance--between #gj and #hj years of age #d4d died in ,dudley2 in ,wolverhampton1 #d4h2 in ,birmingham1 #e4g ,the figures were greatly to the disadvantage of ,dudley4 ,indeed there were very few places in the kingdom so unhealthy as ,dudley4 ,to show the enormous disparity that existed between ,dudley and registration districts in the counties of ,worcester1 ,stafford1 and ,warwick1 ,mr4 ,lee quoted a number of other figures4 ,for instance1 he showed that in the district comprising ,bewdley1 ,martley1 and ,tenbury1 7containing a population equal to that of the ,dudley district17 the average age at death was #da years and #d months against the average of #ag years in ,dudley4 ,now he said1 there might be persons who talked about economy with respect to sanitary arrangements1 and would be fearfully alarmed at the expense that would be brought upon the town of ,dudley by the adoption of sanitary measures4 ,it would be found from the registration districts he had named1 with a population equal to their own1 by the most extensive experience1 not only of the medical men1 but of those who had made the strictest enquiries into the sanitary condition of the country1 that there were not less than twenty-eight cases of sickness in excess1 spending on an average #bjs4 each1 to every death in excess4 ,well1 comparing the registration district of ,dudley1 which contained1 in #ahda1 #hf1jjj inhabitants1 with the district he had cited1 they would see that there were #hca deaths in excess in a year1 and of these more than one-third were due to the parish of ,dudley4 ,taking twenty-eight cases for each death in excess1 it exhibits a loss of #bc1bfh4 ,taking next1 the mourning fees1 coffins1 and other incidental expenses connected with a funeral1 which could not amount to less than #e each1 they would have a loss by funerals of #d1aae4 ,every adult lost eight years and eight months of his life1 and every individual twenty-four years and four months4 ,taking only the adult deaths1 and reckoning those adults to have been able to earn only #gs4 #f;d4 per week each on an average1 the loss in labour would be #aae1icd4 ,those three items of loss1 by one year's deaths alone1 for sickness1 funerals1 and labour1 was #adc1ceg4 ,they would all admit that1 at a very moderate estimate1 one-third of that cost would fall upon the parish of ,dudley1 and they then would find that the parish were annually losers in those three items to the extent of #dg1ghf4 ,that was the loss upon a mortality of #bf4g1 but the last returns exhibited a mortality of #bh to every thousand of the inhabitants1 during the seven years' average4 ,they might1 therefore1 fairly conclude that their loss at that present moment1 from excessive deaths1 was #ej1jjj per annum4 ,could anybody imagine for a moment that the most efficient sanitary works that could be constructed in ,dudley1 would bear to be looked at1 in comparison with these figures4 ,he could direct their attention to a very important table from the same returns1 containing #fa registration districts in ,england and ,wales1 with a population of #a1jjc1abd persons1 having a mortality of only #af to a thousand1 and where all who were born1 on an average lived to the age of #cg years and #e months2 and adults on an average to #fj years of age4 ,now1 compare that with ,dudley1 and though no sanitary means were used at the places he referred to1 nevertheless the mortality was #af as against #bh1 in the parish of ,dudley2 average age1 #cg years #e months1 as against #ag years2 adults1 #fj years as against #ej years and #aj months1 and the percentages of deaths under #bj years of age1 #ch4d1 as against #gj4a4 ,could anybody doubt that there was a cause for that1 and one that might to a great extent be removed8 ,could any reasonable man say it was not a case of vital importance1 and one that demanded careful enquiry8 ,was it not the duty of every inhabitant to promote such an enquiry1 and if it were found that remedies could be applied1 to take the greatest interest in their application8 ,he did not suppose that any person resident in ,dudley was aware that such a comparative state of things existed4 ,they had the facts now before them1 and he therefore anticipated that he should receive all the assistance they could render him in making that enquiry1 while he stayed in ,dudley4 ,they perceived that the jurisdiction of the ,general ,board of ,health arose from the excessive mortality1 over #bc to #a1jjj1 which the ,legislature regarded as such an excess as to call upon the ,general ,board to take proceedings to apply the act without any petition from the locality4 ,the mortality of ,birmingham1 ,sheffield1 ,bradford1 and ,leeds1 was less than ,dudley1 and he did not believe the mortality of ,manchester was higher4 ,he could not recollect a large town in the whole country1 except it was ,liverpool1 as it existed previous to the application of sanitary measures1 that was in such an awful condition as ,dudley appeared to be4 ,it was growing worse1 as was the condition of most unimproved towns4 ,the filth accumulating in open cesspools1 ash-pits1 privies1 c41 in consequence of badly-constructed channels and drains1 was constantly saturating the earth1 and going into the subsoil underneath4 ,as that saturation increased1 the unhealthiness of the town would increase1 and there would come a time when the subsoil of such towns would become a mere dunghill1 and the site of the town would be uninhabitable4 ,they saw themselves how the healthiness of the place had decreased since #ahda4 ,he next explained the manner in which he intended to conduct that enquiry4 ,awaiting the assembling of the inhabitants that morning1 he had taken down several complaints that had been made to him of nuisances existing in the vicinity of houses1 and he should be glad to enter more upon his minutes4 ,he would place also upon his minutes the name of any person who should wish to accompany him in making an inspection of the town4 ,he should adjourn the enquiry1 as far as that room was concerned1 until that inspection was complete4 ,he should have to depend upon those who accompanied him to point out the worst parts of the town1 and1 if there was a difference of opinion existing amongst them1 he should wish both parties to accompany him4 ,after other general observations1 he concluded by saying that his object was to discharge faithfully his duty to the ,board of ,health and the inhabitants of ,dudley4 ,about five minutes before ,mr4 ,lee concluded his address1 ,isaac ,badger1 ,esq41 entered the room4 ,as soon as the ,inspector sat down1 ,mr4 ,,badger said he wished to ask a question1 as he had that morning met most of the principal gentlemen of the town1 not one of whom knew anything about the origin of the enquiry4 ,he wished for some information why the meeting was held1 and was proceeding to remark that although he did not deny something of the sort was wanted1 yet that he thought ,dudley could very ill afford to go to any expense at all2 when ,mr4 ,,lee interrupted him with ,don't make a speech1 if you please2 if you ask any questions ,i will answer them4 ,he had before met with cases of this sort1 where gentlemen of influence in the locality came in after he had given his explanation of the cause of the enquiry--an explanation which in the present instance had occupied an hour in the delivery1 after waiting nearly another hour past the time appointed--and would have him to go over the explanation again1 for their personal information4 ,he would put it to those present whether such a thing could be expected from him4--,mr4 ,,badger said it was an important thing for the town1 and he was surprised the authorities knew nothing about it4 ,he might have signed a requisition if he had been asked to do so1 and he wanted to know who was the cause of the meeting being called4--,mr4 ,,lee3 ,as they doubtless knew there was to be an enquiry here this morning1 they should have been here at ten o'clock4--,mr4 ,,badger3 ,what ,i have asked for is information that the town ought to have1 but as he refuses to answer the question1 ,i will now withdraw4 ,i saw a very respectable medical practitioner yesterday1 and he tells me--,mr4 ,,lee3 ,you had better address yourself to me1 sir4--,mr4 ,,badger3 ,all ,i have to say is1 that the town never was in a more healthy state than at present2 and ,i object to the whole proceedings4 ,mr4 ,badger then left the room1 accompanied by ,j4 ,g4 ,walker1 ,esq4--,mr4 ,,lee said that any other gentleman might come into the room and put such questions1 and with equal reason expect him to answer them4 ,it was not a matter affecting his own convenience1 but it was a waste of time which he would not permit4 ,the gentleman had thought proper to withdraw1 and perhaps he would say that he had been refused information1 but there were those present who could correct such a statement4 ,at a subsequent stage of the proceedings1 the ,inspector1 in reply to a remark that he had spoken to ,mr4 ,badger in a way to which he was not accustomed1 said he had no respect of persons1 and could make no distinction between the rich and the poor4 ,mr4 ,fletcher presented the evidence taken before ,mr4 ,slaney1 ,m4,p41 in #ahdb1 while inquiring into the state of ,dudley under the ,public ,health ,commission2 and after receiving some evidence as to the nuisance in existence1 ,mr4 ,lee adjourned the inquiry4 ,tuesday afternoon was spent in viewing some parts of the town2 and on ,wednesday ,mr4 ,lee continued his inspection1 in company with the ,rev4 ,dr4 ,browne1 ,j4 ,c4 ,bourne1 ,esq41 ,j4 ,maughan1 ,esq41 ,messrs4 ,bateman1 ,j4 ,marsh1 and other respectable inhabitants of the borough4 ,he proceeded to the ,friends' ,chapel1 in the ,high ,street1 ,wolverhampton ,street1 ,shaver's ,end1 ,st4 ,james's ,terrace1 the ,dock1 ,vicarage ,prospect1 ,spring's ,mire1 ,stafford ,street1 ,cross ,street1 c41 jotting down his observations as he went along4 ,we may venture to affirm that few places require the surveillance of an inspector of some kind or other more than the ,ball ,court1 ,belper1 ,marrian's and ,pagett's ,yards1 the ,barracks1 the ,lodging-houses1 7chiefly occupied by ,irish7 in ,cross ,street1 and some other places1 which have always been noted as hotbeds of epidemic and contagious diseases--the cholera1 fever1 small pox1 scarlatina1 and measles1 having always in these localities assumed their most virulent type4 ,by some of the gentlemen in attendance it was confessed that they were entirely unaware of such hotbeds of pestilence existing in such crowded localities4 ,on ,thursday ,mr4 ,lee again attended at the ,town ,hall1 when some evidence was offered on the part of ,j4 ,bennett1 ,esq41 as to ,messrs4 ,smith and ,pigott having certain premises in ,tower ,street1 to which1 on account of their close proximity to the ,workhouse1 whenever epidemic disorders prevailed1 many pauper patients were always brought1 thus becoming to some extent an hospital for the poor4 ,mr4 ,lee was this day attended by ,j4 ,g4 ,bourne1 ,j4 ,bennett1 and ,j4 ,maughan1 ,esqrs41 ,messrs4 ,hollier1 ,dudley1 ,bateman1 ,marsh1 and some others1 and inspected the ,workhouse1 ,new ,street1 ,tower ,street1 ,green ,man ,yard1 ,birmingham ,street1 ,pottery ,fields1 c4 ,some of the courts and yards1 in ,birmingham ,street particularly1 attracted the notice of ,mr4 ,lee and the gentlemen with him as being close1 confined1 ill drained1 and badly ventilated4 ,as it appears very probable that the provisions of the ,health of ,towns ,act will be enforced in ,dudley 7for we cannot imagine what other report than an unfavourable one can be presented to the ,board by ,mr4 ,lee71 would it not be better that the town itself should take the matter up1 and by a new ,town ,act or ,charter of ,incorporation endeavour to procure those powers which will enable the inhabitants to act for themselves rather than be compelled to adopt the provisions of the ,health of ,towns ,bill1 which must entail upon the ,borough a vast expense1 that at the present time it is but ill able to bear4 ,it is high time these matters were thought of by the inhabitants of ,dudley1 and that the obstinate opposition of some one or two parties should not be allowed to stop all improvements1 as otherwise they will be compelled at last to adopt those measures which a little more consideration might have prevented4 ,we believe ,mr4 ,lee will continue his inspection1 which is expected to last some days longer4 ,august #afth1 #ahea4 ,nothing especially resulted from the above expos of the flagrant unsanitary condition of this town1 except a scare1 from which the ,town ,commissioners 7the only ruling authority we then had in the town71 began to fear that their brief authority would shortly be taken from them by the ,board of ,health in ,london2 consequently on ,october #crd1 #ahea1 an extraordinary meeting of the ,town ,commissioners was held this day at the ,hotel1 to consider the propriety of applying to ,parliament for increased powers in the ,dudley ,town ,commissioners ,act1 which dated back to #agia4 ,after a lengthened discussion 7in a very numerous attendance of members7 it was resolved on the motion of ,mr4 ,c4 ,f4 ,g4 ,clark1 chemist1 seconded by ,mr4 ,thomas ,fletcher1 ,that the anticipated early application of the ,health of ,towns ,bill to this parish would obviate the necessity of any increased powers in the ,dudley ,town ,commissioners ,act4 ,there was also a very strong feeling expressed in favour of applying for an ,act of ,incorporation as soon as it might be deemed advisable4 ,this desire for incorporation very soon cooled down1 for the town was not incorporated for sixteen years afterwards 7in #ahfg74 ,died1 ,august #bdth1 #ahea1 ,mr4 ,wm4 ,badger1 the second son of ,thos4 ,badger1 ,esq41 ,j4,p41 ,the ,hill ,home1 ,dudley4 ,aged #cd years4 ,august #bgth1 #ahea1 a new fire engine was sent to this town by the ,birmingham ,fire ,insurance ,company2 ,mr4 ,c4 ,f4 ,g4 ,clark was the local agent4 ,died1 ,november #adth1 #ahea1 at ,schwalbach1 ,duchy of ,nassau1 the ,lady ,selina ,constance1 the first wife of ,lord ,ward4 ,aged #bb years4 ,,south ,,staffordshire ,,water ,,company4 ,december #ast1 #ahea4 ,this new company gave public notice of their intention to apply to ,parliament for a ,bill to give to a large portion of ,south ,staffordshire1 together with the town of ,dudley1 a better supply of water4 ,after considerable opposition they succeeded in obtaining the ,bill in the main1 and from that time our water supply has been given by that now very enlarged company4 ,march #bnd1 #aheb4 ,married ,miss ,cresswell1 of the ,priory ,home1 to ,mr4 ,john ,beddard1 ,nail ,factor and ,iron ,merchant4 ,church ,rates becoming yearly more deservedly unpopular1 not only in ,dudley but in the country at large1 on ,march #bdth1 #aheb1 a severe contest took place this day in ,st4 ,edmund's district parish1 betwixt the ,church party and the ,dissenters4 ,a ,church ,rate of #e;d4 in the pound was proposed by the ,churchwardens1 and #a;d4 in the pound by the ,dissenters2 the result of the parish poll was-- ,for a #e;d4 ,church ,rate1 #aab votes #a;d4 #gf ---- ,majority1 #cf ,april #ajth1 #aheb4 ,st4 ,thomas' parish was also most vigorously and successfully assailed against ,church ,rates1 and1 as the parish contains some of our large manufactures1 it was at first doubtful which way a poll would terminate2 but when it became known that ,messrs4 ,a4 ,b4 ,cochrane and ,samuel ,k4 ,blackwell were decidedly turned against the future imposition of the obnoxious ,church ,rates1 it became a foregone conclusion that the ,church party would lose the day1 and be left to provide for ,mother ,church as well as they could4 ,the following hearty appeals were made to the ratepayers at this memorable ,dudley fight for ,mr4 ,samuel ,cook's innate principles of civil and religious freedom3-- ,,to ,,the ,,ratepayers ,,of ,,st4 ,,edmund',s ,,district1 ,,dudley4 ,,dissenters1 ,the ,churchwardens of this ,district have been defeated this day at the ,vestry1 in attempting to impose upon you a ,rate of ,,fivepence ,,in ,,the ,,pound4 ,the ,churchwardens have demanded a poll1 to obtain the ,votes of the ,district generally upon the matter1 to take place in the ,,vestry ,,of ,,st4 ,,edmund',s ,,church1 ,,on ,,tuesday ,,next1 at ,ten o'clock in the morning4 ,will you suffer in silence another of these fearful infractions on common sense and common justice to be thrust down your throats8 ,defeat this mean1 shabby means of the ,churchwardens to obtain money for them and their ,church-going brethren to worship ,god in what they are pleased to call1 most strangely1 the beauty of holiness1 at your expense4 ,,churchmen1 ,if you cannot poll against this ,rate1 stay at home1 and show by your silence1 that your good sense and common duty of man toward man are sadly wounded by this reflection upon either your want of means or want of principle to worship your ,god with clean hands and a clean heart1 without forcing your unwilling and conscientious neighbours to pay towards what1 if you love your ,god in spirit and in truth1 you would shrink from with fear and trembling4 ,a ,,conscientious ,,dissenter4 ,march #aith1 #aheb4 ,,go ,,to ,,the ,,poll ,,at ,,the ,,time ,,appointed4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,church ,,rate ,,meeting4 ,a ,,poll ,,demanded4 ,a meeting of the ratepayers of this parish was held on ,thursday last in the vestry of ,st4 ,thomas's ,church1 for the purpose of granting a church rate of sixpence in the pound1 to meet the expenses of the ensuing year4 ,the ,rev4 ,dr4 ,browne1 the vicar1 occupied the chair4 ,mr4 ,hollier1 the people's warden1 read the account of the present year's receipts and expenditure up to ,easter2 from which it appeared that the expenses for salaries1 c41 for the various churches amounted to #cfd and upwards1 that there was about #bab which had to be provided out of the arrears of the last rate4 ,it also appeared that the further sum of #dbc was due to other persons in the parish4 ,after a few remarks from the ,chairman upon the apparent hardship inflicted upon those who had paid1 while others had not paid the rate1 7and in which ,mr4 ,steedman concurred71 the rev4 gentleman stated that during the seven years he had resided in the parish no church rate higher than #e;d4 in the pound had been granted1 except that when a rate of #aj;d4 in the pound was granted1 this extended over a period of two years4 ,he then referred to the improvements effected1 alluding particularly 7inter alia7 to the wall surrounding the burial ground1 and where nobody could be refused interment4 ,mr4 ,pattison here observed that the #aj;d4 rate referred to was granted for the purpose of paying the bills of ,mr4 ,holland1 builder1 and ,mr4 ,powell1 painter1 and inquired what was still owing to them1 when ,mr4 ,hollier stated that a sum of #ff was due to ,mr4 ,holland1 and #fj to ,mr4 ,powell1 and after giving a summary of the expenses incurred in connection with the churches1 ,mr4 ,hollier further stated that he had not broken faith with the parishioners on his first appointment to office2 that the expenses had been always carefully looked to2 nor had he asked for a greater rate than #f;d4 in the pound4 ,mr4 ,pattison submitted that he had not done his duty in not enforcing the rate from those who refused1 and yet were well able to pay2 the churchwardens had the law upon their side1 and they ought to enforce it4 ,mr ,hollier expressed his unwillingness to distrain upon parties if it could be possibly avoided4 ,the office of churchwarden had not been sought by him1 but was thrust upon him1 and he should only be too happy to be relieved from its cares and responsibilities4 ,the ,chairman then read a resolution which had been very recently entered upon the vestry book1 to the effect that all persons able to pay the church rate should be compelled to do so4 ,after further remarks1 resulting in an animated but good humoured discussion1 ,mr4 ,hollier proposed a rate of #f;d4 in the pound1 which was seconded by ,mr4 ,w4 ,sheppard4 ,it was then proposed as an amendment 7the ,rev4 ,chairman1 however1 declining to put it to the meeting as an amendment1 on the ground that a penny rate was quite insufficient to meet the expenses17 on the motion of ,mr4 ,j4 ,finch1 seconded by ,mr4 ,d4 ,lloyd1 that a rate of a penny in the pound be granted4 ,mr4 ,lloyd enquired the necessity for the present meeting if the amendment was not to be put1 to which the ,chairman observed that the meeting was called for the purpose of granting a #f;d4 rate1 and nothing else2 whereupon ,mr4 ,t4 ,stanley remarked that they 7the opponents of the sixpenny rate7 were like sheep driven to the slaughter4 ,mr4 ,hollier stated that if a penny rate were granted1 similar meetings might take place week after week4 ,the rev4 ,chairman 7after some remarks about a poll being demanded1 and having stated that a minority could grant a church rate7 was then asked what was the use or necessity of a poll at all2 to which he facetiously replied1 for amusement2 an announcement which was received with much laughter4 ,mr4 ,insull then asked whether it was legal for the meeting to propose either a greater or a less rate than the one sought for4 ,the ,chairman answered that as to a greater1 he was not sure1 but certainly not a less rate4 ,t4 ,fereday ,esq41 the other churchwarden1 here remarked that the object of the meeting was to grant a sixpenny rate1 and if refused by the meeting1 the better way was to go to the poll4 ,the ,chairman then put the penny rate to the meeting1 and afterwards the sixpenny rate2 when1 on a show of hands1 a majority appeared to be decidedly in favour of the penny rate4 ,mr4 ,hollier then demanded a poll1 which was instituted immediately4 ,mr4 ,lloyd urged the propriety of the meeting being adjourned to the ,old ,town ,hall4 ,this1 however1 was overruled1 as the ,guardians were stated to be using it at that time4 ,the ,chairman stated that no ratepayers would be entitled to vote unless not only the previous poor rate1 but also the last church and highway rates were paid1 a legal point upon which the majority of the meeting differed1 contending that the payment of the poor rate was only the test of qualification4 ,it was at length agreed that the polling should take place at the vestry1 and that all votes tendered should be taken on payment of the previous poor rate1 the votes being afterward subjected to a scrutiny4 ,the poll immediately commenced1 and was kept up till five o'clock1 when it closed for that day4 ,the numbers were then as follows3--,for the penny rate1 #gh3 for the sixpenny rate1 #ia4 ,the poll will be resumed to-day 7,saturday71 and will continue from ten o'clock a4m4 till five o'clock p4m41 and will be again resumed on ,monday1 at ten o'clock1 finally closing at #ab o'clock at noon4 ,the best feeling seems to be manifested by all parties4 ,april #ajth1 #aheb4 ,there was a majority of #ih against this rate4 ,,church ,,rates4 ,,ratepayers ,,of ,,dudley1 ,at the ,vestry ,meeting held this morning1 for the purpose of imposing a ,sixpenny ,rate1 an amendment for a ,penny ,rate was moved1 and almost unanimously carried by a show of hands4 ,the ,churchwardens demanded a ,poll1 which is now going on at the ,vestry of ,st4 ,thomas's ,church4 ,embrace the present opportunity6 ,lose no time6 ,all who conscientiously oppose this exorbitant tax1 hasten and ,vote for the ,penny ,rate6 ,all ,poor ,rates that have been demanded must be paid previous to voting4 ,the ,polling will be kept open till five o'clock this afternoon4 ,attend the ,public ,meeting at the ,swan ,inn1 this evening at #h o'clock4 ,thursday1 ,april the #hth1 #aheb4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,dudley ,,church ,,rates4 ,the ,friends of ,religious ,liberty are requested to attend1 as early as possible1 at the ,,vestry ,,room ,,of ,,st4 ,,thomas',s ,,church1 between the hours of from ,ten till ,four on ,saturday1 ,april #ajth1 #aheb1 or from ,ten till ,twelve on ,monday1 ,april #abth1 #aheb1 to ,,vote ,,for ,,the ,,penny ,,rate1 instead of the ,sixpenny ,rate4 ,go to the ,poll ,early1 and ,,victory ,,is ,,certain66 ,committee ,room1 ,swan ,hotel1 ,dudley4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,church ,,rate ,,crisis6 ,coming events cast their shadows before4--,cato4 ,yea1 and the fangs of an ,ecclesiastical ,court will attest their realities in the pockets of unfledged ,anti-,church ,rate victims4 ,,brother ,,dissenters1 ,the last two months has witnessed a vigorous and legitimate opposition on our part to that detestable of all ,taxation1 the ,church ,rate4 ,our triumphant success at the poll in ,st4 ,thomas's district has incontestably proved to all parties1 that the imposition of this tax rests alone with the ,ratepayers1 and that1 as hitherto1 a mere vestry coterie shall not tax the conscientious ,dissenter without first giving him the honest and ,englishman-like opportunity of ascertaining for what purpose he is to be taxed4 ,the fact having now been fully established1 the staff having now been really placed in the hands of the ,ratepayers1 it becomes a question of the most vital pecuniary1 as well as public and legal1 consideration1 how far we are morally justified in further resisting the claims of a ,church ,established by ,law2 after we have lately testified that those claims shall first receive our sanction and approval at the tribunal of a parish poll4 ,fellow ,christians1 lose not sight of the fact that success has often intoxicated the victorious1 thrown them off their guard1 and given the enemy vantage ground4 ,beware of placing implicit confidence in the opinion of that class of agitating law-givers who deceive you by propounding to your ignorance what they and you would wish the law to be1 keeping from you what it really is4 ,recollect1 ,ah6 and enquiry will convince you1 ye unfledged sons of popular opinion1 that the laws were made for the ,church at a time when ignorance was bliss1 and it is now even a folly to be wise to the tune of an ,ecclesiastical enquiry1 viewing with ,argus eye the value and extent of your goods and chattels from ,westminster ,palace ,yard4 ,resist the law according to law1 but for the sake of him whose name we all bear1 render to ,csar the things that be ,csar's1 and lend not your conscientious sufferings1 either to elevate a meanless party into public notoriety or compromise that brotherly love1 which we profess to render even to our enemies4 ,enquire of your elder brethren how fared the dissenters in the notorious ,wood ,case1 and the echo will be defeat and payment4 ,let us not again enact a folly that inevitably shall constrain us to appeal to strangers in the flesh1 but brothers in the faith1 for pecuniary assistance in the midst of our never-to-be-forgotten consternation and alarm4 ,nay6 let us rather weigh the matter honestly over in our own breasts1 and consider whether it is not better to pay honestly 7and leave the ignominy to those who receive it7 the demands that we now believe to be illegally demanded at our hands1 and save our money1 not to feed the jaws of ,d4,c4,l4's1 but to legally contest and maintain our rights for the time to come4 ,petition the ,imperial ,parliament for the repeal of the vexatious ,tax4 ,it is known that many honourable sons of the ,church will join us1 for they bleed and feel acutely for us1 who are men of like attributes to themselves--,reject the election of any man who refuses to assist us in his place in ,st4 ,stephen's to get rid of our burden2 and1 above all1 whilst the ,church ,rate ,enactment lasts1 be careful to elect such ,churchwardens as shall faithfully perform their unpleasant duties1 observe scrupulous economy in the expenditure of our money1 be open and candid in their transactions with the public2 neither given to bolster up obsolete customs and practices of the ,church1 used only in the middle ages1 nor yet inclined to accede to the rapacity of a once popularity-seeking ,vicar1 at once a misfortune1 by example and precept1 to the ,church1 and no great love of those who dissent from his unproductive teaching4 ,henceforth1 let peace and vigilance be our watchword1 and the ,poll ,book our bulwark against oppression and injustice4 ,,an ,,old ,,dissenter6 ,and one who had to pay the piper to a heavy tune in the celebrated ,wood case4 ,dudley1 ,may #bjth1 #aheb4 ,the result of this severe ,parochial ,contest was that the #a;d4 ,church ,rate was carried by a majority of #ih votes4 ,this contest was the death warrant for ,church ,rates in ,dudley4 ,april #bast1 #aheb4 ,a cab stand was established in the ,market place 7by ,mr4 ,william ,beddard1 of the ,castle ,hotel71 a long wanted convenience4 ,the two parsonage houses of ,st4 ,john's and ,st4 ,james' ,churches were built this year by subscriptions2 ,lord ,ward giving the ground and #ajj donation to each house4 ,may #bhth1 #aheb4 ,the ,churchwardens of ,st4 ,edmund's ,church 7,messrs4 ,c4 ,f4 ,g4 ,clark and ,thomas ,danks7 called a ,vestry ,meeting of the inhabitants1 for the purpose of adopting the most efficient means for erecting a ,parsonage ,house for ,st4 ,edmund's parish4 ,a very handsome subscription list was commenced at this meeting1 which ultimately ended in the erection of the present ,st4 ,edmund's ,parsonage ,house1 at a cost of upwards of #a1fjj4 ,mr4 ,c4 ,f4 ,g4 ,clark exerted himself very zealously in this necessary business4 ,june1 #aheb4 ,the state of the political horizon in ,london1 and the distrust and uneasiness which prevailed amongst all classes1 and more especially in reference to the veiled intentions of the ,emperor ,nicholas in ,russia1 to conquer and add the ,turkish ,empire to his already vast dominions1 pointed to the necessity of an appeal to the constituents1 to ascertain how the ,british pulse beat upon these momentous questions4 ,the following address of ,mr4 ,benbow to his constituents shews that he thought coming events cast their shadows before them3 ,,to ,,the ,,electors ,,of ,,dudley4 ,,gentlemen1 ,as a dissolution of ,parliament is now very near it becomes my duty to inform you of my intention to seek a renewal of the generous confidence which you have on two former occasions reposed in me4 ,my political principles are well known1 and ,i need not repeat them4 ,during the eventful period ,i have had the honor to enjoy a seat in ,parliament1 ,i have never blindly attached myself to any ,minister2 but have1 as the ,representative of an important constituency1 uniformly supported those measures which seemed best calculated to maintain the honour of our great country1 and to promote the comforts of the people3 at the same time ,i have been equally solicitous for the advancement of those great interests which are so closely identified with the prosperity of your populous and industrious locality4 ,in the present position of political parties it seems to me to be necessary that all ,friends of ,conservative ,principles should unite in supporting the ,ministry of ,,lord ,,derby1 and ,i am prepared to give them my independent aid1 except on any measure which may have for its object the re-imposition of a ,duty on ,foreign ,corn1 to which the general feeling of the ,country appears to be opposed4 ,at the ,termination of the ,session ,i shall avail myself of the earliest opportunity of personally assuring you that ,i am1 with feelings of gratitude and esteem1 ,your faithful and obliged ,servant1 ,,john ,,benbow4 ,mecklenburgh ,square1 #bast ,june1 #aheb4 ,this ,political 7snug7 ,meeting followed-- ,at a ,meeting of the ,electors of ,dudley friendly to the re-election of ,,john ,,benbow1 ,,esq41 as ,member for the ,borough1 held at the ,hotel in ,dudley1 on ,thursday1 the first day of ,july1 #aheb4 ,present3--,thomas ,badger1 ,esq41 ,isaac ,badger1 ,esq41 ,thomas ,fereday1 ,esq41 ,the ,rev4 ,dr4 ,browne1 ,rev4 ,e4 ,h4 ,l4 ,noot1 ,rev4 ,a4 ,g4 ,davis1 ,messrs4 ,bateman1 ,best1 ,bourne1 ,barrows1 ,w4 ,bourne1 ,bishton1 ,brettell1 ,capewell1 ,henry ,coldicott1 ,cox1 ,e4 ,dudley1 ,england1 ,j4 ,haines1 ,homer1 ,william ,haden1 ,john ,jones1 jun41 ,kendrick1 ,maughan1 ,passmore1 ,reynaud1 ,r4 ,smith1 ,e4 ,f4 ,smith1 ,self1 ,tilley1 ,vanes1 ,walker1 and others4 ,,thomas ,,badger1 ,,esq41 in the ,chair4 ,the ,address of ,mr4 ,benbow to the ,electors of the date of the #bast ,june last having been read-- ,resolved unanimously3--,that in the opinion of this ,meeting1 ,mr4 ,benbow has a fair claim to the suffrages of the ,electors1 and that as there is generally throughout the ,country a difference of opinion on the subject of ,free ,trade1 ,mr4 ,benbow should be left unfettered and at liberty to exercise his unbiassed judgment on that point4 ,resolved3--,that the ,gentlemen attending this ,meeting be a ,committee for conducting the ,election of ,mr4 ,benbow1 with power to add to their number4 ,resolved3--,that these resolutions be printed and published1 and a copy thereof transmitted to each ,elector4 ,,thos4 ,,badger1 ,chairman4 ,resolved3--,that the best thanks of this ,meeting be given to the ,chairman for his conduct in the ,chair4 ,then came the tug of political warfare4 ,,freedom ,,is ,,every ,,man',s ,,birthright4 ,,an ,,appeal ,,to ,,the ,,conscientious ,,electors ,,of ,,the ,,borough ,,dudley4 ,the political torpor in which you have been lying has been partially aroused2 a sense of the opprobrium you incur by your ignoble apathy1 has spurred you to action2 the spirit of tyranny displayed by the ,church's iniquitous attempt to impose an unjustifiable tax1 has awakened your just indignation1 and contempt of their mercenary spirit1 that cloaks itself under the pretext of honourably supporting their institution for the welfare of the poor man1 whom they would rob of that1 of which the honest sweat of his brow has been productive2 but this attempt has been foiled1 the concocters of the tyrannous rate have been successfully defeated1 you have with success combatted and effectually resisted the attempt of overbearing and rapacious ,churchmen4 ,it is but fair to presume that now the public spirit has once been excited1 no inconsiderable barrier will stem its course3 one object has been achieved and a second will1 with an accession of strength1 be attempted4 ,your feelings of execration are excited against a system of representation so corrupt1 as that professing to be by the voice of the majority of ,electors1 when1 at the same time1 it is merely by the influence of one1 who in consequence of his position1 wields a despotic rule over you1--vaunted free and independent ,electors4 ,let us boldly assert our independence1 and scorn to be swayed by the interested views of one1 whose only title to consideration is the fact of his being an extensive ,landowner1 who seems to be lamentably deficient of that benevolence and philanthropy1 of those elevated sentiments and disinterested views1 which should characterize one in his position4 ,is a man whose silence would bespeak a mind insensible to the responsibility1 under which he is lying1 as the representative of an enlightened people1 is such a man calculated to express the voice of this free1 independent and extensive ,borough8 ,is not the name of one of the most industrious and enterprising of the free towns of ,england almost buried in oblivion in the proceedings of that highly venerated body which is the glory of every ,english ,patriot8 ,alas6 such is the painful fact6 ,ye1 who are foremost and most interested in these momentous affairs1 hurl defiance at the unjustifiable assumption of power1 which the landed proprietor will again endeavour to employ to further his own views4 ,act like free men4 ,boldly face the current1 which by one united effort you will be able effectually to resist4 ,,free ,,men ,,of ,,dudley1 abhor that monopoly of influence1 that has so long characterized your past elections2 by your own strenuous exertions send as your legislator one who shall advocate the principles of enlightened progress4 ,if the attempt be not made1 nothing will be achieved1 devote your energy to the one grand object of obtaining a faithful representative1 and success will inevitably crown your noble magnanimity1 ,yours earnestly1 ,a ,,patriot4 ,july #abth1 #aheb4 ,it became apparent at once that ,mr4 ,benbow would again be called upon on the hustings to give us some incoherent account of his stewardship1 for the ,liberal and ,independent voters were determined to bring out a thorough ,radical against him4 ,the ,anti-,church party being also very wrath at the result of the recent ,church ,rate contests4 ,a ,mr4 ,james ,baldwin1 ,paper ,merchant1 of ,birmingham1 was the chosen champion honoured with the privilege of doing battle on this occasion1 and the wondering and peace-loving denizens of the town were one morning startled with the rapid drive into the town of a pair of high-bred steeds1 with a light waggon laden with hand-bills1 announcing the candidature of ,mr4 ,james ,baldwin1 ,free ,trade and no ,church ,rates4 ,our feeble old member could be seen taking his walks abroad daily in our midst1 consulting with his old friends1 ,tom1 ,isaac1 and ,richard1 on the ugly look out upon passing events1 bitterly complaining of the ingratitude and desertion of some once loving friends and ardent supporters4 ,canvassing in those days was undertaken by gentlemen and tradesmen1 not by ,loafers and hangers on1 called canvassing agents2 and in those days some certainty could be arrived at as to the result of the poll4 ,our old erratic friend1 ,samuel1 was up early and late using his loquacious eloquence amongst the ignorant and thoughtless voters1 whilst ,church and ,dissent strained every nerve to bring its quota of ,free and ,independent ,voters to the poll4 ,,to ,,the ,,independent ,,electors ,,of ,,the ,,borough ,,of ,,dudley4 ,the ,member has at last spoken--the nominee of my ,lord ,ward has opened his mouth--and his lordship's lump of ,political ,capital1 ,mr4 ,,john ,,benbow1 of ,mecklenburgh ,square1 is prepared to shew to all comers that a cypher in ,st4 ,stephen's may at least be somebody in the ,borough of ,dudley4 ,and should we not be grateful to our ,right ,honourable for the legislative present he has made and is still willing to make us8 ,when we consider that his ,lordship1 if he so willed it1 would make the calling and election sure of his groom in this ,independent ,borough1 ought we not to be grateful that our degradation is no deeper8 ,should we not rather rejoice that our political ,jupiter1 instead of giving us a ,stork1 has1 in the plenitude of his condescension1 kindly thrown us a ,log8 ,and is it not delightful to contemplate the ,honourable ,gentleman's ,parliamentary career8--his exemplary discharge of his duties--his punctual attendance in the ,house--the undying eloquence of his speeches--the constancy of his name in the ,division ,list8--,indeed1 so admirable is his conduct in these respects1 that it may be said they form the exact measure of his political ability4 ,how kindly too has our worthy member cooked his address ,to the ,electors of ,dudley8 ,with what delicate tact has he avoided the usual term ,independent8 ,this would1 indeed1 have been severe1 and in our present abject state the unkindest cut of all3 but he goes through the farce with an amiable make-believe which is really refreshing to behold4 ,his political opinions are well known to us--,god help us2 so they are4 ,he will not seek to re-impose a ,duty on ,corn4 ,how magnanimous6--a return to protection is impossible1 therefore ,mr4 ,,benbow won't attempt it4 ,how thankful we ought to be6 ,mr4 ,,benbow will support ,lord ,derby's administration--but where are the political opinions of the noble ,earl8--,echo answers--where8 ,they have been stifled in the atmosphere of ,downing ,street6 ,once the ,rupert of ,debate--bold1 fiery1 impetuous1 but without a stain on his honour--he has1 since the advent of his present official career1 condescended to become the ,artful ,dodger of politics2 carried to power as a ,protectionist1 and treacherous to the principle by which he obtained it--his subsequent career has betrayed a succession of miserable expedients4 ,firm1 even to obstinacy1 when ,stanley was the cry1 the great ,earl of ,derby is now the veriest political weathercock of modern times--in fine1 he has done more in the short space of a single session to destroy confidence in public men1 than all the political ,apostates of the present century4 ,with these facts before us--can it be really true that the political influence of an important manufacturing town like ,dudley1 lies prostrate at the feet of a man1 who appears to feel as much interest in the moral and social well-being of the district from which he derives his immense wealth1 as he does for the natives of ,timbuctoo4 ,is the decay of public spirit so manifest that not a blow can be struck for the emancipation of the ,borough8 ,are there not a few good men to be found in this political ,nazareth who1 for the honour of human nature1 and the sake of human progress1 will come forward and manfully assert the principle of political independence8 ,with such men ,i should be proud to combine2 and though we might be only leading the forlorn hope of a better state of things--we should at least discharge our duty amid circumstances disgraceful in an age of feudalism1 but a perpetual reproach to the institutions of the nineteenth century4 ,,an ,,elector4 ,market ,place1 ,dudley1 ,june #cj1 #aheb4 ,mr4 ,baldwin's subjoined address was considered somewhat peppery hot and strong1 but not sweet1 for it lacked some of those nice turned sentences about ,civil and ,religious ,liberty1 and ,church and ,state1 which catch the eye and please the fancy4 ,,to ,,the ,,electors ,,of ,,the ,,borough ,,of ,,dudley4 ,,gentlemen1 ,having been solicited to offer myself as a ,candidate to represent you in the next ,parliament1 ,i have deemed it my duty to comply with the request4 ,in offering myself to your notice1 ,i think it right to state my views1 with which ,i believe many of you will be acquainted1 as they are views which ,i have entertained and avowed for many years4 ,i am an advocate of ,,free ,,trade to the utmost extent4 ,i am an advocate for the ,shortening of the ,duration of ,parliaments1 ,complete ,suffrage1 ,protected by the ,ballot1 and an appropriation of ,members in proportion to ,population4 ,i am for the ,,abolition ,,of ,,church ,,rates6 and entire ,religious ,freedom4 ,i am an advocate for the greatest economy in our national expenditure1 and strongly opposed to our interfering in the affairs of other ,nations2 and believing the ,military ,bill passed by the present ,government an ill-advised and unnecessary measure1 if elected ,i will vote for its repeal6 ,i am an advocate of ,,education1 and ,i think the best means to obtain it would be to remove from the ,press all taxes which would reduce the price of ,newspapers and ,literature generally1 so as to bring it within the reach of the whole of the ,people4 ,,gentlemen1 the above are in substance my political principles1 which ,i shall be happy more fully to explain when ,i appear before you as a ,candidate for your suffrages1 and shall be glad to give1 on that occasion1 whatever further information you may require4 ,i remain1 ,gentlemen1 ,your obedient ,servant1 ,,james ,,baldwin4 ,committee ,room1 ,july #fth1 #aheb4 ,the nomination day arrived in due course1 and each side marshalled its force of electors and non-electors to hear the speeches1 see the farce1 and join in the banter and fun of the day4 ,this election1 however1 was different in respectability from the last miserable show of ,chartistism2 because both candidates were gentlemen1 and in their individual position men of high moral character and standing1 which cannot always be reported about ,dudley candidates for ,parliamentary honours4 ,the election came off ,july #hth1 #aheb1 with a few black eyes and damaged hats1 and the result was1-- ,mr4 ,benbow1 ,conservative #djj ,mr4 ,baldwin1 ,liberal #bca ---- ,majority for ,mr4 ,benbow #afi ,thus it was that ,mr4 ,baldwin trotted back to ,birmingham 7rather crest-fallen7 with his paper waggon and fiery steeds1 whilst ,mr4 ,benbow1 the member 7not of the electors of ,dudley71 returned to his books and his papers in ,mecklenburgh ,square1 ,london4 ,died ,july #bbnd1 #aheb1 ,mr4 ,john ,holland1 ,builder and ,contractor1 ,dudley4 ,this melancholy death took place suddenly in a fit at a gipsy party4 ,aged #eh years4 ,died ,august #ahth1 #aheb1 ,sergeant ,paine1 an old ,peninsular soldier1 having hung himself in a fit of insanity4 ,aged #fd years4 ,september #aeth1 #aheb4 ,died at ,walmer ,castle1 that most illustrious commander and hero1 the great ,duke of ,wellington1 of an epileptic fit1 in the #hdth year of his age1 universally regretted by the whole world4 ,the nation gave the ,duke a public funeral on ,november #ahth1 #aheb4 ,his remains were laid in ,st4 ,paul's ,cathedral4 ,,to ,,the ,,inhabitants ,,of ,,dudley4 ,thursday next1 the #ahth instant1 being the day appointed to inter the remains of the late illustrious ,,duke ,,of ,,wellington1 ,i respectfully request that the tradesmen of ,dudley participating in the general national feeling1 will testify their respect for the memory of that distinguished individual by the ,,closure ,,of ,,their ,,shops4 ,e4 ,l4 ,,cresswell1 ,mayor4 ,dudley1 ,november #aeth1 #aheb4 ,this ,great ,national ,burial was observed in ,dudley with due solemnity1 all the shops being closed4 ,died ,november #aath1 #aheb1 ,mr4 ,thomas ,marsh1 ,fender and ,fire ,stove ,manufacturer at the ,burnt ,tree ,works1 greatly esteemed and respected by both his numerous workmen and a large circle of friends4 ,aged #ge years4 ,december #bjth1 #aheb4 ,the ,oxford1 ,worcester1 and ,wolverhampton ,railway was opened this day1 from ,wolverhampton via ,dudley to ,evesham 7#da miles in length71 on the ,broad ,gauge4 ,a public dinner took place at the hotel to celebrate the occasion4 #ahec4 ,the former ,church ,rate heat and fever had subsided into sober reason at this time2 hence this humbled and subdued appeal to the parish4 ,,to ,,the ,,rate-,,payers ,,and ,,inhabitants ,,of ,,dudley4 ,we are about to ask at your hands a ,rate of ,three ,pence in the ,pound1 for the requisite ,annual ,expenses of the ,parish and two ,district ,churches1 7,st4 ,john and ,st4 ,james74 ,as it is anticipated that the ,government will set this question at rest in the next ,session of ,parliament1 we trust that no unkind feeling will be entertained towards us on this1 we hope1 ,,final occasion of appealing to our friends and fellow parishioners4 ,we are equally anxious to do our duty1 and to preserve the peace of the ,parish1 and1 whilst we solicit the assistance of our friends1 we deprecate the hostility of those parties1 who1 if placed in our position1 would find themselves legally compelled to adopt the same line of conduct4 ,j4 ,c4 ,,browne1 ,d4,c4,l41 ,vicar4 ,,samuel ,,price1 ,,daniel ,,jordan1 ,churchwardens4 ,may #ajth1 #ahec4 ,march1 #ahec4 ,the ,small ,tenements' ,act of the #acth and #adth ,vict4 had for some time received serious consideration at the hands of some of the most thoughtful ratepayers as to its adoption in this ,parish4 ,a public meeting was held recommending the immediate adoption of the ,act1 when it was shewn that #b1ejj per annum would be saved to the poor rates by such a procedure4 ,the poor rates for ,dudley parish during the last three years had been four shillings in the pound1 for #b1cdg houses were excused payment1 and1 as the general trade of the town and district was in a shockingly depressed state1 we had #a1ecf houses void4 ,under this ,small ,tenements' ,act1 all houses rated to the poor and highway rates 7and rated at under #f per annum7 were to be paid for by the owners not occupiers as hitherto4 ,the owners of small tenements had previously held properties which paid no rates at all1 inasmuch as their tenants were too poor to pay them1 and got put themselves upon the excused list2 but it was found out that the rapacious owners reaped the benefit1 by compelling the poor tenants to pay them a bigger rent1 because they were excused paying rates4 ,when the large employers of labour became incensed at this unfair taking the burden from off the backs of landlords and placing it upon them1 or anyone else who grumbled and paid1 it soon became a settled opinion that the ,act must be adopted1 so that we had a three days' poll of the whole parish on ,march #bbnd1 #bcrd1 and #bdth1 held in the ,vestry at ,st4 ,thomas' ,parish ,church1 to determine this vexed contest4 ,what is the ,meaning of the ,small ,tenements' ,rating ,act8 ,a ,,few ,,facts--,,for ,,poor ,,working ,,men6 ,a ,bill has been circulated by ,gentlemen opposed to the introduction of the ,small ,tenements' ,rating ,act1 many of them ,owners of ,small ,houses1 all of them being desirous of being considered ,the ,poor ,man's ,friend6 ,in what does their ,friendship consist8 ,they say ,small ,houses are not profitable2--they assert that they never get half their ,rents4 ,is this true--or is this ,libel upon our honest character the best proof they could offer that they are the ,poor ,man's ,foes8 ,when sickness or distress has overtaken you1 or trade been bad and employment scarce1 so that you have been prevented meeting their demands for ,rent1 which in most cases yields them1 from #aj to #ae per cent4 upon their outlay--how do they show their ,friendship towards you8 ,a small voice says1 by sending the ,bailiffs1--meaning1 no doubt1 the ,poor ,man's ,friends4 ,again1 ask them to improve--nay1 even to limewash your ill-ventilated and miserable dwellings1--like the ,poor ,man's ,friends in general1 they reply1 they can't afford it4 ,ask them for a supply of that all-important blessing1 good water and like ,poor ,man's ,friends1 though you tell them it will not cost them a penny a week1 they feelingly reply1 ,oh1 yes6 you can have it1 by allowing me to put twopence a week on your ,rent6 ,they are about to feel for you in reference to the introduction of the ,small ,tenements' ,act4 ,the present law compels the ,overseers to summons you before the ,magistrates for the non-payment of every rate granted1 consequently putting you to serious trouble and expense4 ,the ,new ,tenements' ,act compels them1 instead of you1 to pay the ,poor and ,highway ,rates1 and allows them to compound for half the amount rated2 thus again showing their friendship for you1 knowing that the adoption of the ,small ,tenements' ,rating ,act will injure their interests1 but benefit yours4 ,but turn a deaf ear to their ,hypocritical ,friendship1 for1 like ,shylock1 they will have their pound of flesh4 ,a few words to the ,operative ,classes1 that are now1 and1 probably have been for years past1 ,ratepayers4 ,you have1 with that forethought which characterises the operative classes of this country1 succeeded in making provision for sickness1 old age1 and death1 by joining ,provident ,societies1 and other ,institutions of which this country abounds2 consequently1 you never expect to partake of that fund which the present law makes you pay to1 in the shape of ,poor ,rates4 ,then1 ,i ask1 is there not something required1 when thousands of the labouring classes of your parish1 equally as able were they only prudent and careful1 who1 when out of employment or sick1 fall back upon a fund that the present unequal law compels you to subscribe to4 ,no appeal is necessary to make the fact apparent to you1 that the introduction of the ,small ,tenements' ,rating ,act will tend to operate to the benefit of the ,rate-paying interest of this over-taxed ,parish4 ,again1 there is nothing visionary in the matter1 it is plain and simple2 evidences of its true benefits are visible right and left--,rowley and ,sedgley4 ,therefore1 be prepared to attend the ,poll at the ,vestry of ,st4 ,thomas's ,church1 on ,tuesday1 ,wednesday1 and ,thursday next2 and honestly1 fearlessly1 and independently register your votes in favour of the ,small ,tenements' ,act1 that must materially tend to benefit the poor and industrious of the ,parish of ,dudley4 ,a ,,ratepayer1 ,one who has always cared for the ,industrious ,working ,man6 ,this parish contest was not fought without much acrimony and ill-feeling1 for the owners of small houses were not numerous in residence in the town1 and those residing away took no interest in the matter4 ,result of the three days' poll3-- ,for the ,adoption of the ,act #eei ,against #bgf ---- ,majority for #bhc ,in concert with the action taken upon the introduction of the ,small ,tenements' ,act1 it was deemed expedient that a new and more liberal ,board of ,guardians should be selected to manage our ,poor ,law business4 ,hitherto very little interest had been taken by the ratepayers in the administration of the ,poor ,laws in ,dudley2 and so long as ,mr4 ,thomas ,griffiths1 a retired shoemaker and chairman of the board1 chose to rule the too obsequious guardians with an ignorance of the real meaning and intention of the ,poor ,law ,acts1 it became evident that no real improvement or amelioration was likely to take place unless a new board of guardians was elected4 ,it was also shewn that this gentleman was in the receipt of #cj a year as assistant overseer1 a scandal which provoked much indignation at the time1 and caused his ejection from the board at the next election4 ,as politics did not happily in those days enter into our parochial contests1 change of public opinion resulted in change of our rulers1 and the following candidates were presented for election3-- ,,election ,,of ,,guardians4 ,,to ,,the ,,ratepayers ,,of ,,the ,,parish ,,of ,,dudley4 ,,fellow ,,ratepayers1 ,in a few days you will be called upon for your vote in the appointment of a new ,board of ,guardians for the next year1 and it is of the utmost importance that useful and efficient men should be chosen4 ,it is an undeniable fact that the ,poor ,rates of ,dudley are considerably higher than in any other neighbouring ,parish1 and more than double what they are in ,wolverhampton2 and this renders it absolutely necessary that you should choose for your ,guardians men who are qualified and determined to carry out the principles of economy and retrenchment with a due regard for the comfort and welfare of the poor4 ,vote for the following ,candidates1 and thereby clear the way for a ,reduction of ,expenditure3-- ,mr4 ,thomas ,wood ,thomas ,lester ,elliott ,hollier ,g4 ,thomson1 7,corngreaves7 ,james ,evers ,swindell ,mr4 ,john ,finch ,josiah ,collins ,cook ,c4 ,f4 ,g4 ,clark ,s4 ,h4 ,blackwell ,alexander ,b4 ,cochrane ,a ,,ratepayer4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,to ,,the ,,ratepayers ,,of ,,the ,,parish ,,of ,,dudley4 ,,fellow ,,ratepayers1 ,two ,handbills have been circulated through the ,parish by ,order of the ,anti-,small ,tenement ,rating ,committee1 of a nature which the ,committee for the adoption of the ,act consider most disgraceful1 and such as no honorable persons would have given the sanction of their name to4 ,both these ,handbills charge those who have proposed the adoption of this ,act with a desire to rob the ,poor1 by throwing their fair share of the ,poor ,rate upon those less able to bear it than themselves2 and in one of these ,handbills a ,curse is denounced upon those who rob the ,poor to enrich themselves4 ,now1 on behalf of themselves and those who are acting with them1 the ,committee for the adoption of the ,act distinctly allege this charge to be false2 and they as distinctly allege that those who have made it1 have done so knowing it to be false4 ,their reasons for wishing the adoption of this ,act are the following3-- #a4--,they regard the ,poor ,law itself as one of the great bulwarks upon which the social condition of ,england rests1--and as one of the principal causes why ,england stands so pre-eminently high in general ,freedom and ,liberty amongst the ,nations of the ,world4 #b4--,so far1 therefore1 from doing anything which would tend in the slightest degree to lessen the almost reverential feeling which the ,committee consider that all should entertain for this most important means of provision for those who are unable to support themselves1 they would rather widen1 by every means in their power1 the basis upon which this provision rests4 #c4--,while to effect this1 they desire all ,property to be liable to its fair amount of contribution to this great and important fund1 at the same time they also desire to give relief legally to that portion of society who are really unable to contribute thereto1 without subjecting them to the harassing and vexatious annoyance of ,summonses4 ,this can only be done by the introduction of ,,the ,,small ,,tenements' ,,act4 #d4--,under the present system1 out of #f1ajf assessments1 only #b1bbc pay rates2 under the ,small ,tenements' ,act all ,property will pay1 but the lowest class of houses need only be rated in the proportion of ,,one-,,half the amount at which they are now rated4 #e4--,under the present system the poor occupier who is unable to pay1 can only be excused after having been summoned and appearing before the ,magistrates1 at a loss of time which generally more than equals the amount excused4 ,this system of summonsing must become more and more oppressive to the poor ratepayer1 and more and more expensive to the ,parish1 under every rate1 while the present system continues4 #f4--,under the ,small ,tenements' ,rating ,act1 the poor ratepayer will be saved all this trouble and expense4 ,no summonses will be required4 #g4--,under the ,small ,tenements' ,rating ,act1 the poor ratepayer will always1 and under every circumstance1 be relieved to an extent not exceeding ,,one-,,half of the amount at which he is now rated1 and that without any loss of time or annoyance whatever3 and1 this will be the case to the amount named1 even where the ,landlord charges upon the weekly rental the entire amount of the rate which he will have to pay4 #h4--,under the ,small ,tenements' ,rating ,act1 a better class of houses than that now existing amongst us will be introduced2 for it will be only by attention to the comforts of the ,tenant that the ,landlord will be able to obtain any additional weekly charge1 to repay the amount of the rate which he will have to pay4 ,this will be one of the results of the adoption of this ,act1 which the ,committee regard as most important1 and as bearing materially upon the comfort of the working classes4 #i4--,under the ,small ,tenements' ,rating ,act1 no encouragement will be held out to the idle and dissolute1 at the expense of the industrious and sober workmen1 which is the case under the present system1 undermining that independent1 truthful1 and manly character which the ,englishman should ever be most proud of1 since it is that one of his national characteristics which has given to him the proud position which he now holds4 ,these1 ,fellow ,ratepayers1 are the reasons which induced the ,committee to propose the adoption of this ,act1 and which lead them still to believe that while it will be to the advantage of all classes1 it will be of the greatest advantage to the poorer classes4 ,you ought to decide for yourselves as to the claim which these reasons for its adoption have upon your judgment and support1 from their own intrinsic merit or demerit alone1 and not from personal considerations having reference to the character of those who support or oppose the introduction of this ,act4 ,if1 however1 the ,parish is to be insulted by such disgraceful ,handbills as those to which allusion has been made1 the ,committee will not shrink from the challenge thus given1 and they call upon you to declare by your ,vote1 whether you place the greatest confidence in the integrity of purpose1 the disinterestedness of motive1 and the honour of the ,gentlemen whose names were attached to the ,requisition to the ,ratepayers1 advising the adoption of the ,act--or in those who thus endeavour to raise the bitterest feelings of animosity and hatred1 by assertions1 as disgraceful in their object as they are false in fact4 ,the ,committee have no other motive to influence them than an earnest and faithful desire1 firstly1 that the ,poor ,rates shall be collected upon a principle of justice1 including all ,property1 but relieving to a great extent that property which is of the lowest class4 ,secondly1 that the administration of the ,poor ,rates1 both in their collection and subsequent distribution1 shall be governed by that true ,english feeling which1 whilst it willingly alleviates the suffering of the destitute1 yet honours most of all the self-supporting workman who disdains the relief sought for by the idle and improvident3 and lastly1 that that state of things shall be put a stop to in this ,parish1 which has brought upon it the fearful notoriety of being described by the ,board of ,health as the ,town in which the work of human extermination is carried on more successfully than in any other part of ,england and ,wales4 ,they do not hesitate in expressing the conviction that the adoption of this ,act must lead to the erection of a better class of houses1 to greater attention on the part of the ,landlord to the comfort of the ,tenant1 and to a higher tone of character in the people2 and they are confident that when its operation has been fairly tested1 the best thanks of the ,parishioners will be awarded to them for the course they have now adopted1 and which they are resolved to carry out1 in defiance of the prejudices and narrow views of their opponents4 ,signed on behalf of ,,the ,,small ,,tenements' ,,rating ,,committee1 ,s4 ,h4 ,,blackwell1 ,chairman4 ,dudley1 ,march #bcrd1 #ahec4 ,april #eth1 #ahec4 ,this unprecedented severe contest for the ,election of ,guardians took place with the following results-- ,elected4 ,mr4 ,isaac ,badger1 ,messrs4 ,e4 ,hollier1 ,s4 ,h4 ,blackwell1 ,thos4 ,lester1 ,a4 ,b4 ,cochrane1 ,thos4 ,wood1 ,g4 ,b4 ,walker1 ,jos4 ,guest1 ,j4 ,e4 ,swindell1 ,j4 ,c4 ,cook4 ,may #ith1 #ahec4 ,a very heavy fall of snow this morning1 with intense cold weather1 which did a vast amount of harm to vegetation and health in the land4 ,died1 ,may #aa1 #ahec1 ,mr4 ,chas4 ,f4 ,hewitt1 ,wine and ,spirit ,merchant1 a gentleman who took a strong lead in politics on the ,tory side1 and was universally respected4 ,aged #ej years4 ,may #adth1 #ahec4 ,an awful loss of life was occasioned this day at one o'clock by the explosion of the engine boiler belonging to ,mr4 ,davis1 ,fender ,maker1 in the ,minories4 ,four men were taken out of the ruins dead1 many more were severely maimed and wounded1 and the unfortunate ,engineer was blown above one hundred yards into the air1 and fell through the roof of a house near1 smashed to pieces4 ,at the ,coroner's inquest much blame was attached to the owner1 for working at too high a pressure an old boiler1 acknowledged to be in bad repair4 ,whitsuntide4 ,monday1 ,tuesday and ,wednesday1 the ,dudley ,lime ,stone ,caverns were again lighted up with gas1 proving another pecuniary success4 ,government ,school of ,art1 #ahec4 ,there was no district in the ,united ,kingdom at this period which needed the establishment of a branch of the ,government ,school of ,art more than ,dudley4 ,surrounded as we are by almost every kind of mechanical art1 it had long been felt that a technical training in drawing1 designing1 and the general art and engineering culture1 was a desideratum much needed4 ,the town and district were greatly indebted at this time to the efforts made to secure these advantages by ,dr4 ,browne1 ,vicar1 ,s4 ,h4 ,blackwell1 ,esq41 ,a4 ,b4 ,cochrane1 ,esq41 ,edwin ,dudley1 ,esq41 and others1 who speedily raised a handsome subscription to enlarge the ,king ,street ,national ,school ,rooms1 and established a most valuable and flourishing ,government ,school of ,art4 ,long may this excellent institution maintain its high reputation and prestige4 ,the first appointments were1 ,lord ,ward1 the ,president1 ,dr4 ,browne1 ,vice-,president and ,chairman1 ,samuel ,h4 ,blackwell1 ,esq41 ,hon4 ,secretary1 ,first ,master ,mr4 ,robert ,cochrane4 ,the ,sanitary ,board having been imposed upon this ,borough1 nolens volens1 necessitating the extinction and oblivion of the ,old ,town ,commissioners1 who had become quite incompetent to deal with the shamefully unsanitary condition of the ,borough1 caused quite a commotion and flutter amongst all classes of the inhabitants4 ,the scare1 alleging the enormous increase of the ,rates in the ,parish1 which would be the result of this dreaded movement1 induced many people to use their utmost influence to endeavour to secure such a ,board as would make its stringent and sweeping ,clauses harmless and inoperative4 ,men of property in the ,parish looked with alarm upon any interference with the rights of property2 although the recent enquiry before ,mr4 ,lee had incontestably shewn the immediate necessity for a ,sanitary ,reform in the ,parish4 ,that startling enquiry and inspection of the ,parish had taken place in ,august1 #ahea1 yet the application of the ,act had been staved off till now1 ,june1 #ahec2 and had not some of the most intelligent and independent ratepayers insisted upon its introduction in the ,parish1 the disgraceful1 filthy1 and insanitary state of things would have continued to an indefinite period4 ,the first thing to be done was the election of a ,local ,board of ,health1 and to the common sense of the ratepayers and the credit of the ,town1 be it recorded1 that the first elected ,board was composed of fifteen of the most clear-headed1 independent1 and true friends of the ,parish that could possibly have been selected4 ,as a matter of course1 this novel and important ,election could not be allowed to take place1 without the usual exhibition of the ,curiosities of ,dudley4 ,,dudley ,,local ,,board ,,of ,,health4 ,to the ,ratepayers of the ,parish of ,dudley4 ,,fellow ,,ratepayers1 ,the ,public ,health ,act being extended to the ,parish of ,dudley1 you will in a few days be called upon to elect proper persons1 as a ,local ,board1 to carry out its provisions4 ,as it will necessarily entail a very heavy expense on the ,parish1 it is of the utmost importance that those persons should be elected who will faithfully discharge the weighty duties of their office1 with a due regard to ,,economy ,,in ,,the ,,expenditure ,,of ,,the ,,parish ,,funds4 ,vote1 then1 for the following ,fifteen ,candidates 7nominated by ,messrs4 ,blackwell and ,cochrane71 who1 if elected1 will carefully guard the interests of the ,ratepayers1 and carry out the provisions of the ,act at the least possible expense3-- ,mr4 ,samuel ,holden ,blackwell ,elliott ,hollier ,thomas ,wood ,josiah ,collins ,cook ,alexander ,brodie ,cochrane1 ,jun4 ,the ,rev4 ,dr4 ,browne ,mr4 ,thomas ,lester ,alexander ,patterson ,mr4 ,john ,finch ,william ,chrysostom ,wood ,william ,timmins ,richard ,smith ,edward ,dixon1 the younger ,james ,evers ,swindell ,george ,thomson 7,corngreaves7 ,a ,,ratepayer4 ,dudley1 #acth ,june1 #ahec4 ,n4,b4--,as ,,only ,fifteen persons can be elected1 any ,ratepayer ,voting for more than that number ,,will ,,lose ,,the ,,whole ,,of ,,his ,,votes4 ,the ,voting ,paper must be carefully preserved by the ,voter1 as no second ,paper will be given4 ,when filled up it must be kept ready for delivery to the ,distributor1 who will call for it on ,,tuesday1 the #bast ,instant1 and who is the only person authorised to receive the same4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,dudley ,,local ,,board ,,of ,,health4 ,,to ,,the ,,rate-,,payers ,,of ,,dudley4 ,,fellow ,,ratepayers1 ,the most important ,suffrage since the passing of the ,reform ,bill has lately been conferred upon the ,rate-,payers of ,dudley1 by the introduction of the ,,health ,,of ,,towns ,,act2 and you are now called upon to ,elect ,fifteen fit and proper ,persons to carry out the provisions of this salutary ,measure4 ,this day you have had #dj ,names submitted to your notice1 as parties wishful to have the management of the affairs of this ,parish confided to them1 and it now behoves you carefully to consider who and what class of masters shall rule over you6 ,a cursory glance at the ,list of ,names nominated for your approval1 clearly shows that some are incapacitated from age and non-residence to attend to your interests1 and others want the essential qualities of a practical knowledge of the working of the ,act4 ,recollect1 fellow ,rate-payers1 that #be1jjj may shortly be at the disposal of your elected ,rulers1 and this sum1 too1 will have to come out of the pockets of the ,rate-payers6 ,improvements we want1 but we must be careful to whom1 we trust these large powers to make those ,amendments4 ,let us then elect a ,class of ,commissioners whom we know to be of honest purpose1 independence of character1 quickness of perception1 mindful of the judicious improvements of the ,town1 as well as of the ,pockets of the ,rate-payers1 and possess a conscientious determination to attend personally to the duties of this important office4 ,beware1 then1 of committing yourselves to party purposes1--political tendencies--family cliques--or honorary and never attending members4 ,bear in mind that it is a very common practice to escape from one set of inefficient ,rulers into the arms of another1 often professedly more liberal but usually more tyrannical and inadequate to the duties they profess to fulfil1--past experience1 in ,dudley1 teaches the necessity of this caution to the ,ratepayers4 ,have practical1 honest1 business-like men1 who will be fearless and judicious in the discharge of their duties1 and spend your money as carefully as though it were their own4 ,recollect1 that men who have something tangible to lose are the most likely to be careful about the spending of that fund which they will have heavily to pay to4 ,on ,tuesday next you will be called upon for the ,voting ,paper left at your houses1 write your ,initials at once opposite the following names on the ,voting ,paper1 and you will thereby elect such a ,board of intelligent and responsible ,commissioners1 as will improve the ,town and save your ,pockets4 ,,vote ,,for ,mr4 ,s4 ,h4 ,blackwell1 ,iron-,master1 ,high ,street4 ,elliott ,hollier1 ,chemist1 ,high ,street4 ,j4 ,c4 ,cook1 ,ironmonger1 ,high ,street4 ,thomas ,wood1 ,spirit ,merchant1 ,high ,street4 ,a4 ,b4 ,cochrane1 ,iron-,master1 ,woodside4 ,rev4 ,dr4 ,browne1 ,vicar1 ,vicarage4 ,mr4 ,thomas ,lester1 ,spirit ,merchant1 ,queen ,street4 ,c4 ,f4 ,g4 ,clark1 ,druggist1 ,queen ,street4 ,edward ,terry1 ,jun41 ,tea ,dealer1 ,market ,place4 ,richard ,smith1 ,agent1 ,priory4 ,james ,evers ,swindell1 ,iron-,master1 ,woodside4 ,william ,haden1 ,iron-,master1 ,dixon's ,green4 ,edward ,grainger1 ,draper1 ,market ,place4 ,john ,renaud1 ,glass-,master1 ,tower ,street4 ,w4 ,c4 ,wood1 ,grocer1 ,high ,street4 ,a ,,freeholder ,,and ,,ratepayer4 ,dudley1 ,june #afth1 #ahec4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,dudley ,,local ,,board ,,of ,,health4 ,to the ,ratepayers of ,dudley4 ,,gentlemen1 ,the ,clerk of the ,quackery establishment1 with his usual quickness of perception1 honest purpose1 and independence of character1 has thought proper at this particular season to address you on the essential qualities and practical knowledge of the ,public ,health6 ,,it ,,now ,,behoves ,,you ,,carefully ,,to ,,consider what class of ,quackery you ought to support1 so that ,,your ,,money ,,may ,,be ,,spent ,,as ,,carefully ,,as ,,if ,,it ,,were ,,your ,,own4 ,recollect1 ,,that ,,men ,,who ,,have ,,something ,,tangible ,,to ,,lose are the men most likely to be careful of the same4 #be1jjj will have to come out of your pockets shortly 7so says the ,clerk71 for the judicious improvements of the ,town1 and fifteen conscientious and determined ,commissioners must be chosen4 ,beware1 then1 of self-interested partisans1--political turncoats1 and troublesome quacks--past experience in ,dudley teaches the necessity of this caution to ,ratepayers4 ,o that estates1 degrees1 and offices1 ,were not derived corruptly2--that clear honour ,were purchased by the merit of the wearer4 ,a ,,looker-,,on4 ,dudley1 #afth ,june #ahec4 ,the ,unitarian ,chapel1 #ahec4 ,this ,chapel is situated in a retired arched gateway1 in ,wolverhampton ,street1 adjoining the old ,post ,office4 ,it was originally built in #agja2 but that structure unhappily shared the fate of many other ,nonconformist ,chapels1 destroyed under ,dr4 ,sacheverell's fanaticism against ,dissenters1 for in #agad1 it was burnt down by a lawless mob1 but was shortly afterwards re-built by a ,parliamentary ,grant of #ejj4 ,this comfortable and commodious chapel has been much improved and ornamented since that period1 and it now seats #dej worshippers4 ,there is also an excellent school attached to this denomination1 known as ,daniel ,parsons' ,foundation ,school1 having #aej children therein1 under the able tuition of ,mr4 and ,mrs4 ,lewis4 ,the life of ,dr4 ,sacheverell reveals the impression that he was a learned madman1 whose craze was to preach the ,church in ,danger1 and that dissent ought to be stamped out by fire and persecution4 ,he was appointed preacher at ,st4 ,saviour's ,church1 ,southwark1 ,london1 in #agje1 where he preached his violent crusade against ,dissenters1 which commanded much attention at the time4 ,for his intemperate language1 both in and out of the pulpit1 he got impeached by the ,house of ,commons1 and was suspended preaching for three years1 but through some powerful ,court influence1 he eventually managed to get appointed to the valuable ,rectory of ,st4 ,andrew's1 ,holborn1 ,london1 where he died in #agbd4 ,during this period of our history1 the ,rev4 ,john ,palmer1 ,b4,a41 of ,trinity ,college1 ,dublin1 was appointed on ,february #ahth1 #ahcc1 the minister of this highly intelligent and wealthy congregation4 ,mr4 ,palmer was a gentleman of great mental power1 and was a good and pleasant preacher1 and during the nineteen years he held this appointment he secured the esteem and regard of all good citizens4 ,mr4 ,palmer1 like many of his countrymen1 was a very energetic politician1 and his often expressed ,radical opinions at times shocked the nervous sensibility of his friends4 ,however1 after #ai years of great zeal and energy in the sacred cause he had undertaken to uphold and propagate1 we find him suddenly transformed into an officer of the ,crown1 for in #ahec1 he was appointed ,crown ,treasurer in the ,island of ,dominica1 whither he departed1 being succeeded after a time by the ,rev4 ,richard ,shaen1 ,m4,a41 who only remained a few years as minister4 ,some of our oldest inhabitants are in possession of relics and curiosities of the old burnt chapel1 in the form of oaken stands and curious boxes made from the ponderous oak timbers1 which were not entirely consumed in the conflagration of the chapel4 ,the ,rev4 ,mr4 ,gibson is the present genial and courteous minister4 ,the ,election for the first ,local ,board of ,health took place on ,june #bcrd1 #ahec1 with the following results3 ,,dudley ,,local ,,board ,,of ,,health4--,the election of this board was brought to a close on ,thursday last1 and the result is as follows1 the first fifteen being elected3--,dr4 ,browne1 #a1bbg2 ,s4 ,h4 ,blackwell1 #a1afa2 ,e4 ,hollier1 #a1ace2 ,a4 ,b4 ,cochrane1 #iha2 ,r4 ,smith1 #igd2 ,t4 ,lester1 #iea2 ,j4 ,c4 ,cook1 #hhg2 ,j4 ,e4 ,swindell1 #hgb2 ,i4 ,badger1 #hgj2 ,w4 ,o4 ,wood1 #hdh2 ,e4 ,dixon1 #hdd2 ,a4 ,patterson1 #hda2 ,g4 ,thompson1 of ,corngreaves1 #hab2 ,t4 ,badger1 jun41 #hja2 ,j4 ,g4 ,walker1 #gic2 ,j4 ,finch1 #ged2 ,e4 ,feny1 #gbe2 ,w4 ,haden1 #fgf2 ,t4 ,griffiths1 #fga2 ,w4 ,timmins1 #fcc2 ,w4 ,harrison1 #fbe2 ,e4 ,f4 ,smith1 #fae2 ,e4 ,l4 ,cresswell1 #ehf2 ,j4 ,renaud1 #ejd2 ,c4 ,cartwright1 #die2 ,j4 ,marsh1 #dia2 ,j4 ,bagott1 #dhe2 ,t4 ,danks1 #dga2 ,j4 ,owen1 #dff2 ,t4 ,fereday1 #cgd2 ,j4 ,guest1 #bdf2 ,w4 ,harper1 #aba2 ,d4 ,lloyd1 #aag2 ,c4 ,f4 ,g4 ,clark1 #aac2 ,w4 ,sheppard1 #aje4 ,from an inspection of the list elected1 it will be seen that1 with few exceptions1 the ratepayers have chosen the board from the most active and intelligent members of the ,board of ,guardians and the late ,board of ,highways and ,town ,act ,commissioners1 and we hope to see the ,health ,act now carried out in ,dudley in its integrity1 with advantage to the general social condition of the inhabitants1 and with due regard to the pockets of the ratepayers4--,birmingham ,journal4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,dudley ,,local ,,board ,,of ,,health4 ,,to ,,the ,,inhabitants ,,of ,,the ,,parish ,,of ,,dudley4 ,the ,board1 in entering upon the important duties entrusted to them by the ,ratepayers1 have earnestly to request the co-operation of their fellow parishioners in carrying out the objects for which they have been appointed4 ,they invite suggestions1 and solicit information1 and their ,officers will give immediate attention to any subject directly or indirectly connected with the ,public ,health4 ,,officers4 ,,mr4 ,,william ,,henry ,,brooke1 ,solicitor1 ,wolverhampton ,street1 has been appointed ,clerk to the ,board1 and all general communications should be addressed to him4 ,,mr4 ,,john ,,bateman1 ,wolverhampton ,street1 has been appointed ,surveyor1--and ,,mr4 ,,john ,,castree1 ,railway ,parcels ,office1 ,wolverhampton ,street1 ,inspector of ,nuisances4 ,all communications respecting these two departments of the ,board should be addressed to these ,officers respectively4 ,,the ,,board take this opportunity of announcing that in enforcing the large and searching powers and directions of the ,,public ,,health ,,act1 they shall be always desirous of avoiding1 as much as possible1 any compulsory interference with the management of property1 and any unnecessary intrusion on the privacy of the parishioners4 ,but that extensive inspection and inquiry will be unavoidable1 since the state of drainage of every house must be ascertained1 in order to be rendered perfect4 ,interference1 however1 and compulsion will1 in every case1 be less in proportion as the parishioners shall themselves kindly