Thomas Abbots. The present building, which is of a tasteful character, is of a more recent date. Among the objects with which its interior is adorned, is a portrait of Dr. Jephson.

The terms for drinking and bathing vary at the different establishments. Drinking for the season, from £1:1s. to 7s. 6d., for one person, and £2: 2s. to £1, for a family; for a week, from 3s. 6d. to 1s. 6d., for one person, and 5s. to 4s. for a family. The average prices for baths are-warm, 2s. 6d. ; cold, 1s.; shower, warm, 1s. 6d., cold, 1s.; douche, 2s. 6d. ; medicated, sulphur, 3s.; chlorine, 4s.; iodine, 4s.; camphor, 3s. 6d.; ammonia, 4s.; hot air, 2s. 6d.; vapour, 2s. 6d.

PLACES OF WORSHIP. The Parish Church was originally a chapel to the adjoining parish of Leek Wootton. In 1816, the great increase of population led to its enlargement; and at subsequent dates fresh additions were made. In 1843, the vicar, Rev. John Craig, M.A., commenced the reconstruction and enlargement of the whole building; and this work has been so carried on as not to prevent the congregation from regularly meeting for divine service. This will be a magnificent building when fully completed. The nave and aisles are tastefully finished in the early perpendicular style. The chancel and transept are decorated, the former having five fine windows, with painted glass, and the latter being decorated at its end with a rose window, 21 feet in diameter. "The large western window is in seven lights, with a foliated transom; it is forty-two feet high, and twenty wide, the largest, and said to be one of the finest windows in the county; it has fourteen compartments of painted glass, illustrating the life of our blessed Redeemer.' The length of the interior is 126 feet; the width, including the aisles, 64 feet; the height, 76 feet. The Episcopal Chapel was erected in 1826, and is of the Saxon style, though not a very favourable specimen. It is in a good position in Beauchamp Square. St. Mary's Church, erected in 1839, is in the style of the fifteenth century. Its interior is elegantly decorated, and it possesses a fine eastern window of stained glass. Trinity Church and Milverton Episcopal Chapel are the other edifices in connection with the Established Church. There are several dissenting chapels-Lady Huntingdon's Chapel, Catholic Chapel, Independent Chapel, a large and handsome building, Wesleyan Chapel, also a large and commodious edifice, and the Baptist Chapel, the minister of which, Rev. Octavius Winslow, D.D., is well known to the religious public by his numerous works.

THE PUBLIC BUILDINGS are numerous, and of a kind to interest the visitor. The plan of the present work will not, however, allow of more than a simple mention of them. The Royal Assembly Rooms, at the corner of the Lower Parade, were erected in 1813, at a cost of £10,000, and are used for balls, concerts, lectures, exhibitions, etc. This building also comprises a billiard-room. The Parthenon is used for similar purposes. It was built in 1821, and cost £25,000. Its Music Hall is artistically constructed and decorated, and contains a good organ. There are various Libraries and Reading Rooms, several of which possess the additional attraction of collections of water-colour drawings. The Warneford Hospital, so named in honour of the Rev. Dr. Warneford, rector of Burton-on-the Hill, Gloucestershire, to whose munificence its establishment is mainly owing, was erected in 1832, for the gratuitous supply of medical assistance and baths to the poor. The Leamington Proprietory College is a handsome and efficient institution, founded in 1847, for the purpose of affording "for the sons of the nobility, clergy, and gentry, a sound, classical, mathematical, and general education, in conformity with the principles of the Established Church." Pupils are also trained here for the army and navy, and the East India Company's service. The list of patrons and directors contains some influential names. Leamington contains a number of benevolent institutions and societies. Its day and Sunday schools are well conducted.

In addition to the means of public amusement already referred to, may be mentioned the Tennis Court, Lower Bedford Street, an admirably arranged building, containing, in addition to the Tennis Court, dressing-rooms, club-rooms, etc.; the Leamington Theatre, Clemen's Street, opened in 1849; and the Jephson Gardens. These gardens are named in honour of Dr. Jephson, already mentioned as one of the chief benefactors of Leamington, a fine marble statue of whom, by P. Hollins, Esq., of Birmingham, is here erected. They are vested in trustees, who have laid them out with great taste. These grounds contain charming and varied walks, an archery ground, and other attractions. During "the season," an instrumental band is engaged to play in the grounds, which it is needless to say are a favourable resort of beauty and fashion.

THE HOTELS deserve a word of notice. They will contrast favourably with those of any other town in the kingdom. The largest and finest is the Regent Hotel. Its apartments are upwards of a hundred in number; and it is adorned with some

valuable paintings. The following have the reputation of being excellent hotels:-the Bedford, Lansdowne, Clarendon, Crown, Bath.

