administering relief, will be pursued by the active and worthy members of the corporation.

Besides the above, there were also four Alms Houses, situated at the top of Marketstreet, under the direction of the corporation, which were very old and much decayed. These have been taken down and others,. much more considerable in number, erected in place of them.

In 1822, au act was obtained for lighting the town with Gas, which was promptly put in execution, and completed before the end of the year. We give the directors of this undertaking much credit for their expedition, and the manner in which it has been accomplished. Superintendant, Mr. James Peake, who resides near the gasometer in a house lately built by order of the directors.

A Grand Military Shaft,

Was constructed during the late war, which communicates with the Heights by a triple spiral staircase, at the end of a passage leading from the centre of Snargate-street, It comprises one hundred and forty stone steps, resembling those generally used in ascending the high towers of churches, and is well worth the attention of strangers. In 1812, a

gentleman made a trifling wager that he would ride his horse from the bottom of the shaft to the top, which was considered a very hazardous undertaking. By way of experiment, however, his servant previously led the horse up the steps of the shaft, and to the amazement of all present, he then led the animal to the bottom. The gentleman then mounted, and won his wager by arriving safe at the top of the shaft. Chapels.

Lady Huntingdon's-Last Lane.
General Baptist-Above Wall.
Methodist Queen Elizabeth's Square.
Society of Friends-Queen Street.
Calvenist Baptist-Pent-side.

A Chapel in-St James' Street.

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Is the first parish we shall describe, part of it being situated in the liberties and jurisdiction of Dover. The village lies on the hill, about three miles distant, on the right of the road to Folkstone. It is a vicarage, in the gift of the archbishop. The church is dedicated to Saint Laurence.

The manor of Hougham was once in the possession of a very ancient family of the same name. Robert de Hougham died seized of it in the 41st year of Edward the Third. It is now in the possession of Robert Parker, esq. of Maidstone.

Maxton is a seat here, which anciently belonged to two families, called Madekin and Walsham, in 1077. It is situated in the valley on the left of the Folkstone road, and is now in the possession of the representatives of the late J. M. Fector, esq. of Dover.

This parish is of considerable extent. Part of the old priory of Saint Martin, at Dover, is situated in it, and formerly had some interest in the manor of Maxton. It also has the honour to claim the scite of that famous cliff, to the southward of the town of Dover, called Hay Cliff, which has for years been the wonder and admiration of travellers, and which is thus beautifully described by Shakespeare.

"There is a cliff, whose high and bending head Looks fearfully on the confined deep.--

How dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low!

The crows and choughs, that wing the mid-way air,
Seem scarce so gross as beetles. Half way down
Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade!
Methinks he seems no bigger than his head.
The fishermen that walk upon the beach
Appear like mice, and yon tall anchoring bark
Diminish'd to her cock; her cock a buoy,
Almost too small for sight. The murm'ring surge,
That on th' unnumber'd idle pebbles chafes,
Cannot be heard so high. I'll look no more,
Lest my brain turn, and the diminish'd sight
Topple down headlong.

From the dread summit of this chalky bourn
Look up; a height--the shrill gor'd lark so far
Cannot be seen or heard."

Though this cliff may still, in our day, be said to answer the description of this poetical painter of nature, yet in Shakespeare's time it was certainly higher than it is at present. The ascent to the top on the land side, shews it to be the lesser section of a hill of chalk, chequered with horizontal strata of black flints, whose base being continually worn by the agitation of the sea, every fragment detached from its summit lessens the perpendicular height, supposed now to be 350 feet. An elevation, which will not fail to excite admiration, and even astonishment, in those not accustomed to the view of objects of this kind; but still this cliff is not so high as the lands behind it.

During the war which ended in 1783, the hills in this parish which immediately overlook the town, were fortified. Four guard houses were built, defended by ramparts, and lines of modern defence, which extended a considerable distance on the adjacent hills. On these lines 72 pieces of cannon were mounted; but the peace put a stop to the works, and and the whole fell to decay, except the guard houses, which were afterwards converted into barracks.