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Adderley (C. B., Esq ), gift of a Park at Saltley, 504; a Library formed, 515 Adderley Park, Opening of, 505 Adullamites (Calvanists'), 430 Adulteration Act, 515 Agrlcultural Show, see Royal Albert, Prince Consort, visits of, to Birmingham, 552, 556, 590 ; Death of, 563; Inauguration of a Statue to his memory, 563; Engraving of the Statue, 514 Albert Street, 616 Ale Tasters (Birmingham), 213 All Saints,' see Churches Allin's Cabinet of Curiosities, 292 Allotment Gardens, 318 Almshouses (Lench's), 75, 76 Almshouses (Mason's) at Erdington, 604 Almshouses (James's) at Nechells, 604 Amateur Dramatic Society, 599 Amphitheatre at the back of the Stork, in 1802, 327 Analyst (Borough) appointed, 515 Anchor Inn (The) 43 Angel and Hen and Chickens (The), 109 Anti-Corn-Law Meeting, 396 Anti-Corn-Law Agitatlon, 530, et seq. Apollo Gardens, 313 Apollo Gardens (Bridgman's), 92 Appearance of the Town (12th century), 8; (16th century), 17; (1660-1700), 54; (1730-31), 64; (1741-50), 83 ; (1751), 145; (1760), 119; (1778), 191 ; (1790), 203; (1800-1803), 308 ; (1832), 425; (1841-1879), 616 Apprentices provided for out of Jackson's Charity, 79 Arcade (Great-Western), 573 Arcade (Great-Western) View in the, 551 Archeological Section, 592 Aris's Birmingham Gazette, 83, 316 Armitage (Jas.), Obituary Notice of, 480 Arms, Museum of, 520 Art Gallery, 504, 512 Art Gallery, Opening of, 517, 518, 519 Arthur (Prince) Visit of, to Birmingham, 524 Artisans' Dwellings Act adopted, 529 Artists, Society of, 600 Arts (Society of), 389-90 Arts (Academy of), 398; First Exhibition, 339 Ash (Dr.), 125, et seq. Ash (Dr. John), Portrait of, 143 Ash (Dr.) and Ashted, 155 Ashford (Mary), supposed murder of; View of the fatal spot, 370; Narrative of the event, 373 ; Plan of the scene of her death, 374; Portraits of, 376, 378 Ashted Estate, Breaking-up of the, 206-8 "Assinder's" (old half-timbered house in Digbeth), 312 Aston Almshouses (Erection of), 81 Aston, Bridgman's Apollo Gardens at, 92 Aston Church, 618; Free Library, Board Schools, Churches, &c. of, 618 Aston Church (View of), 33 Aston Furnace, 51, 339; "Hockley Abbey," built from the scoria' of, 209 Aston Gaol, Bordesley, 186 Aston Hall, Building of, 22; Description of the Hall, 23 Aston Hall (Siege of), 30 Aston Hall, First visit of the Queen to, when Princess Victoria, 417 Aston Hall (view of), 24 Great Staircase, view of, -Long Gallery, view of, 25 Aston Hall and Park, proposal to purchase by the Corporation, 505 ; extent of the Park in 1856, 505; purchase of the Park and Hall by a limited company, 506; visit of the Queen to open it, 508 ; fatal accident in the Park, 509; completion of the purchase of the estate by the Corporation, 511; description of the Museum, 512 Aston Hall Fêtes, 560 Aston Lower Grounds, Aquarium and Theatre, 611 Aston Lower Grounds, Views in, 575 Aston Lower Grounds, Royal Horticultural Show at, 524 Aston Park, the old avenue of, in 1832, 426 Aston, Royal Agricultural Show at, 573 Asylum (Borough Lunatic), Erection of, 500 Asylum (Licensed Victuallers'), 550 Athenic Institute, 599 Attwood (T.), 349, 850, 854, 397 et seq., 451, 461, 478 Attwood (T.) Statue of, erected, 561 Attwood Statue, View of, 351 Austin (Mr.), Governor of the Borough Gaol, charged with cruelty, 502 et seq. Avalanche (a novel theatrical) in Frankenstein, 432 Ayres (Sir William), 42 Balloon Ascent by Mr. Sadler, 436 Balsall Heath, 619 Balsall Heath Road, construction of, 420 Bank Note Forgeries, 373 Banks, Taylor and Lloyd's, 337-8; Wilkinson, Startin, and Smith's, 338; Galton's, 339; fallure of Attwood, Spooner, and Marshall, 567-8; failure of the Penny Bank, 568; stoppage of the Birmingham Banking Co., 569 ; Modern Banks, 615 Baptists, early meetings held in High Street 101 -- Bond Street Chapel, 221; attack on, 364 -- Cannon Street Chapel, 102, 113-4 ; 581 -- Circus Chapel, Bradford Street, 580-1 -- Freeman Street Meeting, 101 -- Graham Street Chapel, 395, 580 -- Wycliffe, Chapel, 581 ; View of, 562 -- Other chapels, 581 Barber (J. V.) 388 Barnett's (J. F.) " Ancient Mariner," 607 Barnum (P. T.) 612 Baroness Von Beck, see Von Beck Barracks, erection of the, 297 Barrett (F. T.), 518 Barry's (Mr.) Design for the Grammar School, 445 Baskerville (John) 111 ; Life of, with notices of his productions, 114, et seq., 164 -- Portrait of, 115 -- Will of, 117 Baskerville House, 372, see also Riots Baskerville's types, 317 Baths (Public) 500, 512 Battle of Birmingham (1643) 32 Battle of Birmingham (Reprints of old tracts relating to) 35-6 Beast Market, 55 Bayly (T. H.), Poetical Address on the Reopening of the Theatre Royal, 433 Bear-baitlng, 318 Beethoven's " Mount of Olives," 607 Beardsworth's Repository, 401, 403 Bellrope Croft, 76 Bellropes for St Martin's, provided out of Lench's Trust, 76 Bells (Peal of) provided for St. Phillips, 71 Bells (Peals or), increased at St. Martin's and St. Phillip's, 100 Bells, " Madras " School System, 443 Bennett's (D.S.) "Woman of Samaria," 607; "The Lay of St. Cecilia," 607; "St. Peter," 607 Bennett's Hill, site of, in 1800, 309 Berington (Rev. J.), and his works, 317 Bermingham Family ; The Manor and its Lords, 3 et seq Bermingham Family: Edward Bermingham in the Tower, 61 Bermingham Monuments in St. Martin's described, 10; Engravings of, 5 Betty (W.H.), "The Infant Roscius," 321-25 Billington (Mrs.), 178 Bingley Hall, 556 Bingley House, 420; view of, 274 Bird-in-hand (The), 481 Birmingham in Transition, 44 Birmingham Chronicle, 316 Birmingham Commercial Herald, 316 Birmingham Journal (Warren's), 80 Birmingham Journal, first issued, 418 Birmingham Register, 316 Birmingham (origin of) a Poem, 122 Birmingham and Edgbaston Proprietary School, 40; View of 44S Birmingham and Midland Institute, 502 ; History of, 589 et seq Birt (Rev. Isaiah), 363 Bishop Ryder's Church, see Churches Bisset (J.), Memoir of, 289 , his Magnificent Directory, 293; and the Minerva Club, 212-213 Black Boy Yard, 313 Blakemore (Thos.), A Centenarian, 431 Blick (F.), Editor of the Gazette, 334 Blind (General Institution for the) 603 Blue Coat Charity School, 74; View of, 81 Blunt (Joseph), 213 Bond (Major), 529 Book Club (Birmingham,) Poet Freeth's connectlon with, 163-169 Booth, the Coiner, arrest of, 379 Booth (Miss), 381 Bordesley Gaol, see Aston Bordesley Hall, see Riots, 1791 Boswell's (James), visit to Soho Botanical Gardens established, 422; view in the Gardens, 439 Boulton (Matthew), 113, 121 Boulton (M.), prevents Eginton from obtaining a Pension, 288 - See also Soho Bourn (Rev. Samuel), Pamphlet by, 102 Bowling Green Festival, 213 Boxing at the Theatre Royal, 380 Bradford Street, 312 Bradford's Plan, Description of, 145, 118; Illustrations from, 157 Bragge (W.), His Gift of the Cervantes Collection to the Town, 519 Brandis (Joseph), 360 Brassworks, 341, 613 Bray (Soloman) 480 Bridgins (George), a centenarian, 175 Bridgman's Gardens, Aston, 92 Bright (J.) first elected for Birmingham, 525; his first speech after election, 510 Bright (J.), Portrait of, 510 Bristol Job Nott (The) 303 British Association, visits of, (in 1839) 481 ; (in 1849) 556; (in 1865) 568, 596 Broad Street (old name of Dale End) 55 Brewer (Rev. Jehoiada) 363 Brougham, Lord, Presentation of a Service of Plate to, 349 Brougham (Lord) visit of, 476 Brownell's Hole, 105 Bruch's (Max) "Lay of the Bell," 607 Buckle-making, 112 Bull-baiting at Chapel Wake (1795) 305 Bull-baiting, 486 Burl Lane, 119 Bull Ring, 311-12, 426 Bull Ring Riots, Narrative of the, 457-61 Bull Ring, Old View of, 3S2 Bunn (Alfred) 365, Portrait of, 432 Burn (Rev. E.) 339 Burritt (Elihu) 593 Busby (Mr.) and the Duke of Norfolk, 428 Button-making, 113, 613 Cambridge (the Duke of) visit of, 476 Camden (William), his description of the town, 18 Campbell (Thomas), his friendship with Gregory Watt, 285 Canal Navigation, the first Birmingham Canal, 48 et seq. -- First boatload of Coals brought, Nov. 7, 1769, 149 -- from Wednesbury to Birmingham proposed, 193 -- the Worcester, 193 -- Office, view of, 151 Cannon Hill Park, 525 -- Street Meeting House, see Baptists Caradori (Madame), 441 Careless (Mary), 101 Carlyle on Dr. Johnson, 79 Caroline (Trial of) defeated ; Rejoicings in Birmingham, 371 Cartwright (Major), 352, 356, 360 Cartwright's Musical Glasses, 387 Carr's Lane, Accidents in, 66 Castle Inn (The), 108 Catalani (Madame), 326, 431 Cathedral, see St. Chad's Catholic Apostolic Church, 895, 587 -- Association, 425 -- Question, 534 et seq. Catholics (Roman), first Church of (St. Marie Magdalen), in Birmingham, 53 ; Destruction of the Building, 53 -- Temporary Chapel in Water Street, 364 -- Chapel in Shadwell Street, 363 -- Conventual Institutions, 586 -- Oratory (The), 586 -- St, Chad s Cathedral, Building of, 464 ; -- Description of, 465 -- St. Chad's Cathedral, View of Interior, 453 -- Bishop's House, 469 -- St. Michael's, 580 -- St. Peter's, Broad Street, 221 -- Other Chapels, 587 Cattle Show (the first), 556 Celebration of Peace, 1749, 88 Cemetery (Borough) at Witton, 512 Centenarians, T. Blakemore, 481 -- Geo. Bridgins, 175 -- J. Roberts, 204 Central Literary Association, 599 Chamber of Commerce Established, 372 Chamberlain (J.), 525, 527, 529, 549 -- Portrait of, 506 Charity Collections (Early Local), 50 Charles I. (Letter of), to Sir Thomas Holte, 27 ; Portrait of, 29 Charlotte (Princess), Death of, 371 Chartist Movement, 454; the Convention meets in the Bull Ring, 456; the Bull Ring Riots, 457-61 Cheltenham Amateurs (The), 431 Cherry Orchard (Walker's), 67 Cherubini's Coronation Service, 442 Chesshire (J.), 204 Children's Hospital, 603-4 China, "Poet Freeth" on our Trade with, 216 Christ Church, see Churches Christadelphians, 588 Church (Dr. W.), 56.3 ; his Steam Coach, 450 Church of the Saviour, 587 -- Building Society, for building ten new Churches, 463 -- Extension (Proposed), 169 -- Rate Question, 550, et seq. Churches : - Bishop Ryder's, 462; View of, 455 -- All Saints', 462 -- Christ Church, Building of, 306 -- -- Medal (showing the original design for the building), 299 -- -- View of, 295 -- Holy Trinity, 363, 391 ; View of 392 -- Immanuel, 578 -- Oldknow Memorial (Small Heath), 579 -- St. Albans, 579 -- St. Andrew's, 577 -- St. Anne, 579 -- St. Asaph, 578 -- St. Barnabas, 578 -- St. Bartholomew's, building of, 100 -- -- View of, 106 -- St. Catherine's, 579-80 -- St. Clement's, 578 -- St. Cuthbert's, 579 -- St. David's, 578 -- St. Gabriel's, 579 -- St. George's, 361; -- -- View of, 359 -- St. George's, Edgbaston, 462 -- St. James's, Ashted, 393 -- -- View of, 174 -- St. John's, Ladywood, 578 -- St. Jude's, Tonk Street, 577-8 -- St. Lawrence's, 578 -- St. Luke's, 577 -- St. Margaret's, 679 -- St. Matthias's, 678 -- St. Matthew's, 463 -- St. Mark's, 577 -- St. Mary's, Building of, 170 -- -- View of, 131 -- St. Nicholas, 578 -- St. Paul's, Building of, 171 ; Musical Festival in aid of, 171 ; stained window by Eginton in, 202 ; erection of the spire, 393 -- St. Paul's (Old View of) 162 -- St. Peter's, Erection of, 391-3 ; Fire at, 393; View of, 394; View of the Ruins after the Fire, 399 -- St. Saviour's, Hockley, 579 -- St. Stephen's, 577 -- St. Thomas's, 393 See also under Deritend, St. Martin's, St. Philip's, and the name of each suburb Civil War Tracts ; a fourth Tract discovered, 43 Clarendon Hotel, 397 Clay, Henry, Memoir of, 218 Club (Union), see Union Coaches (Early Birmingham), 103, 108 -- (Birmingham) in 1770 and 1820, 345 ; appearance of, 345; George Eliot on Coaching Experiences, 346 Coal-fields (South Staffordshire), Yield of, 343 Coates (" Romeo ") in Birmingham, 382 -- Portrait of, 382 Cock Inn (The), 108 Cock-fighting, 318 Cock Match, 1747 Cock Street (Digbeth), 54 Coffee House Movement, 615 Coinage (Boulton's) Stanzas on, by Collins, 188 -- (Counterfeit), 187 Coining, 613 Cold Bath, 67 Coleridge (S. T.), Visit of, to Birmingham, 280 Collard (John), 212 Colleges :-Mason's College, 592 -- Oscott College, 586 -- Queen's College, 589 -- View of, 567 -- Spring Hill College, 468, 599 -- Training College, Saltley, 599 Collins, John, Memoirs of, 272 ; his Scripscrapologia, 273; Elements of Modern Oratory, 275; Examples of his Poetry, 179, 180, 186, 195, 275-8 -- His Monologue Entertainment, "The Brush," 262; Theatrical Anecdotes; Garrick and the Stage-struck Barber, 262; Stage Slips, 263; Foote's performance in Hamlet, 263 Colmore (W.), 76 Colmore Row and Ann Street, 616 -- View of, 530 Commerce (Chamber of), established, 372 Commissioners (The), 492; Transfer of their Power to the Corporation, 499 Complete Suffrage Association, 531 Concert Booth, see Operas Concert-giving Societies of Birmingham, 611-12 "Conegreve Street," 191 Consort (Prince), see Albert Constitutional Association, 546 Conveyances (Local), 1775, 1819, 348 "Conygree-Stile-Close" (The), 119,191 Cooke (Rev. Dr.), 428 Cooper (John) and his Love-day Bequest, 108 Cooper's Mills, 66 Cope (C. R.), 431 Copying Press (invention of the), 141 Corbet's Bowling Green, 67 Corn Cheaping (The), 54 -- Exchange. 