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. The Hospital is a commodious building, with every requisite such an establishment can require; it has about £3,000 in the funds, and has a liberal list of annual contributors. Medical students, who attend this institution regularly, have the same professional advantages as those derived from the London hospitals. The Lunatic Asylum is a building on a large scale, and, with the grounds, gardens, &c., covers 30 acres, and Almshouses for 12 aged persons. The County Hall is the finest piece of architecture in the town; in it is an armoury, containing 1,000 stand of arms for the Staffordshire militia. The County Goal is also a fine building; but we have not room for further details—we trust sufficient has been given to assure the stranger that the town is worth a visit. We must, however, notice, that the hotels are numerous and highly respectable; but if our reader should happen to be an an old bachelor, or a man who has seen the world, and who prefers a good table and snug quarters to show and exhibition, we would verily recommend our old friend, at the Vine Inn, in Vine-street, pledging our own particular experience that he will no where find a better bed, a better bottle, or better board, than at this antiquated-looking hostelrie, the very appearance of which bears the significant expression of , which expression is never eradicated by the appearance of a bill with extortionate charges, for here every thing is as reasonable as good things can be.

Stafford gives the title of Baron to the family