|its charter confirmed by Queen Elizabeth; it is also a stannary |town, and returns two members to parliament. The market is on |Wednesday. | 251|Trutham, Cornwall, 158. | 30|=Tunbridge=, Kent, 14, 18. A market town and parish, situated on |the small river Tun, a branch of the Medway, containing 704 |houses, and 4371 inhabitants. | |Tunbridge is a very flourishing town, and once returned members to |parliament. The church is a handsome modern structure. The ruins |of its once magnificent castle are still to be seen, which was the |scene of many events recorded in British history. Here is a famous |grammar school, founded by Sir Andrew Judd, Lord Mayor of London |in 1551; many of the masters of this seminary have been |distinguished for their literary characters. | |The name of this town is supposed to be derived from _the Town of |Bridges_, it having a stone bridge over each of the streams of the |Medway. The market is on Friday, and on the first Tuesday in every |month for cattle. | 35|Tunbridge Wells, Kent, 14. A town and chapelry, containing 236 |houses, and 1618 inhabitants. This town may be divided into four |divisions, viz. Mount Ephraim, Mount Pleasant, Mount Sion, and the |Wells; the three former are the suburbs, and take their name from |their situation. Mount Ephraim was once the most fashionable |quarter, and had its assembly room, tavern, &c. but it is now |chiefly occupied by lodging houses. The part called the Wells, is |the centre of both business and amusement, having elegant assembly |rooms, a new chapel, and the place of the public parades, called |the Upper and Lower. These are two walks parallel to each other, |the former being the principal one, is paved with Purbeck stone; |from which the Lower Parade is divided by a range of palisadoes. A |portico, supported by wooden Tuscan pillars, runs the length of |the principal walk. Here is a neat little theatre. | |The principal trade of this town is in the manufacture and sale of |toys, made of cherry-tree, sycamore, &c. and the Tunbridge |turnery-ware finds a ready mart in most parts of the kingdom. | |The celebrated springs of Tunbridge were first discovered in 1606, |by Dudley Lord North, who had retired into the neighbourhood in |the last stage of a consumption; after three months use of these |waters, his Lordship’s health was quite recovered, and he lived to |be 80 years of age. The wells are now enclosed with a triangular |stone wall, containing a well paved area, entered by a handsome |gateway; over the springs are placed basons, with perforations at |the bottom to discharge the overflowing: at the fountain head it |is extremely clear and pellucid, having little smell, but the