co-operate in bringing about that better state of sanitary arrangement which the ,act requires1 and which is so essential to the public health and welfare4 ,by ,order of ,the ,local ,board of ,health1 ,dudley2 ,w4 ,h4 ,,brooke1 ,clerk to the said ,board4 ,dudley1 ,august #bnd1 #ahec4 ,the following appeal to the ,churchmen in this town was attended with success-- ,,dudley1 ,,july #hth1 #ahec4 ,,sir1 ,the adjourned ,meeting of the ,inhabitants of this ,parish to take into consideration the best means to be adopted for the liquidation of the ,salaries of the ,officers1 and other debts1 7amounting according to the accounts presented at the last meeting to nearly #hjj71 due in respect of the ,churches of ,st4 ,thomas1 ,st4 ,john1 and ,st4 ,james1 will be held in the ,vestry of ,st4 ,thomas's ,church1 on ,wednesday morning next1 the #acth instant1 at ,eleven o'clock1 when your attendance is respectfully and particularly requested4 ,signed1 ,t4 ,,fereday1 ,ex-,wardens of ,e4 ,,hollier1 ,st4 ,thomas's4 ,died1 ,november #crd1 #ahec1 ,mr4 ,geo4 ,bailey1 ,senior1 formerly a ,grocer and ,provision ,dealer1 in ,new ,street4 ,aged #gi years4 ,died ,november #ahth1 #ahec1 ,mrs4 ,henry ,parkes1 of ,wolverhampton ,street4 ,aged #dd years4 ,december #bfth1 #ahec4 ,a very heavy fall of snow took place this day1 and continued at intervals until ,january #aath1 #ahed4 ,all train and road traffic was suspended1 and the snow drifts were #af feet deep in many localities4 ,the privations and sufferings amongst the poor were very great4 #ahed4 ,died ,january #bjth1 ,mr4 ,john ,rann1 of ,hall ,street1 ,printer4 ,this wonderful and active old man was known to be the oldest man in ,dudley1 having attained the age of #ih years4 ,january1 #ahed4 ,a new ,organ was erected in ,st4 ,edmund's ,church1 at a cost of #cfj4 ,this sum was raised by public subscription1 and the highly-esteemed ,rev4 ,jno4 ,davies1 ,m4,a41 was the ,incumbent of the ,church at the time4 ,january1 #ahed4 ,the ,metropolitan ,association for the ,improvement of the ,dwellings of the ,poor1 was adopted in ,dudley with much eclat4 ,dr4 ,browne was appointed ,chairman1 and ,mr4 ,wm4 ,barns1 ,solicitor1 ,secretary1 with a powerful and influential ,committee4 ,february #ast1 #ahed4 ,this day a deputation of ,church attendants at ,st4 ,edmund's ,church presented the ,rev4 ,a4 ,kerr ,thompson1 ,m4,a41 ,master of the ,dudley ,grammar ,school1 with an address from the congregation thanking him for his services as ,evening ,lecturer in that ,church4 ,,south ,,staffordshire ,,election666 ,february #aath1 #ahed4 ,a very sharp contest took place this day for ,south ,staffordshire1 betwixt ,lord ,paget and ,lord ,ingestre1 which ended in a majority of #aefh votes for ,lord ,paget1 the ,liberal ,candidate4 ,lord ,ward1 a ,conservative by induction1 who can command this constituency1 by some unexplained reason1 threw the whole of his weight and influence into the hands of the ,liberals1 hence the result of the election4 ,we had again another pitiable exhibition of territorial influence in ,dudley and elsewhere1 ordering to do as you are bid1 leading the liege vassals to do battle in a cause which it was too well-known that all utterly abhorred4 ,,look ,,on ,,this ,,picture4 ,once upon a time there lived in ,staffordshire a noble ,lord4 ,among other possessions he held the lordship of a ,manor close by his residence2 it was1 however1 but a barren dignity1 as the ,manor was all common and waste land4 ,however1 he got an act of ,parliament for enclosing the waste lands1 and inserted a clause reserving all ,mines to himself1 should there prove to be any4 ,well1 in time this ,manor became built over4 ,many working men out of their savings put up houses for themselves1 and the place became very populous4 ,the old lord died2 and the next ,lord1 who was very young1 thought ,staffordshire a very nasty place1 so he went to ,italy and foreign parts to enjoy himself1 and there revelled in luxury and extravagance4 ,fortunately for this ,lord1 his ,agents found ,mines under nearly all that ,manor1 and as their master's wants were great1 they opened all the ,mines they could4 ,but the ,working ,men1 who had built their houses upon the surface8 ,row after row of houses split and cracked1 and became ruins2 some houses sank into the earth--it seemed as if some convulsion of nature had passed over this manor4 ,many poor workmen were ruined1 for they had borrowed money to assist them in building their houses1 and when the mortgagees found their value was destroyed1 they sold them for what they would fetch4 ,others went to his ,lord's ,agents and begged of them to leave ribs and pillars under their houses1 but they would not4 ,some begged the ,agents to patch their houses up--but no3 not a day's labour6 not a barrow of mortar6 not a brick6 not a tile6 would this ,lord's ,agents give them6 ,and the ,miners kept enlarging their circle like an encroaching sea1 and those1 whose dwellings were not ruined1 were kept in daily dread of their little property1 around which clung so many pleasant memories2 where1 after years of toil and care1 they had fondly hoped for tranquillity in old age6 ,well1 this ,lord with all his wealth was unhappy1 he coveted an ,earldom6 ,the ,election came on1 and ,which ,candidate1 said the noble ,lord to himself1 shall ,i support8 ,why1 ,i'll support the one who will support ,ministers1 and if they win1 why1 my ,earldom is safe6 ,so this ,lord had an interview with ,,lord ,,aberdeen1 and he turned his ,coat 7for before he was a ,conservative71 and his ,agent went round and commanded all his ,tenants to turn their ,coats4 ,but1 said the ,tenants1 we surely cannot support ,ministers1 ,,for ,,they ,,have ,,truckled ,,to ,,the ,,russian ,,influence1 and for the first time in ,history1 ,england has shown the ,white ,feather6 ,but the ,agent said--,leave the ,country to the noble ,lord4 ,has he not the largest stake in it4 ,,look ,,on ,,this ,,picture6 ,well1 in ,staffordshire there lived another ,lord1 not very rich4 ,he was much younger than the ,lord we have been speaking of4 ,when he left school he went into the ,army4 ,being a thoughtful lad he sat down1 as it were1 by the roadside of life3 before him two paths branched off--the path of ,luxury and the path of ,duty4 ,and ,pleasure said to him--,enjoy yourself4 ,but ,duty replied--,remember your poor ,fellow ,countrymen4 ,are not you one of their natural guardians8 ,what were rank and wealth given you for8 ,well1 this young ,lord listened to the call of ,duty1 and he vowed that his life should be useful4 ,so he began by devoting the time he could spare from his military duties to visiting the poor and wretched4 ,by way of a start he got together a subscription of ,three ,thousand ,pounds1 and fitted up a large house in ,london1 in which poor1 houseless creatures1 of whom there are thousands in ,london1 who sleep in the streets and cellars1 or whatever shelter they can find1 might have a comfortable and clean bed1 at a very trifling charge4 ,he was now about twenty years of age4 ,his occupation had become a real pleasure4 ,he travelled much about ,england1 and went through our large towns1 and over factories1 and got together all the facts he could about the state of the ,working ,classes4 ,whilst thus employed1 the ,engineers on the railways struck4 ,the ,directors wanted to increase their ,dividends1 and took away from the ,engineers some privileges they had always enjoyed2 but the ,engineers would not stand this1 so they stood out4 ,unskilful ,engineers were set on--accidents happened2 there was great confusion and alarm4 ,well1 the ,engineers looked round for an ,arbitrator1 and they chose one4 ,whom8 ,,this ,,young ,,lord2 for they had heard of him and his kind heart4 ,soon after the death of the ,duke of ,wellington1 a large sum of money was subscribed to erect a lifeless monument to his ,grace4 ,but this young ,lord ,ingestre proposed that the money should be spent in securing to the poor of ,london free ,water1 and their share of the light of ,heaven1 the common property of us all--and other ,sanitary improvements1 necessary to the health and strength of the working man4 ,it was for this that the ,times ,newspaper fell foul of the young ,lord1 and called him a silly young medler4 ,but many simple folks1 and especially hardy sons of toil1 are still of the young ,lord's opinion4 ,i think that the ,great ,duke would have wished so too1 could he have spoken from the tomb4 ,but the ,times owed ,lord ,ingestre a grudge for supporting the ,engineers against the ,railway ,directors1 and the opportunity was taken of venting their spleen4 ,but our young ,lord had too much pluck to be set down by a ,newspaper1 so he just went on as before1 and tried to get at the truth respecting the ,working ,classes1 and the way to make them better off4 ,after seeing things in ,england1 he went to ,america on the same errand4 ,whilst there his ,friends sent for him to return to ,england1 to contest the representation of his native ,county against the ,candidate brought forward by the ,lord above spoken of1 and other ,lords and great folks like him4 ,well1 when they heard he was coming1 they told the poor folks all sorts of lies about the young ,lord3 that he was for a little loaf--that he was all for the rich--that he was against ,free ,trade2 but1 fortunately1 the young ,lord had time to go through the ,county1 to see and speak to the people4 ,and he asked them--,is it likely that ,i1 who have all my life been working for the ,labouring ,man1 to secure him and his children comforts and blessings1 that ,i am so foolish and wicked as to take away from him his bread8 ,and the people looked round upon the houses in ruins1 and it seemed to them strange that a noble ,lord should have ever thought1 except at an election1 of the ,working ,man's good4 ,,men ,,of ,,staffordshire6 ,,are ,,you ,,englishmen8 ,if so1 why do you permit yourselves to be dictated to8 ,your ,,fathers were ,free ,,men6 ,were you animated by my spirit 7and ,i am a plain ,englishman like yourselves71 you would never hear of a ,lord commanding the ,votes of a free people4 ,the law says1 if a poor man takes a shilling1 or accepts of a glass of beer at an election1 ,,it ,,is ,,an ,,heinous ,,crime4 ,the law says if a noble ,lord1 though to secure an ,earldom for himself1 commands his ,tenants to vote his way1 ,,it ,,is ,,no ,,crime ,,at ,,all4 ,february #ast1 #ahed4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,south ,,staffordshire ,,election4 ,,to ,,richard ,,smith1 ,,esq4 7,,mineral ,,agent ,,to ,,lord ,,ward71 ,,priory1 ,,dudley4 ,tipton1 ,february1 #bnd1 #ahed4 ,sir1 ,you will1 ,i trust1 pardon me1 for presuming to address you upon a matter touching the present contested ,election for ,south ,staffordshire4 ,i refer to the public part which you are taking with regard to it4 ,you cannot1 ,i think1 complain that your proceedings should be criticised1 or that they should be brought to the bar of public opinion4 ,it is due to the ,conservative party which you have abandoned--and to those servants and others who are under your influence and control--that you should publicly state the reasons why you have changed your colours4 ,it is due to the first1 because they believe that the change involves political apostasy1 and an undue regard to political morality4 ,an opportunity is now afforded you of justifying the change if you can4 ,you may give us a new chapter on ,ethics1 headed thus3--a change of principles proved to be morally wrong1 but politically right4 ,it is due to those who are under your influence and control4 ,you may be enabled to give a reason for them1 inasmuch as they cannot give one for themselves4 ,but you1 doubtless1 had your instructions from a certain ,lord1 who it is said1 has subscribed a large sum to the fund to defray the expenses of the ,radical ,candidate4 ,were your instructions imperative8 ,if so1 did you remonstrate with his ,lordship8 ,did you not urge one plea in behalf of yourself1 and another for those who must act upon your bidding4 ,had you not sufficient independence to tell the ,lord that you had been1 and that you were1 a ,conservative2 that all the influence which your office gives you had previously been thrown into the ,conservative scale2 that you had taught those over whom you had been placed1 and those with whom you were connected1 ,conservative ,politics2 that you could not stoop so low as to undo all that you had done2 that you could not ask them to act contrary to their antecedents and convictions2 and that your situation was at his ,lordship's disposal4 ,if1 ,sir1 you had done this1 you would have been honoured in your last days1 and you would have been spared the reproach that has now1 ,i regret to say1 fallen upon you4 ,but you may say my ,lord is a ,peer of the ,realm1 that his ,lordship could not act so unconstitutionally1 and that you ,,alone are responsible4 ,be it so4 ,then it will make your case so much the worse4 ,you may add that you took it upon yourself to canvass his ,lordship's ,agents and ,tenants1 and that his ,lordship did not wish to ,,influence them in giving their ,votes1 then the conclusion must be that you have ,,exceeded ,,his ,,lordship',s ,,wishes ,,and ,,intentions4 ,can you deny the part you have taken in this matter8 ,can you gainsay the charge that those who do not ,,change ,,with ,,you ,,merit ,,your ,,high ,,displeasure2 and that in one instance you have shewn it so unmistakeably that one of his ,lordship's ,agents1 who has held his situation for a period of #af years1 with a character unsullied1 has thought it due to his honour and self-respect to give up his situation rather than lick the dust8 ,the names of those ,clergymen who are under his ,lordship's patronage1 and those ,gentlemen connected with his ,lordship's ,estates1 who have boldly stood forth and declared their principles1 notwithstanding your solicitations1 will be ever mentioned with regard1 respect1 and esteem4 ,the reproach will not fall upon them that in an hour of temptation they fell away from those principles which they had professed1 and to which they do honour4 ,waiting the favour of your public reply1 ,i am1 ,sir1 ,your obedient ,servant1 ,a ,,non-,,elector4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,south ,,staffordshire ,,election ,,song4 ,,tune4--,all the ,blue ,bonnets4 ,march6 march6 ,bromwich and ,wednesbury2 ,handsworth and ,smethwick1 march forward in order2 ,tipton and ,rowley1 ,kingswinford and ,sedgley1 ,drive the young ,tory ,lord over the border4 ,brown ,hills and ,cannock ,chase1 march at a steady pace3 ,walsall and ,lichfield from you will not sever4 ,brave ,wolverhampton boys1 shout with your mighty voice-- ,free ,trade1 ,reform1 and ,,lord ,,paget for ever6 ,,chorus4 ,march6 march6 march to the poll my boys2 ,reformers and ,free-men1 march forward in order3 ,march6 march6 conq'ring ,free ,traders all2 ,drive the young ,tory ,lord over the border4 ,come from the forge1 where your metals are heating3 ,come from the mines1 where your minerals abound3 ,come from the workshops1 where hammers are beating3 ,come from wherever a voter is found4 ,bilston and ,willenhall2 ,darlaston1 one and all1 ,from ,tory dominion our country deliver2 ,formed in one noble band1 shout--join'd in heart and hand-- ,free ,trade1 ,reform1 ,,lord ,,paget for ever6 ,march6 march6 c4 ,too long has our county in bondage been lying2 ,too long has our voice in the ,senate been lost4 ,then up boys and work2 there is nothing like trying2 ,resolve to be free at whatever the cost4 ,will you for ,tory pelf1 basely degrade yourself8 ,shall we be slaves again8 never6 ,o never6 ,rouse up ,electors then1 vote for--like honest men-- ,free ,trade1 ,reform1 and ,,lord ,,paget for ever6 ,march6 march6 c4 ,often of old have our sires bled for glory2 ,but we will be wiser though worthy as they4 ,we will stand for the right2 and ,old ,england's proud story ,shall tell of our conquest in bloodless affray4 ,then for freedom and worth1 we will boldly go forth1 ,and rush to the poll like a stream to the river2 ,making1 in mighty sound1 from hill and dale rebound1 ,free ,trade1 ,reform1 and ,,lord ,,paget for ever6 ,march6 march6 c4 99 99 99 99 99 ,a ,,radical',s ,,real ,,character4 ,a ,,radical',s ,character's easy to draw3 ,he hates to obey1 but would govern the law2 ,in manners unsocial1 in temper unkind4 ,a rebel in conduct1 a tyrant in mind2 ,malignant1 implacable1 enviously sour1 ,he hates every man who has riches or power2 ,so impoisoned himself1 he would gladly destroy ,the comforts and blessings which others enjoy4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,south ,,staffordshire ,,election1 #ahed4 ,,saturday1 ,,february #aa,,th4 ,,final ,,close ,,of ,,the ,,poll4 ,polling ,districts4 ,,paget4 ,,ingestre4 ,bilston #bhj #id ,brewood #cg #bga ,handsworth #ddh #aig ,kingswinford #icj #cgc ,lichfield #hc #acj ,penkridge #abi #caj ,rugeley #hd #aaa ,sedgley #cbc #aae ,tamworth #cf #de ,tipton #ahc #hd ,walsall #bbc #aid ,wednesbury #cee #aia ,westbromwich #egc #cbi ,wolverhampton #fda #cac ---- ---- #dcbe #bgeg ---- ---- ,majority for ,,paget1 #aefh4 ,sunday1 ,february #aith1 #ahed4 ,the new organ1 erected in ,st4 ,edmund's ,church1 was opened this day with great preachings4 ,the sum of #ed #aes4 #i;d4 was collected on the occasion4 ,the organ1 which was considered by competent judges to be a first-rate one1 cost #cfj1 and great praise was awarded to ,messrs4 ,c4 ,f4 ,g4 ,clark and ,thomas ,hughes1 the ,churchwardens1 for their exertions in collecting the amount by voluntary subscriptions4 ,march #acth1 #ahed4 ,died1 ,mr4 ,justice ,talfourd1 at ,stafford ,assizes4 ,he dropped down dead from his judge's seat whilst addressing his charge to the grand jury4 ,he was a humane judge1 and an eminent and popular writer4 ,easter1 #ahed4 ,a very close and vindictive contest took place in this ,parish for the election of the ,board of ,guardians1 without either rhyme or reason4 ,the new ,liberals of the previous year's election had secured many useful and sensible reforms in ,poor ,law ,distribution2 had introduced and carried the ,small ,tenements' ,act1 which had given mortal offence to the ,tory party1 and their former dogmatical and illiterate chairman4 ,under such revengeful feelings1 not a stone was left unturned to seek out cause of offence1 shortcomings1 etc41 of the ,liberal ,guardians4 ,the ,tory party managed to obtain the proxy votes of the non-resident voters of the small freeholders1 lately brought into the list of voters by the imposition of the ,small ,tenements' ,act1 and thereby secured the election by over-reaching and unfair tactics4 ,the result of this unfair and unjust ,election was a reversion of last year's parochial decision1 the ,liberal ,guardians were thrown out1 and the old let us rest and be thankful ,tories were elected to do further mischief4 ,,election ,,of ,,guardians4 ,to the ,independent and ,enlightened ,ratepayers of the ,parish of ,dudley4 ,fellow ,ratepayers1 ,it is very likely that in the course of a few days you will again have the opportunity of ,electing your part of the ,board of ,guardians for this ,union for the coming year4 ,as far as ,i can understand1 an effort is to be made1 and which has been in contemplation for some months past 7by means of owners' proxies1 obtained in some instances ,i believe by not over-scrupulous means1 and which in many others would never have been given to be employed in such a manner7 to unseat the majority of those parties who received your support at the last election4 ,let us then examine for a few moments what these gentlemen have done during the past year of their ,stewardship to forfeit the confidence we then reposed in them4 ,first1 they advocated and brought about the publicity of the proceedings of the ,board1 which had previously1 notwithstanding the praiseworthy exertions of two or three of its members to the contrary1 partaken somewhat of the character of a secret conclave4 ,secondly1 the usual weekly checks for this ,parish only for out-door relief has gradually diminished during the year1 on an average1 ,i should imagine from the now regularly published newspaper reports1 of not less than #h or #aj per week--next--,i believe that the in-door expenses of our ,workhouses are actually less at this time than when provisions were only half their present price1 and less by a considerable amount per head per week than they were five or six years ago1 and that the poor1 both in and out1 not the less cared or provided for4 ,fourthly1 ,i observe that several of the gentlemen against whom this opposition is principally to be directed are amongst the most intelligent1 active1 business-like men of the whole ,board1 that they are gentlemen using their best exertions to promote the success and prosperity of the ,town1 anxious for its improvement1 and desirous of its progress2 witness their endeavours for the establishment of the ,model ,lodging ,houses--the promotion of the scheme for the erection of a ,public ,hall--the alteration of the ,post ,office and improvement of postal accommodation--their support of the ,school of ,design and ,mechanics' ,institution1 and extension of general ,education--the erection of a proper ,workhouse in place of our present disgraceful building1 by which ,i doubt not our expenses will be lessened1 and the comforts of its aged and infirm poor inmates at the same time increased1 and by their generally evidenced desire to improve the condition of our poorer brethren1 both socially and morally--thus preventing crime1 obviating disease1 and diminishing pauperism4 ,having during the past year made a continued advance in the right direction1 should you be again called upon ,i trust that you will encourage their endeavours1 and show that you appreciate their attention to your interests1 by not only supporting the seven gentlemen#cc ,i now allude to1 but also any others with whom their names may be connected in any list proposed for your sanction1 by placing their names triumphantly at the head of the poll4 ,i am1 ,fellow-,ratepayers1 ,yours faithfully1 ,a ,,quiet ,,observer ,,of ,,facts4 ,march1 #ahed4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,election ,,of ,,guardians4 ,to the ,ratepayers of the ,parish of ,dudley4 ,you are respectfully requested to ,vote for the following ,ten ,persons 7the last on the ,list17 ,nominated by ,thomas ,badger1 ,esq4-- ,isaac ,badger1 ,coal and ,ironmaster4 ,thomas ,griffiths1 ,gentleman4 ,joseph ,griffin ,walker1 ,nailmaster4 ,joseph ,guest1 ,gentleman4 ,edward ,fisher ,smith1 ,mine ,agent4 ,william ,harrison1 ,draper4 ,john ,aston1 ,mine ,agent4 ,john ,renaud1 ,glass ,manufacturer4 ,matthew ,dennison1 ,chemist1 c4 ,francis ,northall1 ,ironmaster4 ,,important ,,notice4--,as only ,ten ,persons can be elected1 any ,ratepayer ,voting for more than that number will lose the ,whole of his ,votes4 ,write your ,initials1 at once1 opposite the above ,ten ,names only1 7which are the last ,ten upon the ,voting ,paper17 and sign your name at the foot thereof2 and then carefully preserve it 7as no second paper will be given you7 and deliver it to the person who left it1 when he calls on ,saturday1 the #hth of ,april4 ,if the ,voting ,paper is not then given1 send it as early that day as possible to ,mr4 ,shorthouse1 the ,clerk to the ,guardians1 at the ,poor ,law ,offices1 in ,upper ,king ,street4 ,any person qualified to ,vote who shall not have received a ,voting ,paper1 may do so on applying to ,mr4 ,shorthouse1 at his ,offices as above1 7not later than ,saturday1 the #hth of ,april17 and then and there fill up the same in his presence1 and deliver it to him4 ,march #ith1 #ahed4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,election ,,of ,,guardians4 ,,to ,,the ,,rate-,,payers ,,of ,,the ,,parish ,,of ,,dudley4 ,a ,handbill having been circulated through the ,parish1 evidently the production of one of the ,,active ,,and ,,intelligent ,members of the present ,board1 calling upon you to elect them again as ,guardians for the ,parish2 permit another ,quiet ,observer to submit a few ,,facts for your consideration4 ,you are told something about ,owners' ,proxies having been obtained by unscrupulous means4 ,does the ,gentleman allude to the hundreds of those statements1 which he and his ,friends by ,,misrepresentation ,,and ,,cajolery obtained six months previously to the ,election of the ,board of ,health1 for the purpose of securing ,,their ,,own ,,election1 or to those hundreds of similar statements which were given to the ,overseers a few weeks ago by the same party6 ,perhaps he and some other of these active and intelligent ,guardians will admit that they gave unquestionable proof of their activity1 if they would kindly state the number of miles they travelled last year1 in running about from street to street1 and house to house to fill up the ,voting ,papers1 which by so doing1 and imposing on the ,rate-payers1 they ,elected themselves4 ,having carefully watched the conduct of these parties during the last year1 ,i find amongst the most conspicuous of their performances1 the decision of the question of a ,huge ,union ,bastile1 to separate ,man and ,wife1 ,children and ,parents2 to a ,man they have ever ,voted in favour of this1 and the ,dudley ,union will now have to pay1 at the very least1 #bj1jjj for it4 ,and look at what these same ,,active ,,intelligences have done for you by the ,board of ,health6 ,that ,board has already made and signed a ,rate of ,,one ,,shilling ,,and ,,tenpence in the ,pound1 which in a very short time you will be forced to pay2 and an additional ,rate is also in contemplation1 which1 together with two twenty-penny ,poor ,rates1 will make #es4 #h;d4 in the ,pound for ,levies alone to pay4 ,among other items of reckless extravagance1 the following ,salaries3--,clerk to the ,board1 #afe per annum2 ,surveyor1 #aej per annum2 ,doctor1 #ge per annum2 ,collector1 #ge per annum2 ,inspector of ,nuisances1 #abj per annum1 lately increased from #dj to #abj2 making a total of #ehe2 with additional extra allowance which has been paid to others to assist2 and further1 ,i am informed that to carry out the projects for ,drainage1 ,plans1 ,surveys1 c41 #ej1jjj will be required and borrowed1 and the interest must be paid by draining your pockets4 ,next1 is it fair that these ,,seven ,,active ,,intelligences shall take to themselves the credit of what the labours of the whole ,board have effected in the diminution of the ,expenditure1 and ,i would ask ,,how ,,is ,,it that in a time of good trade1 nearly #g1jjj has been spent during the past year2 and ,,why ,,is ,,it that under the operation of the ,tenement ,rating ,act1 from which so great things were promised us1 that the ,dudley ,overseers have been compelled to borrow #ejj1 and to pay the interest out of their pockets8 ,as to ,model ,lodging-houses1 ,public ,hall1 ,school of ,design1 ,mechanics' ,institute1 c41 of which they make such boast2 all very well1 ,i reply1 provided they are paid for by private enterprize1 and not by ,,public ,,rates4 ,,fellow ,,ratepayers4--,have your payments been less during the last year8 ,,owners ,,of ,,small ,,properties4--,have you not been compelled to pay the ,rates for your tenants1 in addition to your own usual ,rates8 and to whom are you indebted for this increase of your burdens8 ,it is a fact1 that every one of the ,,seven ,,active ,,intelligences did vote for the imposition of this additional ,tax on you to relieve themselves1 for ,i believe not one of them pay a ,shilling on small ,property in this ,parish4 ,improvements we want1 but do not be deceived2 be careful to whom you trust the ,power of ,local ,taxation4 ,vote for ,guardians who have a stake in the ,parish1 who will spend your money as carefully as they would their own4 ,vote ,,not for those who merely seek the office to gratify their own private vanity1 and serve party purposes at the ,cost of the ,poor hard-working ,ratepayers4 ,vote like ,i intend to do1 for the ,,ten ,,last ,,names on the ,list1 for the men nominated by your most respected ,fellow ,townsman1 ,thomas ,badger1 ,esq42 he has long been a tried and true friend to the ,town of ,dudley1 and would not deceive you by nominating improper ones4 ,fellow ,ratepayers1 ,your ,faithful ,servant1 ,,another ,,quiet ,,observer4 ,dudley1 ,march #cjth1 #ahed4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,election ,,of ,,guardians4 ,,to ,,the ,,ratepayers ,,of ,,the ,,parish ,,of ,,dudley4 ,another ,observer has thought proper to intrude some remarks upon your notice4 ,to this there could be no objection1 so long as truth was adhered to2 unfortunately1 the truthfulness as well as the reason of his remarks are about as two grains of wheat in two bushels of chaff1 you shall search all day ere you find them1 and when you have1 they shall not prove worth the search6 ,let me take his observations then seriatim--that ,owners' ,proxies have been procured1 and this to some extent by misrepresentation1 if not something worse1 is beyond doubt1 and that they will in very many instances be used contrary to the wishes and intentions of the ,owners1 is a fact which admits also of as little doubt4 ,no person with any discrimination can suppose that if unscrupulously obtained they will not as unscrupulously be employed4 ,does ,another ,observer wish you to believe falsehood by proxy1 or does he wish to propagate untruth by insinuation8 ,he knows that with regard to the ,board of ,health proxies were not and could not be used1--and he is defied to prove that either misrepresentation or cajolery was employed by his opponents to gain that election4 ,notwithstanding the number of paid agents employed by himself and others to disseminate that misrepresentation and cajolery of which he speaks so much1 the good sense and independent judgment of the ,ratepayers emphatically decided against them2 and so also1 if left to their own free and unbiassed opinions1 will they do in the present election for the ,guardians4 ,in regard to the ,workhouse question1 the facts stated by ,a ,ratepayer are a sufficient answer2 but ,another ,observer here again knows that his statements are a gross exaggeration1 and wilfully intended to mislead4 ,so also are his statements in regard to the salaries paid to some of the ,officers of the ,board of ,health4 ,will he1 however1 assert that he or his friends would or could have procured proper and intelligent persons1 qualified to carry out the important works which will be required of them1 for less amounts than are now paid8 ,i trow not4 ,but why wish you to believe that these are extra burdens imposed upon you8 ,why not tell you of the sums paid1 ,,in ,,the ,,good ,,old ,,times ,,of ,,his ,,friends1 to the late ,clerk to the ,town ,act ,commissioners1--to the ,collectors of the ,town ,rate and ,highway ,rate1--the ,inspector of ,nuisances under the ,diseases' ,prevention ,act1--the ,surveyor of the ,highways and other ,officers8 and ,i am much mistaken if you will not find ,,more ,,money ,,paid ,,for ,,less ,,work ,,done6 ,it was either because he considered discretion the better part of valour1 or1 where ignorance is bliss1 'twas folly to be wise4 ,why1 too1 did not this other ,observer tell you what either himself or his friend 7871 a ,,thrice-,,rejected-,,aspiring-,,would-, ,be-,,guardian666 has received of the ,parish money for some years before he pretended to pass judgment on others4 ,as to the ,rates made by your ,local ,board of ,health1 what are they8 ,why a ,shilling ,town ,rate instead of an ,eighteen-penny one as it was last year1 and ,two ,shillings a year or two ago2 and a tenpenny ,highway ,rate which has been its amount for many years--thus actually shewing that you are paying from ,sixpence to ,one ,shilling in the pound less than when under the old rulers4 ,as to the expenses of ,survey1 ,plans1 ,drainage1 and other improvements1 what has necessitated their adoption but the neglect of those who held the power in your parish years ago4 ,will this ,observer assert that there is no need of them8 ,will he assert that there are many places in this kingdom worse off than ,dudley in these respects8 ,can he controvert the fact that the average duration of life in ,dudley is almost the shortest1 if not quite so1 of any place in ,england8 or1 in other words1 that whilst in some places of all the people born1 the average duration of their lives is #dj years1 in ,dudley it is only about #ai--or that during this past year there have been more deaths in this parish1 from fevers and other preventable causes1 than during the years of the ,cholera--and these1 too1 principally1 if not entirely1 caused by bad drainage1 imperfect ventilation1 and improper sanitary regulations4 ,your present high ,poor ,rates are only a portion of the short-comings left by those to whom you entrusted your interests in past times4 ,your payments now are but a legacy of that mismanagement which this ,observer would desire you to perpetuate4 ,what does he mean by his allusions to the projected ,model ,lodging ,houses1 ,public ,hall1 ,school of ,design1 ,mechanics' ,institute1 c48 as being provided for out of the ,public ,rates--insinuations as utterly false and groundless as they are base and malicious1 and which could only originate in a mind incapable of a good action in itself1 and therefore suspicious of others4 ,have your payments been less during the past year8 he asks4 ,i would answer there is the undeniable fact1 that in the past year the cost of out-door relief to your poor has been less by nearly #ejj than in previous ones4 ,why1 ,i would retort1 was not this diminution observable during former years1 when trade was quite as good as during the past one8 ,then he enquires1 why were the ,overseers required to borrow #ejj in order to provide the necessary means to meet parochial expenses8 ,why6 ,because they were compelled to wait the granting of another rate1 whilst hundreds of our poor were summoned to appear before the ,magistrates in order that they might be legally excused1 or payment enforced1 before another rate could be made2 because such as this ,observer would not compound for the payment of their rates1 and1 without the introduction of the ,rating-of-,tenements' ,act1 this must have been done at the close of every rate1--a fact alone sufficient to counterbalance any disadvantages which from its introduction may arise1 and which will ultimately be as great a benefit to the ,landlord as to the poor ,tenants themselves4 ,another ,observer says ,improvements we want66 ,out upon such cant6 why have we not had them before8 why have they not been projected long ago8 why1 when anything has been proposed for the good and prosperity of the town1 have not our men of influence1 and those having a stake in the ,parish been the first to support them8 why has every thing been left to be done by the insulted shopkeepers8 ,talk of spending your money carefully6 ,who were the parties who objected to let you know how your money was spent8 who were the parties who opposed the admission of the ,press to your ,board ,room8 why1 the very friends of this ,another ,observer2 and when there are those who would not that ,dudley should be second to ,stourbridge1 ,bilston1 or even ,wolverhampton1 such as this ,another ,observer are found to deride and revile their private enterprize and impute interested motives4 ,finally1 ,another ,observer says ,vote for those who have a stake in the ,parish1 and who would not seek office to gratify personal vanity4 ,i ask you ,ratepayers1 to inspect the ,list proposed by ,messrs4 ,,dixon ,,lester1 and that advocated by this accurate ,another ,observer1 and ,i venture to affirm1 that on examination it will be found they pay a much greater amount of ,rates1 and that ,,they ,,also ,,represent ,,by ,,far ,a ,,much ,,larger ,,amount ,,of ,,interest in this ,parish4 ,in regard to experience in parochial affairs1 in regard to a knowledge of the administration of the ,poor ,laws1 in regard to business habits and general intelligence1 in regard to their attention to your interests1 without wishing to utter one word in disparagement of their opponents1 ,i fearlessly challenge a comparison4 ,talk of a ,stake in the ,parish1 indeed6 ,pray1 how much ,rates does this ,another ,observer pay8 ,be not deceived by falsehood4--,be not misled by misrepresentation4--,judge by facts and not by the words of such ,another ,observer4 ,exercise your own impartial and independent opinions4 ,weigh all the circumstances calmly and impartially1 and the undoubted result will be1 that your confidence will again be placed in those who have not yet deceived you1 and that the gentlemen nominated by ,messrs4 ,,dixon and ,,lester will be your ,guardians for the ensuing year4 ,with all respect1 ,i am1 ,fellow ,ratepayers1 yours still1 ,,the ,,quiet ,,observer ,,of ,,facts4 ,dudley1 ,march #cast1 #ahed4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,election ,,of ,,guardians4 ,,to ,,the ,,rate-,,payers ,,of ,,the ,,parish ,,of ,,dudley4 ,,gentlemen1 ,a ,handbill1 headed ,election of ,guardians1 and signed another ,quiet ,observer1 has been published1 which contains a number of insinuations so disgraceful and false in reference to several public matters in which individually ,i take great interest1 that however reluctant ,i may be to intrude myself personally upon you1 ,i feel ,i should be wanting in a sense of public honor1 if ,i were to allow it to remain without a distinct and indignant denial of its truth4 ,had it confined itself to the ensuing ,election of ,guardians ,i should not have thought it necessary to reply to its insinuations1 because it would be an insult to the ,rate-payers to suppose for a moment that they could be deceived by its one-sided statements--statements1 every one of which1 if not false in fact1 are false and knowingly false in the inferences drawn from them4 ,but it goes beyond the ,election of ,guardians1 and insinuates that all the ,public ,institutions1 which some amongst you are now endeavouring to establish and to support1 are to be paid for by ,public ,rates4 ,i suppose the writer of the ,handbill thought that by throwing this paragraph into the form of an insinuation1 and not a positive assertion1 he would escape from being branded with the charge of ,falsehood1 but surely he cannot be ignorant of the fact1 that to deceive by the insinuation of a ,falsehood is as great a breach of ,truth1 as to deceive by an actual falsehood itself4 ,the writer of that ,handbill1 whoever he may be1 knows very well that the ,model ,lodging ,houses--the ,public ,hall--the ,school of ,design--and the ,mechanics' ,institute--are all supported1 and supported with one exception1 exclusively by ,private ,enterprise1 and not by ,public ,rates4 ,the exception to which ,i allude is the assistance of ,government to the ,school of ,design1 to the extent of #aj during the first year of its establishment1 whilst ,private ,enterprise alone has raised for its support during this time upwards of #djj4 ,i regret1 exceedingly1 that any one should have attempted thus to injure these ,institutions1 which are so much needed in this town1 and which are so rapidly placing it on a more equal footing with the neighbouring ,towns of the ,district4 ,from the falsehood of the insinuations thrown out1 you may judge how far the actual assertions which the writer of this ,handbill ventures to make1 are to be depended upon4 ,the writer states that the huge ,union ,bastile1 as he terms the new ,poor ,house about to be erected1 will separate ,man and ,wife--,children and ,parents4 ,he knows that the separation of ,man and ,wife--,children and ,parents--takes place of necessity in the present ,poor ,houses to a far greater extent than can be the case in the new ,house4 ,he knows that now the children cannot remain even in the same ,house as their ,parents1 but that in the new ,union ,house they will be under the same roof1 and within the reach of their ,parents1 at all reasonable and proper times4 ,he also knows that ,man and ,wife are invariably separated in the present ,poor ,houses1 and that this separation will not take place after sixty years of age in the new ,union ,house4 ,the writer states that the cost of the new ,union ,house will be #bj1jjj4 ,he knows that the cost is limited to #ab1jjj by the ,poor ,law ,board1 and that this amount will be borrowed1 and repaid at the rate of #fjj per year1 with interest at four per cent4 ,he also knows that the economy of this expenditure will far exceed the annual amount of the instalments2 or if he does not know this1 it is because he will not take the trouble to examine the results attained in other ,unions by the erection of proper ,poor ,houses4 ,upon this point ,mr4 ,doyle has proved that the pecuniary interests of the ,union would be materially benefitted by the building of a workhouse adequate to its wants4 ,but if the desirability of a new ,poor ,house were not so evident on the ground of economy1 it would be so on far higher grounds1 since the existing ,dudley ,poor ,house is described in a letter to me of the #bhth instant1 by one of the most respectable of the medical gentlemen of this town1 as the ,,focus of epidemic disease and starting point of ,cholera1 at two successive periods4 ,you1 the ,ratepayers of ,dudley1 will1 ,i am sure1 weigh well these words1 and you will not shrink from showing the estimation in which you hold the writer of a ,handbill who thus ignores the most sacred claims of ,truth and ,humanity4 ,nor does the writer confine himself to the ,guardian question--he endeavours to make you believe that the ,board of ,health is administered with great recklessness of expenditure4 ,as one of such ,board1 ,i am responsible only to the extent of my individual vote for its expenditure2 but here again the writer endeavours only to deceive4 ,the ,rates under the ,dudley ,town ,act ,commissioners and the ,board for the ,repair of the ,highways were during the following years as under3 ,,town ,,rate4--#ahdg-ahdh-ahdi1 #bs4 in the ,pound4 #ahej-ahea-aheb1 #as4 #f;d4 in the ,pound4 ,,highway ,,rate1 for the above ,six years1 #aj;d4 in the ,pound4 ,under the ,board of ,health the ,rates already granted are-- ,a ,,general ,,and ,,district ,,rate1 in lieu of old ,town ,rate1 of #as4 in the ,pound4 ,a ,,highway ,,rate of #aj;d4 in the ,pound4 ,these will be more than sufficient to meet the expenditure heretofore paid out of the ,town and ,highway ,rates4 ,the writer wishes to make you believe that the cost of ,salaries is entirely additional under the present ,board4 ,he knows that this is not the case1 and he also knows that the amount payable under the ,board of ,health1 under this head1 will be less1 including ,professional ,charges1 than under the ,town ,commissioners4 ,the writer would deceive you as to the amounts to be paid for ,drainage1 c41 and the desirability of such expenditure4 ,i cannot say at present what this expenditure may amount to2 but the largest amount--efficiently expended in ,drainage--will be the most economical to the ,parish1 when the saving to the ,poor ,rates1 from the prevention of disease and death1 is taken into account4 ,upon this point1 let me again quote the words of the ,medical ,gentleman already alluded to 7not the ,officer of ,health73--,the inhabitants of this ,town are ill prepared to withstand the onslaught of ,cholera1 which would be brought to our very doors by living in such a tainted and impure atmosphere as that which exists in the very centre of the ,town4 ,the writer of the ,handbill does not tell you1 that whatever may be the expenditure of the ,board of ,health1 it will always have to be audited by a ,public ,officer1 and the ,balance ,sheets open to the inspection of any ,ratepayer4 ,the ,handbill would deceive you again in reference to the stake in the ,parish which those proposed as guardians on the ,list nominated by ,messrs4 ,dixon and ,lester possess4 ,he again insinuates1 where he dares not assert4 ,what will you think of this insinuation1 when ,i tell you that there are ,four ,persons on that ,list1 each of whom pays separately1 three of them as individuals1 and one as ,agent of a ,company1 a larger amount of local taxation1 as far as the ,parish of ,dudley is concerned1 than the entire ,ten upon the opposite ,list4 ,i regret exceedingly1 that ,i should be obliged thus even to allude to a matter which may appear to be personal1 but ,i am compelled to do so4 ,it would be false delicacy to shrink from the exposure of the deceit contained in the ,handbill4 ,i am ready at any moment to confront the writer1 and to prove1 not only every statement ,i here make1 but also any inference ,i have drawn therefrom4 ,for myself1 ,i can only say1 that personally ,i have no motive to serve in allowing myself to be nominated as one of your ,guardians4 ,if you honor me by election1 ,i shall earnestly strive to fulfil the duties so imposed--but how painful those duties are1 they only know who have accompanied me over the ,poor ,house in this ,town1 which1 ,i hesitate not to say1 is a disgrace to humanity1 and to the intelligence of the present day4 ,the hours which ,i have spent within its walls have been amongst the most painful of my life1 and there is1 ,i am sure1 no ,ratepayer who would accompany the ,visiting ,committee in their periodical inspection of it1 who would not most earnestly labour for its removal1 as a religious duty which he dared not neglect4 ,i am1 ,gentlemen1 ,your obedient ,servant1 ,s4 ,h4 ,,blackwell4 ,dudley1 ,march #cast1 #ahed4 ,this disgraceful strangling of common sense and prostitution of all recognised rules of decent electioneering propriety came to a close with the following result3 ,,elected ,,tories4 ,votes4 ,isaac ,badger #aefe ,thos4 ,griffiths #aejj ,jos4 ,guest #adjb ,jos4 ,g4 ,walker #acgh ,edw4 ,fisher ,smith #acgb ,m4 ,dennison #abij ,jno4 ,aston #abbc ,jas4 ,harrison #abja ,jno4 ,renaud #aaff ,francis ,northall #aaff ,,rejected ,,liberals4 ,votes4 ,s4 ,h4 ,blackwell #idj ,a4 ,b4 ,cochrane #hgf ,thomas ,wood #ggb ,j4 ,c4 ,cook #gga ---- ,thomson #gaj ,evors ,swindell #gjg ,alex ,patterson #feg ,jno4 ,finch #fea ,d4 ,lloyd #eag ,,metropolitan ,,association ,,for ,,improving ,,the ,,dwellings ,,of ,,the ,,industrious ,,classes4 ,,dudley ,,branch4 ,march #cast1 #ahed4 ,in a handbill addressed ,to the ,ratepayers of the ,parish of ,dudley1 by ,another ,quiet ,observer1 occurs the following paragraph3--,as to ,model ,lodging ,houses1 ,public ,hall1 ,school of ,design1 ,mechanics' ,institute1 c41 of which they make such boast2 all very well ,i reply provided they are paid for by ,private ,enterprise1 and not by ,public ,rates4 ,as this1 if uncontradicted1 is calculated to produce an erroneous impression that the ,public ,money is being or is to be applied to the furtherance of these objects1 ,i beg to give a most unqualified denial that such is the case as to the ,model ,lodging ,houses1 the funds for which are being raised by ,shares of #be each1 with limited liability1 under the ,provisions of the ,charters of the above ,association4 ,any further information respecting which will with pleasure be afforded by ,,william ,,barns1 ,wolverhampton ,street1 ,local ,secretary4 ,died ,april #aith1 #ahed1 ,mr4 ,thomas ,lester1 ,wine and ,spirit ,merchant1 ,market ,place1 much esteemed by a very large circle of friends4 ,mr4 ,lester was a gentleman of strong common sense2 he lived a great many years in ,dudley1 and accumulated a handsome fortune1 he was a ,liberal in politics1 but of a retiring disposition1 disliking extremes of any kind4 ,mr4 ,lester was a ,wesleyan ,methodist1 ,new ,connexion1 in persuasion1 and a most liberal giver to that especial cause4 ,being of an exceedingly liberal and charitable disposition1 no honest case of accident or distress was ever turned from his door without relief1 and his open-handed contributions to all good objects in the town were at all times most benevolent and unostentatious4 ,at this good ,christian's death the widow and orphans lost an untold friend1 and the immense concourse of people of all shades of politics and religion who attended his funeral bore a sorrowing testimony to his universal worth4 ,aged #fe years4 ,died ,july #ith1 #ahed1 at ,handsworth1 formerly of ,wolverhampton street1 ,dudley1 ,mr4 ,matthew ,houghton1 gentleman4 ,mr4 ,c4 ,f4 ,g4 ,clark1 ,chemist1 ,market ,place1 gave a series of ,free ,lectures on popular subjects in most of the villages and towns around ,dudley1 addressed especially to the rising generation4 ,july #adth1 #ahed4 ,a ,silver ,inkstand and two handsome books of ,music1 costing #ba #ajs41 were presented to ,mr4 ,john ,h4 ,vanes1 ,currier1 the late ,organist of ,st4 ,edmund's ,church1 by the congregation1 as a mark of respect and esteem on his leaving ,dudley4 ,a block plan of the ,new ,model ,dwellings to be erected in the ,dock ,lane was now issued by the ,committee1 and building operations were commenced upon the row of fancy dwellings now standing all alone in their glory in ,dock ,lane1 but1 as the ,association did not take in ,dudley1 all further operations were suspended1 and the houses in ,dock ,lane were the only dwellings completed4 ,chairman1 ,dr4 ,browne1 ,vicar2 ,architect1 ,mr4 ,wm4 ,wiggington2 ,secretary1 ,mr4 ,wm4 ,barns4 ,september #bjth1 #ahed4 ,the ,grand ,lodge of 7,worcestershire7 ,free ,masons walked in procession this day in ,dudley1 to ,st4 ,thomas's ,parish ,church to a special service1 and then afterwards repaired to the hotel to a ,masonic banquet2 ,h4 ,c4 ,vernon1 ,esq41 ,j4,p41 ,hilton ,park1 ,grand ,master4 ,october #bdth1 #ahed4 ,died1 ,old ,mr4 ,james ,wilkinson1 formerly an extensive vice and anvil manufacturer of ,tower ,street1 ,dudley4 ,this gentleman was another true type of a ,dudley man1 having an exceedingly quick and retentive memory of past events in ,dudley4 ,the ,wilkinson's1 like the ,finch's1 are decidedly the oldest descended families in this town1 for ,dudley had an ,alderman ,john ,finch in ,charles ,,ii4's reign1 and we have a second ,alderman ,john ,finch1 ,j4,p4 in our present time2 and it is singular that these robust sons of the forge have ever been connected with the nail trade1 fender and fire iron trade1 the anvil and vice trade1 and all kindred trades of such manufacture4 ,like ,tubal ,cain of old1 they welded molten iron into form and shape1 long before the steam hammer was thought about4 ,mr4 ,wilkinson's recital of his early days1 when1 he says1 we had no carts or waggons in those days to convey our anvils and vices to the ,cross1 ,dale ,end1 ,birmingham1 for sale to the factors1 who used to come and buy our goods2 we had to travel with them in large baskets slung on horses backs1 and in single file we travelled over ,bromwich ,heath to ,birmingham4 ,mr4 ,wilkinson lived to the good old age of #he years1 and died esteemed and respected by all men4 ,november #bgth1 #ahed4 ,a patriotic meeting was held this evening at the town hall1 for the noble purpose of joining in the endowment of a national fund for the maintenance of the widows and children of soldiers and sailors killed in this just ,russian war2 a committee of willing hands was nominated1 and after the town had been thoroughly canvassed1 the handsome sum of #c1bhb was given for this noble object4 ,hurrah6 for old ,dudley4 ,,nil ,,desperandum6 ,britons ,strike ,home4 ,,extract ,,from ,a ,,letter ,written in ,sebastopol on the ,evening of the ,battle of ,,inkermann1 ,,by ,a ,,russian ,,soldier3 ,we are still alive although the ,english and ,french use every means for our destruction2 but we know not how long this may last4 ,the carnage is terrible6 all our efforts against the enemy are vain1 and without result4 ,although we have a superiority in numbers1 we cannot conquer the enemy in the open ,country6 ,the terrible coolness of the ,english1 their frightful ,artillery1 which destroying entire lines of our ,troops1 disturbed their retreat1 and the ,balls and ,shells committed the greatest ravages4 ,the ,riflemen picked off all our ,officers4 ,our ,soldiers are obedient1 and execute all the orders like machines1 but they want address1 intelligence1 presence of mind1 and enthusiasm4 ,the cool steadiness of the ,english1 and the vigour of the attack of the ,french equally alarmed them4--,see ,guardian ,newspaper1 pages #iai1 #ibj1 for ,nov4 #bi1 #ahed4 ,the ,vicarage1 ,dudley1 ,nov4 #cjth1 #ahed4 ,died ,january #bfth1 #ahee4 ,mr4 ,edward ,dixon1 ,sen41 formerly banker in ,dudley4 ,the disasters and stoppage of ,messrs4 ,dixon1 ,dalton ,co's4 ,bank in this town a few years before is a matter of commercial history1 indelibly fixed in the recollections of many eminent firms in this locality4 ,mr4 ,dixon never took a very active part in the bank1 but his urbanity1 generosity1 and kindly feeling to every one1 won the universal respect of all orders of men in the town and district2 his prompt honesty1 and genuine honour and integrity in his commercial transactions1 were the means of saving many respectable people from utter ruin1 and at his death it was deemed desirable that a public funeral should mark the wide-spread sense of sorrow and deep regret at the loss of so good a friend and honourable a townsman4 ,aged #fh years4 ,february #afth1 #ahee4 ,mr4 ,william ,masefield's candle manufactory1 situate between ,high ,street and ,king ,street1 was this night burnt down4 ,damages #fej4 ,died ,february #bfth1 #ahee1 at ,hastings1 ,john ,benbow1 ,esq41 ,m4,p4 for this town1 aged #hg years4 ,mr4 ,benbow was a decided ,tory in politics1 and a churchman in religion2 his school of thought was narrow and contracted1 and he looked upon all reforms and progressions with alarm and distrust4 ,he was well known to be the nominee of the young ,lord ,ward and his ,trustees2 he secured and maintained his seat as ,m4,p4 for ,dudley entirely on the sufferance of the ,castle power and influence2 for the electors of ,dudley would never have returned him had it not been for quarrelling with their own bread and living4 ,the old gentleman never spoke in the ,house of ,commons2 he seldom favoured ,dudley with his presence2 he represented us 7or rather never represented us at all7 for about eleven years1 and it was always keenly felt that he was of no use to this enterprising and increasing ,borough4 ,died ,march #bnd1 #ahee1 ,nicholas1 the tyrannical and ambitious ,emperor of all the ,russias1 aged #ei years4 ,this wicked man caused the invasion of ,turkey1 and the war in the ,crimea1 by which so many of our brave countrymen fell in defence of the ,turkish ,empire1 and the cause of humanity4 ,,borough ,,election4 ,the death of ,mr4 ,benbow necessitated another ,parliamentary ,election in this borough1 and as very little time was given 7only eleven days7 for the burgesses to look around for a new member1 that short time was very adroitly occupied by the ,castle wire-pullers in trimming and burnishing up the rather raw and unsettled political ideas of a perfect stranger to ,dudley1 in the person of ,sir ,stafford ,h4 ,northcote1 ,bart41 of the ,pynes1 near ,exeter4 ,this gentleman1 of great ability and good lineage and descent1 was brought out from the ,priory1 for our acceptance1 as a ,liberal-,conservative1 with the hope that a candidate untried 7for ,sir ,stafford had not been in ,parliament before71 who had some tincture of ,liberalism in his composition1 might be made to suit all factions in the ,borough1 and save the tumult and annoyance of another contested election4 ,this ruse would not go down with the ,radical electors1 for it was thought that it was high time the ,himley incubus should be thrown down1 once and for ever4 ,to accomplish this intention1 our old townsman1 ,mr4 ,samuel ,cook1 with ,mr4 ,wm4 ,insull1 and other ,chartists1 again prevailed upon ,mr4 ,james ,baldwin1 of ,birmingham1 to become their champion1 upon not quite such an extravagant platform as he had appeared before us in #aheb4 ,sir ,stafford ,northcote spoke both eloquently and reasonably at his various meetings1 and it soon became evident that he would be the next member for ,dudley4 ,mr4 ,baldwin1 on the other hand1 with all the bluster his friends could ventilate in his favour1 had to fight a forlorn hope1 for ,dudley was not yet ripe for his politics2 ,chartism had lately received a most sensible check1 and people were beginning to look with alarm at the uncertain end the ,charter would lead them to4 ,besides all this1 there was a strong belief that ,sir ,stafford was not the young politician to be put into leading strings by anyone1 for he was an independent man1 and had an inflexible will of his own1 which subsequent events brought out into strong relief4 ,on ,march #ith1 #ahee1 this ,dudley ,election had to be gone through1 although ,mr4 ,baldwin and his admirers had virtually caved in4 ,close of the poll3-- ,sir ,stafford ,northcote 7,liberal ,conservative7 #cdf ,mr4 ,james ,baldwin 7,radical7 #c ---- ,majority #cdc ,,to ,,the ,,electors ,,of ,,dudley4 ,,gentlemen1 ,it is impossible for me to suppress a feeling of pride in regarding the position in which you have placed me4 ,this feeling1 however1 gives place to one of gratitude to those who have so generously placed confidence in me1 and to a sense of the high responsibility which your votes have imposed upon me4 ,i am not fond of making professions1 and it has been one great drawback to the pleasure ,i have had in making myself known to you1 that ,i have been obliged1 as a stranger1 to hold more of the language of self-recommendation than ,i could have wished4 ,i trust that1 under ,god's blessing1 ,i may be able so to do my duty towards you that1 whenever ,i may have occasion to ask a renewal of your confidence1 ,i may be able to point to my actions as affording a mere satisfactory test of my inclination and ability to serve you than words can do4 ,i thank you heartily for the kind reception ,i have met with1 for the courtesy which has been shewn to me even by those who differ from me in opinion1 and for the final mark of your confidence which now calls for my warm acknowledgments4 ,i have but one favour more to ask4 ,it is1 that you will use my services as freely as ,i now place them at the disposal of you all4 ,i remain1 ,gentlemen1 ,your obliged and faithful ,servant1 ,,stafford ,h4 ,,northcote4 ,dudley1 ,march #ith1 #ahee4 ,died1 ,march #acth1 #ahee1 ,mr4 ,james ,jesson1 of ,victoria ,terrace1 a man of isolated and penurious habits1 but he left a noble evidence of his good will to the town at his death1 by bequeathing #aj1jjj to endow ,alms ,houses1 a school known as ,jesson's ,school and ,charity4 ,aged #gf years4 ,march #bast1 #ahee4 ,this day was observed as a public day of prayer and fasting for the success of our glorious soldiers and sailors in the ,crimean ,war4 ,may #acth1 #ahee4 ,a dreadful murder was committed this morning at the ,sailor's ,return public house1 ,kateshill1 ,dudley1 by one ,john ,meadows1 who deliberately shot his sweetheart1 because he was jealous of her2 the poor girl died instantly4 ,may #agth1 #ahee4 ,married1 ,miss ,elizabeth ,bourn1 step-daughter of ,mr4 ,f4 ,pigott1 ,railway ,contractor1 of this town1 at ,st4 ,edmund's ,church1 to ,mr4 ,elliott1 ,manufacturer1 ,birmingham4 ,great pomp and ceremony was observed on this occasion1 there being nine carriages in attendance at the wedding4 ,a sad sequel happened at the ,railway ,station as the bridal party started on their honeymoon4 ,a collision betwixt two trains took place1 by which numbers of passengers were severely shaken and bruised1 and ,mr4 ,thos4 ,fehr1 ,spirit ,merchant1 ,market ,place1 was maimed for life4 ,may #bhth1 #bith1 #cjth1 #ahee4 ,a series of fetes took place on the ,castle grounds this ,whitsuntide1 under the management and for the benefit of ,mr4 ,alfred ,bunn1 of the ,opera ,house1 ,london4 ,upwards of #bj1jjj people came to see the sights1 and it was said that ,mr4 ,bunn cleared #ejj by this affair1 but he forgot to leave any token of his liberality to our local charities4 ,died1 ,july #adth1 #ahee1 ,mr4 ,bagott1 ,tailor and ,draper1 ,high ,street4 ,aged #gj years4 ,died1 ,july #bgth1 #ahee1 ,mr4 ,joseph ,haden1 of ,dixon's ,green4 ,this gentleman had much to do with the building of ,st4 ,thomas's ,new ,church in #ahaf4 ,august #dth1 #ahee4 ,hanged at ,worcester this morning ,john ,meadows1 for the brutal and unfeeling murder of his sweetheart1 ,ann ,mason1 at ,kateshill1 in ,may last4 ,september #ith1 #ahee4 ,great rejoicings all over the land at the news3 ,the ,russians evacuated ,sebastopol after two days' desperate bombardment by both sea and land by the ,allied ,forces2 they blew up their magazines1 sunk their ships1 and set fire to the town previous to leaving it1 and then they retired to the ,north side of the ,harbour4 ,glorious news for ,old ,england6 ,died1 ,november #bnd1 #ahee1 ,mr4 ,thos4 ,guest1 junr41 ,grocer1 ,market ,place4 ,aged #db years4 ,died1 ,january #bdth1 #ahef1 ,mr4 ,josiah ,c4 ,cook1 ,ironmonger1 ,high ,street4 ,mr4 ,cook was a prominent ,freemason in his time1 and was universally respected as a friend and neighbour4 ,his remains were followed to the grave1 as a mark of fraternity and respect1 by many of the leading ,freemasons of the district4 ,,peace6 ,march #cjth1 #ahef4 ,a ,treaty of ,peace was signed at ,paris this day1 which put an end to the cruel and unsatisfactory ,russian ,war4 ,six ,new ,members of our ,local ,board of ,health had to be elected this spring1 and the contest was again both sharp and bitter2 for the old ,tory party1 with ,mr4 ,isaac ,badger at its head1 were determined to get rid of all ,liberals and ,liberal progress in the ,board2 hence followed some smart hand bills4 ,,dudley ,,local ,,board ,,of ,,health ,,election4 ,,isaac opposed all ,,civil ,,liberty6 ,,isaac opposed ,,repeal ,,of ,,the ,,corn ,,laws6 ,,isaac opposed ,,free ,,trade6 ,,isaac opposed ,,parliamentary ,,reform6 ,,isaac opposed and opposes the ,,press ,,in ,,the ,,board ,,rooms6 ,,isaac opposes ,,information ,,and ,,knowledge as the basis of ,,local ,,legislation6 ,,isaac and his ,friends opposed ,,economy in the ,workhouse1 when it was proved each ,pauper cost #as4 #g;d4 per week more than ,birmingham and ,wolverhampton2 increasing the ,rates #dbb per year4 ,,wood ,,and ,,hollier ,reduced this ,extravagance2--,what ,,isaac has been ,,isaac will be1 if you ,vote for his ,nominees4 asterism ,vote for ,hollier1 ,browne1 ,fereday1 ,smith1 ,wood1 and ,england4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,local ,,board ,,of ,,health4 ,,the ,,election4 ,fellow ,electors1 ,doubtless it is advisable we should ,elect ,men to serve on this ,board rather than ,one ,man and so many ,looking ,glasses1 or things to reflect his will and pleasure simply4 ,look at the two ,lists already submitted to you--,first1 and mark this--,mr4 ,isaac ,badger proposes ,messrs4 ,j4 ,r4 ,tilley1 ,george ,bagott1 ,john ,marsh1 ,william ,beddard1 ,sen41 ,e4 ,whitfield1 and ,w4 ,jacam1 and no doubt he is sanguine enough to suppose you will do as you are told1 and ,elect his nominees4 ,of this select ,list you will be better able to form an opinion1 when you have fully considered the extent to which any one of these ,gentlemen has ever been mixed up in matters of real popular service--with how many of the ,people's ,institutions or ,philanthropic ,schemes of this country is any one of these persons identified--and how much1 or how little1 rather1 you have any reason to expect from them in any matter of wide or general bearing on your interests4 ,grapes cannot be gathered from thorns1 nor figs from thistles8 so that1 with all forbearance for the ,gentlemen whose names have thus been dragged from their natural and proper retirement1 your attention is now invited to the following ,list of ,,worthy ,candidates for your support and interest1 viz3--,the ,rev4 ,doctor ,browne1 ,mr4 ,richard ,smith1 ,mr4 ,elliott ,hollier1 ,mr4 ,s4 ,d4 ,fereday1 ,mr4 ,w4 ,c4 ,wood1 ,mr4 ,george ,j4 ,england4 ,these are1 as you know1 well-tried ,men6 ,these as you know1 have been your consistent ,friends and ,advocates for years2 not pandering 7like others7 in some ,petty 7or even ,pig7 question for favours and smiles1 with the view of making that favour and those smiles1 hereafter1 the excuse for tyrannizing over you in large questions2 but who have striven from time to time for your welfare and the general good--ever resting satisfied in the midst of their efforts that time would enable you to see that ,truth is ever consistent with itself--,liberality of ,sentiment ever an instinct that should be easily traced through the entire life1 political or social1 of those who lay claim to it4 ,and now #ast4--,whose efforts have been the most determined to secure in this parish ,comfortable ,homes for the ,poor8 ,who persuaded the ,landlords1 that whilst they were getting from #ae to #bj per cent4 interest upon the miserable dens they call houses1 it was politic they should pay the ,local ,rates8 #bnd4--,who have been the consistent supporters of all ,educational ,schemes1 by which the employer is secured an intelligent and moral servant1 in the place of a mere tool1 without thought or respect for himself2 and in opposition to that other weakly theory that insists upon keeping the people ignorant1 lest they should discover the ignorance of those called their betters8 #crd4--,who have 7and without ostentation7 supported schemes of ,,public ,,amusement and ,,relaxation8 ,those who believe that the ,great ,unwashed are often whiter and cleaner than those who sit in high places2--those who1 as before stated1 are anxious to promote the general good6 #dth4--,who have1 from first to last1 advocated the exposure of all they do to fair criticism1 and voted for the ,,admission of ,,reporters to ,newspapers1 in the very face of other gentlemen who desire a secrecy as strict as the ,inquisition of old8 #eth--,who is it--that can create any hope within you1 that whatever of rottenness there may be1 even in the rottenest end of ,dudley1 shall be cleansed in due time8-- ,the answer--you have already anticipated1 is that which will determine you to ,vote for the ,rev4 ,dr4 ,browne1 ,messrs4 ,richard ,smith1 ,elliott ,hollier1 ,s4 ,d4 ,fereday1 ,w4 ,c4 ,wood1 and ,g4 ,j4 ,england4 ,be not deceived6 ,these ,gentlemen are recommended for your adoption because it is evident you may trace in their past conduct that openness and that independence which must ever constitute true manhood2 that intelligent persistence in efforts for the general good1 which is the best guarantee of any ,trusteeship being wisely sustained2 ,,who ,,have ,,displayed ,,an ,,indifference ,,to ,,be ,,governed ,,by ,,any ,,one ,,man--or even by any doubtful hero--whose chief recommendation could be1 that he swears heartily1 and foams angrily when he finds any one near his august presence that deigns to think for himself4 ,look to it well1 you men of ,dudley and the ,district1 that you select only such men as can act for themselves1 without first asking what ,mr4 ,so-and-so thinks4 ,depend upon it1 that in this case1 as in many others1 it is better to bear the ills we 7are alleged to7 have1 than fly to others we know not of6 ,,areopagitica4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,to ,,the ,,intelligent ,,ratepayers ,,of ,,dudley4 ,,gentlemen1 ,a ,wellwisher1 certainly not to the ,town of ,dudley1 has thought proper to insult you by the publication of a scurrilous ,handbill1 reflecting upon the ,gentlemen retiring during the present year from office in your ,local ,board of ,health4 ,a more disgraceful production1 and one more calculated to serve purely party purposes at the expense of truth1 it has seldom been my lot to read4 ,the ,gentlemen there alluded to have exercised no deception--have been guilty of no trickery4 ,they have made no professions which have not been faithfully carried out in practice4 ,as to recklessness and extravagance compare their amount of ,assessment and ,rates with those of the ,gentlemen ,wellwisher so magniloquently recommends to your notice2 ,,whilst ,,the ,,former ,,represent ,,property ,,paying ,,upwards ,,of #fej ,,per ,,rate1 ,,the ,,latter1 ,,or ,,mr4 ,,badger',s ,,nominees1 ,,pay ,,only #eg--the best answer to any assertion as to their expending so much money of their own for the mere pleasure of spending yours4 ,wellwisher then appeals to the ,ratepayers of ,freebodies1 ,netherton1 ,woodside1 and ,holly ,hall1 evidently wishing to excite a hostile feeling between the ,ratepayers of the districts and the ,town itself4 ,he asks what has been done to our streets and thoroughfares8 ,why1 kept in as good repair and as well attended to as during the supremacy of his friends upon the old ,highway ,board2 but doubtless ,wellwisher wishes sufficiently well to the ,tradesmen and ,shopkeepers as to desire them not only to keep in repair the streets1 roads1 and thoroughfares1 but also to make them1 for the benefit of those who have sold and bought land at a great profit1 and built houses in these localities1 a thing always refused by the ,highway ,board as well as the ,board of ,health4 ,beyond this1 why does not ,wellwisher tell you what his immaculate saving friends are endeavouring to do at the present moment1 viz4--to throw the expenses of the repairs of the roads generally upon the rates1 and which if effected will go far to double the payments upon the ,town itself4 ,this has already in part been done1--the ,turnpike ,commissioners have refused to repair 7which has always before been done by them7 that part of the street leading to ,wolverhampton1 situate between ,st4 ,james's ,church and the ,turnpike ,gate1 and without any notice having been given to the ,board or their ,surveyor1 consequently this part of your streets has not been attended to or cleansed for many weeks4 ,if it be not for mere deception and trickery1 why does ,wellwisher wish you to suppose that the ,rates levied by the ,local ,board of ,health are something new1 and that without its establishment such payments would not have been required1 whilst it admits of easy proof that the ,rates paid by you during the past three years1 under the management of the ,board1 have been considerably less than those formerly levied by the ,town ,commissioners and ,highway ,board4 ,as to the salaries paid to the various officers1 why does not ,wellwisher 8 go back to the palmy days of the old ,town ,act ,commissioners and ,highway ,board1 and tell us of the payments made in secret in those times8 why does he not refer to the appointment of the salary of the ,clerk to the ,guardians1 which was fixed1 in spite of the ,poor ,law ,board1 at a higher amount than they thought necessary8 why does he not refer to the job as to the appointment of the ,relieving ,officer as ,master of the ,dudley ,workhouse8--because1 forsooth1 he happened to be a relative of one of those who prates most and pays least4 ,the labourer is worthy of his hire1 but if their salaries be too high1 let their work be ascertained and paid for accordingly2 but far better a good round sum at once1 which is known to all1 than allow an officer to eke it out by summonses and expenses1 obtained from poor people before the magistrates4 ,he talks about sewerage1 and the probability of its being carried into effect1 estimating its amount at an extravagant rate4 ,will ,wellwisher have the hardihood to assert that drainage is not wanted1 when it is a well-known fact that1 with great natural facilities1 ,dudley is one of the worst seweraged towns in the whole kingdom2 that there is not a drain in any street sufficient to take away the water from the various cellars and lower parts of the houses2 and to this fact alone is it to be attributed its great and extraordinary mortality1 the average duration of life here being only #ai years3 or would he rather that these things should exist than that any attempt should be made to improve them4 ,wellwisher then pathetically alludes to the ,poor ,man's ,pigs1 very probably not only having a great sympathy for them1 but also for the mire in which they wallow2 but will those whose feelings he wishes to excite1 believe that very many of his professing friends actually signed a memorial to the ,board1 calling strongly for the removal of ,pigs from the entire of the ,town ,district1 and which was objected to by some of those he so harshly anathematizes4 ,doubtless1 too1 he approves of some of those high in authority keeping pigs in such a condition that the filth from their styes should drain into his neighbour's sitting or bed room4 ,wellwisher next endeavours to enlist the sympathies of others by allusion to the ,rating of ,tenements' ,act1 falsely asserting that those who were in favour of its introduction were themselves exempt from any effect of its operation4 ,let the galled jade wince6 ,its promoters supported it from just and proper motives1 and not from the wish that their smaller dwellings should be drained and cleansed at the expense of other people4 ,,fellow ,,ratepayers4--,wellwisher's publication is nothing more than an impudent attempt to set ,town against ,country1 and ,country against ,town1 in order to relieve the ,country part of the ,district of their fair share of the ,rates at the expense of the heavily taxed ,ratepayers of the ,town4 ,it is a disgraceful attack upon individuals who have devoted much valuable time to serve the ,town1 and who had the unblushing effrontery to endeavour to do right1--who have not sought either to do their fellow ratepayers ,brown1 or ,badger them1 but to act independently and faithfully for their best interests1 and which time alone will fully prove4 ,if you still wish to have men to represent you1 who are disposed to continue to act thus1 do not be dictated to by ,mr4 ,badger1 but ,vote for ,r4 ,,smith1 ,,esq4 ,s4 ,d4 ,,fereday1 ,,esq4 ,,rev4 ,,dr4 ,,browne4 ,,mr4 ,,elliott ,,hollier4 ,w4 ,c4 ,,wood4 ,g4 ,j4 ,,england4 ,i am1 ,fellow ,ratepayers1 ,,your ,,wellwisher1 ,,and ,,also ,a ,,lover ,,of ,,truth4 ,dudley1 ,march #ahef4 ,may #bgth1 #ahef4 ,after twelve days trial in ,london1 ,william ,palmer1 ,surgeon1 of ,rugeley1 ,staffordshire1 was found guilty of poisoning his racing companion1 ,mr4 ,j4 ,p4 ,cook1 at the ,shrewsbury races4 ,palmer poisoned poor ,cook with strychnine for the purpose of robbing him of a large sum of money which ,cook had won at the races4 ,palmer was hanged at ,stafford ,gaol for this dastardly offence on ,june #adth following2 the murderous wretch maintained the most callous indifference to all around him to the last4 ,he was well known in ,dudley4 ,may #bith1 #ahef4 ,this day was kept as a general holiday throughout the country in commemoration of the ,peace4 ,old ,dudley ,castle1 which had braved the ,battle and the ,breeze for upwards of #hjj years1 was illuminated with a grand display of fireworks4 ,died1 ,august #aith1 #ahef1 ,thomas ,badger1 ,esq41 of the ,hill ,house1 ,dudley4 ,this genial1 but blunt and frank old gentleman1 was one of ,dudley's worthiest sons2 his familiar figure daily moving in our midst1 secured the esteem of all good people1 and his quiet and unostentatious benevolence has gladdened the hearts of widows and orphans1 when none were allowed to witness the tear of the giver4 ,mr4 ,badger 7like a great many more of our ,dudley worthies7 began life in very humble circumstances1 and rose step by step until he became ,chief ,magistrate of this ,borough4 ,he was for a lengthened period 7along with his brother1 ,isaac ,badger7 very extensively engaged in the glass trade1 the nail trade1 the coal trade1 and iron trades of this district1 and it is not too much to say that ,messrs4 ,badger ,brothers at all times exercised the most potent influence upon the industries of ,dudley and neighbourhood4 ,as a large employer of labour1 he was much respected by all his workpeople1 and a cordial feeling always existed between the head of the firm and the numerous employes both in the ironworks and collieries4 ,in religion he was a sound ,churchman1 and in politics he belonged to the ,tory party1 but ,mr4 ,badger was not a rabid politician1 for he had the honour of once being requested to stand as a ,candidate for the ,borough of ,dudley1 on ,independent principles1 but he declined the honour4 ,he was a most shrewd and active ,magistrate for many years1 and as ,mr4 ,badger lived through perilous times his decisions on the ,bench were always tempered with a wonderful insight into the human character1 accepting ,mercy and ,justice as his motto4 ,his personal friendships created a halo of kindly feeling and generous sentiment amongst a large circle of personal friends and acquaintances1 which will be long remembered in ,dudley1 and his death1 at the ripe old age of #ge years1 was universally regretted4 ,a marble monument in ,st4 ,edmund's ,church records his numerous virtues4 ,died1 suddenly1 ,august #bcrd1 #ahef1 ,mr4 ,joseph ,pitchfork1 ,master for #cj years of ,baylies's ,school1 ,tower ,street4 ,mr4 ,pitchfork was a man of very deep and extensive intellectual acquirements1 and a more kind-hearted and genial soul never lived4 ,through his assiduity and zeal1 for he was a real lover of his work1 his educational training in ,baylies's ,school has bequeathed to this town and locality some of the foremost and most eminent commercial men in our midst1 and it is a source of great pleasure to the author of these lines to witness and observe in his walk in life so many evidences of the estimable teaching of the late ,mr4 ,pitchfork4 ,so soon as his lamentable death became known1 the following letter was issued1 and a public meeting was convened at ,baylies's ,school ,room1 expressing condolence and sympathy with ,mrs4 ,pitchfork and her family4 ,a ,committee of upwards of #fj gentlemen1 many of them old pupils1 was formed for the purpose of raising a fund in grateful recognition of his valuable services rendered to the cause of education4 ,,saracen',s ,,head ,,inn1 ,,dudley1 ,august #bdth1 #ahef4 ,,dear ,,sir1 ,at a ,meeting held this morning1 at the above ,inn1 of a few ,friends of the late ,,mr4 ,,joseph ,,pitchfork1 most of whom were educated