The adjourned Meeting of the Inhabitants of this Parish to
take into consideration the best means to be adopted for
the liquidation of the Salaries of the Officers, and other
debts, (amounting according to the accounts presented at the
last meeting to nearly £800), due in respect of the Churches
of St. Thomas, St. John, and St. James, will be held in the
Vestry of St. Thomas's Church, on Wednesday morning next,
the 13th instant, at Eleven o'clock, when your attendance is
respectfully and particularly requested.
Signed,
T. FEREDAY,} Ex-Wardens
} of
E. HOLLIER,} St. Thomas's.
Died, November 3rd, 1853, Mr. Geo. Bailey, Senior, formerly a Grocer
and Provision Dealer, in New Street. Aged 79 years.
Died November 18th, 1853, Mrs. Henry Parkes, of Wolverhampton Street.
Aged 44 years.
December 26th, 1853. A very heavy fall of snow took place this day, and
continued at intervals until January 11th, 1854. All train and road
traffic was suspended, and the snow drifts were 16 feet deep in many
localities. The privations and sufferings amongst the poor were very
great.
1854. Died January 20th, Mr. John Rann, of Hall Street, Printer. This
wonderful and active old man was known to be the oldest man in Dudley,
having attained the age of 98 years.
January, 1854. A new Organ was erected in St. Edmund's Church, at a
cost of £360. This sum was raised by public subscription, and the
highly-esteemed Rev. Jno. Davies, M.A., was the Incumbent of the Church
at the time.
January, 1854. The Metropolitan Association for the Improvement of the
Dwellings of the Poor, was adopted in Dudley with much _eclat_. Dr.
Browne was appointed Chairman, and Mr. Wm. Barns, Solicitor, Secretary,
with a powerful and influential Committee. February 1st, 1854. This
day a deputation of Church attendants at St. Edmund's Church presented
the Rev. A. Kerr Thompson, M.A., Master of the Dudley Grammar School,
with an address from the congregation thanking him for his services as
Evening Lecturer in that Church.