A list of visitors, as well as a list of the nobility, clergy, and gentry of the town, is published weekly in a supplemental sheet to the "Leamington Spa Courier," an ably conducted weekly newspaper, of conservative politics.

One great charm of Leamington consists in the large number of places of interest in its neighbourhood. We mention a few of these, with their distances:-Warwick, 2 miles; Guy's Cliff, 3; Kenilworth Castle, 5; Hatton, 5; Stoneleigh Abbey, 4; Coventry, 10; Combe Abbey, 14; Stratford-onAvon, 10.

38

VICINITY OF WARWICK AND

LEAMINGTON.

HATTON is three miles from Warwick, and five from Leamington, on the Birmingham Road. Its early history is of no interest. This small village is noted as having been the residence of Dr. Samuel Parr for many years. This profound scholar was curate of Hatton for forty years. It is to his liberality and taste that the church here is indebted for many of its decorations. The stained glass windows are much admired. The east window has a representation of the crucifixion, and figures of the apostles Paul and Peter. The north and south windows of the chancel have for their subjects the Agony in the Garden and the Ascension. There are also, in painted glass, figures of the Twelve Apostles, of Faith, Hope, and Charity, and portraits of Archbishops Cranmer and Tillotson. The church contains numerous monumental inscriptions, some of which are the work of Dr. Parr, and exhibit that sententious and admirable classical style for which he was so distinguished. A tablet to his own memory is placed in the chancel.

Another object of interest at Hatton is the County Lunatic Asylum, an extensive and elegant structure, erected at a cost of £50,000. It is in the Tudor style of architecture, somewhat modified. It has a frontage of 700 feet, and can accommodate from 300 to 400 patients. The interior is well arranged. There are two separate series of wards on either side the centre building, the one of which is occupied by the male and the other by the female patients. The central block of buildings consists of the apartments of the medical superintendent, and of the matron, rooms for the committee, for visitors, etc. Judicious provision is made for the employment and amusement of patients.

WROXHALL ABBEY is three miles farther, on the same road. Dugdale tells a romantic legend regarding its foundation. Hugh de Hatton, who held the lordships of Hatton and Wroxhall from Henry, Earl of Warwick, was taken prisoner in the Holy Land, where he had been serving against the infidels, and confined there for seven years. The good knight at length bethought himself of his patron saint St.

Leonard, who appeared to him in a vision, and, after making him vow to erect a house of nuns of St. Benedict, transported him miraculously to Wroxhall Woods, not far from his own house. He fulfilled his vow by erecting a nunnery here, and making two of his daughters become nuns. The nunnery was destroyed, like most similar institutions, at the dissolution in the reign of Henry VIII., and few traces of it can now be seen. Its site, together with the church, and the land belonging to it, as well as the rectory and tithes, were granted to Robert Burgoyne. A mansion-house was shortly after erected on the estate by this family. The manor was purchased in 1713 by Sir Christopher Wren, the celebrated architect, with whose family it still remains. The Church is an ancient and picturesque building. Dugdale ascribes the date of its erection, or at least of its reconstruction, to the early part of the reign of Edward II. It is of the decorated Gothic style, but without aisles. The interior harmonises well with the peaceful and beautiful aspect of its exterior. The ancient woodcarvings on the open seats and communion chairs, and three carved stones, which have doubtless been brought here from some more ancient part of the buildings, will attract some notice. The tourist, however, will probably be most interested by the stained glass, which is of great antiquity and fair preservation. The large east window has lost all its stained glass, and contains several shields, etc., inserted in the plate glass, and of more recent construction than the stained glass in the other windows. One very perfect window contains in the centre a figure of St. Benedict, with a crozier in his left hand, and holding up the right in benediction. At the bottom is an Agnus Dei, and on either side is a kneeling figure. A smaller window, also perfect, is filled with foliage. Two other windows contain fragments of ancient stained glass, one of them having a tolerably well preserved representation of a male and female kneeling. There are no ancient monuments in the church, with the exception of a fragment of a monumental brass, representing a female figure with her hands joined in prayer. This is supposed to belong to the tomb of one of the abbesses, which was to be seen in Dugdale's time, and contained the following inscription :-" Domina Jocosa Breme, filia Johanis Breme, et Priorissa de Wroxhall, obiit xxi Junii, anno M. D. xxviii."

HENLEY-IN-ARDEN is distant from Warwick eight or nine miles. Part of the way may be gone by rail to Hatton, and thence by a cross road. (It may also be conveniently reached