There is only one more of his cutting known to be in existence, and that has lately been removed and placed withinside the church, at Edgbaston; to which place please to refer.

West-Bromwich, in Staffordshire, distant five miles.

The church is an old tower structure of stone, dedicated to St. Clement; the body having been of late years rebuilt, has two side aisles, handsomely pewed, and galleries all round.  The officiating clergyman is the Rev. Charles Townsend.

The waste lands in this parish being inclosed by act of parliament in the year 1804, has produced a very beneficial effect; for, by the side of the main road, which scarcely produced a blade of grass, there are now numerous houses erected, and the lands about them are very productive.  The new inclosed lands now let from three pounds to five pounds per acre, and a great part of it is in tillage.

In this extensive parish, the new inclosed land has been sold from one hundred to eight hundred and forty pounds per acre; and the neighbourhood is now become so populous, that it is in contemplation to erect a new church, there being in the beginning of October last more than three thousand pounds subscribed for that purpose.

The following works of considerable magnitude are, already established, and now in full work:—­

Birmingham brass company, in Spon-lane.  James Taylor, cast steel manufactory.  Archibald Kenrick and Co. iron-founders.  Samuel and John Dawes, iron and steel-masters.  Izons and Whitehurst, foundry for kitchen furniture.  Elwell and Hortons, iron-founders.  Thomas Price, iron-master.  Bagnall and Son, iron-masters.  William Bullock and Co. iron-founders, and manufacturers of kitchen furniture, improved coffee mills, &c.  Charles Bache, manufacturer of bar and sheet iron, old forge.  William Chapman, grinder and polisher, Burstelholme mill.  Samuel Elwell, iron-master, Friar-park forge, ——­ Tickell, iron-master.  Isaac Horton, boiler-maker.  Edward Fisher and Co. iron-masters.  John U. Rastrick, manufacturer of steam engines.

Before you arrive at the six mile stone, the road divides, and you proceed on the right hand for another mile, when, on a sudden, the eye is highly gratified with a view of Wednesbury.  Which is erected on a declivity; and on the summit, the church, with its lofty spire, makes a very unusual and respectable appearance.  This church is a beautiful gothic edifice; the body and tower of which is coated with Parker’s cement, but the chancel remains as before.  Tradition says, that on this spot there was, in former times, a Saxon castle.  Withinside the church there are numerous ancient monuments, and an inscription, signifying that William Hopkins, yeoman, Richard Hawkes, and Robert Carter, caused the chimes of this church to be made and set up, at their equal and proper cost and charges, A. D. 1635.  The clock, which is represented to be a remarkable good one, has a pendulum upon an unusual construction, the rod being fourteen yards in length, and the ball of it weighs 100 pounds.