Index of Langford's Century of Birmingham Life, 1870

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ACROSTICS, 36.

ACT for " Enlightening and Cleansing the Streets," 181 ; the subject mooted, 182 ; postponed, 182 ; petition adopted, 183 ; voluntary plan, 183 ; Hutton's opposition, 184; canvass of the town, 185 ; the question stated, 185 ; a curious letter, 187 ; Freeth's Epigram, 188 ; the petitioner's statement, 188 ; the bill passed, 189; abstract of the act, 190; first commission meeting, 192; improved act, 193 ; additional improvements, 194.

A-LA-MODE, 1754, 90.

AMATEUR Hamlet, an, 403.

AMERICA, troubles with, 214.

AMPHITHEATRE, Livery Street, 402.

APOLLO, Temple of, 47 ; Tea Gardens, 48, 301 ; Tavern, 307.

ARE, Thomas, death of, 80.

ASSAY-Office, the, 269 ; opposition of the London silversmiths, 269 ; an expostu- lation, 270 ; the bill in committee, 270; Royal assent, 271; opening the office, 272 ; the first assay-the assay mark- increase of business, 273.

ASH, Dr., 298.

ASHTED, the Hamlet of, 303; Chapel opened, 370.

ASTLEY'S Circus, 255 .

ASTLEY'S, Young, entertainment, 396.

ASTON Park, 115.

BALLOON mania, the, 425 ; Mr. Sadler and Mr. Harper, 426 ; the first attempt, 427; the first ascent, 428; Emma to Mr. Harper, 429 ; the Ballooniad, 430 ; the second ascent, 430 ; mysterious robbery, 431 ; fire balloons and the authorities, 432 ; the incomparable air balloon, 433 ; Mr. Cracknell's lament, 433 ; taste a-la-mode, 434.

BANK, Taylor and Lloyd's, opening of, 115.

BASKERVILLE, John, 99, 214; sale of his house, 302.

BEAN, Club, the, 125.

BEES, Exhibition of, 393.

BELL and Cuckoo, the, 35.

BELLS, the New Church, 52

BIRMINGHAM, Leland's visit to, 10 ; Westley's plan, 14; Bradford's plan, 15 ; poems on, 39, 40, 41, 42; book club, 57 ; Lord Macaulay on, 63 ; Duke of York's visit to, 116; town machine, 118 ; scheme to supply soft water, 122 ; Cheese Market, 124; Beer, a New Song, 133; Magazine, 134;. on the revival of the Oratorios in, 145 ; General Hospital, 153 ; canal navigation, 174 ; Act for "Enlightening and Cleansing the Streets," 181 ; England's Gazetteer, account of in 1778, 197; Directory, 199; poem on a pleasure ground near, 202 ; new churches for, 205 ; coaches and their returns, 224; first trade dispute in, 225; the press- gang in, 227 ; volunteers, 228 ; horse-fair, 230; houses in, 232; cost of the poor of, 233; brass trade, 235; iron trade, 236 ; book society, 238; debating societies, 239; Infirmary, poem on, 249 ; wife-selling in, 264 ; Assay Office, 269 ; Library, the, 280 ; Hutton's description of, 297 ; survey of, 301 ; increase of rates, 309 ; Independent Volunteer Corps, 311 ; invaded by colliers, 311 ; Charity, 312 ; why not a borough, 314; Heath, 315; Com- mercial Committee, 315 ; and the Regency question, 331 ; rejoicings on the King's recovery, 3 3 4 ; Humane Society, 355 ; Liberal Society, 357 ; Swedenborgians in, 369 ; a poem on, 3 7 6 ; Sunday Schools, 409; and the Slave Trade, 434; Riots, 472.

BOOK Club, the Birmingham, 57.

BRASSMAKERS' Petition, 3 14.

BRUSH Trade, dispute in, 366.

BUCKLE manufactory, 373.

BUILDING Society, a, 201.

BULL Baiting, 258, 403.

BURKE, Edmund, letter to, 215.

BUTTONS, illegally covered, 363, 367.

BYNG, Admiral, burnt in effigy, 73.

CALENDAR, bill to alter the, 3 I.

CAMPANOLOGIANS, 256.

CANAL navigation, Birmingham, 174 ; first meeting, 174; Brindley's plan, 175 ; amount subscribed, 176 ; bill passed, 176 ; accident, 177 ; Freeth's Ode, 177 ; cheap coal, 178 ; presen- tation to Mr. Bentley, 179 ; boat-building, 179; other canals, 180 ; opposition, 180; S. Aris and his correspondents, 181; machine for clearing ice from, 232 ; Birmingham to Worcester, 364; Freeth's poem on obtaining the bill,

CANNON STREET Chapel, a scene in, 152.

CARNATION Show, 257.

CARR'S Lane, accidents in, 49.

CHANGE-RINGING, 395.

CHURCH Extension Society, 205.

CLAY, Henry, High Sheriff, 347.

COACHES, and their returns, 224.

COCK-FIGHTING, 43, 44, 89, 143, 258, 262.

COLLECTORS on the road, 56.

COLLIERS, invasion by, 3 I I.

COLOSSUS, the living, 86.

COMMERCIAL Committee, 315, 318, 320; the quarrel between Mr. Woolley and Mr. Garbet, 348.

COPPER Mining and Smelting, 347 ;monopoly of, 353.

COPPER and Brass, plan for the supply of, 327

CORK wigs, 150.

CORN Market, the, 26.

CORSICAN Fairy, the, 146.

COOKE, on the death of the truly humorous Mr. James, 382.

COOPER, Catharine, and her husband, 262.

COUNTERFEIT halfpence, 27, 218, 231.

CRESCENT, the, scheme for building, 304.

CRESSWELL, Elizabeth, 50.

