Exclusive of its excellent race course, lying to the west of the town, and generally, accounted one of the best in the kingdom, Warwick has now its assemblies, public library, and many other places of amusement; a small but neat theatre was erected about the beginning of the present century, and the whole place is beginning to wear the air of a lively country town, and to fulfil much of that expectation which is excited,' by its very picturesque and romantic entrance from Leamington. The canal, which has recently been completed, and which has a commodious wharf at its head, contributes greatly to the commercial facilities of the place, and among the advantages derived therefrom, it may be observed, that coal is now delivered in the town at the charge of one shilling per cwt.; several manufactures are here carried on to some extent, and cultivated with much spirit, particularly that of combing and spinning long wool, with other branches relating to that trade; the weaving of calicoes, &c. from yarn spun at Manchester, also affords employment to a number of individuals; and there is likewise a mill on the River Avon, at the distance of a mile and a half from the town, for spinning cotton. The streets of Warwick meet on an eminence near the centre of the town, all the cellars are cut out of the solid rock en which the town stands, in many of them are stone reservoirs for water, which is conveyed to them by pipes, from a conduit half a mile distant. It is remarkable that Warwick cannot be entered from any part without crossing water. Tow'rds Warwick with this train as Avon trips along, On the right of the road, leading from Warwick, through Kenilworth, to Coventry, about a mile from the town, is Guy's Cliff; going from Leamington, the visitor will take the field way to Warwick, by the back of the New Town, till he comes to the large chesnut tree by Emscote Gate passing this, he will go strait up the lane before him towards a little cottage, when mounting the bank, and leaving the romantic scenery of the Rock-mill, and Bridon left, he will skirt along by the side of a craggy rock, giving a soothing glimpse of "the softflowing Avon," till, passing over a stile, and going through a gate by the side of some rural cottages, which lead towards a large open field, where a most delightful prospect is obtained of the woodland scenery, and the back front of augo our Buildings in the vale below, he arrives at an ancient castellated sort of structure, on the brow of ar hill: here a little wicket, on the left, leads through some pleasant meadows to an alpine bridge, which 1 |