555 -- Laws, Petition against, 351 Corn Laws, see Anti-Corn Law Agitation Corporation Art Gallery, 517, 518 -- Buildings 522; first stone laid, 525 -- see also Council House -- (History of the), 492; Celebration of the Incorporation, 492 ; the Corporate Seal, 492 ; Transfer of the Power of the Commissioners to the Corporation, 499 ; Borough Improvement Rate, 503 Costa (Sir M.), his first appearance here as Signor Costa, 442 -- "Eli," 606 ; Presentation to the Composer, 606 ; his " Naaman," 607 Council House, first stone laid, 525 -- Description of, 616-17 -- Views of, 1, 583 Counterfeit Coinage in 1776, 187 County Court, 555 Court Lane (also called Moat Lane), 56 Court of Requests, view of, -- see also Hutton Cowen's (F.) " Corsair," 607 Cox (D.), Memoir of, 561 Cox (W. Sands), and the Queen's College, 589 -- and the Queen's Hospital, 600 Cross (The Market), Repair of, 59 -- (Chamber over) completed, 59 -- Removal of, 206 -- View of, 55 -- (Old), near Stafford Street, 56 -- see also Welsh Cross Crown House, The Old, 15 Cotton-Spinning, Wyatt's Experiments in, 111 "Creation," (The), first Performance in Birmingham of, 437 Crescent, The, 209 Cruikshank, G,, 371, 373 Curtis, Rev. C., 443 Curzon Hall, 569 Dale (R. W.), 582 Dawson (G.), 616, 517; his appointment to the pastorate of Graham Street Chapel, 580 ; Erection of the Church of the Saviour, 587; the "Von Beck" Case, 557; his connection with "our Shakespeare Club," 567 ; his death, 573 -- Portrait of, 554 -- Statue (The), 573 Deaf and Dumb Institution established, 366 Deafness, Institution for the Relief of, 601. Debating Societies (Old), 313-316 Debating Society (Birmingham and Edgbaston), 600 DeLys (Dr.), 866 Demonstrations (Open-Air), on Newhall Hill, 353, 356, 357, 450 -- at Brookfields, 545 Denmark (The Prince and Princess of) visit Birmingham, 415 De Quincey (Thomas) at the Hen and Chickens, 347 Deritend in 1660-1700, 54 ; in 1760, 120 -- Bridge, 204 -- Bridge Turnpike abolished, 421-22 -- Chapel, erection of, 11; appointment of Chaplain, 12 -- View of in the Fourteenth Century), 9 -- View of as rebuilt in 1735), 89 Derra (Constant , 557 Devil (The Fatuous Little), at the Theatre Royal, 166 Diamond presented to the Council-, 525 Dickens (C.) Testimonial to, 558 ; his first Readings, 589, 90; appears with other littèrateurs and artists at the Theatre Royal, 609; appears on behalf of the Guild of Literature and Art, 609; his later Readings, 612; his address before the members of the Midland Institute, 571-2 Digbeth and the Bull Ring, old appearance of, 70; appearance of in 1803, 312; old view of, 423; the old open forges in, 195, 204; old half timbered house in, (Assinder's) 199 Dining Hall (Public) opened, 566 Dispensary (General) established, 365 Distress in the Country (1529), 397 Dixon (G). 545, 549 Dobbs, (James, Comedian), 333, 435, 481 Dog Show (The) 569 Dogg Inn (The), 108 Dolphin ('The) in Corn Cheeping, 109 Doomsday Survey, references in, to Birming-ham.3 Dramatic Society Amateur), 599 "Drums and Colours" purchased for the l Town, 59 Duddeston Hall, Cockfighting at, 88 -- Manor House, 21 "Duddeston Town," 421 Dufton (W.), 001 Dungeon, see Prison Dungeon Entry" (The). 110 Earl, Bookseller, 317 Earthquake felt in Birmingham (1795), 304 East (Rev. Timothy), 363, 468 East India Company's Charter, Proposed Renewal of, 349, 350 Edgbaston, 619 Edgbaston, The "Masshouse" at, 53 Edgbaston Old Church, View of, 607 Edinburgh (Duke of), his Visit to the Birmingham Festival, 607 Edmonds (G.) and the Hampden Club, 350, his political career, 353.4, 355, 356, 360, 398, et seq., 455,480, death of 571 -- Portrait of, 354 Edmonds (Rev. Mr.), of Bond Street, 850 Edmund Street (New), 616 Education, 442 Education Act (Elementary), 647 Education Society (Birmingham), 697, et seq -- League (National) Edward the Sixth's (King) Elementary Schools, 446 Eginton (Francis), Memoir of, 287 -- His process for copying oil paintings, 141 -- Stained Window in St. Paul's Chapel, 172, engraving of, 202, Egyptian Conduit in the Bull Ring, 810 Election, see Members of Parliament Electro-Plate Trade, 613-14 Elementary Schools, see Edward VI. "Elijah," see Mendelssohn Elizabeth (Queen) at Kenilworth, 19 Eliot (George) on the old Coaching Days, 346 Elkington Challenge Shield, 518.b27 Elliston (R. W.) 323, 380; his Bohemian hoax, 385 Encroachments on the Streets, in 1812-332 Erdington Orphanage, 524, 604 -- Orphanage, View of, .591 Etymology of the name of Birmingham, 3 & 4 Exchange (The), 566 Exchange, View of, 511 Executions at Washwood Heath, 190, 330 Exhibition (Industrial) of 1839, 481 -- (Industrial) of 1849, 556 -- (Industrial) of 1865, 568 Explosion in St. Mary's Square, 417 Eye Infirmary, 604 Fairs (Pleasure) abolished, 526 "Farmer Smith's Lands," (now Broad Street) 210 Farror (Joseph), his bequest for cleaning the Nelson Statue, 337 Fearon (Joseph), 213 Feeney, Mr., 419 Fellows (Joseph), arrested for sedition, 831 Fentham's Charity, 76 Ferrer's (Family of) Tam worth Castle, 21 "Fine-Slapper" The), 316 Fire Engine (Old, 59 Fire at the Free Library, 520, 21 in Digbeth, 574 Fish Market Hall, 524 Fisher (Samuel) First Puritan Minister in Birmingham, 52 Fleur-de-Lys (The), 108 Footpath to the Five Ways, 209, 10 Ford (Richard) Builder of "Hockley Abbey," 209 Free or Christ Church, see Churches Free Libraries' Act, rejected by Birmingham, 500; its subsequent adoption, 512, 13 -- see also Libraries Free (J.) see Freeth Freeman (E. A") 594 Freeth (John), his poetical writings, 210,217 -- (John) Ode to commemorate the first boat load of coals, by the Canal and the Stratford Jubilee, 150 -- (John) Poetical Invitations to the book club dinners, 163, 168 -- (John) Verses on the conversion of the Moor Street Theatre into a Wesleyan Meeting House, 145 -- Circle, portraits of the, 207 Freeth's Coffee House, 79 Frevill (Sir Baldwin) of Tamworth Castle, 6 Gade's (N.) "Zion" and "The Crusaders, 607 Gaol (Borough), Erection of. 500 -- (Borough), Cruelties at, 502 et seq. Garbett, Rev. J., 463 Gardens, see Allotment Gardens Garibaldi invited to Visit Birmingham, 565 Garland Inn, (The) 108 Gas Illumination, the First, 269 Gas Lighting. Invention of, 269 -- Introduction of, 368 Gas Works purchased by the Corporation, 526 General Hospital, see Hospitals Geology of Birmingham, 405 George III., Rejoicings over the Recovery of, 197 "Gibson's Wharfs," 372-3 Gideon, a New Sacred Drama, 441 Gild Hall, 55; Engraving of old window, 72 Gild of the Holy Cross, 9, 10, 71 -- called 'Lench's Trust," 10 ; see also Lench's Trust Gladstone (W. E.), his early Recollections of Birmingham, 347 Gladstone (W. E.). Visit of, 549 Glass-making, 342, 614 Glass-painting, Revival of, by Egiuton, 280 Globe Hotel, 397 Glover, Miss, 468 Glovers (H.), "Tam O'Shanter," 606 "God in the Mount," (Vicars's) Extract from, 43 "Golden Dustmen," 342 Gosta Green, 120 Graham Street Chapel, 394 ; see also Baptists Grammar School, the original, 55; rebuilding of the School in 1707, 71 ; View of the building, 73; further notices of, 309, 426; Reform of, 444; rebuilding of, in 1832, 445; description of the new building, 445; View of the new building, 413; further Reform, 593 Grand Junction Railway, 449 Graphic Illustrations of Warwickshire, 388 Gravelly Hill, Levelling of, 425 Great Charles Street, 191 Great Lister Street, construction of, 421 Great Western Arcade, see Arcade Greatorex (Mr.) Conductor at the Festival (1805), 438 Grey (Earl) see Political History 340, 613 Green's (Bean) House, 192 Grimaldi, Anecdote of, 431 Grubb (Edward), 74 Gun Trade (Early), 47, 48; 340, 613 Haddock's Mechanic Theatre, 387 Haeser's Oratorio, "The Triumph of Faith," 605 Half-timbered Houses ; Weston's in the Bull Ring, 314; Assinder's in Digbeth, 199 Hall ('Billy'), 429 Hamilton (Sir W. and Lady) visit Birmingham in 1802, 327 Hammond executed at Washwood Heath, 190 Hampden Club (The), 350, 356 Hamper (William), 313, 352 Handel Commemoration Festival, 177 Handsworth, 618, 19 Handsworth Old Church, View of, 602 Handsworth Volunteer Cavalry, 331 Hanson's Plan of Birmingham, 191 Harborne, 619 