the inconvenience without, the walls of these regions of fire, around which the inhabitants are, in general, in good health. On Constitutionhill is the extensive Floor Cloth Manufactory (the only one in the town) of Mr. Kempson, and a little lower down, is the Manufactory of Messrs. Jennens and Bettridge, in improved Papier Máché and japanned articles. Accident, in viewing the rainbow-tinted pearl shell, led to the admirable improvement of inlaying the trays, waiters, &c. with this brilliant produce of the great waters. These gems of the ocean, being aided by the art and graces of the pencil, in subjects of Natural History, Botany, and Entymology, as well as in the luxuriant designs of fancy, are exquisitely beautiful; and we are gratified to find that the talent, taste, and time, as well as property, that the proprietors have bestowed upon these subjects, are most liberally encouraged and supported. Perhaps there is no branch of Birmingham manufacture that has undergone so great an improvement, or that has attained to so high a degree of perfection, as this.-The best specimens of the art are in the style of, and may be considered to rival, the productions of the country from whence it was first derived. At the bottom of Constitution-hill Snow-hill, Water-street, Summer-lane, and Little Hampton-street end in one central point.-Standing in the middle of the road, and looking up the straight line of Little Hampton-street, a front view of St. George's Church appears, with considerable effect, although the situation is low;-a view of its tower only, is seen to more advantage from the top of Snow-hill, taking a similar station to the above, at the extreme points of Bull-street, Great Charles-street, and Bath-street. St. George's Church is a neat gothic structure recently erected, and its exterior and interior display considerable architectural taste.

In Livery-street there is a considerable mass of building, which was originally erected for an equestrian amphitheatre, but like anoher theatre, which we have before described, it has been converted into a dissenting meeting-house, to which considerable additions and improvements have been made within the last few years, Pursuing the course of Livery-street, crossing the Birmingham and Fazeley canal, and continuing along Great Hampton-street and Hockley, on a direct line, many improvements appear, both in the houses and the arrangement of the street. Indeed, this entrance into Birmingham, may now be considered as one of the best the town possesses. Keyehill, Hockley-pool, Warston-lane Brewery, and Soho, are in this

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neighbourhood to the westward, and will be described in our last circuit. Returning through Great Hampton-street, and Great Hampton-row, several new streets present themselves. We now enter Summer-lane, nearly at the western end of which, is the General Hospital, and at the southern end is the Asylum. The General Hospital was completed in 1779, after a lapse of twelve years from its commencement in 1766. This circumstance arose from want of funds; and the amiahle intentions of Dr. Ash, an eminent physician of Birmingham, under whose auspices and superintendance it commenced, were unfortunately protracted; but shortly before it was finished, contributions and subscriptions flowed in rapidly, and it was erected at an expence of £7137 10s. Od. From that time, the donations and annual subscriptions continued to increase, as did also the patients, which required and caused two additional wings to be erected in 1791, at the expence of £3016 10s. 10d. Within the first year of the original building being erected, upwards of three hundred patients were admitted, out of which, not more than ten died, clearly evincing the attention, skill, and humanity of the faculty, who generously gave, and continue to give, their valuable time gratuitously. The out-patients exceeded in number those who were relieved within its walls. We have the authority of Mr. Hutton for the following statement of the number of patients and amount of subscriptions.

Of these last, 1276 were cured, 317 relieved, 9 incurable. 1816 to 1817

1197

2497

£1450 1s. Od.

Within the above year, 1947 cured, 602 relieved, 59 died. 1817 to 1818 1167

2451

£4507 4s. Od.

Out of the above number, 1374 cured, 234 relieved, 188 incurable, and 59 died. From the opening of the hospital in 1779, to 1818, 30,536 patients were admitted, and 35,341 out-patients received the benefit of this noble institution.

The establishment of the Triennial Musical Festival, a few years

after the building of the Hospital was completed, has, in addition to the annual subscriptions, enabled the committee to render incalculable advantages to the distressed. The eminence to which these triennial music meetings have arrived, are mainly attributable to the efforts of an active committee, and the zealous attention, and able superintendance of Mr. Joseph Moore, an inhabitant of Birmingham, and to whom the gentlemen of the town and its environs, generously provided from their own private subscriptions, a valuable service of plate, which was presented to him by the Rev. Dr. Outram, Rector of St. Philip's, on the 3rd of April, 1812.

The festival of 1814, amounted to the gross sum of £7171 2s. Od. that of 1820, £8426 11s. 3d. from the latter £4296 10s. 10d. was produced to the Hospital. The receipts at these festivals continued to encrease; those of 1823 exceeded £11,000, nearly one half of which was cleared in favour of the General Hospital.

The Humane Society for the recovery of persons apparently drowned, originally instituted by the inhabitants of Birmingham in 1790, was in the year 1803, transferred and attached to the General Hospital. The professional gentlemen who attend gratuitously, and humanely give their advice and aid are as follows.-Physicians, Dr. J. Johnstone, Dr. Male, Dr. Booth, and Dr. De Lys.-Surgeons, Mr. Wood, Mr.Vaux, Mr. Hodgson, and Mr. A. Jukes.-House Surgeon and Apothecary, Mr. F. Jukes.-Matron, Mrs. Hawkes.

Continuing to the end of Summer-lane, the excellent and well-constructed charity of the Asylum, for the infant poor of Birmingham, is pleasantly situated, with gardens in front and rear of the building, and which has sheltered, at one period, upwards of 400 inmates. The committee of Guardians and Overseers of this praisworthy institution, from unremitting attention and zeal, have not only been enabled to purchase the premises and additional buildings and improvements, but also about two acres of land;-a property altogether to the parish, worth about £6,000. This eligible Institution commenced, upon the above appropriate site in 1797.-The committee are chosen annually, and the greatest attention is paid to the accounts, state of the Institutution, and to the health of the children, and the produce of their labours in the manufacturing of pins, straw plait, lace, &c. About 400 children are, on the average, fed, clothed, and educated; fourths of which are employed as described.

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