being made to establish races also in the month of November, and a small theatre is open in Mill-street during the race meeting. The parish church of Saint Lawrence (formerly collegiate), a very spacious and elegant cruciform edifice, appears to have been built in the reigns of Henry VII. and VIII. From the centre rises a lofty square tower, embattled and handsomely embellished: this tower adds, in no small degree, to the beauty of many of the views in the surrounding country. In the chancel are several fine monuments of the Lords Presidents of the council of Wales, who resided in the neighbouring castle. The living is a rectory, in the gift of the Crown; the Rev. John Phillips is the present incumbent, and the Rev. Robert W. Russell, B.C.L. is the lecturer. There are places of worship for Independents, and Wesleyan and Primitive Methodists. Almshouses, containing thirty-three apartments for indigent persons, founded by Mr. John Hosier, merchant; others, called Fox’s almshouses, erected in 1590, and a well sustained dispensary for the sick poor, are among the charities of Ludlow. The grammar school, an excellent foundation, in Mill-street, is under the regulations of a charter granted by Edward IV. by which both the ancient and modern languages are taught; and in a national school are instructed a considerable number of children of both sexes. The healthful situation of the town and the beauty of the surrounding country have been the means of inducing numerous families, of independent fortune, to make Ludlow and its vicinage their residence. The principal seats in the neighbourhood are Oakley Park, two miles hence, the property of the Hon. Robert Henry Clive, M.P.; Ludford House, Francis Lechmere Chariton, Esq.; Caynham Court, Sir William Curtis, Bart. and Downton Hall, Sir W. E. R. Boughton, Bart. The principal market, which is for grain, is held on Monday; and the smaller markets for provisions on Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday. The fairs are the Monday before 13th February, Tuesday before Easter, Wednesday in Whitsun-week, May 1st, August 21st, September 28th, the first Monday in November, and December 6th. Large quantities of butter and cheese are brought to the first and last mentioned fairs, and hops, cattle, horses, sheep, and pigs, to the others. The municipal borough of Ludlow (which consists of the parish of St. Laurence), contained, in 1841, 5,064 inhabitants, and in 1851, 4,691, being a decrease of 373, but the parliamentary borough (which consists of the parish of St. Laurence, part of the parish of Bromfield, of Stanton Lacy and of Ludford, part in the county of Salop, and part in the county of Hereford), contained, in 1851, 5,376