ELECTED TORIES.
| Votes. | |
| Isaac Badger | 1565 |
| Thos. Griffiths | 1500 |
| Jos. Guest | 1402 |
| Jos. G. Walker | 1378 |
| Edw. Fisher Smith | 1372 |
| M. Dennison | 1290 |
| Jno. Aston | 1223 |
| Jas. Harrison | 1201 |
| Jno. Renaud | 1166 |
| Francis Northall | 1166 |
REJECTED LIBERALS.
| Votes. | |
| S. H. Blackwell | 940 |
| A. B. Cochrane | 876 |
| Thomas Wood | 772 |
| J. C. Cook | 771 |
| —— Thomson | 710 |
| Evors Swindell | 707 |
| Alex Patterson | 657 |
| Jno. Finch | 651 |
| D. Lloyd | 517 |
METROPOLITAN ASSOCIATION FOR IMPROVING THE DWELLINGS OF THE INDUSTRIOUS CLASSES.
Dudley Branch.
March 31st, 1854.
In a handbill addressed “To the Ratepayers of the Parish of Dudley,” by “Another Quiet Observer,” occurs the following paragraph:—“As to Model Lodging Houses, Public Hall, School of Design, Mechanics’ Institute, &c., of which they make such boast; all very well I reply provided they are paid for by Private Enterprise, and not by Public Rates.”
As this, if uncontradicted, is calculated to produce an erroneous impression that the Public Money is being or is to be applied to the furtherance of these objects, I beg to give a most unqualified denial that such is the case as to the Model Lodging Houses, the funds for which are being raised by Shares of £25 each, with limited liability, under the Provisions of the Charters of the above Association.
Any further information respecting which will with pleasure be afforded by