Harlow Street (Edmund Street), 191 Haydon's (B. R.), proposed picture of Gathering of the Unions, 410 Hayes, (E. J.), 524 Health of the Town (Mr. Rawlinson's Report on), 495 Heaton's Steam Coach, 450 Hector (Edmund) and Dr. Johnson 79-80 House of, in the Square, View of, 127 Hen and Chickens, High Street, 80 ; Removal to New Street, 109; 309, 426; Visit of De Quincey to, 347 ; Old View of, 307 Heslop (P), 603 Highgate Park opened, 528 Highway Robberies committed near Birmingham, 107-8 Hill (A.), M.D ), 515 -- (M, D.), 480 -- (Sir Rowland), Statue of, 571 Hiller's (Dr. F.), "Nala and Damayanti," 607 History of Birmingham (Hutton's), 181-5 Hockley Abbey, 205-9 ; View of, 183 Hodgetts (Mr. William), 315, 419 Hollier's Charity, Land purchased from, to form Highgate Park, 528 Hollins (G.), 550 -- (Peter) 463 -- (W.), 310, 365, 423, 552 Holloway Head, 192 Holte Family, Early History of the, 19; Justice Holte, 21 ; Sir Thomas Holte, 21 ; Edward Holte, 21 Holy Trinity Church, see Churches Homoeopathic Hospital, 603 Hook (The Very Rev. W. F., D.D.), 428; Portrait of, 427 Hooke (Chr.), Solicitor to Jackson's Charity, 78 Horse Fair (The), 367 Horse-shoe Inn (The), 108 Horticultural Show, see Royal Hospital (Children's), 603-4 -- (Eye), 604 -- (General) Early History of, 125, et seq; Recent Notice, 600; Views of, 118, 175 -- (Homoeopathic), 603 -- (Lying-In), 601 -- (Orthopedic), 365, 601 -- (Queen's), 600, 601 -- (Women's), 604 Howard (John) visits the old Birmingham Prison, 185 ; his description of the place, 185; the Aston gaol at Bordesley, 186 "Humble Petition of the Pump in the BullRing," 311 Hummel's "Alma Virgo," 606 Humphreys (Mr.), see Riots (1791) Hungary (Sympathy with), 534 Huntingdon's (Lady) Connection, Chapel in Peck Lane, 221; Bartholomew St. Chapel, 221 Hutton (Catherine) 173 ; her Narrative of the riots (1791), 235, 244, 250; 390, Death of, 553 Hutton (Rev. Hugh), 410 -- (W.) Early Life of, 93; his first visit to Birmingham, 96-98; his second visit to Birmingham, 123; commences business, 132; his courtship and marriage, 133; his experience as a Miller, 133; the Transit of Venus in 1761, 134 ; Election as Overseer, 134; builds a House at Bennett's Hill, Saltley, 134; chosen a Commissioner of the Court of Requests, 134; his Description of the Court, 134, 135; cases decided by him, 136 ; the Lamp Act, 136; his action in reference to the Lamp Acts, 157, 162; his History of Birmingham, 181; the preface, 183; description of the volume, 1f3; the second Edition, 183; his juvenile correspondence (with facsimile), 182, i85 ; 206; his resistance to the proposed rating of small houses, 293; reply to, 294; his writings, 317; his death, -- Portrait of, 167 Huxley (Professor), 572 Ick (Dr. W.), 552 Illustrated Midland News, 595 Improvement Acts (Early), see Lamp Acts Improvement Acts, 367, 515 Improvement Scheme (1875-9), 529; views of Insanitary Buildings, 495, 190, 409 Improvements undertaken by the Commissioners, 420 Incorporation (Charter of) sought for, 478; and obtained, 480 Independents, Carr's Lane Chapel, 102, 308, 363, 552 -- Ebenezer Chapel, 363, 552 -- Francis Road Chapel, 552 -- Highbury Chapel, 552 -- Livery Street Meeting, 363 -- Paradise Street meeting house, 221 -- Wheeler Street Chapel, 468, 618 -- Other Chapels, 584 -- See also, Spring Hill College Industrial School (St. Philip's), 100 Industry and Genius, or the Origin of Birmingham, 123 Infant Roscius (The), 314-25 "Infant Roscius" at the Royal Hotel, 433 Ingleby, the Conjuror, 387 Inkleys (The), 67, 616 Inns (The old) of Birmingham, 108 Insanitary Buildings in the area of the new Improvement Scheme, 495, 498, 499 Invasion, Local Preparations Against, 833 Irish Coercion Bill, Opposition to, 450 Ironworks in Birmingham, 340 Irving (Washington), 425 Irvingites, see Catholic Apostolic Church "Israel in Egypt," first performance in Birmingham of, 178 Jabot (Mr. R.), 352 Jackson's Charity, 77 Jacobin Club (The) 212 Jaffray's (Jas.) Narrative of the Bull Ring Riots, 459-61 James (Rev. J. A.)-363, 425, 561, 582 Bust of, 362 James' Memorial Cottages at Nechells, 605 Jennings (John), 100 Jewellery Trade, 341 Jews' Burial Ground, 210 Jews' Synagogue in the Froggary, 176 -- Synagogue, Severn Street, 221; attacked (1813), 364; rebuilt, 395 -- Synagogue, Singer's Hill, 687 "Job Nott," see Nott (Job) "Joe Lyndon's," see Lyndon's "Joe Shrewd, the Die-Sinker," 359 Johnson, Michael (Father of Samuel Johnson) 46 -- (Samuel), in Birmingham, 79; his translation of Lobo's Abyssinia, 80; his marriage with Mrs. Porter, 82 ; his later visits to Edmund Hector and Mr. Lloyd, 152 -- Portrait of, 82 Johnstone (Dr. John), Obituary Notice of, 480 Kemble (J.P), 323 Kendal (Mrs.), 599 Kennedy (Rev. Rann), 425, 557 Kentish (Rev. John), 308 King Edward's Schools, see Edward, and Grammar School Kohl 337. (G.), his description of Birmingham, Knott (Jonathan), Death of, 369 Knott (Thomas), Death of, 481 Kossuth (L.), 534; Visit of, 558 Kylcuppe's Gift, 77 Kynnersley (T. C. S.), 503 Lady Well Meeting House, Attack on, 364 Lamb (Charles), his friendship with Charles Lloyd, 280 Lamp Act (The), Preliminary Meeting (1765), 156; action postponed, 156; meeting in 1768, 156; Hutton's opposition, 157; illustrations from Bradford's plan, 157; continued opposition, 158; Epigram by Poet Freeth, 160; the Act passed, 160; names of the first Commissioners, 161; provisions of the Act, 161-2; Second Act passed (1778), 162; Hutton's defence of the Scheme, 162 Lamp-posts first erected, 426 Lancasterian School, 443 Land at corner of Worcester Street (Value of), in 1864, 516 Langford (J. A.) 84-5; 567, 593 Law (Rev. J. T.), 600 Leather Hall (The), 110 ; destruction of, 110 Leather Trade (Early) of Birmingham, 49 Lawley (Sir R.), 389.90 Lee (J.) First Librarian of the Old Library, 198 Lee (Thomas), 422 "Legislatorial Attorney," election of a, 356 Leipsic (Battle of), celebrated, 371 Leland's Description of Birmingham, 17 Lemon (Mark) and the Guild of Literature and Art, 609; Lectures at the Music Hall, 612; impersonation of Falstaf, 612 Lench's Trust, 75-6, 424, 623 Leslie's (H.) "Judith," 606 Lewis (W. G.) 360 Liberal Association, Formation of, 542 Libraries (Free) The Act rejected, 500 ; Grant of Patent Office Publications to the town, 503; the act adopted, 512-13; premises obtained in Constitution Hill, 513; the first Library opened, 514-15 ; Adderley Park Branch opened, 515 ; erection of the Central Libraries, 516; the Reference Library, 516; Mr. Dawson's Inaugural Address-516, 17; the Shakespeare Memorial Library, 617 ; opening of the Library on Sundays, 519; the Cervantes Collection, 519; the Stanton Collection and its Contents, 519 ; Bust of Mr. Timmins, 520; treasures of the Reference Library, 520; the Fire, 520-521; contents of the various Libraries, 521 -- see also Art Gallery, and Museum of Arms Library (Birmingham New), 430 -- (Birmingham Old), History of, 197, 203, 599 -- (Birmingham Old), View of, 191 Licensed Victuallers' Asylum, 552 Lifeboats (The Birmingham), 567 Lines (S.) Memoir