DANCING dogs, 393.

DERITEND, 7, 10; Cattle Market in, 223 ; Chapel, a scene in, 263 ; bridge, 354.

DETTINGEN, defeat of the French at, 23.

DEXTERITY of hand, 146.

DIGBETH, state of, 69.

DOG, learned English, 87.

DRAPERY, price of, 151.

DRAWING and designing, letter on, 82.

DUDDESTON Hall, 88, 103.

DUKE of York's visit, I 16.

DWARF, the surprising, 389.

EDGBASTON Street, 7, 12.

EGGINGTON, Mr. Francis, 385.

ELLIOT, Visit of General, 330.

EMPLOYMENT of the Poor, 338.

ENGLAND, Chronicles of the Kings of, by Nathan Ben Saddi, 246. 365.

CARLES, Joseph, 357, 359,369-

FACES, dissertation on, 394.

FAIRY, a living, 401.

FIGURES in sculpture, 34.

FIRE-WORKS, philosophical, 399.

FISH, scheme to supply the town with,362 ; the scheme commenced, 370.

FOXHALL, John, and his wife, 148.

FRANCE, Commercial Treaty with, 329.

FRANKLIN'S lightning conductor, 115.

FREDERICK, the Great, Ode on, 76.

FREEDOM'S Fair Ground, 329.

FREETH, the poet, 59, 125, 132, 133, 256,

GAMES at public houses, 257.

GARDEN robberies, 109.

GAZETTE, the, and taxes on newspapers,

GENTLEWOMEN of small fortunes, scheme

GEORGE II, Birthday of, 22.

GEORGE III, coronation of, 81.

GILES, Joseph, 140.

HART, lines on the death of the truly facetious Mr. Job, 381.

HAY and Straw Market, 361.

HEATH Mill Lane, 307.

HECTOR'S House, Mr., 52.

HEN and Chickens Inn, 2.

HIGHWAY robberies, 53.

HINCKLEY Hall, 299.

HINCKLEYS, the, 299.

HOAX, a shameful, 408.

HOCKLEY Brook, 105.

HOCKLEY Pool, 5.

HOLT, Sir Lister, 22.

HOLTE, Sir Charles, 213.

HORSE-FAIR, removal of the, 230.

HOSPITAL, the General, 153 ; the proposal, 154; first meeting, 154; first committee, 155 ; purchase of the site, 156 ; trustees, 157 ; second subscription, 157 ; the first musical festival, 158; benefit at King Street Theatre, 160 ; poem on the Hospital and new Play House, 161 ; state of accounts, 163 ; debate, 163 ; renewed activity, I 64 ; second musical festival, 164; number of patients, 166; statement of the Board, 167 ; benefactions, 168 ; illness of Dr. A sh, 169 ; present state of the Hospital; 170; periodical collections, 172 ; fruits of the musical festivals, 173.

HOUSES round the Old Church, 18.

HULL, Mr., his prologue on opening the Theatre, 389; his epilogue for Mr. Poyell's benefit, 392.

HUMANE Society, 355.

HUTTON, W., 131 ; advertisement of his History of Birmingham, 252 ; Description of Birmingham, 297. 365, 378. 223 ; additional tax on, 374. for the benefit of, 91.

INCENDIARY letter, 77.

INTELLIGENCE extraordinary, 265, 266,

IRELAND, our commercial relations with, 268. 322.

JAGO, Richard, 137.

JEWS' burial ground, the, 300; Synagogue,

JOHNSON'S Circus, 140.

JORDAN, Mrs., 404. 369.

KING Edward's School, 28 ; establishment of branch schools, 71 ; prize day, 238 ; night schools in connection with, 385.

LAMBOURNE'S musical glasses, 140.

LAND to be given away, 108.

LANLEY, Captain, 358.

LECTURES, 32, 33.

LELAND'S account of Birmingham, IO.

LIBRARY, the Birmingham, 284 ; Hutton's circulating, 285 ; early meetings, 285 ; removed to the Swan Yard, 287 ; Dr. Priestley, 287 ; scientific books and foreign publications, 288 ; Mr. Cook's motion on books of controversial divinity, 288 ; pamphlets published thereon, 289 ; Mr. Cooke's letter, 291 ; further changes, 291 ; history of the Cooke controversy, 293 ; the Tontine scheme, 293 ; the Medical Library, 294; the Tontine deed, 295; Mr. Jabet's reforms, 295 ; present state of, 296 ; provision for the future, 296.

LIBRARIES, circulating, 131, 379.

LITTLE Devil, the, 394.

LIVERY Street riding academy, 396.

LOCAL Events, a poem, 376.

LONDON Prentice Street, 108.

LONDON thieves, I I 5.

LOUNGE, the evening, 398.

MACAULAY, Lord, on Birmingham, 63.

MAIL coaches, an epigram, 325.

MANUFACTURERS, meeting of, 114.

MARKETS, the, 18; hay and straw, 361;fish, 362; ibid, 370; closed at Christmas, 372.

MATRIMONIAL advertisements, 93 ; announcements, 148, 265.

MECHANICAL exhibitions, 141.

METAL trades, the, 371.

METHODISM, 2 I.

MILITIA, the, 78, 112, 234.

MILTON'S Comus, 143.

MOAT, the, 17 ; Moat-house, the, 109; accident at, 306 ; meadows near, 307.

MOSELEY Chapel, 310.

MUSICAL clock, 46.

MUSICAL Festivals, the first, 158 ; second,

MUSICAL glasses, 260. 164 ; and their receipts, 173. NEGRO boy for sale, 151.

NEW Hall, 5, 66, 104; right of road to footway through grounds of, 105 ; sale of, 302.

NEW buildings, 68.

NEW hotel, meeting to build a, 127.

NEW church, meeting to build a, 128.

