The Gun Barrel Proof House is situated in Banbury-street, on the banks of the Canal. This is a great convenience to the manufactories in Birmingham, and produces a very large revenue.
The Cavalry Barracks were erected soon after the riots in 1791 ; they are situated near Vauxhall; the approach is from Great Brook-street.
The Charities of Birmingham are too numerous to mention. Among the most prominent, however, are the following:—
The General Hospital, the Dispensary, the Magdalen Institution, the Workhouse, Linch's Trust, Fentham's Trust, the Asylum, Deaf and Dumb School, &c., &c.
Literary and Scientific Institutions.
Birmingham has a Philosophical Society, situated in Cannon-street; a Royal Medical School, in Paradise-street; a Horticultural Society, in the Gardens of which are extensive conservatories and hot-houses, situated in the parish of Edgbaston.
A Society of Arts, situated in New-street, and one of the handsomest architectural specimens which the town affords. It has a splendid portico of the Corinthian order. This institution has been of great advantage to the town.
A Mechanics' Institution—but, strange to say, in this town of mechanics, it has not a building specially devoted to its objects. The classes meet in the School Buildings, Old Meeting-street, in which is