of, 565 Literary Association (Central), 599 Literature of Birmingham (Modern), 593-4 Livery Street Amphitheatre, 261 -- Street Meeting House, see Union, and Unitarians Lloyd (Charles, the elder), Portrait of, 278; Memoir of, 279-423 -- (Charles, the younger), Memoir of, 279-282 "Locked-up Meeting," (The), 356 Lodge's Portrait Gallery, 488 London and Birmingham Railway, 448, 449 Loudon (J. C.), 422 "Love Days," 108 Lovett (W ) 458 "Lowcells " (The), 426 "Loyal Association," Uniforms of, 291 Loyal and Constitutional Association, 451 Loyal and Patriotic Celebrations, 87 et seq. "Loyal Declaration" (1819), 359 Loyal Volunteers, 333-4 Lozells, 426 Lozells, Independent Chapel at, 468,618 Luckcock (James), in defence of the "Peterloo " Demonstration, 358 Lunar Society (The), 283 Lunatic Asylum (Borough), erection of, 500 Lying-in Charity first proposed, 365 Lying-in Hospital and the Lying-in Charity, 601 Lyndon s (Joe), 212, 315, 419 Lys, see De Lys M'Cready (The elder), Anecdotes of, 319-20 ; his management of the Theatre Royal, 320-26 Macready (W. C.), First Appearance of, 326-27 Macfarren's (G. A.) "Leonora,' 606; his "Resurrection," 607 Macklin, as Shylock, 257 Maddox (Charles), 360 Mail Coaches established, 195 Manor of Birmingham and its Lords, 8 Manorial Rights, purchased by the Commissioners, 419 Mansfield (G. S.), 468 -- (Miss), 468 Manufactures (Local), see Trades Mara (Madame), 179, 180 Market Hall (interior), View of, 466 -- Hall (New) for Fish, 524 -- (New Hall), 191 -- Description of, 475 Markets (The old), 68 Martin (R), printer, $17 Martin and Hunter, printers, 317 Mason's (Sir J.) -- Orphanage, 624, 004 -- View of, 591 -- Science College, 592-3; View of, 570 Mathews (Charles) "at Home," 887 -- (C. E.), 603 Matsell (Philip) execution of, in Snow Hill, 329 Mechanical Exhibitions, 91, 92 Mayors (List of), Appendix Medical Miscellany (The), 316 Meeting House (New), 53 -- (Old) Erection of, 52-3 -- Houses attacked in the Sacheverell Riots, 63 ; see also Riots Members of Parliament, List of, appendix Mendelssohn's "Lobgesang," 605; first performance of his "Elijah," 605-6; his ` Walpurgi's Night," etc., 600 Mercer Street, 54 Meredith's Bowling Green, 191 Methodists (Early) in Birmingham, 102-3 -- The First Chapel (Cherry Street), 220; rebuilt, 394; View of, 402. -- Belmont Row Chapel, 364 -- Bradford Street Chapel, 220 -- St. Martin Street (Islington) Chapel, 394,585 -- Other Chapels, in the order of their respective circuits, 585 Methodist New Connexion, 515-6 -- (United) Free Churches, .586 -- Primitive, 586 Midland Institute, see Birmingham and Midland, &c. -- Railway, 449 Miles (John), 212 Military Guard House proposed, 68 Miller (Hugh) in Birmingham, 553 Minerva Tavern (The), 212, 315, 419 Nelson (Lord) his visit to Birmingham in 1802, 327 Nelson Statue, 835-6 ; Farror's bequest for cleaning it, 837 Neukomm's "David," 605; his "Ascension," 605 New Hall, 122; Demolition of, 208 New Hall Estate, 191 New Hall Lane, 64 New Hall Market (The), 191 New Jerusalem Church, see Swedenborgians New Royal Hotel, New Street, 451 New Street, opening of the lower end of, 206; appearance of, in 1800, 308; in 1832, 427-8; old view of-the upper end of, 383 Newdigate (Sir Richard) and the Birmingham Gun Trade, 47 Newhall Hill, First Meeting on, 353 Newman (J. H., D.D.) 586 News Room, Bennett's Hill, 430 Newspaper (The first local), 80; Aris's Birmingham Gazette, 84-5; later Newspapers, 316, 594. Noble's Memoirs of the Cromwells, 817 Norfolk (The Duke of), Anecdotes of, 428 Nott (Job), his Addresses and Pamphlets, 303, 317, 359 Odd Fellow's Hall, 556 "Off to the Wars." 299 Oil-paintings, reproduction of, by Eginton, 287 Old Meeting House, see Unitarians "Old Nell," a bear kept for baiting, 318 Old Square (The) From the Print by W. Westley, 1732, 85 O'Neil (Miss), 383 Onion Fair, alteration of the date of, 439 Operas performed in the Concert Booth, Moseley Road (1778), 260; burning of the building, 260; performances in aid of the burnt-out players, 260, 261 Orders in Council, Agitation against, 349 Organ (Town Hall), 472, 805 Orphanage, see Mason's Orthopaedic Hospital, 365, 601 Osborne (John), 360 Oscott College, 586 Oxford's attempt to shoot the Queen, 482 Pamphlet literature (Local), 317 Papier Machié, Invention of, 218 Paradise Row, 191 Paradise Street, 429 Parkes (Bessie Rayner), 312 -- (Joseph), 312, 409, 413 -- Scholefield, and Redfern (Messrs), 419 Parks (Public) Adderley, 504; Calthorpe, 504; Aston, 505, 12; Cannon Hill, 525; Highgate, 528; Summerfield, 628; Small Heath, 528; Burbury Street Recreation Ground, 528 Parliamentary Elections, Results of, Appendix Parr (Dr. S.) on the "Church and King" cry, 227 (note) Parsonage House, see St. Martin's Patent granted to the Theatre Royal, 326 Patent Office Publications (Grant of), 503 Patriotic fund, against threatened invasion, 333 Paul (Lewis), 111 Paving (Improvement in), 617 Paving, New experiment in, 525 Peace Celebrations (1802), 332 ; (1814), 371 Pearce (J.), 567 Pearson and Rollason, printers, 317 Peck Lane, The Old National Schools in, 429 Peel (Sir R.) Visits Birmingham, 415 Peel Statue (The), 558 Pemberton (C. Reeve), Notice of, 473 ; his description of the Town Hall, 473-5 ; appears at the Theatre Royal, 484; lectures at the Philosophical Institution, 487 Pen-making, 614 Pennington (Mr.), Murder of, 379 Penn's Lane, View in, 370 People's Hall, 550 Periodicals (Local, 316, 594.7, and appendix "Perrott's Folly, " 120 Peterloo Massacre (The), 357 "Petition of Rights " (The), 403 Peyton (R.), 557 Philosophical Institution, 366, 387-8 Pickard's Flour Mill, Attacks on, 300, 802 Pickard's Rotary Crank, 267 Pickpockets at the Festival, 180 Picture Gallery Fund (Public), 619 Piercey, printer, 317 Pin-making, 615 Pitsford and Hammond executed at Washwood Heath, 190 Plague in Birmingham , 45 Players (Strolling) in Temple Street, 56 Plot against Edward Birmingham, 7 Poems by John Collins, 275 Poetical Dream : A Dialogue between the Hospital and New Street Play House, 129 Police Force (Birmingham), 499; appointment of Major Bond, 529 Political History-The East India Company's Charter, 349; the Orders in Council, 349; Success of the Birmingham opposition, 349 ; foundation of the Hampden Club, 350; opposition to the Corn Laws, 350; disturbance at Mr. Jabot's shop, 352; interposition of the Magistrates, 352 ; the first meeting on Newhall Hill, 353; the speeches and petitions, 354, 5 ; the Prince Regent insulted, 355; the Birmingham Loyal Requisition, and the Locked-up Meeting, 355-6; the Newhall Hill Meeting of 1819, 356, 8; the Peterloo Massacre, 358; loyal demonstration, 359.60. prosecution of the Birmingham radicals, 360, Anti-Corn Law Meeting (1826), 396; Beginning of the Reform Agitation, 396 ; the distress in 1829, 397 ; Birth of the Political Union, 397; Meeting in Beardsworth's Repository, 398; object of the Union, 398; Mr. Attwood's Declaration, 399 ; Great Demonstration, 400 ; the Union Medal, 401; first Annual Meeting, 402; Dinner at the Royal Hotel, 403; the " Petition of Rights," 403; the first Reform Bill, 404; Dissolution of Parliament, 404; great meeting on Newhall Hill, 405 ; Another defeat, 405 ; Address to the Country, 406; the third Reform Bill, 406; the Union Hymn, 408; defeat of the bill in the House of Lords, 409; exciting scenes in Birmingham, 409; the middle classes join the Union, 409, another meeting on Newhall Hill, 410; proposed great picture by Haydon, 410; the government counselled to arrest the Union leaders, 410; scene in the barracks, 411; proposed march of the Union to London, 411; the "Solemn Declaration," 412; Lord Grey again in power, 413; the good mews brought to Birmingham, 413; a joyous meeting on Newhall Hill, 413; another reverse, 413; the Reform Bill carried at last, 414; the first Parliamentary election for the Borough, 414 ; Reaction after the Reform Agitation, 450; the Irish Coercion Bill, 450; Demonstration on Newhall Hill, 451; Resuscitation of the Loyal and Constitutional Association, 451; Conservative Activity, 452 ; the Election of 1835, 452; Conservative Banquet. 452; Reform Banquet, 453; Meeting on Newhall Hill, 453 ; a "Woman's Political Union," 453; General Election of 1837, 454; Riot in front of the Royal Hotel, 454; the Chartist movement,- 454; physical force, 455 ; Feargus O'Connor in Birmingham, 455, the Chartist National Convention, 456 ; Removal of the Convention to Birmingham, 456 ; Turbulent Meetings, 457; the Bull Ring Riots, 457461; Resignation of Mr. Attwood, 461 ; Liberal Victory at the Election, 461; The Anti-Corn Law agitation, 530-533; the Chartiste, 531; the Complete Suffrage Association, 532; the points of the Charter admitted by the Town Council, 532; death of Mr. J. Scholefield, M.P., 532; Election of- a Conservative in his place, 532; General Election (1847), 533; the Birmingham Political Council, 533 the Reform League, 533; Jewish Disabilities Bill, 534 ; Sympathy with Hungary, 534; the Catholic question, 63-47; Parliamentary Reform, 537, et seq; General Election (1852), 537; registration of North Warwickshire, objections raised by the Conservatives, 537; General Election (1857), 687; death of Mr. G. F. Muntz, M.P., 538; Election of Mr. John Bright, 538; Lord John Russell in Birmingham, 539; Reformer's Union foamed, 540 ; letter from Mr. Bright, 540 ; his first speech after his election, 540; the Reform agitation, 541-545; General Election (1859), 541 ; Mr. Gladstone's fiscal reforms, 541; the Liberal Association formed, 542; General Election (1865), 542 ; Conservative banquet at the Exchange, 542; the Reform Demonstration of 1866-7, 544-5; the Reform Bill passed, 545; death of Mr. W. Scholefield, M.P., and return of Mr. G. Dixon, 545-6; the Constitutional Association, 546; General Election (1868), 546 ; Liberal triumph over the "minority clause," 546; the Elementary Education Act : Election of the first School Board for Birmingham, 547-8; work of the School Board, 548-9; General Election (1874), 549; Resignation of Mr. G. Dixon, M. P., and Election of Mr. J. Chamberlain, 549; visit of Mr. Gladstone, 549 Polytechnic Institution, 599 Portugal House, View of, 192 Post Office arrangements in 1793, 297 -- (the original), 309 ; Bennett's Hill, 429 ; New Street (New Royal Hotel premises), 617 ; Paradise Street, 617 Postgate (Mr. John), 515 Poultney's Shop, the first lighted with gas, Power (Mr.) as Frankenstein, anecdote of, 432 Pratchet (Richard), death of, 423 "Pratchet's Folly," 310 Prattye (John) and Edward Birmingham, 621 Presbyterians, Broad Street Church, 468, 588 ; Camp Hill Church, 588. See also Early History of the Old and New Meeting Houses Pressgangs in Birmingham, 188 Prices comparison of (1759-1800), 343 Priestley (Dr. J.), Earlier life of, 172-4; accepts the pastorate of the Old Meeting, 221; the Theological Controversy at the Old Library, 201; Controversy with the local clergy, 222; wilful misconstruction of his words, 222 ; sympathy with the French Revolution, 224; Gillray's Caricature, 215, 224; inflammatory handbill, 224; the "Revolutionary Dinner," 235 ; destruction of his house, 228; address to the people of Birmingham, after the riots, 248; description of his house, by M. Faujas-Saint-Fond, 284; continuation of Memoir 285 ; his writings, 317. See also Riots (1791) -- Portrait of, 211 -- Statue, 672 ; view of, 523 Prince of Wales, see Wales Prince of Wales' Theatre, see Theatre Printers (Early) of Birmingham, 114 Priory of St. Thomas the Apostle, 86 Prison (the Old), Peck Lane, 109 ; view of, 104; description of, by John Howard, 185 Proof House Erected, 372 Proprietary School (Birmingham and Edgbaston), 446; view of, 448 Prospect of Birmingham in 1640, 20 (East) of the Town in 1730, by Westley, 69 Protestant Dissenting School, 103 Public Offices, Erection of, 334; view of, 330 Publications (Local), 317 Pudding Brook, 813 Pugh, of the "Wheat Sheaf," 427 Pugin (E. W.,) 464-5 Pump, the Humble Petition of the, 311 Quakers, 53, 103, 174, 588, 623 Queen's College, 589 ; view of, 567 Queen's Hospital, 600-601 Racidula, Wilhelmma, alias " Baroness von Beck," 557 "Radicals," the Reformers first called, 359 Ragg (George), 360 Railway Station (New St), 554-5 -- (Snow Hill), 616 Railways (The Birmingham), 447; Murdoch's and Trevithick's Engines, 447; an affrighted Toll-keeper, 448; the London and Birmingham Railway, 448 ; the Grand Junction Railway, 449 ; opening of the first line in Birmingham, 449 ; completion of the London and Birmingham Line, 449 ; the Midland Railway, 449; the South Stafford Railway, 555 ; the Stour Valley Railway, 557 Rating of small houses, 293, 372 -- Proposed increase of the Borough Rate, 526 Rawlinson's (Mr. R.) Report on the Health of Birmingham, 495 et seq. Rea (The) in 1800, 313 Recreation Ground (Proposed), 486, see also Parks Redd Lyon (The), in Digbeth, 108 Redfern (W.), 480 Reference Library, 516 et seq. Reformation, Tercentenary Celebration, 469 Reform Agitation, see Political History Reform Demonstration on Newhall Hill, view of, 407 Reformer's Medal, Engraving of the, 419 Regent (The Prince) insulted 355, 370 Registration Society (Liberal), 537 Revolution of 1688, Centenary of, celebrated, 196 Rifle Corps, see Volunteer Rigby, (V), first appearance of, at the Festival, Riland (Rev. John), 51, 443 Riot (Sacheverell) in 1715; Riots of 1791, what led to the, 220 ; Riots of 1791; The " Revolutionary Dinner," 226; Spies bring out false reports of the proceedings, 227; " Church and King," 227; The riot commenced, 227; Attack on the Meeting Houses, 228 ; Dr. Priestley's house, 228; The second day, 232 ; Baskerville House sacked and bunt, 232 ; Attack on Bordesley Hall, 233; Hutton's Shop, High Street, 233 ; The third day, 235; Attack on Hutton's house at Bennett's Hill, 235; Catherine Hutton's narrative, 235; Mr. Humphreys' house at Sparkbrook, 238; Mr. Russell's, Showell Green, 238; Miss Russell's narrative, 238; Moseley Hall, 243 ; The fourth day, 244 ; Miss Hutton's narrative, continued, 244; Address of the Magistrates to the rioters, 245; End of the Riots, 