The Curiosities of Dudley and the Black Country, From 1800 to 1860 Also an Account of the Trials and Sufferings of Dud Dudley, with His Mettallum Martis: Etc.

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"Yea, it becomes a man To cherish memory where he had delight, For kindness is the natural birth of kindness, Whose soul records not the great debt of joy, Is stamped for ever a...

From this time to the period of the agitation on the great Reform Bill of (1832) we find no events worthy of record. The burning question of Catholic Emancipation received at th...

_Lord Palmerston._ "Fondness for change he must say was not the character of the English people. They had always been remarkable for a tenacious attachment to their national ins...

_Mr. Daniel O'Connell_ said, "That he looked upon the plan as large, liberal and wise, and he should give it his most decided and anxious support, for in fact it was an effectua...

And when the Chief of the LYGONITES saw, that by words he could prevail nothing, he set his army in array against the MAN OF WAR,--and the battle joined.

However, Mr. A. Hawkes soon retired from the attitude that he and his too zealous friends had strung him up to, for _he retired_ before the first election came on in 1832, and h...

Sir JOHN CAMPBELL said he purposely and advisedly put the question to the Returning Officer, as he was unwilling to mention the name of any gentleman, as connected with certain...

The cases of air and water, as media for weighing, I have adduced as extreme cases, to explain the effects of the different states of the atmosphere; some times it is _light_ an...

Luke Booker, Vicar of Dudley Proctor Robinson, M.A. Edward Harper Wainwright, B.A. John Booth, B.A. Joseph Bennitt, } Churchwardens John Williams, } William Taylor, } Overseers...

Dr. Booker was a great favourite amongst the weaker sex, for he embraced the privilege of leading _four blushing brides_ to the hymeneal altar during his long and excitable life...

Repress your fury, sage Divine! Perdition breathes in every line. Dagger and staff in hand you fight, Like Falstaff, Shakespeare's valiant knight, How like him though in form an...

1842. This very valuable and highly acceptable institution, to the distressed poor especially, was established by a number of benevolent ladies and gentlemen in the town, during...

"ODD FELLOWSHIP, M.U.--On Friday evening week, March 27th, 1846, a lecture was delivered in the Lancasterian School Room, Stafford Street, Dudley, by Mr. C. F. G. Clark, "On the...

_Molley._ Why murmur thus my friends, for this ambitious wish by him whom we so oft have cause to praise for his discretion, probity, and talents. It ill-becometh one, like me,...

4.--That in order to afford all classes an opportunity of attending, and deriving the greatest benefit from the establishment of this Institution, it be recommended that two cla...

"Dudley Nail Ironmongers' Meeting.--On Wednesday last, a Meeting of the Nail Ironmongers was held at the Hotel in this town, on the recent alterations of the prices to the naile...

But the utter ignorance of the Dudley Tories of the population amongst whom they live is no better exhibited than by "the strikes," which are of habitual occurrence in this impo...

"The Truck or Tommy system," an odious practice of paying hard working men in kind or provisions instead of money, had very extensively ramified itself into the business operati...

MR. LEE began by remarking on the scanty attendance, which either showed that the inhabitants were not generally aware of the enquiry being about to take place, or that they did...

The Churchwardens of this District have been defeated this day at the Vestry, in attempting to impose upon you a Rate of FIVEPENCE IN THE POUND. The Churchwardens have demanded...

How kindly too has our "worthy member" cooked his address "To the Electors of Dudley?" With what delicate tact has he avoided the usual term "Independent?" This would, indeed, h...

Died, May 11, 1853, Mr. Chas. F. Hewitt, Wine and Spirit Merchant, a gentleman who took a strong lead in politics on the Tory side, and was universally respected. Aged 50 years.

So he began by devoting the time he could spare from his military duties to visiting the poor and wretched. By way of a start he got together a subscription of _Three Thousand P...

"Another Observer" has thought proper to intrude some remarks upon your notice. To this there could be no objection, so long as _truth_ was adhered to; unfortunately, the truthf...

"We are still alive although the English and French use every means for our destruction; but we know not how long this may last. _The carnage is terrible! all our efforts agains...

Died, August 19th, 1856, Thomas Badger, Esq., of the "Hill House," Dudley. This genial, but blunt and frank old gentleman, was one of Dudley's worthiest sons; his familiar figur...

He must be a man with plenty of "Jaw," and one who will not stick at trifles, but can turn himself round as a Weathercock. One who has formerly been a Conservative, but is now a...

Charley was young and in his prime, A courting went to widow Pincher; She was shy, and fair, and fine, He was constant and no flincher. The time arrived when they got married, S...

If such an one cannot be found in Dudley, sufficiently sensible of his responsibility and power, we may indeed humble ourselves "in dust and ashes," at the depravity of human na...

SIR,--Our last Castle Fetes were heralded forth to the pleasure-seeking public with more than ordinary pomp and significance, by the _prominently announced fact_, that those mig...

The HIGH BAILIFF, in opening the proceedings, said he was extremely sorry to see so few of his fellow townsmen present on an occasion like this. He read over the Mayor's notice...

I can no longer, however, remain silent, when I find that these persons are circulating statements with reference to me and my intentions, which are utterly false and unfounded....

1858. The New Town Hall was built about this time by Lord Ward, to secure the necessary Magisterial accommodation for the administration of justice for the Borough, arising from...

Brother Electors and Friends of the eastern division of the county of Worcester, _my_ kind friend Lord Ingestre could not do _me_ a greater kindness than that which he has now d...

I trust that you have found me acting consistently with the principles of civil and religious liberty, which I have always professed, and I hope that my earnest endeavours to be...

If, brother Conservatives, the sacred cause of Conservatism is worth upholding in its national integrity, _reflect_, _consider_, _and forbear_ to commit yourselves to such a hum...

His Lordship then replied to the address of the deputation in a few observations, which were especially remarkable for their felicity and the cordial feeling they displayed. The...

The Earl in due time gave "Long life to the Mayor," And the chairman responded in terms rich and rare; He talk'd of his "_Earlship's_ well-known _festivalities_," Our local indu...

June 18th, 1860. The Old Town Hall, which had stood between two and three centuries in the Market Place, Dudley, was doomed to destruction, and workmen commenced pulling it down...

As a great amount of talk and contention has of late been indulged in by all classes of ratepayers, in reference to the proceedings of the Dudley Town Council; more especially a...

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 Parliament. It would not have fallen...

On Thursday, the 19th July, 1820, the day appointed for the Coronation of His Majesty King George the Fourth, the inhabitants of Dudley entered into a subscription for the purpo...

[37] The reason why this account of the building of the Parish Church does not appear at the beginning of this Book, arose from the inability to obtain a copy of these documents...

Now if Wood and Timber should decay still, and fail, the greatest Strength of _Great Brittain_, her Ships, Mariners, Merchants, Fishings, and His Majesties Navies, and Men of Wa...

Captain _John Copley_ thus failing in his Inventions, _An._ 1657, he went into _Ireland_, and all men now desisting from the Inventions of making of Iron with Pit-cole and Sea-c...

Therefore _I_ do not wholly compute the vast quantities of charcoles and wood spent in these voragious works, which quantity of cast iron, with pit-cole and Sea-cole, at one Fur...

They are put up in Packets marked 1, 2, & 3, according to the size of the Dog. No. 1 is proper for Mastiffs, Newfoundland Dogs, Pointers, Setters; No. 2 for Hounds, Spaniels, Te...