Gloucester. In the compartment above are several of the apostles, with their appropriate emblems, and two Christian knights. In the second compartment of the lower tier is St. Mary in glory, surrounded by angels, and having the moon under her feet. On each side of her are the twelve apostles in devotional attitudes. The compartment above this represents the opened heavens, and the angels round the eternal throne. The central figure of this bold design has been cut out, probably by some of the early Reformers, and a figure of Justice sewed in its place. The third compartment of the lower tier contains the noble figure of Margaret of Anjou, Henry's consort, with some of the chief ladies of her court. She is kneeling, like the king, with her missal on a table before her. In the compartment above are a number of female saints and martyrs. The divisions between the different compartments of this exquisite piece of tapestry, and the border round the whole, are tasteful and appropriate.

The east and west sides of the Great Hall have each three windows of stained glass of modern workmanship; painted, however, with subjects of a most appropriate description. There is in this hall an ancient chair of state, a fine piece of oak carving, which will be regarded with additional interest when it is remembered that more than one English sovereign sat in state upon it in the good old times when Coventry was the "chamber of princes." At the south end is the Minstrel's Gallery, at the front of which is some ancient armour used in the procession of Lady Godiva. The hall is adorned with some valuable paintings of royal personages, there being full-length portraits of Charles II., James II., William and Mary, George I., George II. and Caroline, George III., and George IV. On the east side of the Great Hall is the Mayoress's Parlour.

The Mayoress's Parlour has been considerably modernised, and is used as a police court by the city magistrates. Its walls are adorned with a wholelength portrait of Queen Anne, half-lengths of Queen Mary, Queen Elizabeth, Charles I., James I., Sir Thomas White, founder of the "Four Pounds Charity" (210 of which are distributed annually to inhabitant householders, not being paupers), and the "City Fifties ;" and a fine painting of Lady Godiva on horseback.

FORD'S HOSPITAL, a singularly well-preserved specimen of the architecture of the 16th century, is situated in Grey Friars' Lane. It was founded in 1529 by William Ford, a merchant of this city and its endowment was subsequently increased by other benevolent persons. It is timber-framed, and is extremely rich and elaborate in its decorations; indeed it may be doubted whether a finer building of this style is to be found in the kingdom. Its annual revenues amount to upwards of £500. It was originally intended for the reception of aged married couples, but is now restricted to females, of whom there are about twenty, each receiving 3s. 6d. a-week and coals for use. About twenty-five women are out-door recipients of the same amount of money, and a ton of coals annually. Parties receiving parochial relief are not admitted into this hospital.

BABLAKE HOSPITAL is immediately behind St. John's Church, and with the school-houses forms three sides of a square, the church making the fourth. It was founded in 1506 by Thomas Bond, a draper, and mayor of Coventry, and was originally designed for ten poor men; but subsequent donors having greatly augmented its funds, it now receives upwards of forty, resident and non-resident, each of whom has 6s. a-week.

This building, which had been allowed to fall into decay, was a number of years ago renovated and enlarged with much taste. The School adjoining was founded in 1560 by Thomas Wheatley, mayor of Coventry. It is devoted to the education of about fifty boys for a period of two years each. The boys are partially provided for the first year, and wholly the second; and, on leaving, are apprenticed for seven years to such trades as their parents or friends may choose for them. The revenues are upwards of £900

a-year.

ST. JOHN'S HOSPITAL and FREE SCHOOL. The hospital, founded about 1155 by Lawrence, a prior of Coventry, for the sick and poor, was granted at the Dissolution to John Hales, who devoted its lands and possessions, along with other estates, to the foundation of a free school. John Hales died in 1573. The chief feature of the architecture of this school is its beautiful east window. The Free School is intended for the sons of freemen of Coventry. Its yearly revenue amounts to about £1000.

Others buildings deserving of notice are-Drapers Hall, a neat building in the Grecian style, on the south side of St. Michael's Church, erected in 1832; the County Hall, built in 1785, a large and commodious building, with Doric columns in front; the Barracks, in Smithford Street, opposite the Post Office, interesting as occupying the site of the famous "Bull Inn," where Henry VII. was entertained, and where subsequently the unfortunate Mary, Queen of Scots, was imprisoned for some time; the Coventry and Warwickshire Hospital, etc. There are numerous schools, with more or less liberal endowments, which cannot be here noticed.

The Coventry Cemetery is beautifully laid out, after

a plan by the late Sir Joseph Paxton, and will repay a visit.

VICINITY OF COVENTRY.

The country round Coventry is rich in places of interest, to which the railway gives easy access. Five miles to the south is KENILWORTH; 2 miles east from which is STONELEIGH ABBEY. Five miles farther south, on the line of railway, is the fashionable watering-place of LEAMINGTON, whence the ancient city of WARWICK is 2 miles distant by rail or road. Eastward is Rugby, distant 11 miles. COMBE ABBEY, 5 miles distant, has received a separate description. Northward is NUNEATON, 10 miles distant, with various places of interest in its vicinity; and a little farther away is the Roman Manduessedum. On the line westward to Birmingham there are various points whence the tourist can diverge to places of interest. From Hampton Junction, or from Berkswell Station, TEMPLE BALSAL, KNOWLE, and SOLIHULL may be included in

a walk of about 7 miles.

GUY'S CLIFF.

In the VICINITY OF WARWICK.

HENLEY-IN-ARDEN

AND ITS VICINITY.

INNS: The Swan and The Bear.

From Bearley Station, 4 miles (Bearley from Warwick, 10 miles; from Stratford-on-Avon, 6); Kingswood Station, 6 miles (Kingswood from Warwick, 10 miles).

HENLEY-IN-ARDEN is a quaint, straggling old place, its distance from the railway, which has absorbed most of

the traffic that once passed through it, giving it a quiet, old-world aspect. That it is a town of much antiquity is evident from its name, which is compounded of the British words, Hen, old, and Ley, a place. "Arden" was the name of the great forest which in ancient times covered this part of the country. The first mention of the town is in records of the time of Henry II. After the battle of Evesham it was destroyed by fire, probably on account of the devotion of the inhabitants to the De Montforts, who were their great patrons. The town seems to have soon recovered from this calamity, as thirty years later we find it termed a borough. present population is 1069.

The

THE CHURCH, originally erected in the reign of Edward III., is a plain and neat building with a battlemented tower, containing no monuments of any consequence. Several of the windows have recently been filled with stained glass.

THE MARKET CROSS, one of the few that have escaped the ravages of religious zeal of the times of the Reformation, stands in the main street. It is very much worn by the combined influences of the weather and rough usage, but seems now to be carefully preserved. The base, shaft, and capital consist of three separate stones, the shaft being morticed into the other two. The capital contains four niches with sculptured reliefs. Three of these pieces of sculpture represent the Rood, the Trinity, and St. Peter; the fourth is too much mutilated to be known.

The district in which Henley-in-Arden lies contains various places interesting from either an antiquarian or a literary point of view. Walking from Bearley station, the tourist will, about a mile thence, pass on his right Edston Grange, and, a mile and a half farther on, the village of Wootton Wawen. In the immediate neigh