The rivers are the Arun, the Adur, the Oufe, the Cockmere, the Brede, and the Rother. Suflex returns to parliament 28 members: 2 for the county, 2 for the city of Chichester, 2 each for the boroughs of Arundel, Bramber, Eaft Grinstead, Horfham, Lewes, Medhurst, Shoreham, and Steyning, and 2 for each of the following cinque-ports, Haftings, Rye, Seaford, and Winchelfea. The city of Chichester, situated on the river Lavant, by which it is furrounded on every fide but the north, is a neat, compact city, of great antiquity; feeming to have been of fome ftrength in the time of the Britons. That it was a Roman ftation, the antiquities difcovered leave no room to doubt. The cathedral, which is dedicated to the Virgin Mary, is a handfome, though small structure, and is adorned with a fpire, much admired for its ftrength and curious workmanfhip. The city is encompaffed by a stone wall, which has four gates, anfwering to the cardinal points of the compafs. From each of these gates is a street, that takes its name from the gate, and terminates in the market place, which is the centre of the city. It had formerly a confiderable manufacture of needles, which is now decayed, but there is one of baize, blankets, and coarse cloth. An act of parliament was obtained in the reign of James I. to make the Lavant navigable up to the city, but not put into execution. The branch, or arm of the fea, near which the city is fituated, is fpacious and well fheltered, and capable of receiving fhips of great burthen. The corporation confifts of a mayor, recorder, and 38 common-council men. The habitations are 831, the people 4744. Arundel is fo called from its fituation in a dale or valley, on the bank of the river Arun, which is navigable up to this town by fhips of 100 tons burthen. Arundel was famous in the time of the Saxons for its caftle, which is faid to have been a mile in compafs, and was given by William the Conqueror to Roger de Montgomery his kinfman, who repaired it. One of his defcendants forfeited it, by engaging in a rebellion against king Henry I. Adeliza, that prince's confort, had it in dower; and her fecond husband, William d'Albani, defended it against king Stephen, in favour of the empress Maud, who, to recompence his fervices, created him earl of Arundel, which title is, in limitation, different from others; that honour being fo annexed, that whofoever is poffeffed of this caftle and feignory is, without creation, earl of Arundel. From the Albani it defcended by marriage to the Fitz-Alans; and from them, in the year 1579, it went with the heirefs of that family to Thomas Howard duke of Norfolk. In the civil wars between the king and and parliament, it was taken by lord Hopton, but recaptured by Waller. The houfes in the town are at present 355, the inhabitants 1855; it is governed, under a charter of queen Elizabeth, by a mayor and 12 burgeffes. The mayor is annually chofen, and is judge at a court leet of the lord of the manor, held every three weeks. He has the authority of a juftice of the peace, though he feldom executes the office; he appoints collectors of the package, and ftallage, ale conners, and flesh tafters; and no writ can be executed within the borough without his permiffion. Horsham, which is faid to derive its name from Horfa, the brother of Hengift the Saxon, is one of the largest towns in the county, and has a fine church, a county jail, and a well endowed free fchool. It is a borough town, governed by 2 bailiffs, annually chofen at the court leet of the duke of Norfolk, by a jury, who return 4 to the fteward of the court, out of which number he nominates 2. The fpring affizes are held here. It contains 573 houses, and 3204 people. Lewes, which is feated on an eminence on the weft-fide of the river Oufe, on the edge of the South Downs, is pleasant and populous. It was formerly fortified with a caftle and walls, of which there are ftill fome remains. Here was formerly a celebrated monaftery, founded in the year 1078. It is a borough by prefcription, but not incorporated, being governed by two conftables, annually chofen at the court leet. It is a place of - confiderable trade, and in summer, the affize town. Its inhabitants are 3309, the houfes 512. The other towns in Suffex are Battel, Brighthelmstone, Cuckfield, Eaftbourne, Haylfham, Newhaven, Petworth, and Tarring. Of thefe Brighthelmftone, or as it is frequently called Brighton, is most entitled to notice. It is fituated at the bottom of a bay formed by Beachy Head, and Worthing Point, in the English Channel. It has no harbour, but veffels of 150 tons can. lie close to the fhore to unload in calm weather. In the road, about a mile from the coaft, there is good, anchorage for