Monuments in the Church Yard.

scattered all about, appears one proudly conspicuous! It is a handsome tomb of the altar kind, inclosed with iron palisades; on which is a long inscription to the memory of BENJAMIN SATCHWELL-who was, by trade, a shoemaker; by profession, the village rhymer; and, by a distinction, certainly noble, the founder of the Leamington Spa Charity. This inscription, in verse, from the pen of a well-known writer, lately deceased, Mr. PRATT, whose name by no common practice is affixed, tells, not very poetically, and rather too pompously, his meritswhich were, however, for one in his low station, real and considerable. The just praises of humble worth are too often reluctantly given, or injuriously withheld; but, when too much is asked, harm is done, because that which is fairly due is then less willingly paid.-Near this aspiring tomb,|| is another, less ostentatious, which points, where rest in peace, the remains of another village worthy-whose well-established claims to public gratitude, will not be less cheerfully admitted, because more modestly asserted. He was the founder of the first baths of Leamington Spa; and, as such, his name is already recorded, with due honour, in these pages.

THIS excellent Charity provides free of expense, the advantage of bathing for poor invalids, on applying with proper recommendations. It is strange that the circumstance, which principally marked with honourable distinction the subject of this funeral panegyric, should be passed entirely unnoticed.—It is, also, an objection that though the inscription alludes, it seems, to the poetical propensities of honest SATCHWELL, yet it requires the help of a note to make out the allusion-especially as that note, though it appears in the printed copy, could not with propriety be placed on the tomb.

WHAT must be said to that line of the inscription, which calls this "the unassuming tomb," of SATCHWELI? If this very handsome monument, with its long inscription from the pen of a writer of no little public note, must, indeed, be considered as humble even for a simple mechanic-what sepulchral grandeur or what marbled verse can hope to reach the dignity of the higher order of merit, or the more splendid gradations of rank?

See p.281 and 296.

Gloucester-Street-Bissett's Museum-The Theatre.

Ar right angles with Church-Street, is anotherentirely new, called Gloucester-Street, in which are several good modern houses. BISSETT's Museum, in this street, well merits distinct notice. It contains a considerable variety of specimens of birds, beasts, fishes, and insects, British and Foreign; and a great number of curious articles of the arms, the dress, the ornaments, and the musical instruments of ancient times, and of foreign, and particularly barbarous countries. Certainly, an hour of leisure, at Leamington, can scarcely find a more rational and pleasing gratification, than that, which the inspection of this small but amusing collection of the wonders of nature and art will afford.

PARALLEL to Church-Street, and connected with it by Gloucester-Street, is Bath-Street-the eastern side of which is occupied by a range of new houses, with good shops-terminated by the Theatre-lately erected—of which the exterior presents a handsome front, formed of Roman cement, finished in a pleasing style of simple elegance; and of which the interior is neatly and commodiously fitted up. Here the amusements of the drama are offered, much in the manner of most of our country Theatres, three times every week, during the season.

BEYOND the Theatre, on the same side, is the Public Well; and, nearly opposite, is the Center Well; -immediately adjoining which is the Bath Hotel.This, originally a small Inn, has been so often enlarged, and so greatly improved, as to form a complete and commodious house; not unworthy the higher name it has lately assumed, instead of its former humble designation

Bath Hotel-New Bridge-Pump Room.

of the New Inn. The public dining room is large and handsome; and the number of chambers is nearly thirty.

PROCEEDING from the Bath Hotel towards the Bridge on the left, are several pleasant cottages and smaller houses; and beyond them is the Bridge Well; near which are two or three good modern houses. One of these was, in 1810, dignified by the residence of their Graces, the Duke and Duchess of BEDFORD, who have twice honoured this Spa with their presence.

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PASSING Over the new stone Bridge of three arches-well built, but ill placed-the new Pump Room appears to view-presenting a noble front, with its beautiful colonnade-forming, as before remarked, one of the most complete and magnificent structures of the kind in the kingdom. Its situation, however, is too near the road to admit of any good passing view; as there is no point, from which the whole extent can, at once, be seen. But, from the fields, at a small distance to the right, it appears strikingly grand, and finely shaded by the rich and variegated woods, that surround it.*-The form of its roof, which is in the cottage style, low, heavy, and admitting no relief, is indeed, considered by some, as not happily chosen; and the introduction of a ponderous square pillar, between two round ones, in the colonnade, is still less admired by others. Such intermixture is surely not pleasing to the eye; and if the fine effect of duplicated columns depends at all upon unbroken continuity, throughout the whole arrangement, that advantage of course is lost-and what

This view is given in one of the engravings which embellish the present work.

Buth Ho'el-New Bridge-Pump Room.

of the New Inn. The public dining room is large and handsome; and the number of chambers is nearly thirty.

PROCEEDING from the Bath Hotel towards the Bridge on the left, are several pleasant cottages and smaller houses; and beyond them is the Bridge Well; near which are two or three good modern houses. One of these was, in 1810, dignified by the residence of their Graces, the Duke and Duchess of BEDFORD, who have twice honoured this Spa with their presence.

PASSING Over the new stone Bridge of three arches-well built, but ill placed—the new Pump Room appears to view-presenting a noble front, with its beautiful colonnade-forming, as before remarked, one of the most complete and magnificent structures of the kind in the kingdom. Its situation, however, is too near the road to admit of any good passing view; as there is no point, from which the whole extent can, at once, be seen. But, from the fields, at a small distance to the right, it appears strikingly grand, and finely shaded by the rich and variegated woods, that surround it.*-The form of its roof, which is in the cottage style, low, heavy, and admitting no relief, is indeed, considered by some, as not happily chosen; and the introduction of a ponderous square pillar, between two round ones, in the colonnade, is still less admired by others. Such intermixture is surely not pleasing to the eye; and if the fine effect of duplicated columns depends at all upon unbroken continuity, throughout the whole arrangement, that advantage of course is lost-and what

This view is given in one of the engravings which embellish the present work.