NEW concert booth, 259.

NICKLIN, Edward, 139, 253.

OLD Cross, 11 ; the sale of, 300; epigram

OLD Crown House, 16, 103.

OLD Square, 8, 9.

ORATORIOS, 142, 145.

PAGE, George, the Impostor, 55.

PARISH offices, and the surveyors, 30.

PAUPERISM, increase of, 75.

PEACE, proclamation of, 25.

PHENOMENON, uncommon, 377.

PICKERING, Mrs., and her poems, 382.

POEMS on Birmingham, 39, 40, 41, 42 ; on a Pleasure Ground near, 2 0 2 ; on Time and Death, 239; on seeing a Lady nursing her own Child, 246; on the Birmingham Infirmary, 249 ; Local events, 376. on, 301.

POETIC advertisement, 406.

POOR inventor, a, 92.

PORTUGAL money, 2 I I.

POST-OFFICE, the, 29, 121, 123, 126.

POYNTON, Miss, 137.

PRETENDER, the Prince, 23.

PRIESTLEY, Dr., 287, 289 ; medal of, 377,

475, 49'.

PROPITIATORY verses, 37.

PROTESTANT Dissertting Chanty School, , the, 95 ; first meeting and committee, 95; house taken, 96; school opened, 97; first inmates, 97 ; rules, 97; first balance sheet, 98 ; John Baskerville's bequest, 99; present state of the school, 100.

PUBLIC accounts, complaints of the manner of passing the, 330.

PUBLIC charity, 119.

PUBLIC police, 344.

PUDDING Brook, 17, 107.

QUACKS, a quarrel of, 52.

QUEBEC, taking of, 78

RABALIO, Peter, 408.

RATES, increase of, 309.

RATING of Small Tenements, 444 ; Wood- fall's diary, 443 ; statement of the over- seers, 444 ; opposition of William Hutton, 445 ; John Green's letter, 448 ; "Betty Canning," 449 ; meeting of the supporters, 449 ; meeting of the opposition, 453 ; Timotheus Fairplay, 454; Hutton's second letter, 456 ; a peace- maker, 458; an "unbeknown," 459 ; Hutton's third letter, 460 ; Joseph Jukes, 462; Benjamin Parker, 463; the Petition Committee, 463 ; Over- seers' reply to Mr. Parker, 464; Parker's second letter, 465 ; James Murray, 467 ; Joseph Jukes again, 468 ; the new Guardian Act, 471 ; conclusion, 471.

REBELLION, the, 1745, 23.

REVOLUTION commemoration, 421 ; en- thusiasm of the nation, 422 ; the cele- bration, 423 ; the illuminations, 424.

REYNOLDS, Mr., on the death of, 381.

RIOTS, 73, 119.

RIOTS, the Birmingham, 472 ; the French Revolution, 473 ; religious controversy, 474 ; Dr. Priestley's labours, 475 ; Mr. M. D. Hill, on the riots, 476; the advertisement, 477 ; the incendiary handbill, 478 ; one hundred guineas reward, 479 : an extraordinary appeal, 480; the Gazette report, 481 ; thanks of the dissenters, 486 ; Hutton's letter, 486 ; meeting of the inhabitants, 487 ; Morfit's poetical effusion, 489 ; Ode to Dr. Priestley, 491 ; Church and King, 492 ; Ode to Liberty, 494; a Revolution song, 495 ; charges against the Dissenters, 4.96 ; the trials, 496 ; Deaths from injuries at, 497 ; anonymous letter, 498 ; the Amphitheatre, 498; anecdotes by Mr. M. D. Hill, 498 ; the bill of costs, 499 ; conclusion, 499.

ROBIN'S Josiah, proposals for employing the poor, 340.

ROBINSON'S, George, ditto ditto, 338.

ROBINSON, Mrs., and her benefit, 390.

RODNEY'S, Admiral, victory, 310.

RUNAWAY wives, 49.

SADDI'S, Nathan Ben, Chronicles of Kings of England, 247.

SATCHELL, Miss, lines to, 388.

SCRIPTURAL sculpture, 144.

SERGEANT Galbet, and his recruits, 152.

SHAKSPERE Jubilee, the, 145.

SHAM fights, 407.

SHENSTONE, W., 130.

SIGNS, 51. SLAVE Trade, Birmingham and the, 434 ; Mr. Clarkson's visit, 434 ; public meeting, 435 ; petition to parliament, 436 ; slave trade defenders, 437 ;. regulation scheme, 438; vote of 100 guineas, 439 ; Gustavus Vasa, 440; motions in Par- liament, 441 ; further agitation, 442 ; the Abolition Act passed, 443.

SNOW Hill, Salutation Inn, 6.

SOCIETY for free debate, 386.

SONS of the whip, 405.

SPAIN, war declared with, 113.

ST. Martin's Church, 110, 113 ; bells,

ST. Martin's Parsonage, 12.

ST. Mary's Chapel, 207.

ST. Philip's Church, 9.

ST. Paul's Chapel, 208; stained glass window for, 385.

STAGELDOIR, Miss, lines on, 390.

STEVENS, on the death of the celebrated G. Alexander, 381.

STEEL trade, the, 358.

STONE-EATING, 397.

STORMS, 115, 217.

STREETS, changes in the names of, zoo.

SUMMIT Bridge, the, 337.

SUNDAY SCHOOLS, 409 ; first meeting, 410; rules and orders for, 410; letter by Clericus, 411 ; letter from Mr. R. Raikes, 412 ; election of committee, 414; schools opened, 415; difficulty with subscribers, 415 ; a year's working, 416 ; complaint of the dissenters, 417 ; second report, 418 ; third report, 419 ; Unitarian Sunday Schools, 420 ; existing schools, 42 I.

