the chapels pulled down in Shropshire were those of Wem, Whitchurch, and Shrewsbury. The chapel, in High-street, was soon after rebuilt by the government, and the liberties of Dissenters confirmed and fixed upon a solid foundation. In 1839 the venerable chapel was almost entirely taken down, owing to the building being considered unsafe, and because the commissioners under the street act required a part of the premises. It was rebuilt nearly on the old site, and re-opened for public worship in July, 1840. The interior has a simple and primitive appearance, the fittings are of old oak; there is accommodation for about 300 worshippers. The Rev. Richard Astley has been the respected pastor of the congregation since the year 1831. For a more extended and very pleasing account of this place of worship, we beg to refer our readers to the “History of the Presbyterian Meeting House of Shrewsbury,” published by the present minister in 1847. THE INDEPENDENT CHAPEL, situated on Swan-hill, had, its origin in some unhappy disputes which arose in the congregation worshipping in High-street chapel, relative to the invitation of a minister being invited to settle among them. The chapel is a substantial brick edifice, with a neatly furnished interior, and contains six hundred sittings. On a stone tablet in the front is the following inscription:—“This building was erected in the year 1767, for the public worship of God, and in defence of the rights of majorities in Protestant Dissenting congregations, to choose their own ministers.” There is a cemetery adjoining the chapel. The Rev. Thomas Weaver has been the pastor of the congregation worshipping here for 52 years. THE INDEPENDENT CHAPEL, Castle-gates, a handsome building of free stone, is the most imposing structure in connection with the nonconformists in the town of Shrewsbury. It was erected in 1845, at a cost (including the site) of £3000. The interior has a very chaste, and beautiful appearance; it will hold six hundred persons. The Rev. Edward Hill is the minister. THE CATHOLIC CHAPEL is situated in Beeche’s-lane, near the southern portion of the town walls. It is a neat building erected in 1776, and enlarged in 1825; the front is stuccoed, and surmounted by a plain cross. The interior has a tasteful and elegant appearance; the altar rests on a sarcophagus, on the front of which is a painting of the last supper, above is a figure of Christ on the cross. On the gallery is a small organ, and on each side the entrance an elegant marble shell for the holy water. The chapel will hold about three hundred worshippers. The Rev. Eugene Egan is the priest. A plot of land, extending from Belmont to the southern walls, has been purchased, with the intention of erecting a new Catholic church, on a scale commensurate with the wants of an increasing congregation. The Catholics formerly met for worship in an upper room of an old house in St. Alkmund’s-square.