| Year. | Worcester. * | Cleobury. † | Orleton. ‡ |
| 1835 | — | 29.16 | 27.265 |
| 1836 | — | 32.93 | 28.155 |
| 1837 | 24.465 | 31.18 | 28.545 |
| 1838 | 23.850 | 28.73 | 26.355 |
| 1839 | 34.595 | 37.70 | 34.145 |
| 1840 | 20.715 | 26.94 | 25.800 |
| 1841 | 29.649 | 34.82 | 32.770 |
| 1842 | — | 25.09 | 25.480 |
| 1843 | — | 30.42 | 29.935 |
| 1844 | — | 23.56 | 21.730 |
| 1845 | — | 27.91 | 27.405 |
| 1846 | — | 29.24 | 27.015 |
| 1847 | — | 28.60 | 27.985 |
| 1848 | — | 36.69 | 39.015 |
| 1849 | 23.88 | 30.79 | 26.945 |
| 1850 | 18.66 | 22.84 | 24.615 |
| 1851 | 18.93 | 21.33 | 28.276 |
* The first series of these observations at Worcester were taken by Mr. T. R. Hill, at the Literary and Scientific Institution, and those for 1849–51 by Dr. Turley, St. John’s. It would seem as though less rain fell in this neighbourhood than in other parts of the county; but the years given happen to be amongst the drier ones, and in general it will be found that more rain falls at Worcester than in most other parts of England. The mean height of the thermometer in the midland districts of England is about 50°, at Worcester the mean will be found slightly to exceed that figure.
† From observations taken by Mr. Hunter of Mawley Gardens.
‡ From observations taken by Mr. T. H. Davis of Orleton, who possesses an accurate register of the rain which has fallen in each month for the last twenty years. The result shows May to be the driest, and November the wettest, month, and gives 2.19 as the average of January; February, 2.21; March, 1.91; April, 2.05; May, 1.82; June, 2.41; July, 2.39; August, 2.70; September, 2.41; October, 2.80; November, 3.16; December, 2.17; and of the whole year, 28.276 inches.
ELECTIONS OF 1852.
Worcestershire East—J. H. H. Foley, Esq., and Captain Rushout reëlected without opposition.
Worcestershire West—Hon. General H. B. Lygon and F. W. Knight, Esq., reëlected without opposition.
Worcester—May—(Election on Mr. Rufford’s accepting the Chiltern Hundreds)—William Laslett, Esq., of Abberton Hall, had some time previously announced himself as a candidate for the representation whenever a vacancy should occur, professing Radical opinions. The Conservatives brought forward Mr. Charles M‘Garel, who declared himself a supporter of Lord Derby’s Government; but as he was not explicit on the subject of “Protection,” he found so little favour with the voters, that after four days’ canvass he left the city. Mr. Laslett was then returned unopposed. July—Mr. Ricardo and Mr. Laslett united the suffrages of the Whig and Radical parties, and the candidate supported by the Conservatives was J. W. Huddleston, Esq., the well known barrister on the Oxford Circuit. He avowed himself a Free Trader, but would support Lord Derby’s Government in other matters. The Sheriff’s return showed 1,212 votes given for Mr. Laslett, 1,164 for Mr. Ricardo, and 661 for Mr. Huddleston.
Kidderminster—Mr. John Best, the former member, was opposed by Robert Lowe, Esq., a member of the Australian Council from 1843 to 1850, and member for Sydney in 1848. He professed to be ready to support Lord Derby’s Government according to their measures, though a thorough Free Trader. He thus obtained the support of the Whig and Radical parties in the borough, and also of a section of the moderate Conservatives. He was returned on the poll by a majority of 94: the numbers being—Lowe, 246; Best, 152.
Bewdley—Sir Thomas E. Winnington, Bart., Liberal, and Joseph Sandars, Esq., Conservative, were the candidates—Viscount Mandeville having been previously elected for Huntingdonshire. The votes were—for Winnington, 169; Sandars, 151.