by him in their youth1 the following ,resolutions were adopted3-- ,that considering the very great and valuable services rendered to the cause of ,education by the ,deceased1 who held the appointment of ,master of ,baylies's ,school1 in ,dudley1 for upwards of thirty years1 it is desirable that a ,subscription be entered into for presentation to his family1 as a suitable ,memorial of the gratitude of his ,friends1 ,pupils1 and ,admirers1 and in recognition of his eminent public services4 ,that ,messrs4 ,john ,finch1 ,john ,castree1 ,john ,h4 ,smith1 ,james ,worley1 ,william ,insull1 ,frederick ,stokes1 ,william ,timmins1 and ,edmund ,long1 all of ,dudley1 do form themselves into a ,committee for effecting the above purpose4 ,that a ,meeting be held at the ,school ,room1 in ,tower ,street1 on ,friday next1 the #bith instant1 at ,eight o'clock p4m41 when arrangements will be made and ,subscriptions received1 and that ,subscribers and ,friends be respectfully requested to give their attendance on the occasion4 ,should you be prevented attending the ,meeting1 you or your ,friends will oblige by paying or remitting ,subscriptions to any ,member of the ,committee1 or to myself at any time4 ,i am also requested to state that such ,pupils and ,friends as may be desirous of showing their respect to the ,deceased's memory1 and of accompanying his body to the grave1 will assemble at ,baylies's ,school1 next ,sunday morning at ,ten a4m4 ,i am1 dear sir1 ,yours respectfully1 ,,john ,h4 ,,smith1 ,,hon4 ,,sec4 ,kate's ,hill1 ,dudley4 ,a very successful appeal was made on this very worthy occasion1 and the following friends assisted in the cause3-- ,,pitchfork ,,testimonial ,,fund4 ,,committee3 ,rev4 ,william ,mc,kean ,w4 ,e4 ,johnson1 ,esq4 ,mr4 ,edward ,grainger ,c4 ,f4 ,g4 ,clark ,peter ,wright ,edward ,wood ,charles ,tyler ,w4 ,sheppard ,john ,owen ,thomas ,roberts ,alexander ,patterson ,george ,e4 ,horton ,john ,williscroft ,james ,smith ,henry ,silvers ,thomas ,crew ,t4 ,e4 ,beesley ,w4 ,meese ,joseph ,beddard ,r4 ,w4 ,vanes ,geo4 ,t4 ,patterson ,william ,davies ,samuel ,boden ,thomas ,haynes ,george ,wood ,george ,stevenson ,thomas ,morris ,mr4 ,john ,finch ,john ,castree ,john ,h4 ,vanes ,john ,h4 ,smith ,james ,worley ,william ,insull ,frederick ,stokes ,william ,timmins ,edward ,long ,edward ,wood1 jun4 ,william ,bunch ,john ,baugh ,g4 ,h4 ,deeley ,richard ,meredith ,john ,newey ,charles ,russell ,alfred ,patterson ,frederick ,timmins ,elijah ,smith ,edward ,pratt ,thomas ,jones ,william ,glaze ,james ,powell ,george ,pitt ,george ,blunt ,david ,davies ,simeon ,davies ,treasurer1 ,mr4 ,j4 ,finch4 ,honorary ,secretary1 ,mr4 ,j4 ,h4 ,smith4 ,a ,meeting will be held at ,baylies's ,school1 ,tower ,street1 ,dudley1 on ,friday1 ,august #bith1 #ahef1 for the purpose of raising a ,fund in grateful recognition of the valuable services rendered to the cause of ,education by the late ,mr4 ,joseph ,pitchfork1 who was ,master of that ,school for a period of #cj years4 ,the ,committee earnestly appeal to the ,public1 the ,friends1 and the ,pupils of the deceased in furtherance of this desirable object1 it being the last mark of respect they can pay to the memory of one who has long and unweariedly laboured for the intellectual advancement of the rising generation1 and whose sudden decease has left so much to pity and deplore4 ,mr4 ,pitchfork was a ,radical in politics1 and1 in his early days1 a friend and unswerving supporter of ,sir ,john ,campbell1 ,bart4 ,he died at the early age of #ea years1 respected and beloved by a very large circle of scholars1 old pupils and acquaintances1 leaving a blank in the town which was long unfilled4 ,september #ith1 #ahef4 ,the ,grand ,lodge of ,freemasons of ,worcestershire1 clothed in their regalia1 walked in procession through the town1 and dined together at the hotel4 ,september #ajth1 #ahef4 ,mr4 ,james ,worley1 the ,collector of the ,income and ,property ,tax and ,assessed ,taxes for this ,parish suddenly absconded with upwards of #b1jjj belonging to the ,crown ,treasury2 he afterwards underwent imprisonment in ,worcester ,gaol for the offence1 the town being compelled to make up the deficiency4 ,died1 ,september #aith1 #ahef1 having dropped down dead in the street1 ,mr4 ,john ,shedden1 ,tailor1 ,stone ,street1 aged #gd years4 ,december #ajth1 #ahef4 ,the new ,parsonage ,house of ,st4 ,edmund's ,parish was occupied at this time by the respected incumbent1 the ,rev4 ,john ,davies1 ,m4,a41 the land and a handsome donation was given by ,lord ,ward1 the rest of the funds having been raised by voluntary subscription amongst the congregation and friends of the church4 ,december #agth1 #ahef4 ,the ladies of ,st4 ,edmund's ,congregation this evening presented to ,mrs4 ,john ,davis1 at the new ,st4 ,edmund's ,parsonage1 a purse containing #ajj1 as a mark of respect and esteem4 ,mr4 ,churchwarden ,c4 ,f4 ,g4 ,clark was mainly instrumental in securing the erection of this ,parsonage ,house4 ,on ,december #bbnd1 #ahef1 a large public meeting was held in the old town hall1 ,mr4 ,john ,renaud1 the ,mayor1 in the chair1 to take into consideration the very great injustice of the ,income ,tax1 and to adopt such measures by a petition to the legislature as will lead to its immediate and total repeal4 ,the town having recently been compelled to pay over again ,james ,worley's defalcations1 had sorely vexed all parties on the imposition of this tax1 but alas1 the ,exchequer did not like to part with an easily collected tax2 so it would look as if we were doomed to have this imposition in perpetuity2 for it is #be years since that meeting was held1 and we see the ,income ,tax gatherer1 as heretofore1 taking his walks abroad amongst us1 book in hand4 ,march #abth1 #aheg1 the borough was greatly astonished and surprised this morning at the publication of the following hand bill1 announcing the resignation of our highly esteemed representative1 ,sir ,stafford ,northcote1 ,bart41 ,m4,p4 ,a variety of supposed reasons were rapidly floated in the borough for this sudden determination of the honourable baronet to sever his connexion with ,dudley2 but it was well understood that ,sir ,stafford's vote on ,mr4 ,cobden's motion against the odious ,china opium trade had given mortal offence to his noble friend1 who had withdrawn his countenance and local support from him in these critical times4 ,,to ,,the ,,electors ,,of ,,the ,,borough ,,of ,,dudley4 ,,gentlemen1 ,i hasten to inform you that ,i have been induced to offer myself as a ,candidate for the ,northern ,division of my own ,county1 both the representatives of which are about to retire from ,parliament4 ,this circumstance will lead to the termination of my connection with your ,borough1 a connection to which ,i shall always look back with pleasure1 and with a sincere feeling of gratitude for the uniform kindness ,i have received at the hands both of my political supporters and my opponents among you4 ,should it ever be in my power at any future time to render any service to my late constituents1 they may freely command me4 ,i remain1 ,gentlemen1 ,your faithful and obliged ,servant1 ,,stafford ,h4 ,,northcote4 ,pynes1 ,exeter1 ,march #abth1 #aheg4 ,this announcement caused a deputation to start off at once to induce ,sir ,stafford to withdraw his determination1 but it returned with the unpleasant news that the die was cast1 and that our honourable member would not withdraw his resignation1 nor sit any longer under a local dictatorship4 ,swift and decisive was the action of all the political elements in the ,borough at this momentous period4 ,the old ,tory party1 with ,mr4 ,isaac ,badger at their head1 was highly enraged at the ,castle influence over our esteemed member4 ,the ,radical party was equally furious at this wanton interference in high quarters2 and the more sober thinking electors began to feel that it was absolutely necessary1 now at this juncture1 and for ever1 to break the neck of that galling dictation which had so long existed in the ,borough4 ,the strife began at once in earnest1 and bitter indeed was that contest which shook the political ,house of ,himley to its base1 and sent the ,castle ,nominee back to his friends4 ,,dudley ,,election4 ,the ,independent ,electors of the ,borough of ,dudley are earnestly requested to withhold any pledge upon the forthcoming ,election until a ,deputation which is about to wait upon ,,sir ,,stafford ,h4 ,,northcote returns from the interview with him4 ,by ,order of the ,council of ,snobs1 ,i4 ,,snubb1 ,,esquire1 ,,chairman4 ,brandy ,row1 ,march #afth1 #aheg4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,dudley ,,election6 ,all ,persons desirous of ,redeeming the ,political ,independence of ,dudley1 are requested to attend a ,meeting at the ,castle and ,falcon ,inn1 this afternoon1 ,thursday1 ,march the #aith1 at three o'clock precisely4 ,castle and ,falcon ,inn1 ,wolverhampton ,street1 ,march #aith1 #aheg4 ,whilst these angry elements were getting ventilated amongst the irritated electors1 it was known to a chosen few that the wire-pullers were at work1 and that a ready cut and dried candidate was bottled up not far from the ,priory1 ready to be let off at any moment1 hence1 at the fitting time1 out came his address4 ,,to ,,the ,,independent ,,electors ,,of ,,the ,,borough ,,of ,,dudley4 ,,gentlemen1 ,the retirement of ,,sir ,,stafford ,,northcote having created a vacancy in the ,representation of your ,borough1 ,i venture to offer myself as a ,candidate for your suffrages at the approaching ,election4 ,in doing so1 ,i am anxious to state1 with perfect candour1 the political views ,i entertain on some of the important questions of the day4 ,i am in favor of that system of progressive ,legislation which has for its object the ,reform of all existing abuses1 without having recourse to violent and organic changes in the constitution of ,church and ,state4 ,during the period ,i had the honour of a seat in ,parliament1 at a time when the policy of ,free ,trade was much questioned1 ,i felt it my duty to support and advocate the system of ,commercial ,freedom introduced by the late ,sir ,robert ,peel4 ,i rejoice to think that this policy has tended to promote the comfort and welfare of the ,people1 to inspire confidence in the justice of ,parliament1 and to augment to such a wonderful extent the ,trade and ,revenue of the ,country4 ,while the partial diminution of the ,income ,tax is a matter of congratulation1 ,i am strongly of opinion that it is the duty of the ,government1 by means of well-considered reductions in our expenditure1 to make provision for the final extinction of a ,tax1 valuable in time of war1 but unjust as a permanent burden on the energies and property of the ,country during a period of ,peace4 ,with respect to the vote on the ,chinese ,war1 which has led directly to the present appeal to the ,country1 while ,i deeply regret that hostilities should have been carried to such an extent without the knowledge of the ,government1 ,i am nevertheless strongly of opinion that it was necessary for the honor of the ,country1 as well as for the security of the lives and property of our fellow-subjects in that distant quarter of the ,globe1 that the ,government should uphold and defend1 with that courage and determination which has ever characterized ,lord ,palmerston on such occasions1 the conduct of its ,officers1 until the adjustment of the points in dispute shall have been obtained4 ,subjects connected with the reform of many social evils must shortly engage the attention of the ,legislature--the extension of the blessings of ,education--the ,reformation of ,juvenile ,offenders1 and the ,policy to be pursued towards those under sentence of ,penal servitude4 ,to all these measures ,i will give my best attention1 believing that they are the questions which touch most nearly the best interests of the ,country at the present moment--the consideration of which can no longer be delayed1 and for the speedy carrying out of which it is necessary1 in my opinion1 to strengthen the hands of the present ,ministry4 ,gentlemen1--,having no mere ,party or personal motives to gratify1 my conduct1 should ,i have the honor of being returned to ,parliament as your ,representative1 will ever be governed by the best judgment ,i am able to form of what is conducive to the honor1 welfare1 and commercial prosperity of the ,country4 ,i may be permitted to add1 that it will always be my wish to attend to your ,local interests1 and to forward those measures which you may think necessary to the prosperity of ,dudley and its neighbourhood4 ,i have the honor to be1 ,gentlemen1 ,your most obedient ,servant1 ,j4 ,,sandars4 #ae1 ,eaton ,square1 ,march #ahth4 ,mr4 ,j4 ,sandars' address was read with a good share of criticism by both parties1 but as it was hatched at the ,priory it would not go down the throats of the ultra ,tories1 and as for the ultra ,radicals they were determined to fish out a candidate of their own liking4 ,mr4 ,j4 ,sandars 7it came out on investigation7 had represented ,great ,yarmouth for a short period as a ,palmerstonian supporter1 that he had been rejected for ,bewdley1 and was willing to do the ,ward ,trick for ,dudley1 if elected4 ,just at this juncture of events the ,earldom of the house of ,himley was looming in the distance1 and any support that could be given to ,lord ,palmerston's government was of moment to the interested parties2 but another strong element was also engaging the minds and inclinations of some of the most active politicians in ,dudley on both sides of the question1 and it was determined to make a bold and resolute effort to shake off the unhallowed incubus which had so long sat upon the backs of the ,dudley so-called free and independent electors4 ,this extreme measure was successfully effected by a ,public ,coalition between the ultra ,tories1 lead on by ,mr4 ,isaac ,badger1 ,mr4 ,wm4 ,haden1 ,mr4 ,j4 ,g4 ,walker1 c41 and the ultra ,radicals1 headed by ,messrs4 ,t4 ,wood1 ,g4 ,wood1 ,wm4 ,insull1 ,samuel ,cook1 and others4 ,after this happy family had been wrought into working condition1 its first business was to fraternize after ,dudley fashion1 and then bring out an ,independent ,candidate that could lick ,lord ,ward4 ,the greatest desideratum believed to be advisable was to secure a local man1 one who knew something about the iron and coal trades4 ,three or four highly eligible gentlemen hereabouts were interviewed without success1 so that there was no alternative but sending up to ,london for an enterprising young gentleman willing to stand for ,dudley4 ,on ,march #bast1 #aheg1 a supple candidate to suit both parties was brought down from ,london1 equipped for any emergency1 in the person of 7a time-honoured name7 ,mr4 ,henry ,brinsley ,sheridan1 ,barrister-at-law1 the ,inner ,temple1 ,london4 ,mr4 ,sheridan's address appeared at once1 and as it smacked a good deal of the learned lawyer1 and promised to abrogate questions which both the ,tories and the ,radicals were anxious to see expunged from the ,statute ,book1 its appearance was hailed with a jubilee of satisfaction1 and the crowning period of ,dudley's ,political ,freedom was foreshadowed4 ,strenuous efforts were made to induce ,mr4 ,charles ,shaw1 of ,birmingham1 ,merchant1 to come forward on moderate ,conservative principles1 which was thought by some might conduce to heal the ,tory breach in the ,borough2 but ,mr4 ,shaw was too shrewd a gentleman to be dropped betwixt two stools1 so he declined the honour with thanks1 and left the ,electors of ,dudley to fight the battle of political freedom in the candidature of ,mr4 ,j4 ,sandars and ,mr4 ,h4 ,b4 ,sheridan4 ,,to ,,the ,,electors ,,of ,,the ,,borough ,,of ,,dudley4 ,,gentlemen1 ,in pursuance of a ,requisition1 ,i offer myself to the ,electors of ,dudley as a ,candidate for the honor of representing you in the forthcoming ,parliament1 and my desire is to assist you in the assertion of your right to choose for yourselves the man who is to represent your views in the ,house of ,commons4 ,i take this step the more readily from an inherent desire to be independent myself1 and to co-operate with men animated by similar views4 ,if ,i am fortunate enough to be returned to ,parliament by your votes1 ,i will submit to neither blandishment nor dictation1 but will think for myself on the great questions of the day1 and in thus doing1 ,i shall be imitating the manly characteristics of the ,electors of ,dudley1 who are neither to be unduly influenced1 interfered with1 or dictated to4 ,impressed with these views1 ,i will be open and candid with you in reference to those articles in the ,political ,creed1 which at the present hour are the principal subjects of discussion4 ,,income ,,tax4--,i am a staunch advocate for its entire and immediate abolition4 ,,church ,,rates4--,i am in favor of their ,repeal1 but am willing to substitute1 if practicable1 some equivalent that will preserve our magnificent ,national ,edifices from decay1 and at the same time secure to our ,protestant ,church the alliance and protection of the state4 ,,franchise4--,i am in favor of gradually and carefully extending the ,franchise1 to meet the wants arising from the advancement and progress of the age1 and in furtherance of this view1 am willing to place the ,county ,voter upon an equality with the ,borough ,voter by giving him a #aj qualification4 ,,army ,,and ,,navy4--,i am decidedly in favor of a thorough and searching ,reform in both these departments of the ,national ,service1 and particularly of introducing1 as a chief feature of such ,reform1 the practice of granting ,commissions and giving ,promotion to merit4 ,,shipping ,,and ,,sounding ,,dues4--,i am determined to use every constitutional means to obtain the entire removal of these obstructive imposts1 believing that no ,corporate ,funds ought to be increased by ,taxes that amount to a restriction on ,trade1 and which press with peculiar severity upon industry and manufacture4 ,,extra ,,parochial ,,property4--,all property should and must be made to bear its equal share of local burdens4 ,,the ,,war ,,with ,,china4--,i am not in favor of delegating to individuals the power to declare ,war in the name of ,great ,britain1 or the right to bombard ,cities and destroy life and property4 ,i deprecate at all times the unnecessary shedding of human blood2 but the ,chinese ,war having now commenced and the interests involved being so enormous1 ,i am in favor of adopting every legitimate means for bringing the conflict to an end1 a jealous regard being had for the honour of ,english ,policy1 and the power of ,english might4 ,,education4--,this ,i am desirous of extending to its utmost limits1 totally irrespective of ,sectarianism1 firmly believing that to ,education we must look for the ultimate happiness and prosperity of the country4 ,,the ,,ballot4--,i am not disposed to adopt the ,ballot1 believing that the reasons at present urged in favour of secret voting will rapidly and altogether pass away with the growing intelligence and progress of the age4 ,,free ,,trade has my unqualified support4 ,,local ,,interests4--,i am anxious to identify myself absolutely with the views and interests of your ,borough1 and in the event of my ,election1 ,i will spare no opportunity of proving to you practically the earnestness and sincerity of my professions4 ,gentlemen1 ,these are my political views1 and ,i believe that if honestly advocated and carried out with purity of purpose1 under the blessing of ,providence1 they will conduce to the happiness and welfare of the millions of our native land4 ,i am1 ,gentlemen1 ,your most obedient ,servant1 ,,henry ,,brinsley ,,sheridan4 ,inner ,temple1 ,london1 and ,bellefield ,house1 ,fulham1 ,middlesex4 ,march #bast1 #aheg4 99 99 99 99 99 ,to ,enterprising ,young ,men in ,search of ,employment1 ,stump ,orators1 and ,others4 ,,wanted1 for the ,borough of ,dudley1 a ,,candidate for ,,parliament6 to ,represent the ,badger ,interest4 ,he must be a man with plenty of ,jaw1 and one who will not stick at trifles1 but can turn himself round as a ,weathercock4 ,one who has formerly been a ,conservative1 but is now an extreme ,radical1 will be preferred4 asterism ,none need apply except they have both jaw and credit1 as many of those who would otherwise do1 as regards the former1 are excluded by want of the latter4 ,apply by ,letter only1 ,w4 ,rattlebrain1 ,pig street4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,to ,,the ,,electors ,,of ,,the ,,borough ,,of ,,dudley4 ,mr4 ,,sandars1 the ,candidate for the ,representation of this ,borough1 will address the ,electors at the ,old ,town ,hall1 on ,friday1 the #bjth instant1 at ,three o'clock in the ,afternoon4 ,dudley1 #aith ,march1 #aheg4 99 99 99 99 99 ,found6 ,found66 ,found666 ,the ,enterprising ,young ,man for the ,borough of ,dudley4 ,he has both ,jaw and ,credit1 and can ,represent the ,badger ,interest1 but ,alas6 ,alas66 ,alas666 ,when ,i advertised for him ,i did not think he would so soon have made his appearance4 ,signed1 ,,honey ,,merry4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,dudley ,,election4 ,,to ,,the ,,free ,,and ,,independent ,,electors ,,of ,,the ,,borough ,,of ,,dudley4 ,withhold the ,promise of your ,votes to ,mr4 ,sandars1 as ,charles ,shaw1 ,esq41 of ,birmingham1 is expected in ,dudley this ,evening4 ,,an ,,elector4 ,dudley1 ,march #bjth1 #aheg4 99 99 99 99 99 ,at a ,meeting of the ,non-,electors of ,dudley1 held at the ,lancasterian ,school ,room1 ,stafford ,street1 the #beth day of ,march1 #aheg4 ,mr4 ,william ,gilbert1 ,jun41 in the chair1 it was-- ,moved by ,mr4 ,longhurst1 and ,seconded by ,mr4 ,oakley1 and carried unanimously3--,that this ,meeting of ,non-,electors of ,dudley welcomes the present favourable opportunity which now offers itself of freeing the ,borough of ,dudley from ,political ,vassalage1 ,nomineeism1 and ,lordly ,dictation4 ,moved by ,mr4 ,wallwork1 seconded by ,mr4 ,ginder1 ,jun41 and carried unanimously3--,that the ,non-,electors of ,dudley1 hereby pledge themselves to support the ,political ,freedom and ,independence of this ,borough1 by using all legitimate efforts to ensure the triumphant return of the ,independent ,candidate1 ,henry ,brinsley ,sheridan1 ,esq4 ,moved by ,mr4 ,wallwork1 seconded by ,mr4 ,parsons1 and carried unanimously3--,that the best thanks be given to the ,chairman1 for his conduct in the ,chair4 ,w4 ,,gilbert1 ,jun41 ,chairman4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,to ,,the ,,independent ,,electors ,,of ,,the ,,borough ,,of ,,dudley4 ,we1 the undersigned1 request the ,independent ,electors of the ,borough of ,dudley to meet at the ,old ,town ,hall1 to-morrow1 at ,one o'clock1 to consider what steps can be best taken to secure the ,independence of the ,borough1 and to enable the ,electors to exercise their free and unbiassed judgment in the choice of their ,representative4 ,isaac ,badger ,w4 ,robinson ,w4 ,haden ,j4 ,renaud ,thomas ,badger ,j4 ,g4 ,walker ,j4 ,beddard ,j4 ,owen ,j4 ,walker ,thomas ,steedman ,w4 ,wilkinson ,g4 ,smith ,joshua ,wilkinson ,gilbert ,shaw ,thomas ,shaw ,joseph ,owen ,james ,darby4 ,march #bcrd1 #aheg4 ,the ,political ball had now been set rolling by both parties in this unnatural contest1 but men in ,dudley had learnt the old adage--that misfortune makes men acquainted with strange bedfellows1 therefore they had accepted their dubious lot at all hazards1 and it soon became evident that ,mr4 ,sheridan was the idol of the ,non-,electors1 whose potent influence was brought to bear with great persistence upon the thousand ,electors4 ,mr4 ,sheridan was found to be free and pleasant and spoke well on the platform2 he was admirably schooled in political knowledge1 and he knew how to please the wives as well as the voters4 ,meetings by both ,candidates were held almost hourly1 for there was no time to lose1 and the screw that was put on at head-quarters was both unmanly and ungenerous1 causing a large number of former ,conservative voters to declare their intention to support ,mr4 ,sheridan1 the ,independent ,candidate4 ,however1 before the ,nomination day arrived1 7,march #bhth7 ,mr4 ,sandars had found out that his cards had been seen by his opponents and that he was playing a losing game1 calculated to damage his aspirations at some more acceptable ,borough1 he therefore issued the following address1 which promoted ,h4 ,b4 ,sheridan1 ,esq41 to the distinguished position of being elected the ,independent ,member for the ,nominee ,borough of ,dudley4 ,,to ,,the ,,electors ,,of ,,dudley4 ,,gentlemen1 ,the aspect of this ,election has assumed a character of a purely personal nature1 in which ,politics are entirely forgotten4 ,while ,i feel my own individual claims to the honor of representing you in ,parliament have not even been called in question1 and am deeply sensible of the kind manner in which ,i have been generally received1 ,i cannot disguise from myself that in the present state of feeling in the ,borough1 arising from misrepresentation1 and a disinclination on the part of the ,electors to calmly consider the actual facts of the case1 the result of a direct appeal to the ,constituency would be doubtful4 ,under these circumstances ,i have resolved to retire from the contest1 persisting in which would occasion an unusual amount of ill feeling1 and be painful to those1 who1 having hitherto acted together during the whole of their ,political life1 would on this occasion be found ranged in opposition to each other4 ,time1 ,i trust1 will convince you1 that ,i came forward on purely ,independent grounds1 as a supporter of the energetic policy of ,lord ,palmerston1 to uphold which ,i believe to be the real wish of the ,electors of ,dudley4 ,i have the honour to be1 ,gentlemen1 ,your most obedient ,servant1 ,j4 ,,sandars4 ,dudley1 #bgth1 ,march1 #aheg4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,not ,,wanted6 ,,the ,,weakly ,,press-,,gang6 ,,urgently ,,wanted66 ,a ,,good ,,leader ,,there ,,for6 ,must be a ,leader of principal wherewith to prop the ,,local ,,butter ,paper interest666 ,local ,cockney ,correspondents1 ,castle ,toadies1 ,priory ,vassals1 ,quibbling ,quacks1 ,old ,women1 ,lazy ,printers' ,devils1 and ,industrious ,nonentities1 especially needed1 as the ,butter ,paper ,press1 alias the ,weakly ,times1 is in feeble health666 ,by order of the ,society for the prohibition of useless knowledge1 the protection of the ,queen's ,english1 and the total suppression of the ,public ,traffic in ,cheap ,composition1 ,cant1 ,cabbage1 and ,castle-toadyism4 ,address-- ,,cobblem ,,mackemtire1 ,little ,castle ,alley666 ,a ,,friend ,,of ,,one ,,that ,,has ,,brains ,,to ,,rattle4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,dudley ,,election4 ,what causes ,electors to wish for the ,ballot8 ,what causes ,electors to remain neutral8 ,what causes ,chartism8 ,through ,lords or their ,agents to exert authority or power in an ,insolent1 ,arbitrary1 or ,tyrannical manner4 ,down with such1 and we1 as ,englishmen1 had ought to enjoy that ,charter which was given to us by ,king ,john4 ,stick true to those liberties you have1 and not be slaves to any one4 ,use your own opinion and fear no one4 ,,an ,,elector4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,stop4 ,,electors ,,of ,,dudley be ,men4--,think for yourselves4--,vote for yourselves4--,do not allow any ,lord to rob you of your franchise4 ,if you vote for ,sandars you sanction the right of ,lord ,ward to choose your ,representative4--,you abandon your right of selecting one that is independent4 ,if ,sandars be elected he dare not vote in opposition to his ,lordship's will1 if he did he would soon cease to be ,member for ,dudley1 under such circumstances he will be ,lord ,ward's and not your ,member4 ,how has ,lord ,ward treated ,sir ,stafford ,h4 ,northcote8 ,most shamefully2 there is proof in this town that ,sir ,stafford did not go to ,north ,devon as a matter of choice4--,he abandoned ,dudley because ,lord ,ward abandoned him for ,voting honorably on the ,china question in opposition to the ,ministry which has the support of ,lord ,ward1 on that ground his ,lordship sent us ,mr4 ,sandars4--,now this ,gentleman told us at his first ,meeting that he had his ,lordship's support1 that his ,lordship spent a quarter of a million annually in 'this ,borough' 7we suppose this was a mistake1 and that he meant 'the world'7 and that therefore his ,lordship had a right to be represented4 ,the meaning of this could not be mistaken1 but let us ask why does not his ,lordship act and vote for himself in the ,house of ,peers8 ,let him use his hereditary privileges for the protection of his rights and not rob us of ours4--,we would not ask by what means his ancestors became entitled to the ,estates the income whereof enables so large an expenditure2 but we will tell his ,lordship that were he alone upon those ,estates1 and had not the assistance and labor of the surrounding inhabitants1 he would have no income to expend--,thus it is clear that his ,lordship is indebted to the people1 and not the people to him4 ,shall he then hold us in hereditary bondage with the very means the people create for him8 ,shall he put a veto on the use of our intellects and nominate his as our ,representative without a struggle on our part8 ,could our ancestors arise they would be ashamed of us1 they would weep to see us licking the dust upon the heels of power without an effort to be free4 ,this nominee tells us he is a supporter of ,lord ,palmerston on the ,china question1 which means that he1 ,sandars1 will back the murder and wholesale butchery in ,china of thousands of innocent men2 he will support the ,government in burning and destroying the houses of the rich and poor at ,canton2 he is the man to aid and abet the breaking out of war on the part of the ,english1 without the knowledge or assent of the people1 or of the ,parliament3 he is the man to uphold the ,government in setting the vote of the ,peoples' ,representatives at defiance3 he is the man who talks of assisting in the reduction of the ,income ,tax1 and yet will afford facilities for the expenditure of our money in war without our knowledge or consent3 he is the man who on the hustings at ,bewdley alleged that he was a follower of ,earl ,derby1 and now comes here in opposition to that ,nobleman on the very question which has broken up the present ,parliament4 ,,electors awake1 arise1 or be for ever fallen4 ,men of all shades of ,politics1 ,whig and ,tory1 buckle on your armour1 go hand in hand1 beat back the foe that would rob you of your franchise4 ,shew your independence1 let cowardice be distant4 ,it is not a question between ,whig and ,tory that we have to decide1 7,sandars is neither ,whig or ,tory17 but between ,independence and ,mental ,slavery4 ,the days when ,lordlings treated ,villagers as ,serfs and ,vassals have passed1 and it is only history that should remind us that such things were4 ,shall we return to serfdom and vassalage8--,no4 ,is the ,lord of our manor to nominate our man1 and say as of old to hear is to obey8--,no4 ,stir yourselves1 put an end to your lethargy1 rally round the standard of the worthy1 independent1 and intelligent ,mr4 ,,sheridan2 go forth to the battle determined to defend your rights1 even as our ancestors would have done with their blood1 and ,victory shall be yours4 ,,an ,,elector4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,dudley ,,election-- ,the ,rival ,candidates--,which is the ,true and ,consistent one8 ,,brother ,,electors1 ,be not deceived6 ,look at the member for ,yarmouth's policy at ,bewdley--examine well his opinions upon that occasion1 and then turn to his address to you--can you call this man ,consistent8 ,is he one that you can trust8 ,common-sense men will tell you ,,no6 ,and we trust that you will echo and repeat this answer ,no6--to the poll--and prove to everybody that you will not have a man who comes under false colours1 or who is a mere ,weathercock to suit the several constituencies to whom he may offer himself4 ,a ,derbyite to the ,electors of ,bewdley1 and a ,palmerstonian to ,lord ,ward1 whom ,he deems to be the ,borough of ,dudley itself4 ,ponder this and you will then plump for the man who has so nobly responded to your call--the man who bears the time-honoured name of ,,henry ,,brinsley ,,sheridan4 ,brother ,electors1 do not be deceived6 ,,an ,,independent ,,elector4 99 99 99 99 99 ,a ,,few ,,lines ,,to ,,the ,,praise ,,of ,,the ,,castle ,,bloater6 ,,sheridan1 the brave has come to the scratch1 ,and in him the ,,bloater will find a good match2 ,when back'd by a ,,badger and ,marine store1 ,the ,,bloater will find his existence is o'er6 ,,chorus4 ,so ye voters of ,dudley1 now come to a man1 ,and vote for the honest ,h4 ,b4 ,,sheridan4 ,mr4 ,stoke-em1 and ,bed-em1 ,insult-em1 and all1 ,declare that the power of the ,castle shall fall66 ,and prove to his ,lordship1 and also his men1 ,we'll have for our ,m4,p4--,h4 ,b4 ,,sheridan4 ,so ye voters of ,dudley1 c4 ,,isaac ,,badger with honor has left all the knaves ,who stick to his ,lordship because they're his slaves2 ,for ,dick ,smith and ,t--r have tried all they can1 ,but ,,badger has stuck to us like a true man4 ,so ye voters of ,dudley1 c4 ,for the power of his ,lordship we don't care a straw1 ,and we'll show him in ,dudley his will is not law6 ,at his ,lordship and ,dickey we'll level a reef1 ,not at ,christmas to rob his poor men of their beef ,so ye voters of ,dudley1 c4 ,but sure with poor ,dickey ,i don't want to quarrel1 ,although to us he was sent pack'd up in a barrel6 ,the barrel was pierc'd with holes very fine1 ,if they'd found him out1 he'd been hung with a line4 ,so ye voters of ,dudley1 c4 ,just arrived1 a few ,barrels of choice ,,yarmouth ,,bloaters1 #g a #a;d41 stirred up fresh from the bottom4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,dudley ,,election4 ,the ,tories and ,radicals1 strange though it be1 ,have banded together for ,libertie1 ,in the famous ,borough of old ,dudley2 ,singing fiddle de diddle1 diddle de dee1 ,oh1 for his ,lordship's ,nominee6 ,so away they go1 with a hop and a jump6 ,fish1 flesh1 and fowl1 to find if they can1 ,an ornithorincus kind of a man6 ,singing fiddle de diddle1 diddle de bump1 ,whig1 ,tory1 and ,radical all in a lump2 ,there's ,badger1 and ,walker1 and ,cookee1 and ,stokes1 ,and the devil knows how many capital folks6 ,and they all are resolved1 though they love bread and butter1 ,to tickle his ,lordship's respectable crupper3 ,singing1 go it1 ye ,britons1 three cheers for the three1 ,lord ,ward1 ,isaac ,badger1 and ,sammy ,cookee1 ,the ,radical1 ,whig1 and jolly ,tory2 ,and good luck to the man who will purchase of me4--,b4,b4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,dudley ,,election4 ,,fellow ,,electors1 ,by way of adding injury to the insult which ,lord ,ward and his party have already inflicted upon you1 it is now currently reported that the ,workmen of the ,ward and ,black-,cock interest have been made to understand that they must surround the hustings to-morrow morning1 and prevent your own ,candidate1 ,,sheridan1 from getting a hearing2 so much for ,liberty and ,freedom of ,speech6 ,let me advise you1 at least to give a hearing to ,sandars2 don't do him an injustice or yourselves4 ,if ,lord ,ward's ,interest demands that you shall not hear ,mr4 ,sheridan1 the ,public ,press will contain a faithful report of all he will say in reply1 and will be published on ,saturday morning4 ,,impartial4 99 99 99 99 99 ,to be ,sold ,cheap6--a ,yarmouth ,,bloater1 none the worse for unsuccessful exposure for sale on the stalls of ,bewdley and ,dudley4 ,for terms of ,sale apply to ,the ,priory6 ,n4,b4--,the above ,bloater is well cured6 #ahdj-a4 ,the bad trade at this time1 and the disturbed state of the working classes1 arising in a great measure from the poisoned seeds of anarchy and distrust which was then sown broadcast by the ,chartist leaders amongst the idle1 ignorant1 and dissolute1 made it incumbent upon the public authorities in ,dudley to erect a safeguard against any sudden surprise to life and property2 thus it was that a day and night patrol of the roads and streets was established to maintain the peace and keep order in the town1 and the following respectable townsmen formed a section of our guardian angels-- ,,dudley ,,constabulary ,,force3 ,john ,roberts1 ,commandant4 ,seventh ,division4 ,,isaac ,,badger1 ,superintendent4 ,e4 ,,cresswell1 ,deputy ,superintendent4 ,ed4 ,cresswell1 jun4 ,william ,beddard ,h4 ,addenbrooke ,john ,bent ,samuel ,edwards ,william ,cole ,daniel ,parker ,jeremiah ,parker ,thomas ,berry ,william ,fellowes ,stephen ,dunn ,william ,cooper ,james ,wood ,stephen ,hodgetts ,peter ,minty ,moses ,hughes ,richard ,stokes ,william ,deeley ,george ,cardo ,,instructions4--,when summoned1 to attend instantly2 and when assembled on duty not to depart or absent themselves without permission from the ,magistrates or their respective ,superintendents4 ,the ringing of the small and large bells of ,st4 ,thomas's ,church will be the signal for the immediate assembling of the whole ,constabulary force4 ,every one disobeying these instructions will have the full penalty of the ,law enforced against him4 ,fortunately for the comfort of these brave volunteers no bells were rung1 neither did any dreaded ,chartists appear to oppose their pot-valiant authority1 but the capers which some of these ,specials occasionally cut1 and the midnight orgies at certain favoured houses of public resort1 kept by many a hearty good fellow1 where ale was strong and protection sure against all assaults upon the body1 made these persons on special public duty memorable1 and afforded food for scandal and amusement to many in after years4 ,,ben ,,boucher1 ,the ,dudley ,poet and ,rhymist4 ,oh6 rare ,ben ,boucher1 ,boucher ,ben2 ,the best of ,poets1 but worst of men4 ,illustration3 ,,ben ,,boucher4 ,,the ,,dudley ,,poet1 #ahdg4 ,this extraordinary old man was truly a curiosity in himself2 for many years he enlivened the ,black ,country with distiches of the ins and outs of life1 in all its varied phases1 by his peculiar doggerel poetry or songs1 which the old man used to compose on any public event which struck his fancy or provoked his wrath4 ,he then sallied out to the wondering public1 and sold his songs at one penny per sheet1 and familiar indeed was the figure of the old poet1 daily in our streets vending his singular wares4 ,he took up all sorts of sad1 grim1 and pleasurable subjects1 from the hanging of some wretch at ,stafford ,gaol1 to a dog1 or cock fight at ,sedgley1 or ,tipton4 ,ben ,boucher was a ,collier by trade1 and was born at ,horseley ,heath1 in the year #agfi1 but the greater part of his singular and irregular life was spent in ,dudley1 at certain favourite public house haunts1 where his talents were appreciated1 and his songs admired and read by the curious4 ,the following is a sample of some of his effusions3--,on the death of ,dr4 ,booker1 away from ,dudley4 ,st4 ,luke is dead--a ,poet and ,divine-- ,i hope his spirit doth in glory shine4 ,to save expense1 and the roads being ugly1 ,or the ,doctor would have come to ,dudley4 99 99 99 99 99 ,in ,dudley town there lives a man ,who deals in silk and clothes1 sir2 ,if you trust him your mutton to ,cook1 ,he'll be sure to spoil your broth1 sir4 ,a certain tailor kept a horse for amusement in those days1 not in the best condition1 so we have the horse described3-- ,,the ,,horse4 ,his back it is both long and thin1 ,his belly has got no corn therein2 ,he looks both naked and forlorn1 ,and takes the whip instead of corn4 ,mr4 ,jno4 ,williams a highly respectable draper in the town1 having altered his political opinions in those days1 fell in for ,ben's animadversions on that occasion4 ,where is big ,john the draper gone1 ,chairman at last election1 ,the ,bowling ,green1 that source of spleen ,which led to his detection4 ,written on the pulling down of the old ,st4 ,thomas's ,parish ,church3-- ,the seats and the windows1 ah1 and the clock too1 ,were sent on to ,gornal1 to their ,gornal crew2 ,for the sand men and asses1 for to go to church1 ,and the people of ,dudley were left in the lurch4 ,,lines ,,on ,,dudley ,,market1 #ahbg4 ,at ,dudley ,market1 now ,i tell1 ,most kind of articles they sell2 ,the women take the greatest care ,to buy up crocks and earthenware1 ,milkpans1 and colliers' tots1 ,coloured cups and chamber-pots4 ,old shoes to sell1 there stands close by1 ,with shabby strings--the same they tie2 ,if in those shoes you walk about1 ,the bottoms soon will tumble out-- ,hats1 caps1 and bonnets blue1 ,and trowsers wide enough for two4-- ,if you pop round the market place ,there you may buy a farthing lace2 ,besides penknives1 for ,jack and ,jim1 ,and razors for the daddy's chin-- ,rocking-chairs and children's cradles1 ,porridge-pots and wooden ladles4-- ,kash from ,walsall1 kills the worms2 ,judas brings a salve for corns2 ,mind these men or you'll be bitten-- ,black ,jack's wife brings salve from ,tipton-- ,at the top of the ,shambles ,sally stands1 ,she holds the basket in her hands3 ,now my good people don't be lacking1 ,here you may buy the best of blacking4 ,just below1 the butchers there you'll find1 ,with shows of meat to please the mind2 ,from most parts these butchers come2 ,mind the steelyard--twig the thumb4-- ,there's hares1 rabbits1 and partridges1 and pheasants1 too1 ,some are shot by sportsmen1 and some are hung by the neck1 too-- ,there's butter1 bacon1 cheese1 and eggs1 ,sold by old ,giles with crooked legs-- ,more than that if you just turn round1 ,there's gingerbread eightpence a pound6 ,besides plum pudding1 both rich and nice1 ,on the next stall twopence a slice4-- ,in ,stoney ,street there stands the swine1 ,both right and left all in a line2 ,they sell these pigs so much per score1 ,so on that street ,i'll say no more4-- ,come1 to a tavern let us go1 ,there's some above and some below2 ,there's one that keeps good ale and pop1 ,he also keeps a liquor shop2 ,he sells roast beef down in ,queen ,street1 ,his house is always clean and neat-- ,old ,nanny ,mason comes in with her nuts1 ,and on the floor her basket puts2 ,a curtsey drops1 ,kind sirs1 says she1 ,mine age is nearly eighty-three4-- ,old ,timms comes in1 ,all hot1 did cry1 ,and you may either toss or buy4-- ,there's one-arm'd ,joe among the lot1 ,with mutton pies all smoking hot4 ,please to remember what ,i have said3 ,you will never hear the like again4 ,when ,mr4 ,thomas ,hawkes defeated ,sir ,john ,campbell at the election3-- ,hawkes to ,cape--ll gave a note1 ,and for five pounds bought his vote2 ,he therefore thus did change his coat ,and to the ,tories gave his vote4 ,,on ,a ,,waterloo ,,veteran ,charley was young and in his prime1 ,a courting went to widow ,pincher2 ,she was shy1 and fair1 and fine1 ,he was constant and no flincher4 ,the time arrived when they got married1 ,she had houses1 and cows1 ,sirs1 four1 ,but ,charley soon them all did swallid1 ,and left her in an evil hour2 ,he went and drank just like an ass1 ,then came home as you may guess ,and found her dead2 but was not wise1 ,so he'd make her do the exercise2 ,the women did not like such jokes1 ,so they sent off for ,t4 ,pitt ,stokes-- ,who neck and crop to the ,workhouse took him ,and in the dungeon they did hook him4 ,this madman told the gentlemen1 ,that he would fetch her back again1 ,so they kept him there till she was buried1 ,when he got home he was most worried4 ,many hundred comical verses by this singular man have perished from memory since his death1 but ,ben was a great ,tory in his time1 and his latter days were sustained by political association and sympathy4 ,the old man at last became houseless and very poor1 and was eventually removed to the ,workhouse1 where he died in #ahea1 being upwards of eighty years of age4 ,,to ,,the ,,free ,,and ,,independent ,,electors ,,of ,,the ,,borough ,,of ,,dudley4 ,,gentlemen1 ,the proceedings of this morning at the ,hustings having through your united generous efforts resulted in my being elected as your ,representative in the ensuing ,parliament1 ,i hasten to tender you my most heartfelt acknowledgments for the honour you have conferred upon me in placing me in the proud position which it is now my privilege to occupy4 ,i abstain from referring to the contest1 which during my canvass appeared to be before me1 and ,i cheerfully congratulate you on the peaceful and successful termination of the struggle in which we have been engaged4 ,to you1 ,gentlemen1 the victory is due2 a more enlightened1 faithful1 and zealous body of supporters never rallied round a ,candidate1 even to vindicate the great right of ,municipal ,independence4 ,gentlemen1 my political principles are now well known to you1 they have been unreservedly communicated1 and have your unqualified approbation4 ,believe me1 it shall be my study vigorously to aid in giving effect to them in the ,house of ,commons1 and also to further all measures of local improvement or general principle which have the approval of my ,constituents4 ,i trust1 ,gentlemen1 ,i shall ere long have an opportunity of renewing my personal acquaintance with you1 and by interchanging those sentiments and feelings which have animated and sustained us in the contest now happily at an end4 ,till then ,i bid you farewell2 and once more offering you my grateful acknowledgements1 ,i have the honor to be1 ,your most obedient ,servant1 ,,henry ,,brinsley ,,sheridan4 ,bush ,hotel1 ,dudley1 ,march #bg1 #aheg4 ,this contest1 so abruptly brought to a close by the resignation of ,mr4 ,sandars at the eleventh hour1 proclaimed the ,political ,independence of the ,borough of ,dudley for all time4 ,the pointed pen of squibs and banter was more liberally used at this election than on former occasions1 but it must be recollected that the #be years past had brought new literary blood into the town2 that our old sedate fashion of conducting an election had died out1 and we had now entered upon a new path of fame and progression1 which our grandfathers never dreamt about4 ,however1 the horse-play at the time was taken in good part1 a ,roland was now and then given for an ,oliver1 and there was not a few of our liege subjects who were more pleased than offended at being placed in the mirror of these stirring days4 ,mr4 ,sheridan received a truly public ovation on his leaving the town for ,london1 and old1 excited ,dudley soon resumed its wonted quietude4 ,died1 ,april #ahth1 #aheg1 in lodgings in ,birmingham1 ,mr4 ,t4 ,h4 ,naracher1 a retired ,chemist and ,druggist from this town4 ,mr4 ,naracher had passed through a very eventful life4 ,he was a native of ,zurich1 in ,switzerland1 and1 in early life had travelled the continents of ,europe and ,america1 and became a famous linguist4 ,in the exciting1 gambling ,railway mania of #ahdd-e-f1 poor ,mr4 ,naracher invested his comfortable income1 which was all swept away1 and he died in poverty and indigence1 aged #ef years4 ,died1 ,may #abth1 #aheg1 ,mr4 ,charles ,lester1 ,wine and ,spirit ,merchant1 ,market ,place1 the last surviving son of the late ,mr4 ,thomas ,lester1 aged #cf years4 ,june #bnd1 #aheg4 ,the ,dudley ,castle ,fetes took place this day1 when two large siege guns1 taken at ,sebastopol from the ,russians1 were drawn up to the rampart of the ,castle ,keep1 and inaugurated as trophies with great pomp and acclamation by the ,dudley ,troop of ,worcestershire ,yeomanry4 ,july #bjth1 #aheg4 ,the ,odd ,fellows of the ,manchester ,unity walked in procession with their regalia through the town this day1 and dined at their various ,lodge rooms4 ,died1 ,july #bbnd1 #aheg1 ,mr4 ,benjamin ,leadbetter1 a noted ,querist4 ,august1 #aheg4 ,upon the appointment to the important situation of ,organist to the ,parish ,church1 much uncharitable feeling was generated in the parish by the ,vicar1 ,dr4 ,browne1 refusing the use of the vestry to arrange and discuss this parochial business2 ultimately1 the ,vicar gained his especial point1 and all that the ,churchwardens could do was to bottle the affront offered to them and the parish1 and publish the following correspondence to tell its own tale4 ,,appointment ,,of ,,organist4 ,,to ,,the ,,subscribers ,,to ,,the ,,st4 ,,thomas',s ,,congregational ,,fund4 ,,gentlemen1 ,the ,vicar1 having refused the use of the ,vestry ,room for the ,meeting appointed to take place this morning1 and published the communication referring thereto1 we beg to lay before you the whole correspondence that has passed between us1 and part of which ,dr4 ,browne chooses to say was so unsatisfactory as to induce him1 and the ,churchwardens1 somewhat hastily to appoint an ,organist2 after the ,meeting of the #adth we called upon the ,vicar to consult him on this business1 and it was arranged and distinctly understood that we should immediately advertise the vacancy1 and appoint by umpire or otherwise1 to be subsequently decided on1 ,mr4 ,woodall continuing until the end of this month1 and1 if unsuccessful as a ,candidate1 to be paid for his services4 ,we leave it for your consideration whether we have merited the extraordinary treatment we have received from ,dr4 ,browne4 ,the ,office you kindly appointed us to being now at an end1 we have to thank you very sincerely for your confidence in us1 ,and remain1 ,gentlemen1 ,yours faithfully1 ,,daniel ,,jordan1 ,,samuel ,,price4 ,dudley1 ,august #bdth1 #aheg4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,vicarage1 ,dudley1 #adth ,august1 #aheg4 ,messrs4 ,,jordan ,,price1 ,,dear ,,sirs1 ,the unanimous and satisfactory decision of the ,meeting having this day committed the same routine of duty to your especial care and attention1 ,i have to request that you will make the formation of a ,male ,choir and the distinct prohibition of ,female ,singers one main feature in your negociations with any party or parties respecting the appointment of ,organist1 and ,i am inclined to the idea that you should revert1 as suggested1 to another advertisement2 some two or more individuals should be selected from whom the ,vicar and ,warden or ,wardens should be empowered to appoint one1 by this means ,i trust all unnecessary clashing of ,local and ,official authority will be effectually avoided4 ,i shall feel obliged by sufficient parchments being forwarded for the copying some #a1hjj ,baptisms and about two-thirds that number of ,burials1 for the years #ahee and #ahef2 each sheet contains #cb copies1 the numbers would be #ef of the former and #dj of the latter2 this1 you will observe1 does not include the present year #aheg1 which will require a moiety of the above1 viz4 #hd ,baptism ,sheets1 and in toto #fj ,burial ditto ,i am1 dear ,sirs1 ,yours very faithfully1 ,,james ,c4 ,,browne4 ,p4,s4--,there is half-a-year due for ,surplice washing to ,mrs4 ,clayton4 99 99 99 99 99 ,dudley1 ,august #aeth1 #aheg4 ,,to ,,the ,,rev4 ,,dr4 ,,browne1 ,,dear ,,sir1 ,in reply to yours of yesterday1 we shall be happy to comply with your requests so far as agreeable to the wishes of the congregation1 we hope to succeed in forming a ,male ,choir when an ,organist is appointed1 giving him the power of making choice of ,singers2 we shall proceed at once to advertise for an ,organist1 and deem it desirable to call a ,general ,meeting of the ,congregation for the purpose of selecting a fit and proper person to that office4 ,we do not agree to provide you with parchment sheets for the purpose of copying ,registers for several years1 the ,meeting yesterday agreed to an item of ,register ,book if required4 ,we paid ,surplice ,washing for the year ending #beth ,march last1 and shall be happy to pay the same this year4 ,we have no desire to clash with ,official ,authorities1 we can have but one object in view1 and that is for the comfort and happiness of the ,church1 ,pastors1 and ,people4 ,we are1 yours truly1 ,,daniel ,,jordan1 ,,samuel ,,price4 99 99 99 99 99 ,saturday1 ,august #bbnd1 #aheg4 ,to the ,rev4 ,dr4 ,browne4 ,,dear ,,sir1 ,it is reported in this day's ,birmingham ,journal that you have made the ,organist1 will you please inform us if the statement is correct4 ,we are1 yours truly1 ,,samuel ,,price1 ,,daniel ,,jordan4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,dr4 ,,browne to ,messrs4 ,,price ,,jordan4 ,the ,vicarage1 ,august #bbnd4 #aheg4 ,the ,vicar in reply to a note this day received1 signed by ,messrs4 ,price and ,jordan1 herewith transmits a ,copy of the ,circular#cd issued two days since1 of which he fully understood they had each previously received a copy in common with all the other ,subscribers4 99 99 99 99 99 ,to ,the ,rev4 ,dr4 ,,browne4 ,,dear ,,sir1 ,we beg to hand you a ,copy of ,notice for a ,meeting of ,st4 ,thomas's ,congregation1 to be holden 7by your permission71 at the ,vestry room1 on ,monday ,morning next4 ,yours truly1 ,,jordan ,,price4 ,dudley1 ,august #bbnd1 #aheg4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,vicarage1 ,dudley1 #bbnd ,august1 #aheg4 #ce,the ,vicar has to acknowledge the receipt of a note signed by ,messrs4 ,jordan ,price wherein he is requested to sanction a ,meeting ,relating to the ,appointment of ,organist1 in his ,church ,vestry-room1 on ,monday1 at #aj o'clock a4m4 ,the above question having been definitely settled by the ,churchwardens and himself1 he1 the ,vicar declines the use of his ,vestry room for such an already decided purpose4 ,september #crd1 #aheg4 ,married1 at ,st4 ,edmund's ,church1 by her father1 ,miss ,emily ,mason ,davies1 eldest daughter of the ,rev4 ,john ,davies1 ,m4,a41 the ,vicar1 to ,mr4 ,charles ,cochrane1 ,ironmaster1 of ,middlesboro'1 ,yorkshire4 ,september #aath1 #aheg4 ,miss ,emma ,saunders1 a very popular ,dudley ,vocalist1 this day sailed for ,adelaide1 ,south ,australia1 to be married on her arrival4 ,a ,practical ,joke1 was at the time played upon our worthy ,mayor1 ,mr4 ,john ,beddard1 which caused the following rejoinder from his ,worship4 ,,complimentary ,,dinner ,,to ,h4 ,b4 ,,sheridan1 ,,esq41 ,m4,p4 ,the ,,mayor having had his attention called to an ,advertisement in the ,birmingham ,journal of to-day1 announcing that he will take the ,chair at the intended ,complimentary ,dinner to ,h4 ,b4 ,sheridan1 ,esq41 on ,thursday next1 begs to state that such an announcement is entirely without his knowledge or sanction1 he having1 at once1 when applied to1 explained the improbability of his being able to attend4 ,,john ,,beddard1 ,mayor4 ,dudley1 ,september #abth1 #aheg4 ,september #aeth1 #aheg4 ,h4 ,b4 ,sheridan1 ,esq41 ,m4,p4 came amongst us to attend a ,complimentary ,dinner1 but a good deal of the fire of the late election had gone out1 and he was received rather coolly by some of his recent ardent supporters4 ,,mr4 ,,sheridan',s ,,reception ,,in ,,dudley4 ,to the ,editor of the ,,dudley ,,weekly ,,times4 ,,sir1--,during this week the ,free and ,independent ,electors of ,dudley have had the opportunity afforded them of receiving at the hands of their representative an account of the trust placed in his hands in ,march last2 and the meagre and insignificant attendance at the ,lancasterian ,school room in the afternoon1 and the more important 7especially to ,dudley men7 dinner attendance at the ,hotel1 too plainly tells the tale of the altered opinions and dubious proceedings of those very vociferous supporters who figured so prominently at the last election4 ,now1 ,mr4 ,editor1 most men of anything like probity of character and honesty of purpose1 more especially those who have a little fame to sustain1 usually manifest some decent regard for their public actions and motives2 but in this case1 a more political case of apostasy 7and upon a large scale too71 has not disgraced the annals of our local political traditions4 ,we well know that six months ago influential electors of all shades of opinion were lustily crying out for freedom1 denouncing in unmeasured terms the lordly interference with their political rights1 proclaiming the day of ,dudley's political emancipation at hand2 and using the most strenuous exertions to support their new born ideas by placing ,mr4 ,sheridan in the proud position of representing their views and sentiments in parliament4 ,such1 ,sir1 were the doings of the past2 but alas6 to what more genial atmosphere has that rampant spirit of personal antagonism and offended dignity taken its aerial flight8 ,is the once powerful coffee room still the abode of its blinded ambition and political inconsistency8 ,has not the recent disseverment plainly told us that party purposes1 not political liberty1 were the sole objects of that unnatural alliance4 ,was it to be expected that ultra ,toryism on the one hand1 and exploded ,chartism on the other1 were elements likely either to sustain a six months' political union1 or awaken anything but a spirit of derision and contempt8 ,such1 however1 were the incongruous elements with which ,mr4 ,sheridan obtained his seat in parliament1 and as the ,m4,p4 for ,dudley he is entitled to that respect and courtesy which belong to his office1 and the position of a gentleman4 ,why then this shameful lukewarmness and public apathy on behalf of his recent supporters8 ,has the honorable gentleman altered his political sentiments1 thereby bringing down the offended ire and silent estrangement of his once eager listeners8 ,well1 truly may he apologise for their non-attendance1 at the proper place1 to hear the exposition of his political stewardship1 for truly a more insignificant demonstration never graced the public reception of a public man4 ,if1 ,sir1 the present elective franchise can thus1 by interested partisans on the one hand1 and political demagogues on the other1 be made the sportive instrument of demoralising all consistency of conduct in the virtuous1 and can thus be dragged forth to inflame the unholy passions of the blind and vicious1 what must be its operations when the long anticipated ,reform ,bill extends its privileges to a more extensive1 uneducated1 but not less dangerous class of such like free and independent electors8 ,if the past should unhappily contain the germ of the future waywardness of spirit1 and vindictiveness of action1 displayed by the head and front of the promoters of the last ,dudley election1 we may indeed expect marvellous acts of pitiable abandonment of reason and reflection1 and the future ,m4,p4 for ,dudley may pray to be delivered from his friends4 ,your obedient servant1 ,,an ,,elector4 ,dudley1 ,september #ahth1 #aheg4 ,died1 ,september #bith1 #aheg1 ,mr4 ,edward ,terry1 ,grocer1 ,market ,place1 a very upright and honourable gentleman1 who twice served the office of ,mayor1 and had a handsome service of ,silver ,plate presented to him4 ,aged #gj years4 ,an important and influential ,public ,meeting was held at the ,old ,town ,hall1 under the presidency of ,john ,renaud1 ,esq41 the ,mayor1 to remonstrate with the ,local ,railway ,companies1 at the very unsatisfactory accommodation afforded to the public at our ,dudley ,railway ,station4 ,,income-,,tax ,,collectors4 ,to the ,editor of the ,,dudley ,,and ,,midland ,,express4 ,,sir1--,your lengthened remarks in your last publication of the ,express on the anomalous position existing betwixt the local commissioners of income and property-tax1 the tax-payers1 and the unhappy delinquent in ,worcester ,gaol1 must necessarily have awakened much reflection upon this important subject2 and if ,i should not be considered trespassing too much upon your valuable space1 ,i would offer a few observations with a view to elicit some well-digested opinions upon the most salient parts of your important address4 ,ere your strictures appeared in public1 the local commissioners had1 it was found1 exercised that power in appointing a successor to ,mr4 ,john ,leadbetter which the ,act of ,parliament gives them1 and it would appear somewhat irregular in a local press1 cognisant of that fact1 to recommend a vestry meeting to consider a question that ought to have been urged upon the rate-payers at an earlier date1 backed by such legal information as is well known to exist in the editorial staff of your acceptable journal4 ,you are1 doubtless1 aware1 ,mr4 ,editor1 that income-tax collectors can be appointed either by the rate-payers in public vestry1 or the local commissioners in private2 but an appointment made by the rate-payers must have the confirmation of the local commissioners before it can be received at the ,treasury2 hence the very little importance1 in my opinion1 of agitating a parish on the merits of a question which1 after all1 must be the result either of favouritism1 or true appreciation of the local commissioners4 ,in the event of a local board of commissioners making a selection decidedly obnoxious to a parish1 then it is competent for any five rate-payers to object to the appointment1 by showing to the ,treasury why such nomination should not take place2 but in the event of no such objection being made by the rate-payers1 as illustrated in both ,mr4 ,worley's and ,mr4 ,john ,leadbetter's appointment1 the nomination stands good in law1 and the collectors 7by the tacit consent of the parish7 are the bon fide collectors of the rate-payers1 as well as the commissioners4 ,in this view of the case it becomes apparent that the parish of ,dudley cannot legally object to pay the defalcation rate that most assuredly will be exacted from us2 nay1 the local commissioners can legally claim it at our hands1 on the acknowledged principle that ,mr4 ,worley was as much the appointment of the parish as by them1 inasmuch as that parish very graciously acquiesced in their selection6 ,such being the fact1 the general question is often asked1 ,what is to be done with that miserable man now incarcerated in ,worcester ,gaol8 ,as he has been placed there under a warrant issued by the local ,commissioners1 he most assuredly is their prisoner2 and the ratepayers of ,dudley can have no legal process against a defaulter abstracting money which is the property of the ,crown4 ,if the ,commissioners are at all doubtful about their right or power to prosecute the delinquent1 why place him in durance vile1 and institute most vigilant legal proceedings against his supposed sureties1 bringing the terrible powers of the law to annihilate the innocent and unoffending2 whilst the main delinquent is kept as a sort of savage appendage to every man's vision1 who occasionally refers to his cash book to ascertain the status of its taxable page8 ,if1 again1 the object of incarcerating the collector was intended to secure his detention until the embezzled money was re-levied1 pray ,mr4 ,editor1 by what reasoning powers have those highly-respectable gentlemen come to the determination to delay that unpleasant duty to the latest possible period of propriety1 or1 perhaps1 public safety8 ,now it must be apparent to all that changes are daily being made in trade incomes and value of property in such an important town as ,dudley2 and it would be manifestly unjust to charge the moiety upon an income of #djj a year now1 when at the time the robbery was committed such income was assessed at only #cjj a year4 ,such cases as these1 ,mr4 ,editor1 would awaken no small degree of alarm and anxiety as to the course the commissioners and collectors intend to pursue2 for ,i would opine that your editorial skill and staff of management would feel themselves somewhat startled to find that #b;d4 in the pound had been levied upon them1 for the recovery of a moiety of income-tax abstracted by a previous defaulting collector at a lapsed time1 when your editorial vision had not looked into the fame of your future greatness1 or dreamt of the honours that awaited your advent into this region of physical smoke and mental darkness4 ,such1 however inadvertently1 may be the case1 and against such errors and mal-practice it behoves both the rate-payers and the press to exercise a vigilant eye2 for it is well known that our gracious ,queen cannot afford at this particular juncture to lose any portion of her allotted supplies1 and the living most assuredly will have to pay for the dead in this vexatious case4 ,it is much to be regretted that the minor officers of the public service do not appear to receive that reward for their services commensurate with the labour and responsibility entailed upon them2 nevertheless1 we must not lose sight of the fact1 that the present order of the day is retrenchment in all branches of the paid civil service2 and that the salary accorded in these cases is fixed in ,london1 not by the local commissioners4 ,in the particular case referring to ,dudley1 whilst the stipend is only about #ajjl4 a year for the collection of the property and income-tax1 the collector is also the recipient of the poundage derived from the collection of the assessed taxes and house duty2 making his income amount to about #aejl4 a year2 and really1 ,mr4 ,editor1 we are not to have so little faith in the integrity of poor human nature1 as to believe that no respectable townsman can be found to faithfully fulfil that office1 without entrenching upon the region of venality on the one hand1 or pandering to the inordinate vices of cupidity or meanness on the other4 ,if such an one cannot be found in ,dudley1 sufficiently sensible of his responsibility and power1 we may indeed humble ourselves in dust and ashes1 at the depravity of human nature in general1 and the want of worth and honesty in ,dudley in particular4 ,i am1 your obedient servant1 ,,inquisitor4 ,dudley1 ,october #adth1 #aheg4 ,,the ,,indian ,,revolt4 ,october #bdth1 #aheg4 ,a ,general ,subscription was entered into in ,dudley1 on behalf of the ,indian ,relief ,fund for sufferers by the dreadful ,military ,revolt1 which took place in ,delhi and the surrounding ,districts4 ,the handsome sum of #hca #fs4 #h;d4 was raised for that laudable and urgent object4 ,,the ,,oxford1 ,,worcester1 ,,and ,,wolverhampton ,,railway ,,station ,,at ,,dudley4 ,to the ,editor of the ,,dudley ,,and ,,midland ,,counties ,,express4 ,,sir1--,scarcely three months have rolled over our heads1 since the leading officials of the above line did penance on the stool of public opinion1 erected at a town's meeting held in the ,old ,town ,hall1 ,dudley1 to consider the disgraceful state of the ,railway ,station in ,dudley1 and the want of railway accommodation afforded to the town generally4 ,on that occasion a considerable amount of special pleading was resorted to by the parties complained of2 and much stress was placed upon their intentions for the future1 promising to mend their ways 7and the station also7 if the indulgent public would only continue to pay their money1 take their trips1 and cease grumbling4 ,such1 in ,june last1 was the promise given2 now1 ,mr4 ,editor1 let us see how the performance has tallied with that pledge of amendment4 ,report1 with her thousand tongues1 runs rife in our busy streets and gossiping saloons1 saying that the good people located at ,queen's ,cross1 in the densely populated streets surrounding the ,gas ,works1 and the industrious community at ,netherton1 are to have their station accommodation increased 7when they wish to go to ,stourbridge1 c47 like the ,yankee fashion of progressing backwards2 for it is said1 that the ,netherton station is doomed to be blotted out of the fair features of this eccentric line1 by being knocked off the line for passenger traffic altogether4 ,if such be correct1 this false economising system seems fitted to make those inhabitants pay an extra fare1 and stretch their aged or rheumatic limbs1 by walking to and from their domiciles down to the ,dudley station2 besides giving the timorous the benefit of an unnecessary fright in our waterproof tunnel4 ,doubtless1 ,mr4 ,editor1 you can furnish the public with some official contradiction to this rumour2 otherwise we must be up and doing1 ere our contested rights 7hardly fought for1 and fairly won in #ahde-f7 are wrested from our hands by some mistaken system of cheeseparing and illiberality4 ,if the aged1 lame1 infirm1 or timid railway traveller casts his anxious eye towards the ,dudley station1 expecting to find any improvement effected at that delightful arena of decorum and propriety1 7more especially on a wet ,saturday night71 he will be most woefully deceived4 ,for can it be supposed1 ,mr4 ,editor1 that a railway company1 already prolific in blunders1 misunderstandings1 and broken promises1 could be so egregiously foolish as recently to remove their ticket office at the ,dudley ,station from its legitimate ground-floor platform to the extreme entrance of that highly artistic wooden tunnel1 spanning its unwieldy proportions across the domain of two important railway companies66 ,to passengers starting from ,dudley the boon is offered1 we presume1 as being highly convenient to take your ticket before you take your choice of standing upon that spacious gallery4 ,in warm weather it may be thought pleasant to cool one's heels in a mighty torrent of wind and dust1 usually generated in that elegant ladies' waiting room 7872 but pray1 ,mr4 ,editor1 are our shivering limbs to be subjected to the piercing winds of a severe winter's night1--sans fire1 sans doors1 sans seats--yea1 sans everything that ought to be afforded to an important town like ,dudley8 ,this1 truly1 may suit the economy of the ,o4 ,w4 and ,w4 ,r4 ,co41 but surely the sensible1 well-thinking1 and comfort-loving people of ,dudley will not tamely submit to this additional indignity4 ,to the casual traveller 7more especially the infirm1 aged1 and children7 who may be so unlucky as to require rebooking from an in-coming train on the ,south ,stafford line1 the amount of annoyance and physical exertion cannot fail to be intolerable4 ,fancy1 sir1 some poor aged traveller1 or a lady with children 7not an ,o4 ,w4 and ,w4 ,railway ,director7 arriving by a late train on the ,south ,stafford line1 and having to hobble or rush up and down two pairs of slippery stairs1 then along that precious gangway1 for another ticket1 occupying some considerable time at the present spacious ticket office1 ere they can arrive at the object of their solicitude1 the waiting train below4 ,such scenes would appear decidedly improbable in this our day of tidy railway accommodation2 but1 ,mr4 ,editor1 if you or the proper officials connected with the line are at all doubtful of the truthfulness of the same1 pray let me induce both to witness 7on any coming dark or rainy ,thursday or ,saturday evening7 the arrival of a ,south ,stafford train1 laden with its living freight of young and old1 halt and timid--and ,i venture to predict that you will think that my remonstrance and call to duty are not overcharged1 but that we live in times when the honour1 integrity1 and liberality of a railway company can be summoned legitimately to the bar of public judgment for neglect of duty and broken promises1 viz41 for committing a positive and palpable deviation--thereby breaking faith with the public--from the offered accommodation intended to be secured to the inhabitants of ,dudley when its promoters originally solicited that public to give it their preference to a competing line in #ahdd-e-f4 ,i am1 your obedient servant1 ,c4 ,f4 ,g4 ,,clark4 ,dudley1 ,oct4 #bg1 #aheg4 ,in our first number we drew attention to the disgraceful state of the station accommodation of this town4 ,unless strong measures are adopted we think little will be done4 ,a long-suffering period of twenty-two years passed over our heads before the ,london and ,north ,western ,railway ,company could be prevailed upon to erect a decent ,railway ,station for ,dudley4 ,,lord ,,ward',s ,,court ,,leet4 ,the result of the ,parliamentary ,election in ,march last was not allowed to slumber1 for ,mr4 ,wm4 ,haden1 a ,county ,magistrate1 and a member of the ,court ,leet1 got his back up at some of the proceedings1 and as he was out-voted by the majority of the ,liberal gentlemen present1 he must needs vent his spleen upon ,mr4 ,bourne1 the ,clerk to the ,court ,leet1 which brought forth the following correspondence3-- ,to the ,editor of the ,,birmingham ,,daily ,,press4 ,,sir1--,in your report of the proceedings at ,lord ,ward's ,court ,leet on ,friday last1 you state1 ,mr4 ,haden returned to the room and apologised to ,mr4 ,bourne for any hasty expression which may have escaped from him on his first entering the room1 he assured ,mr4 ,b4 that what he had then said was not intended as personal4 ,this is altogether incorrect1 the words apology or hasty expression ,i certainly did not use2 what ,i did say to ,mr4 ,bourne was1 ,that ,i feared from something ,i heard after leaving the room1 he thought my first remarks were intended to be applied to him4 ,i assured him ,i had no such intention1 as ,i felt satisfied the proceedings had not originated with him4 ,i must request that you will publish this note in one of your earliest editions1 as your report will lead the public to believe ,i had apologised to ,mr4 ,bourne for some hasty expression which ,i was anxious to withdraw4 ,i am1 sir1 ,yours respectfully1 ,,william ,,haden4 ,dixon's ,green1 ,dudley1 ,november #b1 #aheg4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,lord ,,ward',s ,,court ,,leet4 ,to the ,editor of the ,,birmingham ,,daily ,,press4 ,,sir1--,in your publication of this day we are favoured with a letter from ,mr4 ,william ,haden1 of ,dudley1 one of the uninvited to the late ,court ,leet ,dinner1 in explanation of what he alleges to be a misinterpretation of his very un-called-for remarks at the ,court ,leet meeting on ,friday last4 ,as ,i was present on that occasion1 ,i deem it but just to the merits and acknowledged truthfulness of your general reports to aver that ,mr4 ,haden assuredly made use of the expressions referred to1 and in such an excited state of mind1 too1 as to leave no doubt upon the minds of the gentlemen present that he came there brim-full of indignation and chagrin 7at witnessing the good time coming manifestation71 at what he and the deputation who indorsed his expressions with ,hear1 hear1 hear1 seemed to believe was intended as a personal slight to those worthy townsmen who have so often eaten ,lord ,ward's roast beef1 and then lampooned his lordship for his hospitality and courteous welcome4 ,the ,court ,leet meeting of the manor of ,dudley1 being dependent upon the manorial rights of the barony of ,ward1 becomes by such ancient right a self-constituted body of that barony1 hence the perfect right of ,lord ,ward to invite whom he may please to attend his ,court ,leet4 ,this private right could not have been more scrupulously observed last week than has been witnessed the last thirty years at former ,leet meetings1 for it cannot be denied that a certain clique has at that ,leet exercised an amount of domination unbearable to honourable minds1 arming themselves with a species of presumptuous authority1 most unmistakeably uncongenial to the known liberality and courteous bearing of ,lord ,ward2 dictating the terms of political subserviency and social local dependency that should fit any townsman to be eligible for that festival of local celebrity4 ,pitiable indeed must be the status of that spirit of independence engendered in the minds of intelligent ,englishmen who can present themselves where they are not invited1 and condescend to interrogate the legal authority of the ,lord of the ,manor upon a question beyond their right of inquiry4 ,mr4 ,wm4 ,haden may1 if he thinks proper1 characterise the last ,court ,leet meeting as a contemptible proceeding1 but we remind ,mr4 ,haden that the influx of new life and liberal thoughts into the elements of the late ,court ,leet augur well for the onward progression of both political and social advancement in ,dudley4 ,we believe1 sir1 that the contracted neck of ,toryism and the conclusive and bigotted favouritism of partizanship is broken thereby1 and that ,lord ,ward has hitherto been deceived in his estimate of the lingering political vitality of the borough of ,dudley4 ,we furthermore hail this last local excitement as foreboding days of enlightenment1 and liberty of thought and speech to the good old town of ,dudley2 and we accept the proceedings of the last ,court ,leet as the act of a liberal1 benevolent nobleman1 conscious of his immense responsibility1 alive to the approaching signs of the times1 and fully sensible of the patent fact that local cliques and self interests1 rigidly exercised in the management of affairs in ,dudley1 have retarded its commercial enterprise1 and contracted its social and political usefulness4 ,yours respectfully1 ,,veritas4 ,dudley1 ,november #fth1 #aheg4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,dudley ,,court ,,leet ,,again4 ,we are happy to find that our strictures a fortnight ago1 on the subject of the ,dudley ,court ,leet1 have met with the general approval of this district4 ,nor could it well be otherwise4 ,to say nothing of the principles of common justice1 an error in tactics so glaring as that perpetrated in connexion with the late ,court ,leet meeting could not but meet with general condemnation4 ,it will be seen1 however1 from a letter under the heading of ,our ,open ,platform1 that a gentleman who signs himself ,investigator has undertaken to investigate the facts connected with the invitations to the ,court ,leet1 and to present himself as the champion of its proceedings4 ,this letter is couched in the best possible spirit2 and though our correspondent takes strong exception to many of our views1 we shall always bid him and others welcome to the use of our pages1 so long as they can express their differences of opinion from us or from each other with so much freedom from acrimonius feeling4 ,had the argument of ,investigator been as sound as the tone of his letter is satisfactory1 we should have passed it over without a single observation4 ,we shall have no difficulty in proving1 however1 that his remarks are open to that very charge of misleading the public which he attempts to fasten upon ourselves4 ,he says he has the list of invitations to the ,court ,leet before him1 and on