246; Conclusion of Miss Russell's narrative, 247; Dr. Priestley's Address, 248 ; Aris's Gazette and the riots, 249; Conclusion of Miss Hutton's narrative, 250; Trials of the Rioters, 253; Claims of the Sufferers, 253; The Union Meeting House, 256; Rebuilding of the Meeting Houses, 256 -- "The Little Riot" (1793), 298; The Scarcity Riots, 300, 302 -- in the market-place and at Edgbaston, in 1810, 331 -- (Religious) in 1813, 364 -- in Moor Street (1816), 352 -- in front of the Royal Hotel (1837), 454 -- in the Bull Ring (1839), 457-61 -- at Snow Hill Flour Mills (1847), 556 -- "Murphy Riots" (1867), 569 Robberies from Carriages in Birmingham, 329 -- from the Coaches, 348 Roberts (John) A Centenarian, 204 Robin Hood Society (The), 314-315 Robinson (The Right Hon.) visits Birmingham, 15 Rodway (A.), 512 Roebuck Inn, Cox Street, 350 Rogers (John) Biography of, 12 -- Portrait of, 13 Roscius (The Infant), 324, 325; the "Young Musical Roscius," 326 Rossini's "Moses in Egypt," 607 Royal Agricultural Show at Aston, 573 -- Horticultural Show, 524 Royal Mail (The first) from Birmingham to London, 315 Royal Touch, 59 Rupert (Prince) Portrait of, 37 Rupert's (Prince) Burning Love to Birmingham, 35 Russell (Lord John) in Birmingham, 589 -- (Lord John) Pen and Ink portrait of, 418 -- (Joseph), 360 -- (Miss) Narrative of the Riots (1791), 238, 247 Russell (Mr.) see Riots (1791) Ryan's Amphitheatre, 437 Ryan's Circus on the Moat Grounds, 387 Ryder (Bishop) 462-3 Ryland (A.) 557 Ryland (Miss) 525 Ryland (Mr.) destruction of his Residence, (Baskerville House) in the riots of 1791, 232 Sacheverell (Dr.) visits Birmingham, 83 St. Chad's Cathedral, Interior of, 458 -- see also Catholics St. Clair (G.), 587 St. David's Society, establishment of the, 423 St. Martin's Church, Early History and Description of, 8-10; during the Commonwealth, 51 ; first "restoration" of, 56; Traffic in Sittings in, 57 et seq. ; Utensils and Vessels belonging to, 58; new organ for, 70; further "improvements" in, 70, 120, 204-5; Restoration of, 574-6 -- View of, after its encasement with brick, 45, -- as restored (exterior), 543 -- (interior), 547 -- Houses round, 70, removal of, 311, 332 St. Martin's Parsonage, 56, 313 ; View of, 338 -- District around (Section of Hanson's Map), 319 St. Mary's Schools, 446 -- Square, Explosion in, 417 St. Philip's Church, 59 -- (Restoration of), 577 -- (Interior) View of, 65 -- (North prospect of), 61 -- (Modern View of), 346 -- Illuminated to celebrate the marriage of the Prince of Wales, 539 -- Churchyard, attempt to close, 493-4 St. Thomas (Priory of), 86 Salt (T. C.), 560 Saltley, 619 Training College, 599 Salutation Inn, Snow Hill, 121 Saracen's Head (The), 108 Snow H ill, 350 Savings Bank (the first), 372 Scholefield (J.), 530, 532 -- (W.), 533; death of, 545 School Accommodation in 1827, 443 School Board (The), 547-9 Schools (Elementary), 597 et seq. Science College, see Mason Scott Trust, 175 (Sir F. E,), 565-6 Scripscrapologia, see Collins Second (Mrs.), Impromptu on, by Collins, 179, Sewage Difficulty, 526 Shakespeare Jubilee at Stratford, 142-4 -- Edition of, printed with Bakerville's type, 144 -- Jubilee Medal, 144 -- Memorial Library, 517 -- Tercentenary, 566 Shambles (The), 54 Ship Inn (The Old), 43 ; View of, 41 Shoe-strings, a protest against, 180 Siddons (Mrs.), 322, 323, 324 ; farewell visit of, 325 Simcox Family, 621 Simpson's (D.) Sacred Literature Sketchley (James), 213 Skey (R. S.), 333 Slater (Samuel) and the Rectory of St. Martin's, 51 Slave Trade, Agitation against, 476 Small Heath, 619 Smart's (H.) "Bride of Dunkerron," 607 Smith (Albert,) 612 Smithfield Market, Construction of, 367 -- Proposed Enlargement of, 420 Smithy or Open Forge in Digbeth, 195 Snow Hill, Execution of Matsell in, 329 Social Science Association, 590 "Society for Free Debate," 315 "Soft-Tommy," 112 Soho, Story of-Boulton's Manufactory at Snow Hill, 138; his character, 138; he removes to Soho, 138; joined by Mr, Fothergill, 138; Assay Office, 139; Savery's Steam Engine, 139; Watt's Im provement, 139 ; Soho in 1774, 140; the Soho Mint, 140; Eginton's Process for Copying Oil Paintings, 141; the Copying Press, 141 ; Extension of Watt's Patent to 1800, 265 ; the first engine made at Soho, 265 ; erection of the engine at Wilkinson's Ironworks, Brosely, 265-6; Services rendered to Boulton and Watt by John Wilkinson, 266; difficulties with workmen, 267; first interview of Boulton with William Murdoch, 268; Murdoch's Locomotive, 268; the Invention of Gas. lighting, 269 ; Bisset's Description of Soho, 270; the Soho Foundry, 271 ; Death of the Founders of Soho, 271-2 Soho Manufactory, View of, 135 -- Illumination at, 197 Somerville's (Alex) Description of the Scene in the Birmingham Barracks, May 13, 1832, 411 Sothern (E. A.), 599 Soult (Marshal), Visit of, 476 Saint Seems (M.), "The Lyre and the Harp,"607 Salford Bridge, 426 Small Heath Park, 528-9 South Stafford Railway, 555 Spanish Armada (The), 18 Sparkbrook, 619 Spooner (R.), 849, 372; elected M.P. for Birmingham, 532 Spring Hill College, 468, 584 Standbridge (T.), 523 Starr Inn (The), 108 Stapenhill (Mrs.) shot by her husband, 551 Steam Coaches-Dr. Church's, 450 ; Messrs. Heatons, 450 Sword-making, 111-112, 341 Statues; Nelson, 335-7 Staunton Collection (The) 43,-519-20 Steam Canal Boat, 424 Steam engine, the first local, 339 -- see also Soho Steam Power, use of, in Birmingham, Stephens (Kitty), 320, 440 Steel Houses (Kettle's), 66 Steel Manufacture, 340 Steel Pen Trade, 614 Steel Toy Making, 113 Stimpson (J.), 550 Stipendiary Magistrate appointed,-503 Stour Valley Railway, 557 Stratford House, 54, 621; Views of, 49, 622 Street Acts, see Lamp Acts -- Acts Amendment Act, 1801, passed, 331 -- Improvements, 1801, 332 -- Condition of the, in 1806, 348 Sturge (Joseph) opposition of, to the Musical Festivals, 441; visits the West Indies, 477; death of, 560 Statue, 564 Statue, View of, 479 Suburbs, 618 et seq Suett (Richard), the Actor, 264, 323 Sullivan's (A.) "Kenilworth," 607; "The Light of the World," 607 Summerfield Park, 528 Sunday Schools, 442 Surveyor (A) of the old school, 497 Swan Hotel (The) 108, 426 Swan (Thomas), 441 Swedenborgians, 221, 395, 587 Swinney (W.), printer, 317; death of, 389 Tavern Bill (Curious Old Birmingham), 168 Taylor John, manufacturer), Memoir of, 218 Mr. Joseph), 396 Temperance Society, the first, 395 Temple Row, 59 West, Old View of, 343 Theatre (The)-Strolling Players pitch their tents near Temple Street, 56 -- (New Street), Earliest Notice of, 90 ; Congreve's "Mourning Bride" performed, 90; "The Siege of Damascus," 90; "Hamlet" and" Othello," 91,141; erection of the first Theatre, on the site of the present house, 144; attempt to obtain a license for, 257; Speech by Mr. Burke thereon, 258; Benefits in the Eighteenth Century, 260-61 ; a Playhouse Riot, 261 ; Burning of the Theatre, 264 ; Suett's wig, 264; the Theatre rebuilt, 318; Macready appointed manager, 319; Anecdotes of Macready, 319-20; "No Music," 320; Miss Kitty Stephens, 320; description of the