To the WHITMORE STATION, the _Victoria_, from the Unicorn, Drayton, every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday at half-past nine, arriving at the Station in time for the trains for London, Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool, &c. RAILWAY. The nearest _Station_ is at WHITMORE, 9 miles N.E. from Drayton, on the London and North-Western line. Then is a Coach to the Station three times a week, as above stated. CARRIERS. To STOKE and TUNSTALL, George Dawson, from the Royal Oak, Wed. To WHITMORE, Adam Roden, from Little Drayton, daily. CONVEYANCE BY WATER. To all parts of the KINGDOM, the Shropshire Union Railway and Canal Company, from the Old wharf—William Tomkinson, wharfinger; and from Victoria wharf, daily—Robert Johnson, wharfinger. ELLESMERE AND NEIGHBOURHOOD. ELLESMERE is a market town and parish, in the hundred of Pimhill, 169 miles N.W. from London, 16 N.N.W. from Shrewsbury, and 12 from Wrexham; situate near the north-western extremity of the county, contiguous to Flintshire. The town is of Saxon origin, and supposed to derive its name from the water called _Ailsmere_, i.e. the greatest mere—being the most extensive lake in this part of the country; it covers about one hundred and sixteen acres, and is well stocked with fish. Its environs have two advantages superior to other lakes; a good town borders on one side, and the beautiful park of Oteley on the other. A mansion, in the Elizabethian style, erected by the owner of the property, Charles Kynaston Mainwaring, Esq., and a tower of considerable height immediately adjoining it (commemorative of the birth of his son and heir), form picturesque objects from the town: the park is also a fine one, strikingly diversified with hill and dale. Near the mere is a house of industry for the poor of five parishes, from which is a delightful prospect; and on the Castle-hill is one of the finest bowling-greens in the kingdom from which nine different counties may be seen. The green occupies the site of the keep of the ancient castle, a frontier fortress during the unsettled period which preceded the final subjugation of Wales, and was probably demolished about the close of the parliamentary war. Ellesmere formerly gave name to a hundred, which, with its dependencies, was annexed to that of Pimhill, in the 27th year of Henry VIII. Part of the manor of St. John of Jerusalem extends to the town and liberties of Ellesmere, which is exclusively governed by its bailiffs, chosen annually by a jury at a court-leet of the lord of the manor. The ancient hundred court for the recovery of small debts has been superseded by the new county court, in which claims are adjudicated to any amount not exceeding £50. The town has an aspect of respectability and comfort: it is gas-lighted, and the houses are in general neat and well constructed. In 1833 a handsome building was completed for a town-hall and market-house, the ground floor being for the accommodation of those