336 HISTORY OF THK 



are also news, and other public rooms ; assemblies 

 are held in the town-hall, and for larger meetings, 

 and during the races, in the county hall. 



The races are held twice in the year ; the spring 

 races generally take place about the middle of 

 March, and last one day; they are much patronized 

 by the visitors and inhabitants of Leamington, the 

 ladies of which place give a plate of £25 ; and 50 

 sovs. are added to the Trial Stakes by the town of 

 Warwick, and 30 more by the stand proprietors. 

 The autumnal races take place in the first week of 

 September, and continue for three days ; at this 

 meeting, the Queen's Plate of lOOgs. the Town 

 Plate of £50, the Members' Plate of £50, the War- 

 wick cup of £100, the Guy, Leamington, and other 

 stakes are run for. 



The course is a fine level, with a little rising 

 ground in one part, and has lately undergone such 

 improvements, that it may now justly rank as one 

 of the best in the kingdom ; the grand stand, which 

 is handsome and commodious, affords every accom- 

 modation to the numerous visitors. 



WILTSHIRE, 



Salisbury. — ^This city is pleasantly situated near 

 the confluence of the rivers Nadder and Willey, 

 with the Avon, 82 miles (S.W. by W.) from Lon- 

 don, and contains 8,763 inhabitants. Its magni- 

 ficent cathedral, the highest in England, being 400 



