There are no fewer than nine places of worship under the establishment; they are comprised in the five following parishes, viz. Saint Chad’s and Saint Alkmund’s, vicarages, in the gift of the Crown; Saint Mary’s, a royal peculiar; Saint Julian’s, a perpetual curacy, in the presentation of Lord Tankerville, and Holy Cross and Saint Giles’, a vicarage, in the patronage of Lord Berwick. The church of Saint Chad is a very handsome modern edifice, although on rather a novel pan—the body forming a circle one hundred feet in diameter. Saint Mary’s is one of the most interesting ecclesiastical buildings in the county; it is cruciform in plan, and exhibits specimens of almost every style of ancient architecture. Saint Alkmund’s is a modern gothic erection, with the exception of the tower and spire, which are of elegant proportions. Saint Julian’s, rebuilt in 1750, a substantial brick structure, with a lofty pinnacled tower. Holy Cross is the church of the abbey, a must venerable building. The ancient church of Saint Giles has recently been restored, by the munificence of the Rev. Richard Scott. Saint Michael’s, a chapel of ease to Saint Mary’s parish, is of Grecian design, erected in 1830. Saint George’s, a chapel of ease to Saint Chad’s, erected in 1832, is cruciform, in the lancet or early English style. Trinity chapel likewise belongs to Saint George’s parish. The pleasing and appropriate decorations of the sacred edifices in Shrewsbury excite the attention of every stranger. In the abbey garden is a curious stone pulpit, or oratory. There are places of worship for various religious denominations, of which a list is appended to the directory of the town, as well as of the various institutions, charitable or otherwise. One of the principal ornaments of Shrewsbury is the Royal Free School of Edward VI, erected in 1633, and in which upwards of three hundred pupils, from all parts of the kingdom, are prepared for the university; the present head master is the Rev. B. H. Kennedy, D.D.: the annual income of this establishment is about £3,000.; and belonging to it are numerous exhibitions to the universities. The Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry is visitor, and there are thirteen trustees—the mayor of Shrewsbury, who presides at the several meetings being one. There are other endowed schools of minor importance; a British day school, and another wherein children are instructed on Dr. Bell’s system and annually clothed. The charitable institutions are many—they comprise a small hospital, formerly dedicated to Saint Giles; another, called Millington’s hospital; several almshouses, an infirmary, a house of industry. charity schools, and many private societies for the relief of the sick and poor. The infirmary is one of the oldest provincial hospitals in the kingdom; it was first opened for the admission of patients in 1747. The original building was taken down and a handsome new one erected by subscription, in 1830, at an