new theatre, 321 ; Notes from the Playbills 1796-1810), 322-25; a Patent granted, 325-6 -- Royal-A curious Playbill, 380 ; re-appearance of Macready, 880; R. W. Elliston's management, 380 ; his address, 380-81 ; his first appearance, 381 ; Miss Booth, 381; Edmund Kean's first appearance here, 381 ; Charles Mathews, 882; Munden, 882; "Romeo Coates," 382 ; Dobb's Reaping Machine, 383; Miss O'Neil, 383; Grimaldi, 384; Anecdotes of Elliston, 384-5 ; the Bohemian hoax, 385 ; Alfred Bunn, 385 ; burning of the Theatre, 385-6 ; Reopening of the Theatre, 387; Madame Catalan 431; The Theatrical Looker-on, 431; Edmund Kean, Macready, etc., 431; Colonel Berkeley and the Cheltenham Amateurs, 431 ; Anecdote of Grimaldi, 431 ; Mr. Power in Frankenstein: a novel avalanche, 432; a change of management : Mr. Warde, 433; Opening Address by T. Haynes Bayly, 433 ; another "Infant Roscius," 434; " real water," 434; Ducrow, 434; Macready's visit to America, 434; Madame Vestris, 435; "I can't find Brummagem," 435; Paganini, 482; Sheridan Knowles, 462; Charles Mathews 482 ; alteration of prices, 483 ; West's Equestrian Troupe, 484; Charles Reece Pemberton, 484; a combination of "Stars," 484; Mr. Armistead's failure as a manager, 484; Mr. Clarke's management, 484 ; reduction of prices, 485 ; the Gnome Fly, Hervio Nano, 485; a theatrical riot, 485 ; "Lady of Lyons" first performed here, 485; "Nicholas Nickleby," 485 ; Ducrow, 486; Taglioni, 486; Mr. Simpson's management, 486; Macready, 608; first appearance of Sims Reeves in Birmingham, 608; Hackett as Falstaff, 609; Charles Dickens and the Amateurs, 609; the Guild of Literature and Art, 609; Ristori in Birmingham, 610; J. L. Toole, 610 -- --View of (from an old print), 123 -- -- (Interior), View of, 487 -- King Street, 141 ; "Counts " and " As You Like It" performed, 142; "King John," 142; Enlargement of the Theatre, 144,261 -- "The Gentleman's Private Theatre," Livery Street, 261 ; performance of Collins's "Brush" thereat, 262 -- Moor Street, 89, 141 -- -- (The Amphitheatre), 610 -- Smallbrook Street, 141 -- (Minor) in Worcester Street, 386 -- Theatre " Tonks's Colosseum ," Bingley Hall, 610 ; G. V. Brooke, 610 -- (Prince of Wales's), 610 ; Mr. H. J. Byron's first local appearance, (310 ; Mr. Sothern, 611; Mr. J. Rodgers's Management, 611 ; Shakespearian and other revivals, 611 -- (Holte), Aston, 611 Theatrical Looker-on (The), 431 Thomason's (Sir E.) Show-rooms in Church Street, 415 Thornton (Abraham), Trial of, 373 -- Portrait of, 375 To-Morrow (poem by John Collins), 275 Tony Lumpkin's Ramble through Birmingham 323 Toulmin (Joshua, D.D.), 308 Town Books (The Old), Curious extracts from, 50, 57 Town Hall, proposed erection of, 421 -- Barry's Original Designs for, 469 ; Messrs. Hansom and Welch's Design, 470; Description of the Building, 470; the Organ, 472; Charles Reece Pemberton's Description of the Building, 473 -- Old View of, from Hill Street, 471 -- -- from Paradise Street, 435 -- Interior View of, 474 Toy (Samuel), 212 Trades (Local), 47, 111, 337, 496, 531, 613 et seq. -- See also Soho Tramways, G. F. Train's proposal to lay down, 515 -- laid down, 524 Trees (planting of) in the streets, 573 Trevithick's Locomotive Engine, amusing Story respecting, 447 "True Relation (A) of a Great and Cruell Battell fought neer Brumegum," 43 "True Relation of Inhuman Cruelties," 39 Tussaud (Madame), 387, 436 "Twelve Apostles" (The), 212 Twiford (Robert), Murder of, in Snow Hill 329 Tyndall (H. W.) and the Von Beck Case, 557 Union Club House, View of, 535 Unitarians -New Meeting House (Digbeth), 53; New Meeting House, Moor Street, erected, 101; View of, 03; Old Meeting House, 52-3; View of, 52 ; Destruction of the Old and New Meeting Houses, 228; Opening of the Union Meeting House, Livery Street, 256; Rebuilding of the Meeting Houses, 256 ; Union Meeting House, Livery Street, opened, 256 ; Old and New Meeting Houses, 308; Church of the Messiah, 580; View of, 559 ; Fazeley Street Chapel, 580; Lawrence Street Chapel, 580 ; Newhall Hill Chapel, 468, 580; Hurst Street Chapel, 580 Vauxhall, 129, 315, 379, 488 Victoria, Accession and Coronation of, celebrated, 477-8 -- (Queen), Marriage of, celebrated, 481 -- (Queen), first visit of, to Birmingham, when Princess Victorla, 416 -- Visit of, to open Aston Hall, 508 Wales (Prince, of) celebration of the Marriage Vince (Rev. C.), 580 Vittoria (Battle of), celebrated, 370 Vocalists at the Later Musical Festivals, 608 Volunteer Cavalry (Handsworth), 331 -- Challenge Shield, engraving of, 527 -- Enrolment of, in 1795, 300, 306 -- see also "Loyal Association" -- Loyal Birmingham, 333-4 -- Rouse (The) by Freeth, 189 -- Rifle Corps, formation of, 561 Von Beck (Baroness) 559 "Waggon and Horses," Handsworth, 267 Wagner's (R.) Holy Supper 607, Wales (Prince of) visits Birmingham, 527 Walker's Birmingham newspaper, 84 Walsh (J. W.) 560 Wards, Division of the Borough into, 492; new division, 525 Warneford (Rev. S. W.) 600, 601 Warren (Samuel) Publisher of Johnson's translation of Soho, 80 ; his Birmingham Journal, 80 Warwickshire Regiment raised for the defence of the country (1775), 188 Washwood Heath, Double Execution at, 190 -- execution of eight men at, 330 Waterworks, purchased by the Corporation, 526 Watt, Gregory, Memoir of, 285 Watt (J.) Character of, 131) ; his connection with Boulton, 139 et seq. -- Chantrey's Statue of, 272 -- see also Soho -- Statue, 511; View of, 522 Watt's House, Harper's Hill (View of), 139 Watt, (James, the younger) 417, 555 Waxworks, 91 Wealth (Local) 339 Weaman (Mary) 170 Webster (Richard) 212 Wedgwood (Josiah) purchases some of Eginton's reproductions of oil paintings, 288 Well Street (Digbeth), 54 Wellington (The Duke of) visits Birmingham, 415 Welsh Cross, taken down, 309 Welsh Cross (View of the), 58 Wesley (John) in Birmingham, 102, 174, 175, 220 -- (John), Portrait of, 101 Westley's East prospect of Birmingham in 1730-69 Weston (Thomas,) his early career, 494 Wheat Sheaf Inn, New Street, 427 White (Councillor), 529 White Hart (The), 108 Whitehall or Steelhouse Lane, 66 Whitworth (Chas.), 320 Wickins's (Sam.), 314 Wilkinson (John), services rendered to Boulton and Watt by, 266 Wilkes (John, a member of the Jacobin Club), 212 William (Prince) of Gloucester, visit of, to Birmingham, 328 Williams (Rev. Edward), 30S Williams (Edward Lloyd), 423 Wilson (Mr.) at the Theatre Royal, 3801 Wilson, Starkey and Co., explosion on their premises, 417 Withering (Dr. William), memoir of, 219 Windmill, Holloway Head, View of, 187 Witton Cemetery, 512 Wollaston (W.), 72 Wolseley (Sir C.) elected " Legislatorial Attorney," 356 Women's Hospital, 604 Wood paving, 525 Wooler (T. J.), 356, 360 Workhouse (The old), 75, 426 ; View of, 77 -- (The new), erection of, 500 Working Men's Liberal-Conservative Association, 546 Wright (Daniel), death of, 481 note. Wyatt's (John) Experiments in Cotton Spinning, 111 Wycliffe (John) and his new Doctrine, 11 Yates (Mr.) of the Theatre Royal, quarrels with the Festival Committee, 178 Yorke (Grantham M.), 416 |