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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.
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

    Letter Box.

    To the Editor of the Bridgnorth Beacon.

    Sir.—I hail with pleasure the appearance of your little publication, because I believe that, in your hands, it will tend materially to the social, moral and religious improvement of our town. We have long felt the want of some such medium for the free communication of our thoughts and feelings, on various subjects of local interest, and many valuable ideas and suggestions have been lost to the public for the want of some channel through which they might have been made known, your paper will supply that medium. Many subjects of deep importance to the well-being of the town just now occupy public attention,—the introduction of a good and abundant supply of water for the use of the whole town, (for which measure the Inhabitants are deeply indebted to the present Corporation,)—the proposed improvements to the sewerage and drainage of the town, to which the attention of all is now anxiously and earnestly directed, as one great mean for the sure and permanent advancement of the interests of the town,—the over-crowded condition of our churchyards, which have long presented an evil, now become almost intolerable,—the advantage to the town of Railway communication,—the want of which seems rapidly cutting off our town from the rest of the world, injuring our markets, and depreciating the value of property,—the advancement and consolidation of literary institutions for the moral and intellectual improvement of the working classes,—the encouragement of schools for the instruction of the rising generation,—all these are matters of the highest importance, and will, I trust, be freely, faithfully, and impartially discussed and advocated, in your local journal,—it will, I trust, with a vigilant eye, watch over all that concerns the moral and physical condition of the community, and especially of the poorer and more exposed classes,—above all I trust it will steer clear of that hateful party spirit which only narrows the mind, and proves the bane and destruction of every effort to do good, and honestly advocate whatever is right without reference to the party or quarter from whence it comes,—if the Beacon will adopt and follow out this plain line of duty, it will, I believe, secure the countenance of the great majority of the town and neighbourhood.

    I sincerely hope that all who feel a real interest in the prosperity of our ancient borough will come forward and support your spirited undertaking.—I am, Sir,

    Your faithful servant,

    Vigil.

    Bridgnorth,
    29th. September, 1852.

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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