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tirme two days, for the following principal plates 

 and stakes, viz. : — 



The Lewes' Stakes of 20 sovs. each, with 50 

 added. 



The Members' Plate of £50. Her Majesty's 

 Plate of 100 gs. A Plate of £50, for all ages. 



A Handicap Sweepstakes of 3 sovs. each, with 

 40 added. 



WARWICKSHIRE. 



Birmingham. — A large town in the hundred of 

 Hemlingford, 109 miles from London. It stands on 

 the verge of the two counties of Worcester and 

 Salop ; so that some of the villages, which may be 

 fairly considered as suburbs to Birmingham, are in 

 reality in those counties. This town has a dirty and 

 gloomy appearance, from the nature of the extensive 

 manufacturies, mostly carried on by machinery, 

 kept in motion by steam. Most of the streets are 

 narrow, and crooked, and the houses are in general 

 small, and mean looking. Every article of gold, . 

 silver, iron, steel, copper, brass-mined metals; 

 glass, wood, horn, ivory and stone — from the 

 smallest trinket to the ponderous anchor, cannon 

 or chain-cable — are manufactured here. Notwith- 

 standing the smoke and steam of the numerous 

 engines, this town is said to be remarkably healthy 

 The places of worship are numerous, more particu- 

 larly those of dissenters 3 while the places of amuse- 