SWEDENBORGIANS, first chapel in Birmingham, 368.

SWINNEY'S Birmingham Chronicle, 210 ;

TAILORS, trade dispute of the, 225.

TAILOR'S, a, adventure, 405.

TAX, lines proposing a new, 319 ; on

TAYLOR, Mrs., the female Hamlet, 397.

TEMPLE Street, house and garden in, 3.

TEST and Corporation Acts, the, 34 I.

THANKSGIVING day celebration, 378.

THEATRE, the, 45, 46, 89, 143, 144; first attempt to obtain a license for, 273 ; a caution, 274; defence of players, 274; the stage in Birmingham, 275; New- street Theatre, opening of, 276 ; prologue at, 276; theatrical intelligence, 277 ; the license question, 278; the proposed bill, 279 ; another prologue, 280; debate on the second reading, 281 ; rejection of the bill, 283; outrages at, 398 ; ibid, 402. 124.

THEATRICAL quarrel, 146 ; apology, 404.

THIEF'S earnings, a, 94.

THREATENING letters, 149, 263.

TOMLINSON, Mr., verses on, 380.

TOWN machine, the, and the poor, 70.

TRADE demonstration, a, 152.

TRIFLER, the, by E. Nicklin, 253.

TUTIN, Mr., and the Tutanian button, 378.

VENTRILOQUIST, a living, 402.

VERDICT, on a late, 132.

VERNON, Admiral, 20.

VOLUNTEER Corps, 3 I I.

WALKER'S, Mr., lectures, 252.

WALMER Lane, 8.

WANTED, a good husband, 405 ; a servant,

WAREHOUSE keepers and waggoners, 30. 406.

WARWICKSHIRE, election song, 2 I 2.

WATT, James, 221.

WAX works, 47.

WEAVERS, meeting of, 26.

WEIGHTS and Measures, 360.

WELSH Cross, the, 11.

WESTON'S, Joseph, Elegy on reading George Barnwell, 384.

WHIPPING at a cart's tail, 406.

WHITFIELD, Mrs., 39s.

WIFE-SELLING, 409.

WIGS, and what they produced, 405.

WILKES'S release, 125.

WILKINSON, Rev. Mr., to the memory of,

WILSON, Jacob, 269.

WOLFE, General, Ode on the death of, 84.

WOODHOUSE, James, 135.

WORKHOUSE apprentices, 317. 139.

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ALLEN, Edward, the case of, 267.

ALLIN'S, J., poetic advertisements, I38, 267.

AMELIA, Princess, death of the, 239.

AMIENS, Peace of, 112.

AMPHITHEATRE, the, 259.

ANCHOR tea gardens, 9.

AN elegant mansion, 194.

ARIS's Birmingham Gazette, history of, 590, 591.

ARMITAGE, James, death of, 561.

ART, Work of, 117.

ARTIZANS, first public meetings of, 322, 327 ; and the commercial distress, 571.

ARTS, Birmingham Academy of, 363; Society of, 409 ; first announcement, 410; first meeting, 411 ; donations, 412 ; Society of, 494 ; first exhibition, 503 ; new building, 507 ; first conversazione, 509.

ASHTED, 3, 4.

ASHTED Chapel, 17, 70.

ASHWIN, subscription for his family, 19.

ASTON Park, robbery at, 140.

ASYLUM, the, 79.

ATTACK on the King, 59.

ATTWOOD, Thomas, 318.

BANKERS and five-guinea notes, 31.

BANK failure, 466, 584. BARRACKS, first stone of, laid, 22.

BASKERVILLE, J., disinterment of, 356.

BASKERVILLE Place, Canal, 342.

BAPTIST Chapel, new, 236.

BEDFORD'S, Paul, first appearance in Birmingham, 397.

BELL, Dr., 36o.

BENEFIT Concert, 130.

BENEVOLENT Society, 46.

BILLINGTON, Mrs., 252.

BIRKBECK's, Dr., Lectures, 242.

BIRMINGHAM, effects of the riots, 1 ; plan of, 4 ; building in, 6 ; Heath enclosure, 10 ; population and houses, 12 ; baracks, 22; and Warwick Canal, 28; riot bill, 32 ; penny-post for, 35 ; Little Riot, 36 ; malicious report of fever in, 39; charity, 41, 45 ; Benevolent Society, 47 ; volunteers, 49 ; the distress in, 54; Workhouse, 57; Public Office, 78; Asylum, 79; Anacreontic Society, 87 ; General Provident Society, 93 ; bill for improvement of, 101; Botanic Garden, 111 ; the Peace of Amiens, 112 ; Bisset's poem on, 118; Theatre burnt, 125; Dispensary, 142 ; Nelson's visit to, 203 ; Asylum, 212 ; Union Fire Office, 215 ; Prince William of Gloucester, visit to, 215 ; proposed visit of the King, 217 ; population of, in 1801-11, 241; Library, 242 ; Morfit's poem on, 285 ; volunteers, 272 ; first statue in, 299; a free town, 309; gardens, 312; streets bill, 321; first Royal Mail, 321; artizans, 322; Proof House, 328 ; poor rate bill, 343 ; fair, 345; Academy of Arts, 363; Philosophical Society, 368; Romeo Coates in, 382; Deaf and Dumb Institution, 403 ; Society of Arts, 409 ; Political History of, 412 ; Drake's Picture of, 438 ; improvements in, 442 ; houses in, 441 ; Savings' Bank, 444; Workhouse, 445 ; Mr. Robinson's visit to, 454; Eye Hospital, 455 ; Journal, 462 ; Friendly Institution, 472; Botanical Society, 480; Banking Company, 48o; - Duke of Wellington's visit to, 487 ; Spectator, 497 ; Mechanics' Institution, 499; Independent, 503; Magazine, 504; School of Medicine, 505 ; Chantrey's visit to, 504; Spurzheim's visit to, 5o6; Map of, 5o6; Free Grammar School, 510, 588, 592 ; Law Society, 512 ; Town Hall, 550; Market Hall, 552 ; value of property in, 552 ; Fish Market, 553 ; cholora in, 556 ; Zoological Gardens, 565 ; Marshal Soult's visit to, 579; Town Mission, 581 ; Herald, 587 ; Educational Statistical Society, 595 ; British Association in, 597; Loyal and Constitutional Association, 625 ; Charter of Incorporation, 647.

