RICHARD NASH, Efq. painted by Mr. HOARE of this City; and round the Hall are hung the Pictures of all the Members of the Corporation, painted by the late VANDYCE, at the Expence of the late General WADE, who was one of their Reprefentatives in Parliament, as a Compliment of the free and unanimous Choice of him: The General's Picture, is likewife in the Hall, juft at the Entrance. Here Quarter-Seffions are held; and the City is governed by the Mayor, Recorder, and Aldermen, befides twenty Common-Council; tho' the Number of Aldermen, (out of which the Mayor and Juftices are chofen) is not to exceed ten, or be lefs than four. The Mayor for the Time being, and Recorder, are Juftices of the Quorum; and out of the Aldermen are annually chofen two other Juftices of the Peace. From amongst the CommonCouncil (except the Senior, who is always Chamberlain) are yearly chofen two Bayliffs, or Sheriffs, and two Constables; which, with the Town-Clerk, form the whole of the Corporation; tho' this laft has no Vote upon any Affairs of the City. The feveral Charters granted to this City are very full and extentive, as to the Powers given to the Mayor, &c. for the good Order and Government thereof. And by the Charter of Queen Elizabeth, there is granted to the Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens, a Court of Record, to be holden every Monday throughout the Year, to be held before the Mayor, Recorder, and two of the Aldermen, (who fhall be Justices) and the Town-Clerk, or before four, three, or two of them, whereof the Mayor or Recorder for the Time being to be one. And this Court has Cognizance of all perforal Actions arifing within the faid City, Liberties, and Precincts thereof, altho' the Debt or Damages do amount unto or exceed the Sum of 40s. and this Court has Power of iffuing all due Proceffes in as ample a Manner as any other Court of Record in any City, Borough, or Town Corporate in England. Of this Court the Town-Clerk is the Prothonotary, and the Serjeants at Mace for the Time being are the Attorneys; and all Proceffes iffued out of the faid Court are directed to and returnable by the Bayliffs and Serjeants at Mace for the Time being. The next public Structure I shall defcribe, is the PUMPROOM, fituated at the North Side of the King's Bath; it was erected in the Year 1704, but much enlarged in the Year 1751, and is now a neat Piece of Building. It was opened the Year Year after it was erected, for the Reception of the Quality to meet and drink the Waters in: The ufual Time of affembling, is every Morning between the Hours of Seven and Ten; a good Band of Mufic attends every Morning (during the Seafons) from Eight 'till Ten, to entertain the Company, as there are generally a great Number of Ladies and Gentle men, who make a very brilliant Appearance. At the East End of this Room is a fine Marble Statue of the late and ever-memorable RICHARD NASH, Efq. it was executed by Mr. P. HOARE, Statuary, in this City, and was the Gift of the Corporation, to perpetuate his Memory, on Account of his indefatigable Behaviour during his Administration in this City. There is nothing elfe in this Room worthy Obfervation, except a very good Clock, given by the late Mr. ToмPION, Watch-Maker, and the following humorous Piece, wrote by the late RICHARD NASH, Efq. RULES, by general Confent determined. I. That a Vifit of Ceremony at coming to Bath, and another at going away, is all that is expected, or defired by Ladies of Quality and Fashion ;-except Impertinents. II. That Ladies coming to the Eall, appoint a Time for their Footmen's coming to wait on them Home ; to prevent Difturbances and Inconveniencies to themselves and others. III. That Gentlemen of Fashion never appearing in a Morning before the Ladies in Gowns and Caps, fhew Breeding and Respect. IV. That no Perfon take it ill that any one goes to another's Play, or Breakfast, and not to theirs ;-except captious by Nature. V. That no Gentleman give his Ticket for the Balls to any but Gentlewomen.-N. B. Unless he has none of his Acquaintance. VI. That Gentlemen crowding before Ladies at the Ball, fhew ill Manners; and that done do fo for the Future;-except fuch as refpe&t No-body but themselves. That 7 VII. That no Gentleman or Lady take it ill that another dances before them;-except fuch as have no Pretence to dance at all. VIII. That the Elder Ladies and Children be'content with a fecond Bench at the Ball, as being past, or not come to Perfection. IX. That the younger Ladies take Notice how many Eyes ohferve them.-N. B. This does not extend to the Have-at-Alls. X. That all Whisperers of Lies and Scandal be taken for their Authors. XI. That all Repeaters of fuch Lies and Scandal be shunn'd by all Company; except fuch as have been guilty of the fame Crime. Several Men of no Character, Old Women and Young Ones, of queftion'd Reputation, are great Authors of Lies in this Place, being of the Set of Levellers. The following Lines were also wrote by the faid RICHARD NASH, Efq. four or five Years before his Death, and hung up in most of the public Places in the faid City. ВАТ Н, 1756. Whereas POLITENESS, DECENCY, and GOOD-MANNERS, three ancient Residents at BATH, have, of late, left the Place; whoever shall restore them, fhall be rewarded with Honour and Refpect. Gentlemen coming into the Rooms in Boots, where Ladies are, fhew their little Regard to them or the Company. Except they have no Shoes. Ladies dreffing and behaving like Handmaids, must not be furprized if they are treated as Handmaids. Whisperers of Lies and Scandal, knowing them to be fuch, are rather worse than the inventors. Το To ALL SUCH. Envy and Malice muft that Man perplex, The Year the Pump-Room was compleated, the Fountain was then open'd with a Revival of the following Song, which was handed about and very much admired. G I. REAT BLADUD, born a Sov'reign Prince, The Mufes do his Fame record, That when the Bath his Health restor'd, II. This glorious Prince of Royal Race, III. Let Joy in every Face be fhewn, While Mufic founds his Praise; Tho' long his Anguish did endure, For fmiling Heaven did invite And wear th' Imperial Crown. May V. May all a fond Ambition fhun, We shall next defcribe the Baths of this City, of which there are five in Number.. 1. The KING'S BATH, which rifes about 152 Feet SouthWeft of the Abbey-Church: The Spring, or main Source of this Bath, is in the Center, and is covered over with a leaden Citern, with an Intent to reftrain its rapid Motion, and to difper fe it more equally to different Parts of the Bath, as well as to receive the Pipes of Suction of all the different Pumps, which are thence fupplied: The Springs were doubtless feparated from the common Springs by the Romans, and fenced in with a durable Wall. A wooden Building is erected in the Bath, with Niches and Seats for the Accommodation of the Bathers. The Dimenfions of it are 65 Feet 10 Inches by 49 Feet 10 Inches, and contains 346 Tuns 2 Hogsheads and 36 Gallons of Water, when filled to its ufual Height. Here are Pumps and Pumping-Rooms, for pouring the hot Streams on any Part of the Body, which in many Cafes are very falutary. 2. The QUEEN'S BATH, which, having no Spring of its own, is fupplied with Water from the King's Bath, by a Communication of an arch'd open Paffage. The Water of this Bath is more temperate than the firit, and near the fame Degree of Heat as the Crofs-Bath: The Dimensions are 25 Feet 4 Inches, by 24 Feet two Inches, and contains 81 Tuns 3 Hogsheads and 11 Gallons of Water. The Time thefe two Baths generally take in filling (being filled as well as difcharged together) is about ten Hours. 3. The CROSS BATH, which rifes in the South-West Part of the City, is fo called from a Crofs which is upon a Monument erected in the Middle of it, by the Earl of Melfort, (Secretary of State to King JAMES the Second) as a Memorial of the Queen's bathing in it, in the Year 1687. The Orna |