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as his chaplain. He was the son of a surgeon at Manchester, went out in a merchant ship, fell sick at Buenos Ayres, and was nursed by the Jesuits, who persuaded him to join their order, whereupon he entered on the ministry among the Indians, with whom he was highly successful on account of his medical skill; remained with them thirty-eight years, then returned home, and became chaplain to Mr. Berkeley; wrote an account of Patagonia; and died in 1781.

Spetchley Church is a small structure, containing some good monuments of the Berkeley family. Rev. F. J. Eld is the rector; value of living, £109; patron, Mr. Berkeley; 80 seats in church, all free.

Stanford.

A BEAUTIFUL parish on the Teme, between Worcester and Tenbury. Sir Thomas Winnington, M.P., who resides at Stanford Court, is lord of the manor and proprietor of the whole parish, besides whom the resident gentry include Major Winnington, of The Shrubbery, and Rev. E. W. Ingram, the rector. Population about 200, who are entirely engaged in the cultivation of apples, hops, grass, wheat, beans, &c. The living is in the diocese of Hereford; value, £260, with sixty acres of glebe. Sir T. Winnington patron; 140 sittings in church, of which 100 are free. Church built about a century ago in the Gothic of that date, but contains interesting monuments of the Winningtons and the Salweys, by whose intermarriage these estates came to their present holders. The Court is delightfully situated, and contains some good paintings and an extensive modern library, with also an ancient one, with panel paintings of the reign of Queen Elizabeth, in the attics, where Sir Thomas frequently brings to light MSS. of great value and interest. In one