BIRTHDAYS, Royal, 34, 42.

BISSET's Birmingham, i I8.

BLAKE'S Illustrations to Blair's Grave, 243.

BLICK, Francis, death of, 209.

BLUE COAT School, 65, 113, 502,

BOOT and Shoe Makers, 227.

BORDESLEY Tavern, 7.

BOTANICAL Garden, 111, 480, 488, 493, 561.

BRITISH Association, the, 576, 598.

BROUGHAM, Mr., thanks to, 324, 333.

BUCKLE manufactory, 14, 16.

BULL-BAITING, 134, 137, 138, 268, 612.

BULLOCK, Mr., 117.

BUTTONS at Court, 41.

BUTTON trade, 61, 62, 89; white metal, 233, 584.

BURKE, Master, 521.

BURN, Rev. E., and Dr. Priestley, I8.

CAMDEN Hill Villa, 310.

CAMPANALOGIANS, 124.

CANAL tunnel, Worcester and Birmingham, 74.

CAPITAL punishment, meeting on, 484.

CARLES, Mr., 394.

CARR'S Lane, New Meeting House, 351.

CARTWRIGHT, Major, statue of, 514.

CATALANI, Madame, 262, 515.

CATHOLIC Association, 458, 462.

CATHOLIC Emancipation, 477.

CAUSE Célêbre, 186; impostor, 186; his arrest, 187 ; his-identification, 188 ; his committal, 189; "The Duke of Ormond," 189 ; Duke or no Duke, 191 ; tried at Warwick, 191; tried at the Old Bailey, 192 ; hanged, 192.

CHARITY, School, new, 362.

CHARTIST riots, the, 634; meeting at Holloway Head, 635; the National Convention, 635 ; Bull-Ring meetings, 636; state of the town, 636 ; proclamation, 637 ; the London police, 638 ; resolutions of the Convention, 639 ;the riots, 640; Town Council Committee, 641; presentation to Mr. J. B. Hebbert, 642 ; election, 642 ; Lovett and Collins, 642 ; Mr. Dundas's report, 643.

CHEAP cook shops, 72.

CHELTENHAM amateurs, the, 517.

CHOLERA, the, 494, 555.

CHRIST Church, 204; founding of, 218; consecration of, 325 ; dispute about, 351.

CHURCH Extension, 349.

CHURCH Rates, 490, 570.

CHURCH'S, Dr., steam carriage, 564.

CLAY, Henry, 33.

CLIMBING BOYS, 347.

CLOCKS and Watches, tax on, 76.

COCK-FIGHTING, 135, 268, 402, 526.

COCKFOUNDERS, the Master, 457.

COLLARD, John, 117.

COLLINS, and his Entertainment, 123.

COMBINATION Laws, 204, 402, 562.

COMMERCIAL Society, 326, 352, 358, 469, 483

COOKE, Rev. J., death of, 563.

COPPER and Brass Trades, 19.

COPPER, high price of, 18, 86, 87 ; trade, 110, 207 ; duty on, 462.

CORBETT, Joseph, 572.

CORN Market, 229; laws, 331, 467, 580.

COTTAGE of Content, the, 8.

CRICKET, 611.

CRIMINAL Code, meeting for reform in, 355.

CROFT, Dr. G., on the baptism of dissenters' children in the Church, 222 ; death of, 247.

DAVIES, Dr. Birt, 568.

DEAF and Dumb Institution, 403 ; Mr. De Lys's lecture, 403 ; first meeting, 404; the committee, 404; address, 405; opening of the, 406 ; benefit at the Theatre, 407 ; Rev. C. Kennedy's address, 407 ; last report, 408.

DERITEND, houses in, 5 ; bridge, 67, 75, 76, 80, 329, 438.

DERITEND turnpike, removal of, 476.

DIGBETH, houses in, 5.

DISCUSSION, religious, 471, 488.

DISPENSARY, Birmingham, 142 ; annual meeting, 143 ; laying the stone, 143 ; the new building, 144; self-supporting, 475.

DISTRESS in Birmingham, 53; letter from the Duke of Portland, 54 ; distress loan, 468.; commercial, 573, 576.

DOBBS, Mr. and Mrs., 381 ; song, "I can't find Brummagem," 523; new entertainment, 525 ; death of Mr., 576.

DOMESTIC servants, 348.

DRAKE'S picture of Birmingham, 438.

DUDDESTON town, 444.

DUGDALE'S, Sir William, Life, Diary, &c., 503.

DUNCAN, Admiral, victory of, 77, 80. DUTCH Dwarf, the, 393.

EARLY closing, 465.

EARLY mail to London, 240.

EARTHQUAKE, 61, 333

EAST India Company, protest against the monopoly of the, 318.

EDMONDS, George, 318.

EDUCATIONAL Statistic Society, Birmingham, 595.

EGINTON'S painted window at Great Barr Chapel, 121 ; at Court, 371.

ELLISTON, R. W., and the Theatre Royal, 375; his addresses, 377, 394.

EMPLOYMENT for children, 65.

EVERITT and Son, 371.

EYE Hospital, 455.

FACTORY Act, 331, 335, 338, 561.

FAIR, postponement of the, 241.

