tive to those into whose hands it may chance to fall, as it will be exemplified that, in the year 1830, the Author completed the laborious work of sixty large medals on the Bible, and that the Author has assumed the liberty of filling up the Sacred History from one medal to another to the best of his ability, which will present to the mind of the young reader an opportunity to inform himself, by the most concise and easy way, of "the beauty of holiness," and of the most important and sacred historical events, which will mend and improve the heart, and induce him, for his comfort, consolation, and salvation, to

"STUDY THE HOLY SCRIPTURES."

MEMOIRS.

I was put a pupil—or, what is the fact in another way of expressing it, I was, at the age of sixteen, articled to Messrs. Boulton and Co., of Soho, to learn their trades, until I attained the age of twenty-one years. The extent of the manufactory, and the variety of machinery used for the furtherance of the manufacturing of the numerous articles made there, as buttons, bronzes, steel toys, silver and plated wares, and steam-engines, excelled all others of the like description in Europe. I was initiated in this scientific school of Soho, which induced in me a versatility of taste for mechanism, and to cultivate the arts and sciences. It, nevertheless, gave me an ambitious feeling far beyond the means I possessed, on coming of age, to indulge in.

My father was in business, as a buckle-manufacturer, above forty years, during which period buckles were worn by all classes, from the monarch to the peasant ; and it is supposed nearly six thousand persons, including men, women, and children, were employed in the town of Birmingham in making them. My father erected his dwelling-house, in early life, in St. Philip's Square, on that side called Colmore Row; and the houses from his own residence to the corner, and down part of Church Street, were his property, behind which were his warehouses and manufactory which he occupied during the time he was in business. He was extremely industrious

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MEMOIRS.

I was put a pupil—or, what is the fact in another 1795. way of expressing it, I was, at the age of sixteen, articled to Messrs. Boulton and Co., of Soho, to learn their trades, until I attained the age of twenty-one years. The extent of the manufactory, and the variety of machinery used for the furtherance of the manufacturing of the numerous articles made there, as buttons, bronzes, steel toys, silver and plated wares, and steam-engines, excelled all others of the like description in Europe. I was initiated in this scientific school of Soho, which induced in me a versatility of taste for mechanism, and to cultivate the arts and sciences. It, nevertheless, gave me an ambitious feeling far beyond the means I possessed, on coming of age, to indulge in.

My father was in business, as a buckle-manufacturer, above forty years, during which period buckles were worn by all classes, from the monarch to the peasant; and it is supposed nearly six thousand persons, including men, women, and children, were employed in the town of Birmingham in making them. My father erected his dwelling-house, in early life, in St. Philip's Square, on that side called Colmore Row; and the houses from his own residence to the corner, and down part of Church Street, were his property, behind which were his warehouses and manufactory which he occupied during the time he was in business. He was extremely industrious

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