that ground he claims to be regarded as the champion of those by whom it was supplied4 ,of course we have no objection to accept the gauntlet4 ,he then says that there were #hb gentlemen invited to the late ,court ,leet1 and that of this number #ch have attended former meetings1 and the remaining #dd were townsmen of various opinions4 ,now1 the only inference which any man of ordinary powers of mind can draw from these figures1 is that #dd out of the number of persons accustomed to attend former ,courts ,leet have this year been rejected1 and that #ch of that number have been retained4 ,but why reject the #dd and retain the #ch8 ,simply because the political preferences of the former at the last election happened to differ from those of the parties who issued the invitations4 ,to any other answer than this1 the voice of public conscience would at once demur4 ,but ,investigator has made a discovery which completely falsifies our own statement of this matter4 ,he has discovered that many of ,mr4 ,sheridan's supporters were amongst the persons attending the late ,court ,leet4 ,how many do our readers think8 ,one half4--,guess again4 ,one quarter4--,guess again4 ,a half quarter4--,guess again4--,you give it up4 ,then1 thoughtful reader1 let us tell thee there was the astounding number of four4 ,one of these was the late mayor1 who was known to have long before abandoned ,mr4 ,sheridan's cause2--two others were gentlemen connected with the press1 and who were supposed to be changing sides before the meeting took place--and the fourth was a kind and amiable man1 whose presence in such company has not yet been accounted for4 ,so far1 then1 from our correspondent disproving our statement respecting the invitations to the ,court ,leet1 we find that his statements confirm substantially every word that we have spoken upon that subject4 ,we may1 however1 here state once for all1 that it is not a question between ,mr4 ,sheridan and his political opponents1 but between those opponents and such of the inhabitants of this district as think proper to vote for a candidate of their own selection4 ,that ,mr4 ,sheridan happens to be that candidate is the mere accident of the hour4 ,the question is simply this3--,shall the electors of ,dudley vote for whom they will8--or are they to be subject to pains and penalties for the free and independent exercise of their electoral rights8 ,nor is ,investigator more successful in his attempt to vindicate the right of the ,lord of the ,manor to do what he likes with his own4 ,he says the ,barony of ,ward is a private institution1 and that therefore ,lord ,ward has a right to invite whom he likes to transact his own business4 ,as well might he say that the ,borough of ,dudley and the ,monarchy of ,england are private institutions1 and that1 therefore1 the ,mayor of the one and the ,monarch of the other have a right to employ and discard whom they will4 ,we deny that the ,barony of ,ward is1 in the sense spoken of by ,investigator1 a private institution2 and1 of course1 we deny the possession of the right he claims4 ,we are actuated by no feeling of hostility to ,lord ,ward1 but as public ,journalists it is our duty to watch over the interests of the public1 and to see that ,senator and ,plebeian are alike protected in the exercise of the privileges they enjoy4 ,as an evidence of our desire for the most perfect fairness in the discussion of questions such as this1 to which we have now for the third time been compelled to advert1 we may state that in an article on ,a ,royal ,charter for ,dudley1 in our last issue1 the word charge instead of the word complaint1 is used either by our mistake or by that of our printer4 ,as1 however1 it has been represented to us by one of our friends1 that some readers may possibly suppose1 from the construction of the sentence in which this word occurs1 that we impute bribery and coercion to ,lord ,ward1 or to his agents1 or both1 we feel it to be due to ourselves1 to ,lord ,ward1 to his agents1 and to our readers generally1 to state that nothing could possibly have been further from our intention4 ,what we meant to have said1 and what we think our words clearly convey1 is this--that the right of the ,lord of the ,manor to invite whom he would to his ,court ,leet had been so exercised1 as that1 by inviting a great many gentlemen to his annual dinner who were known to have supported ,mr4 ,sandars1 but who had not been accustomed to be invited1 it was liable to be construed into a species of bribery to one class1 and to operate as a kind of punishment to the other1 and so we have reason to believe it is popularly regarded4 ,but any intention or idea of imputing bribery to ,lord ,ward or his agents1 either expressly or by implication1 we distinctly and absolutely disavow4 ,and this disavowal we make as spontaneously and promptly as we can4 ,it is as painful to us as it is contrary to our inclination to have to discuss the public conduct of public men4 ,when1 however1 duty impels us to the task1 we trust that we shall never be found wanting in those proprieties towards those from whom we differ1 which the commonest courtesy requires at our hands4 ,to the most amusing part of our correspondent's letter we have1 however1 yet to come4 ,after having occupied nearly half a column of our space in endeavouring to prove that the agents of ,lord ,ward have not acted with partiality in the late ,court ,leet affair1 he goes on to show that they have always acted with partiality2 that they have done on the present occasion--only to another set of parties--what they have always been accustomed to do--to one side or the other2--that those who have now been rejected ought not to have given utterance to a single murmur1 on the simple principle that they had now received a ,roland for an ,oliver4 ,he speaks of respectable and sensible men1 who have never hitherto been favoured with his ,lordship's smile1 of the chagrin and personal insult experienced by many of our worthy townsmen1 and of the bygone bigotry1 political domination and petty clique of the last thirty years4 ,the agents of ,lord ,ward may truly say1 ,save us from our friends4 ,if one-half of what ,investigator says be true1 it is high time that the management of ,dudley ,court ,leet be reformed4 ,but it is a curious incident in this controversy1 and one which strikingly illustrates the narrowness of men's minds1 and their ignorance of the very first principles of genuine liberty1 and there should be men of professed education in the town of ,dudley who can look upon the mere transfer of an exclusive privilege from the hands of one set of men to those of another1 as an evidence of real progress4 ,if there exists anywhere powers such as those to which our correspondent refers1 and which can be used for purposes of oppression or intimidation1 it is manifest that these powers ought not to exist2 and however much their transfer from the hands of one political party to another may gratify men's vanity and assist in the advancement of their personal purposes1 the only evidence of real progress will be found in such powers being taken altogether from the hands of those who hold them1 and being vested in others who cannot employ them for purposes of their own4--,the ,dudley and ,midland ,counties ,express4 ,december #ast1 #aheg4 ,this present period was one of great distress and misery in the town and neighbourhood1 occasioned by the suspension and failure of many ,iron ,masters hereabouts4 ,the serious commercial consequence was1 that fifty-seven ,blast ,furnaces were stopped1 and upwards of #aj1jjj men were thereby thrown out of employment4 ,this depression of our local trade had a most serious effect upon the tradesmen of the town1 and many lamentable bankruptcies amongst us was the result4 ,died1 ,december #agth1 #aheg1 ,mr4 ,joseph ,morris1 of the ,miner's ,arms2 ,mr4 ,morris had gone through a great diversity of trials in life1 and was deservedly much respected by all parties4 ,aged #gc years4 ,died1 ,december #agth1 #aheg1 at ,westbromwich1 ,mr4 ,richard ,bond1 formerly ,parish ,clerk of ,st4 ,edmund's ,church2 he was a close-fisted old gentleman1 and died very rich4 ,,the ,,sebastopol ,,guns4 ,to the ,editor of the ,,dudley ,,weekly ,,times4 ,,sir1--,our last ,castle ,fetes were heralded forth to the pleasure-seeking public with more than ordinary pomp and significance1 by the prominently announced fact1 that those mighty engines of death and destruction 7the ,sebastopol ,trophy ,guns71 were to be ushered into the far-famed ,castle ,court-yard1 amid the din of arms1 the plaudits of the people1 the beating of the heart-stirring drum1 and the merry peals of our excellent parish church bells4 ,being one of the admirers of that march of pomp and day of local exultation1 and heartily concurring in the sentiments uttered by our public functionary 7the ,mayor71 ,i naturally anticipated that some suitable site would ere this have been found1 whereon to permanently fix those trophies of our sanguinary struggle with the great ,power of the ,north2 but no6 ,dudley like6 the famed ,sebastopol guns1 like the crumbling walls with which they are surrounded1 seemed destined to be left alone in their glory4 ,anon the hobby-horses whereon the juvenile warriors are daily wont to practice the art of cannon riding1 and the more matured admirers of naval glory1 are accustomed to ruminate upon the mighty events of their departed lustre1 under the consoling influence of that soother of the ills and woes that flesh is heir to a pipe of the genial ,virginian weed4 ,such being the humiliating fact1 ,i maintain1 ,mr4 ,editor1 on the ground of public sympathy alone1 that these precious relics of the famed ,sebastopol should immediately be taken under the protecting wings of the ,mayor1 on behalf of the liege burgesses of this ancient city of the renowned ,dodo1 or consigned to the fostering care of the popular president of the ,mechanics' ,institute4 ,surely #ej would suffice to provide proper gun carriages1 and fix them on solid masonry in front of the magnificent ,keep1 protected by a suitable chevaux-de-frise1 with an adequate elevated covering to protect them from the inclemency of the weather6 ,did not the ,committee of the last ,castle ,fetes derive more additional grist to the mill by the fact that the guns were to be seen under their auspices alone8 ,hence the reasonableness of that ,committee taking proper care of those trophies1 as showing more decent acknowledgement to the sightseeing public for the additional proceeds received to their funds by the opportune presence of those national trophies4 ,if it was worth the trouble to depart from the ordinary routine of official propriety to receive the guns at the hands of ,government1 surely it is but reasonable to hope that the sanguinary admirers of national prowess should provide 7like other towns7 a suitable place to deposit them on4 ,such being the public belief1 let the ,committee of the ,mechanics' ,institute perform their duty1 by endeavouring to convince that public that they are not insensible to the very exclusive and liberal support they have from time to time received at the hands of an hitherto silent but observant public1 but at once make a suitable provision for those interesting objects of public curiosity1 which are properly intended to be the enduring evidences of a nation's triumphal prowess and valour1 under difficulties and privations unsurpassed in the annals of warfare4 ,i am1 your obedient servant1 ,,one ,,who ,,likes ,,to ,,see ,,everything ,,in ,,its ,,proper ,,place4 ,dudley4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,dudley ,,mechanics' ,,institution4 ,to the ,editor of the ,,dudley ,,weekly ,,times4 ,,sir1--,permit me a small space in the ,times1 in reply to the letters of ,mr4 ,sluter1 ,a ,schoolmaster1 and ,one who likes to see everything in its proper place1 which appeared in your last4 ,i feel the more pleasure in noticing them1 from the courteous spirit in which they appear to be written1 contrasted with that of a leading article in the columns of your contemporary1 upon 7in some respects7 a somewhat similar subject4 ,right glad am ,i to find an interest taken in the matters to which they refer1 sufficiently strong to develop itself by directing public attention to them through the pages of your paper4 ,the offer of affording gratuitous adult instruction to a class or classes in connection with the ,mechanics' ,institution1 so kindly made by ,mr4 ,sluter and his coadjutors1 was the subject of many conversations1 and occupied much attention of myself and its committee2 the great obstacle1 however1 appeared to us to be the want of proper accommodation1 the ,old ,town ,hall being occupied for so many purposes1 and at such varied hours1 that we feared it could hardly be rendered properly available for such a purpose4 ,again too1 we entertained the hope that long ere this we should have been in possession of rooms and building of our own1 in which1 suitable accommodation1 not only for this but every other purpose connected with the ,mechanics' ,institution or the public1 would have been provided--the exertions to obtain which1 notwithstanding the sneers of the writer in the ,express1 are pretty well known to most4 ,the effort to establish adult evening schools may1 perhaps1 unhappily not be supported1 either by those requiring them on the one hand1 or by public countenance on the other1 but it is worth a trial1 and the offer of ,mr4 ,sluter1 and others of the ,schoolmasters' ,association connected with him1 is a noble one1 evincing a feeling on their parts which ought to be thankfully and heartily responded to4 ,what1 ,mr4 ,editor1 even the most enlightened1 is the education of our youth1 compared to that more mature knowledge we acquire in after years8 ,it is but1 as it were1 the outlines of the map then laid down1 to be filled in by ourselves at leisure at a future time4 ,i trust1 therefore1 now the matter is again mooted1 the subject will not be allowed to drop without a trial being made regarding it4 ,to argue as to the necessity or propriety of the establishment of such classes or schools1 were but to insult the understanding of those most likely to render them efficient support4 ,as to the ,sebastopol guns1 ,i also should like to see them in their proper place1 and the consideration of the proper place has not been lost sight of4 ,my idea of this place is1 as your correspondent suggests1 in front of the ,keep--others think somewhat differently2 at any rate their position and state1 it must be acknowledged1 is not the most suitable one1 and ere long1 with the assistance of our worthy ,mayor1 ,i hope to see them placed upon a spot which for appropriateness of situation will be second to none in the kingdom4 ,they were worthily received1 and they ought to be worthily esteemed1 as trophies of the prowess and valour of our countrymen4 ,the ,fetes ,committee are perfectly willing to render all the assistance in their power towards this object1 but ,i am sure that your correspondent would not desire that their funds should furnish the necessary amount4 ,the ,committee1 at considerable expense and with no little trouble1 obtained them for the town2 surely then the town should not be wanting to see they are properly bestowed and kept1 now they do possess them4 ,this ,i know is the desire of the ,mayor1 and others in authority2 ,i therefore trust ere long to see them in their proper position4 ,in regard to the remarks of the writer in the ,express1 ,i would observe that it is a very much easier thing to sit at home at ease and write an article for a newspaper1 sneering at the efforts of others1 which most probably they did but little to aid1 than to get up funds for a building1 requiring1 if it be done properly1 some three or four thousand pounds4 ,the efforts of many on behalf of the ,dudley ,mechanics' ,institution are well known1 and ,i think need no attempt to be written down by the ,express1 for the purpose of elevating ,mr4 ,sheridan4 ,i have already occupied sufficient of your space1 or should not hesitate to break a lance with its writer as to what the ,dudley ,mechanics' ,institution has been1 is1 or may become4 ,i trust that it has already been productive of some real and permanent advantages1 and that it will continue to exist to furnish more for posterity4 ,i am1 ,mr4 ,editor1 ,yours respectfully1 ,e4 ,,hollier4 ,january #beth1 #aheh1 was a royal day in ,dudley1 it being the ,wedding ,day of our first young ,princess1 the ,princess ,royal of ,england1 and the ,crown ,prince of ,prussia4 ,dudley had never lagged behind its neighbours in its genuine loyalty to the throne1 and on this occasion all hands were willing to add lustre1 and a pleasurable remembrance1 to this interesting event4 ,a public subscription was at once inaugurated to give a treat to the school children1 and tickets for meat to the indigent poor4 ,the day was propitious1 and upwards of #d1jjj school children walked in procession to the ,castle ,court1 led on by two bands of music2 after a short suitable address had been delivered1 they all returned to their various school rooms1 and enjoyed a good tea drinking4 ,the poor old men and women enjoyed their beef and plum pudding at their own homes1 whilst the well-to-do townsmen dined at the hotel1 under the presidency of the ,mayor1 ,mr4 ,john ,beddard4 ,the town was decidedly en fete this day1 for the merry peals of our parish bells1 the jingling of the friendly glass1 and the hearty good wishes for the happy pair1 made old ,dudley decidedly jolly on that memorable day4 ,these two royal personages will in due course of time become the ,emperor and ,empress of ,germany4 ,long may they live to enjoy their exalted and responsible station in life4 ,n4,b4--,whilst ,i am writing these lines their eldest son1 ,prince ,william of ,prussia1 is also entering into the tangled web of holy matrimony4 ,,the ,,celebration ,,of ,,the ,,princess ,,royal',s ,,wedding ,,in ,,dudley4 ,on ,monday last1 ,john ,beddard1 ,esq41 the ,mayor of this town1 issued bills stating that he should be very happy to meet1 at ,smith's ,hotel1 in the ,market ,place1 that evening at seven o'clock1 any of the inhabitants disposed to support some public demonstration on the marriage day of the ,princess ,royal4 ,at the time appointed for the meeting to take place1 our reporter attended and found only the ,mayor present4 ,during the next half-hour or so a few gentlemen looked into the room to see what sort of a meeting there was1 and having satisfied their curiosity withdrew4 ,about half-past seven o'clock1 however1 the ,mayor remarked that business had better be proceeded with4 ,the number of loyal subjects present then was very few1 and during the entire meeting did not exceed a score4 ,we have no difficulty in subjoining a complete list of their names4 ,they were the ,mayor1 the ,high ,bailiff 7,elliot ,hollier1 ,esq471 ,mr4 ,w4 ,h4 ,brooke1 ,mr4 ,s4 ,rudge1 ,mr4 ,r4 ,houghton1 ,mr4 ,w4 ,wigginton1 ,mr4 ,waring1 ,mr4 ,g4 ,b4 ,lowe1 ,mr4 ,masefield1 ,mr4 ,walker1 ,mr4 ,william ,haden1 jun41 ,mr4 ,minty1 ,mr4 ,laskey1 ,mr4 ,wainwright1 ,mr4 ,e4 ,sanders1 ,mr4 ,denison1 ,mr4 ,j4 ,cartwright1 ,mr4 ,clark1 ,mr4 ,j4 ,renaud4 ,mr4 ,,john ,,renaud moved that the ,mayor should take the chair4 7,hear74 ,the ,,mayor in doing so1 said he was very glad to tell the gentlemen present that ,mr4 ,smith1 at the ,priory1 would be very happy to fall in with whatever was done there4 ,in proceeding to open the business of the evening1 the chairman said they were met to take steps towards getting up a treat of some kind or other so that the inhabitants of this town may remember the day on which the ,princess ,royal was married4 ,he thought they ought to do something on this occasion1 so that the event might be signalized and remembered by their children for some time to come4 7,cheers74 ,so far as regarded the poor in the ,workhouse1 he should have very great pleasure in affording them a treat himself4 7,hear1 hear74 ,mr4 ,clark had been suggesting that the children belonging to the various ,sunday ,schools should also have a treat4 ,he should like to hear what he had to say upon the subject4 ,mr4 ,c4 ,f4 ,g4 ,,clark1 chemist1 of ,high street1 thought it only right that the young people and the inhabitants of ,dudley generally should have an opportunity of participating in some kind of rejoicing on the occasion of the marriage of the ,princess ,royal4 ,his ,worship the ,mayor had been kind enough to promise--as the highest recognized authority in this place--a treat to the poor in the ,workhouse2 and he 7,mr4 ,clark7 was of opinion that they could not do less than give a treat also to the ,sunday ,school children of the parish4 ,he would1 therefore1 at once propose that they should enter into a subscription that night1 and communicate as soon as possible with the trustees and ministers of the schools to solicit their co-operation in giving the children a treat1 and that they should award to each establishment a certain sum out of the funds 7to be regulated by the number of scholars they had7 for that purpose4 ,the proposition met with several objections4 ,it was stated1 in answer to questions1 that a tea might be had for the children at fivepence per head1 and that the total number of ,sunday ,scholars in ,dudley was about two thousand4 ,this being so1 it was hinted that the subscription might not be large enough to pay these schools fivepence per scholar for a treat1 and to meet this it was suggested that fivepence should be given1 and any deficiency which might arise should be made up by the congregations at each place of worship4 ,a ,gentleman in the meeting asked if the people of ,netherton were to be included in the arrangements8 ,he believed it was the general opinion that ,netherton participated in anything of this sort with the people of ,dudley4 ,the ,,mayor did not think that they could do anything with the ,nethertonians4 ,dudley proper1 he thought1 was enough for them to deal with4 ,mr4 ,,clark said so far as own feelings were concerned in this matter1 he should very much like to have seen an ox or two roasted and distributed amongst the poor in the neighbourhood1 after a good old ,english fashion4 ,mr4 ,,renaud recommended the appointment of a deputation to confer with the school authorities as to the best mode of giving a treat to the children4 ,he had no doubt that the people belonging to the several places of worship would see to treating their own children1 and that each would meet their own expenses in the event of a deficiency in the amount awarded them out of the public subscription4 ,mr4 ,,clark said if they were to give a treat at all1 let them do it as it ought to be done4 ,for his own part1 he did not like the idea of proposing a treat and then calling upon other people to pay for it4 ,he disapproved of the shabby generosity which wanted to give a tea to children1 and1 doubting whether they could do it or not1 called upon the congregation to make up any deficiency4 ,in such a case he 7,mr4 ,clark7 very much questioned whether the parties belonging to the churches and chapels would comply with1 such a request4 ,some might3 others might not4 ,at any rate1 they could do as they liked1 and it would be left to each of them to act independently in the matter4 ,mr4 ,,renaud remarked that it was just that spirit of independence amongst the people which he wished to acknowledge4 ,mr4 ,,clark3 ,well1 don't let us do the thing in a spirit of niggardliness4 ,if such a proposal is carried out1 ,i think it will be very much like a sectarian treat4 ,mr4 ,,renaud3 ,i wish to abolish that word sectarian in this matter4 ,i don't want us to have a sectarian1 but a general treat4 ,the ,,mayor3 ,well1 ,i think somebody had better move the appointment of a deputation to wait upon the ministers of the churches and chapels in the town upon the subject4 ,mr4 ,w4 ,h4 ,,brooke3 ,i would suggest1 ,mr4 ,mayor1 that1 as a matter of order1 you should first decide whether a committee of that sort is to be appointed4 7,hear1 hear47 ,the ,,mayor3 ,just so4 ,will any gentleman move a resolution to that effect8 ,mr4 ,w4 ,h4 ,,brooke3 ,i will move1 if you please1 then1 ,that the gentlemen present form themselves into a committee for the purpose of carrying out any arrangements that may be considered advisable for celebrating the marriage of the ,princess ,royal in ,dudley4 ,mr4 ,,houghton3 ,and ,i second that motion4 ,the ,,mayor put the proposition to the vote1 and it was carried4 ,mr4 ,,renaud3 ,i will next move then1 ,that the said committee wait upon the ministers of each chapel and church in the town1 to ascertain if they are willing to co-operate in giving a treat to the ,sunday ,school children on ,monday next1 the #beth instant1 in honour of the ,princess ,royal's wedding1 and to use the best means of carrying this into effect4 ,mr4 ,e4 ,,hollier3 ,i will second that motion4 ,the ,mayor put the proposition to the vote1 and it was carried unanimously4 ,mr4 ,,minty inquired if the ,castle guns were to be fired8 ,mr4 ,,renaud replied that the guns in the ,castle yard were spiked1 and could not be used4 ,they did not want to have another earthquake4 7,laughter47 ,mr4 ,,clark moved that a public subscription should be entered into4 ,mr4 ,w4 ,,wiggington suggested that the committee should report to a meeting to be held the next night4 ,this proposition was received4 ,the ,,mayor said he should propose that there be a dinner at ,smith's ,hotel1 on ,monday1 precisely at half-past three o'clock4 ,mr4 ,,waring1 on behalf of the ,garrick ,club1 one of whose performances is to take place next ,monday evening1 requested that the dinner should not interfere with that entertainment4 ,the ,,mayor promised that it should not4 ,several gentlemen inquired what sort a dinner they should have4 ,mr4 ,,clark proposed they should have a half guinea dinner1 and the suggestion was received4 ,mr4 ,,renaud reminded the meeting that they ought to do something for the poor in the neighbourhood4 ,it was well to treat the inmates of the workhouse1 but at the same time he could not lose sight of the fact that there were many1 very many1 poor people who were as badly1 if not worse off than the poor in the workhouse1 who ought to be treated also4 7,hear1 hear74 ,mr4 ,g4 ,b4 ,,lowe quite coincided with every word which had fallen from the lips of his friend ,mr4 ,renaud4 ,there were many very poor workpeople in the neighbourhood for whom a treat of some sort ought to be provided1 and he should be very sorry indeed if they were remiss or neglectful in this part of their duty4 ,many of the labouring classes were out of work1 and must have something to eat4 ,if they could not get anything fairly they might depend upon it they would get it other ways4 ,the people hereabout had behaved themselves very well lately during the great depression of trade1 and they ought to have a treat by way of encouragement4 ,for his 7,mr4 ,lowe's7 own part1 he had no idea of feasting himself up whilst other people were wanting1 and would readily forego his half guinea dinner to provide something for people in poorer circumstances4 7,cheers47 ,the ,,mayor3 ,i am sorry to say that ,i cannot agree to such a proposal4 ,you see we are treating the workhouse people1 and ,i think that will be as much as we can do4 ,mr4 ,,renaud said there were hundreds of people about the town who were quite as deserving of a treat as those in the workhouse4 ,the ,,mayor3 ,there are hundreds walking about with their hands in their pockets4 ,we pay enough1 ,i think1 in poor rates4 ,i say it without ill nature1 ,i have not much sympathy with the working classes in this neighbourhood1 for it is very often the case that when they have work to do they won't do it4 ,mr4 ,w4 ,h4 ,,brooke3 ,i say that it would be a disgrace to the town if something is not done for the poor4 ,that is my decided opinion4 ,mr4 ,,lowe3 ,we shall lay ourselves open to public censure4 ,mr4 ,,renaud3 ,the ,dudley ,workhouse is only calculated to contain #ajc people4 ,the ,,mayor3 ,well1 we pay poor rates enough4 ,the subscription you see might not be so large as to enable us to do this4 ,mr4 ,,lowe3 ,well1 ,i for one would rather pay my #ajs4 #f;d4 for a treat to the poor than for a dinner at the hotel for myself1 and be aware at the same time that many of our poorer fellow creatures were suffering from poverty4 ,mr4 ,,clark3 ,oh6 but ,i expect the ,mayor is going to treat us with the dinner at the hotel8 ,the ,,mayor3 ,i never promised anything of the sort4 ,mr4 ,,clark3 ,well1 ,i fully expected you were going to pay for it1 ,mr4 ,mayor8 7,roars of laughter47 ,the ,,mayor3 ,oh1 no1 ,i never said that ,i should4 ,considerable merriment ensued4 ,order having been restored1 ,mr4 ,,renaud renewed his proposal for a treat to the necessitous poor in the neighbourhood4 ,the ,,mayor again expressed his opinion that the funds would not permit of anything of the sort4 ,mr4 ,,waring1 on behalf of the ,garrick ,club1 very generously stepped forward and guaranteed a donation of #aj in aid of the object from that body4 ,mr4 ,,renaud said he would guarantee another #aj for the same purpose4 ,the ,mayor intimated that the further consideration of the subject of giving a treat to the out-door poor had better be adjourned until the next meeting4 ,this was agreed to4 ,the ,,mayor then resumed the discussion as to the providing of a dinner at the hotel1 and it was agreed that a dinner should take place in ,smith's hotel1 at three o'clock next ,monday1 to celebrate the marriage of the ,princess ,royal1 and that the tickets for the same might be had at the bar of the hotel1 price #ajs4 #f;d4 ,the several gentlemen on the committee for waiting upon the ministers and managers of the different ,sunday schools then had their duties apportioned to them1 and the meeting was adjourned until seven o'clock on ,tuesday evening1 to be held either at the ,hotel or at the ,old ,town ,hall1 when the report of the same was to be received4 ,,the ,,adjourned ,,meeting of the inhabitants of this ,borough1 for the purpose of taking further steps towards perfecting the arrangements for celebrating the marriage of the ,princess ,royal1 was held in the ,old ,town ,hall1 on ,tuesday evening1 in accordance with a resolution passed at the first meeting on ,monday4 ,owing to a misunderstanding1 two or three people met at the hotel where the meeting was first held1 and others at the ,town ,hall1 where it was known by many that the next gathering would take place4 ,the second meeting1 like the first1 was very thinly attended1 and the loyalty of the inhabitants seemed to be at a very low ebb4 ,the ,mayor1 ,,john ,,beddard1 ,,esq41 intimated on the previous evening that other engagements would prevent him being present to-night2 in his absence1 therefore1 the ,high ,bailiff1 ,,elliott ,,hollier1 ,,esq41 was called to the chair4 ,the number of people in attendance was #bc1 the majority consisting of gentlemen who had attended on the first night4 ,amongst the fresh people were the ,rev4 ,john ,davies1 ,dr4 ,davison1 ,mr4 ,z4 ,p4 ,smith1 and the ,rev4 ,thomas ,mills4 ,the meeting was to have commenced at seven o'clock1 business1 however1 did not begin until about a quarter to eight4 ,the ,,high ,,bailiff1 in opening the proceedings1 said he was extremely sorry to see so few of his fellow townsmen present on an occasion like this4 ,he read over the ,mayor's notice convening the first meeting1 and then in order read over the minutes of the same4 ,as one of the committee appointed to wait upon some of the school authorities1 ,mr4 ,hollier stated the result of the same to the meeting1 and finished by calling upon other of his two brother committee-men to report their success4 ,several gentlemen then laid before the meeting1 at considerable length1 the result of their interviews with parties connected with the different schools in the place1 upon the subject of giving a treat to the scholars next ,monday1 and the best mode of paying for it4 ,in some instances the scholars had recently been treated or were going to be1 and whilst some societies could afford to treat1 others feared they could do but little1 and would have to be indebted to the fund very much4 ,a desultory discussion ensued upon the subject1 in the course of which it was stated that the total number of the scholars to be treated in all probability would be #d1jjj--7;double the number supposed at the meeting last night7--and the cost of treating that number to tea1 reckoning at sixpence per head1 would require a fund amounting to #ajj4 ,doubts were expressed as to the realisation of this sum1 and it was suggested that each school should see to giving a treat of its own4 ,mr4 ,c4 ,f4 ,g4 ,,clark remarked upon this that it would just be giving no treat at all4 ,he understood that the object of the meetings upon this subject was to take into consideration the best means to be adopted for making a public demonstration on ,monday next1 in honour of the ,princess ,royal's wedding4 ,now if each school1 or each religious denomination in the town1 was left to do as it liked in the matter--to give a treat or not--where was the public demonstration in the matter8 ,there would be none at all4 ,the demonstration1 or what they might call it1 would be1 as he said before1 quite of a sectarian character4 ,he would suggest that a public subscription should be raised1 and that whatever amount might be realised1 should be equally distributed amongst the schools4 7,hear1 hear74 ,he 7,mr4 ,clark7 should be very glad to co-operate with his respected pastor 7,mr4 ,davies7 in collecting subscriptions for a treat for ,st4 ,edmund's school4 ,he knew they would have a treat1 and a good one too1 let the other places have one or not4 ,he was also still of opinion that something ought to be done for the able poor of the parish out of the ,workhouse4 7,hear1 hear74 ,he did not like the idea of giving a treat to the children and then requiring the congregations of the places of worship to pay for it4 ,there must be a public subscription1 and the treats should be paid for out of it4 ,it would be very unfair if he 7,mr4 ,clark7 for instance1 was to go round and solicit subscriptions in ,st4 ,edmund's district to pay deficiencies which might arise in other places after the people of that neighbourhood had paid for a treat for their own school children4 ,he 7,mr4 ,clark7 did want to see a liberal demonstration1 he did not like to see a contracted one4 ,he thought ,dudley could give a liberal demonstration4 ,it was a queer thing if it could not4 ,look at the neighbouring towns and let them notice what they were doing in ,wolverhampton and ,birmingham1 and even ,lichfield1 small a place as it was4 ,and here was ,dudley which was considered the centre of the iron district1 and what was it going to do8 ,people always said that there was plenty of money in ,dudley--that it was a wealthy place2 and1 if so1 it ought1 he thought1 on this occasion1 to show its loyalty4 ,mr4 ,,wigginton enquired if anything was to be done for the ,blue-coat ,school and other ,charities4 ,were they to have any demonstration at all8 ,mr4 ,,clark replied1 according to the present proposal none at all4 ,the ,rev4 ,j4 ,,davies3 ,would that follow8 ,mr4 ,,wigginton3 ,it must follow4 ,the ,rev4 ,j4 ,,davies3 ,i quite agree with ,mr4 ,clark's observations4 ,if each denomination takes the management of its own school there can be no public demonstration4 ,i suppose that there are some schools who could not afford to give a treat8 ,mr4 ,,renaud3 ,there are4 ,rev4 ,j4 ,,davies3 ,how can we best arrange the matter then8 ,mr4 ,,clark3 ,by a public subscription to be divided amongst them4 ,after a desultory discussion1 ,mr4 ,,clark proceeded to move ,that a general subscription be entered into by the inhabitants of ,dudley to raise a fund for the purpose of affording an entertainment for the children of the schools connected with the several churches and chapels in this town next ,monday1 in honour of the marriage of the ,princess ,royal4 ,the ,rev4 ,j4 ,,davies seconded the proposition with pleasure4 ,it was also agreed that any surplus should be devoted towards providing something in the shape of a treat for the necessitous poor in the town4 ,it was finally resolved that the meeting should be further adjourned until ,friday evening1 when the canvassers to the fund should attend and report progress4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,marriage ,,of ,,the ,,princess ,,royal4 ,at a ,,public ,,meeting of the ,inhabitants of ,dudley1 held by invitation of the ,mayor1 on ,tuesday last1 it was resolved1 that a ,general ,subscription should be made in order to form a fund to provide an entertainment for the children attending the ,,sunday ,,and ,,day ,,schools of the town2 the amount subscribed to be apportioned to each school according to the number of scholars2 the surplus1 if any1 to be applied on behalf of the aged and necessitous poor4 ,the earnest co-operation of the ,clergymen1 ,ministers1 and others1 having the charge of the schools1 is respectfully solicited1 as well as their attendance at an adjourned ,public ,meeting1 to be held at the ,,old ,,town ,,hall1 on ,,friday ,evening next1 the #bbnd inst41 at #g o'clock1 when the report of the amount of subscriptions will be received4 ,a ,,public ,,dinner will also take place at the ,,hotel1 on ,,monday next1 the #beth inst41 in commemoration of the above event4 ,tickets1 including wine1 #ajs4 #f;d4 each4 ,gentlemen intending to be present are desired to signify such intention to ,mrs4 ,smith1 at the bar of the ,hotel1 not later than ,friday next4 ,dinner on the table at ,three o'clock4 ,signed1 ,j4 ,,beddard1 ,,mayor4 ,old ,town ,hall1 ,jan4 #aith1 #aheh4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,princess ,,royal',s ,,marriage1 ,,and ,,the ,,masonic ,,ball4 ,to the ,editor of the ,,dudley ,,express4 ,,sir1--,how is it the ,committee of the forthcoming ,masonic ,ball should have so lacked foresight as to have lost all idea of the marriage of the ,princess ,royal8 ,here is a fact well known for months1 and here is a ,ball for charitable purposes1 got up within a few weeks1 and fixed to take place ,,four days1 before the great event named4 ,would you not suppose1 ,sir1 that common sense would have dictated1 at once1 the proper day for the holding this annual affair8 ,would you not have thought it a glorious opportunity to blend the two objects1 and by so blending1 to secure a very large attendance of visitors1 and a great increase to the funds hoped to be obtained by the ,committee for the charities of the town8 ,if the common sense of the ,committee could not have suggested this course1 it would have been as well if they had drafted into their councils one or two men of ,,un-,,common ,,sense4 ,dudley1 ,jan4 #ad1 #aheh4 ,p4,s4--,i have seen an advertisement of this ,ball in a ,birmingham paper1 but1 though it is a ,dudley ,ball1 got up by ,dudley men1 and for the ,charities of ,dudley1 ,i have looked in vain for an advertisement of it in any one of the three ,dudley papers4 ,can you tell a wondering reader 7though of un-common sense7 why this is1 for un-common sense is unable to solve the mystery4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,uncommon ,,sense ,,versus ,,the ,,late ,,masonic ,,ball ,,committee4 ,to the ,editor of the ,,dudley ,,express4 ,,sir1--,a letter in your last week's ,open ,platform contains some crude remarks on the proceedings of the ,dudley ,masonic ,ball ,committee1 written to show that its want of foresight ,omitted the glorious opportunity to blend two objects together--viz41 ,the ,princess ,royal's ,marriage with the ,masonic ,ball4 ,as ,chairman of the ,ball ,committee1 sir1 ,i beg to inform your anonymous scribbler1 that the propriety of holding the ,masonic ,ball on the evening of the ,royal ,marriage received the due consideration of the ,ball ,committee at its earliest sittings1 and had your ,uncommon ,sense correspondent possessed the same amount of foresight1 good feeling1 and gentlemanly intention evinced by another writer in your columns1 signed ,j4 ,h4 ,m41 he would not have so foolishly rushed into print1 but would have anticipated with the ,ball ,committee that the proper officials of ,dudley would1 ere now1 have suggested such a mark of public demonstration of loyalty on that joyous occasion as to leave no room for complaint by any of your correspondents on that particular head4 ,under these impressions1 the ,masonic ,ball ,committee avoided the possibility of clashing with other hoped-for demonstrations in the town2 so that the #bast was deemed the most appropriate day for holding this time-honoured and benevolent assembly4 ,as to the propriety of drafting one or two men of uncommon sense into the councils of the ,ball ,committee1 ,i should first be glad to know whether the animus and diction of ,uncommon ,sense were to be taken as a specimen of his fitness to sit on that committee1 and as an evidence of his capability of discerning approaching events with prophetic eyes8 ,if so1 ,i opine that1 as his present qualifications do not appear to be up to the mark1 his presence must be respectfully declined4 ,touching the non-appearance of any advertisement of the ball in the ,dudley newspapers1 ,i can assure you that such an omission was far from being made with an intention of disrespect to the worthy efforts of the ,dudley press to enlighten the horizon of this darkened locality4 ,and when ,i inform you that the ,masonic ,ball ,committee1 for some years past1 has deemed it advisable to bring the notices of the ball immediately into the presence of every respectable family in this locality by circular1 it will at once suggest the inutility1 in some degree1 of expending so much of its funds in public advertisements4 ,as the peculiar objects of this ball ever have been to render as much seasonable assistance to the indigent as possible1 it becomes imperative upon its promoters to avoid that spirit of over-doing things which the present age unfortunately seems to foster4 ,by kindly admitting this letter to your ,open ,platform1 you will oblige1 ,your obedient servant1 ,c4 ,f4 ,g4 ,,clark1 ,chairman of the ,masonic ,ball ,committee4 ,dudley1 ,january #aith1 #aheh4 ,this ,easter1 we had another parish election of the ,board of ,guardians4 ,no description of ,guardians seemed to satisfy the whims and fancies of the ,irreconcilables1 so there was no way of squaring the captious ideas of some large ratepayers but having a friendly fight for it1 with the usual attendant compliments to and about one another4 ,,election ,,of ,,guardians4 ,,brother ,,ratepayers1 ,,monopoly ,,has ,,passed ,,away--,the death fang of ignorance1 political and social oppression1 has been broken in the ,abortive ,doings of the ,past2 and the sunbeam of enlightenment and knowledge is once more permitted to dawn upon the horizon of ,dudley's political and social degradation4 ,,ratepayers ,,to ,,action66 ,the tocsin of opposition has been sounded loud and clear in the corners of our streets1 and the hand of ,liberty is once more held out to uphold and maintain your expiring rights6 ,will you once more embrace it1 or again allow it to be shrivelled up in the unholy flame of party purposes1 cupidity1 and self-interest8 ,shake off1 then1 the torpid inaction of the past1 and awaken the dormant energies for the opening future4 ,reflect upon the two last years of ,guardian ,mismanagement1--,guardian ,intolerance1--,guardian ,ignorance1--,guardian ,cupidity1--and ,guardian ,retrogression1--principles that have invariably marked the proceedings of the present ,board1 during this humiliating period2 and ask yourselves whether these are the persons who shall constantly rule over you8 ,fellow ,ratepayers6 ,are you still determined to be gagged by decrepid imbecility1 and non-age1 arrogance1 and vanity8 ,are you willing that your expiring social and parochial privileges shall be immolated upon the altar of a bigotted and unprogressive ,board ,conclave8 ,do you think and feel that the present ,board represents the wishes of the ratepayers1 and are the proper persons to spend your hard earned money1 take charge of your aged ,poor1 and bring up and nurture1 in the paths of frugality and prudence1 our rising generation8 ,reflect upon these questions1 before you give your vote2 for1 if the ,past is to be taken as an answer to these plain facts1 the reply must be1 ,,no66 ,act1 then1 like ,englishmen1 and remove all obsequious toadies from the stool of office1 exercise the vote1 which the law and reason has placed in your hands1 with honesty and justice2 and spurn from your presence1 as you would a viper1 those dastardly serfs who try to take away your birthright when attempting to fill up your voting papers1 or tamper with your freedom of thought and action4 ,put the old tried friends of just economy1 truth and consistency1 into their proper places1 and ,,vote for ,richard ,smith1 ,mine ,agent1 ,priory4 ,j4 ,renaud1 ,glass ,master1 ,dixon's ,green4 ,thos4 ,griffiths1 ,gentleman1 ,wellington ,road4 ,j4 ,whitehouse1 ,gentleman1 ,oakham4 ,e4 ,hollier1 ,chemist1 ,market ,place4 ,w4 ,c4 ,wood1 ,grocer1 ,high ,street4 ,joseph ,guest1 ,gentleman1 ,new ,street4 ,m4 ,dennison1 ,chemist1 ,market ,place4 ,e4 ,f4 ,smith1 ,agent1 ,trindle4 ,r4 ,houghton1 ,draper1 ,high ,street4 ,these ,gentlemen have before watched over your interests1 and are now ready to assist you again to proclaim and sustain your social privileges4 ,,hard ,,times4 ,dudley1 ,march #bith1 #aheh4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,miners' ,,strike6 ,,the ,,in',s ,,and ,,the ,,out',s4 ,,four ,,important ,,questions ,,for ,,discussion4-- #a--,which are the most ,prudent8 #b--,which are the most ,politic8 #c--,which are the most ,philosophic8 ,and #d--,which are the ,wisest8 ,the ,miners on the ,west of ,dudley who are in ,work1 or1 the ,miners on the ,east who are out on ,strike8 ,,samuel ,,cook4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,important ,,meeting4 ,,income ,,tax ,,re-,,assessment4 ,,worley',s ,,defalcations4 ,the adjourned meeting to receive the report of the committee1 with the opinion of counsel1 will be held in the ,old ,town ,hall1 on ,wednesday ,evening next1 the #cast ,march1 #aheh1 at half-past ,seven o'clock p4m4 precisely4 ,signed1 ,j4 ,,beddard1 ,,mayor4 ,march #bith1 #aheh4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,election ,,of ,,guardians4 ,,brother ,,ratepayers1 ,hard ,times came a little too early1 and has proposed names of parties to you who have resigned6 ,if that is his way of doing business--jumping so hastily to conclusions1 and reckoning upon his chickens before they are hatched--it augurs badly for the list he has proposed to you4 ,brother ,ratepayers1 put your shoulders to the wheel1 and get rid of ,hard ,times and some of his lot1 as speedily as possible4 ,depend upon it ,hard ,times1 is by no means a safe or congenial companion4 ,choose men who have stuck to your interests when the times have indeed been hard1 men who have fought for your welfare1 and ever had in view the interests of those small ratepayers who are not at all represented in the present ,board1 but who must and shall be represented in future4 ,great ,ratepayers can take care of themselves--and the great ratepayers only were represented in the old ,board4 ,you1 therefore1 that are sneeringly called by certain gentlemen small ratepayers1 and whose interests are thought to be nothing1 take care and see that in the present contest your interests are not overlooked4 ,prove to these dogmatic1 would-be despotic individuals that small as are your interests individually1 yet that when united you can break down the opposition of such men2 and as you have before accomplished your own object1 and gained freedom of representation in ,parliament1 so now prove to the world that you can be fairly represented in the humbler ,board-room of your ,poor ,house4 ,brother ,ratepayers1 look to your interests6 ,be not deceived6 ,choose your men by those principles of ,independence which they have not only avowed but always endeavoured to carry out4 ,,vote ,,for ,edw4 ,grainger1 ,thos4 ,griffiths1 ,g4 ,b4 ,lowe1 ,w4 ,c4 ,wood1 ,w4 ,wigginton1 ,j4 ,whitehouse1 ,w4 ,cooper1 ,w4 ,harrison1 ,edw4 ,wood1 ,w4 ,washington4 ,these are tried men1 and although some of them have not had a seat at your ,board1 place them there triumphantly4 ,let not large men fill up your ,voting papers1 or allow them to sell the interests of ,,the ,,small ,,ratepayers4 ,dudley1 ,march #cast1 #aheh4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,election ,,of ,,guardians4 ,,brother ,,ratepayers1 ,be not deceived3 a new and specious enemy1 with a very apparently humble name1 ,the ,small ,ratepayer1 has recommended you a ,list of ,guardians1 for whom decency must blush and virtue must tremble4 ,fellow ,ratepayers1 enquire for yourselves1 and you will be easily able to unmask this ,small ,ratepayer and find him an enemy to morality1 and a promoter of ,mormonism in its most disastrous and hideous form4 ,he blushes not to recommend for ,guardians1 men whose lives are not regulated by the paths of virtue and morality1 but tainted with noon-day adultery and heartless debauchery4 ,,ratepayers1 ,,awaken6 ,let not naked ,adultery stalk through our streets1 unabashed1 without manifesting your manly disgust at the audacity of the attempt to seat men of vice upon the same benches with men of honour and integrity at that ,board1 whose most painful duty too often is to admonish the unfortunate daughters of sin for burdening our parish with the results of such vice1 from which their judges should be free and unpolluted4 ,we grieve for the honourable names that have been made to stand godfather for the vicious and intolerant aspirants1 dictated by the organ of a dangerous1 maligning local newspaper4 ,but we know that there is enough regard for virtue and morality in the ,ratepayers of ,dudley to discriminate betwixt the evil and the good men2 and we again call upon you to exercise your votes with care1 honesty1 and justice4 ,the ,times are ,hard1 indeed1 when the town is subjected to such daring insults4 ,resent it like men1 by ,voting for ,richard ,smith1 ,jno4 ,renaud1 ,thos4 ,griffiths1 ,jno4 ,whitehouse1 ,e4 ,hollier1 ,ed4 ,fisher ,smith1 ,w4 ,c4 ,wood1 ,jos4 ,guest1 ,m4 ,dennison1 ,robt4 ,houghton4 ,all of whom have pledged themselves to stand4 ,,hard ,,times4 ,dudley1 ,april #crd1 #aheh4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,electioneering ,,trickery6 ,,ratepayers ,,of ,,dudley1 ,be proud of your country6 ,local ,self-,government is a privilege peculiar to ,englishmen4 ,this day you are called upon to select for the coming year the ,guardians of your ,poor4 ,do not neglect to ,vote6 ,do not ,vote at random6 ,do not let others ,vote for you666 ,vote for the ,men who will be kind to the ,poor1 and at the same time careful of the pockets of their constituents4 ,observer1 in a long rigmarole about nothing1 has proposed a list of the whole of the members of the old ,board for re-election4 ,it is well known that many of these have proved themselves incompetent for their office1 and that others have rendered themselves obnoxious to the ,inhabitants of the ,town4 ,the weekly expenses of ,out-,door ,relief have ,increased during the whole year of the present ,board6 ,shew your ,independence and ,reject that ,list6 ,hard ,times1 in a bombastic and senseless address1 has submitted a list of names of ,gentlemen1 many of whom are unquestionably as amiable in their private character1 as they would prove themselves utterly incompetent for the office of ,guardian of the ,poor4 ,shew your ,discretion and ,reject ,,that ,list6 ,one of ,the ,small ,ratepayers has selected another list of new1 and altogether untried men4 ,you do not want to turn out indiscriminately all the members of the old ,board4 ,you only want to get rid of the obnoxious and incompetent ones6 ,shew your ,independence1 your ,discretion1 and your good ,common-,sense1 by ,rejecting that ,list1 and ,vote only for ,richard ,smith1 ,agent1 ,edward ,f4 ,smith1 ,agent1 ,isaac ,badger1 ,coal ,master1 ,joseph ,g4 ,walker1 ,merchant1 ,elliott ,hollier1 ,chemist1 ,thomas ,griffiths1 ,gentleman1 ,edward ,grainger1 ,draper1 ,george ,burn ,lowe1 ,solicitor1 ,william ,harrison1 ,draper1 ,william ,wigginton1 ,architect4 ,please to remember that ,ten ,names only can be selected4 ,write your ,initials on the ,voting ,paper opposite the ,ten here enumerated1 and see at the next election if you have not reason to feel obliged to ,,discriminator4 ,dudley1 ,april #eth1 #aheh4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,to ,,the ,,electors ,,of ,,the ,,borough ,,of ,,dudley4 ,,gentlemen1 ,i have received several communications to the effect that a ,mr4 ,locock is1 or has been1 by himself and his agents1 canvassing you with a view to displace me in the event of a dissolution of ,parliament4 ,now ,i beg to say that1 if this be true1 the circumstance of a man soliciting your suffrages behind my back1 without any notice to me or my supporters1 without publishing any address to the ,electors1 or in a word1 without adopting any of the usual proceedings of fair play1 is a sufficient indication of your would-be representative4 ,on first hearing this intelligence1 ,i gave no attention whatever to the circumstance1 feeling convinced that men who know so well how to stand up like ,englishmen in a fair political fight1 were not likely to listen to the whisperings of a person who thus stealthily presented himself to their notice4 ,i can no longer1 however1 remain silent1 when ,i find that these persons are circulating statements with reference to me and my intentions1 which are utterly false and unfounded4 ,one of these statements is to the effect that ,i have announced 7of course confidentially7 that it is not my intention to offer myself again for the representation of ,dudley4 ,this ,i need hardly tell you is a wicked invention of the stealthy candidate or his agent4 ,i therefore hasten to place you on your guard against1 what our friend ,louis ,napoleon would call false intelligence1 for you may be assured that it is in your hands alone ,i shall place my resignation1 in the same open and straightforward manner in which ,i trust ,i have always met you1 when the time for such a proceeding arrives4 ,should the present crisis terminate in a dissolution ,i shall lose no time in committing my political interests to the care of those friends to whom ,i am indebted for the honor of representing your ,borough1 and whose confidence ,i am not conscious of having in any way either betrayed or forfeited4 ,i have the honour to be1 ,gentlemen1 yours faithfully1 ,h4 ,b4 ,,sheridan4 ,house of ,commons1 ,may #aeth1 #aheh4 ,,the ,,queen',s ,,visit ,,to ,,birmingham4 ,june #aeth1 #aheh4 ,her ,majesty the ,queen this day opened the ,people's ,park1 at ,aston1 a suburb of ,birmingham4 ,this being the first time a monarch had visited1 in state1 the ,radical town of ,birmingham1 the good people of that busy town received their ,queen in a right royal style4 ,the ,corporation1 however1 having a strong plebeian tendency1 was much stirred within its ,radical proclivities1 as to how far it could sustain the cordiality and loyalty to the ,sovereign1 befitting her exalted station1 without losing the smiles of its elective body4 ,it meant one thing to shout ,god ,save the ,queen1 and another thing to say ,god preserve the ,people4 ,however1 the procession was most imposing to the plebeian idea1 and everything passed off very creditably1 for the ,rough ,brums have stout1 but tender hearts1 and they were determined not to be behind other towns in shewing their loyalty to the ,throne4 ,it was said that the ,queen was highly pleased with the reception accorded to her1 and she did not forget to confer the handsome dignity of knighthood on the then ,liberal ,mayor of ,birmingham1 ,mr4 ,john ,ratcliffe1 who rose from his knees as the first belted knight of ,birmingham4 ,this gracious and courtly act was the source of much kindly feeling in the town1 for the constant presence of ,sir ,john in their daily walks helped to remind the liege burgesses of a most virtuous and gracious ,queen1 and the exaltation of their chief citizen to honour and dignity on a most memorable occasion4 ,june #bfth1 #aheh4 ,one hundred and fifty pounds was just now expended in cleaning1 adorning and beautifying ,st4 ,edmund's ,church4 ,this sum was raised by subscription amongst the congregation4 ,died1 ,july #ast1 #aheh1 ,mrs4 ,w4 ,c4 ,wood1 ,high ,street1 very suddenly4 ,aged #eh years4 ,,the ,,dudley ,,grammar ,,school ,,prizes4 ,to the ,editor of the ,,daily ,,post4 ,,sir1--,the omission at this ,midsummer vacation of the usual distribution of prizes to the boys1 and the circular issued by the head master 7the ,rev4 ,r4 ,harper17 announcing a very important alteration from the hitherto practised mode of rewarding the industry and stimulating the energy of the lads in this public school1 cannot fail to have awakened the minds of the parents and public in this town and neighbourhood1 as to the reasons which have induced the trustees of the ,prize ,fund to alter their mode of action in this particular department of the school scheme4 ,it is stated1 ,sir1 and generally understood1 that a certain sum of money was left by the founder of this excellent school1 to be appropriated periodically for the reward of deserving scholars2 and that from time immemorial these rewards have been represented by suitable historical and scientific books1 adapted to the attainments of the fortunate recipients4 ,but at the present time we find that one gold medal and two silver medals are for the future to be substituted for the former valuable book prizes1 thus at once narrowing the chances of the deserving junior boys from ever obtaining a prize1 and fixing the amount of scholastic knowledge at such a classical elevation as is not reasonable to expect that boys who usually attend country ,grammar ,schools are ever likely to remain long enough to obtain4 ,it may suit1 ,mr4 ,editor1 the unadorned ambition of plebeian thought to fancy its creative genius can raise up a ,moloch of tinselled gold and burnished silver to be the absorbing deity of juvenile innocency1 and the great object henceforth striven for2 but while the eye is fascinated with this new-born idea1 knowledge--that incalculable element of the present day1 intended to be conveyed in all schools--is thus kept back from the enquiring mind1 and the immortal writings of such authors as ,milton1 ,mills1 ,bickersteth1 ,macaulay1 ,alison1 ,hume1 ,davy1 ,strickland1 and ,longfellow1 are henceforth to be shelved in the bookseller's store-room1 to gratify the maudlin fancy of some ill-digested mental conception1 or afford us an opportunity of witnessing another concession to neighbouring exploded theories4 ,the breaking-up day of the schoolboy frequently operates upon the action of the after-man2 for the modest consciousness of carrying off the prize in his own class before the eager eyes of his aspiring competitors1 creates a most beneficial effect upon the younger branches of the school1 for whilst it recognises the ,reward of ,merit at all ages to the good1 it stimulates the ambition and energy of the aspiring1 and publicly condemns the conduct of the indolent and disobedient boy4 ,the dissatisfaction already produced amongst the lads1 by keeping from them1 this ,midsummer1 their dearly cherished prizes1 and the evil to be anticipated from the intended practice of giving only three prizes1 7and that to senior boys71 when hitherto at least a dozen junior boys have been the grateful recipients of useful books1 are reasons calculated to produce much mischief amongst the minds of the industrious boys1 besides arousing a feeling of distrust and suspicion amongst the parents and the public1 as to the objects intended to be gained by such a movement4 ,if it is good and advisable to reward the senior classes1 surely it is just and right to encourage the junior classes also4 ,this intrusion amongst your correspondence will oblige your obedient servant4 ,,investigator4 ,dudley1 ,june #bbnd1 #aheh4 99 99 99 99 99 ,to the ,editor of the ,,daily ,,post4 ,,sir1--,i should not under any circumstances reply to an anonymous correspondent1 but for the sake of the inhabitants of ,dudley1 and of the parents of pupils in my school1 ,i am anxious to state what ,i know in respect of this prize fund4 ,this fund was collected chiefly through the instrumentality of my predecessor1 ,dr4 ,thompson1 about seven years ago4 ,it has for some years been suggested that a gold or silver medal would be a better mode of giving these prizes than any other1 and more in accordance with the wishes of the original subscribers of the fund4 ,the chief reason that the present time was decided upon for the change was a hope that a gold medal given under the conditions imposed1 would furnish the school with at least one pupil yearly1 who might be able successfully to pass the examinations which are now instituted by the two ,universities of ,oxford and ,cambridge for the benefit of the middle classes4 ,it is not intended to award all the medals to the higher forms1 and there is nothing in my circular which could lead to such a conclusion4 ,the gold medal will be the only one so appropriated1 whilst it is intended to give the other medals to the best boys of the lower forms of the school4 ,you will also observe1 from the circular which ,i enclose1 that only in the case of the gold medal are the subjects for examination strictly defined2 and ,i cannot conceive that the amount of scholarship required for such a prize is too extensive1 or more than might fairly be expected from a well educated lad of #af years of age in any ,grammar ,school4 ,in fact there was a desire rather to limit the subjects than to extend them1 as it was thought that a few subjects well taught would be a better training for the middle class examinations than a superficial knowledge of a larger number4 ,it ought to be recollected that the prizes of books awarded in this school at ,christmas will not be affected in any degree by the new arrangements with respect to the prize fund4 ,no one can regret more than ,i do the circumstance that the boys are deprived this ,midsummer of their usual prizes2 but1 owing to the expense of the dies for the medals1 this was unavoidable4 ,i am1 ,sir1 yours1 c41 ,,robert ,,harper1 ,head ,master of the ,dudley ,grammar ,school4 ,grammar ,school1 ,dudley1 ,june #bcrd1 #aheh4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,dudley ,,grammar ,,school ,,prize ,,fund4 ,to the ,editor of the ,,daily ,,post4 ,,sir1--,i am sure that the inhabitants of ,dudley will duly appreciate the prompt and straightforward manner in which 7,mr4 ,harper7 the head master of the ,dudley ,grammar ,school has replied to my letter of ,monday last1 respecting the omission of awarding prizes to the boys this midsummer2 but1 whilst ,i fully agree with him that the reception by a boy of a gold medal at his hands may be looked upon as a presumed assumption that the holder will be able successfully to pass the examinations which are now instituted at ,oxford and ,cambridge for the middle classes1 yet ,i maintain that hundreds of boys will pass that elevated mental examination without being the gold medallist of their school2 besides the fact that any youth is eligible for that ordeal1 whether he has been educated at a public school or merely received private tuition2 neither do ,i still see any valid reasons why a dozen excellent book prizes should be withdrawn from the junior classes at that school to be the means of elevating the classical and scholastic standing of one or two youths1 probably much better fitted1 both by position and capacity1 to battle with the difficulties and mental toils attendant upon the earlier training of youth4 ,as an ardent promoter of education1 sir1 ,i rejoice with others to see that the great1 nay1 almost once irreproachable1 ,universities have at last opened their hoary portals to that class of society for whose benefit and interest those seats of learning were originally instituted2 but ,i cannot but feel that there is great danger in store for the lads of any independent grammar school lurking under this expanded mental promotion offered by the ,universities1 of the chances of the master devoting an overdue attention to the senior classes1 with the view of coaching them up to the required altitude1 at the risk of neglecting the important ground-work of tuition indispensably required by the junior classes4 ,apart from this temptation to elevate the fame of a school at the risk of damaging its productive qualities1 a paralysing effect is sure to be produced upon the younger boys1 when they feel and know that years of mental toil have yet to be gone through ere a prize is likely to be won1 or an encouraging smile awarded by the dreaded ,dominies4 ,it is very gratifying to find that the ,head ,master of this school is so truly anxious for the welfare of this important institution2 and as an inhabitant of this town1 having children to educate at that school1 ,i would respectfully claim with him my share of anxiety for its continued usefulness1 and onward progress4 ,but institutions1 ,sir1 like the ,dudley ,grammar ,school1 were never1 in my opinion1 intended to be the grinding schools for the aspirants for classical honours2 neither am ,i persuaded that the class of parents who usually send their sons to that school will1 as a rule1 be disposed to keep them there up to a period of youth 7#af years17 with the idea of bettering their commercial position by becoming an associate of one of our ,universities4 ,rugby1 ,shrewsbury1 ,birmingham1 and the like1 are the public schools that will most benefit by this recent relaxation2 but the ordinary ,grammar ,schools of this period are not required to promote boys 7not students7 to a comprehensive knowledge of ,latin authors1 algebraic lore1 and mathematical expositions1 attainments which do not come within the scope of the class intended to be benefited by such institutions1 for it is too often the case that a superficial exterior is made to suffice for an empty ground-work2 and ,i fully concur with the ,rev4 ,master1 that a few subjects well taught would be a better training for the middle classes than a superficial knowledge of a larger number of subjects4 ,having reasons to suppose that the ,head ,master has had very little to do with this important alteration1 ,i trust1 for the welfare of both boys and the town1 that he will use his professional and scholastic influence to induce the trustees of the ,prize ,fund to rescind their resolution of awarding medals instead of books1 believing that a persistence in this unwise step will not only alter the acknowledged character of the school1 by producing a pecuniary loss to the funds of the same1 but inflict an uncalled for injustice upon the minds of parents in this neighbourhood1 who have an undoubted right to the best-devised advantages that can be derived from that heirloom of knowledge handed down to us for the last two centuries4 ,if1 ,sir1 an annual gold medal prize can be of any use in elevating the ancient renown of this ,grammar ,school1 pray let the trustees appeal periodically to the parents of the boys attending the school for the funds for that specific object1 and rely upon the well-known generosity of a ,dudley public2 rather than inflict an ungracious discouragement upon the junior classes of the school4 ,,investigator4 ,dudley1 ,june #beth1 #aheh4 ,september #adth1 #aheh4 ,the ,provincial ,grand ,lodge of ,freemasons of ,worcestershire was held in ,dudley this day1 but1 contrary to usual custom1 there was no walking in procession or prayer sayings at ,church1 but nevertheless the usual dinner was celebrated with due solemnity at the ,hotel4 ,so mote it be4 ,september1 #aheh1 we had a very miserable and unwise strike for an advance of wages amongst the colliers in this district1 which extended to a period of sixteen weeks2 adding great deprivations and distress to that already existing through the bad state of trade in the neighbourhood4 ,the stoppage of the usual daily supply of coal to furnaces and mill forges1 c41 became a source of serious inconvenience to the completion of contracts in manufactured iron2 and had not a limited supply of coal been obtained from ,wales and ,leicestershire1 the iron trade would have been suspended also2 fortunately1 this additional evil was averted1 and although we had to pay an increased price for our coals1 yet a sufficient supply was secured to keep the works in motion4 ,the misguided colliers were compelled from sheer want to give in at last1 and resumed their labour at a reduction of one shilling a day in their wages4 ,,the ,,sebastopol ,,guns4 ,to the ,editor of the ,,dudley ,,times ,,and ,,express4 ,,sir1--,your many readers will recollect that 7at ,midsummer1 #aheg7 ,dudley was the scene of much rejoicing and loyal demonstration1 on the event of the ,sebastopol ,guns being drawn into the ,castle ,court ,yard1 amid the din of drums and flourish of trumpets4 ,on that joyous occasion1 loud and lofty promises were made1 and official dignity was pledged to make some decent arrangement for fixing those famous trophies on a suitable basis2 but alas1 ,mr4 ,editor1 the promises of public men are often short lived2 for fifteen eventful months have passed over our heads1 and the famous ,sebastopol guns are still all alone in their dirt and ignominious glory1 silent evidences of broken pledges and lukewarm loyalty1 giving us another proof of the truth of the oft repeated remark1 that ,dudley is always behind her neighbours in everything but a feed4 ,it cannot fail to be grievous to the mind of a ,dudley man to visit either ,lichfield1 ,bridgnorth1 or ,kidderminster1 and see there ,sebastopol guns properly fixed on some prominent locality3 and yet know and feel that the ,dudley guns were doomed to sink into the limestone caverns beneath them1 unless some friendly hand speedily removes them from their present unsightly position4 ,the worthy ,mayors of ,dudley1 sir1 have each in their time of office done something to immortalise their mayorality in the annals of historic lore2 and here we have a charming opportunity for our present high functionary to add his name to the list of past dignitaries1 by inaugurating these ,russian trophies in a manner suited to the condition and importance of the town4 ,it is said that #ej will mount them in a proper manner1 and surely the dignity of that important office will not have been obtained at too high a bidding1 if its possession were acknowledged by such a public act of grace and liberality4 ,their present position cannot but be admitted by all parties to be very different from that entertained for them by ,lord ,panmure at their presentation1 for they now stand as objects of shame and disgrace to the town and inhabitants1 but unless the proper officials of the town are willing to look to such public matters 7pertaining as they do to their tenure of office71 pray1 sir1 who can be expected to take the initiative8 ,trusting that these few remarks may awaken the public attention to this subject1 ,i am1 yours respectfully1 ,,scrutator4 ,dudley1 ,october #eth1 #aheh4 ,died1 ,october #ajth1 #aheh1 ,miss ,badley1 eldest daughter of ,john ,badley1 ,esq41 ,surgeon of this town1 a truly benevolent and kind hearted lady1 aged #df years4 ,died1 ,october #aeth1 #aheh1 ,mr4 ,hartill ,dudley1 ,nail ,master1 ,dudley1 aged #gi years4 ,october #bith1 #aheh1 at the ,court ,leet annual meeting1 held this day1 ,mr4 ,elliott ,hollier1 ,chemist and ,druggist1 was elected ,mayor1 and ,mr4 ,theophilus ,tinsley1 ,nail ,master1 the ,high ,bailiff4 ,this election was the subject of much comment in the town2 inasmuch as the office of ,mayor1 had been annually conferred upon gentlemen1 vegetating amongst the upper phases of our local society4 ,besides this1 the old ,tory exclusiveness had been assailed by the ,liberals on this occasion1 and a townsman had been elected to the important office1 who had got the brains and ability to conduct our public business in the manner which was creditable to the town4 ,the election of poor ,mr4 ,tinsley proved to be a very unfortunate one in the long run4 ,november #hth1 #aheh4 ,died1 ,mrs4 ,alice ,bogle1 ,bookseller1 ,wolverhampton ,street1 widow4 ,mrs4 ,bogle was universally respected for her gentleness and suavity2 she had the distinguished honour of once being elected ,churchwarden for the parish4 ,aged #ec years4 ,,the ,,old ,,town ,,hall ,,and ,,the ,,sebastopol ,,guns4 ,to the ,editor of the ,,dudley ,,times ,,and ,,express4 ,,sir1--,it will be in the recollection of the gentlemen who attended the late ,court ,leet dinner in ,dudley1 that amongst a variety of anticipated improvements and amendments that were required for the social1 moral1 and architectural advancement of our good old town of ,dudley1 that another public effort should be made to get rid of that unneccessary building1 the ,old ,town ,hall4 ,now1 sir1 we have great veneration for the doings of the past1 and believe that our forefathers meant well in all their undertakings2 but when that building was erected more than one hundred years ago1 standing as the head and front of two narrow streets called ,queen street and ,high street1 it necessarily made a finish to that angle of the block of buildings then existing1 known as the ,middle ,row1 and was not an inappropriate object from the ,over ,church4 ,but our grand-dads are gone to their rest1 and peace be with them1 and the times are changed1 also1 sir2 for their scions1 feeling the rapid advance made in trade1 commerce1 civilisation1 and sanitary improvements1 have long since deemed the ,middle ,row an encumberer of the ground1 have demolished its once ancient visage1 and secured to us our fine open ,market ,place 7save the neck end of it7 as a suitable spot in which the people may congregate1 and the trader expose for sale his wares4 ,the noble owner of the ,old ,town ,hall 7,lord ,ward7 would appear to have anticipated long ago the removal of that building1 from the fact that1 with his ,lordship's accustomed liberality1 he erected at his own cost the ,new ,town ,hall1 for ,magisterial and other public purposes required by this important town4 ,surely1 then1 its removal need not now be considered as an act of sacrilege to the feelings of even the oldest inhabitants2 for the ,board of ,guardians will shortly quit its hoary portals for their new and more suitable ,board room at the ,new ,union ,workhouse4 ,irrespective of these reasons1 sir1 its acknowledged nuisance as a public urinal1 its shameful use as a hiding place for juvenile obscenity and adult immorality1 and its general inutility1 demand at the hands of public morality its speedy removal4 ,let1 then1 our newly elected1 energetic ,mayor inaugurate his year of office by instituting some mode of acting by which public opinion may be brought to bear upon this local nuisance2 and whilst the ,old ,town ,hall removal question is brought to the bar of public investigation1 let it not be forgotten that the ,russian guns1 7those emblems of our sanguinary strife with the ,great ,power of the ,north71 are still unmounted1 uncared for1 and left all alone in their fallen glory4 ,the ,russian gun-mountings in neighbouring towns point with the finger of shame to the prolonged lukewarmness with which ,dudley has followed up the lofty demonstrations exhibited when those guns were publicly escorted into the ,castle ,court ,yard1 amid the din of arms and the enthusiastic plaudits of the people4 ,if there is some doubt as to whether these trophies can be publicly mounted in the ,castle grounds1 pray let that doubt be dissipated at once1 by the proper authorities initiating the necessary steps to obtain a subscription1 and then petition the ,lord of the ,manor for permission to mount the guns in a handsome style in the centre of the ,market ,place1 at once an object worthy of the site1 and as a lasting memento of our national sympathy for the oppressed and heroic4 ,were there no sons of ,dudley1 or the neighbourhood1 sir1 who fell gloriously battling for the cause of liberty and the rights of nations in that memorable campaign1 whose names might not with great justice be appropriately handed down to our children's children1 as objects for their especial regard1 and subjects for our local pride and approbation8 ,trusting that these matters may not be allowed to slumber on in their present unsatisfactory condition1 and craving a space amongst your list of correspondents1 ,i am1 your obedient servant1 ,c4 ,f4 ,g4 ,,clark4 ,dudley1 ,nov4 #bdth1 #aheh4 #aheh4 ,the ,new ,town ,hall was built about this time by ,lord ,ward1 to secure the necessary ,magisterial accommodation for the administration of justice for the ,borough1 arising from the demolition of the ,old ,town ,hall1 situate in the ,market ,place4 ,on ,november #ahth1 #ahgj1 the ,corporation bought the ,new ,town ,hall for the sum of #bejj1 and utilised it in such a judicious way as to make the ,police force arrangements most complete4 ,,the ,,mayor begs to apprize his fellow-townsmen that the remains of their formerly much respected ,member1 ,,thomas ,,hawkes1 ,esq41 will be conveyed through the ,town for ,,interment ,,at ,,himley1 on ,,friday ,morning next1 and1 as he thinks it may be desirable that some mark of respect should be shewn towards his memory by the ,,partial ,,closing of their respective ,establishments on the ,morning of that day1 he will be happy to meet those who accord with this desire at the ,,old ,,town ,,hall1 on ,,thursday ,evening next1 at ,,seven o'clock1 to arrange accordingly4 ,signed1 ,e4 ,,hollier1 ,,mayor4 ,dudley1 ,wednesday1 ,december #hth1 #aheh4 ,this request of the ,mayor was very generally observed on this melancholy occasion1 for ,mr4 ,hawkes was very much esteemed by a large circle of