FEVER Hospital, 460, 474, 476.

FIRE Insurance Company, the first, 215.

FISH, supply of, 19 ; market, 553,

FLANDERS, warm clothing for the army in, 38.

FLOOD, destructive, 582.

FORESTALLING, Ingrossing, and Regrating, 101.

FORGERIES, Bank of England, 349.

FREEHOLD Land Societies, 569.

FREETH, the Poet, 270; his poetry, 271; Birmingham ale tasters, 271; Weston's lines to, 272 ; Birmingham volunteers, 272 ; invitation to Vauxhall Gardens, 273; Birmingham buckles, 274; John Eckstein's Picture, 275 ; Birmingham tranquillity (1776), 276; his death, 277; portraits, 277.

GAS Light Company, 340, 351.

GENERAL Hospital, 234.

GEORGE III., anniversary of his accession, 235 ; of the 50th year of his reign, 239 ; death of, 353.

GORDON, Lord George, 37.

GOTTWALTZ, John, postmaster, 34.

GRIMALDI, 392.

GUARDIAN Act, new, 479.

GUILLOTINE, la, 124.

GUTTERIDGE'S, Mr., lectures, 586.

HARBORNE Penny Club, r10.

HARLEQUIN Mariner, or the Fairy Oak, 129.

HATS and Gloves, 23 ; hats, duty on, 233

HEATH-MILL Lane, 195, 314.

HERALD, Birmingham, the, 587.

HOLLINS, William, and the Bull-ring pump, 199.

HOLLINS, Thomas, drawing of High Street, 202.

HOLLINS, Peter, bust of E. Grainger, 498 ; exhibition of sculpture, 514.

HOSPITAL collections, 91.

HOUSEHOLD bread, 92.

HOUSEKEEPER wanted, 528.

HOUSE of recovery, 332.

HUTTON, W., and his riot claims, 19 ; his life, 371.

HOWE's, Lord, victory, 42.

INCENDIARY fires, 25.

INCORPORATION, the charter of, 648.

INDEPENDENT, the Birmingham, 503.

INDUSTRY, schools Of, 361.

INFANT schools, 499, 500.

IRELAND, distress in, 450, 491.

IRON, proposed tax on, 78, 222.

JABET, Mr. R., 337, 371.

JACQUES, the French giant, 517.

JEWELLERY trade, the, 584.

JEWS' Synagogue, laying the foundation stone of the, 236.

JOHNSTONE, Dr. John, death of, 568.

JONES, Richard, 383.

JOURNAL, the Birmingham, 569.

KEAN, Edmund, 380.

KEMBLE, John, 132.

KENNEDY, Rev. Rann, on the coronation of George IV., 357 ; on the death of the Princess Charlotte, 372 ; on the character of George Canning, 505.

KING, attempt on the life of the, 98 ; birthday of the, 100.

KING Edward the Sixth's Free Grammar School, 510, 551, 553, 588, 592, 597.

KNOTT, Jonathan, death of, 329.

KNOTT, Thomas, death of, 581.

LAMBERT, Daniel, 260.

LAMENTATIONS Of James, 401.

LANCASTER, Joseph, on education, 243.

LANCASTERIAN Free School, 361.

LA Poupee Parlante, 517.

LAWLEY, Sir Robert, death of, 31.

LAW Society, Birmingham, 512.

LEIPSIC, battle of, 328.

LENCH's Trust, 459.

LLOYD, Charles, death of, 474, 580.

LLOYD, Sampson, death of, 227.

LODGE'S historical portraits. 586.

LOMBARD House, 198.

LOWCELLS [Lozells] the, 4.

LUCKCOCK, James, 371.

LYING-IN Hospital, 327. Lys, Dr. De, death of, 492.

MACAULEY, Miss, 384.

MACREADY, W. C., his first appearance, 263; his farewell, 521.

MAIL, the first royal, 321.

MARKET Hall, new, 552.

MARKET, new beast, 315.

MASONIC Festival, 241.

MATRIMONIAL advertisements, 401, 527.

MATSELL, Philip, execution of, 224.

MATTHISON, Arthur, 522.

MAXWELL'S daggers, Dr., 23.

M'CREADY, Mr., 130, 373.

MEAT, high price of, 86.

MECHANICS' Institution, 501, 508, 596, 601.

MEDICAL Pneumatic Institution, 44,

MEDICINE, school Of, 505, 514, 587, 594.

MOAT, the, i96.

MILITIA, warm clothes for the, 41.

MINOR Theatre, 392.

MONTGOMERY, James, 596.

MOORE, Mr. Joseph, 319.

MORFITT, J., and his account of Birmingham, 278 ; harvest home, 280 ; gardens, 281 ; lodges, 281 ; morals of the people, 282 ; politics, 283 ; trades, 284 ; the British Tocsin, 284; poem on Birmingham, 285 ; his death, 286.

MUDIE, Miss, 257.

MUNTz, G. F., 318.

MUTINY in Birmingham, 48.

NELSON, Lord, visit of, 203 ; statue to, 299 ; Nelson's victory, 300 ; his death, 301 ; naval pillar, 302 ; the- funeral, 303 ; suggestions for a memorial, 305 ; the statue, 306 ; Farror's Bequest, 308 ; Mr. Lines's Drawing, 308.

NEW button, 354•

NEWSPAPERS, new tax upon, 74. NEWS room, 244, 496.

NEW Street, improvements in, 439. NEW trade, a, 556.

NILE, battle of the, 80.

NOTT, job, and his tracts, 116.

ODD entertainment, 133.

OLD Meeting House School, 353.

O'NEIL, Miss, 387.

ONE pound notes, 73.

ORDERS in Councill and their effects, 318 ; revocation of, 324.

ORTHOPAEDIC Hospital, 343.

