y. C. Dyer, 321 



' Mr. Dyer resided at Moldeth till the death of Mrs. Dyer 

 in 1 842, who thus escaped the calamities that fell upon the 

 family by the collapse of the Bank of Manchester. Mr. 

 Dyer continued to reside there, with his younger sons, till 

 compelled to sell the mansion as above explained, when 

 it was purchased by Mr. Edmond Wright, from whose 

 executors the Ecclesiastical Commission purchased it, for 

 the seat of the first Bishop of Manchester. It is now 

 converted into a hospital for incurables. 



* On the sale of Moldeth, Mr. Dyer returned to his old 

 house in Burnage, where he lived with his two younger 

 sons, Frederick and Wilson, a literary man and an artist. 

 There he occupied himself solely with science, literature, 

 and politics, having ceded the machine works to Messrs. 

 Parr, Curtis and Madeley. His contributions to various 

 journals were very numerous, and, with the pamphlets 

 he occasionally published, covered a great number of 

 subjects. In all movements for promoting the welfare of 

 the working classes, for the reformation of abuses, and 

 especially in support of Free Trade, he took an active 

 part, his mental energies by no means affected by his 

 advancing age. This was no doubt due to his extremely 

 temperate and regular habits. He was not, however, 

 what is called a teetotaller, taking one or two glasses of 

 light wine with his dinner, and a tumbler of warm sherry 

 and water before going to bed. As he finally attained the 

 great age of ninety-two, this slight mention of his habits 

 will not be out of place. There is no complete list of his 

 writings, nor, as yet, a classified resume of his works, which 

 would be of some interest to the public, and especially so 

 the notes and sketches of the men and events of his own 

 times. One of his MSS. was sent for publication to a firm 



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