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 various classes of Dissenters, and one Catholic chapel. The government of the town is vested in a mayor and 24 aldermen, four of whom, including the mayor, are justices, elected annually by the freemen. It sends two members to Parliament; the electors are householders of £10 and upwards, and are about 1,100 in number. The mayor is the returning officer. There are several charities and public buildings worthy of the attention of the visitor; and the records of the town furnish much curious historical information.

From Birmingham.

53¾ 43½

From hence there is, within a little more than five miles, a succession of four excavations, and as many embankments, varying from a quarter of a mile to a mile in length, on which ground the railroad goes under 9 bridges, and over 1. We have stated them together, as doing so in detail would weary the reader. There is nothing further worthy of remark until we arrive at the 441 mile-post, when we have a view of the woods in 's domain.

52¾ 44½

At the 44½ post, a little to the south-east, and about a mile from the railroad, is. This is a fine specimen of the singular style which prevailed at the commencement of the 18th century; it is a quadrangular building of considerable dimensions, principally built of red brick; the cornices and door-cases being of stone; the large bay windows in the front, and the open