OSLER'S, F., Anemometer, 590.'

OWEN'S, Owen, decent Burial Society, 46.

PAINE, Tom, burnt in effigy, 29.

PANDEAN Concert, 253.

PANTOMIME, speaking, 383.

PARKES'S, Joseph, history of the Court of Chancery, 505.

PARIS, Treaty of, 329.

PARK Street, land and gardens, 8.

PATENT laws, the, 557.

PATRIOTIC fund, 220.

PEARSON, Thomas Aris, death of, 115.

PEDESTRIANISM, 402.

PEMBERTON, Charles Reece, 655.

PENNY-POST for Birmingham, 35.

PHILOSOPHICAL Society, Birmingham,, 368.

PITT, William, death. of, 221.

POLICE bill, 29.

POLITICAL History, 412 ; Hampden Clubs, 412; first Newhall Hill meeting, 413 ; the Prince Regent fired at, 415 ; proposed address, 415 ; Gazette comments, 415 ; declaration, 418 ; resolutions, 418; meeting at Newhall Hill, 420; Proclamation against seditious assemblies,. 423 ; the leaders indicted, 423 ; Scene at the Theatre, 424; James Luckcock's letter, 425 ; another meeting at Newhall Hill, 425 ; Constitutional Society, 427 ;apprehension of George Ragg, 428 ; the"Radicals" at Church, 428; Ragg's Handbill, 428; Government prosecutions, 429; action against George Edmonds, 430; the Grand jury's resolution, 431 ; trial for conspiracy, 432 ; seditious libel prosecution, 434; loyal meeting, 435 ; the Birmingham prosecutions, 436; George Edmonds's advertisment, 529; dinner to Henry Hunt, 530 ; representation of Birmingham, 529 ; Birmingham election bill, 530; distressed state of the Country. 531 ; the Political Union, 532; objects of the Union, 534; duties of Members, 534; Town's Meeting, 535 ;the Union Medal, 537 ; Sir Francis Burdett, 537 ; the French revolution, 1830, 538; an Episode, 539; Anniversary of the Political Union, 541; Non-Union Reformers, 541; second reading of. the Reform bill, 542 ; George Edmonds's services, 543 rejection of the Bill, 543 ; scene in the House of Commons, 545; great meeting in Birmingham, 546; the bill rejected by the Lords, 546; Town's Meeting, 547; the, Union and the Reform bill, 612 ; meeting at Newhall Hill, 613 ; " the gathering of the Unions," 614; state of the country, 615 ; resignation of Earl Grey, 616 ; " No taxes paid here," 617 ; declaration, 618 ;. presentation of the freedom of the city to Thomas Attwood, 620 ; Earl Grey returned to office, 620; the Bill passed, 621 ; celebration dinner, 622; the election, 623; indictment against the Ministry, 623 ; public dinner, 624; Loyal and Constitutional Association, 625 ; general election, 625 ; Reformers' Registration Society, 627 ; reorganising the Political Union,. 627 ; Protestant meeting, 628; constitutional anniversary, 625 ; Political Union, 629; Reform dinner, 630 ; Conservative reading room, 631 ; Constitutional Association meeting, 631; Reform Association, 632; general election, 632; election riots, 633.

Poop, Children., education of, 360, 362.

POOR, condition of the, 212.

POPULATION returns, 441.

POST Office, 331.

PRATCHET, Richard, 197 ; death of, 465.

PRIESTLEY, Dr., death of, 208 ; centenary of, 557.

PRINCESS Charlotte of Wales, marriage of, 337 ; death of, 345.

PRINTERS in London, distressed, 468.

PRIVATE Theatricals, 252.

PROOF House, laying the foundation stone of, 328.

PROUD, Rev. J., his Address, 29.

PROVIDENT Society, 93, 472, 477.

PUBLIC Houses, 84.

PUBLIC Office, 78, 85 ; and Prison, new, 219, 225, 226.

PUDDING Brook, accident in, 6 ; Garden by, 312.

PUMP, the Bull-ring, 199.

QUEEN Caroline, her trial, 354 ; death of, 359•

QUEEN'S Hospital, the, 585•

RAILWAY, Birmingham and Manchester, opening of the, 574, 579.

RATED Houses, 340.

RATING of small Tenements, 341.

REFORMATION Society, new, 475, 479•

REFORMATION, Tercentenary Of, 565.

RESURRECTIONISTS, the, 528.

RIOTING, reasons for not, 52.

RIOTS of 1791, 19 ; -assessment for, 22 ; and the engines of St. Martin's, 27; bill, 32 ; levy 43 ; scarcity, 50 ; potato, 236; riots again, 320, 337 ; at the Theatre, 607,

RIOT, the little, 36; Bread, 97, 103.

ROBERTS, John, death of, 21.

ROBINSON'S; Mr., visit to Birmingham, 454•

ROMAN Catholic Cathedral, 551.

ROMAN Catholics and the-Army and Navy, 225.

ROMEO Coates in Birmingham, 382.

RoscIus, the young, 254; Weston's lines on, 255 ; his father's letter, 256 ; Mr. Bisset on, 256 ; the infant, 519 ; the African, 523.

RYAN, Mr., 384.

RYDER, Bishop, 566.

RYDER'S, Bishop, Church, 575 , Consecration of, 580.

SALT, T. C., 318.

SAND Pits, gardens in, 310.

SAVINGS Bank, 333, 444, 470.

SAWYERS, 210.

SCARCITY riots, 50; and the attempts to meet it, 107.

SCHOLEFIELD, death of the rev. R., 207.

SCHOOL, Lancasterian, 245, 248 ; evening, 370.

SCHOOL of industry, female, 114.

SERVANT girlism, 401.

SHAKESPERE Club, 581.

SHOE Trade, dispute in the, 21.

