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Bridgnorth Beacon Articles

Below is a list of all the articles and advertisements which appeared in the first issue of the Bridgnorth Beacon, dated 1st October 1852. The transcriptions can be viewed by clicking on the titles.

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Articles:

1. Notice to Advertisers.
2. Advertisement - Stationery
3. Advertisement - Publication
4. Advertisement - Drapery
5. Advertisement - Bookseller
6. Births, Marriages and Deaths.
7. Notice to readers and correspondents.
8. Bridgnorth Beacon - Our Title
9. Bridgnorth Beacon - Our Objects
10. Report on the Morfe Flower Show.

    Rural Fetes

    The recent Morfe Flower Show at Apley Park, invites comment. There is a great deal more good in these pleasant reunions than appears on the surface. It is difficult to look on the happy faces of cottagers and holiday-takers and not perceive that the admixture of all ranks and grades, from high-bred dames to high-dressed damsels, in one mutual pleasure taking, is productive of much good feeling amongst them all, independently of the main object of the society, - to bring out the skill & industry of the cottagers in the several departments. There are also other pleasures connected with these Horticultural Exhibitions. It is very pleasant to look at the Dahlias and Roses and Hollyhocks, and other beauties of Flora; to regard with longing eyes the juicy melons and blushing apples; but in our poor judgment it is better still to have the privilege of seeing the fair beauties of a more animated kind, rustling in silks and muslins to the great dismay and discomfiture of unhappy bachelors, at this yearly gathering. Then again there was the dancing, and meeting of friends, and enjoyment of scenery, and all the other concomitants of a delightful summer day, spent in delightful summer scenery. Apley Park always looks pleasant. Many a time have we wandered with delight over its sylvan precincts. But on the day in question when its solitudes were enlivened by the hum and noise of thousands, it looked to still greater advantage. It is true that the Autumnal chills will by this time have made our readers almost forget the 26th. of August. But it is equally true that a reminder can do them no harm.

    The flowers and fruit were tempting enough, and quite kept up the credit of the Society; they have perhaps been better on one or two other occasions. We had intended to give a list of the prize-gainers; but it is now too late, though we were unwilling to let the opportunity pass without expressing an interest in the Morfe Society, and gratitude to its patrons and officers in the name of the public, for their disinterested exertions to promote its success.

11. Opinion on emigration for gold-hunting.
12. Report on the harvest.
13. Local Information - Grammar School, Choral Society and Philharmonic Society
14. Local Information - School-masters' Association
15. Local Information - Quatt School
16. Local Information - Religious & Useful Knowledge Society, Mechanics Institution
17. Local Information - Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, etc.
18. Local Information - Sanitory state of the town.
19. Local Information - Militia
20. Local Information - Cholera, and the Fair
21. Petty Sessions - Conviction of Hawker
22. Police Reports - Non-payment of poor rate calls.
23. Police Reports - Drunkenness
24. Letter to the Editor
25. Letter to the Editor
26. Letter to the Editor
27. General Information - England - Politics and the death of the Iron Duke
28. General Information - England - the Advantages of Free Trade.
29. General Information - England - A Royal Teacher.
30. General Information - England - Proposals for new ocean vessels.
31. General Information - Ireland - Erin go Bragh
32. General Information - Ireland - Tenant right.
33. General Information - Ireland - An Irish Mother (a pig tale).
34. General Information - Scotland
35. General Information - America
36. General Information - America - Christianity among the Jews
37. General Information - America - Drinking pact.
38. Ecclesiastical Information
39. Ecclesiastical Information - Methodism, Convocation and the Vicarage of Shiffnal
40. The Press - The Duke of Wellington
41. Literary Extracts - Advice to Theologians
42. Literary Extracts - Fasting Extraordinary (An account of the process for electing new Bailiffs)
43. Literary Extracts - Habits of a Man of Business.
44. Poetry - Introduction.
45. Poetry - The Buried Flower
46. Poetry - The Nightingale
47. Serapiana - Random facts and information.
48. Serapiana - Prescriptions for moods and fits.
49. Serapiana - Anecdote on annexation.
50. Serapiana - Anecdote on the rewards of honesty.
51. Serapiana - An unfinished ode, and printer's notes.

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