friends1 and his early death and many 7both political and commercial7 misfortunes had always awakened great sympathy for him2 for in his early days he had been a large and liberal employer of a lucrative labour in this town in the glass trade4 ,,indian ,,mutiny ,,fund4 ,in compliance with a communication from ,j4 ,,renaud1 ,esq41 ,treasurer1 ,i respectfully invite the attendance of the ,subscribers to the above ,fund at the ,,old ,,town ,,hall1 this ,,tuesday ,evening1 the #bast instant1 at #g o'clock1 to decide upon the appropriation of the ,money left in the ,bank1 in accordance with a resolution of their former meeting4 ,e4 ,,hollier1 ,,mayor4 #haj collected for this fund4 ,dudley1 ,december #bast1 #aheh4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,christmas1 #aheh1 ,,st4 ,,thomas',s ,,church4 ,,parishioners interested in the complete ,,restoration of the ,,parish ,,church are respectfully requested to meet the ,,vicar and ,,wardens on ,,friday next1 at ,twelve o'clock1 in the ,vestry1 in order to ,nominate a ,committee to see the above work properly carried out4 ,j4 ,c4 ,,browne1 ,d4,c4,l41 ,,vicar4 ,w4 ,,wigginton1 ,,churchwardens4 ,w4 ,,millward1 ,died1 ,december #bdth1 #aheh1 ,mr4 ,benjamin ,dudley1 ,silk ,mercer1 ,high ,street4 ,mr4 ,dudley was descended from a very ancient ,dudley family1 and he was very much esteemed for his honourable and strictly conscientious principles4 ,he was a most zealous supporter of the ,church1 and had not a loving liking for the ,romanists4 ,aged #gh years4 ,a very numerously attended public meeting was held on ,december #bith1 #aheh1 under the presidency of ,elliott ,hollier1 ,esq41 ,mayor1 to take into consideration and determine as to the propriety of carrying into effect1 or of memorialising the ,poor ,law ,board to rescind1 an order under their hand and seal of office1 made and published by them1 and dated the #gth day of ,december1 #aheh1 such order applying to and putting in force forthwith within the said ,parish the whole of a certain ,act 7#acth #adth ,victoria1 chapter #eg71 entitled1 ,an ,act to prevent the holding of ,vestry or other meetings in ,churches1 and for regulating the appointment of ,vestry ,clerks1 and under which order the annual salary of the ,vestry ,clerk for the time being has been fixed at #abj1 payable out of the ,poor ,rates4 ,this meeting was very boisterous1 severely censuring the action of the ,poor ,law ,board1 but it was no use1 as the law had to take its unpalatable course4 ,,the ,,dudley ,,new ,,union ,,workhouse4 #ahei4 ,this long wanted and extensive ,poor ,law ,establishment1 was occupied early this year4 ,the cost of the ,new ,union ,house and ,land1 was upwards of #bf1jjj2 which had to be provided for by the four large ,parishes1 ,dudley1 ,sedgley1 ,tipton1 and ,rowley ,regis4 ,the population of these four ,parishes was estimated to be #acj1jjj souls2 and the in-door paupers connected with each ,parish had1 up to this very necessary change1 been confined in four wretched habitations1 called ,poor ,houses1 which were a thorough disgrace to the ,union4 ,the absence of all sanitary provisions and the immorality attending the benighted system of management and control1 became a burning shame1 and a stain upon our then local authorities4 ,this was all happily removed when the old dens were pulled down1 and a modern and more enlightened system of management was inaugurated at the ,new ,union ,workhouse4 ,the ,poor ,rate at that date was two shillings in the pound2 now we have to luxuriate on paying four shillings and sixpence in the pound1 with our rateable assessment value increased upwards of #ej1jjj4 ,blessed are the poor in spirit1 for they shall see the ,workhouse4 ,the ,new ,house was built to contain six hundred inmates1 but it has been enlarged since then1 and now contains seven hundred and sixty-eight souls4 ,mr4 ,thomas ,shorthouse was then the ,clerk to the ,dudley ,union1 and ,mr4 and ,mrs4 ,stillard were elected the first ,master and ,matron in the ,new ,house4 ,,to ,,the ,,independent ,,electors ,,of ,,the ,,eastern ,,division ,,of ,,the ,,county ,,of ,,worcester4 ,,gentlemen1 ,a vacancy having occurred in your ,parliamentary ,representation1 ,i have acceded to the request of many influential friends that ,i would allow myself to be placed in ,nomination4 ,i cannot but share1 as a ,worcestershire man1 the feelings that have been expressed to me on all sides1 that the successor of ,colonel ,rushout ought to be1 not only connected with1 but a resident in the ,county4 ,whatever my private principles may be1 ,i cannot1 under the circumstances of the moment1 resist this appeal4 ,i therefore venture to ask your confidence and your support4 ,to many of you ,i am personally known1 and ,i shall take the earliest opportunity of endeavouring to become acquainted with you all4 ,while my ,political ,principles are ,conservative1 no man can be more sincerely desirous than myself to promote ,progressive ,improvement1 both ,social and ,political2 and as ,i believe these to be the sentiments of the present ,ministry1 ,i should1 as your ,representative1 give to the ,government of ,lord ,derby a general but independent support4 ,i am firmly attached to the ,protestant ,church of ,england1 and anxious for the proper maintenance of her venerable fabrics1 but1 at the same time ,i am opposed to the compulsory exaction of ,church ,rates from those who conscientiously object to them1 and ,i would support this principle in any measure which may be brought forward with the hope of settling this long-disputed question4 ,in the same spirit ,i would be willing to give my support to any measure which1 having for its object the ,improvement of our ,representative system1 will combine a just desire to extend popular rights with due regard to the maintenance of the ,constitution4 ,i also attach great importance to the amendment of our ,laws1 and would promote any well considered attempt to effect that purpose4 ,i shall be ready to avail myself of every occasion to give you that explanation of my opinions upon the leading questions of the day1 to which you are entitled from a ,candidate for your ,suffrages2 and in the meantime ,i confidently anticipate a successful issue to the struggle in which ,i feel myself thus compelled to engage4 ,i have the honor to be1 ,gentlemen1 ,your faithful friend and obedient servant1 ,,john ,,slaney ,,pakington4 ,westwood ,park1 ,droitwich1 ,january #bhth1 #ahei4 ,committee ,room at ,dudley1 ,swan ,hotel4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,to ,,the ,,electors ,,of ,,the ,,eastern ,,division ,,of ,,the ,,county ,,of ,,worcester4 ,,gentlemen1 ,during a most successful canvass1 ,i have so frequently been requested to express my views upon the leading ,topics of the day1 that ,i believe it will be satisfactory to state more fully my opinions1 which it is impossible to do personally to each ,elector of so extensive a ,constituency4 ,i unhesitatingly pledge myself to ,vote for the ,total ,abolition of ,church ,rates1 the only practical solution of this irritating ,question4 ,i attach great importance to the ,amendment of our ,laws1 but do not hesitate to say1 that ,consolidation must precede ,amendment4 ,i am disposed to ,vote for a thorough ,reform in the ,assessment of the ,income ,tax1 believing it to press severely upon ,industry1 and to be unjust in its mode of application4 ,as a friend of ,education1 ,i am most anxious that every facility should be given for its more general advancement1 and most assuredly will vote for the ,repeal of the ,duty on ,paper1 a ,duty most obnoxious1 and the greatest impediment to the diffusion of learning4 ,unshackled by ,party ties1 and entirely independent of any individual influence1 ,i earnestly solicit your ,suffrages1 and though confident of the result of this ,contest1 ,i trust the friends of the ,liberal cause will not relax their exertions4 ,i shall continue my endeavours to become personally acquainted with each of you4 ,i have the honor to remain1 ,your obedient ,servant1 ,,frederick ,h4 ,w4 ,g4 ,,calthorpe4 ,perry ,hall1 ,january #cast1 #ahei4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,east ,,worcestershire ,,election4 ,,mr4 ,,pakington ,,and ,,puseyism4 ,the father of ,joey ,grimaldi1 the famous clown1 was an ,italian1 who bore the name ,delpini and followed the avocation of a dentist1 in ,london1 where it was his lot to reside in #aghj1 the year of ,lord ,george ,gordon's ,no ,popery riots4 ,all foreigners then fell under suspicion as ,papists and cut-throats1 and the harmless tooth-drawer1 when the infuriated mob were firing the dwellings of known or suspected ,romanists on all sides of him1 followed a custom which obtained in those days of terror1 of labelling your house with an inscription signifying either devotion to ,protestantism or hatred of ,popery4 ,so ,delpini chalked upon his door1 in the best ,english he could command1 ,good people all take notice1 dis house is a true ,protestant4 ,mr4 ,pakington hoists the same signal1 and makes proclamation1 ,good people all1 ,electors of ,east ,worcestershire1 take notice1 dis house--videlicet1 the ,pakington house--is a true ,protestant1 and don't believe any insinuations to the contrary4 ,delpini's label1 it is related1 saved his premises from conflagration2 ,mr4 ,pakington's will not1 ,i imagine save him from defeat4 ,i propose to offer a few remarks in illustration of what ,mr4 ,pakington's true ,protestantism means1 and what it has led to in his instance4 ,mr4 ,pakington says1 ,having reason to esteem the excellent private character and charitable exertions of ,mr4 ,liddell1 and consequently disapproving the abuse of which he has been the object1 ,i could not do otherwise than vote against ,mr4 ,westerton's election4 ,i esteem the excellent private character and the charitable exertions of ,mr4 ,pakington for the promotion of education and morality1 but ,i shall certainly do otherwise than vote for him at the coming ,election4 ,the ,pope of ,rome bears an excellent private character1 and is well reputed for charitable exertions4 ,he has also been1 ,i dare say1 improperly and undeservedly abused4 ,recognising all this1 does it furnish any reason why ,i should tender my adhesion to the ,pope1 or any excuse for my adhering to him1 or favouring his religion8 ,mr4 ,westerton was put forward as ,churchwarden by the party in the ,church who were adverse to ,mr4 ,liddell's ,romanising practices4 ,as a candidate he represented the true and wholesome ,protestant element in religion1 as opposed to the representative of the doctrines of ,auricular ,confession and a ,semi-,popish form of worship1 just as ,mr4 ,calthorpe represents the ,liberal element in politics--the principle of progress2 and ,mr4 ,pakington the ,conservative1 or rather the ,tory element--the principle of keeping in office by being the humble servants to command of the ,house of ,commons4 ,the contest between ,mr4 ,westerton and ,mr4 ,davidson was a contest between ,protestantism and the ,romanistic party4 ,it was watched throughout ,great ,britain with the deepest interest1 for it was felt that the result would be to ensure the victory of religious truth1 or give a disastrous triumph to the defiled and adulterated pseudo-,protestantism--the mongrel church1 as the ,hon4 and ,rev4 ,f4 ,baring truly called it--of ,mr4 ,liddell and his backers4 ,at that election the fate of the ,protestant ,church in ,england was weighed in the scales against the false doctrine1 heresy1 and schism of the ,tractarians4 ,most happily for the country1 most fortunately for the interests of mankind1 the good cause preponderated4 ,tractarians kicked the beam1 and all of us felt that a great mercy had been vouchsafed to the afflicted ,church4 ,but no thanks to ,mr4 ,pakington4 ,he flung his weight into the scale along with auricular confession1 crosses1 flowers1 candles1 images1 and other play-things of ,puseyism1 and so far as by his voice he could1 comforted and favoured the partisans of ,romish observance as opposed to the purity and simplicity of ,protestant ,worship4 ,in that day--the day when ,mr4 ,westerton was doing battle for ,protestant interests with spirit and resolution worthy of a martyr--where was ,mr4 ,pakington8 ,every one felt that a great crisis was impending in the history of the ,church1 and never was the ,scriptural adage1 ,he that is not with me is against me1 brought more closely home to ,protestant breasts than at that moment4 ,but where was ,mr4 ,pakington8 ,not merely was he not with us2 he was arrayed openly against us1 and it might have been his vote1 for aught he knew1--for the numerical difference between the candidates was trifling--that would have given a heavy blow and serious discouragement to ,protestantism1 by placing in the ascendent that party in the ,church1 whose sole end and aim is to bring back ,england to the bosom of the ,roman fold1 from which1 as they conceive1 she has ignorantly and perversely strayed4 ,and what is the excuse ,mr4 ,packington offers--for he feels bound to make some apology--for having thus turned his back upon ,protestantism8 ,by alleging ,mr4 ,liddell's excellent private character1 his charitable exertions1 and the abuse of which he has been the object4 ,in the same way any good and charitable and abused individual1 though of ,red ,republican principles1 might obtain ,mr4 ,pakington's vote1 the consideration with him being1 not whether he agrees or differs with a man's principles1 but that a man--to entitle him to support--should be of excellent private character1 and equally distinguished for charitable exertions and immense obloquy4 ,when the vital interests of ,protestantism are at stake1 it is not the time to allow minor considerations to influence the mind and to sacrifice them to the private character of any individual1 however excellent or however improperly abused4 ,when the enemy is in front and the battle joined1 it would be base to slink out of the ranks from consideration for a private friend engaged with the opposite party4 ,the vote for or against ,mr4 ,westerton ,i am disposed to make a touchstone of sincerity1 as regards attachment to ,protestantism1 or the reverse4 ,mr4 ,pakington may write up and call out as much as he pleases1 ,good people all1 take notice dis house is a true ,protestant2 but he must excuse my saying that1 after his vote against ,mr4 ,westerton for the churchwardenship of ,knightsbridge1 ,i can attach no confidence to his professions4 ,true ,protestantism may have his lip-service1 but false ,protestantism1 with its depraved doctrines and soul-sinking mummeries1 had his countenance and his vote4 ,on the other hand1 ,lord ,calthorpe--the father of the ,liberal candidate--has uniformly and signally distinguished himself by his zeal on behalf of evangelical religion1 and his steadfast resistance to the insidious aggressions of the ,tractarian faction4 ,his son--early trained in the same principles--is animated with the same feelings and convictions1 which will produce the same fruit2 and1 when such a man invites my suffrage1 as a candidate for the ,legislature1 ,i cannot doubt--even without regard to politics--that ,i ought unhesitatingly to prefer him to ,mr4 ,pakington1 or ,i feel that ,i should have small claim to subscribe myself ,a ,,protestant4 ,february #dth1 #ahei4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,east ,,worcestershire ,,election6 ,mr4 ,,calthorpe has much pleasure in tendering his best thanks to the ,electors of ,dudley for their very decided and flattering support4 ,he regrets the impossibility of personally canvassing all the ,electors1 and respectfully invites them to meet him at the ,,lancasterian ,,school ,,room1 ,,dudley1 on ,,monday ,evening next1 the #gth day of ,february1 at seven o'clock4 ,mr4 ,calthorpe's ,committee ,room1 ,old ,bush ,inn1 #eth ,february1 #ahei4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,east ,,worcestershire ,,election4 ,,brother ,,electors1 ,mr4 ,,pakington asks who is ,mr4 ,,calthorpe1 and how dare he presume to intrude himself upon the ,electors of ,east ,worcestershire8 ,i would reply by asking what claims of pre-eminence ,mr4 ,,pakington possesses in thus questioning your right to select for yourselves that person you consider most fitted to represent you1 and upon what ground does he base his expectations of obtaining your support8 ,certainly not upon the exhibition he made at the ,lancasterian ,school on ,monday ,evening1 when he either had no principles to explain1 or they were so antiquated that he lacked the power or ability to make them understandable to his audience6 ,can it be upon his desire to dole out to you the very smallest modicum of ,reform which may be possible1 or that you must be pleased to wait a little longer1 until you are more capable of appreciating it8 ,i am quite willing to give ,mr4 ,,pakington all the credit he so eloquently pleaded for on ,monday ,evening1 to which his efforts on behalf of education fairly entitle him2 but ,i cannot understand how it is that he should deny to the people a fair participation in those rights and privileges which that education so properly qualifies them to exercise4 ,is it that he would continue that animosity and those heart-burnings which the exaction of ,church ,rates has so long occasioned1 or does he still desire the dominance of an ,ecclesiastical authority which1 since the reformation1 the ,protestant spirit of the people of ,england has declared shall not exist in this country8 ,does he think that you will support him on account of the resistance of himself and his party to the establishment of those great commercial principles which have tended so largely to develop the prosperity of this ,country1 and so materially to increase your own happiness and comforts8 ,how dare ,mr4 ,,pakington sneer at ,staffordshire men representing you1 when all so well recollect the insidious attempt of ,sir ,john to transfer you to that ,county1 and which1 had not your timely and generally expressed indignation prevented1 ,mr4 ,,pakington would not now have had the honour of soliciting your suffrages2 ,mr4 ,,calthorpe is a progressive1 consistent ,liberal--one whose principles are adapted to the spirit of the times in which we live2 he comes fairly before this great ,county constituency with stated opinions1 and soliciting from it a ,seat in ,parliament4 ,he does not attempt to get there by the exercise of an influence ,mr4 ,,pakington so magniloquently talked about1 and which we all know is so kindly exercised in a ,borough with which he is connected4 ,is it not that ,mr4 ,,junior ,,pakington is put forth as a feeler against the time when1 very probably1 that ,borough may find itself in ,schedule ,a of a ,new ,reform ,bill1 and your votes may then be asked for a ,senior member of the family8 ,i will venture to answer that as ,free and ,independent ,electors of ,east ,worcestershire you will not thus be dictated to1 but will return ,mr4 ,,calthorpe ,,triumphantly ,,at ,,the ,,head ,,of ,,the ,,poll6 ,i am1 ,yours respectfully1 ,a ,,freeholder4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,electors ,,beware ,,of ,,tory ,,tricks6 ,,mr4 ,,calthorpe is against opening the ,crystal ,palace1 ,theatres1 and such other ,places of ,amusement on ,sunday4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,east ,,worcestershire ,,election4 ,,to ,,the ,,electors ,,and ,,non-,,electors ,,of ,,east ,,worcester4 ,,gentlemen1 ,i regret that the friends of ,mr4 ,pakington have thought it to their interest to resort to open misrepresentation1 and in the vain hope of injuring me in your good opinion are industriously circulating a report that ,i am in favor of opening the ,crystal ,palace and ,theatres on ,sunday4 ,this is wholly untrue4 ,i never made or approved of such a statement4 ,i am not in favor of opening the ,crystal ,palace1 or ,theatres1 or any such places of ,amusement on ,sunday4 ,i am ,gentlemen1 ,your faithful ,servant1 ,,frederick ,h4 ,w4 ,g4 ,,calthorpe4 ,central ,committee ,room1 ,february #aath1 #ahei4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,mr4 ,,pakington',s ,,last4 ,nothing extenuate1 nor ,aught set down in malice4--,shakespeare4 ,brother ,electors and ,friends of the eastern division of the county of ,worcester1 my kind friend ,lord ,ingestre could not do me a greater kindness than that which he has now done me1 namely1 that of addressing you in his usual eloquent1 terse1 and pointed style1 to introduce to you my humble self1 the present candidate on the ,conservative interest1 and of expressing as he has so forcibly done the political views which ,i entertain in common with him4 ,i am engaged1 gentlemen1 as you are all of you well aware1 in a most vigorous1 a most determined1 and1 from what ,i hear on all sides of the county1 anything but a desperate contest4 ,i am carrying it through with vigour1 and ,i will win if ,i can4 ,gentlemen1 as you must be well aware1 labour of all kinds1 whether of the body or the mind1 involves considerable fatigue4 ,that is the case in regard to every kind of labour1 but when you find a crisis like the present at a time when from accidental circumstances ,i had to undergo on other grounds and for other purposes a most severe week of mental labour1 and when at the end of that week ,i had to commence this battle1 which1 from certain reasons to which ,i will not now further allude1 required in my particular instance a tremendously oppressive amount of energy and exertion both of body and of mind1 under these circumstances it is a great kindness on the part of my friend ,lord ,ingestre that he should take one half my duties himself1 in stating as he has done what are my personal qualifications and my political views4 ,you all know what my father's political views are1 and if you want to know mine1 gentlemen1 they are contained in my address1 which has been circulated throughout the county4 ,but ,i tell you that1 important as ,i consider political matters to be1 at this present crisis and in this present battle1 politics with me are as nothing4 ,i1 however1 know all electioneering dodges very well2 ,i know where ,i am and whom ,i am now addressing2 ,i am going to win4 ,but politics1 as ,i said1 are now second with me4 ,i am not fighting a political battle so much as one of high-minded independence as a ,worcestershire country gentleman4 ,god forbid that ,i should boast of anything like an ancient family4 ,the ,pakington family have been for three hundred years residing near here1 and in the very centre of the county4 ,they have been ,worcestershire people to the backbone4 ,i am now residing near ,worcester1 where ,i am endeavouring to do my duty in that station of life to which ,i am called4 ,i am trying in various ways to exert around me that kind of homely influence which kind and homely thoughts and actions will always produce by whomsoever exercised4 ,i1 for my own part1 have no ambition for ,parliamentary life4 ,if ,i wanted a seat in ,parliament for its own sake ,i know where to get one4 ,i have been asked over and over again1 by gentlemen of the highest influence1 to stand for this or that place1 to go here and to go there1 in different parts of the country1 and have been regarded as a likely candidate for a seat in ,parliament4 ,but ,i have said ,no1 ,i don't want to be a ,parliament man1 ,i have no desire to go to ,parliament myself1 but if ever ,i represent a place it shall be1 not a town in the north or south of ,england1 but some town or division of a county that has some claim upon me1 and where ,i have as a country gentleman some kindly feeling entertained towards me and my family4 ,these1 gentlemen1 are my private feelings4 ,you will see that in the address ,i have published ,i have made use of the expression ,whatever my private preferences may be4 ,these are the circumstances to which ,i allude4 ,but now ,i am ready to state briefly what are my principles4 ,i need hardly repeat that ,i am a true ,conservative1 because ,i believe true ,conservatism to consist in aiding social progress and the reparation1 when necessary1 of those institutions of our country to which ,england owes its present greatness4 ,as your representative1 it will be my duty to support that ,government which is to give the greatest stability to the nation at large1 and the greatest amount of happiness to the community4 ,so far as ,i am able to judge1 the ,government of ,lord ,derby fulfils these requirements1 and ,i believe they will not waver4 ,i am fighting in three different capacities4 ,firstly1 as the son of a ,worcestershire man1 ,i won't have two ,staffordshire members2 secondly1 ,i am a ,conservative1 not one of the stiff old ,tories of the old school4 ,i am a ,conservative of the present day1 of this very hour4 ,i am unpledged by any past political measures4 ,as a ,conservative and as a politician ,i should object to having another gentleman of strong ,liberal opinions to represent the agriculturists of the ,eastern ,division of the county of ,worcester1 the majority of whom are1 ,i believe1 eminently ,conservative4 ,i must1 therefore1 as a ,conservative1 strongly object to ,mr4 ,calthorpe4 ,thirdly1 ,i object to ,mr4 ,calthorpe1 and this is my strongest point of all1 casting aside politics1 that which is the strongest objection ,i feel1 and which is now the key to my actions1 is that ,i am an independent man1 and ,i will not see my county represented by a comparative stranger without offering my services to the electors4 ,that is the keystone to my movements4 ,i know whom ,i have got to deal with4 ,i know where ,mr4 ,calthorpe comes from4 ,it is a matter to me of no consequence who wrote the letter requesting him to come forward as a ,candidate1 but ,i know his supporters right and left1 every one of them4 ,gentlemen1 ,i object to ,mr4 ,calthorpe coming here4 ,he may be a ,staffordshire man1 or a ,warwickshire man1 but he certainly is not ,worcestershire4 ,his father1 ,lord ,calthorpe1 is a man whom all persons must respect and justly respect4 ,he is a friend of my own father1 and ,i know him well4 ,mr4 ,calthorpe himself was a school-fellow of mine1 but1 as he tells you himself1 he has since been almost round the globe1 and ,i have not seen so much of him as ,i could have wished4 ,i like him personally very much1 but he appears to have picked up some very funny notions4 ,the last time that ,i spoke to him he was an out-an-out no end of a hog man1 and no mistake about it2 but he was then just about starting for ,timbuctoo1 ,china1 or some other distant place1 and ,i have not seen him since4 7,laughter74 ,his property is just of that kind that might occasion a mistake4 ,it is situate near the confines of ,worcestershire4 ,the bulk of it is away from this county1 and neither ,lord ,calthorpe nor his son have1 ,i verily believe1 so much land in the county as you can stick your hat on4 7,renewed laughter74 ,where does he date his address from8 ,perry ,hall4 ,where is ,perry ,hall8 7,a voice1 ,it is a garden down at the bottom of the town1 and great laughter74 ,i am very glad to hear it1 and if the hon4 gentleman who gave me the information can tell me of his own knowledge that ,mr4 ,calthorpe was there when he wrote his address1 my argument is at an end4 ,we know where ,westwood ,park is1 and we know where ,witley ,court is1 but where is ,perry ,hall8 7,a voice1 ,it is ,mr4 ,calthorpe's villa47 ,but1 gentlemen1 ,mr4 ,calthorpe's first address is a puff of smoke2 it's a blind1 and he finds it is so4 7,a voice1 ,not he47 ,he does4 ,why does he not attend public meetings8 7,a voice1 ,he's a-coming47 ,let him come2 ,i am ready to meet him anywhere he pleases4 ,i say that ,mr4 ,calthorpe's first address is a sham2 that he finds it so himself1 and therefore he is obliged to publish a second1 which ,i now hold in my hand4 7,a voice1 ,there's a third coming out47 ,i am glad to hear it2 let it come4 7,great confusion47 ,as ,i was saying1 ,mr4 ,calthorpe's address is all moonshine4 ,his friends got frightened2 the views he expressed were not satisfactory1 and therefore he has published another1 stating stronger views4 ,i am a man of business1 and when ,i write my views in one letter ,i don't write a second1 still less a third for that purpose4 ,my occupation now as a candidate is a matter of business1 and ,i am not going to write a second address2 ,i don't need it4 ,here 7pointing to his first address7 are my views1 my opinions1 and all about myself2 ,i don't require a second address4 ,as ,i said1 ,i don't enter now on political differences at all but there is one question to which ,i must allude4 ,as ,i have told you1 ,i am playing a deep game2 and with me it is a determined one4 ,those who know me privately1 and ,i am surrounded by kind friends1 know that when ,i make up my mind as ,i have done in this contest1 ,i carry my object through if possible1 so ,i am going on determined to fight this battle4 ,i am fighting a good fight1 and when a move is made in this game of political chess between me and my adversary1 be he who he may1 ,i will meet it if ,i can by a good move of my own4 ,mr4 ,pakington then referred to the following attack upon him in the ,morning ,advertiser3--,mr4 ,pakington1 his 7,mr4 ,calthorpe's7 opponent1 is1 on the contrary1 a bigoted ,puseyite1 and one of the most prominent partisans of the ,hon4 and ,rev4 ,mr4 ,liddell1 in the parish of ,knightsbridge4 ,on which ,mr4 ,pakington1 among other things1 said--,i wish to explain that ,i merely resided in that parish1 subscribing to the schools and attending divine service at the church2 but having now ceased to reside there1 ,i have nothing further to do with it1 and ,i indignantly deny the charge made4 ,he concluded by saying--,i see that some of you are getting a little fatigued1 and ,i am tired myself4 ,i am very glad to have had this opportunity of meeting you1 and ,i hope to do so many more times4 ,we cannot do so too often4 ,as ,i said before1 ,i will come again if ,i am wanted2 but ,i have duties of a like kind elsewhere1 for which duties ,i now go to prepare4 ,i am very much obliged to you for your kind reception4 ,note1--,the ,printer's ,devil has exhausted his stock of ,i's4 ,,query--,why is ,mr4 ,,pakington like a ,peacock8--,because his tale is full of ,i's4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,east ,,worcestershire ,,election4 ,,to ,,the ,,electors ,,and ,,non-,,electors ,,of ,,the ,,eastern ,,division ,,of ,,the ,,county ,,of ,,worcester4 ,,gentlemen1 ,the friends of ,mr4 ,pakington having failed to injure ,mr4 ,calthorpe1 by the false statement that he is the ,nominee of ,lord ,ward1 have resorted to another falsehood which has led to the following correspondence4 ,,east ,,worcestershire ,,election4 ,teddesley1 ,february #acth1 #ahei4 ,,my ,,dear ,,ingestre-- ,i take the liberty1 to which ,i am sure you will not object1 to publish my letter to you1 and your answer4 ,i remain yours sincerely1 ,,hatherton4 ,the ,viscount ,ingestre1 ,m4,p41 c4 99 99 99 99 99 ,teddesley1 ,february #aath1 #ahei4 ,,my ,,dear ,,ingestre-- ,my attention has been called to a paragraph in the ,daily ,news to the following effect3-- ',lord ,ingestre1 and ,mr4 ,lygon1 and ,mr4 ,dowdeswell1 formerly ,m4,p4 for ,tewkesbury1 addressed an assembly of farmers from a window opposite the ,corn ,exchange1 ,worcester1 on ,saturday afternoon4 ,in the course of ,lord ,ingestre's observations1 he said the idea of bringing forward ,mr4 ,calthorpe as a representative for the ,eastern ,division of ,worcestershire was hatched by ,lord ,hatherton1 at his seat at ,teddesley1 and then communicated to ,lord ,ward1 who gave a ready acquiescence to the suggestion4' ,what purely accidental conversation ,i may have had with ,lord ,ward about ,east ,worcestershire ,election1 at a visit he paid here--just after ,lord ,northwick's death--in pursuance of an engagement made a fortnight before1 it is unnecessary for me to relate4 ,but the statement that 'the idea of bringing forward ,mr4 ,calthorpe as a representative of ,east ,worcestershire was hatched by me at this place1' or anywhere else1 is without a shadow of foundation4 ,i never was consulted or likely to be about the choice of a candidate3 and except one letter from a customary correspondent conveying to me the information that ,mr4 ,calthorpe's friends had resolved to bring him forward1 of which ,i then heard for the first time1 ,i never had with any one any kind of communication respecting his election4 ,i am sure that after this statement1 you will pardon my enquiry whether you have been correctly reported in the above paragraph--and if so--on what authority you have made such a statement8 ,i remain yours sincerely1 ,,hatherton4 ,the ,viscount ,ingestre1 ,m4,p4 99 99 99 99 99 ,ingestre1 ,stafford1 ,february #abth1 #ahei4 ,,dear ,,lord ,,hatherton1 ,the report of what ,i said at ,worcester is substantially correct with this exception3-- ,what ,i said was 'the scheme was hatched at ,lord ,hatherton's1 at ,teddesley1' c4 ,not by ,lord ,hatherton4 ,you ask me on what ground ,i made that statement4 ,i reply1 ,i knew ,lord ,ward had been at ,teddesley1 ,i believed that ,mr4 ,calthorpe met him there1 and knowing the interest you take in political matters as evinced during the last ,stafford election1 ,i thought it probable that the idea of starting ,mr4 ,calthorpe for ,east ,worcestershire was hatched at your house4 ,if ,i have made any mis-statement in this matter1 ,i much regret it1 but ,i believe the probabilities were sufficient to bear me out in the assertion that ,i made at ,worcester4 ,believe me1 dear ,lord ,hatherton1 sincerely yours1 ,,ingestre4 ,the reply of ,lord ,ingestre reduced to plain language1 says a writer in the ,daily ,post1 amounts to this1 ,i knew that ,lord ,ward had been at ,teddesley1 therefore ,i imagined the rest1 and what were suspicions only ,i affirmed as facts4 ,notwithstanding ,mr4 ,calthorpe's repeated denial of his ever having expressed a wish that ,theatres1 the ,crystal ,palace1 and such like places of amusement should be opened on ,sundays1 ,mr4 ,pakington's friends have repeated the calumny1--,mr4 ,calthorpe's ,central ,committee beg to inform the ,electors of the ,public ,meeting held at ,stourbridge1 on ,monday last1 that ,mr4 ,calthorpe not only contradicted this false and calumnious statement1 but emphatically declared that he is ,,opposed to the opening of ,places of ,amusement of any kind on ,sundays4 ,central ,committee ,rooms1 ,stourbridge1 ,february #aeth1 #ahei4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,east ,,worcestershire ,,election6 ,,the ,,income ,,tax6 ,at ,,pershore1 on ,monday last 7see ,times report71 ,mr4 ,,calthorpe stated1 that he would not pledge himself to vote for a repeal of the ,,income ,,tax6 ,after this1 what do you think of the would-be ,liberal ,candidate8 ,is ,liberal or ,illiberal the proper term for such a ,candidate8 ,think1 and judge for yourselves6 ,,down ,,with ,,the ,,income ,,tax6 99 99 99 99 99 ,,east ,,worcestershire ,,election4 ,mr4 ,,calthorpe',s ,,committee earnestly request all their friends to refrain from any allusion1 much less retort1 to the scandalous and malicious production issued by the other side4 ,the party who can thus1 for electioneering purposes1 malign and insult their neighbours and fellow-townsmen1 and what is infinitely worse1 their townsmen's wives and daughters1 may be safely left to the contempt of all right-minded men of all parties1 which cannot fail to be their natural reward4 ,mr4 ,calthorpe's ,committee ,room1 ,old ,bush ,inn1 ,dudley1 #agth ,february1 #ahei4 ,,east ,,worcestershire ,,election4 ,february #bbnd1 #ahei4 ,this was considered to be the most severe contest1 for a single seat1 which had ever taken place in this division of the county4 ,there had not been a contest at all during the last #bb years in this division2 and it had become a matter of doubtful speculation as to which party1 ,tory or ,liberal1 could carry the day4 ,the ,tories had from almost time immemorial held possession of ,worcestershire1 both ,east and ,west1 and it required a stout heart and a willing hand to engage in this political strife4 ,the new coming ,reform ,bill was selected as the battle ground for the ,liberals1 and the ,tories stuck to their old traditions1 and relied upon their usual coercion1 and their alleged doings for the county in the past4 ,so far as ,dudley was concerned1 we had to fight under manifold and peculiar conditions1 for the head and front of the old ,tory party had but recently forsaken their old love and gone over into the camp of the rabble herd1 to help the ,radicals in the two last ,borough ,elections to defeat the hated and intolerable territorial influence2 so that the county electors in ,dudley1 both ,liberals and ,tories1 were all sailing in the same boat against the ,tory county influence4 ,men had to decide upon voting for the pocket or the conscience2 and singular indeed was this mixed medley of ,tories1 ,liberals1 ,conservatives1 old ,whigs1 hot-heated ,radicals1 and seditious ,chartists1 hurrying with bated breath to the same ,poll4 ,there was much satisfaction felt on this occasion that we had two highly respectable gentlemen as our candidates2 the ,honourable ,f4 ,h4 ,w4 ,g4 ,calthorpe coming forward as the ,liberal candidate1 whilst the ,tory interest was endorsed by the candidature of ,mr4 ,john ,slaney ,pakington1 son of ,sir ,john ,pakington1 a ,worcestershire man4 ,the freeholders in ,dudley were placed on the horns of a dilemma1 by the fact that the ,tory1 or ,badger party as it was called1 on this occasion adhered to the traditions of their party1 although at two recent ,borough elections they had renounced their political opinions1 and joined hand and glove with ,mr4 ,sheridan1 and the ,radicals and ,chartists4 ,the ,liberals1 the ,whigs1 and the ,liberal ,conservatives1 energetically espoused the cause of ,mr4 ,calthorpe1 and were successful1 with the county1 in placing him at the head of the poll by a majority of #cba votes4 ,as to the fitness and mental qualifications of the two candidates1 there could not be one moment's doubt of the superiority of the ,liberal candidate's claims upon the electors1 for ,mr4 ,calthorpe was a clear-headed business man1 whereas ,mr4 ,pakington was a young1 docile gentleman1 little acquainted with the rough usages of political life1 and was feared to be a mere passive instrument in the hands of an unscrupulous political faction2 and what made matters worse for his success1 was his utter inability to talk and deliver himself of the political opinions he was credited to possess4 ,on ,february #bbnd1 #ahei1 this election came off1 with the following results at all the polling places3-- ,,calthorpe4 ,,pakington4 ,dudley #cdc #agf ,stourbridge #eec #bdd ,halesowen #cbf #aca ,kings ,norton #cbi #bhi ,bromsgrove #bdh #bbh ,droitwich #afc #bbj ,evesham #aah #bea ,pershore #acg #caj ,shipton #fg #aad ---- ---- #bbhd #aifc ---- ---- ,majority for ,mr4 ,calthorpe1 ,liberal1 #cba4 ,this was considered a great victory against the then ,tory ,government and the ,lygon interest1 which had always ruled this division of the county4 ,there was more political fun1 chaffing1 and coat turning on this occasion than had ever occurred in this ,borough since the excitable days of the first ,reform ,bill1 and the plentiful crop of political squibs plainly shewed that both parties were made sensibly alive to the importance of the contest4 ,we had the straightforward ,saxon practice of open voting in those days1 so that it was well-known to what political opinion a voter gave his allegiance4 ,,to ,,the ,,electors ,,of ,,the ,,eastern ,,division ,,of ,,worcestershire4 ,,gentlemen1 ,after so severe and protracted a contest1 allow me to congratulate you on the great and glorious triumph you have obtained for the ,liberal cause4 ,the victory is yours4 ,i am the representative of it4 ,i feel deeply the proud position in which you have placed me1 and ,i hope to prove my gratitude by a zealous attention to your interests and by a faithful service in that cause which you have sent me to the ,house of ,commons to maintain4 ,i would fain hope that many of those who have in this contest been opposed to me1 will on future occasions be numbered among my friends1 and ,i trust that now the battle is over1 all unpleasant feeling may cease4 ,gentlemen1 ,i remain1 with heartfelt thanks1 ,your obedient ,servant1 ,,frederick ,h4 ,w4 ,g4 ,,calthorpe4 ,central ,committee ,rooms1 ,stourbridge1 ,february #bcrd1 #ahei4 ,the vote on the ,new ,reform ,bill having caused a dissolution1 the following addresses were issued3-- ,,to ,,the ,,electors ,,of ,,the ,,eastern ,,division ,,of ,,the ,,county ,,of ,,worcester4 ,,gentlemen1 ,six weeks have not elapsed since you did me the honour to elect me as one of your ,representatives4 ,grateful for the favour conferred1 ,i am again a ,candidate for your suffrages4 ,the ,government has announced a dissolution on the question of ,reform1 and in my opinion they were quite right1 first1 in accepting the vote of ,thursday1 ,march #cast1 as a vote of want of confidence1 and secondly1 in referring the question of ,reform to the ,constituencies and to public opinion at large4 ,i feel confident the result will be a good and durable measure of ,reform1 calculated to satisfy those classes who are as yet unrepresented1 and to allay those feelings of discontent excited by the feeble1 unjust1 and insufficient ,reform ,bill recently introduced by the ,government4 ,during the brief period ,i have been your ,representative1 ,i have neglected no opportunity of recording my vote in favour of the principles you sent me to ,parliament to maintain1 and which ,i shall ever feel it my duty to support4 ,i have1 ,i believe invariably agreed with my colleague1 and ,i trust that all those who intend to record their votes in my favour1 will extend to him the same support and influence4 ,i hope that ,i have proved attentive to your interests1 and have shewn every courtesy to those of my constituents who have done me the honour to correspond with me4 ,i am1 ,gentlemen1 ,your faithful and obedient ,servant1 ,,frederick ,h4 ,w4 ,g4 ,,calthorpe4 #cc1 ,grosvenor ,square1 ,london1 ,april #gth1 #ahei4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,to ,,the ,,electors ,,of ,,the ,,eastern ,,division ,,of ,,the ,,county ,,of ,,worcester4 ,,gentlemen1 ,a dissolution of ,parliament having been announced1 ,i beg to declare my intention of offering myself as a ,candidate for the honour of being one of your representatives for the fourth time4 ,i trust that you have found me acting consistently with the principles of civil and religious liberty1 which ,i have always professed1 and ,i hope that my earnest endeavours to be attentive to your interests may have met with your approval4 ,i am well aware of the great inconvenience1 and interruption to business1 caused by frequent dissolutions of ,parliament1 and ,i would gladly have supported any moderate measure of progressive ,reform1 brought forward by ,lord ,derby's ,government1 rather than have incurred such a result1 could ,i have done so without depriving a number of my ,constituents of their ancient right of voting1 which the bill introduced would have unjustly taken from them4 ,on referring to the ,division ,lists1 ,i am happy to see that my ,colleague1 and ,i1 have on all occasions supported the same measures1 so that the votes of your ,members are no longer neutralised by being given in opposition to each other2 under these circumstances1 may ,i venture to hope that all those who do me the honour of supporting me1 and to whom ,i may have been longer known1 will kindly extend the same to my friend1 ,mr4 ,calthorpe4 ,i have the honour to remain1 ,gentlemen1 ,your faithful and obliged ,servant1 ,j4 ,h4 ,,hodgetts ,,foley4 ,prestwood1 ,april1 #ahei4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,ratepayers are respectfully requested to attend early to-morrow 7,friday7 and record their ,votes for ,mr4 ,,maurice4 ,,dudley ,,vestry ,,clerkship4 ,close of the first day's ,poll3-- ,for ,mr4 ,maurice #ace ,for ,mr4 ,brooke #gc ,for ,mr4 ,dingley #ci ,for ,mr4 ,coulton #ag ,majority for ,mr4 ,maurice over the highest ,candidate1 #fb4 ,majority for ,mr4 ,maurice over ,,all the #c ,candidates1 #g4 ,april #aeth1 #ahei4 ,march1 #ahei4 ,the new ,reform ,bill1 introduced by the ,conservative ,government1--,earl ,derby's--was discussed for eight nights in the ,house of ,commons1 and defeated by a large majority1 which caused the ,tories to dissolve ,parliament1 and appeal to the electors4 ,singular ,winter4 ,march #bith1 #ahei4 ,a heavy fall of snow took place this day and night1 it being the first snow we had had during all the winter1 #aheh-i4 ,,to ,,the ,,right ,,honourable ,,charles ,,stanley ,,monck1 ,,viscount ,,monck4 ,,my ,,lord1 ,we1 the undersigned1 ,electors of the ,borough of ,dudley1 respectfully invite your ,lordship to become a ,candidate for the ,representation of the ,borough1 at the next vacancy1 and pledge ourselves to use every legitimate means to secure your return4 ,we have the honour to be1 ,my ,lord1 ,your ,lordship's obedient ,servants1 ,george ,stevenson ,hy4 ,p4 ,skidmore ,a4 ,b4 ,cochrane ,edwd4 ,bowen ,robert ,houghton ,j4 ,e4 ,swindell ,thomas ,morris ,j4 ,h4 ,smith ,john ,williscroft ,thomas ,stevenson ,j4 ,f4 ,watkins ,chas4 ,russell ,john ,finch ,john ,whitehouse ,james ,cartwright ,c4 ,f4 ,g4 ,clark ,chas4 ,e4 ,swindell ,frank ,evers ,w4 ,h4 ,brooke ,fras4 ,sanders ,john ,cochrane ,sam4 ,c4 ,davison1 ,b4,a4 ,thomas ,oakes ,edward ,wood ,w4 ,c4 ,wood ,geo4 ,thompson ,solomon ,woodall ,danl4 ,jordan ,thomas ,roberts ,henry ,cartwright ,joseph ,russell ,samuel ,golding ,david ,round ,william ,cooper ,saml4 ,woodall ,solomon ,higgs ,david ,pearson ,james ,griffiths ,william ,coley ,jos4 ,griffiths ,jos4 ,willetts ,abner ,smith ,matthew ,troman ,james ,smart ,joseph ,brownhill ,william ,stagg ,benjn4 ,horton ,charles ,hill ,john ,dawson ,thomas ,sheppard ,henry ,wood ,david ,lloyd ,john ,meese ,joseph ,pitt ,john ,smithyman ,henry ,skidmore ,james ,miles ,joseph ,rowley ,charles ,stamps ,charles ,nicholls ,robert ,matthews ,ferdinando ,rollason ,john ,dutton ,phillips ,joseph ,hingley ,john ,hingley ,thomas ,round c41 c4 ,march #cjth1 #ahei4 ,,borough ,,election4 ,april1 #ahei4 ,no sooner had our political elements settled down1 after the severe county contest of the preceding ,february1 but we were called into agitation again by the sudden dissolution of the ,conservative ,parliament1 and ,dudley was taxed to its utmost to so trim its political sails1 and put square men into round holes1 in order that its former political triumphs might not have been won in vain4 ,mr4 ,h4 ,b4 ,sheridan1 the sitting member1 sought re-election again1 backed by the ,radicals and ,chartists1 and supplemented by a contingent of sturdy old ,tories1 who felt they had not a shadow of a chance of carrying a man of their own liking2 so they determined to keep alive the resentment against the influence which had so recently assailed their cherished dignities1 and swept from under their feet all the political power their party was ever again destined to weald1 both in the ,borough of ,dudley and ,county of ,worcester4 ,these offended old townsmen convened a sort of meeting at the ,hotel1 which was designated a meeting of ,conservative electors1 and after some tall talk1 with closed doors1 it was decided to throw their ,tory interest into the ,radical ,camp1 and support the sitting member1 ,mr4 ,sheridan2 for their political chief publicly asserted his determination to vote for hog1 dog1 or devil1 in order to spite ,lord ,ward4 ,nothing could have ended more suicidically than this repetition to thwart the castle influence4 ,they must have known that as a political party they were impotent2 for the recent county election unmistakeably pronounced ,dudley to be ,liberal2 and the ,tory interest1 with ,lord ,ward at its back1 could not turn the tide of ,liberalism in the ,borough1 so that again to support a trimming1 wary candidate1 who first came amongst us as a ,conservative1 and now declared himself to be an ,independent candidate1 sitting below the gangway in the ,house1 was to entirely abrogate their long-life cherished ,tory opinions and support ,mr4 ,sheridan1 because they could not bring forward a candidate of their own choice4 ,whilst these manuvres were in hand1 the ,liberal party were in negotiation with the ,reform ,club in ,london to send us down a candidate1 and the ,honourable ,viscount ,monck1 an ,irish gentleman of good family and undoubted administrative qualifications1 came down to the ,bush ,hotel1 and after a lengthened interview1 he was selected to be run against the ,radical-,tory party as a ,liberal-,conservative4 ,a perusal of the ,requisition to ,lord ,monck and the names of those who formed his committee1 shews that the thinking portion of the electors were desirous1 if possible1 of removing a political stigma from the ,borough1 and throwing over that dubious incubus which had sat too long upon purity of motive and action1 which ,dudley electors had ever been wont to endorse4 ,mr4 ,sheridan complained that he had all along one lord to fight against1 and now he had two lords in the field2 that the charges alleged against him in the ,albert1 ,european1 and other shady speculations1 were matters of mere business1 and did not concern the electors of ,dudley1 and that his promises at the last election had been literally fulfilled4 ,lord ,monck1 on the other hand1 came amongst us as a stranger1 not only to our locality1 but he had also enjoyed a seat in the last ,parliament where his votes were recorded4 ,great efforts were made on this occasion to defeat the old member1 ,mr4 ,sheridan1 and the narrow majority of #ga votes1 aided by all the ,tory influence that could be brought to bear in his support1 clearly showed that if the ,badger element had not been severely pressed into the cause ,lord ,monck would have been elected4 ,,to ,,the ,,electors ,,of ,,the ,,borough ,,of ,,dudley4 ,,gentlemen1 ,her ,majesty's ,ministers have announced an immediate dissolution of ,parliament1 and the duty of choosing a ,representative in the ,house of ,commons has therefore devolved upon you4 ,encouraged by the very flattering requisition ,i have received from an influential portion of your body1 ,i venture to solicit your suffrages at the approaching election4 ,having sat in the ,house of ,commons during the entire of the last ,parliament1 my opinions on most of the questions of the day stand recorded in the votes4 ,during the last thirty years great improvements have been effected in reference to our ,parliamentary ,franchises1 our ,municipal ,institutions1 and our commercial and fiscal condition4 ,i have been long connected both by official and personal ties with those who1 for the greater part of the period referred to1 have been the leaders of the great ,liberal party by whose exertions these changes have been effected4 ,the principles by which they have been dictated1 ,i desire to see extended in their application4 ,the question upon which the country will have to decide at the approaching election is that of ,parliamentary ,reform4 ,i am in favour of a bona-fide extension of the ,franchise1 both in ,counties and ,boroughs1 which would1 by a lowering of the present qualification for the suffrage1 admit within the pale of the ,constitution an adequate representation of the labouring classes2 and ,i desire to see a portion of their present representation transferred from the smaller and less important ,constituencies1 to those larger communities which the growth of trade and wealth has produced4 ,i am opposed to the proposition for taking ,votes at ,elections for ,members of ,parliament by ,ballot1 because ,i think under its operation corruption could not be detected1 and ,i do not wish to destroy the influence of the ,non-,electors1 which would be the case under a system of secret voting4 ,in reference to ,taxation1 ,i am desirous of taking off1 as the necessities of the ,state will permit1 all those taxes which press upon trade1 or impede the springs of industry1 and ,i desire to see judicious economy and retrenchment carried into every branch of the public service4 ,i consider the ,income ,tax in its present form presses unjustly upon incomes derived from trade and industry4 ,i have always in ,parliament voted for the abolition of ,church ,rates1 because1 as a member of the ,church of ,england1 ,i think the pecuniary gain to the ,establishment is not a compensation for the ill will and odium which the enforcement of the claim produces4 ,i am in favour of the most complete freedom of trade1 and have always voted for every measure which tended in that direction4 ,i desire to see ,government aid to ,education extended to all classes of my fellow subjects1 without distinction of sect1 or creed4 ,should ,i have the honour of becoming your ,representative1 the local interests of your important ,borough shall always command my best attention4 ,i hope before the ,election to have the pleasure of calling upon each of you1 and shall be happy to explain my opinions more in detail4 ,i have the honour to be1 gentlemen1 ,your most obedient ,servant1 ,,monck4 ,bush ,inn1 ,dudley1 ,april #eth1 #ahei4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,to ,,the ,,independent ,,electors ,,of ,,the ,,borough ,,of ,,dudley4 ,,gentlemen1 ,her ,majesty's ,ministers having decided on appealing to the country1 a dissolution of the present ,house of ,commons may be expected in about fifteen days4 ,i hasten to inform you that it is my intention to present myself as a ,candidate for the honour of again representing your ,borough in the important ,parliament about to be assembled4 ,unconnected with1 and influenced by1 any party considerations whatever1 ,i have watched with much anxiety the recent struggle1 having in view the redemption of my pledge to support any ,government which would give to the ,country such a measure of ,reform1 as would secure to the people an increased share in the representation1 believing that the ,educational progress of the ,working ,classes entitles them to be dealt with in a fair and liberal spirit4 ,in all other matters connected with the interests of this great ,country1 ,i confidently refer to the ,votes ,i have given1 as your ,member2 and ,i shall immediately ask you1 both by public ,meeting and by personal ,canvass1 whether ,i am not entitled to a continuance of that confidence which so triumphantly returned me at the last ,election4 ,your faithful ,servant1 ,h4 ,b4 ,,sheridan4 ,house of ,commons1 ,april #fth1 #ahei4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,to ,,the ,,electors ,,of ,,dudley4 ,mr4 ,h ,b4 ,,sheridan will arrive in ,dudley this evening1 to meet the electors6 ,reserve your promises for the man who has won your political independence1 and served you1 as your representative1 consistently4 ,dudley1 ,april #fth1 #ahei4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,dudley ,,election4 ,copy of ,letters from ,,captain ,,benton to ,h4 ,b4 ,,sheridan1 ,esq41 ,m4,p43-- ,dudley1 ,april #gth1 #ahei4 ,,dear ,,sir1 ,the words made use of to ,mr4 ,,locock by ,mr4 ,,smith1 when in ,london1 are as follows3-- ,that ,,lord ,,ward paid ,five ,thousand ,pounds away in ,dudley per week for wages1 and that1 unless the ,electors of ,dudley and its neighbourhood voted which way he pleased1 he would shut up his ,pits for two years1--therefore1 stop those wages4 ,moreover1 that many of the ,tradesmen were under obligation to the ,bank1 and their circumstances should be exposed1 and that they should have no further accommodation4 ,yours obediently1 ,,john ,,benton4 ,to ,h4 ,b4 ,sheridan1 ,esq4 99 99 99 99 99 #c1 ,charles ,street1 ,oxford ,road1 ,islington1 ,april #hth1 #ahei4 ,,dear ,,sir1 ,having received a letter after ,i had the pleasure of meeting you and your friends at ,dudley1 from ,mr4 ,,locock1 requesting me to return to town1 ,i was unable to see you prior to my departure1 and regret it is not in my power to meet you this evening4 ,i have made you acquainted with certain facts1 relative to the influence of the ,priory1 and the threats made use of relative to the ,electors of ,dudley4 ,i assert such has been the fact1 and beg to say1 ,i will on any occasion publicly declare that the contents of my former note to you are most strictly true4 ,with my best wishes and respects to your ,committee and ,friends1 believe me1 ,yours1 very faithfully1 ,,john ,,benton4 ,to ,h4 ,b4 ,sheridan1 ,esq41 ,m4,p4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,dear ,,sir1 ,in consequence of a ,letter from a ,mr4 ,,benton containing erroneous statements having been read by ,mr4 ,,sheridan1 ,m4,p4 at a ,public ,meeting held last night in ,dudley1 ,i beg to send a copy of the ,letters ,i have this day addressed to those gentlemen on the subject4 ,i remain1 dear ,sir1 yours faithfully1 ,,richard ,,smith4 ,the ,priory1 ,april #ith1 #ahei4 99 99 99 99 99 ,copy of a ,letter addressed by ,,richard ,,smith1 ,esq41 to ,h4 ,b4 ,,sheridan ,esq41 ,m4,p43-- ,the ,priory1 ,dudley1 ,april #ith1 #ahei4 ,,sir1--,i have seen a copy of the letter addressed to you by ,mr4 ,benton1 which you read at a meeting of the ,electors of ,dudley1 held last night at the ,lancasterian ,school-room1 and cannot but regret you should have allowed yourself to give such a letter to the world1 with your comments thereon1 without first ascertaining1 by communication with me1 whether the statements made therein upon hearsay were true4 ,the statements which ,mr4 ,benton has made are entirely without foundation1 and ,i unhesitatingly give them an unqualified denial4 ,i send you a copy of a letter ,i have written to that gentleman1 and ,i rely on your giving it an equal degree of publicity with ,mr4 ,benton's communication4 ,whatever differences of opinion may exist between us politically1 ,i confidently appeal to your sense of what is due from one gentleman to another to comply with this request without delay4 ,i remain1 ,sir1 ,your obedient servant1 ,,richard ,,smith4 ,h4 ,b4 ,sheridan1 ,esq41 ,m4,p4 99 99 99 99 99 ,copy of a letter addressed by ,,richard ,,smith1 ,esq41 to ,mr4 ,,benton1 referred to in the letter to ,mr4 ,,sheridan1 ,m4,p43-- ,the ,priory1 ,dudley1 ,april #ith1 #ahei4 ,,sir1--,i have learnt with surprise that a letter addressed by you to ,mr4 ,sheridan1 having reference to certain statements said to have been made by me to ,mr4 ,locock1 was read and commented on by ,mr4 ,sheridan1 at a meeting of the ,electors of ,dudley1 held at the ,lancasterian ,schoolrooms last night4 ,i beg most emphatically to deny that ,i ever used to ,mr4 ,locock 7or any other person7 the words1 or any such words1 you have been pleased to put forth4 ,i never said to that gentleman1 that ,lord ,ward paid five thousand pounds away in ,dudley and its neighbourhood per week1 and that unless the ,electors of ,dudley voted which way he pleased that he would shut up his pits for two years1 and therefore stop those wages2 or that many of the tradespeople were under obligations to the ,bank1 and their circumstances should be exposed1 and that they should have no further accommodation2 or any words to that effect4 ,i cannot but regret you should have permitted yourself to make such unfounded statements which are not only unjust and injurious to me1 but are a libel on the ,tradesmen and ,bankers of the town4 ,i add for your information that ,i am in no way connected with either of the ,banks here1 that ,i have no knowledge whatever1 or the means of acquiring knowledge1 as to the obligations of the ,tradesmen of ,dudley to their ,bankers1 nor any power to regulate or affect the amount of accommodation that their ,bankers may afford them4 ,as your letter has been read at a meeting1 ,i think it right to publish this also4 ,i am1 ,sir1 ,your obedient servant1 ,,richard ,,smith4 ,john ,benton1 ,esq41 ,london4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,to ,,the ,,electors ,,of ,,the ,,borough ,,of ,,dudley4 ,,brother ,,electors1 ,mr4 ,smith 7,lord ,ward's ,agent7 has appeared before the ,public on his own account1 not only by letter1 but by various illegitimate means4 ,let us1 as ,electors1 enquire who this ,mr4 ,smith is8 or what reliance can be placed on his veracity8 and1 as every man ought to speak from his own personal knowledge1 allow me1 as an ,elector1 to state some facts which have more specially come under my notice1 that is-- ,that he has been seen driving out with ,mr4 ,benton on several occasions4 ,that he is known to have dined with him4 ,that he has written a letter denying what that gentleman made public4 ,that he has been up to ,london1 and seen ,sir ,c4 ,locock and his son4 ,that he dares not publish the conversation which took place at that interview4 ,that he has on many occasions tried to coerce the ,inhabitants of ,dudley--,i4 ,naylor1 ,esq41 to wit4 ,that he has deprived ,tradesmen of his ,lordship's support1 because they had consciences and dared to use them4 ,that he has not been a very good friend to the ,widows and ,orphans one family who once resided in ,sedgley can prove4 ,that he never was over particular about the rights or feelings of any one1 when his own interests were in the scale4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the above individual may give an unqualified denial to the exact wording of ,mr4 ,benton's letter1 but ,i defy him to prove the sum and substance is not there4 ,in reference to this ,pit ,bank case1 there is an old adage very applicable1 viz4--,that we should believe every man honest until we find him a rogue6 ,an ,elector in the ,daily ,post 7proper name ,post7 talks of a ,firebrand being in the town4 ,i admit it1 we have had one in the town many years2 it has tried to burn down our ,independence4 ,our common honesty1 our very liberty have been brought to the stake2 but ,i beg to inform ,mr4 ,smith and his esteemed friends1 that we shall come out scatheless1 and that his quack supporters may save their ,goose ,oil for their own scorched backs6 ,i am1 ,gentlemen1 ,yours respectfully1 ,,an ,,elector4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,dudley ,,election4 ,,to ,,the ,,conservative ,,electors ,,of ,,dudley4 ,at a meeting of ,conservative ,electors of the ,borough1 held at the ,hotel1 ,dudley1 on ,wednesday the #bjth day of ,april1 #ahei1 it was resolved3-- ,that under existing circumstances1 it is deemed expedient that the ,conservative ,electors should support the sitting ,member1 ,h4 ,b4 ,sheridan1 ,esq41 and this meeting therefore pledges itself to use all proper means and exertions to secure his re-election4 ,ordered1 that the above resolution be printed and circulated4 ,signed1 ,,thos4 ,,badger1 ,chairman4 ,the ,hotel1 ,dudley1 ,april #bjth1 #ahei4 ,it was always considered that the decision of the ,conservative party at this meeting secured the re-election of ,mr4 ,sheridan2 although he was well known to be in bad odour with many of the leading ,conservatives in the ,borough4 ,the recent opposition in the county election1 where many of the ,conservatives supported ,mr4 ,calthorpe against young ,mr4 ,pakington2 had so soured the rigid old ,tory party in the ,borough1 that they became reckless about the future consequences of their shameful political delinquencies2 the result was1 that these very resolute disclaimers of the ,priory influence1 spited their own cause by again returning a candidate they did not appreciate1 and unwillingly helped to ring the death knell1 not only of the ,priory veto1 but also of future ,tory dictation2 and placed this ,borough in the advance guard of full blown ,liberalism1 with ,mr4 ,sheridan as its ,member still4 ,,dudley ,,election4 ,,to ,,the ,,conservative ,,voters4 ,,fellow ,,townsmen1 ,an appeal is now made to you to record your ,votes for ,mr4 ,sheridan4 ,let us see what claim ,mr4 ,sheridan has upon our support on the present occasion1 before we assist again to return a man to ,parliament who has so shamefully violated his profession and principles4 ,was not ,mr4 ,sheridan returned for ,dudley1 at the last ,election1 as a ,liberal ,conservative1 of the most independent kind1 supposed to be above the influence of any section of the ,electors2 and has he not1 at the dictation of a few ,radicals1 invariably voted in ,parliament for all ,radical ,measures1 and opposed ,lord ,derby's ,government to the utmost of his power8 ,did he not pledge himself to vote against the ,ballot1 and has he not voted in favour of the ,ballot8 ,did he not promise to vote against the ,repeal of ,church ,rates 7unless an equivalent was given71 and did he not vote for their total unconditional ,repeal8 ,this1 then1 is the man1 on whose promises1 you are again called upon to rely2 to send to ,parliament again1 as an advocate of anything which his varied supporters may suggest4 ,if1 brother ,conservatives1 the sacred cause of ,conservatism is worth upholding in its national integrity1 reflect1 consider1 and forbear to commit yourselves to such a humiliating course1 as to vote for a man whose practices and principles you have so often condemned since he has been in ,parliament4 ,at some future period our cause will be on the ascent1 and you will then regret having assisted to hand over the ,borough of ,dudley to ,radicalism and ,faction4 ,mr4 ,sheridan1 you are told1 has again promised your rash and indiscreet leaders1 that he will this time support ,lord ,derby's ,government4 ,how will that new arrangement meet the views of his ,liberal supporters1 for they will not be found to blow hot and cold2 and pray ask him1 what kind of ,government he will support when ,lord ,derby's rule is over8 ,why the natural inference is 7taking the past as evidence7 that ,mr4 ,sheridan will support any ,government which will please his next best supporters in ,dudley6 ,he has proved himself unstable1 unsettled1 and wavering in his political convictions1 the ,shuttlecock of any party that will promise him support2 and as such1 totally unfit to represent the intelligence and wealth of the ,conservative interests2 and a miserable guide for the ,radical faction4 ,are you determined to belie your ,conservative principles and vote for a ,shilley ,shalley ,radical1 the man who has branded your honoured townsmen 7the ,bank ,directors7 with a breach of that trust which many of us 7as ,shareholders7 have placed in their hands1 in betraying to the public the state of your private affairs8 ,is such an unscrupulous ,weathercock entitled to the support of the ,constitutional ,conservatives in ,dudley1 who have ever been ready to uphold and maintain1 the honour of their townsmen1 and the sacred principles of ,constitutional ,monarchy8 ,reflect1 brother ,conservatives1 before you place your sacred trusts in the hands of such an uncertain leader2 for the past has proved his political infidelity to our cause and interests1 and your recorded votes in his favour will assuredly prove your political inconsistency4 ,if you cannot conscientiously support ,lord ,monck1 the ,conservative ,liberal ,candidate1 then stand aloof from this attempted unnatural compact2 and calmly watch ,mr4 ,sheridan's ,new ,dodge1 with a few of the young and heated ,conservatives2 become again1 another evidence of his own falseness1 and a lasting monument of his supporters' political blindness and folly4 ,ask yourselves what political sympathy this man can expect at your hands1 after the broken pledges that he has committed4 ,reflecting ,conservatives1 let not the shade of our departed ,conservative chiefs darken the path of the present crisis2 and ,god forbid that the sons of our venerated townsmen should become the leaders and promoters of ,radicalism1 ,inconsistency1 and ,confusion2 for the ,voter for a ,conservative ,pakington1 six weeks ago1 surely will not be found voting for a nondescript ,sheridan at this coming ,election4 ,,an ,,old ,,conservative4 ,dudley1 ,april #bast1 #ahei4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,to ,,the ,,electors ,,of ,,dudley4 ,,gentlemen1 ,during the time ,i have been absent in ,london1 i4e41 since ,thursday1 ,i find that my political opponents have been indulging in the same tricks1 with the view of prejudicing me in your eyes1 which characterised the anonymous communications to the ,birmingham ,daily ,post4 ,i allude to a paper which has been sent to the ,electors of the ,borough1 purporting to be a history of the ,times ,fire ,insurance ,company1 by which they seek to have it inferred that ,i have done some act in connection with that ,company which would damage me in your estimation4 ,instead of replying in detail to the abominable falsehoods which are therein contained1 ,i shall content myself by saying-- ,that ,i never was ,secretary to the ,times ,insurance ,company4 ,that ,i am still a ,director of that ,company1 which has amalgamated with the ,state ,office4 ,that ,i am the largest ,shareholder in the ,company4 ,that ,i am paying calls at the rate of six or seven hundred pounds every few months4 ,that ,i have lent to the ,company1 at various times1 about eight thousand pounds1 most of which is still owing to me4 ,that for the last two years1 we1 the ,directors1 have not received fees for our weekly attendance1 or any other remuneration for our services4 ,i may add1 that the losses by fire1 have1 for some years past been very disastrous to this and all other similar ,companies1 and the greatest sufferers by these losses are the ,directors1 of whom ,i am one4 ,the whole affair is an ,electioneering artifice1 as appears on the face of it2 and one which ,i treat with the contempt it merits4 ,the fact of neither the writer nor the printer of this absurd tissue of slanders having dared to give their names1 is sufficient evidence of the utter worthlessness of this so-called ,cambridge effusion4 ,i am1 ,gentlemen1 ,yours faithfully1 ,h4 ,b4 ,,sheridan4 ,april #bast1 #ahei4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,committee',s ,,supplication4 ,air--,oh6 ,susannah1 don't you cry for me4 ,you've come down here from ,rochdale1 our ,member for to be1 ',tis hard that we should stand the shot1 and you get off scot free2 ,no doubt you are a mighty man1 with potent powers of speech1 ,but still we didn't ask you here to bleed us like a leech4 ,oh6 ,john ,bright1 wont you find some tin1 ,we fear 'twill be expensive work for us to get you in4 ,your name is printed in large type1 while ours are printed small1 ,the printers and the bill stickers are paid to daub the wall2 ,and 'tis a shame1 and does somewhat of shabbiness betray1 ,that you should have the dance1 ,john ,bright1 and we the piper pay4 ,oh6 ,john ,bright1 c4 ,the honour's great to us1 ,john ,bright1 to serve so great a man2 ,we cringe1 and worship your great name as humbly as we can-- ,but let us not in vain1 great man1 your ample pocket sue1 ,for we all think it very hard1 ,john ,bright1 to pay for you4 ,oh6 ,john ,bright1 c4 ,we puff you off as liberal1 and hope you may be so1 ,and by some deeds1 as well as words1 that you are liberal shew2 ,and let it not be said you wouldn't find a five-pound note ,to pay for cabs and cars to take the people up to vote4 ,oh6 ,john ,bright1 c4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,to ,,the ,,electors ,,of ,,the ,,borough ,,of ,,dudley4 ,,gentlemen1 ,having completed my ,canvass of the ,borough1 and endeavoured personally to pay my respects to every ,elector1 ,i am desirous to express to you my sense of the kindness and courtesy with which ,i have been received by the whole ,constituency1 and my sincere thanks for the very large amount of support with which ,i have been honored4 ,if ,i should have omitted through accident or inadvertence to call upon any ,elector1 ,i trust such omission will be attributed to its true cause1 and not to any intentional disrespect on my part4 ,the result of my ,canvass inspires me with a full assurance that ,i shall be returned as your ,representative1 and ,i have only to beg that those who have favored me with the promise of their support will kindly attend early at the ,poll1 at which ,i pledge myself they shall have an opportunity of recording their ,votes in my favor4 ,i have the honor to be1 ,gentlemen1 ,your obedient servant1 ,,monck4 ,committee ,rooms1 ,bush ,inn1 ,april #bast1 #ahei4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,dudley ,,election4 ,mr4 ,sheridan's ,committee having heard that the ,canvassers of ,lord ,monck have1 with the view of prejudicing ,mr4 ,sheridan's position with the ,liberal party1 ,,fabricated ,,statements to the effect that he has recanted his ,political opinions and compromised that party by pledging himself to a course hostile to their views1 in a letter written to ,,thos4 ,,badger1 ,,esq41 beg to assure the ,electors that ,,such ,,statements ,,are ,,entirely ,,untrue4 ,mr4 ,,sheridan will read the letter at the ,meeting at the ,lancasterian ,school ,room1 on ,tuesday ,evening next1 and refute the unwarrantable reports which have been circulated respecting it4 ,,by ,,order4 ,committee ,room1 ,swan ,hotel1 ,dudley1 #bcrd ,april1 #ahei4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,dudley ,,election1 #ahei4 ,,polling ,,day1 ,,friday1 ,,april #bith4 ,hours of ,polling from #h a4m4 to #d p4m4 ,lord ,monck's ,committee ,room1 ,april #bgth1 #ahei4 ,,dear ,,sir1 ,it is exceedingly desirable that every ,canvasser should strictly attend to the following instructions3-- ,the ,canvass ,books should be made up correctly1 showing the ,returns up to this day2 and any ,canvass ,book not so made up should be immediately taken to the ,committee ,room for the purpose4 ,each ,canvasser to-day or to-morrow at the latest1 will please give notice at the ,committee ,room1 stating what ,cab or ,car accommodation he may require1 so that proper arrangements may be made for supplying it4 ,on the morning of the ,poll each ,canvasser is earnestly requested to proceed to his district with all speed1 securing the doubtful ,voters first1 and continuing his labours until every ,voter who has promised1 or is inclined favorably1 has voted4 ,it is very desirable that each ,canvasser should attend frequently at the ,committee ,room1 to ascertain what ,voters have not polled1 and for this purpose he may enquire for any particular ,voter by name or number1 or as to any number of unpolled ,voters in any particular street or place1 and arrangements will be made for this information being immediately supplied4 ,information must be immediately given at the ,committee ,room as to any wavering ,voter1 so that any aid may be rendered that may be necessary4 ,any additional ,cab or ,car accommodation must be applied for as required4 ,,lord ,,monck earnestly requests that every ,canvasser will zealously continue his labours until every ,voter that can possibly be secured has voted1 and afterwards attend at the ,committee ,room to aid in any other way that may be requested4 ,w4 ,c4 ,,wood1 ,chairman4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,dudley ,,election4 ,,to ,,the ,,electors ,,of ,,dudley4 ,i beg to thank you for the overwhelming expression of your confidence at the ,,nomination this morning4 ,i beseech you not to relax your exertions on behalf of myself and your ,political ,independence4 ,be early with your ,friends at the ,poll1 and our ,success is certain4 ,i am1 ,gentlemen1 ,your faithful ,servant1 ,h4 ,b4 ,,sheridan4 ,committee ,room1 ,swan ,hotel1 ,dudley1 ,april #bhth1 #ahei4 ,one o'clock p4m4 99 99 99 99 99 ,april #bith1 #ahei4 ,close of the ,poll3-- ,mr4 ,h4 ,b4 ,sheridan1 ,independent #dcb ,viscount ,monck1 ,liberal-,conservative #cfa ---- ,majority for ,mr4 ,sheridan #ga 99 99 99 99 99 ,,to ,,the ,,electors ,,of ,,the ,,borough ,,of ,,dudley4 ,,gentlemen1 ,the state of the ,poll at its close shows a result unfavourable to my desire to represent you in ,parliament1 and my opponent has been returned as your ,member4 ,it therefore only remains for me1 in the same spirit of good feeling and good humour in which ,i have endeavoured to carry on the contest1 to return my sincere and heartfelt thanks to those amongst you who have honoured me with their support at the ,poll4 ,i deem it1 however1 only an act of justice to myself and my ,committee to state that1 had the promises of support which were made to me in the course of my ,canvass been fulfilled1 ,i should now be your ,member4 ,into the causes which have led to the failure of these engagements1 ,i do not mean now to enter2 but ,i consider it an unwarrantable act wantonly to involve a ,constituency in the turmoil of a ,contest1 and ,i therefore desire to leave upon record the fact that my ,committee had good grounds for expecting a different result of the ,poll4 ,i now take leave of you1 ,i cannot say without some feelings of disappointment1 but with none of irritation or annoyance4 ,to the gentlemen of my ,committee who have laboured so assiduously in my cause1 ,i beg to tender my most grateful acknowledgments1 and to the whole ,constituency my thanks for the courtesy and kindness with which ,i have been treated since ,i came amongst you4 ,i have the honour to be1 ,gentlemen1 ,your obedient ,servant1 ,,monck4 ,committee ,rooms1 ,bush ,inn1 ,april #bith1 #ahei4 ,october #bhth1 #ahei1 ,mr4 ,theophilus ,tinsley was elected ,mayor1 and ,mr4 ,c4 ,f4 ,g4 ,clark1 ,high ,bailiff1 of the ,borough of ,dudley for the ensuing year4 ,,dudley ,,rifle ,,corps4 ,november #bcrd1 #ahei1 a requisition1 signed by upwards of #abj of the leading inhabitants of the town1 was presented to the ,mayor1 ,t4 ,tinsley1 ,esq41 requesting him to convene a public meeting1 to take into consideration the expediency of forming a ,volunteer ,rifle ,corps in this ,borough4 ,mr4 ,henry ,money ,wainwright1 ,solicitor1 was elected the first captain1 which honourable appointment he held with great dignity and efficiency for a number of years4 ,a public subscription was originated to raise funds for a suitable equipment of the corps1 when upwards of #aej was received for that object4 ,died1 ,november #bith1 #ahei1 ,edward ,dixon1 ,esq41 ,jun41 only son of the late esteemed ,mr4 ,dixon1 ,banker of this town4 ,,dudley ,,garrick ,,club4 ,some of my readers may be pleased to see a re-print of one of the earlier ,play ,bills of this enterprising ,volunteer company of our younger townsmen1 who founded one of the most enjoyable entertainments ever held in the town4 ,too much praise cannot be accorded to these young gentlemen for the assiduity and care they always manifested in placing upon the boards some of the most exciting as well as highly finished dramatic pieces of the day4 ,these theatrical performances were liberally patronized by all parties1 and gave universal satisfaction to all concerned1 and their proceeds were liberally given to our local charities4 ,,dudley ,,garrick ,,club4 ,,popular ,,entertainment1 ,assisted by ,miss ,,isabel ,,adams1 ,miss ,,bellair1 ,miss ,,hinton1 and ,miss ,,holmes4 ,the ,entertainment will commence with ,,the ,,reading ,,of ,,an ,,address4 ,after which will be produced the latest ,metropolitan successful ,comedy-,drama1 in three acts1 entitled ,,miriam',s ,,crime6 ,,dramatis ,,person4 ,bernard ,reynolds ,mr4 ,w4 ,,atkins4 ,scumley 7a reprobate7 ,mr4 ,s4 ,,waring4 ,huffin 7a lawyer7 ,mr4 ,a4 ,,shedden4 ,daniel ,mr4 ,c4 ,,pain4 ,biles 7a clerk7 ,mr4 ,h4 ,,woodall4 ,miriam ,west ,miss ,,isabel ,,adams4 ,mrs4 ,raby ,miss ,,hinton4 ,,song ,miss ,,bellair4 ,to conclude with the evergreen popular ,haymarket ,comedy1 in three acts1 of ,,paul ,,pry6 ,colonel ,hardy ,mr4 ,a4 ,,shedden4 ,frank ,hardy ,mr4 ,,richards4 ,witherton 7an old bachelor7 ,mr4 ,s4 ,,waring4 ,harry ,stanley ,miss ,,bellair4 ,grasp 7a steward7 ,mr4 ,c4 ,,pain4 ,doubledot 7an innkeeper7 ,mr4 ,w4 ,,gorton4 ,simon ,mr4 ,,geo4 ,,pitt4 ,mr4 ,stanley ,mr4 ,c4 ,,russell4 ,paul ,pry ,mr4 ,h4 ,,woodall4 7,servants1 c41 by ,members of the ,d4,g4,c47 ,mrs4 ,subtle ,miss ,,hinton4 ,phbe 7with a song7 ,miss ,,isabel ,,adams4 ,eliza ,miss ,w4 ,,holmes4 ,a ,,full ,,theatrical ,,band ,,is ,,engaged4 ,hon4 ,sec4 ,mr4 ,,james ,,wood4 ,stage ,manager ,mr4 ,h4 ,,woodall4 ,prompter ,mr4 ,t4 ,,neath4 ,perruquier ,mr4 ,,james ,,foster4 ,doors open at half-past ,six--,curtain to rise at ,seven o'clock4 ,reserved4 ,seats1 #cs42 ,unreserved ,seats1 #bs42 ,back ,seats1 #as4 ,children in arms not admitted4 ,tickets may be obtained from ,mr4 ,,laxton1 ,bookseller1 ,high ,street 7where a ,plan of ,reserved ,seats may be seen on and after ,wednesday1 ,january #bgth72 ,messrs4 ,,waring1 ,wolverhampton ,street2 ,mr4 ,,evan ,,roberts1 ,stone ,street2 or from any ,member of the ,committee4 ,carriages may be ordered for half-past ,ten1 and will set down with horses' heads facing ,snowhill1 and take up1 horses' heads facing the ,town4 ,,the ,,earldom ,,of ,,dudley4 ,february #acth1 #ahfj4 ,the ,right ,honourable ,lord ,ward was created ,earl of ,dudley and ,viscount ,ednam4 ,this important event was received with great satisfaction1 both in the town of ,dudley and the surrounding villages and hamlets1 and the ancient town of ,dudley was especially aware of marked consideration1 in having the new elevation in the ,peerage of the ,house of ,himley called after our loyal and trusty old ,borough4 ,deputations of congratulations to the noble ,earl poured in upon him from all quarters1 and the most notable must be claimed1 the ,great ,deputation1 which in much pomp and state emanated from the then ,mayor1 ,theophilus ,tinsley1 ,esq41 and the principal inhabitants of ,dudley1 who were most graciously received by the new ,earl of ,dudley1 at ,himley ,hall1 on ,february #ahth1 #ahfj4 ,the following is a report of these congratulatory deputations4 ,,presentation ,,of ,,an ,,address ,,to ,,the ,,earl ,,of ,,dudley4 ,thursday was the day named by the ,earl of ,dudley as the day when he should be happy to receive the deputation who had expressed a wish to wait upon his lordship1 to present to him1 on behalf of the town of ,dudley1 an address1 upon his recent elevation to the title of ,earl of ,dudley4 ,himley was named as the place where his lordship would receive the deputation1 and1 accordingly1 between one and two yesterday afternoon1 the following gentlemen assembled at ,himley ,hall3--,the ,mayor 7,t4 ,tinsley1 ,esq471 the ,high ,bailiff 7,mr4 ,c4 ,f4 ,g4 ,clark71 ,rev4 ,dr4 ,davison1 ,rev4 ,g4 ,lewis1 ,captain ,bennitt1 ,messrs4 ,a4 ,b4 ,cochrane1 ,j4 ,e4 ,swindell1 ,w4 ,haden1 ,s4 ,d4 ,fereday1 ,j4 ,g4 ,walker1 ,j4 ,s4 ,bourne1 ,williscroft1 ,renaud1 ,grainger1 ,rudge1 ,hollier1 ,jordan1 ,s4 ,price1 ,aston1 ,sanders1 ,h4 ,m4 ,wainwright1 ,w4 ,s4 ,wood1 and ,danks4 ,his ,lordship received the deputation in his accustomed urbane manner1 and after the ceremony of recognition had been gone through1 the ,mayor read the following address3 ,to the ,right ,honourable the ,earl of ,dudley1--,we1 the ,mayor1 ,magistrates1 clergy1 gentry1 and inhabitants of the parish and borough of ,dudley1 beg to offer to your ,lordship our sincere and hearty congratulations on the occasion of your ,lordship's elevation to the ,earldom of ,dudley2 and humbly pray that your ,lordship may be long spared to enjoy that dignity1 and that it may by ,god's blessing be handed down in direct succession to the remotest posterity4 ,dudley1 ,february #afth1 #ahfj4 ,the address1 engrossed on vellum in a highly decorative style1 bore the inscription1 ,to the ,right ,honourable the ,earl of ,dudley1 and was superbly illuminated in gold and colours1 his lordship's motto1 ,comme je fus1 preceding the address4 ,to it were added nearly #gjj signatures1 including the leading inhabitants of ,dudley1 ,netherton1 and the outlying districts comprehended within the borough of #dj1jjj inhabitants from which his lordship derives the title4 ,the address and signatures thereto occupied twelve sheets of vellum1 and the whole was enclosed in a handsome ,russian cover1 on which1 in letters of gold1 appeared the following dedication--,to the ,right ,honourable the ,earl of ,dudley1 of ,dudley ,castle1 in the county of ,stafford1 ,viscount ,ednam1 of ,ednam1 in the county of ,roxburgh4 ,after the ,mayor had read the address1 and presented it to the ,earl1 the ,high ,bailiff made a few remarks in support of the sentiments conveyed in that document4 ,he said that although the occasion of his lordship's elevation to an earldom was no doubt of great importance to himself privately1 still it was also of great importance to the borough of ,dudley1 and his lordship had paid a very high compliment to the borough in taking his title from it4 ,therefore they had considered it their duty to present to his lordship that address1 signed1 as it was1 by all classes and all denominations of the inhabitants of the borough1 and by those who were sincerely attached to both his lordship's person and house4 ,the ,rev4 ,g4 ,lewis1 in the absence of the ,rev4 ,dr4 ,browne1 7,vicar of ,dudley7 begged1 in the name of the clergy and ministers of ,dudley1 to be allowed to avail himself of that opportunity of expressing his congratulations upon his ,lordship's elevation to his new title4 ,the title bore the impress of a new bond of connection between his ,lordship and ,dudley1 and he 7,mr4 ,lewis7 trusted it would extend the connection1 and still more closely cement the bond4 ,his ,lordship then replied to the address of the deputation in a few observations1 which were especially remarkable for their felicity and the cordial feeling they displayed4 ,the noble ,earl stated that he need not tell them that that was one of the moments of his life which gave him the greatest pleasure1 and which he should remember the longest1 and1 as they might suppose1 he could not divest himself of the personal pleasure attendant upon the reception of such a deputation on such an occasion4 ,but far beyond any gratification this station of rank could give him1 was the fact that the town and borough of ,dudley shared in that gratification1 and spoke out on the subject so distinctly as it did that day4 ,but the personal gratification was not all because he felt that it was1 really and truly1 a congratulation upon a matter which very much affected himself and his house4 ,in these days1 when men not only demand their right to private opinions1 but also the right to express those opinions1 it was more than ever difficult to obtain an unanimous opinion as to who was worthy of congratulation4 ,still it was always a great pleasure to congratulate another2 but when a man happened to be the object of such congratulations1 to be the object of which such a meeting was called as that he saw before him1 and the object of the expressions which had been given utterance to1 the pleasure was naturally four-fold greater4 ,with regard to what had been said about the selection of the title of ,earl of ,dudley1 his ,lordship remarked that he could not for one moment have dreamt of taking any other title4 ,he had desired that the link between his family and the town might be drawn together closer1 and be stronger than ever1 and to show them that such were his desires he had taken the title of ,earl of ,dudley4 ,when he was told that he must take the title from some town1 he took that title from ,dudley1 and in adding ,dudley ,castle to it he had only stepped in the steps of his forefathers1 and taken their precedent for his guidance4 ,one happened to be in ,worcestershire and the other in ,staffordshire1 although few people perhaps knew where the division of the counties was1 and his only reason for acceding to what was proposed to him was that he was told he must name a place from which to take the title1 and therefore he followed the precedent laid down for him4 ,it was not only1 however1 that the occasion personally affected the town and himself1 but it was that in so large a body as that deputation1 there was a guarantee that there was a feeling abroad of the mutual benefit to be derived from the town having so much confidence in the nearest peer who happened to reside in the neighbourhood1 and the fact that the peer would find he could not do without the support of his nearest neighbours4 ,perhaps in former times there was not so much real understanding of one another1 and intimacy with one another1 as had happily existed between himself and the town2 he had fallen upon other times1 when men were more closely drawn together by various ties but at any rate1 he did not know any time when any deputation1 representing so large a body1 had come to ,himley to offer congratulations upon any event connected with the family4 ,after paying a very marked and highly eulogistic compliment to those who represented his house in the dignified manner he was proud to say they did1 the noble ,earl concluded by stating that the address presented that day would be placed amongst the papers of his family1 and in his mind would be the most valuable of them1 because it was a guarantee that the bonds of connection between the town of ,dudley and himself would be drawn together more closely than ever4 ,the ,dowager ,lady ,ward was present during the proceedings2 and evinced a lively interest in them4 ,her ladyship1 together with the noble ,earl1 the gentlemen composing the deputation1 ,r4 ,smith1 ,esq41 and ,g4 ,taylor41 ,esq41 subsequently sat down to a sumptuous luncheon1 and at its conclusion the deputation thanked his ,lordship for the princely reception they had met with1 and retired4 ,his ,lordship has courteously accepted an invitation to a banquet at ,dudley1 on ,tuesday1 the #bhth inst41 and on the same day his ,lordship will supply the indigent poor of the borough with beef4 ,upon the same day the children in the various schools in the town will receive a treat1 the expense of which will be met by public subscriptions4--,birmingham ,journal4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,earldom ,,of ,,dudley4 ,yesterday a deputation from ,brierley ,hill waited upon the ,right ,hon4 the ,earl of ,dudley1 at ,himley ,hall1 to present to his lordship1 on behalf of the inhabitants of ,brierley ,hill and the district1 their congratulations on his lordship's recent elevation in the peerage4 ,the deputation started from the ,star ,hotel 7,mr4 ,english's71 about one o'clock1 in four carriages1 and consisted of the following gentlemen3--,rev4 ,s4 ,franklin 7incumbent of ,brierley ,hill71 ,rev4--,gray 7curate71 ,rev4 ,j4 ,roebuck 7,independent minister71 ,rev4 ,j4 ,williams 7,wesleyan minister71 ,dr4 ,walker1 ,messrs4 ,ford1 ,p4 ,harris1 ,r4 ,plant1 ,w4 ,h4 ,westwood1 ,g4 ,pearson1 ,chapman1 ,wheeler1 ,williams1 ,horton1 ,homer1 and ,cook4 ,upon arriving at the ,hall1 the deputation were received by the noble ,earl in a very cordial manner1 and ,mr4 ,r4 ,plant1 after making a few eulogistic remarks1 proceeded to read the following address3--,we1 the undersigned1 clergy1 ministers of the gospel1 and others1 inhabitants of the town of ,brierley ,hill and district1 beg to present our congratulations to your ,lordship on your accession to your family dignities and honours1 bestowed upon you by the act of our most gracious ,sovereign2 and that you may be spared to live long in the enjoyment of your revived family title1 and that it may be handed down through succeeding generations1 is our fervent wish1 who fully appreciate your ,lordship's interest towards us1 as exhibited in your untiring efforts to promote the welfare and prosperity of this locality4 ,to this address were attached about #a1bjj signatures4 ,in order that beauty and harmony should be better preserved the signatures were transcribed1 and with the dedication and address the souvenir took the form of a thin royal octavo volume1 beautifully bound in gilt russia4 ,on the outer cover appeared the following words3--,address from the town and district of ,brierley ,hill to the ,right ,honourable the ,earl of ,dudley1 #ahfj4 ,on the frontispiece the ,earl's crest and motto were tastefully lithographed in gold and colours1 immediately succeeding which was the following dedication3--,to the ,right ,honourable the ,earl of ,dudley1 of ,dudley1 in the county of ,worcester1 and of ,dudley ,castle in the county of ,stafford1 ,viscount ,ednam of ,ednam1 in the county of ,roxburgh1 #ahfj4 ,the dedication and address were printed in colours1 and each of the pages containing the signatures was surrounded with an illuminated border4 ,after the reception of the address1 the noble ,earl made a few appropriate remarks in reply4 ,he said that an address of such a character1 signed as it was by about #a1bjj persons1 was a source of great gratification to him1 and would have been equally so if it had consisted of simple sheets of paper1 instead of assuming the elegant form it had4 ,considering the short time occupied in obtaining the signatures 7one day7 it was extremely gratifying to find such a feeling exhibited towards himself and his house as was evinced by the #a1bjj who had come forward and signed the document on behalf of themselves and those surrounding them4 ,it proved that ,brierley ,hill was fast rising in all the importance due to a town1 and he hoped it would still continue to rise1 and be supplied with such public buildings as it required1 towards which object he should always be happy to render a helping hand4 ,with regard to supplying the requisite churches and chapels for the district1 his ,lordship took occasion to remark that it was almost impossible to overtake the work--to use a ,scotch expression4 ,it was also difficult to obtain ministers who would enter into the work with a proper spirit1 and properly perform it1 and generally it was very difficult to find sufficient accommodation for the wants of the place4 ,after alluding to the importance of mechanics' institutions1 and kindred sources of improvement1 and remarking that they were also necessary in a growing locality like ,brierley ,hill1 his ,lordship concluded by remarking that the address presented that day would be treasured along with the most honoured archives of the house and family2 and as he might not stand again before the same body of gentlemen1 who represented #abjj inhabitants1 and doubtless many more1 he begged them to convey his thanks to each person who had signed the document1 and participated in the congratulations conveyed4 ,deputations from ,netherton1 ,sedgley1 and ,quarry ,bank 7near ,brierley ,hill7 were also present4 ,the latter address was as follows3--,to the ,right ,hon4 ,earl of ,dudley1 c41 c41 c4 ,may it please your ,lordship1 we1 the undersigned clergy1 churchwardens1 and tenants under your ,lordship in the new district parish of ,quarry ,bank1 ,diocese of ,lichfield1 and in the county of ,stafford1 take the liberty of congratulating your ,lordship on your elevation by our most gracious ,queen to the ,earldom of ,dudley1 a dignity heretofore enjoyed by some of your ,lordship's ancestors4 ,we humbly conceive that this evidence of ,royal favour has been most judiciously conferred upon a nobleman1 the management of whose property throughout this entire district justly entitles him to be ranked amongst the kindest1 most liberal1 and best of ,england's landlords1 in whom an industrious and well-conducted tenantry always find a protector1 friend1 and patron2 at the same time your ,lordship proves by great liberality your anxiety for the religious and moral welfare of the people of this district1 granting1 in this mining country where land is so valuable1 ground for the erection of a church for the people1 for a churchyard1 for parsonage and gardens1 liquidating the balance of mortgage due on parsonage to ,queen ,anne's bounty1 defraying the entire cost of introducing gas into the church1 subscribing annually towards the support and the education of the young in the district1 and contributing towards the aid of clerical ministrations throughout the parish4 ,fervently do we pray that your ,lordship may long be spared to enjoy every blessing1 and that the dignity conferred upon you by our gracious ,queen may descend 7with even increased honours7 to your ,lordship's latest posterity4 ,the gentlemen comprising the various deputations were subsequently entertained by the noble ,earl at an elegant and sumptuous luncheon1 after which they thanked his lordship for his cordial reception1 and retired4 ,the ,dowager ,lady ,ward1 with two or three lady friends1 and ,g4 ,taylor1 ,esq4 7his lordship's estate agent71 were present during the interesting proceedings4--,birmingham ,journal4 ,after the several deputations had been gone through1 it was deemed the correct thing to invite the noble ,earl to a grand banquet1 to be given by the ,mayor1 and principal inhabitants of the town and district4 ,this ever-to-be-remembered dinner became the source of much merriment to those present1 as well as annoyance and chagrin to two reporters to the press1 who would not accommodate themselves to the pressure that had to be put upon the small space afforded in the ,hotel ,ball ,room to seat #abh guests at this dinner2 the consequence was1 that the eloquent speeches were not reported at all1 and the whole affair resolved itself into a semi-private dinner party4 ,it was an unfortunate incident that the then ,mayor was neither a moderate speaker1 or well acquainted with the ,queen's ,english1 and the mistakes and blunders that were made1 under the eyes and ears of so many distinguished visitors1 were a source of much annoyance to the better sort of people in the town1 who had some sincere regard for the fame and honour of ,dudley4 ,however1 this celebrated banquet was destined to have one ,chronicler1 who in the following lines records the proceedings4 ,,dudley ,,castle ,,and ,,the ,,great ,,banquet4 ,,by ,,solomon ,,squib4 ,i sing in praise of our old ,castle ,walls1 ,its tilts and tournaments1 ftes and balls2 ,of the great ,dodo1 and his humble bride1 ,daughter of the far-famed ,edmund ,ironside1 ,whose son ,athelstan its ,towers erected1 ,whose successors its buildings for centuries protected2 ,of the martial achievements of great ,simon ,ward1 ,of his noble descendant becoming its ,lord2 ,of its loyal defence in the great revolution1 ,its destruction by fire1 and its sad dissolution4 ,i sing of the days of chivalry1 ,of the noble spirit of rivalry4 ,when every knight detested a sinner1 ,and swore to be true to his fair ,dulcinea4 ,when each one received the accolade1 ,and was dubb'd and in costly mail array'd1 ,with a strippling squire to carry his shield1 ,determin'd to conquer and never to yield ,to any power but the power above1 ,for the sake of his bright-eyed lady-love4 ,i sing of the tournaments of old1 ,when every knight with a spirit bold1 ,dash'd his gauntlet into the ring1 ,defying all comers from peasant to king4 ,strange times were these1 when the ,lord of the ,castle1 ,with bondsmen and freemen excited with wassail1 ,rush'd on their neighbours by day and by night1 ,shouting vociferously1 ,might shall be right6 ,e'en in the days of our good ,queen ,bess1 ,ashwood and ,priestwood were forced to confess ,the power of seven score madden'd with wine1 ,who stole their best oxen1 their sheep and their kyne4 ,these customs were past when our ,earl's noble ancestor ,fair ,frances won1 and the ,lord of all blest her ,with children whose numerous descendants were famed ,for talents1 for actions1 for virtues oft named1-- ,talents acknowledged by ,peel1 ,byron1 ,moore1 ,kings1 ,lords and ,commons1 by the rich and the poor-- ,by ,oxford and ,cambridge1 by linguists1 by all1 ,by the foes of old ,england1 far and near1 great and small4 ,actions engraved on the hearts of the people1 ,and telling their story from steeple to steeple4 ,virtues in ,heaven's blest mansions recorded1 ,where the vile never go1 and the pure are rewarded4 ,i care not for critics1 'cased in temples of marble1 ,sending forth bombshells and missiles of garble1 ',gainst the wide reputation of ,dudley's great ,earl1-- ,let them come forth1 and their banners unfurl1 ,with their mischievous motto1 ,wealth's all my eye2 ,go back1 silly mortals1 and mind the small fry1 ,and we'll give a shout of exuberant joy1 ,for our great benefactor1 that broth of a boy1 ,who never deserts us in time of great need1-- ,noble patron1 we heartily wish thee ,god speed6 ,thy bounty has blest many a worthy civilian1 ,and given enjoyment and fun to the million4 ,our ,whitsuntide ftes on the ,castle to wit3 ,but stay1 this long metre this subject won't fit4 ,reader1 with your permission1 ,i'll make a short digression2 ,for brevity is best1 no doubt1 ,when wit1 fun1 frolic1 are about4 ,the ,castle ,ftes1 alas6 alas6 ,let them to oblivion pass1 ,with the ugly ,balance ,sheet1 ,afraid the public eye to meet2 ,we no doubt can do without it1 ,therefore say no more about it4 ,why rave1 and rant1 and grumble8 ,zounds6 ,the gains exceed a thousand pounds6 ,in spite of the great defalcation1 ,and the costly presentation1 ,sufficient to clothe and equip a score ,of the ,dudley ,volunteer ,rifle ,corps4 ,i now sing of the blind man's happy home1 ,the ,asylum for those who care not to roam1 ,the magnificent gift of our patron and friend1-- ,may his praises resound to the wide world's end4 ',twas a gladdening sight1 it did one's heart good1 ,when he laid the foundation stone1 humbly he stood1 ',midst the ragged1 and wretched1 and the poor cast-away1 ,the well-to-do folk1 and the great and the gay1-- ,proclaiming ,my worldly possessions ,i owe ,to the ,ruler of all things above and below1 ,and through life my earnest endeavour shall be ,to distribute those blessings given to me4 ,well spoken1 my ,lord1 may your stewardship meet ,the approval of ,him who knows no deceit2 ,then when titles and grandeur shall crumble to dust1 ,your soul will be found 'mongst the righteous and just4 ,and now let us sing of the great ,deputation1 ,with address clothed in gold1 a sweet gratulation4 ,to ,himley they journey'd without ostentation1 ,made their bows and delivered a first-rate oration4 ,so flattering1 so powerful1 it caused quite a sensation1-- ,and ended at last with the ,earl's observation1 ,my friends1 your respect has my warm approbation2 ,i pray you partake of a cold collation4 ,each one took his seat without hesitation1 ,eat and drank and talk'd o'er the affairs of the nation1 ,and the ,captain delivered a long peroration1 ,so fulsome1 it met with the ,earl's condemnation4 ,the business being o'er1 and the ,mayor's invitation ,accepted1 each went to his own habitation4 ,and the ,mayor1 uplifted with such exultation1 ,sends forth the following proclamation3 ,o yes6 ,o yes6 be it known to all men1 7,we never shall see the like again71 ,on the #bhth instant we hold our ,banquet6 ,and after the #aith no seats will be let-- ,a guinea a piece--',hark6 forward1 boys1 hark6' ,signed1 ,p4 ,g4 ,m41 ,l4 ,m4 ,n4 ,o4 ,p41 ,c4 ,f4 ,g4 7,clerk74 ',twas a splendid affair1 all the tickets were taken1 ,and they sat down to fish1 flesh1 fowl1 and bacon4 ,the ,mayor took the chair1 and the ,bailiff was ,vice1-- ,vice versa1 some thought would have been the best choice4 ,the great guest was welcom'd with loud acclamation1 ,and the nobles were greeted with kind adulation3 ,talented ,lyttelton1 honourable ,ward1 7,promoters of progress1 stem foes to discord17 ,the great ,dean of ,worcester1 the immaculate ,paul1 ,the ,sheriff whom no power on earth can appal3 ,these were the guests that graced the ,mayor's table1 ,men full of good works1 free1 willing1 and able ,to assist us in all things pertaining to good1 ,to bodily comforts and spiritual food4 ,and besides1 there were present the renown'd ,dr4 ,browne1 ,the unknown ,doctor ,d41 and the lite of the town1 ,all the ,clergy of the ,established ,church were there1 ,only one ,chapel preacher thought fit to appear4 ,ten magistrates 7bless 'em71 a glorious batch1 ,like jolly good fellows1 came up to the scratch2 ,exclusive of them there appear'd twenty-two1 ,in the ,coal and ,iron trade some few good and true4 ,eight respectable lawyers1 five doctors1 four quacks1 ,seven victuallers1 four sellers of leather and wax1 ,eight drapers and tailors1 the glass-master ,renaud1 ,one hatter1 one painter1 one printer1 one ,howard2 ,tom and ,john the surveyors1 fond of all things good2 ,the important ex-,mayor1 and the little ,ned ,wood1 ,tom ,smart the butcher1 and the millionaire ,guest1 ,fourteen agents 7two ticketless7 make up the rest3 ,numbering one hundred and twenty and nine1 ,and all pleased with their excellent dinner and wine4 ,the cloth was drawn1 and the plate went round1 ,and in lieu of two tickets two guineas were found3 ,the shorthands were call'd from the taproom below1 ,by the ,clerk and ,committee1 yet none would go2 ,inducements were offered1 but all was in vain1 ,the help of reporters they could not obtain1-- ,they'd insulted most grossly the fourth estate1 ,and all they could say would not compensate2 ,its reporters they forced from their usual places1 7,a thing never known e'en at prize-fights and races71 ,and sent them down stairs till the stuffing was o'er1 ,and then ,this way1 gentlemen1 to the next floor4 ,why the dirtiest hole throughout all the nation ,could not have display'd less civilization4 ,amidst great confusion1 and cries of ,chair1 chair6 ,the business proceeded by our eloquent ,mayor1 ,proposing so brilliantly each loyal toast1 ,i'm afraid he disturbed old ,demosthenes' ghost4 ,he came to the ,bishops and ,clergy at last1 ,and on the great ,doctor his north twinkler cast ,up jumps the bold ,doctor and spouted away1 ',bout ,dudley's great ,earl1 whom none can gainsay ,look at his acts and his kind liberality1 ,especially confined to this favour'd locality4 ,then he spoke of ,st4 ,thomas's tottering steeple1 ,and the need of a church for the ,cemetery people3 ,much money is wanted1 but little is found2 ,will you suffer ,god's ,temple to fall to the ground8 ,let the ,town ,hall and such useless fabrics be floor'd1 ,but let not my ,church and your vestry be lower'd2 ,i claim your support and your very best wishes1 ,for the sake of the long lost loaves and fishes4 ,and now comes the toast1 the toast of the day1 ,the great ,earl of ,dudley--huzza6 and huzza666 ',twas given by ,blackwell in a splendid oration1 ,boldly deliver'd without ostentation1 ,free from all twaddle and mean adulation4 ,he gained great applause from beginning to end1 ,and the ,earl was pleased to call him his friend4 7,this ,blackbird1 so flighty1 sagacious1 and clever1 ,in crossing a ,brooke1 once display'd a white feather47 ,but what said the ,earl in reply to the toast8 ,magnanimous sentiments6 could the town boast ,of another like him1 we'd have nothing to fear1 ,all would be prosperous year after year4 ,he spoke like a man of the warmest sincerity1 ,express'd his desire for ,dudley's prosperity1 ,declar'd he was willing to do all he could ,towards all things pertaining to public good4 ,improvements were wanted all over the town-- ,the dirty old ,town ,hall he'd have taken down2 ,and hop'd he should see1 in a very short time1 ,more refinement in all things1 less ignorance and crime4 ,ye pooh-poohing puppies1 ye foul-mouthed jokers1 ,contemptible cynics1 and broken-down croakers1 ,your rancorous shafts can't harm or offend ,our high-minded leader1 our patriot and friend4 ,go to bed1 rantipoles1 your day's on the wane2 ,lie still1 for you'll never be wanted again4 ,the ,earl in due time gave ,long life to the ,mayor1 ,and the chairman responded in terms rich and rare2 ,he talk'd of his ,earlship's well-known festivalities1 ,our local inducements1 our strange nationalities4 ,of his ,,reading at ,himley the great ,deputation1 ,and his ,earlship's high and magnificent station4 ,the guests were astounded at language so able1 ,and the ,earl1 overcome1 dropp'd his head on the table4 ,lord ,lyttelton fancied it could not last long1 ,so balanced a spoon on the tip of his tongue66 ,it ended at last with a hem and a haw1 ,and the ,mayor sat down with immense eclt4 ,the ,high ,bailiff came out with his verbalized finery1 ,inexplicable terms and unmeaning irony4 ,the town and the ,trade1 and ,squire ,knight's quackery ,he prefers the year round to ,dickens or ,thackeray2 ,he loves the black country--may nothing upset it1-- ,for though he may leave it1 he'll never forget it4 ,mr4 ,haden replied to the ,coal and ,iron ,trade1 ,in language concise1 unadorned1 unarrayed4 ,our ,captain1 as bold1 as the heroes of ,rome1 ,proposed ,lady ,ward and the old house at home4 ,our ,lord ,lieutenant1 whom all men adore1 ,drank success to our ,volunteer ,rifle ,corps4 ,th' intelligent ,fred1 whom the world scarcely knows1 ,in an eloquent speech1 thought fit to propose ,the health of the ,sheriff1 whom none can gainsay1 ,his namesake and friend1 and the ,county's mainstay4 ,to the ,sports of the ,field1 ,will ,grazebrook replied ,in a humorous speech which none can deride3 ,yet1 sad to relate1 when this sportsman departed1 ,full of good cheer1 light-headed1 light-hearted1 ,on his travels towards home he upset a trap1 ,which eventually proved a serious mishap4 ,the coachman pull'd up1 but all advice scorning1 ,drive on1 cried his master1 ,i'll call in the morning4 ,shame6 shame6 ,billy ,grazebrook2 if a fox had been there ,you'd have been at the death1 and not in the rear2 ,but alas6 a fond husband has now to bewail ,the loss of his lov'd one3 so here ends my tale4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,dudley4 ,,earldom ,,of ,,dudley4 ,to the ,editor of the ,,daily ,,post4 ,sir1--,in your impression of this day's ,daily ,post it is observed that your ,mr4 ,simpson1 the recognised ,dudley reporter of the ,daily ,post1 has thought fit to advert to what he conceives to be an indignity offered to the reporters of the press1 at the dinner given to the ,earl of ,dudley last evening4 ,as one of the ,committee of ,management in that matter1 ,i would wish1 by your permission1 to rectify some of the erroneous impressions which your remarks are calculated to convey to the public4 ,i beg to inform your readers that the ,press was one of the first considerations of the committee at its meetings2 as a proof of which your ,mr4 ,simpson obtained1 through the influence of the committee1 the exclusive privilege to report the proceedings of the ,himley deputation1 and received that distinguished recognition rarely accorded to the ,fourth ,estate4 ,the unprecedented rush for tickets to do honour to the ,earl of ,dudley1 and the very confined nature of the space for dining at the disposal of the committee1 necessarily compelled that body to adopt extraordinary means for the purpose of giving as many of the public as possible an opportunity of doing honour to whom honour is due4 ,under these pressing circumstances1 the representatives of the press were respectfully solicited to accommodate the committee by dining at its expense1 truly downstairs1 because there was no available dining space upstairs1 with the clear intimation that they would be accommodated with seats1 wines1 and dessert in the dining-room as soon as the cloth was drawn4 ,this offer the egotistical representatives of the press indignantly declined to accept1 and1 unfortunately for the gratification of the public1 forgot their quota of courtesy due to the committee by neglecting to forward their portentous decision until it was too late for the committee to procure additional reporters4 ,these1 ,sir1 are the naked facts of the case1 and however much it is to be regretted that the interests of the press should get into disrepute by an assumption on behalf of its reporters1 it must now be left to the dispassionate public to determine whether the committee would have been justified in displacing a number of gentlemen to make way for the reporters of the ,fourth ,estate 7merely at the time of dining71 and whether the press has the right to arrogate to itself1 on all occasions1 the chief corners in the temple4 ,i am1 your obedient servant1 ,c4 ,f4 ,g4 ,,clark1 ,high ,bailiff4 ,dudley1 ,february #bith1 #ahfj4 ,in a few remote places1 and in those circles of society into which modern notions of courtesy have imperfectly penetrated1 we still find some lingering belief that the ,press and its representatives are very much in the position of singers at a feast1 to have a plate sent out to them in the corridor1 and a chair in the windiest corner of the room when the cloth is drawn4 ,but it is not often that we have the idea so honestly expressed4 ,according to ,mr4 ,clark1 the accommodation of the ,press was one of the earliest considerations of the committee1 who seem to have balanced the profit of admitting #abg diners against the propriety of restricting that number to #abe and two reporters1 by whose agency the whole of the vast district through which we circulate would in effect have shared in the honour done to the noble guest1 and in the eloquence with which that honour was recognised4 ,the committee1 in its shortsightedness1 deliberately chose to make room for two diners more1 under the impression that they would manage the ,press somehow1and the spirit of courtesy in which that management was undertaken may be inferred from the tone of the remarkable letter of our correspondent4 ,it appears that by some gracious act of condescension our reporter was actually allowed to accompany a deputation to ,himley ,hall1 a distinguished recognition1 quoth ,mr4 ,clark1 rarely accorded to the ,fourth ,estate4 ,the gentleman who can assume these grand airs1 which the master of ,himley ,hall himself would be about the last to dream of1 was very well qualified to execute and excuse the orders of the committee in asking the reporters to come in with the dessert4 ,we quite approve of their refusal to submit to this servants' hall treatment4 ,they have no right to expect1 and as far as we know1 they never lay claim to the chief places at feasts2 but so long as their refusal is expressed with courtesy they have our entire approval when they decline to submit to treatment1 the result not of accident or oversight--this we are sure they would be the first to make allowance for--but1 as the early consideration shows1 deliberately resolved upon4 ,it was not until all the tickets were sold that this dining-down-stairs project was made known to our reporter1 or we would have taken good care that he should have had such accommodation as a guinea could have given him4 ,it is very droll1 in the midst of all that is silly in this letter1 to hear it charged against the reporters that they didn't study the convenience of these gracious gentlemen1 so far as to allow them the opportunity of obtaining other reporters4 ,other reporters6 ,one would imagine these commodities were as easy to procure as change for a shilling4 ,but suppose they were provided2 we say it for ourselves1 and we dare say the same for the majority1 if not the whole1 of our contemporaries1 that the product of the other reporters would have found its way to the office waste-paper basket4 ,as it is1 the committee have made a pretty mess of it4 ,they have dined the ,earl truly1 but they have contrived to rob the honour of half its graciousness and all its value1 by denuding it of the crowning grace of publicity4--,,ed4 ,daily ,post4 99 99 99 99 99 ,to the ,editor of the ,,daily ,,post4 ,sir1--,there is a paragraph in your edition of to-day respecting the banquet last evening1 given by the town to the ,earl of ,dudley1 in which the writer is facetious1 regarding the indignant treatment to which it was proposed to submit the gentlemen of the ,fourth ,estate1 and their noble protest against such treatment4 ,doubtless your sense of what is just and fair will admit a statement on the part of the committee of that dinner4 ,on ,wednesday up to four o'clock #aaa tickets had been sold--bought and paid for4 ,the ,mayor had been requested to reserve four for various parties1 and six were kept for the invited guests1 making in all #aba4 ,on ,wednesday evening four more were issued1 making #abe2 and on ,monday evening1 when the committee next met1 a list of a dozen applications could not even be considered4 ,besides this #abe1 it was expected that some few guests might be present1 and there were at least three 7,mr4 ,melville1 ,mr4 ,campbell1 and another72 and careful and accurate measurement of the room had given as a result the utter impossibility of putting more than #abh into it4 ,where then1 ,i ask1 could the reporters be accommodated at dinner1 being1 as they might be1 some six or eight8 ,arrangements were made for their dining1 and as soon as space could be obtained1 by the absence of the waiters1 a table was placed for their accommodation in the centre of the room4 ,we were perfectly willing to treat them as well as circumstances would allow1 but we could not do what was palpably impossible4 ,i have only to add that a full report of the banquet shall be forwarded to you for ,saturday's ,journal4 ,the committee would have been best pleased to have a professional report2 but in default of that must do the best they can to preserve a record of that portion of the events of the day4 ,i am1 ,sir1 yours faithfully1 ,,one ,,of ,,the ,,committee4 ,our reply to this is that there were only two papers represented1 our own and the ,wolverhampton ,chronicle4 ,the committee should have reserved two places for those reporters1 no matter what the demand was4 ,that is a prime article in the creed of all public dinner-giving committees1 and a wise one we think4--,,ed4 ,daily ,post4 ,shortly after these civic proceedings were accomplished1 the noble ,earl laid the ,foundation ,stone of the ,blind ,asylum in the ,tipton ,road1 which was built at his ,lordship's entire cost1 as a home and maintenance for those unfortunate miners and stone quarry men1 who are constantly losing their sight by explosions in his ,lordship's extensive mines4 ,in consequence of these sightless men refusing to avail themselves of this charitable hospitality1 this noble structure was tenantless for some years1 until it was so liberally given up by the ,earl of ,dudley to the ,trustees appointed by the late ,joseph ,guest1 ,esq41 for the purpose of founding a hospital in ,dudley1 which has since that time been of incalculable benefit to the working classes1 and now assumes vast usefulness as our renowned ,guest's ,hospital4 ,the following ceremony took place on that occasion3-- ,,elevation ,,of ,,lord ,,ward ,,to ,,an ,,earldom4 ,,celebrations ,,in ,,dudley ,,yesterday4 ,yesterday 7,tuesday7 was a day specially set apart by the inhabitants of ,dudley--having first duly consulted his lordship's convenience--for celebrating in some marked and public manner the elevation of ,lord ,ward1 who is so intimately connected with the town1 to the dignity and position of ,earl of ,dudley1 a title which one of his ancestors had previously held4 ,the day seemed to be observed as a day of festivity and general rejoicing1 and the ordinary avocations of life appeared to be in a great degree suspended4 ,from an early hour the bells of the various churches in the locality rang out a merry peal1 the streets were unusually thronged with pedestrians1 flags floated in the breeze from some of the houses1 and the universal subject of conversation was the ,earl of ,dudley and his probable movements during the day4 ,as we have already noticed in these columns the distribution of about four thousand pounds weight of beef1 which the liberality of his lordship had provided1 it is unnecessary to state more now than the fact that the beef was distributed among the poor on ,monday last in pieces weighing #dlbs4 each1 the clergymen and ministers of various denominations in the town acting as the almoners of the noble ,earl's bounty4 ,the colliers on the ,dudley estate were presented with a day's pay yesterday1 in harmony with the practice adopted towards their fellow workmen at ,brierley ,hill on the preceding day1 and we believe that ,dudley was not the only place that participated in the distribution of beef4 ,five oxen were slaughtered for ,dudley--one being apportioned to the ,kate's ,hill district1 one to ,netherton1 one to ,wolverhampton ,street1 and two to ,high ,street4 ,one or two bands of music paraded the streets of the town yesterday1 and about mid-day everyone was on the tiptoe of expectation1 and anxious to see his lordship pass through the streets on his way to the ,tipton ,new ,road1 where the ceremony of ,,laying ,,the ,,foundation ,,stone ,,of ,,the ,,blind ,,asylum was to take place4 ,the asylum is intended by his lordship for the reception of those men in his employ who have lost their sight through working in the limestone caverns1 which underlie the ,castle ,hill and grounds4 ,the plan and bird's-eye view of the institution show that it is intended to accommodate twenty-six families1 each family being furnished with a suite of five rooms and out-houses4 ,there will also be an infants'1 boys'1 and girls' school1 capable of accommodating together about #aej children4 ,a schoolmaster's residence will be attached to the schools1 and at a little distance a chapel and minister's house will be erected4 ,the chapel will be consecrated by the ,bishop of the diocese when completed1 and the noble ,earl will endow it from his own private purse4 ,a laundry1 sick ward1 and convenience for a surgeon1 form part of the scheme1 and the sanitary arrangements are of a most perfect character4 ,the block of buildings occupy three sides of a quadrangle1 and the whole is enclosed by a low wall and ornamental palisadings1 the entrance being through a neat iron gateway1 to which is attached a porter's lodge4 ,there is a separate entrance to the church on the south side of the ,asylum4 ,in the centre of the east side is a tower1 in which is constructed a large tank for supplying the various houses with water1 the idea being that the tank shall be supplied by the manual labour of the blind inmates1 a pump being placed over a conduit in the centre of the ground for that purpose4 ,under such an arrangement it is contemplated that an ample supply of water will always be at hand for every sanitary and culinary purpose4 ,the centre of the quadrangle is laid out as a greensward1 with footpaths intersecting it1 and in the rear about two acres of land are devoted to the purposes of a kitchen and flower garden4 ,the ,south ,staffordshire ,railway runs along a short distance behind the block of buildings1 and the ,oxford1 ,worcester and ,wolverhampton ,railway passes in front1 midway between the ,asylum and the ,castle ,hill4 ,the new turnpike road from ,dudley to ,tipton is also closely contiguous4 ,the material used in the erection of the various buildings is red and white sandstone1 supplied from his lordship's quarries1 and the style of architecture is the early decorated ,gothic4 ,the whole of the expense of the erection and fitting-up will be borne by his lordship1 and the asylum will1 when complete1 form another memento of the princely munificence for which he is so deservedly celebrated4 ,about twelve o'clock yesterday his lordship arrived upon the ground1 in company with the ,dowager ,lady ,ward and the ,hon4 ,mrs4 ,claughton and party4 ,among other ladies and gentlemen also present at the ceremony were the ,rev4 ,d4 ,melville and party2 ,rev4 ,dr4 ,browne1 ,vicar of ,dudley2 ,mrs4 ,e4 ,f4 ,smith1 ,mrs4 ,s4 ,d4 ,fereday1 ,miss ,roberts1 ,t4 ,tinsley1 ,esq41 7,mayor of ,dudley71 ,mr4 ,e4 ,hollier1 7ex-,mayor71 ,mr4 ,c4 ,f4 ,g4 ,clark 7,high ,bailiff7 c4 ,the ceremonial commenced by the noble earl placing in the cavity of the stone prepared for its reception a glass bottle containing a copy of the ,gazette in which he was declared to have been created an earl1 and also the current coins of the realm4 ,his lordship then proceeded to read the following inscription1 which was engraved on a brass plate placed over the cavity3 ,the corner stone of this building1 erected for the collecting together under one roof1 and for the comfort and consolation of those who have lost their eyesight in the working of the ,dudley limestone caverns1 was laid by the ,earl of ,dudley1 of ,dudley ,castle1 ,william ,baron ,ward1 of ,birmingham1 the #bhth day of ,february1 #ahfj4 ,richard ,smith1 mine agent of the ,dudley estates1 to whose suggestion this institution owes its origin4 ,william ,bourne1 architect2 ,j4 ,hartland1 ,w4 ,walker1 builders4 ,dimidium cpti qui bene cpit habet4 ,the noble ,earl then received a silver trowel from the ,dowager ,lady ,ward1 to whom it had been first presented1 and the stone having been lowered to its final resting place1 the customary formalities were gone through4 ,it may be incidentally mentioned1 that1 at the request of a bystander a medal1 commemorative of the erection of ,st4 ,thomas's ,church1 was also placed with the coins4 ,the inscription on the plate was surmounted by the ,dudley arms4 ,after the lowering of the stone the ,rev4 ,dr4 ,browne offered up prayer1 and subsequently the ,earl of ,dudley addressed the assembled crowd4 ,he commenced his remarks by reminding those present that although they had just seen the corner stone of the building laid the work had not to be begun1 as the foundation has been laid for some time past1 and everything would now go on rapidly towards completion4 ,it gave him the greatest possible pleasure that he was enabled on an occasion like that--so soon after his accession to an earldom--to lay the foundation stone of a building which it was his prayer would last till the sons and grandsons of those by whom it would be tenanted should have passed away4 ,they all knew what the building was intended for1 but he would add one other word4 ,although a large employer of labour like himself was bound as a matter of duty to provide for the maintenance of those who by a dispensation of ,providence were deprived of their eyesight while in his employ1 the contemplated benefits of the asylum would extend further than that4 ,in that building they might meet those with whom they had been in the habit of associating1 and one would be enabled to comfort the other1 and add consolation to consolation as long as life should last--that inward consolation which was so necessary to those who had lost their outward sight1 and therefore could not look upon the beauties of earth4 ,the inmates would thus feel great pleasure in knowing that those who formerly were engaged with them in the same occupation were sitting around them1 praying with them1 and reciprocating the same sentiments4 ,their wives--to whom they were bound by the common natural tie--and their children--in whom their happiness must to a great extent be centred--would also be near them1 and around them1 and would grow up among acquaintances who1 becoming friends1 would prove invaluable upon starting in life1 as they often gave a man a better chance of taking his proper position in society4 ,the noble ,earl went on to say that he took no credit to himself for suggesting such an institution1 as it was not his due4 ,if he carried the work out it would be because1 being by the gift of ,providence the possessor of such large estates1 he felt it to be his duty to look after those who suffered in his interests4 ,but the idea did not originate with him1 but with a gentleman who1 day by day and week by week1 saw with his own eyes what escaped his lordship's--the suffering and misery of those who lost their sight4 ,the suggestion was made by a man well known and highly respected in this district1 where he was born1 and where he had ever maintained an unspotted name of honour and integrity of purpose4 ,that gentleman having suggested the work1 he 7the noble ,earl7 was bound to carry it out1 although not perhaps without some jealousy1 on account of not having been the first to originate it4 ,after expressing a hope that in a few months they would see the building rise in all its fair proportions1 and that the day would soon arrive when they should see those for whom the building was intended marching in to take possession of it1 his lordship concluded amid loud and continued cheers4 ,three cheers were also given for ,lady ,ward1 the ,rev4 ,dr ,browne1 and ,r4 ,smith1 ,esq4 ,a number of copies of a view of the projected building1 which was dedicated to the last-named gentleman1 were then distributed by the noble ,earl1 and the assembly soon afterwards dispersed4 ,,the ,,banquet4 ,of the banquet in the evening to the noble ,earl we can say nothing1 except that we believe about #abj sat down4 ,the ,dinner ,committee1 in making their arrangements1 seem to have ignored the existence of such an institution as the ,press1 and it was not till all the tickets were sold1 and all the available space occupied1 that they appear to have entertained the idea that probably the public would like to know something about their proceedings4 ,accordingly1 in their magnanimity1 they arranged that provision should be made in some room downstairs1 where the reporters might eat and drink by themselves1 and await the summons to go up higher1 which happy period1 it is supposed1 would have arrived when the cloth was withdrawn1 and the serious part of the business of the evening commenced4 ,however1 the representatives of the fourth estate present did not feel inclined to submit to such unusual indignities4 ,in consequence of these proceedings of the committee our readers are deprived of a report of the speeches made at the banquet2 but we may perhaps be allowed to remark that such a mode of conducting what is really public business1 is alike disrespectful to the noble ,earl they intended to congratulate1 and insulting to every person who has a just idea of the dignity of the press4 ,if the committee had informed us that the right of a reporter to be present was only purchaseable1 we should1 for the sake of our readers1 have taken care that this right was secured for our representative4--,daily ,post4 ,june #ahth1 #ahfj4 ,the ,old ,town ,hall1 which had stood between two and three centuries in the ,market ,place1 ,dudley1 was doomed to destruction1 and workmen commenced pulling it down this day4 ,the noble ,earl of ,dudley had previously signified his intention to erect a handsome ,italian ,fountain on the site1 which now adorns our ,market ,place4 ,died1 ,october #adth1 #ahfj1 ,mr4 ,thomas ,rudd1 ,jeweller and ,watchmaker1 ,market ,place1 after a very protracted illness1 brought on by an accident in his gig4 ,aged #eb years4 ,,the ,,court ,,leet4 ,oct4 #bfth1 #ahfj4 ,this ancient ,court for the barony of ,dudley was held yesterday at the ,hotel4 ,there were present in addition to ,j4 ,h4 ,bourne1 ,esq41 7,steward of the ,manor71 ,s4 ,bourne1 ,esq41 ,g4 ,taylor1 ,esq41 ,t4 ,tinsley1 ,esq4 7,mayor71 and ,c4 ,f4 ,g4 ,clark1 ,esq4 7,high ,bailiff71 ,messrs4 ,s4 ,fereday1 ,j4 ,jordan1 ,grainger1 ,hollier1 ,finch1 ,williscroft1 ,e4 ,wood1 ,w4 ,sheppard1 ,smart1 ,s4 ,cook1 ,marsh1 ,timmins1 ,bowen1 ,minty1 ,watkins1 ,houghton1 ,w4 ,c4 ,wood1 ,saml4 ,rudge1 ,s4 ,price1 ,patterson1 ,d4 ,lloyd1 ,d4 ,jordan1 ,g4 ,stevenson1 ,c4 ,h4 ,tyler1 ,c4 ,lucas1 ,dixon1 ,t4 ,sheppard1 ,smith1 ,terry1 and ,wesley4 ,the opening of the ,court having been proclaimed and the jury duly sworn1 ,mr4 ,g4 ,stephenson proposed1 and ,mr4 ,finch seconded1 the election of ,mr4 ,clark 7late ,high ,bailiff7 to the office of ,mayor for the ensuing year4 ,there was no opposition and consequently ,mr4 ,clark was declared duly elected4 ,upon the proposition of ,mr4 ,hollier1 seconded by ,mr4 ,w4 ,h4 ,brooke1 ,mr4 ,e4 ,grainger was elected ,high ,bailiff4 ,the ,sergeants1 ,messrs4 ,a4 ,patterson and ,j4 ,jordan1 were reappointed1 as were also ,messrs4 ,c4 ,lucas and ,s4 ,smart1 7flesh-tasters71 and ,messrs4 ,w4 ,minty and ,j4 ,f4 ,watkins1 7constables74 ,the only alteration made in the appointment of ale connors was the election of ,mr4 ,w4 ,smith instead of ,mr4 ,j4 ,smith1 who is ill1 to act in conjunction with ,mr4 ,w4 ,sheppard4 ,mr4 ,samuel ,cook1 amid some merriment1 made his customary annual protest against the illegal appointment of a ,mayor of ,dudley1 inasmuch as ,mayors were usually elected from the ,court of ,aldermen2 and although he found from ancient documents that there was once a court of ,aldermen in ,dudley1 yet as there was not such a court now1 the office of ,mayor must have become extinct4 ,he protested most solemnly against the farce of continuing such elections4 7,laughter74 ,mr4 ,cook was thanked for his protest1 and the subject dropped4 ,mr4 ,clark1 in a few words1 thanked the jury for the honour conferred upon him that day1 and expressed his hope that at the termination of the year of office they would find that he had discharged the duties incumbent upon him in a very satisfactory manner1 and that he could allow the mantle of an office which had been in existence #bjj years to descend upon his successor unsullied in the slightest degree4 ,the various officers were then duly sworn to serve our ,sovereign ,lady the ,queen1 c41 and the business of the ,court terminated4 ,subsequently the whole of the above-named gentlemen1 together with ,f4 ,smith1 ,esq41 ,messrs4 ,t4 ,oakes1 ,w4 ,c4 ,wood1 sen41 ,bateman1 ,houghton1 ,deely1 ,cartwright1 c41 sat down to a luxurious dinner1 provided by ,mrs4 ,smith1 of the hotel1 in her accustomed good style4 ,amongst those who sat down to dinner was ,mr4 ,s4 ,cook1 who so indignantly protested against the proceedings of the morning1 and the fact caused not a little pleasantry4--,daily ,post4 ,died1 ,november #aath1 #ahfj1 ,isaac ,badger1 ,esq41 ,j4,p41 aged #gf years4 ,mr4 ,isaac ,badger was the last of a section of contracted ,tories who had literally ruled this town for half a century4 ,tory in political faith but ,radical in practice1 unlettered but audacious1 this gentleman rode over all obstacles1 and died a rich man1 respected by a large circle of life-long friends4 ,a public funeral was given to his remains1 as a mark of respect4 ,,funeral ,,of ,,the ,,late ,,isaac ,,badger1 ,,esq4 ,,the ,,bailiff 7in the absence of the ,mayor71 respectfully invites those ,persons who are desirous of paying a last ,tribute of ,respect to the ,memory of the late ,,isaac ,,badger1 ,,esq41 to meet at the ,,dudley ,,arms ,,hotel1 on ,,friday ,morning next1 at #aa-cj precisely1 for the purpose of joining the ,,funeral ,,procession from his late residence to ,st4 ,edmund's ,church4 ,as a further mark of respect the ,public are respectfully requested to ,,partially ,,close their respective ,establishments on the ,morning of the above day4 ,,edward ,,grainger1 ,,bailiff4 ,dudley1 ,november #adth1 #ahfj4 ,the following list of returns of the various ,parliamentary ,elections in this ,borough may be useful as an occasional reference3-- ,a ,,list ,,of ,,the ,,dudley ,,borough ,,elections1 ,,since ,,the ,,borough ,,was ,,enfranchised ,,in #ahcb4 #ahcb4 ,votes4 ,john ,campbell1 ,reformer #cah ,sir ,horace ,st4 ,paul1 ,tory #bbi ---- ,majority #hi #ahcd4 ,mr4 ,thos4 ,hawkes1 ,tory #cbb ,sir ,john ,campbell1 ,reformer #bed ---- ,majority #fh #ahce4 ,mr4 ,thos4 ,hawkes1 ,tory #cbg ,mr4 ,forbes1 ,radical #bej ---- ,majority #gg #ahcg4 ,mr4 ,thos4 ,hawkes1 ,tory #che ,mr4 ,merryweather ,turner1 ,radical #bhi ---- ,majority #if #ahda4 ,mr4 ,thos4 ,hawkes1 ,tory #dcf ,mr4 ,smith1 ,radical #ahi ---- ,majority #bdg #ahdd4 ,mr4 ,jno4 ,benbow1 ,tory #chh ,mr4 ,wm4 ,rawson1 ,freetrader #age ---- ,majority #bac #aheb4 ,mr4 ,jno4 ,benbow1 ,tory #djj ,mr4 ,jas4 ,baldwin1 ,radical #bca ---- ,majority #afi #ahee4 ,mr4 ,jno4 ,benbow4 ,died1 ,february #bfth1 #ahee4 #ahee4 ,sir ,stafford ,northcote1 ,conservative #cdf ,mr4 ,jas4 ,baldwin1 ,radical #c ---- ,majority #cdc #aheg4 ,mr4 ,h4 ,b4 ,sheridan1 ,doubtful ,mr4 ,sandars1 resigned1 ,conservative #ahei4 ,mr4 ,h4 ,b4 ,sheridan1 ,radical #dcb ,viscount ,monck1 ,liberal ,conservative #cfa ---- ,majority #ga #ahfe4 ,mr4 ,h4 ,b4 ,sheridan1 ,radical #ebf ,mr4 ,francis ,truscott1 ,conservative #bge ---- ,majority #bea #ahfh4 ,mr4 ,h4 ,b4 ,sheridan1 ,radical4 ,unopposed4 ,february1 #ahgd4 ,mr4 ,h4 ,b4 ,sheridan1 ,radical #eadicf ,mr4 ,fred ,smith ,shenstone1 ,liberal ,conservative #dahacf ---- ,majority #ifh ,may1 #ahgd4 ,mr4 ,h4 ,b4 ,sheridan1 ,radical #efjg ,mr4 ,noah ,hingley1 ,conservative #dhhi ---- ,majority #gah #ahhj4 ,mr4 ,h4 ,b4 ,sheridan1 ,radical #fidh ,mr4 ,alfred ,waterman1 ,conservative #dafc ---- ,majority #bghe ,,trial ,,of ,,mr4 ,,samuel ,,cook1 ,,draper ,,of ,,dudley4 #ahbg4 ,posterity will view in very different light the public acts of this remarkable townsman1 when we consider that all the points of the ,great ,charter1 which he so strenuously advocated1 and never failed to bring to the front when occasion presented itself1 have now1 save one or two divisions1 been passed by succeeding ,parliaments1 and entered upon the ,statute ,book of this country1 as just and lawful measures to be exercised by voters in sending fit and proper men to make laws and administer the gigantic affairs and policy of this great country4 ,mr4 ,samuel ,cook's great sin was1 that he lived before his time2 his great heart1 and undying love of justice and fair play1 made him a leader amongst the people and a friend of the oppressed and friendless4 ,his ,republican principles were based upon a well-informed insight into the motives and actions of the governed and governing1 and where he overstepped the bounds of what was considered proper decorum1 and enunciated political and social doctrines1 which were far in advance of the times in which he lived1 he followed the dictates of an honest and earnest mind1 burning to regenerate what he believed to be an unnatural and vicious state of both political and social growth4 ,mr4 ,cook was at times decidedly fanatical1 headstrong1 and ungovernable1 but he held a reason for the faith which led him on at periods to denounce1 in unmeasured language1 the perpetration of wrongs under which society then laboured and groaned1 and the oppression1 and the grinding down of the half-starved wretches who craved his protection and claimed his care4 ,it has often been urged that the unwise riots at the ,lye-,waste amongst the ,nailers in #ahbg led to the arrest and trial of ,mr4 ,cook at ,worcester ,assizes1 on ,august #ast1 #ahbg1 for falsely1 seditiously and maliciously writing and publishing in his shop window at ,dudley certain false1 seditious1 and scandalous libels1 tending to inflame the minds and alienate the affections of the people from his majesty the ,king1 and to excite them to traitorous insurrections against the ,government4 ,the fact of ,mr4 ,cook being then an active advocate of the rights of labour1 and a fair wage for a fair day's work1 added to his invincible courage in rooting out the oppression and injustice which then tainted the nail trade under the manipulations of that detestable go-between the ,nail ,fogger1 made him an object of fear and dread to the ,nail ,masters1 whilst he became the idol of the ,nailers1 and a very desirable person and agitator to be denounced1 shut up1 and removed from his chosen sphere of action2 hence the persecution for the first time of this remarkable and courageous townsman4 ,mr4 ,cook was no paid agent1 and what he did for upwards of thirty years was done from a sure belief that it was his mission thus to oppose all oppression1 and assert the undeniable rights of man4 ,he became a serious pecuniary loser by these lengthened social and political proceedings1 and died1 ,december #hth1 #ahfa1 at the ripe old age of #ge years4 ,mr4 ,cook had a large host of genuine friends and admirers who had viewed his arduous long-life labours with admiration and profound regard4 ,i need hardly say that ,mr4 ,cook received no personal harm or imprisonment for his supposed misdeeds1 but was found legally guilty and bound over to come and receive judgment when required1 which never occurred4 ,he was ably defended by ,mr4 ,john ,campbell1 who was a very rising man at the ,bar1 and eventually became the first ,m4,p4 for ,dudley4 ,the public reception which awaited ,mr4 ,cook on his return from ,worcester ,assizes was of a most characteristic and demonstrative description1 for he was met near ,stourbridge by a deputation with a carriage and four grey horses1 and from thence driven to old ,dudley amid a perfect ovation of men1 women1 and children of all classes4 ,a brass band discoursed sweet and patriotic music at the head of a procession1 said to number #dj1jjj people1 who1 ever and anon1 continued their welcome acclamations in honour of their triumphant friend1 patriot1 and advocate4 ,it will be a long time before we shall meet with such another self-sacrificing life in ,dudley4 99 99 99 99 99 ,october #crd1 #ahfa4 ,the ,dudley ,rifle ,corps up to this date had1 under the energetic management of our highly respected and talented townsman1 ,captain ,wainwright1 acquired great proficiency2 so the ,mayor 7,mr4 ,c4 ,f4 ,g4 ,clark7 offered a handsome silver cup1 value #h1 to be shot for1 as an absolute prize1 which was won by ,corporal ,devall1 the successful winner of the ,beauchamp ,cup a short time before1 who made #ah points on this occasion at the three ranges1 securing three more points than in his former shooting4 ,,the ,,dudley ,,rifle ,,movement4 ,wednesday was a gala day with this company4 ,the proceedings commenced with a rifle match for a handsome silver cup1 given by ,c4 ,f4 ,g4 ,clark1 ,esq4 7,mayor of ,dudley73 and ,corporal ,devall1 the winner of the ,beauchamp ,cup 7shot for last week71 was again the victor4 ,he made eighteen points at the three ranges--three more points than won the first cup4 ,the other competitors who most nearly approached the winner were as follow3--,lieutenant ,sanders1 #af2 ,ensign ,hewitt1 #af2 ,sergeant ,wood1 #ag2 ,j4 ,wilkinson1 #ad2 ,albert ,wood1 #ad2 ,j4 ,h4 ,smith1 #ac2 ,j4 ,bromwich1 #af2 ,worrall1 #ad2 ,g4 ,fellows1 #ab2 ,burton1 #ad2 ,blackstock1 #ae2 ,dixon1 #aa2 ,wilson1 #ad4 ,in the evening the officers of the company were entertained at a sumptuous dinner at the ,bush ,hotel 7,mr4 ,j4 ,cartwright's71 provided by the non-commissioned officers and privates1 intended as a return of a similar compliment paid to the men by the officers some time ago4 ,about eighty sat down1 under the presidency of ,sergeant ,g4 ,h4 ,deeley2 ,sergeant ,williscroft occupying the vice-chair2 and among the other invited guests were1 ,rev4 ,j4 ,davis 7hon4 chaplain to the corps71 ,captain ,woolridge 7adjutant to the battalion71 ,w4 ,haden1 ,esq41 ,j4 ,p42 ,c4 ,f4 ,g4 ,clark1 ,esq4 7,mayor71 ,e4 ,grainger1 ,esq41 7,high ,bailiff71 ,t4 ,tinsley1 ,esq4 7,ex-,mayor71 ,s4 ,d4 ,fereday1 ,esq41 ,g4 ,taylor1 ,esq41 ,j4 ,renaud1 ,esq41 c41 c4--,the efficient band of the corps played a selection of music during dinner4 ,after the withdrawal of the cloth1 the customary loyal and patriotic toasts were proposed in due order from the chair4 ,in responding to the ,bishop and ,clergy1 the hon4 chaplain defended the rifle corps movement against the attacks of those who said it was inconsistent with the profession of ,christianity to be a soldier1 and quoted various examples from ,holy ,writ in support of his argument4 ,among other examples he instanced ,joshua1 ,david1 ,goliath1 ,jehoshaphat1 and ,john the ,baptist4 ,the rev4 gentleman concluded by expressing a hope that all engaged in the ,volunteer movement would understand the obligations they took upon themselves1 and endeavour to discharge their duties properly4 ,the health of the corps followed4 ,the ,army and ,navy followed1 with three times three for ,captain ,woolridge4 ,the ,captain on rising to respond1 was again received with loud cheers4 ,he said the toast of the army and navy was always well received1 but seldom or never so cordially as by a company purely civilian in character1 because those who worked at home for their own good seemed to have a sort of innate sympathy with soldier or sailor who worked hard1 but not for his own aggrandizement--for they could hardly tell him of one who had grown rich in the service4 ,they were sympathised with because they worked for the honour of their ,queen and the safety of the country4 7,cheers47 ,the ,volunteer movement had been eulogised by everybody1 from her ,majesty downwards1 and it was scarcely his place--if1 indeed1 it was necessary--to say anything about it then1 connected as he was with the movement1 and occupying some such position as an attache did to an embassy1 inasmuch as he was obliged to perform the orders received from head quarters4 ,as far as he knew about the policy of head quarters1 he was sure they did not intend to reduce the regular army in consequence of the efficiency of the volunteer corps in the kingdom4 ,he thought their intention was to keep up the army as it was at present1 so that if war broke out they might be employed in defending our wide-spread colonies1 and the volunteers1 if wanted1 could keep peace at home4 ,after alluding to the difficulties which surrounded the office of adjutant1 ,captain ,woolridge went on to compliment the ,dudley ,company upon their efficiency1 and said that if they would only go on as they had begun1 they ought to achieve great things4 ,he had eleven companies in his district1 but he believed the ,dudley corps was the only one which was almost or entirely self-supporting4 ,from such a company he should expect to see an example set to others1 both as respect to discipline and conduct4 ,now that ,government was going to provide instructors and ammunition1 he should like to see a company out of the battalion perfectly equipped for service in the field1 and he knew of no company possessing such pecuniary advantages for such a purpose as the ,dudley ,company4 ,the gallant captain concluded1 amidst loud cheers1 by again speaking in eulogistic terms of the general character of the corps4 ,the ,lord ,lieutenant and ,magistrates of the ,county was responded to by ,w4 ,haden1 ,esq41 in a brief speech1 in which he took occasion to remark that1 in discharging the difficult and onerous duties of their office1 it was of the greatest importance that the ,magistrates should be supported in their decisions by the good feeling of their fellow townsmen2 and if they were supported in their work by such a respectable body of fellow-townsmen as he saw before him that night1 the decisions and acts of the ,magistrates must have far more importance and weight than they otherwise possibly could4 ,the toast of the evening1 ,the ,officers of the ,corps1 followed in a neat speech from the chair1 to which ,captain ,wainwright responded on behalf of himself and his brother officers1 and was received with boisterous outbursts of applause4 ,he said they had been associated together in a new and difficult undertaking for about two years4 ,the officers especially were surrounded with difficulties1 inasmuch as they had to learn their own business before they could teach it to others1 and to acquire the art of obtaining a certain amount of obedience from those who were not accustomed to obey military command4 ,looking back all this time he thought his brother officers would agree with him that they were very much indebted to the members of the corps for the attention they had always paid to their duties1 by which great assistance had been rendered to the officers4 ,to quote the expression of ,colonel ,mc,murdo at ,worcester1 they were indebted to the company for the forbearance they had shown to their officers4 ,it was necessary that such forbearance should be shown1 because officers had to learn their duties like the men1 and they required a greater amount of attention1 and consequently they might not be performed so well as they ought2 but with the help afforded by the members of the company they would in time become better informed than they were4 ,therefore he hoped they would continue to help the officers for the future1 and all act as harmoniously together as they had done that day1 and then the corps would be a credit to the county and the country4 ,alluding to the address of the chaplain1 in which that gentleman remarked upon the blessings of the ,almighty resting upon those who were attempting to get possession of a land that was promised only1 the ,captain remarked how much more might they expect that blessing to rest upon those employed in the defence of a country already in possession4 7,cheers47 ,after stating that he took the entertainment given to the officers that evening as an expression of the good feeling and harmony subsisting between them1 the speaker referred to the assistance they had received from their friends and neighbours1 and to the proposed movements for the future1 including the shooting to come off next week for a ,lancaster rifle1 presented by ,w4 ,haden1 ,esq4--,the winner of the ,beauchamp and ,mayor's ,cups 7,corporal ,devall7 was then formally presented to the ,mayor1 who presented him with the cup won that day1 and addressed him in a suitable and encouraging speech4 ,corporal ,devall replied ,the ,mayor1 with three cheers2 ,the ,high ,bailiff1 ,the ,chairman1 ,vice-chairman1 and non-commissioned ,officers1 ,the ,lieutenants1 ,quarter ,master1 7,mr4 ,johnson71 and other toasts followed4 ,in addition to the instrumental music of the band1 the proceedings of the evening were much enlivened by various vocal performances4 ,,dudley ,,election1 #ahcb4 #a ,,now ,dudley boys6 ,exalt your joys1 ,nor fear the ,tory faction2 ,lord ,russell's ,bill1 ,indeed it will ,reduce them to a fraction4 #b ,,campbell you know ,is sure to go1 ,though all their might are using2 ,,horace',s friends ,can't gain their ends2 ,they have no chance but losing4 #c ,frank1 ,tom1 and ,paul1 ,isaac1 and all1 ,their slaves will call together2 ,the ,,ship ,,reform ,their puny storm ,with perfect ease will weather4 #d ,no doubt they'll try ,to place him high ,on the first day of polling2 ,then ,lygon like1 ,he soon will strike1 ,down like a stone come rolling4 #e ,so ,parson ,ned ,gives meat and bread ,to those who will but hear him2 ,with bread and meat1 ,and a free seat1 ,the poor folks won't go near him4 #f ,the reason's plain4 ,he's short of brain1 ,and wants what still is better2 ,to make men slaves ,the madman raves-- ,says gold shall be their fetters4 #g ,won't ,,soup nor ,,ale8 ,,nor ,,gold ,,prevail8 ,whatever is the matter8 ,the people see1 ,and will be free-- ,justice demands the latter4 #h ',twixt ,church and state1 ,the wound's so great1 ,it can't again be healed2 ,what with the ,tithes1 ,and ,parsons' lives1 ,poor ,church her doom is sealed6 #i ,they say old ,gray ,has turned away-- ,,horace ,,st4 ,,paul preferring2 ,and tinker ,dick1 ,that honest stick1 ,it seems some brass is stirring4 #aj ,where is great ,john ,the ,draper gone1 ,chairman at last ,election8 ,the ,bowling ,green1 ,that source of spleen1 ,which led to his detection4 #aa ,highway ,robbers1 ,church-,rate jobbers1 ,and such as have a pension2 ,all of one mind1 ,you soon will find1 ,most prompt in their attention4 #ab ,now once for all1 ,we'll have no ,,paul6 ,indeed it would be folly2 ,led by the nose1 ,by our old foes-- ,rough ,joe and ,doctor ,molly4 ,as a great amount of talk and contention has of late been indulged in by all classes of ratepayers1 in reference to the proceedings of the ,dudley ,town ,council2 more especially about the ,deep ,drainage1 and the ,public ,baths1 c41 it may not be out of place in preserving a record of the names of those gentlemen and ratepayers who1 in #ahfd1 appended their names to the largest requisition ever signed in this town1 for the purpose of considering the desirability of presenting a petition to the ,queen in ,council1 praying ,her ,majesty to grant a ,charter of ,incorporation to this ,borough4 ,,incorporation ,,of ,,the ,,borough4 ,,to ,,samuel ,,rudge1 ,,esq41 ,,mayor ,,of ,,dudley4 ,we1 the undersigned1 ,ratepayers and ,inhabitants of the ,parish of ,dudley1 respectfully request you to convene a ,,public ,,meeting1 for the purpose of considering the desirability of presenting a ,petition to the ,queen in ,council1 praying ,her ,majesty to grant a ,charter of ,incorporation to this ,borough4 ,james ,c4 ,browne1 ,d4,c4,l41 vicar ,alexander ,george ,davies1 ,m4,a41 incumbent of ,st4 ,james's ,john ,davies1 ,m4,a41 incumbent of ,st4 ,edmund's ,e4 ,h4 ,l4 ,noott1 ,b4,a41 incumbent of ,st4 ,john's1 ,dudley ,robert ,harper1 ,m4,a41 head master of the ,grammar ,school ,george ,lewis1 ,presbyterian minister1 ,dudley ,richard ,rymer1 ,wesleyan minister1 ,dudley ,david ,evans1 ,baptist minister1 ,dudley ,matthew ,gibson1 ,unitarian minister ,jas4 ,bond1 ,catholic priest1 ,dudley ,samuel ,price1 tanner and currier ,hy4 ,coldicott1 solicitor ,theophilus ,tinsley1 merchant ,thos4 ,sheppard1 ironmonger ,geo4 ,j4 ,england1 maltster and brewer ,ed4 ,m4 ,warmington1 solicitor ,john ,round ,tilley1 tanner ,daniel ,timmins1 surgeon ,r4 ,c4 ,buck1 chemist ,w4 ,challingsworth1 victualler ,reginald ,unwin ,dudley1 silk mercer ,william ,beddard1 ,jun41 wholesale grocer ,john ,finch1 iron founder ,henry ,bagott1 woollen draper ,c4 ,f4 ,g4 ,clark1 chemist ,thomas ,price1 tanner and currier ,j4 ,o4 ,pearse1 agent ,james ,cartwright1 wine merchant ,saml4 ,d4 ,fereday1 surgeon ,j4 ,h4 ,deakin1 wine merchant ,joseph ,taylor1 agent ,w4 ,h4 ,laxton1 bookseller ,thos4 ,baker1 shoe manufacturer ,john ,dawson1 chemist ,john ,whitehouse1 ,dudley ,saml4 ,bastick1 hatter ,john ,s4 ,fisher1 jeweller ,james ,hemmings1 shoe manufacturer ,h4 ,wythes1 plumber ,ed4 ,bowen1 draper ,joseph ,sheldon1 milliner ,alexander ,m4 ,intyre1 draper ,thos4 ,maguire1 boot maker ,ebenezer ,hutchings1 news agent ,c4 ,cetti1 furniture dealer ,joseph ,holland1 pork butcher ,william ,coleman1 spirit merchant ,isaac ,collins1 hosier ,william ,hewitt1 fruiterer ,george ,henry ,hewitt1 ditto ,e4 ,lancey ,george ,whitford1 bookseller ,s4 ,q4 ,cook1 draper ,joseph ,caswell1 tobacconist ,j4 ,c4 ,green1 banker ,john ,cartwright1 banker's clerk ,e4 ,dunn1 chemist ,w4 ,piddington1 tobacconist ,henry ,woodhouse1 innkeeper ,f4 ,c4 ,hickling1 clerk ,john ,bromwich1 jeweller ,cornelius ,james1 wire worker ,george ,thorns1 pork butcher ,edwin ,baker1 fruiterer ,j4 ,c4 ,westley1 brass founder ,b4 ,wilcox1 currier ,j4 ,parsons ,alexander ,barker ,bartholomew ,duffy1 shoemaker ,james ,frost1 iron merchant ,jos4 ,walker1 wholesale draper ,william ,palmer ,william ,holland1 builder ,john ,g ,wright1 auctioneer ,s4 ,grosvenor1 ,m4,b41 ,oxon4 ,w4 ,fletcher and ,sons1 nail ironmongers ,william ,smith1 victualler ,james ,grigg1 wheelwright ,william ,wilkinson1 vice and anvil manufacturer ,james ,woodall1 builder ,matthew ,smith ,john ,jones1 shoemaker ,charles ,pardoe1 victualler ,thomas ,parsons ,john ,baker ,thomas ,lees1 shopkeeper ,william ,iles1 iron dealer ,saml4 ,ward1 butcher ,charles ,t4 ,sturtevant1 artist ,james ,henry ,bourne1 grocer ,joseph ,owen1 broker ,john ,fisher1 merchant ,william ,richards1 draper ,richard ,coates1 watchmaker ,william ,insull1 bookseller ,fredk4 ,tandy ,saml4 ,lee1 baker ,hy4 ,mence1 shoemaker ,j4 ,thompson1 painter ,richard ,davies1 fruiterer ,j4 ,t4 ,edwards1 watchmaker ,francis ,garner1 confectioner ,richard ,williams1 shoemaker ,joseph ,watson1 victualler ,henry ,bodin1 builder ,george ,grove1 builder ,wm4 ,hooper1 victualler ,george ,smith1 engineer ,edward ,round1 agent ,george ,hartshorne1 iron merchant ,daniel ,g4 ,ward1 iron merchant ,george ,cooke1 victualler ,james ,wright1 engineer ,h4 and ,j4 ,wright and ,co41 engineers ,thomas ,ward1 victualler ,jesse ,crompton1 farrier ,john ,hyslop1 wine merchant ,george ,ashfield1 baker ,thomas ,hale1 schoolmaster ,thomas ,marsh1 grocer ,william ,nelson1 builder ,george ,chaplin1 hatter ,robert ,houghton1 draper ,john ,williscroft1 hatter ,thomas ,roberts1 draper ,john ,evans1 hosier ,c4 ,h4 ,gare1 chemist ,john ,smart1 fruiterer ,mark ,malugani1 umbrella manufacturer ,thomas ,timmins1 butcher ,joseph ,waterson1 cabinet maker ,mark ,w4 ,dickins1 agent ,joseph ,williams1 schoolmaster ,charles ,w4 ,westley1 brass founder ,hy4 ,harper1 coal master ,james ,fisher1 surgeon1 ,dudley ,john ,tandy1 ,dudley ,william ,gordon ,coulton1 solicitor1 ,dudley ,george ,wood1 wine merchant ,joseph ,stokes1 solicitor1 ,dudley ,samuel ,mills1 stationer1 ,dudley ,enoch ,brooks1 currier ,james ,shedden1 stationer ,william ,waring1 tailor ,samuel ,waring1 tailor ,thomas ,wright1 ironmaster ,james ,wilkins1 hair dresser ,samuel ,dudley1 confectioner ,joseph ,green1 millinery warehouseman ,john ,harris1 hosier ,james ,homer1 butcher ,messrs4 ,t4 and ,s4 ,davies1 spirit merchants ,c4 ,h4 ,tyler1 cement manufacturer ,w4 ,morris1 tailor ,john ,bagott and ,son1 tailors ,e4 ,hollier1 chemist ,t4 ,l4 ,rutland1 clothier ,edward ,smith1 grocer ,john ,neale1 hatter ,george ,morris1 cab proprietor ,m4 ,dennison1 chemist ,thomas ,willis1 wholesale grocer1 ,market ,place ,fox ,wright1 commercial traveller1 ,rose ,hill ,thomas ,stevenson1 clothier ,benjamin ,guest1 confectioner ,edward ,wood1 woollen draper ,thomas ,reynolds1 confectioner ,thomas ,l4 ,stevenson1 clothier ,james ,cowden ,haxeltine1 butcher ,thomas ,allen1 wine merchant ,james ,ellis1 wine merchant ,richard ,clark1 haberdasher ,george ,stevenson1 clothier ,edward ,devall1 clothier ,joseph ,stevenson1 clothier ,joseph ,goodwin1 printer1 c4 ,john ,davies1 furniture dealer ,henry ,timmins1 butcher ,james ,brown1 egg merchant ,william ,pearsall1 victualler ,james ,smitheman1 victualler ,m4 ,brown1 agent ,hughes and ,hanson1 wine merchants ,cordy ,manby1 merchant1 ,dudley ,henry ,jennings1 clerk1 ,dudley ,j4 ,w4 ,matthews1 oil merchant1 ,dudley ,joseph ,eld1 tobacconist1 ,dudley ,george ,edward ,horton1 surgeon ,john ,underhill1 licensed victualler ,owen ,wright1 vice and anvil manufacturer1 ,tower-street ,j4 ,houghton1 surgeon1 ,new-street ,evan ,roberts1 innkeeper ,thomas ,brettell1 surveyor ,thomas ,davenport1 innkeeper ,thomas ,w4 ,smart1 bacon factor ,arthur ,timmins1 upholsterer ,john ,castree1 agent ,geo4 ,burn ,lowe1 attorney at law ,thomas ,morris1 chemist1 c4 ,chas4 ,russell1 auctioneer ,john ,bent1 ,jun41 auctioneer ,thos4 ,steedman1 merchant ,richard ,winter1 banker's clerk ,james ,sackerson1 cabinet maker ,richard ,wilkinson1 vice manufacturer ,joseph ,skidmore1 victualler ,a4 ,gaul1 saddler ,george ,bagott1 ,chemist1 ,high-street1 ,dudley ,e4 ,t4 ,terry1 grocer1 ,dudley ,john ,danes1 shoe manufacturer ,william ,summerland1 milliner1 c4 ,john ,jordan1 grocer ,edward ,grainger1 draper ,rudge and ,griffith1 drapers ,james ,shedden1 tailor ,alexander ,shedden1 tailor ,alfred ,bowers1 butcher ,isaac ,aulton1 victualler ,william and ,edward ,thompson1 maltsters ,edward ,packwood1 pork butcher ,thomas ,danks1 auctioneer ,william ,steele1 photographer ,henry ,smith1 maltster ,frederick ,blunson1 hosier1 c4 ,george ,pitt1 currier ,joseph ,hillman1 currier ,thomas ,harvey1 general dealer ,daniel ,timmins1 hairdresser ,john ,roberts1 watchmaker ,henry ,hayward1 butcher ,james ,stokes1 cutler ,william ,bagott1 draper ,henry ,wood1 grocer ,thomas ,mason1 tobacco dealer ,thomas ,smith1 maltster ,james ,evans1 butcher ,job ,thomas ,hamblett1 grocer1 c4 ,ann ,richards1 grocer ,henry ,rushton1 builder ,solomon ,danby1 victualler ,john ,chambers1 victualler ,joshua ,wilkinson1 vice maker1 ,freebodies ,william ,clarke1 baker ,thomas ,westwood1 slater ,jacob ,westwood1 slater ,john ,lloyd1 victualler ,daniel ,may1 butcher ,henry ,beeston1 butcher ,thomas ,price1 pawnbroker ,and others1 making a total of #gag signatures of largest ,ratepayers4 99 99 99 99 99 ,in compliance with the above numerously signed ,requisition1 ,i hereby convene ,a ,,public ,,meeting to be held in the ,,public ,,hall of the ,,new ,,mechanics' ,,institute1 ,wolverhampton ,street1 on ,,friday ,evening1 ,,january #bbnd1 #ahfd1 at half-past ,six o'clock4 ,,samuel ,,rudge1 ,mayor4 ,january #aeth1 #ahfd4 99 99 99 99 99 ,illustration3 ,v4 ,r4 ,,municipal ,,incorporation ,,of ,,the ,,parliamentary ,,borough ,,of ,,dudley4 ,,whereas1 in pursuance of the ,provisions of the ,act of ,parliament passed in the #eth and #fth years of the ,reign of ,his late ,majesty ,king ,william the ,fourth1 chapter #gf1 entitled ,an ,act to provide for the ,regulation of ,municipal ,corporations in ,england and ,wales and of other ,acts of ,parliament passed for the ,regulation of ,municipal ,corporations1 and of a ,petition of the ,inhabitant ,householders of the ,parliamentary ,borough of ,dudley1 in the ,county of ,worcester1 addressed to the ,queen's ,most ,excellent ,majesty in ,council1 praying for a ,charter of ,incorporation to the said ,parliamentary ,borough of ,dudley4 ,,inquiry has been directed to the subject ,matter of such ,petition4 ,,notice is therefore hereby given1 that on ,,friday1 the #aeth day of ,,july instant1 at ,eleven o'clock in the forenoon1 at the ,,mechanics' ,,institute1 ,,in ,,dudley1 ,,captain ,,donnelly1 ,r4,e41 the ,commissioner appointed by the ,lords of ,her ,majesty's ,privy ,council for the purpose3--,will proceed upon the said ,inquiry1 and will then and there be prepared to hear all ,persons 7being ,inhabitant ,householders within the said ,parliamentary ,borough of ,dudley71 or their representatives1 desirous of being heard before him upon the subject of the said ,inquiry4 ,,by ,,order4 ,dated this #eth day of ,july1 #ahfd4 ,,jonah ,,child1 ,,portrait ,,painter1 ,,and ,,modeller4 ,specimens may be seen at his ,residence4 ,think not1 my friend1 with supercilious air1 ,i rank the ,portrait as beneath thy care3 ,blest be the pencil1 which from death can save1 ,the semblance of the virtuous1 wise1 and brave2 ,that youth and emulation1 still may gaze ,on those inspiring forms of ancient days1 ,and1 from the force of bright example1 bold1 ,rival their worth1 and be what they behold ,blest be the pencil6 whose consoling power1 ,soothing soft friendship in her pensive hour1 ,dispels the cloud1 with melancholy fraught1 ,that absence throws upon her tender thought4 ,blest be the pencil6 whose enchantment gives ,to wounded ,love the food on which he lives2 ,rich in this gift1 tho' cruel ocean bear ,the youth to exile from his faithful fair1 ,he in fond dreams hangs o'er her glowing cheek1 ,still owns her present1 and still hears her speak4 ,oh6 ,love1 it was thy glory to impart ,its infant being to this magic art6 ,inspir'd by thee1 the soft ,corinthian maid ,her graceful lover's sleeping form portray'd2 ,her boding heart his near departure knew1 ,yet long'd to keep his image in her view3 ,pleased she beheld the steady shadow fall1 ,by the clear lamp1 upon the even wall2 ,the line she trac'd with fond precision true1 ,and drawing1 doated on the form she drew2 ,nor1 as she glow'd with no forbidden fire1 ,conceal'd the simple picture from her sire3 ,his kindred fancy still to nature just1 ,copied her line1 and form'd the mimic bust1 ,thus from thy power1 inspiring ,love1 we trace ,the ,,modell',d ,,image1 and the ,,pencil',d ,,face4 ,the publication of the following celebrated ,will1 led to the resuscitation of a valuable charity bequeathed to this town4 ,,extracts ,,from ,,the ,,will ,,of ,,the ,,late ,,rev4 ,,henry ,,antrobus4 ,in the ,name of ,god1 ,amen4 ,i1 ,henry ,antrobus1 ,rector of ,himley1 in the ,county of ,stafford1 and now living at ,dudley1 in the ,county of ,worcester1 being in perfect health1 and of sound mind1 memory1 and understanding1 blessed be ,god for it1 do make and ordain this my last will and testament4 ,for my body1 ,i desire it may be buried in the same grave with my dear mother1 in the centre of the dome of ,st4 ,edmund's ,church1 in ,dudley2 on the right side of which ,i desire may be fixed in the wall1 a small monument of marble1 of an oval form1 with this inscription3--,near this place lies interred the body of ,penelope ,antrobus1 widow1 who departed this life the #ajth day of ,aug4 #agef1 aged #ei1 adding these words3 ,she departed not from the temple1 but served ,god with fastings and prayers night and day4 ,on the left side ,i desire another for myself1 and of the same size and form1 with this inscription3--,here lies the body of the ,rev4 ,henry ,antrobus1 c4 adding these words3--,christ ,jesus came into the world to save sinners1 of whom ,i am chief4 ,as for my worldly estates1 which ,god of his undeserved goodness hath given me1 ,i dispose thereof as follows3-- ,whereas1 it was my aunt ,oliver's desire1 that ,i should buy ,land to the value of ten pounds per ,annum1 to pay a ,school ,mistress ,,for ,,teaching ,,forty ,,poor ,,girls1 of the ,parish of ,dudley1 to read1 sew1 and knit2 that they be brought to church constantly when there are prayers1 and to be catechised every ,friday in ,lent1 by the ,minister of the ,parish2 which ,land is not as yet purchased4 ,i do hereby give1 devise and bequeath ,,my ,,estate ,,at ,,hokeham1 which ,john ,whitehouse holds of me1 for that purpose2 and desire my executrix1 hereafter mentioned1 to lay out the sum of ,,six ,,hundreds ,,pounds1 the profits whereof to make a provision for ,clothing the said ,girls every year1 and to buy ,books for the use of the ,school4 ,item4--,i give1 devise1 and bequeath ,,my ,,estate which ,william ,aynsworth holds of me1 in the ,parish of ,rowley ,regis1 to the intent ,,to ,,clothe1 7according to ,mr4 ,oliver's will1 who left ,one ,hundred and ,fifty ,pounds for that purpose1 to which was added ,fifty ,pounds more by his ,wife1 which money remains in my hands1 and has not1 as yet1 been disposed of17 ,,six ,,poor ,,men1 belonging to the ,parish of ,dudley1 upon every #ast day of ,november for ever2 and if the profits of the said ,estate will bear it1 to add a seventh then to the above-mentioned number4 ,whereas1 my aunt ,oliver had desired that ,,fifty ,,pounds might be given to erect a ,,gallery in the ,,new ,,church in ,dudley3--,i desire my executrix1 hereafter mentioned1 to pay within twelve months after my decease1 or begin the ,gallery1 and carry it on as far as the money will go1 as soon as possible4 ,i do hereby appoint and nominate the said ,elizabeth ,perry1 sole executrix of this my last will and testament3 ,,charging ,,her1 ,,as ,,she ,,must ,,answer ,,it ,,at ,,the ,,dreadful ,,day ,,of ,,judgment1 to fulfil the ,will of the ,rev4 ,thos4 ,oliver1 my aunt1 and my own1 as punctually as may be2 and to have all the ,charities enrolled in ,chancery1 as soon as possible2 ,,that ,,the ,,poor ,,may ,,not ,,be ,,deprived ,,of ,,their ,,rights666 ,to this my last will and testament have set my hand and seal1 this #cjth day of ,december1 #agfb4 ,proved at ,london1 #ith ,dec4 #agff1 by the oath of ,eliz4 ,antrobus1 formerly ,perry1 widow1 relict of the deceased4 ,,st4 ,,thomas',s ,,parish ,,church4 ,much unkindly feeling and animosity was occasioned in the ,parish when this fine ,old ,parish ,church was doomed to be demolished1 more especially when it became known that a heavy ,church ,rate for years to come would be levied upon the ,ratepayers1 partly to meet the cost of building the ,new ,parish ,church4#cg ,on laying the ,foundation ,stone of the present ,st4 ,thomas's ,church1 on ,october #beth1 #ahaf1 the following ticket was issued3-- ,,admit ,,the ,,bearer ,,into ,,st4 ,,thomas',s ,,church ,,yard1 ,on the #beth of ,,october1 #ahaf4 ,n4,b4--,this ,ticket will entitle the ,purchaser to a ,medal4 ,illustration3 ,dudley ,church #agia ,as many discrepancies have often appeared in print as to the cost of the erection of the present ,church of ,st4 ,thomas1 ,dudley1 ,i am enabled1 through the courtesy of ,ephraim ,ball1 ,esq41 of ,halesowen1 to lay before the reading public some authentic information on this head1 taken from valuable documents now in his possession1 which belonged to the ,churchwardens and ,building ,committee at that remote period4 ,mr4 ,ball's subjoined letter to the ,dudley ,guardian1 in #ahga1 effectually sets that question for ever at rest4 ,we have also another very pleasant evidence of the liberality and care for the spiritual wants of the parishioners displayed at that time by the then ,viscount ,dudley and ,ward1 in erecting a new ,gallery in ,st4 ,edmund's ,church1 to enable the church going inhabitants to obtain some sitting accommodation in public worship1 during the very protracted time occupied in the erection of the ,new ,parish ,church4 ,dudley1 ,july #ajth1 #ahae4 ,,my ,,lord1 ,the ,churchwardens of ,dudley beg leave most respectfully to inform your ,lordship that1 as it is found expedient to put up a ,gallery in ,saint ,edmund's ,church1 for the accommodation of the inhabitants1 while the ,parish ,church is building2 that a space on your ,lordship's ,chancel being the only one for such ,gallery1 which will become your ,lordship's property hereafter2 that there is no power of applying any part of the subscription money1 raised for the intended ,new ,parish ,church1 towards the said ,gallery2 and that the parishioners having contributed to the utmost of their means1 for the erection of the ,church--we are emboldened by your ,lordship's great liberality1 on all occasions to the town of ,dudley1 to solicit your kind assistance to enable us to complete the ,gallery1 according to an estimate amounting to #aha1 which will greatly add to the many obligations which we owe your ,lordship4 ,in behalf of the parish1 we are my ,lord1 ,your ,lordship's much obliged1 ,and most respectful ,servants1 ,t4 ,,hill ,,and ,,edward ,,guest4 ,the ,right ,honourable ,lord ,viscount ,dudley and ,ward1 ,park ,lane1 ,london4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,reply4 ,,my ,,dear ,,sir1 ,i shall be at ,himley1 quite as soon as ,i intended1 and take the liberty of sending the enclosed for your inspection2 and beg that you will inform the inhabitants of ,dudley1 that ,i shall be happy to accommodate them with a ,gallery in my ,chancel1 and will talk further on the business when ,i have the pleasure of seeing you4 ,i am1 yours sincerely1 ,,dudley ,,and ,,ward4 ,london1 ,wednesday ,july #abth1 #ahae4 99 99 99 99 99 ,dudley1 ,october #aeth1 #ahae4 ,,my ,,lord1 ,a wish having been expressed by a few1 that the ,gallery with which your ,lordship has had the goodness and generosity to present to this parish in the ,chancel of ,st4 ,edmund's1 should consist of close pews instead of open benches1 we respectfully request your ,lordship will be pleased to inform us1 whether 7if deemed expedient71 such wish shall be complied with1 no additional expense falling on your ,lordship in consequence of any deviation from the original plan4 ,and1 if complied with1 whether any rent for the seats ought to be paid to the ,minister of ,st4 ,edmund's for the same4 ,the children of the charity schools being about #a1jjj in number1 we also beg leave most respectfully to submit it to your ,lordship's consideration1 whether1 7when the new ,parish ,church is completed71 the said ,gallery 7if thought advisable71 should not be converted into open benches for their accommodation4 ,we are1 my ,lord1 your ,lordship's ,most respectful obedient ,servants1 ,t4 ,,hill1 ,,edward ,,guest1 ,,churchwardens4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,reply4 ,to ,rev4 ,dr4 ,,booker1 ,dudley4 ,,my ,,dear ,,sir1 ,i wish the ,gallery to be so constructed as may best answer the wants of the inhabitants1 especially the householders1 while the ,parish ,church is being built4 ,if close pews will be most eligible for the purpose during that time1 ,i have no objection to their being put up by the persons wanting them1 under the direction of yourself and the ,churchwardens1 provided the pews be so formed as to be capable of being altered hereafter1 as ,i may think proper4 ,i am1 my dear ,sir1 ,yours sincerely1 ,,dudley ,,and ,,ward4 ,himley1 ,november #dth1 #ahae4 ,the following correspondence is a valuable compendium to ,dudley lore-- ,,dudley ,,during ,,the ,,last ,,sixty ,,years4 ,to the ,editor of the ,,dudley ,,guardian4 ,,sir1--,in my former letters to you ,i have given an account of what took place and about the old ,parish ,church1 in this ,i shall give some information respecting the present church1 which is so great an ornament to the town4 ,the foundation stone was laid in the year #ahaf1 and finished building in the year #ahai1 at a cost of #bd1jjj1 raised partly by rates and partly by voluntary contributions4 ,the following is a list of the donors3-- s4 d4 ,the ,right ,hon4 ,viscount ,dudley and ,ward #bjjj #j #j ,the ,rev4 ,luke ,booker1 7,vicar7 #abj #j #j ,edward ,dixon #ejj #j #j ,james ,bourne #ajj #j #j ,thomas ,wainwright #aej #j #j ,elizabeth ,wainwright #cj #j #j ,whitehouse1 ,moore1 and ,guest #ajj #j #j ,richard ,moore #ajj #j #j ,edward ,guest #ajj #j #j ,cornelius ,cartwright #fj #j #j ,mary ,cartwright #dj #j #j ,thomas ,hill #ajj #j #j ,thomas and ,isaac ,badger #hj #j #j ,w4 ,o4 ,chinner #ej #j #j ,edward ,terry #cj #j #j ,john ,badley1 ,blowers ,green #ajj #j #j ,john ,badley1 ,surgeon #ajj #j #j ---------- ,total #cgfj #j #j ---------- ,so that it will be seen that upwards of twenty thousand pounds were raised from the ,parishioners by a rate levied upon them under an ,act of ,parliament4 ,it would not have fallen so heavily upon the ,ratepayers as it did but for the fact that the person who bought the materials of the old church never paid for them4 ,the agreement with the purchaser was to pay for them when he fetched the last load away1 but this part of the contract was never completed1 for he either forgot it or wilfully neglected it4 ,however this may be1 a nice row of houses were built with the materials he did fetch away on the road that cuts off at right angles leading to ,rowley from ,dixons ,green4 ,the bottom part of the ovens which were in the brewhouses belonging to these buildings were laid with some of the gravestones taken from the old churchyard1 and not unfrequently was to be seen upon the newly-baked loaves ,sacred to the ,memory1 ,departed this life1 or ,here lie the remains1 c4 ,the individual referred to was one of the leading men of the town in that day1 and the least we can say is that he had a jolly bargain at the expense of the parishioners4 ,the first ,vicar of the newly built ,church was the ,rev4 ,luke ,booker1 the next the ,rev4 ,w4 ,h4 ,cartwright1 ,m4,a41 who gave up the living1 and was succeeded by the ,rev4 ,j4 ,c4 ,browne1 ,d4,c4,l4 ,the present ,vicar is the ,rev4 ,w4 ,r4 ,cosens1 ,m4,a4 ,the magnificent organ in the church was the gift of the ,right ,hon4 ,viscount ,dudley and ,ward1 and at his request1 ,mr4 ,richard ,bourne1 a very respectable inhabitant of the town1 was appointed organist4 ,mr4 ,bourne was much respected by his ,lordship1 having been for many years his organist at the church close to his baronial mansion at ,himley4 ,his ,lordship was a great patron of music1 and every year at ,christmas he was in the habit of having some of the best singers down from ,london1 to spend a few weeks with him at ,himley ,hall4 ,the party who generally visited him were the ,messrs4 ,abram1 ,knyvett1 ,vaughan1 ,braham1 and ,bellamy1 and during their visits a selection of sacred music was performed1 and often a number of the leading families of the surrounding neighbourhood were invited to the hall to hear these celebrated vocalists4 ,his ,lordship generally selected a portion of the ,messiah to be performed1 and would often join in the choruses1 especially ,and the ,glory of the ,lord1 and ,the ,hallelujah ,chorus4 ,a remarkable instance of his ,lordship's benevolence occurred one occasion when these celebrities were visiting him4 ,he observed ,braham to be somewhat downcast1 and asked ,mr4 ,knyvett if he knew what was the matter with him4 ,mr4 ,knyvett did not probably tell his ,lordship all he knew1 but from what he did tell him he inferred that some money would be useful to ,braham1 and at length determined to have a private interview with him1 and ask him the cause of his despondency1 without ,braham saying much on this rather delicate subject4 ,his ,lordship inquired if some money would be of any use to him2 he replied that just at that time it would1 and he immediately wrote him out a cheque for #ejj4 ,his ,lordship was remarkably charitable and often caused three or four oxen to be killed weekly to be distributed amongst the poor of ,dudley1 ,sedgley1 ,gornal1 and ,himley1 and the couplet written by the late ,dr4 ,booker1 as a tribute of respect to his memory1 will not easily be forgotten-- ,to doomsday may the name descend ,dudley1 and the poor man's friend4 ,the present ,earl of ,dudley has shewn much kindness towards the people of this town and district1 and his noble gift of the ,hospital will confer an immense benefit upon the poor of the town and neighbourhood1 and may he long live to see some of the good results of this great act of benevolence4 ,i remain1 yours truly1 ,,veritas4 ,october #g1 #ahga4 ,mr4 ,ephraim ,ball's reply to ,veritas1 based as his letter is upon absolute documents in the hands of ,mr4 ,ball1 at one time the property of the then ,churchwardens and ,building ,committee1 removes all doubts and conjectures about the cost of erection of our noble ,parish ,church1 which has been beautified and adorned twice since that period4 ,,old ,,dudley ,,during ,,the ,,last ,,sixty ,,years4 ,to the ,editor of the ,,dudley ,,guardian4 ,,sir1--,in reference to the letters which have appeared in the ,dudley ,guardian for several weeks past signed ,veritas1 and ,z4--such letters containing matters which are in many instances preserved as historical records1--permit me to say that some of the statements are very vague and indefinite4 ,we will take for instance ,saint ,thomas' ,church1 ,dudley4 ,your correspondent states it cost the sum of #bd1jjj1 raised partly by rates and partly by voluntary contributions1 also giving the list of the donors1 from which your correspondent omits many old ,dudley names4 ,as there was more than one subscription list1 ,i beg to give you a copy of one of them3-- ,dudley ,parish ,church of ,st4 ,thomas4 ,july #bast1 #ahad4 ,at a meeting held at the time and place aforesaid1 in pursuance of public notice given on the preceding ,sabbath in both churches 7the ,rev4 ,dr4 ,booker in the chair71 the following resolutions were passed unanimously1 to carry into effect the pious intentions of the inhabitants of ,dudley1 to erect a suitable parish church for the services of the ,almighty4 ,first4--,that a committee be appointed1 and that all subscribers of forty pounds and upwards do constitute such committee4 ,secondly4--,that the following form be immediately submitted to the ,right ,honourable ,lord ,viscount ,dudley and ,ward1 the patron1 for his lordship's concurrence and subscription1 as well as that of the inhabitants at large4 ,we1 whose names are hereunder written1 do hereby undertake and promise to subscribe the several sums of money set opposite to our respective names2 the same to be applied in taking down and rebuilding the ,church of ,st4 ,thomas1 in ,dudley1 and for defraying other expenses incident thereto4 ,which sums we do hereby severally agree to pay into the hands of the ,treasurer hereafter to be appointed1 by ten equal successive quarterly payments1 the first quarterly payment to be made on the #beth of ,january1 #ahae4 ,each subscriber of twenty pounds and upwards to be entitled to sittings to the amount of one-half of his subscription2 the value of such sittings to be fixed by the ,commissioners appointed under the ,act of ,parliament3 the other half of the subscription to be a sacred gift applied towards the erection of the church4 ,,list ,,of ,,subscribers4 s4 d4 ,l4 ,booker1 vicar1 who1 by a plan he means to adopt and hopes to realize1 trusts this sum will be augmented to not less than #bjjch #abj #j #j ,the following additional ,donations were subsequently added3-- ,the ,right ,hon4 ,viscount ,dudley and ,ward #bjjj #j #j ,edward ,dixon #ejj #j #j ,elizabeth ,wainwright #cj #j #j ,mary ,cartwright #dj #j #j ,thomas and ,isaac ,badger #hj #j #j ,w4 ,o4 ,chinner #ej #j #j ,edward ,terry #cj #j #j ,john ,badley1 ,blowers ,green #ajj #j #j ,john ,badley1 ,surgeon1 ,dudley #ajj #j #j ,thomas ,hawkes #aej #j #j ,james ,bourne 7his services gratis as ,solicitor7 #ajj #j #j ,cornelius ,cartwright #fj #j #j ,whitehurst1 ,moore1 and ,guest #ajj #j #j ,richard ,moore #gj #j #j ,edward ,guest #gj #j #j ,thomas ,onions #hj #j #j ,richard ,powell #hj #j #j ,thomas ,bunn #ej #j #j ,richard ,salisbury #ajj #j #j ,thomas ,wainwright #aej #j #j ,timothy ,hill #hj #j #j ,john ,jesson #dj #j #j ,francis ,downing #ej #j #j ,thomas ,caddick #fj #j #j ,r4 ,g4 ,shaw #fj #j #j ,joseph ,haden #ej #j #j ,thomas ,davis #ej #j #j ,joseph ,cox #ej #j #j ,richard ,lakin #dj #j #j ,r4 ,w4 ,hawkes #ajj #j #j ,as regards the church costing #bd1jjj1 your correspondent is quite in error1 as will be seen by the following extracts from two letters4 ,on the #ahth of ,january1 #ahah1 the ,bishop of ,worcester writes as under1 from ,hartlebury ,castle1 and desires to know what further sum1 beyond what has been expended or is in hand1 is requisite for completing the new church at ,dudley1 in order that he may judge whether1 consistently with other urgent claims on him for pecuniary aid1 he can subscribe any sum of importance to the undertaking4 ,the following statement was sent to the ,bishop3-- s4 d4 ,church ,contract #aj1fgj #j #j ,bells #ejj #j #j ,organ #hjj #j #j ,extra expenses #a1jjj #j #j ,act of ,parliament1 c4 #dfj #j #j ------------ #ac1dcj #j #j ------------ ,raised by subscription #g1ajj #j #j ,expected deficiency #bjj #j #j #f1ijj #j #j #f1ijj #j #j ,parish rate till ,midsummer #a1ijj #j #j ,unprovided except by ,rate and ,brief #d1fcj #j #j ------------ #ac1dcj #j #j ------------ ,it also appears that the ,churchwardens applied and obtained leave to get a brief at the ,sessions in ,october1 #ahag1 but being too late in the year they could not get it signed by the ,lord ,chancellor1 therefore they could not receive any sum from it before #ahbj1 and then not more than #bjj to #cjj4 ,a few other particulars regarding ,st4 ,thomas's ,church may be interesting to your readers4 ,mr4 ,brooks1 of ,london1 was the architect1 and ,daniel ,evans1 ,london1 the builder4 ,the following is a statement how the builder was to be paid3-- s4 d4 ,on laying foundation stone #ejj #j #j ,when the several walls are built level with the second plinth #ejj #j #j ,when the walls are built up to the gallery1 and the timbers of the gallery put on and the tower of ,church built level with bell ringers' floor #a1ejj #j #j ,when walls are built up to raising plates1 the window frames fixed in1 and the tower level with the bell loft #a1jjj #j #j ,when the roof is wholly put on1 and the gutters laid1 the battlements and upper roof put on1 the roof wholly finished1 and the tower level with the base of the pinnacles #a1ejj #j #j ,when the pinnacles are finished1 the ground floor joists and small joists of the gallery are laid1 and the ribs for ceilings are finished #a1jjj #j #j ,when the second coat of plastering is put on1 floors of gallery and ground floors are laid1 and gallery fronts are fixed up1 and staircases erected #a1jjj #j #j ,when the whole of the said buildings and erections are completely finished #a1ejj #j #j ,and when ,architect shall have certified that the whole of the work is finished to his satisfaction #a1djj #j #j ,six months after completion #bjj #j #j ------------ #aj1ajj #j #j ,the builder of the organ was ,mr4 ,thomas ,elliot1 of ,london1 and cost1 with fixing1 c41 complete1 #ajbe4 ,the order was given for the organ in #ahag1 and some parties were not satisfied at the position in which it was to be placed4 ,viscount ,dudley and ,ward was written to early in #ahah1 asking if he would allow it to be placed in the ,chancel gallery which would prevent great inconvenience in going into and coming out of the ,church4 ,the reply of ,viscount ,dudley and ,ward to ,dr4 ,booker was3-- ,i beg leave to repeat to you that my mind is unaltered and unalterable with respect to the situation of the organ1 and that ,i shall not1 by any means give my consent to its being placed in the ,chancel gallery4 ,dated ,himley1 ,february #eth1 #ahah4 ,after this letter from ,viscount ,dudley and ,ward1 ,mr4 ,brooks and ,mr4 ,elliot were consulted4 ,the result was ,mr4 ,elliot informed ,dr4 ,booker that he would construct the movements of the organ so as to leave a handsome entrance through the middle of the organ1 and if the plan was carried out ,mr4 ,elliot considered the organ would have a grand appearance4 ,the organ being made for the situation it now occupies1 and the protest of the ,viscount ,dudley and ,ward against it being put elsewhere1 it is to be hoped a fixed determination will be made against any party or parties wishing it moved from its present situation--,in fact1 ,i have no hesitation in saying it will spoil the appearance of the church4 ,the magnificent ,altar ,window1 painted by ,blackler of ,london1 was commenced in #ahah and finally completed and placed in the church in ,sept41 #ahba4 ,the original estimate for this splendid window was #ejj guineas1 and which ,mr4 ,blackler1 in a letter1 states was but a moderate calculation for the work4 ,mr4 ,brooks1 however1 assured him that such a sum would be considered far too high1 he therefore undertook to execute the window for one hundred guineas less than his first estimate1 and the expense of fitting up and completing the window in the church was to be fifty guineas extra4 ,the window is a masterpiece1 and the ,dudley people may well be proud that they obtained the same at so small a cost4 ,the bells1 clock1 and palisading cost 7after allowing for old bells7 #aabj #j #j ,other sundries about #djj #j #j ---------- #aebj #j #j ---------- ,your correspondent will see by the above items that the ,church did not cost #bd1jjj4 ,your correspondent also states that a leading man of the town of that day had a jolly bargain at the expense of the parishioners1 having bought the materials of the old church1 which he was to pay for when he fetched the last load away4 ,this ,i presume he has stated on hearsay1 not from any foundation on fact4 ,the person referred to could well afford to pay for anything he contracted for1 and ,i do not think the ,dudley people at the time would allow him to go scot free1 or would they make such a foolish bargain as stated4 ,i also see the party hinted at gave #ej towards the new ,church4 ,in conclusion allow me to say ,dr4 ,booker at the time worked hard for the building of the new ,church4 ,he was a good sound churchman1 also an author of several works on various subjects1 his name to the present day is an household word1 and ,saint ,thomas' ,church remains a monument to him as first ,vicar4 ,i may mention that ,dr4 ,booker's history of ,dudley ,castle is the most authentic work upon the subject that has yet been issued1 and is now become very scarce and valuable4 ,i am1 sir1 your obedient servant1 ,,ephraim ,,ball4 ,dudley1 ,october #bcrd1 #ahga4 ,the late ,mr4 ,mainwaring of ,dudley1 an old ,st4 ,thomas's ,chorister for a many years1 gave us an amusing story of a marriage at the ,new ,parish ,church4 ,soon after the ,new ,parish ,church was opened1 ,mr4 ,bourne1 the ,organist1 and ,i went into the ,parish ,church to have a little practice upon the organ1 after ,mr4 ,bourne had played a voluntary1 ,mr4 ,richard ,stanley1 the ,beadle1 came to us and said1 that the ,vicar1 ,dr4 ,booker1 wished us to give over for a time1 as a parish wedding was about to take place2 not exactly understanding what this meant1 we determined to go and see it4 ,as soon as we had reached the ,chancel1 we were informed by ,mr4 ,bond1 the ,parish ,clerk1 that a certain sum of money was to be given to the young man by the parish authorities4 ,as we had no ,board of ,guardians in those days1 the parties in charge of the parish funds did pretty much as they liked with them1 in this instance1 and for certain reasons1 they offered the young man about to be married five pounds4 ,when we arrived near the altar rails we observed several young men and women in the pews1 and there was an abundance of sly winking and laughing going on4 ,at last1 the ,doctor entered from the vestry1 and all the people became orderly and quiet4 ,the service commenced and all went on smooth as a marriage bell1 when the ,doctor came to that part of the service where he said to the man1 ',wilt thou take this woman to be thy wedded wife1 to live together after ,god's ordinance in the holy state of matrimony1' c41 c4 ,here ,mr4 ,bond1 the ,clerk1 stepped forward1 and told the man to answer ',i will6' ,he replied1 ',i'll have the money first4' ,the ,doctor was indignant at this proceeding1 and said1 ',what money do you mean sir8' ,the man said1 ',why the money they have promised me if ,i will marry this young woman1 and ,i'll have it before ,i answers1 ,i will66' ,upon this the ,clerk went up to the ,doctor and explained the matter to him1 ,mr4 ,bond also told the man that it was all right1 the money was at his house ready counted1 and after he was married he could go with him and have it4 ,the man said1 ',i don't care where it is1 ,i'll have it now and in my pocket before ,i am married4' ,upon this ,dr4 ,booker told ,mr4 ,bond to go and fetch it2 the service being delayed until he came back4 ,when ,mr4 ,bond returned1 he put the money into the man's hands and after he counted it and put it into his pocket1 he said to the ,doctor1 ',you can go on now1 it's all right6' and the service was completed1 and the man1 woman1 and money1 were all united in this 7let us hope71 blissful celebration4 ,at the earlier part of the late ,dr4 ,browne's ministry among us1 he met with a singular amount of innocency and ignorance at the baptismal font4 ,a man and woman1 well-known characters at ,gornal ,wood1 thought they should like to have their next child christened at ,dudley by ,dr4 ,browne4 ,in due course the child was brought to the font1 and the portly ,doctor1 already equipped1 enquired in his usual clear and musical voice1 ,was this child born in wedlock8 ,noa1 it worn't1 says the man1 it wur born in ,gornall ,udd6 ,it is needless to say that the child got the spiritual induction1 and the ,doctor a homely sample of ignorance amongst the colliers in the ,black ,country4 99 99 99 99 99 ,this subjoined ,bill is a curiosity in its way1 shewing the way we did in the ,army1 long1 long ago4 ,,the ,,volunteer ,,infantry1 ,,to ,r4 ,,moore1 ,,dr4 #ahjd4 ,mar4 #bf4 ,paid for a ,lock mending #j #a #d ,may #bg4 ,ditto ditto #j #j #f ,sep4 #aj4 ,ditto #j #a #j ,flints #j #a #j ,oct4 ,ditto #j #a #j ,paid for ,drink at ,droitwich1 by order of ,major ,wainwright #a #h #f ,paid for ,sick ,men at ,worcester #a #f #f ,paid for ,mending ,locks #j #d #f ,ditto #j #j #h ------ #c #e #j ------ ,examined1 ,j4 ,,payton1 ,w4 ,,harrison1 ,,edwd4 ,,dixon1 ,,thos4 ,,moore4 ,a ,,narrative ,,of ,,the ,,rejoicings ,,at ,,the ,,coronation ,,of ,,king ,,george ,,the ,,fourth1 ,,with ,a ,,sequel1 ,,by ,,an ,,eye ,,witness4 ,on ,thursday1 the #aith ,july1 #ahbj1 the day appointed for the ,coronation of ,his ,majesty ,king ,george the ,fourth1 the inhabitants of ,dudley entered into a subscription for the purpose of furnishing the poor people with a dinner1 and also to regale the children of the different ,sunday schools and schools of industry in the said parish1 to the number of four or five thousand4 ,this was a most delightful sight2 they paraded the different streets in a very orderly manner indeed4 ,four sheep were roasted in the ,market ,place and distributed1 with a large quantity of ale1 to the populace4 ,there assembled a very considerable number of people1 the principal street being utterly crowded from one end to the other4 ,an advertisement had been distributed announcing a display of fireworks which would take place in the course of the evening2 this caused a great number of people to remain in the town during the whole of the day4 ,the shops were ordered not to be opened during the day1 and the mandate was obeyed1 save and except the public houses1 where most of the lower orders of people resorted to after having been plentifully regaled by the inhabitants4 ,the old saying is much would have more1 and it is difficult to satisfy such people1 or even keep them peaceable and quiet1 when a little elevated4 ,the ,himley and ,enville troop of ,yeomanry met on the morning of that day at ,himley1 and after partaking of some refreshment1 proceeded to ,wolverhampton1 where they paraded the town and partook of a considerable quantity of wine1 which1 to many not being in the habit of drinking1 must have had considerable effect1 and was very distinguishable by one drawing his sword and threatened to cut a man down for crying the ,queen4 ,this act very much irritated the populace1 and it was asserted that if they 7the ,yeomanry7 had not filed off as they did1 they would have been very roughly handled4 ,they then bent their course to ,dudley1 where they arrived about three o'clock1 not very sober2 and after going through their exercise and firing1 repaired to the hotel 7,dudley ,arms7 to dinner in some of the lower apartments4 ,the gentlemen of the town with the ,dudley ,cavalry occupied the assembly room4 ,things were going very peaceably in the town till between eight and nine o'clock1 when the ,yeomanry became very refractory1 and proceeded to violence among themselves2 the windows were thrown open1 and one of them jumped upon the table which stood under the window facing the street1 and held out a white handkerchief1 and cried out the ,queen1 my lads1 which immediately caused a shout from the surrounding multitude4 ,this was followed by the ,cavalry commencing a battle royal4 ,the tables1 bottles1 glasses1 and furniture went to rack2 the remains of the bottles and glasses1 in part1 were thrown through the window on the heads of the populace1 which they took as a gross insult4 ,the boys procured some squibs and threw into the room1 and the noise became very loud1 which soon reached the ears of the gentlemen above1 some of whom came into the street very drunk1 and began to assault several persons who had committed no offence whatever4 ,the young men and apprentices had been parading the street in a very sober and quiet manner1 not offering to give offence to any person or persons1 but having in the course of the day worn white favours in their bosoms1 they excited the indignation of some very hot-headed persons who were possessed of more money than wisdom1 and to shew over and above loyalty1 would go any lengths to serve the cause they had espoused4 ,at the time these scuffles were taking place1 the young shop men and apprentices1 as before stated1 were coming through the throng4 ,messrs4 ,clymer and ,stokes were arm-in-arm1 and ,clymer was robbed and assaulted by one of the gentlemen who could hardly articulate2 ,stokes said ,i would never suffer myself to be insulted in that manner1 knock his red nob off1 which was noticed by a person near and one of the party4 ,this appeared a favourable opportunity for these gentlemen to show their loyalty to the world at large1 by prosecuting these young men1 who had done no harm to any one individual4 ,several of the runners were sent out to take any of the young men into custody1 which they soon effected2 some were confined for the night1 and others bailed out till morning1 when a ,bench of ,magistrates would sit to judge the case4 ,on the morrow1 those who were not apprehended on the preceding night1 and who were seen wearing white favours1 were sent for by the ,magistrates1 which summons was immediately obeyed4 ,the examination took place1 not by the magistrates only1 but by some unknown gentlemen1 whose word1 had it been as strictly scrutinized as these unfortunate young men1 they would e'er this have crossed the briny ocean2 but their time is not yet come1 when it does ,i have no doubt they will cut a very conspicuous figure4 ,the young men were ordered to find bail or they were committed4 ,some had no bail1 or would not get any one to give bail for them4 ,what was the consequence2 they were sent to prison to the ,workhouse in ,dudley1 and were to be removed to ,worcester ,gaol on the morrow morning1 but about nine o'clock at night the prison door was thrown open and the prisoners ordered to go about their business4 ,these very men had confessed they broke the windows at the hotel2 this is a most strange business to release the guilty and punish the innocent4 ,this appears to be ,dudley law4 ,stokes was not apprehended till ,monday following1 when he attended at the ,public ,office2 as soon as he appeared in the room one of the ,magistrates asked his father who had put that plaster on his son's head1 and whether it was a real or an artificial scar4 ,it is proper to remark here that on the ,coronation night1 when one of the young men was being taken to the hotel1 the ,constable used him very roughly1 on which ,stokes cried out don't use him so bad1 he will go gently with you without such rash behaviour4 ,at this moment came up ,payton the ,constable and struck ,stokes with his stick or club on the head and broke a hole in his hat1 he again lifted his staff and gave him a violent blow which cut his head2 this took place in consequence of his interceding for a friend1 to one who had neither pity nor mercy4 ,as soon as the ,magistrate received an answer he took his hat and left the room1 and did not return4 ,spurrier1 the ,attorney1 was employed on the occasion1 who immediately rose and addressed the other ,magistrates1 saying that ,mr4 ,stokes's son had been served with a warrant1 and was there ready to answer to any charge4 ,if that is the case1 said one of the magistrates1 it ought to be heard1 and immediately asked the prosecutor if he had any objections to its being gone into4 ,he first said no1 then said he had nothing against him4 ,spurrier then replied to the ,magistrates1 the warrant then in course must be discharged--the ,magistrate answered assuredly so2 then the matter ended as was generally supposed1 but1 a few days previous to the ,sessions a fresh warrant was obtained1 under the same charges1 and ,stokes was taken into custody on ,friday1 bail was taken for his appearance next morning at ten o'clock1 which was punctually attended to2 his father attended with him1 met the ,magistrate in the street1 who shook hands with him1 and said1 why there is a warrant against your son1 yes the father said1 it is very strange he should be brought up to answer the same charges which were contained in the former warrant1 he replied1 pity but he had kept better company1 and walked off4 ,he was then sent after by one of the ,constables1 who brought word he would not hear it till four o'clock in the afternoon2 the ,lawyer for the ,plantiff sent a ,constable after ,stokes1 and put him into confinement till the case would be heard1 which took place about five o'clock2 his father was bound for him to appear at ,sessions4 ,in that part of this narrative which relates to the disturbance between the ,himley and ,enville ,cavalry in the ,hotel1 it will be proper to remark what succeeded2 the broken glasses1 c41 that were thrown upon the heads of the people in the street1 caused an immediate retaliation by the populace throwing stones1 brick-bats1 or anything they could lay their hands upon1 and thought themselves justified1 the assailants broke two or three dozen panes of glass2 it has been said that the ,riot ,act was read1 but that is very much doubted4 ,to prevent further damage1 someone1 more wise than the rest1 ordered the gas-lights and fireworks to be immediately lighted1 which was done with all possible speed1 and had the desired effect4 ,the ,high ,constable was1 ,i believe1 the person who furnished the fireworks1 and his shop was generally furnished with those kind of articles1 and exhibited for sale which is contrary to1 and in violation of1 the established laws of the land4 ,it having been evidently reported that the young men had dined together at the ,saracen's ,head1 on that day1 for a widely different purpose than really was the case1 the fact is that sometime previous to the ,coronation a wager was laid among the young men that the ,queen would be crowned with the ,king2 not being able to decide the wager then1 it was agreed to dine together on that day1 and whoever lost to pay for the same4 ,the party broke up at a very early hour perfectly sober1 and conducted themselves with the greatest propriety during the whole of the evening4 ,had there been no ,cavalry at ,dudley that day there would have been no disturbance2 when the first commotion took place several of the ,cavalry came into the street and proceeded to draw their swords and strike several persons in the throng1 who gave them the answer to it without delay1 and forced them to go back more rapid than they came4 ,one of the ,cavalry fired and wounded a man in the face in a most shocking manner4 ,the young man 7one of the ,himley ,cavalry71 who had excited the attention of the populace by holding out his handkerchief and crying the ,queen my lads1 was brought to a ,court ,martial soon after1 but not discharged2 great numbers are ready to attest the statements herein contained1 if it should be found necessary4 ,,ancient ,,dudley ,,soup ,,kitchen4 ,in the earlier part of this book ,i have had occasion to refer to the commencement of the present ,dudley ,soup ,kitchen1 which ,i consider is well supported by the town1 and does an immense amount of real good1 in distributing such large quantities of excellent soup amongst the poor and indigent classes in bad winter weather2 since that was printed ,i have been favoured with the following particulars of the old ,soup ,kitchen1 established in #agii4 ,the establishment of this ,soup ,kitchen and ,relief to the poor commenced in ,november of that year1 in consequence of much stagnation in the then local trades of the town1 and great distress amongst the poor4 ,a ,subscription ,list was opened by a few leading individuals1 resident in the town1 which was heartily supported by all classes in the town from the peer to the peasant4 s4 d4 ,lord ,dudley #fc #j #j ,edward ,dixon #ej #j #j ,edward ,hancox #ce #j #j ,d4 and ,r4 ,parsons #db #j #j ,j4 and ,b4 ,hodgetts #db #j #j ,whitehouse1 ,moore1 and ,guest #db #j #j ,james ,cartwright #ba #j #j ,james ,wainwright #ba #j #j ,james ,bourne #ba #j #j ,edward ,cockshutt #ae #ae #j ,charles ,roberts #ae #ae #j ,joseph ,hill #ab #ab #j ,richard ,parkes #ae #ae #j ,luke ,booker #aj #aj #j ,g4 and ,b4 ,parker #eb #aj #j ,samuel and ,william ,bennett #db #j #j ,john ,simpson #ca #aj #j ,jos4 ,amphlett #be #j #j ,exors ,abiathar ,hawkes #be #j #j ,john ,twamley #aj #aj #j ,thomas ,wainwright #aj #aj #j ,william ,perry #aj #aj #j ,william ,penn #aj #aj #j ,john ,bolton #aj #aj #j ,john ,hateley #aj #aj #j ,leah ,parkes #aj #aj #j ,southall ,co4 #aj #aj #j ,john and ,edward ,davies #aj #aj #j c41 c4 ,this handsome commencement was quickly followed by #hb other subscribers of smaller amounts1 making a grand total of #hjd #ags4 raised by the good people of ,dudley in those hard times1 for the sustenance and relief of their poorer brethren4 ,on ,november #aith1 #ahjj1 the accounts were duly examined and audited1 when the sum of #gha #afs4 #d;d4 had been expended during the year1 amongst the poor and helpless in the parish4 ,signed1 ,s4 ,,bennitt1 ,b4 ,,hodgetts4 ,,jos4 ,,hateley1 ,,edward ,,dixon4 ,,richard ,,moore1 ,,edward ,,hancox4 ,b4 ,,hughes1 ,j4 ,,wainwright4 99 99 99 99 99 ,in ,january1 #ahac1 it is recorded that this town and district was at this time visited with great depression in trade1 and much sickness and distress prevailed amongst the working classes4 ,a very handsome subscription was at once started1 with most encouraging results1 for the sum of #hgj #aas4 #i;d4 was 7before the end of ,march7 raised for the relief of the ,poor by #aga subscribers1 giving another evidence of the good will and care of the rich for their poorer neighbours4 #ahaf4 ,this year was one of the most disastrous in our annals2 an awful wet harvest followed close upon the war1 which had just then successfully terminated1 with the finances of the country in a very disordered state1 casting a settled gloom and distrust all over the land4 ,the parish of ,dudley unhappily shared in these hard times1 for we find that on ,november #cjth1 #ahaf1 a ,public ,meeting was held at the ,public ,office4 ,mr4 ,edward ,guest occupied the chair4 ,at this meeting a ,committee was appointed to collect subscriptions for a ,soup ,kitchen and relief of the necessitous poor1 when the appeal was equally successful1 for the sum of #hca #bs4 #j;d4 was speedily subscribed by #afb contributors1 and judiciously given amongst the poor4 ,july #bith1 #ahag4 ,at a meeting of the subscribers to the ,soup ,charity held this day1 it was resolved1--,that the accounts produced by ,mr4 ,guest appear so highly satisfactory that he be requested to accept our best thanks for his services4 ,resolved1--,that the thanks of the ,society be also voted to ,mr4 ,gordon1 for his kind and active services4 ,resolved1--,that as a reward for ,mrs4 ,stilyard's particular attention in the management and superintending in the making of soup1 the sum of two guineas be presented to her for the same4 ,resolved1--,that the balance1 after discharging the small debts1 to remain in the hands of ,messrs4 ,dixon1 ,dalton ,co41 the ,treasurers appointed4 ,,luke ,,booker1 ,,thomas ,,fehr4 ,,thos4 ,,badger1 ,,richd4 ,,lakin4 ,,timothy ,,hill1 ,,richd4 ,,bond4 99 99 99 99 99 ,there are varied scenes near the neighbourhood of the town of ,dudley1 where antiquity and picturesque beauty1 art1 and nature present themselves in every wondrous form4 ,the secrets and wonders of former worlds are to be found in our ,limestone and ,silurian formations1 which are daily worked by the active miner2 the very extensive employment of manufactures and commerce are well worth an inspection by the stranger who may visit our ancient town2 for these mixed sources of contemplation are adequately fitted to engage the attention of the curious1 and the searcher for scientific truth1 and to fill the mind of the moralist1 the poet1 the politician1 and the philanthropist with sentiments akin to reverence and thankfulness4 99 99 99 99 99 ,my labours being now ended1 ,i trust that this memento of many humorous and stirring events1 in the social and political life of this ancient borough1 may prove a source of amusement and happy reflection to the aged1 and lessons of instruction to the young1 and the comparative strangers in our midst2 bearing in mind that we now live and move under very altered conditions of both social and moral life1 leading us to feel thankful that we are now living in the age of national progression4 99 99 99 99 99 ,i have studiously avoided commenting upon the various charities in this town1 because an abler pen than mine has recently undertaken that most necessary illustration of the ,charities of ,dudley1 which ,i feel assured could not be in safer hands than our highly esteemed ,town ,clerk of ,dudley1 ,edward ,m4 ,warmington1 ,esq41 ,solicitor4 ,let us hope that these learned ,articles on the ,charities of ,dudley may shortly be collected and printed in a volume for local preservation4 ,i have1 finally1 greatly to thank many ladies and gentlemen1 in and around ,dudley1 for their courtesy and kindness1 in furnishing me with copies of many additional paragraphs which appear in this book4 ,c4 ,f4 ,g4 ,c4 ,finis4 ,illustration ,illustration3 ,,dudley ,,castle ,,from ,,the ,,north-,,east1 #ahaj ,,footnotes3 #a ,the ,lecturer cannot sufficiently express the delight he experienced1 when1 at the termination of the lecture1 he was informed1 that the gentleman who first applied the principle here noticed to practical purposes was at that time in the lecture room4 ,under the management of our able and ingenious townsman1 ,,mr4 ,,richardson1 the ,dudley ,gas ,works consume in the furnaces this singular species of fuel2 gas tar being used with the water to effect its decomposition2 after three years' experience ,,mr4 ,,richardson bears testimony to the importance of the discovery4 #b ,formerly a banker1 but at time of the ,procession a bankrupt1 on an extensive scale1 in the neighbourhood4 #c ,a low prelusive strain1 to nature true4 ,,southey4 #d ,a sudden storm1 with terrible ding dong1 ,swept through the streets and wash'd the crowd along4 ,,tom ,,thumb ,,the ,,great4 #e ,thus fear and interest will prevail with some2 ,for all have not the gift of martyrdom4 ,,dryden4 #f ,an apt conjunction of lawn and black satin1 we entitle a ,bishop4 ,,tale ,,of ,a ,,tub4 #g ,he is a main scholard1 ,latins it hugely1 and talks his own mother tongue as well as one of your varsity ,doctors4 ,,don ,,quixote4 #h ,video meliora1 proboque4 ,,ovid4 #i ,cantabit vacuus4 ,,juv4 #aj ,post ingentia facta ,decorum in tomplum receptus4 ,,hor4 #aa ,raro antecedentem scelestum1 ,deseruit pede1 pna1 claudo4 ,,hor4 #ab ----,the wind sallied forth1 ,and in anger or merriment1 out of the north ,from the peak of the crag blew his rev'rence away4 ,,wordsworth4 #ac ,such was the wight3 th' apparel on his back1 ,tho' coarse1 was rev'rend2 and tho' bare was black4 ,,pope4 #ad ,the ,poet glanceth at copper tokens1 which these disinterested tradesmen had issued in great abundance1 solely with an eye to the public good1 and which by reason of their being1 as was said1 recently counterfeited1 were in no very high repute at the time of the procession4 #ae ,he was once thought to be a great ,presbyterian1 if not worse4 #af ,hark ye1 ,sir1 a word in your ear4 ,you are a coxcomb by all the rules of physiogonomy4 ,but let that be a secret between you and me4 ,,addison',s ,,drummer4 #ag ,i know a lady in ,venice would have walk'd barefoot to ,palestine1 for a touch of his nether lip4 ,,shakespeare4 #ah ,he carries fate and physic in his eye4 ,,crabbe4 #ai ,good morrow1 ,benedick3 why what's the matter1 ,that you have such a ,february face1 ,so full of frost1 of storm1 and cloudiness8 ,,shaks4 #bj ,oh6 ,i thought ,i should faint1 when ,i saw him1 dear mother1 ,feel my pulse with one hand1 with a watch in the other2 ,no token of death that is heard in the night ,could ever have put me so much in affright3 ,thinks ,i--'tis all over--my sentence is past1 ,and now he is counting how long ,i may last4 ,,new ,,bath ,,guide4 #ba ,procul discordibus armis4 ,,virg4 #bb ,they were all of opinion 'tis proper to cheer1 ,the stomach and bowels as well as the ear4 ,,new ,,bath ,,guide4 #bc ,vivitur ex rapto4 ,,ovid4 #bd ,thence from cups to civil broils4 ,,milton4 #be ,the ,vicar's live stock is said to be of the starveling family1 like the nags in the ,epigram3 ,thy nags 7the leanest things alive7 ,so very hard thou lov'st to drive2 ,i heard thy anxious coachman say1 ,it cost thee more in whips than hay4 #bf ,intus et in cute novi4 ,,pers4 #bg ,our author's little anachronism1 in wishing the ladies to be mothers first1 and wives afterwards1 it is hoped will be pardoned as an unavoidable sacrifice to the rhyme4 #bh ,had not the pious ,doctor given us his word that the ,epigram was totally unnoticed by him till ,monday morning1 we might have been inclined to suspect that the following lines of ,pope were descriptive of the manner in which he spent his ,sunday evening hours4 ,swearing and supperless the hero sate 99 99 99 99 99 ,then gnaw'd his pen1 then dash'd it on the ground1 ,thinking from thought to thought1 a vast profound ,plung'd far his sense1 but found no bottom there1 ,yet wrote and flounder'd on in mere despair4 #bi ,this vaunted concern for the glory of the church1 we would charitably hope1 is real1 and not like that of ,rebel1 in the ,comedy of the ,committee-man curried by ,sam4 ,sheppard4 ,i laugh 7says ,rebel7 to think when ,i counterfeit a whining passion1 and talk of ,god and goodness1 walk with a sad and mortified countenance1 how ,i'm admired among the brethren1 and styled a man of ,god4 ,and thus ,i cloke my naked villany ,with old odd ends stolen forth of holy writ1 ,and seem a saint when most ,i play the ,devil4 ,,shakspeare4 #cj ,like will to like1--says the ,proverb4 ,a lizard's body lean and long1 ,a fish's head a serpent's tongue4 ,,cameleon4 #ca ,who more fit to unkennel the fox1 than the honest terrier who is part of him4 ,,hickeringill4 #cb ,feliciter is sapit1 qui periculo alieno sapit4 ,,plaut4 #cc ,of these ,i am told that our respected fellow-townsman1 ,mr4 ,lester1 retires owing to illness1 but will continue to evince his interest and good wishes by nominating his late colleagues1 with some others1 for your approval4 #cd ,the ,circular issued by the ,vicar and ,warden1 dated ,august #bjth4 #ce ,this note was received through the ,post on ,sunday morning in an unstamped envelope4 #cf ,this large increase in the number of electors arose from the fact that the ,borough of ,dudley was included in the ,act of #ahgc1 which gave a large increase of voters to many boroughs in the country1 by embracing in their boundaries large adjacent populous villages4 #cg ,the reason why this account of the building of the ,parish ,church does not appear at the beginning of this ,book1 arose from the inability to obtain a copy of these documents until the work was nearly printed off4--,,editor4 #ch ,we have seen this item in ,dr4 ,booker's handwriting4 ,dud ,dudley's ,metallum ,martis3 ,,or1 ,,iron ,,made ,,with ,pit-coale1 ,sea-coale1 c4 ,and with the same ,fuell to ,melt and ,fine ,imperfect ,mettals1 and ,refine perfect ,mettals4 ,,london1 ,printed by ,t4 ,m4 for the ,authour4 #affe4 ,n4,b4--,this ,work is an exact reprint from the original1 and the errors in spelling and the peculiar ,grammar of the ,author have been faithfully followed4 ,dud ,dudley's ,metallum ,martis4 ,,to ,,the ,,public4 ,this ,work ,metallum ,martis1 first printed in the year #affe1 and written by ,dud ,dudley1 a member of the ancient and honourable family of the ,lords of ,dudley1 is most curious in its composition and most valuable to the antiquarian1 and all engaged in the manufacture of iron and steel1 and all their varied products1 showing the indefatigable efforts of this enterprising artificer in metals1 ,dud ,dudley1 to make iron by the liberal use of coal1 so abundant in this neighbourhood4 ,the noble forests of timber in ,england were fast disappearing from our hills and valleys to meet the demand of household fuel2 but the increased demand1 yearly becoming greater1 for the purpose of smelting iron ore with charcoal1 became a matter of very serious consideration to all classes1 for the ,king and ,parliament were loudly called upon to prevent the total destruction of our noble forests4 ,acts of ,parliament were ultimately passed for that object1 for ,symon ,sturtevant1 in his ,metallica1 says ,that there was then in the #abth year of ,king ,james in ,england1 ,scotland1 ,ireland1 and ,wales1 #hjj furnaces1 forges1 or iron mills making iron with charcole4 ,dud ,dudley says ,now what loads of wood or charcole is spent in ,great ,britain and ,ireland annually8 ,in one furnace1 that makes #ae tuns per week of pig iron for #dj weeks3 ,i shall give you the table1 and leave you to judge of the rest of the furnaces4 ,charcole ,wood ----------------------- #ae tun per week spends #cj loads #fj loads ,for #dj weeks it spends #abjj loads #bdjj loads ,also for one forge that makes three tuns of bar iron weekly for #ej weeks4 ,charcole ,wood ----------------------- ,for making #c tuns per week of bar iron #i loads #ah loads ,per annum #dej loads #ijj loads ,yet1 he says1 by this barring of iron alone with pit-cole1 by his invention #cj1jjj loads of wood have been preserved for the general good1 which otherwayes must have been had and consumed4 ,this early pioneer of our now immense coal and iron trade was no mean uneducated inventor1 for our ,dud ,dudley was the natural son of ,lord ,dudley1 of ,dudley ,castle4 ,in the pedigree of the family his mother is described as ',elizabeth1 daughter of ,william ,tomlinson1 of ,dudley1 concubine of ,edward1 ,lord ,dudley4' ,his eldest brother is referred to as ',robert ,dudley1 ,squire1 of ,netherton ,hall1' and we are told that all the children1 though born out of wedlock1 held a good position in the neighbourhood1 and were regarded with respect4 ,dud is frequently alluded to in the ',history of ,staffordshire1' by ,plot1 who always described him as the ',worshipful ,dud ,dudley4' ,he was held in great respect and esteem by all contemporaries1 except rival ironmasters and political opponents4 ,he was the special favourite of the ,earl1 his father1 who appointed him manager of his ironworks4 ,from ,baliol ,college1 ,oxford1 he was sent for by the ,earl1 in #afai1 to take charge of an iron furnace and two forges in the ,pensnett ,chase4 ,it was here that1 finding difficulty on account of the exhaustion of the ,woodlands1 in producing large quantities of iron by the old process1 that he commenced experiments for carrying out a method of manufacture which had been unsuccessfully attempted by ,simon ,sturtevant1 ,john ,rouenzon1 and others4 ,after patient efforts1 ,dud ,dudley succeeded in making iron with pit coal1 and he carried on the manufacture not only at ,pensnett1 but also at ,cradley1 from whence1 having obtained a patent of ,james ,i41 he was enabled to send up to the ,tower1 by the ,king's command1 a quantity of new iron for trial4 ,after experiments had been made with it1 and its qualities fairly tested1 it was pronounced 'good merchantable iron4' ,it is appropriate that the locality where this great problem was practically solved by ,dud ,dudley1 should be visited by the members of the ,iron and ,steel ,institute1 and it may not be an uninteresting fact to mention that it was near the spot at ,cradley where ,dud ,dudley's works stood1 that the late lamented ,noah ,hingley1 ,esq41 ,j4,p41 commenced his remarkable career4 ,there1 we understand1 it was that he began life as a working chain maker2 there he afterwards rented a few chain shops1 and1 making progress1 ultimately opened an iron-work1 and became one of the largest employers of labour in ,south ,staffordshire4 ,the works at ,cradley1 which were under the management of ,dud ,dudley1 were swept away by a flood about two months after they had been in operation4 ,notwithstanding the great loss he had sustained1 he repaired his furnaces and forges1 and1 according to his own account1 'went on with his invention cheerfully1 and made annually great store of iron1 good and merchantable1 and sold it unto divers men1 at #ab per ton4' ,he adds3 ',i also made all sorts of cast-iron wares1 as brewing cisterns1 pots1 mortars1 c41 better and cheaper than any yet made in these nations with charcoal4' ,he further states that he was able to make #e or #g tons of iron a week1 and to sell his pig iron at #d per ton1 and his bar iron #ab per ton1 whilst his charcoal iron cost in pigs #f or #g1 and in bars #ae or #ah4 ,he met1 however1 with strong opposition1 and was at length ousted from his works at ,cradley4 ,with his wonted energy1 however1 he set up a pit-coal furnace at ,himley1 which is also situate near ,dudley4 ,subsequently he erected large furnaces at the adjoining village of ,sedgley1 but these were scarcely finished when we learn that 'a mob of rioters1 instigated by the charcoal ironmasters1 broke in upon them1 cut in pieces the new bellows1 destroyed the machinery1 and laid the results of that deep-laid ingenuity and persevering industry in ruins1 and from that time forward ,dudley was allowed no rest nor peace4 ,he was attacked by mobs1 worried by lawsuits1 and eventually overwhelmed with debts4' ,to disengage his involved affairs1 he married his grand-daughter and heiress1 ,frances1 to ,humble ,ward1 the only son of ,william ,ward 7jeweller to the ,queen of ,charles ,i471 who was descended from an ancient family of that name in ,norfolk1 by which means the estates came into the possession of the present noble family4 ,it is well known to the antiquarian and searcher after curiosities that the basement foundations of ,dud ,dudley's iron works can be distinctly traced1 laying betwixt ,dudley and ,pensnett1 only two miles apart1 and the four ancient forges not far from the inventors dwelling1 known as ,greens-forge1 ,swine-forge1 ,heath-forge1 and ,cradeley-forge1 were known to put in practice his invention early in #afjj1 and continued making iron with coal after his death4 ,this persecuted and ill-requited gentleman1 like many other inventors of great and distinguished renown1 lived before his time2 his prophetic soul saw the dawn of other days2 and the incentives which men of science and wealth put into the development of iron making1 culled from the genius this man foreshadowed1 has resulted in such marvellous proportions as to pass man's understanding1 and make the coal and iron trade the foremost industry in the land4 ,that this ingenious and scientific son of ,tubal ,cain was a persecuted1 misrepresented1 and illused man1 amidst all the blessings he was trying to shower upon his fellow men1 cannot be denied2 and we now leave the forerunner of the ,black ,country's wealth and greatness to tell the story of his own doings1 in his own language4 ,dudley1 #ahha4 ,,to ,,the ,kings ,most ,sacred ,majesty4 ,may it ,please ,your ,majesty1 ,all ,your ,kingdoms1 ,dominions1 and ,territories1 being the happy ,subjects of ,your ,cares1 are therefore the proper ,objects of ,your ,view3 ,great ,brittain1 ,o ,great ,brittain1 ,your ,principal ,island1 here ,humbly ,presents her self unto ,your ,royall ,presence1 ,view and ,care2 be ,pleased1 to interpret this her ,obsequiousness1 to be her ,duty2 for since ,your ,majesties safe ,return1 has already ,graciously dayned1 to ,view1 and often to review her ,shipings1 ,stores1 ,armories1 ,ordnance1 ,magazines1 and ,trade2 ,vouchsafe1 ,great ,sir1 ,great ,brittain ,your ,royal ,patronage1 and once more1 at some one hour1 or two1 to ,grace it with ,your ,auspicious ,aspect1 in this ,mite1 with all ,humility ,presented1 ,by1 ,a ,faithful ,servant1 of your ,sacred ,fathers2 and a ,loyal ,sufferer1 for your ,sacred ,majesty2 ,and by ,pattent-,servant1 ,dud ,dudley4 ,,to ,,the honourable1 his ,majesties ,great ,council1 ,the ,high ,court of ,parliament4 ,your ,predecessors in former ,ages1 had both serious ,consultations1 and ,considerations1 before they made those many ,wholesome and ,good ,lawes1 for the ,preservation of ,wood1 and ,timber1 of this ,kingdome1 #a ,eliz4 #ae4 #bc ,eliz4 #e4 #bg ,eliz4 #ai4 #bh ,eliz4 #c4 #e4 in whose dayes1 and since in ,king ,james's ,reign1 ,ships in most ,ports and ,rivers of this ,kingdom1 7,thames ,excepted7 might have been built1 for forty ,shillings per ,tunn2 but now they can hardly be built for treble the value1 wood and timber is so much decayed2 therefore men of ,war1 ,trade of ,merchants1 of ,fishing1 of ,navigating1 unto ,plantations will decay1 if not timely prevented1 which is hoped will be one of ,your ,principallest ,cares1 seeing our ,enemies have carried ,timber from ,england1 and the ,iron ,works have much exhausted it2 ,for the prevention of so great a ,consumption1 almost incureable3 ,first is to put the ,wholesome ,laws in ,execution2 ,secondly1 not to permit ,timber to be ,exported4 ,thirdly1 to animate1 as ,king ,james did1 and also ,prince ,henry1 the making of ,iron in ,england1 ,scotland1 and ,wales with ,pit-cole1 ,sea-cole1 and ,peate2 which if the ,authour 7who had a ,pattent for it7 had not been opposed1 after he had made much good ,iron with ,pit-cole1 it had long since1 by his ,inventions1 been fully perfected4 ,the ,fourth is1 to stop all the ,exportation of ,pit-cole1 and ,sea-cole 7paying ,his ,majesties ,duty7 if the ,cole be in a fit place1 to make ,iron therewith4 ,fifthly1 ,that the ,authour1 or his ,agents may have power to preserve many thousand ,tuns of ,pit-cole1 which are annually destroyed1 for ever in ,england1 ,scotland1 and ,wales1 which are fit to make ,iron2 and the ,authour in this ,treatise hath demonstrated it1 being moved with pitty1 seeing his ,native ,country decaying1 ,humbly offers but his ,judgement1 and leaves the grave consideration thereof1 to your ,learned1 and more serious ,consultations and ,actings1 praying that you may animate good things1 and new inventions1 that may bring unto ,his ,sacred ,majesty1 and all ,loyal ,subjects1 ,safety1 ,strength1 ,wealth1 and ,honour by our ,ships1 and ,men of ,war1 ,fishing1 ,navigation1 and ,merchandizing1 unto ,foreign ,nations2 but more especially1 to and from the ,territories of ,great ,brittain1 our ,north ,indies abounding in ,mines and ,minerals1 that they that are of the ,honourable ,corporations of ,mines ,royal1 and ,batteries1 or any others1 would lay in a ,common1 or ,joynt ,stock1 fully to set the ,mines at ,work1 by imploying our idle1 and burdensom supernumerary people therein1 ,iron1 ,tin1 ,lead1 ,copper1 ,quicksilver1 ,silver and ,gold1 besides many other ,minerals1 and ,marcesit's1 ,lapis ,calaminaris1 ,antimonie1 ,maganes1 c4 also many ,mineral ,earths and ,precious ,stones3 ,did ,i call ,great ,brittain our ,north ,indies8 give me leave to repeat a passage till further satisfaction1 of ,king ,josina of ,scotland1 a great ,phylosopher1 ,physitian1 and ,herbalist1 living before ,christ1 #afa years1 at which time1 two venerable ,phylosophers and ,priests passing from ,portugall to ,athens1 their ,ship and ,company1 and ,marriners1 all perished at ,ros1 they only saved2 after refreshing1 and good ,entertainment1 the ,king desired of them what they understood by their ,science of the ,nature of the ,ground of ,scotland2 after deliberate advisement1 said1 ,there was more ,riches and ,profit to be gotten within the ,veins of the ,earth of ,scotland1 then above1 for the winning of ,mines and ,metals2 ,they knew this by the ,influence of the ,heavens3 ,this you may see in the ,chronicles of ,scotland4 ,my ,dear ,master1 our ,sacred ,martyr1 ,charles the ,first of ever ,blessed ,memory1 did animate the ,authour by ,granting him a ,pattent1 ,anno #ad of his ,reign1 for the making of ,iron1 and ,melting1 ,smelting1 ,extracting1 ,refining1 and ,reducing all ,mines and ,metals with ,pit-cole1 ,sea-cole1 ,peat and ,turf1 which was ,extinct1 and ,obstructed by reason of the ,war2 and had not this unnatural and unparallel'd ,war been1 ,his late ,sacred ,majesty himself had set at work many of ,his ,mines1 and much good had been produced to ,great ,brittain before this time4 ,at present1 the ,authour is in good hope1 and incessantly prayes1 that the ,mines be set at ,work in his dayes1 by the ,honourable ,corporation of the ,mines ,royal1 for he verily believeth the time to be near1 when the ,omnipotent ,god1 before he ,judge the ,world in ,fire1 will shew ,his ,omnipotency unto the ,nations1 by revealing of the wonderful and incredible things of ,nature1 of which the ,learned do believe very many to be1 in the ,mineral ,kingdome1 by working of ,mines and ,fusion of ,metals1 gotten by honest labour under ground1 profitable to ,man1 and ,acceptable with ,god4 ,i might here speak somewhat of ,superiour ,planets producing ,metal1 ,saturn1 ,lead3 ,iupiter1 ,tin3 ,mars1 ,iron3 but these abound in ,great ,brittain1 so do the ,inferiour ,planets produce ,venus1 ,copper3 ,mercury1 ,quicksilver3 ,luna1 ,silver4 ,if ,god permit me health and leasure from ,sutes and ,troubles1 not onely to write of them1 but also the manner of the ,melting1 ,extracting1 ,refining1 and ,reducing of them with ,pit-cole1 ,sea-cole1 ,peat1 c4 ,in the interim to let you know that ,great ,brittain abounds with ,copper ,mines1 much neglected1 yet of great use for ,ordnance1 at ,land1 and also at ,seas1 and for the making of ,brass1 with our ,lapis ,calaminaris1 so much ,exported by the ,dutch1 which doth hinder our manufactories of ,brass1 and causes the ,dutch and ,swedes to raise the price of ,copper and ,brass ever since our small loss at ,sea by the ,dutch4 ,mercury1 ,quicksilver is not wanting1 but few ,artists have made any ,experiment of that ,mine in this ,kingdome4 ,luna1 ,silver doth abound in ,great ,britain1 especially a very ,rich ,vein1 ,rake1 or ,fibrey thereof was wrought at ,binnyhills near ,lithgo in ,scotland1 in the ,authors dayes1 some part of which he hath1 is malleable ,silver in the ,oare or ,mine1 yet neglected4 ,and so are many of our richest ,mines in ,england and ,wales1 c4 the cause is conceived to be the want of a general and joynt-stock for the imploying our idle people in getting1 and working of the ,copper1 and ,silver ,mines4 ,of the ,planet ,sol1 ,gold3 ,i may not be silent1 whose ,golden1 ,glorious1 ,pure1 ,sulphurious1 ,percing1 ,spirit1 communicating his virtue ,mineral unto all things in the ,mineral ,kingdom1 as well as to the ,animal and ,vegetable ,kingdom1 whose pure influence producing ,gold1 caused the poor indigent people of ,scotland1 which the ,author did see1 ,anno #cg1 at ,shortlough1 six men to dig and carry with wheele-barrows1 the common ,earth or ,mould unto ,rivolets remote1 out of which those men did wash ,gold-grains1 as good as in the sand of the ,rivers1 in which ,rivers many have gotten ,gold1 and seen grains of ,sol1 near one ounce weight1 both in the ,low-lands1 and in the ,high-lands2 also he hath seen ,gold gotten in ,england1 but not so plentiful as in ,scotland3 ,for ,sir ,james ,hope1 ,an4 #afed1 brought from ,scotland1 ,baggs of ,gold ,grains unto ,cromwell1 some of which ,grains were very large1 and as fine as any ,gold in the world1 that is in ,mines2 thus ,i came to see the ,baggs1 taking a view of the ,low-lands and ,high-lands of ,scotland1 ,anno #cg1 in which year1 ,i spent the whole ,summer 7in opening of ,mines1 and making of discoveries7 was at ,sir ,james ,hopes ,lead ,hills1 near which ,i got ,gold1 and he coming to ,london1 imployed ,captain ,david ,acheson1 a ,refiner1 whom ,i met with in ,scotland1 ,anno #cg1 to find me out2 when ,i came unto ,sir ,james ,hope1 dwelling in ,white ,hall1 he produced the ,baggs unto me1 and poured the ,gold out upon a board1 in which was one large piece of ,gold1 which had to it adjoyning a large piece of white spar very transparent1 which ,cap4 ,david ,acheson yet living at ,edenburgh saw2 but ,i would never ,act with ,sir ,james ,hope1 hoping of these times to see good things acted1 for ,i believe ,god is about to reveal many of his secrets1 unto his ,israel in this latter ,age1 which made me not to ,answer the ,letter of ,sir ,james ,hope1 as followeth4 ,edinburgh #bf4 ,june #afed4 ,sir1 ,if ,i had found the opportunity before my parting1 ,i purposed to have been a sutor to you1 and ,i perswade myself you are so kinde and generously disposed1 that you would have answered my desire1 and therefore also even at this distance adventure to offer it3 ,and it is that you would confer upon me one breviate of your journey through the ,north of ,scotland2 as to the discovery of ,minerals upon some account1 and at first view1 this may seem as unreasonable of me desired1 as improbable that you should grant it1 but the circumstance of time and persons and substance of the things considered1 ,i am not altogether out of hope of it2 onely1 ,i shall say1 if you condescend to me in this1 though it be more in satisfaction1 to my curiosity1 then for any designe ,i have upon the matter2 yet you shall singularly oblige me to indeavour and be ready as opportunity shall offor1 to expresse my thankfulnesse1 in what way you will prescribe1 that is in the power of2 your very affectionate brother and ,servant1 ,james ,hope4 ,this ,sir ,james ,hope1 was a ,judge at the ,city of ,edinburgh1 and by ,cromwell made ,lord ,marshall of ,scotland4 ,my hope now is1 that the ,honourable and ingenious ,corporation of the ,mines ,royall1 will set the ,mines at work1 that my ,inventions1 in which ,i have spent much time and charge1 in melting1 smelting1 extracting1 refining and reducing of ,mines and ,mettals with ,pitcoal1 ,seacoal and ,peats2 and have made with the same ,fuell many hundred ,tuns of good ,merchantable ,iron1 into cast works and ,bars2 may by the inventioner be enjoyed according to the ,act of ,parliament1 #ba4 ,jacob4 ,seeing the ,authour can make it appear he hath been much obstructed by lawsuits and the ,wars hitherto3 ,desires that his ,talent of ,undoubted truths 7may not be buried7 for the general good1 but be brought to light1 after all the sad ,sufferings of the ,authour1 whereby he may add unto his new ,inventions1 what he conceives fit to be done3 ,that not onely this so exhausted ,kingdome may enjoy the benefit thereof1 but also ,scotland and ,wales which abound with ,coals1 ,iron1 ,stone and ,mines of all sorts1 minerals and precious ,stones1 c4 ,yet from ,england's ,granery1 ,scotland making no ,iron1 and other ,territories1 have their thorow supply1 not onely of ,iron1 but of ,iron manufactories many1 so hath ,wales2 yet might ,scotland and ,wales not onely supply themselves1 but supply ,his ,sacred ,majesties other ,territories with ,iron and ,iron ,wares and ,steel also1 by ,iron and ,steel made with ,pit-coale1 ,sea-coale and ,peat2 and thereby be helpfull unto themselves and ,england1 and all ,plantations of his ,majesties1 on this side and beyond the line4 ,to the ,reader1 especially of ,england1 ,scotland and ,wales4 ,the injury and prejudice done unto me to this ,island1 my native ,country for the making of ,iron1 in cast works and bars with ,pitcoal1 ,seacoal1 ,peat and ,turff1 and with the like feuell1 to melt1 extract1 refine and reduce all ,mines and mettals1 moved me in the negligence of better ,wits and ,pens to apologise for it3 in this ensuing ,treatise1 and believe me ,reader1 twas no private1 or politick designe in my ,invention1 but meer zeal1 becomming an honest man1 ,patri1 parentibus and amicis2 that ,engaged me 7after many others failed7 in these ,inventions1 for the general good and preservation of ,wood and ,timber1 which1 ,eque pauperibus1 locupletibus eque1 ,eque neglectis pueris senibusq2 nocbit2 ,therefore it concerns ,his ,sacred ,majesty1 his high ,court of ,parliament1 all his ,counsels1 ,mariners1 ,merchants1 ,royall and ,loyall ,subjects 7the destruction of ,wood and ,timber7 to lay it to heart1 and helping hands1 upon fit occasions1 in these so laudable ,inventions of making ,iron melting of mines and refyning of them with ,pitcole1 ,seacole1 ,peat and ,turf2 for the preservation of ,wood and ,timber for maintenance of ,navigation1 men of ,war1 the ,fishing and ,merchants' ,trade1 which is the greatest strength of ,great ,brittain1 and all