SIDDONS, Mrs., 260.

SIEUR Sanches, 373•

SLAVERY, Abolition Of, 451, 558, 560.

SMALL Arms, manufacture of, 324, 334.

SMITHFIELD, new, 311.

SMITH, Timothy, the death of, 563.

SNOW Hill, Saracen's Head in, 313.

SOCIETY for the relief of poor aged women, 461

SOHO, the world of, 144; Mr. Smiles's description of, 145; Swinney's directory, 146 ; holiday at, 147 ; the new Foundry, 148 ; Bisset's survey, 150; illumination at, 150; men of genius, at, 151; visitors to, 152 ; Copper coinage at, 153 ; death of Francis Eginton, 153 ; death of Matthew Bolton, 154; Mr. Bolton's Funeral, 154; death of James Watt, 155 ; death of William Murdock, 156.

SOULT'S, Marshal, visit to, 578.

SOUP Shops, 93 ; collection for, 96.

SPEAR in an elephant's tooth, 136.

SPECTATOR, Birmingham, 497.

SPICEAL Street, garden in, 9.

SPOONER, Richard, 318.

SPRING Gardens, accident at, 7.

SPURZHEIM, Visit Of, 506

ST.DAVID'S Society, 456, 461.

STEAM Canal Boat, 469.

STEAM Carriage, 556.

ST. GEORGE'S Chapel, Edgbaston, 568, 579.

ST. GEORGE'S Church, 353; commemoration of, 448 ; Church and Parish; 449.

ST. MARK'S Chapel, 584.

ST. MARTIN'S Burial Ground, 484.

ST. MARTIN'S Church, 19.9, 205.

ST. MATTHEW'S Church, 583.

ST. PETER'S Church, 465, 471 ; burning of, 489.

ST. THOMAS'S Church, consecration of, 482.

STURGE, Joseph, 569;, and the Musical Festival, 481, 571.

SUNDAY School Jubilee, 515.

SUNDAY School, the Methodist, 243•

SUNDAY trading, 20, 71, 73, 83•

SWEDENBORGIAN Chapel, attempt to burn the, 29; Chapel, Paradise Street, 236.

TAYLOR, James, jun., Freehold Land Societies, .569.

TEMPERANCE Societies, 492, 554, 562, 578.

TEMPEST, dreadful, a, 240.

THEATRE, destroyed by fire, 125 ; rebuilt, 127 ; redecorated, 259 ; made a patent house, 261 ; destroyed by fire again, 397 ; the 'new, 400.

THEATRE, private, 123.

THEATRICAL Address, 519.

THEATRICAL Looker-on, 516.

THEATRICAL Publications, 497, 498.

THORPE, Lieutenant, 237. To arms ! to arms, once more ! 286 ; the Peace of Amiens, 286; thanksgiving, 287 ; war declared again, 288; the theatened invasion, 288 ; voluntary subscription, 289 ; the volunteer corps, 289; local officers, 291 ; address to the ladies, 292; first field day, 294; advice of the doctors, 295 ; heroic act, 296 ; anonymous letters, 297 ; flannel dresses, 297 ; state of the corps, 298 ; consecra tion and presentation of colours, 298 ; Edgbaston and Aston, 298. TOWER Street, 314.

TOWN Hall, the, 485, 486, 550, 552 ; strike at, 564.

TOWN, improvements in the, 198.

TRADE trouble, a, 346, 463.

TRAFALGAR, battle of, 219.

TRANCE, a, 137.

TREASON and Sedition, 161; Address to the King, 161 ; Association against Republicans and Levellers, 162 ; Association of Loyal True Blues, 165; Church and King Club, 165; Birmingham Association, 166; Address to the Hundred, 167; another meeting, 168; the Protestant Dissenters, 169; the Innkeepers, 170; Twenty Guineas Reward, 172; Messrs. Binns and Jones, 172; an explanation, 173 ; History of the Year, 175; protest against Ministers, 175 ; treasonable and seditious paper, 176

TWYFORD, Robert, attempt to murder, 223.

UNION Mills, the, 156; Mr. Bell's Letters, 156; flour and bread, 158; advantages of the mill, 16o.

VAUGHTON'S Hole, 3X4.

VICTORIA, Princess, visit to Birmingham, 486 ; birthday of, 571 ; accession to the .,throne, 573 ; coronation of, 577 ; marriage of, 583 ; shot at by Oxford, 585•

VOLUNTEER. Associations, 176,; County meeting, 177 ; offer to raise regiments, 177 ; Loyal Birmingham Associated Cavalry, 179 ; Light Horse Volunteers, 179 ; voluntary contribution, 18o ; presentation of colours, 181.

VOLUNTEERS for the Navy, 49.

WALKER'S Lectures, 247.

WALLIS, Mrs., 130.

WARNEFORD'S, Dr., donation, 594.

WARWICK, execution at, 141.

WARWICK Canal, 28.

WARWICKSHIRE, Graphic Illustrations of, 495.

WASHWOOD Heath, execution at, 265.

WATER mill in Park Street, 201.

WATER Works Company, 228, 230, 239, 466.

WAX Work, Madame Tussaud's, 379, 517.

WEAVER'S Museum, 588, 587.

WELLINGTON'S, Duke of, victories in Spain, 324, 327 ; visit to Birmingham, 487.

WILLIAM IV., death of, 573.

WILSON'S, fearful accident at, 453.

WITHERING, Dr., 26.

WOMEN'S Market, ii.

WOODMAN, Opera of the, 129.

WORKHOUSE, Birmingham, 445.

WORONZOFF, Comte de, 132.

WRIGHT, Daniel, Death Of, 599.

THE END.

W. G. MOORE & Co,, GAZETTE BUILDINGS, HIGH STREET, BIRMINGHAM.