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springs. It is situated 20 miles (S. W.) from 

 Maidstone, and 36 (S. E. by S.) from London, and in 

 the season contains about 1 0,000 inhabitants. The 

 parade, which is handsome and spacious, is bounded 

 on one side by the assembly rooms, libraries, &c. 

 and on the opposite side is a row of trees, with 

 an orchestra in the midst, where a band usually 

 plays during a portion of each day in the season. 

 This town contains a small theatre, and in fact 

 every luxury and conv^enience usually found in 

 places of this description, which are chiefly fre- 

 quented by the rich. The races here are held 

 about the end of August, and continue two days, 

 being generally well attended. They take place 

 on the common, on which a tolerable course 

 has been found. The principal stakes are two 

 plates of £50 each. 



LANCASHIRE. 



Burnlev. — A market town in the hundred of 

 Blackburn, 25 miles from Manchester, 53 miles 

 from Liverpool, and 210 miles from London. 

 The population of this town ^mounts to about 

 7000. 



Two days' racing takes place here about the 

 middle of August. On the first day, a stake worth 

 £50 is given by the officers of the garrison, and 

 on the second, a gold cup worth 100 sovs. in specie, 



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