other his ,majesties ,kingdomes and ,territories1 whose defence and offence next under ,god1 consists by his sacred ,majesties assisting care1 and view of his men of ,war1 ,ships1 experienced marrinours1 merchants1 ,ordinance of ,copper1 ,bras and ,iron ,armories1 ,steels and ,irons of all sorts2 both of bars1 squares1 and cast works and which ought and may be suplyed from ,scotland and ,wales by ,iron1 ,copper and ,brasse1 and made there1 with ,pitcole1 ,seacole and ,peat2 and which abound there and in ,england1 also4 ,in ,cornwall1 ,devonshire1 ,sommerset1 ,glocester1 ,stafford1 ,darby1 ,york1 ,lancaster1 ,westmerland1 ,cumberand2 are many ,copper ,mines3 so is there in ,pembrook1 ,carmarthin1 ,merionith and ,denbyshires1 also there are very many rich ,coper mines in very many places in ,scotland1 at ,sterling1 at ,dumfad and many other places well known1 unto the ,authour1 ,dud ,dudley4 ,illustration ,dud ,dudley's ,metallum ,martis4 ,that ,great ,brittain with her ,men of ,warr1 ,fleets and ,shiping1 have had in all ,ages1 and in these latter ,ages1 as great ,success at ,seas as any people whatsoever in the ,universe1 cannot modestly be denied in #hh1 overthrowing that ,invincible ,armado so long a preparing1 and since other ,navies also2 and whose ,armadoes1 ,navies1 ,armes1 and ,men1 have been a ,terrour to other ,nations2 nay her own ,grand ,magazins1 are the very ,granary from whence all ,his ,sacred ,majesties ,kingdomes1 ,dominions1 and ,territories both in the ,east and ,west-,indies1 on this side and beyond the ,line1 they have their whole and thorow supply of ,shiping1 ,men1 ,armes1 ,food and ,rayment1 and more then can be1 from any ,kingdom of the ,christian ,world4 ,now if ,wood and ,timber should decay still1 and fail1 the greatest ,strength of ,great ,brittain1 her ,ships1 ,mariners1 ,merchants1 ,fishings1 and ,his ,majesties ,navies1 and ,men of ,war1 for our ,defence1 and ,offence would fail us1 which before1 and since #hh made his ,sacred ,majestyes ,prodecessors1 ,queen ,elizabeth1 and her ,great ,council1 the then ,parliament1 to make ,lawes for the preservation of ,wood and ,timber1 especially near any ,navigable ,river2 #a ,eliz4 #ae4 #bg ,eliz4 #ai4 #bh ,eliz4 #c4 #e4 #bc ,eliz4 #e4 ,all which ,laws1 and others1 for the ,preservation of ,wood and ,timber are still in force1 but not duly ,executed2 also ,king ,james ,his ,sacred ,majesties ,grand-father1 and ,prince ,henry for the ,preservation of ,wood and ,timber in this ,island1 did in the #ith ,year of ,his ,reign1 ,grant ,his ,letters ,pattents of ,priviledge unto ,simon ,sturtevant1 ,esq42 for #ca years1 for the making of ,iron with ,pit-cole and ,sea-cole for the preservation of ,wood and ,timber of ,great ,brittain so greatly then consumed by ,ironworks2 ,this ,invention was by ,king ,james's command to be at large put in ,print1 which ,book did contain near a quire of paper in quarto1 called ,simon ,sturtevant ,his ,metallica4 ,anno4 #afab4 ,may #bb4 ,printed by ,george ,eld1 ,cum ,privllegio4 ,after ,simon ,sturtevant could not perform his making of ,iron with ,pit-cole or ,sea-cole1 according unto his ,engagement1 ,king ,james1 and ,prince ,henry1 caused him to render up his ,pattent1 and a new ,pattent was ,granted unto ,john ,rovenson1 ,esq4 who also was ,enjoyned to write a ,book of his ,inventions1 called1 ,rovenson's ,mettallica4 ,printed for ,thomas ,thorp1 ,cum ,privilegio3 ,may #ae1 ,an4 #afac4 ,after ,john ,rovenson1 ,esq4 had often failed with his ,inventions1 and great undertakings1 ,gombleton1 ,esq4 a ,servant of ,queen ,ann's1 undertook 7by ,pattent7 to perform the ,invention of making of ,iron with ,pit-cole1 and ,sea-cole2 but he being as confident of his ,invention as others1 did ,erect his works at ,lambeth1 which the ,author view'd2 and ,gumbleton failing1 the ,learned and ,ingenious ,doctor ,iorden of ,baths1 the ,authors ,acquaintance1 and sundry others obtained ,patteuts for the making of ,iron1 and melting of ,mines with ,pit-cole and ,sea-cole1 for the preservation of ,wood and ,timber all which ,inventions and endeavours to ,effect and ,perfect the said ,works1 have been by many heretofore well known1 to have worthily attempted the said ,invention1 though with fruitless success4 ,having seen many of their failings1 ,i held it my ,duty to endeavour1 if it were possible to ,effect and ,perfect so laudable1 and beneficial1 and also so much desired ,inventions1 as the making of ,iron into cast ,works and ,bars2 and also the ,melting1 ,extracting1 ,refining and ,reducing all sorts of ,mines1 ,minerals and ,metals1 with ,pit-cole1 ,sea-cole1 ,peat1 and ,turf1 for the preservation of wood and timber1 so much exhausted by ,iron ,works of late4 ,having former knowledge and delight in ,iron ,works of my ,fathers1 when ,i was but a ,youth2 afterwards at #bj years ,old1 was ,i fetched from ,oxford1 then of ,bayliol ,colledge1 ,anno #afai1 to look and manage #c ,iron ,works of my ,fathers1 #a ,furnace1 and #b ,forges1 in the ,chase of ,pensnet1 in ,worcester-shire1 but ,wood and ,charcole1 growing then scant1 and ,pit-coles1 in great quantities abounding near the ,furnace1 did induce me to alter my ,furnace1 and to attempt by my new ,invention1 the making of ,iron with ,pit-cole1 assuring my self in my ,invention1 the loss to me could not be greater then others1 nor so great1 although my success should prove fruitless2 ,but ,i found such success at first tryal animated me1 for at my tryal or blast1 ,i made iron to profit with ,pitcole1 and found ,facere est addere ,inventioni4 ,after ,i had made a second blast and tryal1 the fesibility of making ,iron with ,pit-cole and ,sea-cole1 ,i found by my new ,invention1 the quality to be good and profitable1 but the quantity did not exceed above #c ,tuns per week3 ,after ,i had brought my ,invention unto some perfection1 and profitable1 doubted not in the future to have advanced my ,invention1 to make quantity also4 ,immediately after my second tryal1 ,i wrote unto my ,father what ,i had done1 and withall1 desired him to obtain a ,pattent for it from ,king ,james of ,blessed ,memory2 the ,answer to which ,letter ,i shall insert1 only to shew the forwardness of ,king ,james1 in this his much animating the ,inventor1 as he did both ,simon ,sturtevant1 ,john ,rovenson1 ,doctor ,iordanie and others2 ,the ,letter follows2 ,son ,dudley1 ,the ,kings ,majesty being at ,new-,market1 ,i sent ,parkes thither on ,saturday to some ,friends of mine1 to move the ,kings ,majesty for my ,pattent1 which be coming on ,sunday ,morning1 in the ,afternoon ,his ,majesty sent a ,warrant to ,master ,atturney to dispatch my ,pattent1 for the which ,i am infinitely bound unto ,his ,majesty1 that it pleased ,him of ,his ,great ,grace and ,favour to dispatch it so soon2 ,i have been this night with ,master ,atturney1 who will make hast for me2 ,god ,bless you1 and ,commend me unto all my ,friends3 ,your ,loving ,father1 ,edward ,dudley4 ,march #aj4 #afai4 ,this ,richard ,parkes1 ,parks-house ,esq2 in the ,letter before mentioned1 was the ,authors ,brother in ,law1 which did about #a year after the ,pattent was granted1 carry for the ,author much good ,merchantable ,iron unto the ,tower1 by ,king ,iames's command to be tryed by all ,artists1 and they did very well approve of the ,iron1 and the said ,parkshouse had a fowling ,gun there made of ,pit-cole ,iron1 with his name gilt upon the ,gun1 which gun was taken from him by ,colonel ,levison ,governour of ,dudley ,castle1 and never restored4 ,the said ,richard ,parkshouse's son my ,nephew1 ,edward ,parkshouse1 the #eth4 of ,january #affd1 pressed me much to put ,pen unto ,paper1 to shew what ,i have done in the invention of making of ,iron with ,pit-coale and ,seacoal1 not unknown unto this ,country1 and to my brother ,folliott1 ,esq2 and my ,nephew ,parkshouse ,esq2 and to my ,kinsman ,master ,francis ,dingley1 to whom ,i intend to leave the ,secrets of my ,inventions1 notwithstanding all my sad sufferings from time to time this forty ,years in the invention1 my ,sufferings in the ,war1 and my ,estate sold for my ,loyalty2 and also my sad sufferings and obstructions since his ,sacred ,majesties happy ,restauration many wayes2 and also upon sundry and many references1 at the ,authors very great charge1 pains1 and time spent of ,foure years in his aged dayes1 for the general good1 by his inventions for the preservation of ,great ,brittain's ,wood and ,timber4 ,now let me shew some ,reasons that induced me to undertake these ,inventions1 after the many failings of others1 well knowing that withing ,ten miles of ,dudley ,castle there to be neer #bjjjj4 ,smiths of all sorts1 and many ,iron works at that time1 within that ,circle decayed for want of ,wood 7yet formerly a mighty ,woodland ,country47 ,secondly1 ,the ,lord ,dudley's ,woods and ,works decayed1 but ,pitcoal and ,iron1 ,stone or ,mines abounding1 upon his ,lands1 but of little ,use4 ,thirdly1 ,because most of the ,coale ,mines in these parts1 as well as upon the ,lord ,dudley's lands1 are ,coals1 ,ten1 ,eleven1 and ,twelve yards thick2 the top or the uppermost ,cole1 or vein1 gotten upon the superficies of this ,globe or ,earth1 in open works4 ,fourthly1 ,under this great thickness of ,coal1 is very many sorts of ,iron1 ,stone1 ,mines1 in the ,earth ,clay or ,stone earth1 like bats in all four yards thick2 also under these ,iron mines is severall yards thick of ,coals1 but of these in an other place more convenient4 ,fifthly1 ,knowing that when the ,colliers are forced to sinck ,pits for getting of ten yards thick of ,cole one third ,part of the ,coles or more1 that be gotten under the ground1 being small are of little or of no use in that inland ,country nor is it worth the drawing out of the ,pits1 unlesse it might be made use of by making of ,iron therewith into cast works or ,bars4 ,sixthly1 ,then knowing that if there could be any use made of the smal-coale that are of little ,use1 then would they be drawn out of the ,pits1 which coles produceth often times great prejudice unto the ,owners of the works and the work it self1 and also unto the ,colliers1 who casting of the smalcoles together1 which compelling necessity enforcing the ,colliers so to do1 for two causes2 one is to raise them to cut down the ten yards thicknesse of coles drawing onely the bigger sort of cole1 not regarding the lesser or small cole1 which will bring no money2 saying1 ,he that liveth longest let him fetch fire further3 ,next1 these ,colliers must cast these coles1 and sleek or drosse out of their wayes1 which sulphurious small cole and crouded moyst sleek heat naturally1 and kindles in the middle of those great heaps2 often fals the cole-works on ,fire1 and flaming out of the ,pits1 and continue burning like tna in ,cicily1 or ,hecla in the ,indies4 ,yet when these loose ,sulphurious compost of cole and sleek1 being consumed in processe of time1 the ,fire decayes1 yet notwithstanding the ,fire hath continued in some ,pits many years2 yet colliers have gotten coles again1 in those same ,pits1 the ,fire not penitrating the solid and firme wall of coles1 because ,pabulum ignis est ,aer1 the ,ayre could not penetrate1 but passe by it in the loose cole and sleek2 for comming into those pits afterwards1 ,i have beheld the very blows of ,pikes or tools that got the coles there formerly4 ,also from these ,sulphurious heaps1 mixed with ,iron1 ,stone 7for out of many of the same pits is gotten much ,iron1 ,stone1 ,mines72 the ,fires heating vast qualities of ,water1 passing thorow these ,soughs or ,adits1 becometh as hot as the ,bath at ,bathe1 and more healing and sovereign even for old ,ulcers and ,sores2 because many of these ,baths doe proceed not onely from common ,sulphur and vitriol of ,mars1 but also from ,solar sulphur in this ,iron stone2 ,i hope1 ,filii ,artis1 will excuse my digesion from the making of ,iron with ,pitcole1 ,seacole1 ,peat or ,turff1 and the melting of mines and mettals and refining of the same1 with the like fuell3 the first ,pattent being granted by ,king ,james for #ca1 ,years in the #aith year of his ,reign upon just and true information1 that the ,authour had the year before made many ,tuns of ,iron with ,pitcole at a ,furnace or ,iron-work1 in the ,chase of ,pensnet1 in the ,county of ,worcester1 besides cast ,iron ,works of sundry sorts with ,pitcoles2 and also at two ,forges or ,iron ,mills1 called1 ,cradly ,forges1 fined the said ,iron into ,merchantable good ,bar ,iron2 ,but the year following1 the grant or ,pattent for making of ,iron with ,pitcole or ,seacole1 ,there was so great a ,flood1 by rain1 to this day1 called the great ,may-day-,flood1 that it not onely ruinated the ,authours ,iron works1 and inventions2 but also many other mens ,iron works3 and at a market ,town called ,sturbridge in ,commitate ,wigorni1 although the ,authour sent with speed to preserve the people from drowning2 one resolute man was carried from the ,bridge there in the day time1 and the nether part of the ,town was so deep in ,water that the people had much ado to preserve their lives in the uppermost rooms in their ,houses4 ,my ,yron works and inventions thus demolished1 to the joy of many ,iron masters1 whose works scaped the ,flood and who had often disparaged the ,authours ,inventions1 because the ,authour sold good ,iron cheaper then they could afford it2 and which induced many of the ,iron masters to complain unto ,king ,iames1 averring that the iron was not ,merchantable2 ,as soon as the ,author had repaired his works and inventions 7to his no small charge7 they so far prevailed with ,king ,iames1 that the ,authour was commanded with all speed possible1 to send all sorts of ,bar iron up to the ,tower of ,london1 fit for making of ,musquets1 ,carbines and ,iron for great ,bolts1 fit for ,shipping1 which ,iron being so tryed by ,artists and ,smiths1 that the iron masters and ,iron-mongers were all silenced until #bath of ,king ,iames3 ,at the then ,parliament1 all ,monopolies were made ,null1 and diverse of the ,iron masters endeavouring to bring the invention of making ,iron with ,pitcole1 ,seacole1 ,peat and ,turff1 within the compasse of a ,monopoly2 but the ,lord ,dudley and the ,authour did prevaile2 yet the ,pattent was limited to continue but ,fourteen years2 after which ,act the ,authour went on with his invention cheerfully1 and made annually great store of ,iron1 good and merchantable1 and sold it unto diverse men yet living at ,twelve pounds per ,tun2 ,i also made all sorts of cast iron ,wares1 as ,brewing-,cysterns1 ,pots1 ,morters1 and better and cheaper than any yet were made in these ,nations1 with ,charcoles2 ,some of which are extant to be seen by any man 7at the ,authors ,house in the ,city of ,worcester7 that desire to be satisfied of the truth in the ,invention4 ,afterwards1 ,the ,author was outed of his works and inventions before mentioned by the ,iron-masters and others wrongfully1 over long to relate3 yet being unwilling his ,inventions 7having undergone much charge and pains therein7 should fall to the ground1 and be buried in him1 made him to set forward his ,invention again1 at a ,furnace called1 ,himley ,furnace in the ,county of ,stafford1 where he made much ,iron with ,pit-cole1 but wanting a ,forge to make it into bars1 was constrained for want of ,stock to sell the ,pig-,iron unto the ,charcole ,iron-masters1 who did him much prejudice1 not onely in detaining his stock1 but also disparaging the ,iron2 ,himley ,furnace being ,rented out unto ,charcole ,iron-,masters4 ,the ,authour ,erected a new large ,furnace on purpose1 #bg foot square1 all of stone for his new ,invention1 at a place called ,hasco ,bridge1 in the parish of ,sedgley1 and ,county of ,stafford2 the ,bellows of which ,furnace were larger then ordinary ,bellows are1 in which work he made #g ,tuns of ,iron per week1 the greatest quantity of ,pit-cole-,iron that ever yet was made in ,great ,brittain2 near which ,furnace1 the ,author discovered many new ,cole-mines #aj yards thick1 and ,iron-mine under it1 according to other ,cole-works2 which ,cole-works being brought unto perfection1 the ,author was by force thrown out of them1 and the ,bellows of his new ,furnace and ,invention1 by riotous persons cut in pieces1 to his no small prejudice1 and loss of his ,invention of making of ,iron with ,pit-cole1 ,sea-cole1 c4 ,so that being with ,law-,suites1 and ,riots1 wearied and disabled to prosecute his ,art and ,invention at present1 even untill the first ,pattent was extinct3 ,notwithstanding the ,author his sad ,sufferings1 ,imprisonments wrongfully for several thousand pound in the ,counter in ,london1 yet did obtaine a new ,pattent1 dated the #b;d of ,may1 ,anno #ad4 ,caroli ,primi of ever ,blessed ,memory1 not only for the making of ,iron into cast-works1 and bars1 but also for the ,melting1 ,extracting1 ,refining and ,reducing of all ,mines1 ,minerals and ,mettals1 with ,pit-cole1 ,sea-cole1 ,peat1 and ,turf1 for the preservation of ,wood and ,timber of this ,island2 into which ,pattent1 the ,author1 for the better support and management of his ,invention1 so much opposed formerly at the ,court1 at the ,parliament1 and at the ,law1 took in ,david ,ramsey1 ,esquire1 ,resident at the ,court2 ,sir ,george ,horsey1 at the ,parliament2 ,roger ,foulke1 ,esquire1 a ,counsellour of the ,temple1 and an ,ingenious ,man2 and also an ,iron ,master1 my ,neighbour1 and one who did well know my former ,sufferings1 and what ,i had done in the ,invention of making of ,iron with ,pit-cole1 c4 ,all which said ,patentees1 ,articled the #aath of ,iune following1 the ,grant not only to pay the ,authour all the charges of passing the ,pattent laid down by him1 but also to lay in for a common and joynt-stock each man of the four1 one hundred pounds1 and so from time to time1 what more stock any three of the ,pattentees should think fit to be laid in for the making of ,iron into cast works and bars1 and likewise for the ,melting1 ,extracting1 ,refining and ,reducing of all ,mines1 ,minerals1 and ,metals1 with ,pit-cole1 ,sea-cole1 ,peat and ,turf1 which ,articles are yet extant4 ,now let me without offence insert the opposition we all had1 by means of powerfull ,iron-,masters1 with ,sir ,philibeard ,vernat1 a ,dutch ,man1 and ,captain ,whitmore1 who pretended much unto his late ,sacred ,majesty1 but performed not their undertaking1 which caused the ,author1 and his ,partners thus to ,petition4 ,to the ,king's ,most ,excellent ,majesty3 ,the ,humble ,petition of ,sir ,george ,horsey ,knight2 ,david ,ramsey1 ,roger ,foulke1 and ,dud ,dudley1 ,esquires3 ,humbly ,sheweth1 ,that whereas ,your ,petitioners being called before the ,right ,honourable1 the ,lord ,keeper by your ,majesties ,appointment1 touching the making of ,iron with ,pit-cole1 ,sea-cole1 ,peat and ,turf1 for which they have ,your ,majesties ,pattent2 and seeing that ,sir ,philibeard ,vernat1 and ,captain ,whitmore1 who are not ,inventors1 have obtained a ,pattent also for the same2 yet before their ,pattent ,granted1 ,sir ,philibeard was ordered at ,council-board1 according to his ,great ,undertaking1 to perfect his ,great ,undertaking and ,invention within ,two ,years1 and there hath been near ,three ,years passed1 and yet have made little or no ,iron3 still he ,opposeth ,your ,petitioners1 and doth neither benefit himself1 but hinders ,your ,majesty1 and the ,kingdom4 ,the reference unto the ,petition followeth2 ,at the ,court at ,greenwich1 ,may #bj1 #afch4 ,his ,majesty is pleased to refer this ,petition to ,master ,atturney1 and ,master ,solicitor ,general1 to call the ,petitioners before them1 and to compose the differences between them2 7if they can7 or otherwise1 to certifie his ,majesty their opinions therein3 ,sir ,sidney ,mountegue was then ,master of the ,requests4 ,but ,sir ,philibeard ,vernat and ,captain ,whitmore never appeared any more for their ,invention4 ,not long after the ,wars came on1 and caused my partners to desist1 since which they are all dead1 but the ,author1 and his ,estate 7for his ,loyalty unto his late ,sacred ,majesty7 and ,master1 7as by the ,additional ,act of ,parliament may appear7 was totally sold4 ,yet nevertheless1 ,i still endeavoured not to bury my ,tallent1 took in two ,partners into my inventions1 ,walter ,stevens of ,bristow ,linnen ,draper1 and ,john ,ston of the same ,city ,merchant1 after the ,authour had begun to ,erect a new work for the ,inventions aforesaid1 near ,bristow1 ,anno #ea1 and there we three ,partners had in stock near #gjjl4 but they not only cunningly drew me into ,bond1 entered upon my ,stock and ,work1 unto this day detained it1 but also did unjustly enter ,staple ,actions in ,bristow of great value against me1 because ,i was of the ,kings ,party2 unto the great prejudice of my ,inventions and ,proceedings1 my ,pattent being then almost extinct3 for which1 and my ,stock1 am ,i forced to ,sue them in ,chancery4 ,in the interim of my proceedings1 ,cromwell1 and the then ,parliament1 granted a ,pattent1 and an ,act of ,parliament unto ,captain ,buck of ,hampton ,road1 for the making of ,iron with ,pit-cole and ,sea-cole2 ,cromwell1 and many of his ,officers were ,partners1 as ,major ,wildman and others2 many ,doctors of ,physick1 and ,merchants1 who set up diverse and sundry ,works1 and ,furnaces at a vast charge1 in the ,forrest of ,dean1 and after they had spent much in their ,invention and ,experiments1 which was done in spacious ,wind-,furnaces1 and also in ,potts of ,glass-house ,clay2 and failing afterwards1 got unto them an ,ingenious ,glass-,maker1 ,master ,edward ,dagney an ,italian then living in ,bristow1 who after he had made many ,potts1 for that purpose went with them into the ,forrest of ,dean1 and built for the said ,captain ,buck and his ,partners1 a new ,furnace1 and made therein many and sundry ,experiments and ,tryals for the making of ,iron with ,pit-cole and ,sea-cole1 c4 ,but he failing1 and his ,potts being all broken1 he did return to ,bristow frustrate of his ,expectation2 but further promising to come again1 and make more ,experiments2 at which time ,master ,john ,williams1 ,master ,dagneys1 ,master of the ,glass-,house was then drawn in to be a ,partner for #cjjl4 deposited1 and most of it spent1 the said ,williams and ,dagney hearing that the ,authour had knowledge in the making of ,iron with ,pit-cole1 ,sea-cole1 c4 they from ,cap4 ,buck1 and the other ,partners importuned the ,author1 who was at that time in great danger by the ,parliament1 7being a ,colonel of the ,kings ,party7 to go along with them into the ,forrest of ,dean1 which at that time durst not deny2 ,coming thither1 ,i observed their manner of working1 and found it impossible1 that the said ,edward ,dagney by his ,invention should make any ,iron with ,pit-cole or ,sea-cole1 in ,pots to profit3 ,i continued with them till all their ,potts and ,inventions failed2 at every ,dinner and ,supper1 ,captain ,buck1 ,captain ,robins1 ,doctor ,ivie1 ,doctor ,fowler and others1 would aske the ,author why he was so confident that ,iron in quantity could not be made by their new ,inventions8 ,i found it a difficult thing to disswade the ,partners from their way1 so confident were they to perform the making of iron with ,pit-cole or ,sea-cole to profit2 that they desired me to come again a second time into the ,forrest to see it ,effected2 ,but at that time1 ,i saw their failings also4 ,yet nevertheless ,captain ,buck1 and his ,partners ,erected new ,works at the ,city of ,bristow1 in which they did fail as much as in their former ,inventions2 but ,major ,wildman1 more barbarous to me then a ,wildman1 although a ,minister bought the ,authors ,estate1 near #bjjl4 per ,annum1 intending to compell from the ,author his ,inventions of making of ,iron with ,pit-cole2 but afterwards passed my ,estate unto two ,barbarous ,brokers of ,london1 that pulled down the ,authors two ,mantion ,houses2 sold #ejj ,timber ,trees off his ,land1 and to this day are his ,houses unrepaired4 ,anno #affe4 ,captain ,buck and his ,partners wearied of their ,invention1 desisting1 ,an4 #afef4 ,captain ,john ,copley from ,cromwell obtained another ,pattent for the making of ,iron with ,pit-cole and ,sea-cole2 ,he and his ,partners set up their ,works1 at the ,cole-,works near ,bristow1 and endeavour'd by ,engeneers assistance to get his ,bellows to be blown1 at1 or near the ,pits of ,cole1 with which ,engines the ,work could not be performed3 ,but the ,author coming to see the said ,works1 and after many ,discourses with ,captain ,copley1 his former ,acquaintance1 told him plainly1 if his ,bellows could have been blown by those ,engines1 yet ,i feared he could not make ,iron with ,pit-cole or ,sea-cole2 he seemed discontented2 whereupon1 and without those ,engines ,i made his ,bellows to be blown feisibly1 as by the ,note under his hand appears 7the first ,note7 followeth2 #afef4 ,december #cj4 ,memorandum1 ,the day and year above-written1 ,i ,john ,copley of ,london1 ,gent4 ,do acknowledge1 that after the ,expence of diverse ,hundred ,pounds to ,engineers1 for the making of my ,bellows to blow1 for the making of ,iron with ,pit-cole or ,sea-cole near ,bristow1 and near the ,forrest of ,kings-wood2 that ,dud ,dudley ,esq4 did perform the blowing of the said ,bellows at the ,works or ,pits abovesaid2 a very feisible and plausable way1 that one man may blow them with pleasure the space of an hour or two2 and this ,i do acknouledge to be performed with a very small charge1 and without any money paid to him for the same ,invention3 ,john ,copley4 ,captain ,john ,copley thus failing in his ,inventions1 ,an4 #afeg1 he went into ,ireland1 and all men now desisting from the ,inventions of making of ,iron with ,pit-cole and ,sea-cole3 ,the ,author1 ,anno #affj4 being #fa4 years of ,age1 and moved with pitty1 and seeing no man able to perform the ,mastery of making of ,iron with ,pit-cole or ,sea-cole1 immediately upon his ,sacred ,majesties happy ,restauration1 the same day he ,landed1 ,petitioned that he might be restored to his place1 and his ,pattent obstructed1 revived for the making of ,iron with ,pit-cole1 ,sea-cole1 ,peat and ,turf1 into cast ,works and ,bars1 and for the ,melting1 ,extracting1 ,refining and ,reducing of all ,mines1 ,mettals and ,minerals1 with ,pit-cole1 ,sea-cole1 ,peat and ,turf2 which said ,laudable ,invention1 the ,author was and is unwilling should fall to the ground and dye with him1 neither is the ,mistery1 or ,mastery of the ,invention ,effected and ,perfected by any man known unto the ,authour1 as yet1 either in ,england1 ,scotland or ,wales2 all which three abound with ,pit-cole or ,sea-cole1 and do over-much furnish other ,kingdomes many with ,pit-cole and ,sea-cole1 when they might make far better use of it themselves1 especially ,scotland and ,wales1 both for the making of ,iron into cast ,works and ,bars2 and also for the making of ,steel1 and ,melting1 ,extracting1 and ,refining of ,lead1 ,tin1 ,iron1 ,gold1 ,copper1 ,quicksilver1 and ,silver1 with ,pit-cole1 and ,sea-cole4 ,i shall not trouble you with the ,petition1 or my reasons and desires that were annexed unto it1 for the making of ,iron1 and ,melting of ,mines1 c4 with ,pit-cole1 c4 they are over long to relate1 only the ,reference to them is thus2 7after my first ,petition was lost1 ,i ,petitioned again47 ,at the ,court at ,whiteh4 #bb4 of ,june #affc4 ,his ,majesty is graciously pleased to refer the consideration of this ,petition to ,master ,atturney1 and ,solicitor ,general1 or to either of them1 together with the ,petitioners ,reasons and ,desires hereunto annexed2 and they1 or either of them1 are to inform1 and certifie ,his ,majesty1 what they1 or either of them in their ,judgements respectively conceive fit for ,his ,majesty to do concerning the ,petitioners ,humble ,request1 and then ,his ,majesty will declare his further pleasure4 ,robert ,mason1 ,master of ,requests4 ,after ,master ,atturney1 and ,sollicitor ,general would do nothing upon the ,reference2 the ,author ,petitioned ,his ,sacred ,majesty sitting at the ,council-,board1 for the ,renewing of his ,pattent1 for making of ,iron1 and ,melting1 of ,mines with ,pit-cole1 ,sea-cole1 often obstructed2 the reference to that ,petition followeth4 ,at the ,court at ,whitehall1 ,july #be4 #affj4 ,upon reading of a ,petition this day at the ,board1 being the same in terminis with this above-written1 which his ,majesty was graciously pleased by a ,reference under the hand of ,doctor ,mason1 one of the ,masters of the ,requests1 to refer to the consideration of ,master ,atturney1 and ,master ,solicitor ,general1 together with the ,petitioners ,reasons and ,desires thereunto annexed1 to the ,consideration of the ,lords1 and others ,commissioners for the ,treasury1 who upon ,examination of the particulars1 are to give such order thereupon1 as they shall find most proper for ,his ,majesties ,service4 ,sir ,edward ,walker was ,clark to the ,council1 and ,garter ,king at ,armes4 ,the ,author1 during the ,lords ,commissioners their time1 could get no ,order upon his ,reference2 ,but his ,petition was left1 with the now ,right ,honourable1 the ,lord ,treasurer1 to take or grant further order therein1 but the ,author hath gotten hitherto no order4 ,therefore compelling necessity doth constrain 7having prosecuted his ,petition hitherto7 him to desist from his ,inventions1 in which he hath taken more pains1 care and charge1 then any man1 to perfect his new ,invention in these ,kingdomes4 ,although the ,author had not as yet so fully perfected or raised his invention1 to the quantity of ,charcole ,iron ,furnaces1 yet the ,authors quantity being but seven ,tuns per week at the most1 together with the quality of his ,iron made with ,pit-cole and ,sea-cole1 hath the most eminent ,triplicity of ,iron of all that can be desired in any new ,invention4 #a4 ,more ,sufficient4 #b4 ,more ,cheap4 #c4 ,more excellent4 ,upon which triplicity1 the ,authour might enlarge himself1 but shall not be tedious1 only give me leave to mention that there be three sorts of ,cast ,iron2 #a4 ,the first sort is ,gray ,iron4 #b4 ,the second sort is called ,motley ,iron1 of which one part of the ,sowes or ,piggs is gray1 the other part is white intermixt4 #c4 ,the third sort is called white ,iron1 this is almost as white as ,bell-,mettle1 but in the ,furnace is least fined1 and the most ,terrestrial2 of the three1 the ,motley ,iron is somewhat more fined1 but the ,gray ,iron1 is most fined1 and more sufficient to make ,bar-,iron with1 and tough ,iron to make ,ordnance1 or any ,cast ,vessels1 being it is more fined in the ,furnace1 and more malliable and tough1 then the other two sorts before mentioned2 and of this sort1 is the ,iron made with ,pit-cole1 ,sea-cole for the most part1 and therefore more sufficiently to be preferred4 #b4 ,more cheaper ,iron there cannot be made1 for the ,author did sell pigg or cast ,iron made with ,pit-cole at four pounds per ,tun1 many ,tuns in the twentieth year of ,king ,james1 with good profit2 of late ,charcole ,pig-iron hath been sold at six pounds per ,tun1 yea at seven pounds per ,tun hath much been sold4 ,also the ,authour did sell ,bar-iron ,good and ,merchantable1 at twelve pounds per ,tun1 and under1 but since ,bar-iron hath been sold for the most part ever since at #ael4 #afl4 #agl4 and #ahl4 per ,tun1 by ,charcole ,iron-,masters4 #c4 ,more excellent for diverse ,reasons1 and principally1 being the meanes whereby the ,wood and ,timber of this ,island almost exhausted1 may be timely preserved yet1 and vegetate and grow again unto his former wonted cheapness1 for the maintenance of ,navigation1 which is the greatest ,strength of ,great ,brittain1 whose ,defence and ,offence for all the ,territories that belong unto it1 next under ,god and his ,vice-,gerent1 our ,sacred ,majesties ,cares1 consists most of ,shiping1 ,men of ,war1 ,experienced ,mariners1 ,ordnances1 ,ammunition1 and ,stores1 the ,ordnance made therewith will be more gray and tough1 therefore more serviceable at ,sea and ,land1 and the ,bar-iron will wall1 rivet1 and hold better then most commonly ,charcole ,iron4 #b4 ,more ,excellent1 not onely in respect the ,invention of making of ,iron with ,pit-cole and ,sea-cole will preserve ,wood and ,timber of ,great ,brittain so greatly consumed by ,iron-,works of late4 ,but also in respect1 this my ,invention will preserve many ,millions of ,tuns of ,small-cole in ,great ,brittain1 which will be lost in time to come1 as formerly they were1 for within ten miles of ,dudley ,castle1 is annually consumed four or five thousand ,tuns at least of small ,pit-cole1 and have been so consumed time out of mind under ground1 fit to have it made ,pit-iron with2 which coles are and 7unless ,iron be made therewith7 will be for ever totally and annually lost2 if four or five thousand ,tun of ,cole be consumed within ten miles compass1 what ,coles is thus consumed in all ,england1 ,scotland1 and ,wales8 which is no good ,husbandry for ,great ,brittain1 hinc ille lacrime1 that our ,timber is exhausted4 ,must ,i still be opposed1 and never enjoy my ,inventions1 nor ,great ,brittain the ,benefit8 ,must my ,pattent be obstructed in ,peace1 as it was extinct by the ,wars8 ,and must not my ,pattent be ,revived for the making of ,iron with ,pit-cole1 ,sea-cole1 ,peat1 and ,turf1 but find ,enemies still to oppose it8 ,how many thousand ,tuns of ,iron might have been made but since my first ,invention1 ,an4 ,jacob4 #ahth by my means with ,pit-cole1 and ,sea-cole 7lost7 if ,i had not had ,enemies2 and had not wood and timber been preserved8 ,but most men will aver1 that it doth concern the ,author to ,demonstrate the great losse mentioned formerly of ,pit-cole annually2 ,it is thus1 ,there is at least within ten miles of the ,castle of ,dudley1 twelve or fourteen ,cole-,works1 some in ,worcester1 and some of them in ,stafford-shire 7now in work1 and twice as many in that ,circute not in work7 each of which ,works get two thousand ,tun of ,cole yearly1 some get three1 four or five thousand ,tun of ,coles yearly3 and the uppermost or top measures of ,coles are ten1 eleven1 and some twelve yards thick2 the ,coles ,ascending1 ,basseting1 or as the ,colliers term it1 ,cropping up even unto the superfices of the ,earth1 and there the ,colliers formerly got the ,coles2 but where the ,coles is deep and but little ,earth upon the measures of ,coles1 there the ,colliers rid off the ,earth1 and dig the ,coles under their feet2 these ,works are called ,foot-rids4 ,but of these ,works there are now but few1 some of these small ,coles in these open ,works1 the poor people did carry away1 but paid nothing for them in former times1 termed the ,brain ,carriages4 ,but now the ,colliers working more in the deep of these ,works1 they are constrained to sink ,pits1 some of which ,pits are from eight unto twenty yards deep1 and some are near twenty fathome deep1 which fathome contains two yards4 ,in these ,pits1 after you have made or hit the uppermost measures of ,cole1 and sink or digged thorow them1 the ,colliers getting the nethermost part of the ,coles first1 about two yards in height or more1 and when they have wrought the ,crutes or ,staules1 7as some ,colliers call them7 as broad and as far in under the ground1 as they think fit1 they throw the small ,coles 7fit to make ,iron7 out of their way on heaps to raise them up so high1 to stand upon1 that they may1 with the working of their ,picks or ,maundrills over their heads1 and at the one end of the ,coles so far in as their ,tool will permit1 and so high as their working cometh unto a parting in the measure of ,cole1 the which ,coles1 to the parting by his self clogging and pondrous weight1 fall often many ,tuns of coles1 many yards high down at once2 with which fall and the ,colliers breaking of the said ,cole1 many small coles do so abound of no use1 and fit for no sale2 that in getting of twenty thousand ,tun of ,pit-cole1 one half near is small cole1 not drawn out of the ,pits1 but destroyed1 left1 and lost2 which small cole1 with the sleck thrown moyst together1 7heat the sooner7 and by means of its sulphurousness fire in the ,pits1 to no small prejudice unto the ,owners of the ,works1 and the ,workmen1 besides ,great ,brittains ,loss2 which ,cole might have made many thousand ,tuns of ,iron1 and also have preserved this ,islands ,woods and ,timber3 ,i might here give you the names1 and partly the nature of every measure1 or parting of each cole lying upon each other2 the three uppermost measures are called the white measures for his white ,arcenical1 ,salsuginos and ,sulphurious substance which is in that ,cole2 the next measure1 is the shoulder-cole1 the toe-cole1 the foot-cole1 the yard-cole1 the sliper-cole1 the sawyer-cole1 and the frisly-cole1 these last three coles are the best for the making of ,iron1 yet other coles may be made use of4 ,i might give you other names of coles1 but desire not prolixity1 yet must ,i tell you of a supernumerary number of ,smiths within ten miles of these ,cole-,works near twenty thousand2 yet ,god of his ,infinite goodness 7if we will but take notice of his goodness unto this ,nation7 hath made this ,country a very ,granary for the supplying these ,men with ,iron1 ,cole1 and ,lime made with cole1 which hath much supplyed these men with ,corn also of late1 and from these men1 a great part not only of this ,island1 but also of his ,majesties other ,kingdomes and ,territories with ,iron wares have their supply1 and wood in these parts almost exhausted1 although it were of late a mighty wood-land ,country4 ,now if the ,coles and ,iron-stone so abounding were made right use of1 we need not want ,iron as we do2 for very many measures of iron-stone are placed together under the great ten yards thickness of cole1 and upon another thickness of coles two yards thick1 not yet mentioned1 called the bottom cole1 or the heathen cole1 as if ,god had decreed the time when1 and how these ,smiths should be supplyed1 and this ,island also with ,iron1 and most especially1 that this coal and iron-stone1 should give the first1 and just occasion for the invention of the making of iron with pit-cole1 no place being so fit for the invention to be perfected in1 then this ,country1 for the general good2 whose ,woods did formerly abound in ,forrests1 ,chases1 ,parks and ,woods1 but exhausted in these parts4 ,now for the names of the iron-stone1 the first measure is called the ,black-row-graines1 lying in very hard and black ,earth4 ,the second measure is the ,dun-row-graines1 lying in dun earth or clay4 ,the third measure is called the white row grains1 lying in very white ,earth or ,clay2 under these three measure are sundry other measures1 and are called1 first1 the ,rider ,stone2 secondly1 the ,cloud ,stone2 thirdly1 the bottom ,stone2 fourthly1 the ,cannock or ,cannotstone1 which last may wel be so caled 7although all the other measures be very good7 yet this ,stone is so ,sulphurous and ,terrestrial1 not fit to make ,iron2 because the ,iron thereof made is very ,redshare1 which is that if a workman should ,draw or ,forge out a ,share mould fit for a ,plough in that red heat1 it would crack and not be fit for the ,use of the ,husbandmans ,plough or ,share4 ,i may take occasion here to speak of the ,nature of ,coldshare ,iron1 which is so brittle if made of the grain ,oare or ,iron stone would be almost as brittle as some ,regulus ,antimonii made ,iron1 for with one small blow over an ,anvil you may break the biggest ,bar that is1 if it be perfect coldshare ,iron2 nay the ,plough-man often breaks his ,share point off if it be made of coldshare ,iron4 ,but perfect tough malliable ,iron will not break feisibly in hot-heat or cold1 as coldshare wil1 or red hot as ,sulphurious veneriated redshare iron will2 but yet tough enough when it is cold3 ,all which aforesaid qualities of ,iron the ,authour very well knoweth how to mend their ,natures1 by finning or setting the finery1 lesse transhaw1 more borrow which are terms of art1 and by altering and pitching the works1 and plates1 the fore spirit-plat1 the tuiron1 bottome1 back and breast or fore-plate1 by the altering of which much may be done1 if the work be set transhaw and transiring from the blast1 the ,iron is more coldshare lesse ,fined1 more to the ,masters profit2 lesse profitable to him that makes it into manufactorage1 and less profitable to him that useth it2 but the ,iron made in a ,burrow work1 becometh more tough and serviceable2 yet the nature of all ,iron stone1 is to be considered1 both in the ,furnace1 and in the finery1 that the ,sulphurious ,arceniall and ,veneriating qualities which are often-times in ,iron stone be made to separate1 in both the works from the fixed and fixing bodies of ,iron1 whose fiery quality is such1 that he will sooner self calfine than separate from any ,sulphurious veneriated quality4 ,no man1 ,i hope1 need to be offended at any terms of ,art1 it hath been alwayes lawfull for ,authours of new ,arts and ,inventions1 at their own pleasures1 to give name to their new ,inventions and ,arts1 every ,tradesman is allowed it in his mystery4 ,but the ,authour hath as much as he could avoided the terms of ,art that ,simon ,sturtenante and others have used1 which are very many3 onely the ,author hath given you the common names and terms 7for the most part7 which are so common among ,forge-men and ,founders1 as is nothing more common2 but kept secret amongst them and a mystery not yet known1 but unto very few ,owners of ,iron-works2 nay ,i have not yet troubled your memory with any of the ,founder terms1 of but making his harth as the ,timpe stones1 the ,wind-wall stones1 the ,furion stones1 the ,botton-stone1 the ,back-stones and the ,boshes1 in the making and pitching of which harth1 is much of the ,mystery4 ,i must confesse1 there is given unto some ,phylosophers1 etc filii ,artis1 some few terms how the ,sulphurious ,arsenicall1 ,bituminos1 ,antimoniall1 ,venerial1 and other poysonous qualities1 either in the ,pit-cole1 ,sea-cole1 or the ,iron-stone1 may be in part at the ,furnace separated1 and not permitted to incorporate in the ,iron1 and if it be incorporated1 yet by ,fining at the ,forge1 to fetch it out2 also to melt extract1 refine1 and reduce all mines mettals and minerals1 unto their species with ,pit-cole1 ,sea-cole1 ,peat1 and ,turff1 by wayes not yet in use1 which the ,authour will make known1 hereafter1 if ,god permit him health1 time and space1 or leave his knowledge unto his ,brother ,aylmore ,folliott1 ,esq2 his ,nephew ,parkshouse1 ,esq2 and to his ,kinsman ,master ,francis ,dingley1 to declare unto this latter ,age of the ,world1 in which ,god is pleased to manifest many of his ,secrets2 ,qui vult secreta scire1 secreta secrete sciat custodire4 ,having suffered much1 ever since the ,year #afah unto this present1 for the general good1 as by the preceding discourse appears for the making of ,iron with ,pitcole1 ,seacole1 ,peat1 and ,turff2 for the preservation of ,wood ,timber of ,great ,brittain so much exhausted1 for future prevention of which1 ,is first1 to permit the ,authour to enjoy ,his ,pattent1 and fully to perfect his said ,inventions 7obstructed in the ,reign both of ,king ,james and in the ,reign of his ,sacred ,majesty ,king ,charls the ,first1 of ever ,blessed ,memory2 and lately since his most ,sacred ,majesties happy ,restauration7 who desires nothing but to be animated with the ,patent revived according unto the ,statute of #ba4 ,iacob4 for ,inventors4 ,secondly1 to impower the ,authour or any other ,agents to take care that no ,pit-cole1 or ,seacole be any wayes wilfully destroyed under ground4 ,thirdly1 ,to put all former good ,laws in ,execution1 and to make others for the preservation of ,wood and ,timber of these ,nations1 especially neer ,navigagable ,river or ,seas4 ,fourthly1 ,seeing there goeth out of ,england1 ,scotland1 and ,wales1 many thousand ,tuns ,annually of ,pitcole and ,seacoles to furnish ,france1 and also the ,smiths thereof ,spaine1 ,portugal and ,flanders1 and especially the ,smiths thereof2 the ,low-,countries and the ,smiths thereof1 besides the ,hollanders carries great quanties of our ,coles unto ,foreigne parts1 without which those ,countries cannot subsist3 ,now the ,authors desire is1 that where there is a conveniency of ,iron stone or ,ewre1 the ,coles may not be transported 7paying ,his ,sacred ,majesties ,duty7 until ,order1 from ,his ,majesty or his ,privy ,council4 ,fifthly1 ,that no ,pitcole be ,exported1 seeing that ,wood fuell and ,timber is decayed for ,buildings1 and instead thereof ,brickmaking 7formerly spending ,wood1 but now coles7 is much in use2 also is ,glasse now made with cole1 but formerly were there many ,thousand ,loads of ,wood fuell spent in the making thereof1 and the ,glass ,invention with ,pitcole was first effected near the ,authours ,dwelling4 ,sixthly1 ,making of ,steel1 ,brewings1 making of ,coppras1 ,allum1 ,salt1 casting of ,brasse and ,copper1 ,dyings1 and many other ,works were not many years since done altogether with the ,fuell of ,wood and ,charcole2 instead whereof1 ,pitcole1 and ,seacole is now used as ,effectually1 and to a far better ,use and ,purpose2 besides the preservation of ,wood and ,timber4 ,seventhly1 ,that which is somewhat neerer the mark and ,invention2 the ,blacksmith forged all his ,iron with ,charcole1 and in some places where they are cheap1 they continue this course still1 but small ,pitcole and ,seacole1 and also ,peat and ,turff hath and doth serve the turn as well and sufficiently as ,charcole4 ,eighthly1 ,that which is nearest1 and my perfect ,invention1 and neer the ,authours ,dwelling1 called ,greens-lodge1 there are four ,forges1 namely1 ,greens-forge1 ,swin-forge1 ,heath-forge and ,cradley-forge4 ,which ,four ,forges have ,barred all or most part of their ,iron with ,pitcole ever since the ,authours first ,invention1 #afah4 which hath preserved much ,wood3 ,in these ,four1 besides many other ,forges do the like2 yet the ,author hath had no benefit thereby to this present4 ,yet by this ,barring of ,iron with ,pitcole #cjjjj loads of ,wood and more have been preserved for the general good1 which otherwayes must have been had and consumed4 ,symon ,sturtevant1 in his ,metallica1 in the ,epistle to the ,reader1 saith1 ,that there was then ,anno #ab4 ,jacobi in ,england1 ,scotland1 ,ireland and ,wales #hjj ,furnaces1 ,forges1 or ,iron ,mills making ,iron with ,charcole3 ,now we may suppose at least #cjj of these to be ,furnaces1 and #ejj to be ,forges2 and each ,furnace making fifteen ,tun per week of ,pig or cast ,iron1 and work or blow but ,forty week per ,annum1 but some ,furnaces make ,twenty ,tuns of ,pig ,iron per ,week1 and two ,loads of ,charcole or there about1 go to the making of a ,tun of ,pig ,iron3 ,and two ,loads 7or two cords7 of ,wood1 at the least1 go to the making of a load of ,charcole4 ,now what ,loads of ,wood or ,charcole is spent in great ,brittain and ,ireland ,annually8 but in one ,furnace1 that makes ,fifteen ,tun per ,week of ,pig-,iron for ,forty weeks3 ,i shall give you the ,table1 and leave you to judge of the rest of the ,furnaces4 #ae4 ,tun per week ,charcole1 ,wood1 spends of #cj loads #fj loads4 ,per ,annum #dj weeks #abjj #bdjj loads4 spends ,also for one ,forge that make ,three ,tuns of ,bar ,iron weekly for ,fifty weeks1 but some ,forges make double my ,proportion1 and spend to ,fine and ,bar out each ,tun three ,loads of ,coles3 ,to each ,tun4 ,charcole ,wood #c ,tun per week #i ,loads #ah loads ,per ,annum #dej loads #ijj loads ,by these ,examples1 may you see1 the vast quantities of ,charcole1 or ,wood1 that the #cjj ,furnacis spend weekly1 or yearly1 and the #ejj4 ,forges workings all the year1 spend little lesse then the ,furnaces3 ,it being impossible1 after this rate for great ,brittain or ,ireland1 to supply these her works with ,charcole in ,fining of ,iron at the ,fineries1 yet the ,forges that need but half the ,charcole may be permitted to use ,charcole1 and may be supplyed with under ,woods4 ,let us but look back unto the making of ,iron1 by our ,ancestors1 in foot blasts1 or bloomenies1 that was by men treading of the ,bellows1 by which way they could make but one little lump or bloom of ,iron in a day1 not #ajj weight1 and that not fusible1 nor fined1 or malliable1 until it were long burned and wrought under ,hammers1 and whose first slag1 sinder or scorius1 doth contain in it as much1 or more ,iron1 then in that day the workman or bloomer got out1 which ,slag1 ,scorius1 or ,sinder is by our ,founders at ,furnaces wrought again1 and found to contain much ,yron and easier of ,fusion than any ,yron stone or ,mine of ,yron whatsoever of which slag and ,sinders1 there is in many ,countryes ,millions of ,tuns and ,oaks growing upon them1 very old and rotten4 ,the next invention was to set up the ,bloomeries that went by water1 for the ease of the men treading the bellows1 which being bigger1 and the waterwheel causing a greater blast1 did not onely make a greater quantity of iron1 but also extracted more iron out of the slag or sinder1 and left them more poorer of iron then the foot-blasts1 so that the ,founders cannot melt them again1 as they do the foot blast sinders to profit3 ,yet these ,bloomeries by water 7not altogether out of use7 do make in one day but two hundred pound weight of iron1 or there abouts neither is it fusible1 or malliable1 but is unfined untill it be much burned1 and wrought a second time in fire4 ,but some of the now going ,furnaces with ,charcole1 do make two or three ,tun of ,pigg or cast iron in #bd hours4 ,therefore ,i do not wholly compute the vast quantities of charcoles and wood spent in these voragious works1 which quantity of cast iron1 with pit-cole and ,sea-cole1 at one ,furnace ,i desire not1 but am contented with half the proportion1 which once ,i attained unto before my ,bellows were riotously cut1 that is one ,tun in #bd hours2 we need not a greater quantity1 if the like quantity were made in ,furnaces in ,scotland1 and ,wales1 which abounds with ,pit-cole and ,sea-cole1 as well as ,england2 and our supernumery ,smiths1 ,founders1 and ,forgemen1 and other ,tradesmen might be there imployed1 thereby to furnish ,his ,majesties ,plantations1 as well1 if not better then ,england1 where ,coles are far cheaper then in ,england4 ,although vast quantities of ,coles do abound near the ,authors dwelling1 yet twenty thousand ,smiths or ,naylors at the least dwelling near these parts1 and taking of ,prentices1 have made their ,trade so bad1 that many of them are ready to starve and steal2 so that it is wished there were some courses taken to mend their ,trade1 imploy them in other parts1 or permit them1 not to take so many ,prentices1 all which have great occasions to use ,pit-cole1 and had not these parts abounded with cole1 it would have been a great deal worse with them then it is2 but of the cole there is1 nor will be any want1 nor of iron-stone4 ,the manner of the cole-veins1 or measures in these parts1 and also of the measures of iron-stone1 or mines1 how they lye1 be1 or increase1 some veins lye circuler1 some sami-circuler1 some ovall1 some works almost in a direct line1 and some works parts of a ,circle2 as by the ,circle1 it being onely for a small ,example to judge the rest of the ,mines by may appear4 ,,finis4 ,,dudley ,,high ,,school1 ,,wellington ,,road4 ,this ,,school1 so successfully carried on for many years1 provides a ,first-class ,,english ,,and ,,commercial ,,education ,,for ,,boys ,,of ,,the ,,middle ,,classes4 ,pupils also ,prepared for the various ,preliminary and ,university ,local ,examinations4 ,,jas4 ,,napier1 ,head ,master4 ,e4 ,,hollier1 ,,dudley1 ,,has ,,for ,,sale ,a ,,large ,,selection ,,of ,silurian ,trilobites1 ,crinoids1 ,,corals1 ,,shells1 ,c41 ,from the ,wenlock ,shale and ,limestone1 c41 in the neighbourhood of ,dudley4 ,e4 ,h4 will be pleased to show 7when convenient7 to any party who may be interested in their inspection1 one of the finest collections of ,trilobites1 c41 in the kingdom1 together with other rare ,fossil specimens4 ,,office1 ,,stone ,,street2 ,,private ,,residence1 ,,king ,,edmund ,,place ,,dudley4 ,,beverages ,,for ,,all ,,seasons4 ,montserrat ,montserrat ,montserrat ,montserrat ,montserrat ,montserrat ,montserrat ,montserrat ,aromatic ,clove ,jargonelle ,peppermint ,pineapple ,quinine ,raspberry ,sarsaparilla ,,lime-,,fruit ,,juice4 ,entirely free of ,alcohol4 ,,limetta1 or ,,pure ,,lime-,,juice ,,cordial1 made from ,montserrat ,lime-,fruit ,juice4 ,,lime-,,fruit ,,juice4 ,entirely free of ,alcohol4 ,,limetta1 or ,,pure ,,lime-,,juice ,,cordial1 made from ,montserrat ,lime-,fruit ,juice4 ,entirely free of ,alcohol4 ,made from ,montserrat ,lime-fruit ,juice4 ,,limetta1 or ,,pure ,,lime-,,juice ,,cordial4 ,entirely free of ,alcohol4 ,made from ,montserrat ,lime-,fruit ,juice4 ,lime ,juice ,cordials4 ,lime ,juice ,cordials4 ,lime ,juice ,cordials4 ,lime ,juice ,cordials4 ,lime ,juice ,cordials4 ,lime ,juice ,cordials4 ,lime ,juice ,cordials4 ,lime ,juice ,cordials4 ,,sole ,,consignees3 ,,evans1 ,,sons1 ,,co41 ,,liverpool2 ,,evan',s1 ,,lescher1 ,,webb1 ,,london2 ,h4 ,,sudgen1 ,,evans1 ,,co41 ,,montreal1 ,,canada1 ,,new ,,york1 ,,and ,,boston1 ,u4,s4,a4 ,,agnes ,m4 ,,lukis1 ,,late ,,john ,,lukis1 ,letterpress1 ,copperplate ,lithographic ,,printer1 ,bookbinder1 ,machine ,ruler1 ,stationer1 c41 c41 #af1 ,,stone ,,street1 ,,dudley4 ,,established #ahdf4 ,,established #aggj4 ,,wm4 ,,holland ,,son1 ,,builders1 ,,contractors1 ,,and ,timber ,merchants1 ,upper ,king ,street1 ,,dudley4 ,a ,,stock ,,of ,,slates1 ,,tiles1 ,,sanitary ,,pipes1 ,,with ,,all ,,building ,,materials1 ,,always ,,on ,,hand4 ,j4 ,p4 ,,whittaker1 #ahg1 ,,high ,,street1 ,,dudley1 ,opposite ,mr4 ,whitford's1 ,stationer1 ,,manufacturer ,,of ,,all ,,kinds ,,of ,,saddlery1 ,,harness1 ,,mill ,,banding1 ,,purses1 ,,belts1 ,,portmanteaus1 ,,travelling ,,cases1 ,,bags1 ,and every variety of ,fancy ,leather ,goods4 ,,repairs ,,of ,,every ,,description ,,in ,,the ,,trade4 #bh ,years with the late ,mr4 ,samuel ,rudge4 ,,james ,,shedden1 ,,accountant ,,and ,,auditor1 ,machinery and ,general ,valuer1 ,,and ,,appeal ,,undertaker4 ,,instructions ,,given ,,in ,,book ,,keeping ,,and ,,every ,,description ,,of ,,stock-,,taking4 ,,traders' ,,books ,,regularly ,,posted ,,if ,,required4 ,,executors ,,and ,,trustees' ,,accounts ,,particularly ,,attended ,,to4 ,,established #ahfb4 #bb1 ,,wolverhampton ,,street1 ,,dudley4 ,,steedman',s ,,soothing ,,powders ,,for ,,children ,,cutting ,,teeth4 ,prepared by ,,john ,,steedman1 ,chemist1 ,walworth1 ,surrey4 ,,special ,,caution4 ,the value of this well-known and universally used ,family ,medicine has been tested in all parts of the world1 and by all grades of society for upwards of fifty years4 ,its large and constantly increasing sale has induced ,,spurious ,,imitations1 in some of which the ,outside ,label and the ,coloured ,paper enclosing the ,packet1 so closely resemble the ,original as to have deceived many ,purchasers4 ,numerous complaints of this kind having been received1 the ,proprietor feels it due to the thousands of ,families in which ,steedman's ,soothing ,powders are daily used1 to ,caution ,purchasers against these ,imitations1 and requests their careful attention to the four following distinctive marks of the ,genuine ,medicine4 #ast4--,that the words ,,john ,,steedman1 ,chemist1 ,walworth1 ,surrey1 are engraved on the ,government ,stamp affixed to each ,packet4 #bnd4--,each ,single ,powder has the directions for the dose1 and the words ,,john ,,steedman1 ,chemist1 ,walworth1 ,surrey1 printed thereon4 #crd4--,the name ,,steedman is always spelt with two ,,ee's 7and in purchasing1 please pronounce the word ,steedman as it is printed47 #dth4--,the ,manufacture is and always has been carried on ,solely at ,walworth1 ,surrey4 ,sold by ,chemists and ,patent ,medicine ,vendors1 in ,packets #as4 #a;d41 and #bs4 #i;d4 ,sold by ,c4 ,f4 ,g4 ,,clark ,,son1 ,chemists1 ,,dudley4 ,,mr4 ,,anthony ,,brown1 ,r4,d4,s41 ,surgeon ,dentist1 #dc1 ,,bull ,,street1 ,,birmingham4 7,twelve ,years with ,mr4 ,c4 ,sims1 and ,eight ,years connected with the ,queen's and ,dental ,hospitals74 ,,artificial ,,teeth in ,gold1 ,plating1 ,vulcanite1 or ,celluloid4 ,,stopping in ,gold1 ,amalgam1 or ,white ,plastics4 ,,extractions with or without ,ansthetics4 ,,children',s ,,teeth ,regulated4 ,,scalings and all other ,dental ,operations ,performed4 #dc1 ,,bull ,,street1 ,,birmingham4 ,,hours ,,of ,,consultation--#aj a4m4 to #e p4m4 7,later by ,appointment74 ,,established #ahdc ,,john ,,caswell1 ,,wholesale ,,and ,,retail ,tobacconist and ,dealer in ,foreign ,cigars1 #bh1 ,,market ,,place1 ,,dudley4 ,agent for ,wills'1 ,cope's1 ,hignett's1 ,brankstone's1 ,lambert and ,butler's ,celebrated ,tobaccos4 ,,the ,,best ,,and ,,cheapest ,,house ,,in ,,the ,,midland ,,district4 ,,established ,,over #abe ,,years4 ,general ,printing ,stationery ,,establishment1 ,,market ,,place 7near the ,fountain71 ,,dudley4 ,,doylah ,,tanfield1 7,,late ,,maurice47 ,posting ,bills1 ,pamphlets1 ,,circulars1 ,,cards1 ,,invoices4 ,programmes1 ,catalogues1 ,balance ,sheets1 ,price ,lists1 ,cheque ,books1 and every description of work1 on the shortest notice4 ,,mercantile ,,books1 ,and other ,manufactured ,stationery1 in ,stock or to ,order1 with the utmost despatch4 ,all kinds of ,,plain and ,,ornamental ,,bookbinding1 in the most ,finished ,style1 and at ,moderate ,prices4 ,,best ,,draught ,,bottled ,,inks ,always on ,sale4 ,morrell's1 ,stephens'1 ,lyons1 ,field's ,non-,corrosive1 ,walkden's1 ,thacker's1 and other-well-known makes4 ,,choice ,,selection ,,of ,,bibles1 ,,church ,,services1 ,,prayer ,,and ,,hymn ,,books4 ,crests1 ,monograms1 ,dies1 ,visiting ,menu ,cards1 in any style4 ,mourning ,cards of the ,newest ,designs ,printed or ,engraved to ,pattern with despatch4 ,,books ,,periodicals ,,in ,,stock ,,to ,,order4 ,liberal ,discount to ,schools4 ,,the ,,fountain ,,tea ,,establishment4 ,,jordan ,,and ,,son1 ,grocers1 ,tea ,dealers1 ,,and ,,hop ,,merchants1 ,,agricultural ,,garden ,,seedsmen1 ,,market ,,place1 ,,dudley4 ,,established #ahba4 ,,dovey',s ,glass ,china ,show ,rooms1 #aai1 ,,hall ,,street1 ,,dudley4 ,a great variety of ,,dinner1 ,,dessert1 ,,tea1 ,,breakfast1 and ,,toilet ,,services1 all of the ,,newest ,,designs and ,,shapes4 ,,richly ,,cut ,,and ,,engraved ,,glass4 ,,hotel ,,publicans' ,,glass ,,and ,,stamped ,,measures ,,on ,,hand4 ,agent for the ,,royal ,,china ,,works1 ,,worcester4 ,s4 ,,crump1 7,,late ,,timmins7 ,cabinet ,maker1 ,bed and ,bedding ,manufacturer1 #i #aj1 ,,stone ,,street1 ,,dudley4 ,,furnish ,,at ,s4 ,,crump',s ,complete ,furnishing ,establishment4 ,,brass1 ,,iron ,,and ,,wood ,,bedsteads ,,in ,,great ,,variety4 ,,bed ,,curtains ,,and ,,trimmings4 ,,carpets1 ,,quilts1 ,,sheets1 c4 ,s4 ,,crump wishes to call special attention to the ,bedding ,department1 as all articles offered defy competition4 ,,flock ,,bed ,,and ,,bolster from #f_/f ,,feather ,,bed1 ,,bolster1 and #b ,,pillows1 #ci_/f ,,bedsteads1 ,,full ,,size1 from #h_/f ,wholesale ,mattress ,manufacturer4 ,,prices ,,on ,,application4 ,,venetian ,,blinds ,,repaired1 ,,re-,,taped1 and ,,made ,,equal ,,to ,,new4 ,,fountain ,,dining ,,rooms ,,and ,,restaurant1 ,,market ,,place1 ,,dudley4 ,hot ,joints1 ,poultry1 c41 ,,from #ab-cj4 ,c4 ,w4 ,,bourne1 ,purveyor of ,refreshments at ,banquets1 ,balls1 ,agricultural ,meetings1 etc41 in any part of the ,country4 ,established #ahej4 ,,chemical ,,medical ,,depot4 ,c4 ,h4 ,,gare1 ,,chemist1 7,member of the ,pharmaceutical ,society of ,great ,britain47 #i1 ,,wolverhampton ,,street1 ,,dudley4 ,,important ,,to ,,invalids4 ,at this ,establishment special attention and care are devoted to the preparation of ,,physicians' ,,prescriptions4 ,,in ,,the ,,dispensing ,,department the most scrupulous accuracy may be relied upon1 all the ,drugs and ,chemicals being carefully tested as to purity and strength1 and all preparations made in accordance with the latest edition of the ,british ,pharmacopoeia2 in short1 every care is taken to ensure the faithful preparation of prescriptions4 ,,depot ,,for ,,genuine ,,patent ,,medicines4 ,,chemical ,,and ,,medical ,,depot4 ,,joseph ,p4 ,,holmes1 ,dispensing and ,family ,chemist1 7,,by ,,examination17 ,,market ,,place1 ,,oldbury4 ,special attention is given at the above ,establishment to the ,preparation of ,,physicians' ,,prescriptions and ,,family ,,recipes1 which are compounded with the most scrupulous care and accuracy1 and with ,drugs and ,chemicals of the ,purest ,description at a moderate price4 ,,liver ,,pills4 ,a most excellent medicine for ,bilious and ,liver ,complaints1 ,indigestion1 c41 c4 #g;d1 #ac;d1 and #b_/i per ,box4 ,,neuralgia ,,pills4 ,strongly recommended for the cure of ,neuralgia1 ,tic ,doloreux1 or ,pain in the ,face1 ,teeth1 and ,head1 ,sciatica1 and for ,rheumatic ,affections generally4 ,in #f;d4 and #a_/- ,boxes4 ,,cherry ,,tooth ,,paste4 ,for beautifying and preserving the ,teeth and ,gums1 far preferable to ,tooth ,powder4 ,in ,pots1 #f;d4 and #a_/- each4 ,,market ,,place1 ,,oldbury4 ,,morris',s ,,posting ,,establishment1 ,king ,street1 ,dudley4 ,,patent ,,livery ,,stables1 ,,dudley ,,arms ,,hotel4 ,,superior ,,horses1 ,,steady ,,drivers1 ,,and ,,fashionable ,,carriages4 ,funeral ,requirements of every description4 ,,cabs ,,and ,,cars ,,always ,,ready4 ,,established #eh ,,years4 ,,joseph ,,woodhouse1 #aad1 ,,hall ,,street1 ,,dudley4 ,,wholesale ,,and ,,retail ,,baker ,,flour ,,dealer4 ,,price ,,sixpence4 ,a ,new ,historical account ,,of ,,dudley ,,castle ,,with ,a ,,guide ,,through ,,the ,,castle ,,and ,,priory ,,ruins1 ,,and ,a ,,few ,,brief ,,remarks ,,upon ,,the ,geological features of the ,castle ,hill4 ,every visitor to these picturesque ruins should possess himself of this unpretending ,guide1 which is well calculated to enable the pleasure seeker to explore1 understandingly1 this magnificent remnant of feudal times4 ,the most valuable portion of the ,book is the ground plan of the ruins1 with its explanatory remarks4 ,with the hints contained therein1 and a taste for the beautiful in scenery1 and a spice of antiquarian curiosity1 the visitor may enjoy a treat in which knowledge seasons pleasure1 and thereby enhances it4--,birmingham ,journal1 #ahef4 ,,by ,c4 ,f4 ,g4 ,,clark1 ,carr ,villa1 ,dudley4 ,fourteenth ,edition4--,entered at ,stationers' ,hall4 ,sold by all ,booksellers2 by the ,lodge ,gate ,keepers1 and the ,guide of the ,keep1 ,mr4 ,thomas ,harthill4 ,,cornelius ,,brown1 ,,printer1 ,,bookseller ,,stationer1 #di1 ,,high ,,street1 ,,dudley4 ,,photographic ,,views ,,of ,,dudley1 ,,dudley ,,castle1 ,,and ,,neighbourhood4 ,microscopic ,views in ,useful ,articles1 suitable for ,presents4 ,,monograms1 ,,note ,,heads1 ,,and ,,embossed ,,ball ,,programmes1 ,,menu ,,cards1 ,,etc4 ,,plain ,,and ,,fancy ,,stationery4 ,,eagle ,,hotel ,,and ,,dining ,,rooms1 #fg1 ,,high ,,street1 ,,dudley4 ,,soups1 ,,fish1 ,,poultry ,,and ,,joints1 from #ab-cj ,daily4 ,,bass',s1 ,,and ,,stone ,,ale1 ,,guinness' ,,stout4 ,,superior ,,bedroom ,,accommodation for ,commercial ,gentlemen1 c4 ,,public ,,teas1 ,,children',s ,,treats1 ,,pic ,,nics1 c4 supplied on the shortest notice and most reasonable terms4 ,,mrs4 ,m4 ,d4 ,,robinson1 ,proprietress4 ,,miles ,,doughty',s ,,voice ,,lozenges4 ,the invention all admired1 and each how he ,to be the inventor missed1 so easy it seemed ,once found1 which yet unfound most would have thought impossible4 ,milton4 ,the ,inventor1 having for many years made the human voice a special subject of study1 was frequently struck with the fact that there existed no remedial agent that produced a specific effect upon the vocal chords4 ,cayenne pepper frequently proves of advantage in affections of the throat1 but its action is neither direct nor specific as far as the chord vocales are concerned4 ,to give it1 therefore1 where clearness of tone and resonance of sound are required is simply useless4 ,what is required is not a medicine to cure disease1 but an agent to produce a certain effect upon a particular part of the body in health4 ,to discover this was the great desideratum1 and to it the most careful attention was directed4 ,the result of much laborious research was at length presented to the public in the form in which it is now so generally known1 viz41 as ,doughty's ,voice ,lozenge4 ,the following specimen ,testimonial1 of which an enormous number have been received1 will speak for itself4 7#hde7 ,from the ,swedish ,queen of ,song1 ,,mdll4 ,,jenny ,,lind4 ,clairville ,cottage1 ,old ,brompton1 ,june #bb1 #ahdg4 ,sir1--,i have much pleasure in confirming1 as far as my experience extends1 the testimony already so general in favour of the ,lozenges prepared by you4 ,i am1 ,sir1 your obedient ,servant1 ,,jenny ,,lind4 ,mr4 ,miles ,doughty4 ,every ,genuine ,lozenge ,stamped ,,miles ,,doughty',s ,,voice ,,lozenge4 ,,doughty',s ,,voice ,,lozenges are ,sold by all ,chemists1 in ,boxes at #f;d41 #as41 #bs4 #f;d41 #es41 and #aas42 or free by post for #g;d41 #as4 #b;d41 #bs4 #i;d41 or #es4 #d;d4 ,the #aas4 size will be sent free to any ,railway ,station for ,p4,o4 ,order for #aas4 #f;d4 ,sole ,proprietors--,f4 ,,newbery ,,and ,,sons1 7,,established ,a4,d41 #agdf47 #a1 ,,king ,,edward ,,street1 ,,newgate ,,street1 ,,london1 ,,england ,sold by ,messrs4 ,,clark ,,son1 ,,dudley4 ,,worth ,a ,,guinea ,a ,,box4 ,,the ,,celebrated ,,indian ,,cerate ,,or ,,universal ,,heal-,,all1 ,is decidedly the best ,family ,remedy known to the world1 for every possible purpose for which an ,ointment can be used4 ,so certainly will it cure whatever is curable1 that we guarantee it never to fail1 and know from long experience that all who try it will never be without it in the house4 ,for ,burns and ,scalds its speedy efficacy is really untold2 and for ,scabby or ,scurfy ,heads1 ,broken-out ,mouths1 and ,sore ,ears 7so common to infants and young children71 its effects are simply marvellous4 ,its merits are very strikingly conspicuous in all ,eruptions or ,roughness of the ,skin1 ,pimples on the ,face1 ,scurvy1 ,ulcerated ,legs1 ,sore and ,inflamed ,eyes1 ,sore ,nipples1 ,chapped ,lips and ,hands1 and all kinds of ,cuts and ,wounds2 for the ,tender ,skin of ,infants1 it is far preferable to1 and much more efficacious than1 ,fuller's ,earth1 or any of the ,dusting ,powders usually resorted to in such cases4 ,for ,soothing1 ,cooling1 and ,healing properties1 it stands unequalled4 ,,sold ,,in ,,boxes1 #c;d41 #f;d41 and #as4 ,,remarkable ,,cure ,,of ,,scurvy4--,january #hth1 #ahgc4--,mrs4 ,roberts1 of ,mount ,pleasant1 ,kingswinford1 suffered from ,scurvy in the hands for two years1 and was completely cured by using the ,cerate4 ,,matilda ,,plant1 of ,lawley1 near ,wellington1 found more relief after two dressings with the ,cerate than anything she had had from the ,doctors for ,fourteen ,years4 ,,prepared ,,by ,c4 ,f4 ,g4 ,,clark ,,son1 7,,successors ,,to ,,squire ,,knight17 ,chemists1 ,crock ,market1 ,dudley4 ,borough of ,dudley4 ,,public ,,baths1 ,,blowers' ,,green ,,road4 ,,the ,,large ,,swimming ,,baths ,are ,open ,daily to the ,public from #f a4m4 to #i p4m4 ,,special ,,morning ,,for ,,ladies ,every ,thursday from #i a4m4 to #a p4m4 ,,prices ,,of ,,admission4 #ast ,class ,private ,baths1 ,gentlemen #f;d4 ,ditto ditto ,ladies #f;d4 #bnd ditto ,gentlemen #c;d4 ,ditto ditto ,ladies #c;d4 #ast ,class ,swimming ,baths #f;d4 #bnd ditto #c;d4 ,,lancashire ,,insurance ,,company1 ,with which are united the ,local ,companies-- ,,the ,,birmingham ,,fire ,,office1 ,,and ,,the ,,birmingham ,,alliance ,,fire ,,insurance ,,company4 ,,capital #c1jjj1jjj4 ,,fire ,,department4 ,insurances are granted against ,loss or ,damage by ,fire1 at moderate rates of ,premium1 both at home and in ,foreign countries4 ,,life ,,department4 ,the ,life ,premiums charged by the ,lancashire are much lower than those of many other first-class ,offices1 and this difference in ,premium is equal to an immediate ,bonus4 ,copies of the ,report and ,statement of ,accounts1 presented to the ,annual ,meeting of the ,proprietors on the #ajth ,march1 #ahha1 may be obtained at any of the ,offices of the ,company4 ,the progress of the ,company may be seen by a comparison of the facts disclosed in the ,reports for the years #ahgj1 #ahge1 and #ahhj3 #ahgj4 #ahge4 #ahhj4 ,,life ,,income #dg1jjj #ed1jab #ajj1eja ,,fire ,,premiums #ajb1jjj #bhf1adc #ega1gcf ,,life ,,fund #aih1jjj #bii1hfd #dih1hhg ,,reserve ,,fund #ef1ejj #baf1ije #dje1haa ,,interest ,,on ,,investments #af1ejj #ca1hhe #ec1ach ,,investments ,,and ,,funds #dec1jjj #hjb1fbi #a1cdh1jdb ,the ,total ,funds of the ,company on #cast ,dec41 #ahha1 amounted to #a1cdc1jdb4 ,chief ,offices3--,exchange ,street1 ,manchester4 ,,george ,,stewart1 ,general ,manager ,actuary4 ,birmingham ,branch--,lancashire ,insurance ,buildings1 ,cherry ,street4 ,,thomas ,,sutton1 ,resident ,secretary4 ,prospectuses1 ,forms of ,proposal1 and further information can be obtained from ,messrs4 ,,clark ,,son1 ,chemists1 ,agents1 ,,dudley4 ,,the ,dudley ,district ,news4 ,a ,weekly ,newspaper circulating in the ,parishes of ,dudley1 ,sedgley1 ,tipton1 and ,rowley4 ,the ,news is the recognised organ of the ,liberal ,party1 contains full reports of all ,local and ,district ,meetings1 and offers a valuable ,medium for ,advertisements of every class4 ,offices3 #ic #id1 ,,upper ,,high ,,street1 ,,dudley4 ,w4 ,r4 ,,kneale1 ,,civil ,,military ,,tailor1 #bee1 ,,castle ,,street1 ,,dudley4 ,,no ,,more ,,medicine4 ,,squire ,,knight',s ,,heartburn ,,cakes4 ,under the distinguished patronage of the late ,queen ,dowager1 the late ,viscount ,dudley and ,ward1 the late ,lord ,wharncliffe1 the ,duchess of ,sutherland1 the ,duchess of ,argyll1 the ,countess of ,carlisle1 ,f4 ,j4 ,bellingham1 ,esq41 ,surgeon1 ,bourne2 ,benjamin ,gibbons1 ,esq41 ,the ,leasowes1 ,halesowen2 ,dr4 ,thorpe1 ,the ,hays1 ,cheltenham2 ,mr4 ,moseley1 ,leaton ,hall2 and the ,clergy and ,gentry of the neighbourhood4 ,heartburn1 ,sourness in the ,stomach1 ,retchings1 ,nausea1 ,acidity1 ,wind1 ,spasms1 etc41 are instantly removed by taking a few of ,squire ,knight's ,heartburn ,cakes4 ,when ,pills are taken in these ailments they often irritate rather than allay the disorder4 ,these ,heartburn ,cakes are pleasant to take1 they soothe and comfort the ,stomach1 act gently upon the ,bowels1 and at once restore the ,digestive ,organs to a healthy and natural state4 ,they can be safely taken by all ages and sexes4 ,,testimonials4 ,from the ,duchess of ,sutherland4 ,stafford ,house1 ,st4 ,james's1 ,london1 #bjth ,july1 #aheh4 ,sir1--,will you have the goodness to send1 for the ,duchess of ,sutherland1 another box of ,squire ,knight's ,heartburn ,lozenges as soon as possible4 ,her ,grace has felt great relief from taking them4 ,yours respectfully1 ,m4 ,,pearson4 ,mr4 ,clark1 ,dudley4 ,from the ,duchess of ,argyll4 ,inverary1 ,argyllshire1 #agth ,january1 #aheg4 ,the ,duchess of ,argyll would be much obliged to ,mr4 ,clark for another box of the ,heartburn ,cakes1 to be directed to the ,duke of ,argyll1 #d1 ,carlton ,terrace1 ,london4 ,bourne1 ,lincolnshire1 #ahth ,november1 #ahfh4 ,sir--,herewith ,i send you a ,post ,office ,order for payment of the last parcel of your ,heartburn ,cakes1 and shall feel obliged by your sending me another parcel as soon as possible1 as ,i find them of great use4 ,yours respectfully1 ,f4 ,j4 ,,bellingham1 ,surgeon4 ,cure of ,acidity and ,indigestion4 ,mr4 ,joseph ,mellington1 ,providence ,row1 ,coseley1 near ,wolverhampton1 was affected with ,acidity in the ,stomach and bad ,indigestion for upwards of #bj years1 so that no kind of food would digest2 he was recommended to try ,squire ,knight's ,heartburn ,cakes1 and after taking two small boxes he was agreeably relieved1 and his appetite returned1 and he has not had the slightest return of the disorders since4 #bith ,january1 #ahgd4 ,sold and ,prepared only by ,c4 ,f4 ,g4 ,,clark ,,son1 7,successors to ,squire ,knight17 ,chemists1 ,market ,street1 ,dudley1 and by all respectable ,medicine ,vendors in the ,kingdom4 ,sold in ,boxes1 #as4 #a;d41 #bs4 #i;d1 and #ds4 #f;d4 each1 by ,c4 ,,britten1 ,bookseller1 #gh1 ,high ,street1 ,birmingham1 and all ,chemists2 or from the ,proprietors direct1 for #af or #cf stamps4 ,,established #ahdj4 ,,higgins ,,son1 ,general ,printers ,lithographers1 ,,stationers1 ,,booksellers ,,and ,,bookbinders1 #bg1 ,,king ,,street1 ,,dudley4 ,,sole ,,agent ,,for ,,machin',s ,,pearl ,,ointment ,in ,pots1 #g;d41 #a_/a1 and #b_/i each4 ,,chains1 ,,chain ,,cables1 ,,anchors1 ,,nails1 ,,and ,,iron4 ,,george ,,hartshorne ,,co41 ,,manufacturers ,,of ,,iron1 ,,chain ,,cables ,,and ,,anchors1 ,,best ,,short ,,link ,,rigging ,,and ,,crane ,,chains1 ,,traces ,,and ,,backbands1 ,wrought ,nails1 ,spikes1 ,brobs1 and ,rivets2 ,best-,best1 ,,hw1 ,swedish ,charcoal ,horse ,nails2 ,brazil ,mule ,shoe ,nails1 ,bromsgrove ,tacks1 c4 ,contractors to the ,admiralty1 ,royal ,arsenal1 and ,war ,department4 ,,primrose ,,bridge ,,works1 ,,netherton1 ,,near ,,dudley4 ,,dredge',s ,,heal-,,all ,,cures ,,rheumatism4 ,price #as4 #a;d4 and #bs4 #i;d4 per ,bottle4 ,,prepared ,,by ,,barclay ,,sons1 ,,farringdon ,,street4 ,sold by all ,chemists and ,medicine ,vendors4 ,,taylor',s ,,alterative ,,fever ,,powders ,,for ,,children4 ,the ,,alterative ,,powders are particularly recommended for ,infants at the time of ,teething1 also for ,worms1 ,convulsions1 and other disorders to which children are liable4 ,the ,,fever ,,powders are given with the greatest possible success in decided cases of ,fever1 also in ,measles1 ,influenza1 and all those diseases attended with febrile symptoms4 ,,taylor',s ,,powders were first used in his private practice1 more than fifty years ago1 by ,mr4 ,taylor1 ,surgeon1 ,norwich2 and are now prepared by the ,,sole ,,proprietors3 ,,barclay ,,sons1 #ie1 ,farringdon ,street1 ,london4 ,the ,,alterative and ,,fever ,,powders are distinct medicines1 and are sold in separate boxes of #bs4 #f;d41 #ds4 #f;d41 #aas41 and #bas4 ,the #bs4 #f;d4 ,boxes now contain ,twelve ,powders4 ,,distemper ,,in ,,dogs4 ,,the ,,best ,,remedy ,,for ,,this ,,disease ,,is ,,blaine ,,youatt',s ,,distemper ,,powders4 ,they are put up in ,packets marked #a1 #b1 #c1 according to the size of the ,dog4 ,no4 #a is proper for ,mastiffs1 ,newfoundland ,dogs1 ,pointers1 ,setters2 ,no4 #b for ,hounds1 ,spaniels1 ,terriers2 and ,no4 #c for every smaller ,dog4 ,price #as4 #f;d4 per ,packet4 ,also ,blaine's ,mange ,powders1 #bs42 ,blaine's ,worm ,powders1 #bs4 #f;d4 ,prepared only by ,,barclay ,,sons1 ,farringdon ,st41 ,london4 #aj1jjj ,,wonderful ,,cures ,,by ,,squire ,,knight',s ,,balsam ,,of ,,horehound1 ,,for ,,the ,,complete ,,cure ,,of ,,coughs1 ,,colds1 ,,influenza1 ,,asthma1 ,,bronchitis1 ,,spitting ,,of ,,blood1 ,,whooping ,,cough1 ,,difficulty ,,of ,,breathing1 ,,soreness ,,and ,,tightness ,,of ,,the ,,chest1 ,,and ,,all ,,other ,,lung ,,complaints ,,tending ,,to ,,consumption4 ,the unparalleled success which has attended the sale of this pleasant and agreeable ,medicine during the lifetime of the late ,,squire ,,knight1 has induced his successors to bring it within the reach of any afflicted sufferer at a ,,cheap ,,rate4 ,among thousands of ,cures1 the following tell their own simple story3-- ,,extraordinary ,,cure ,,of ,a ,,dry1 ,,asthmatical ,,cough ,,of ,,twenty ,,years' ,,standing4 ,,owen ,,smith1 of ,dudley1 miner1 had suffered more or less in damp1 frosty1 and foggy weather1 for upwards of #bj years1 from a dry1 distressing cough1 attended with great difficulty of breathing1 so much so that he dared not venture out of the house half the winter long4 ,he fortunately met with ,squire ,knight's ,balsam of ,horehound1 and before he had taken two small bottles his cough was cured and his breath restored to its former free and healthy state4 ,november #bast1 #ahfa4 ,mrs4 ,,sarah ,,holland1 of ,sandfield ,lodge1 near ,lichfield1 upwards of sixty years of age1 was for two successive winters attacked with severe cough and shortness of ,breath1 which nearly caused suffocation when lying in ,bed1 was cured by taking ,squire ,knight's ,balsam of ,horehound4 ,,william ,,johnson1 sinker1 of ,prince's ,end1 ,tipton1 aged sixty1 was ill with shortness of breath and severe cold--thought he should have died on ,sunday1 ,monday1 and ,tuesday2 on the latter day he got a #bs4 #i;d4 bottle of ,squire ,knight's ,balsam of ,horehound1 and before taking all of it was so far restored as to be able to walk to ,dudley with ease1 and entirely cured by a second bottle4 ,,thomas ,,reynolds1 of ,gornal1 suffered from an asthmatical cough for more than twenty years1 and was cured by taking the ,balsam of ,horehound2 has recommended it to many of his friends1 who have all found great relief from its use4 ,sold and prepared by ,c4 ,f4 ,g4 ,,clark and ,,son1 7,,successors ,,to ,,the ,,late ,,squire ,,knight71 ,,dispensing ,,chemists1 ,,market ,,place1 ,,dudley4 ,sold in ,bottles at #as4 #a;d41 and #bs4 #i;d41 and #ds4 #f;d41 by ,ford and ,addison1 and ,rooker1 ,brierley ,hill1 and ,collins1 ,brettell ,lane1 and by all ,patent ,medicine ,vendors4 ,,john ,,nayler ,,the ,,dudley ,,india ,,rubber ,,depot1 #bjj1 ,,high ,,street1 ,,dudley4 ,illustration3 ,,elastic ,,stockings4 ,india ,rubber ,mechanical ,goods of every description4 ,waterproof ,coats1 ,leggings1 ,carriage ,aprons1 ,airproof ,goods1 ,elastic ,stockings ,and ,surgical and ,domestic ,articles of all kinds4 ,,use ,i ,,say ,,hudson',s ,illustration ,,trade ,,mark ,,dry ,,soap ,,for ,,washing ,,cleaning ,,scouring ,,everything ,,sold ,,in #alb lb lb ,,packets ,e4 ,blocksidge ,law ,stationer1 ,printer and ,lithographer1 #ah;,b1 ,,stone ,,street1 ,,dudley1 7,,opposite ,,the ,,old ,,glass ,,house47 ,parchment1 ,vellum1 ,probate ,forms1 and ,legal ,stationery always in stock4 ,,dealer ,,in ,,artists' ,,materials4 ,bookbinding executed in every style1 ,,at ,,very ,,moderate ,,prices4 ,ornamental ,addresses1 ,title ,pages for ,presentation ,books and ,albums1 c41 c41 ,illuminated1 on the premises1 in very best style4 ,,litho ,,transfer ,,writer ,,to ,,the ,,trade4