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 in the representation of Westminster. It is said, that the gallant admiral was more frightened at Tooke's wit, satire, and eloquence, than he would have been at a shower of cannon balls from the enemy.

SANDON, a parish in the south division of the hundred of Pirehill, county of Stafford. Pop. 558, chiefly rural. An, As. Val. £5,170. The Church, dedicated to All Saints, contains an elegant monument to the geologist, Sampson Eardwick, who died in 1603. The living is a dis-rectory, in the archdeaconry of Stafford and diocese of Lichfield and Coventry; K.B. £7 10s. Patron, the Earl of Harrowby. The Grand Trunk Canal passes here, parallel with the Trent.

RUGELEY, a market-town and parish, in the east division of the hundred of Cuttlestone, county of Stafford, pleasantly situated on the main road between Stafford and Lichfield, near the south bank of the River Trent, over which which the Grand Trunk Canal is carried by a noble Aqueduct. Pop. 3,165; An. As. Val. £6,383. The chief trade of the place is in iron, brass, tin-plates, hats; there are also some chemical works attached to the town, for the manufacture of white lead and verdigrease. The Grand Trunk Canal passes the town, giving it the benefit of this great inland navigation. The Church, dedicated to St. Augustine, has been rebuilt, with the exception of the tower and chancel of the ancient church, which still remain. The stone was given by the Marquis