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 eight choristers. Its revenues are stated in K.B. at £559 17s. 3½d; those of the dean and chapter at £275 13s. 4d. The Cathedral, dedicated to the Virgin Mary, is a most magnificent structure, in the decorated Gothic style of architecture; its western front is a most majestic specimen of the pointed order. The interior of this edifice is remarkable for its many admirable specimens of sculpture, among which are the busts of Dr. Johnson (who was born in this city), and David Garrick; but the most exquisite specimen of the perfection at which this art has arrived is the monument erected to the memory of the two infant children of Mrs. Robinson; the classic elegance of the design is well worthy of the taste, beauty, and finish of the execution. The infatuated bigots who composed the portion of the army that besieged Lichfield in the civil wars, committed the most scandalous excesses in this majestic pile, defacing its monuments and breaking the exquisite tracery which once ornamented it, the groined roof of the nave being almost the only portion of the building that escaped injury. The livings are all peculiar, in the patronage of the dean and chapter of Lichfield. St. Mary's, a dis-vicarage, K.B. £10; St. Chad's, a curacy, not in charge, P.R. £89 10s; St. Michael's, a curacy, not in charge, P.R. £91 12s. Here are also places of Worship for various denominations of dissenters, and a Catholic Chapel. The charities in this city are very numerous and important, among which are