To BIRMINGHAM, the _Independent_ (from Stourbridge) calls at the New Inn every morning at nine. To STOURBRIDGE, the _Independent_ (from Birmingham) calls at the New Inn every evening at six. CONVEYANCE BY RAILWAY. The nearest _Station_ is at STOURBRIDGE, five miles distant, on the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton line, from whence persons may be conveyed to any part of the kingdom. For conveyance thereto see above. CARRIERS. To BIRMINGHAM, Thomas Parry from Whitehall, Tuesday, Thurs. and Sat. To STOURBRIDGE, Richard Tildesley, from Church st, Monday, Wed. & Fri. CONVEYANCE BY WATER. To & from BIRMINGHAM, DUDLEY, WORCESTER, TIPTON, STOURBRIDGE, and STRATFORD, Boats pass daily, & forward goods to all parts LUDLOW, WITH THE VILLAGES OF BROMFIELD, STANTON LACY, ONIBURY, AND NEIGHBOURHOODS. LUDLOW is a market town, and borough, both corporate and parliamentary, having separate jurisdiction, locally in the hundred of Munslow; 143 miles N.W. by N. from London, and 29 S. by E. from Shrewsbury, and a station on the Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway. It is pleasantly situated on an eminence, in a fertile and picturesque district, commanding a variety of beautiful prospects. The ancient British name of this place was _Dynan Llys Twysog_, or the ‘Prince’s Palace,’ and is supposed to have been the residence of some prince of the country, prior to the subjugation of Wales by Edward I. By the Saxons it was called _Leadlowe_, _Ludelaue_, and _Ludlowe_, which last name, with a slight variation, it still retains. The town is about a mile in length, and was formerly surrounded by a wall, with towers at certain distances; some part of the wall still remains, but the towers have long since disappeared, as have also the gates (which were seven in number), with the exception of one called Broadgate. The streets are mostly wide and well paved, lying in a diverging and inclined direction from the highest, or central part of the town. The houses are in general well built, and some elegant, while all are more regularly disposed than in most inland towns of the same antiquity. The town is lighted with gas, and several of the public buildings of Ludlow are remarkably neat structures. Nearly in the centre of the town, at the top of Broad-street, stands the cross a handsome stone erection; and in Castle-street is the market-house, a large building, beneath which is an area, serving as a corn-market, and the upper rooms, which are commodious, are used for the corporation meetings, balls, assemblies, &c. Two handsome buildings, originating with some spirited gentlemen of the town, were erected in Mill-street and Castle-street, as public rooms, and they include a subscription library, conservative reading rooms; together with spacious ball and refreshment rooms. The museum of the natural history society, a valuable collection, is arranged within the building in Mill street; and here likewise are the