veffels of any fize. The fea has made great encroachments on the town at different times, and great pains have been taken to fecure it, by means of piles, from further damage. Nearly one hundred boats are employed in fishing, which carry three, four, or five men each: the fale of mackarel and herrings is very confiderable. In time of peace a packet fails every week to Dieppe ; and veffels may be had at a fhort notice for any other port of France. But as a mere fishing town, Brighton would ever have remained obfcure and unnoticed, had not fashion fixed on it as an eligible summer retreat from the metropolis, and and the prince of Wales made it one of his refidences. The pavilion built by his royal highnefs, on the great public walk called the Steyne, is the chief ornament of the place; and for the accommodation of the numerous perfons of wealth and fashion, who repair to it in fummer, elegant buildings have been provided in every quarter, befides affembly rooms, libraries, and a theatre. The refort of company to this place rather increases than declines, which may perhaps in a great degree be attributed to the fmallnefs of its diftance from London, being by the shortest road only 54 miles. Brighton has 1424 houses, and 7339 people. WARWICKSHIRE Is 50 miles in length, from north to fouth, 35 where widest from east to weft, in circumference 110 miles, and its area is -computed at 984 miles, or 629,760 acres. It is divided into four hundreds called Barlichway, Hemlingford, Kington and, Knightlow, befides the county of the city of Coventry; thefe are fubdivided into 201 parishes, 28 hamlets, 12 townships, 8 extra-parochial demefnes, 7 villages, 6 towns, 1 liberty, and 1 chapelry, and contain 43,783 houses, and 208,190 inhabitants. The principal natural productions of the county are corn, malt, wool, timber, iron, coal, and cheese, but various manufactures, and particularly that of steel at Brimingham, are purfued with unbounded activity and fuccefs. The chief rivers are the Avon and the Tame. From Warwickshire 6 members are returned to parliament, 2 for the county, 2 for the city of Coventry, and 2 for the county town of Warwick. The city of Coventry is a county within itself, and has jurifdiction over feveral circumjacent parishes. It is ancient, and has for feveral centuries been enriched by its manufactures, which are now principally ribbons, gauzes, and tammies. In the fourteenth century, it was furrounded with walls, the expences of which were defrayed by money arifing from taxes on wine, malt, oxen, hogs, calves, and fheep, confumed in Coventry. Thefe walls were in great ftrength and grandeur, furnished with thirty-two towers, and twelve gates; and continued till the 22d of July, 1661; when great part of the wall, most of the towers, and many of the gates, were pulled down by order of Charles II. Two parliaments have been held in this city. The first in 1404, by Henry IV., which was ftyled parliamentum indoctorum, from a fpecial injunction in the writs for calling it, prohibiting the return of any man skilled in the law. The other in 1459, by Henry VI. and was called parliamentum diabolicum, by reafon of the multitudes of attainders paffed against Richard, duke of York, and his adherents. Coventry contains three parish churches, befides several places of worship for Diflenters, Methodists, and Quakers. When the cathedral was ftanding, Coventry poffeffed a matchlefs group of churches, all standing within one cemetery. St. Michael's is a fpecimen of the most beautiful steeple in Europe; its exquifite proportions were highly extolled by fir Chriftopher Wren. It is almoft unneceffary, in fpeaking of this city, to remind the reader of the traditional narrative of the oppreffion exercised by Leofric, lord of the place; of the terms which he imposed on his wife as the price of compliance with her interceflion; or of the fate of the too curious tailor; fo well known by the name of Peeping Tom. Whatever may have given rife to this account, an annual commemoration of the event is celebrated at Coventry, and the effigy of Peeping Tom, ftill preferved at the window which was the fcene of his delinquency, is regularly dreffed in new clothes for the occafion. The corporation confifts of a mayor, recorder, 2 sheriffs, 10 aldermen, 31 fuperior and 25 inferior common-council men. The population of this city has fluctuated in a remarkable manner. Before 1549, the inhabitants were found to have been 15,000; but on the diffolution of monafteries, the decline of trade occafioned a defertion of people which reduced them to 3009. To remedy this evil, Edward VI. granted the city a charter for an additional fair. In 1644, when the inhabitants were numbered from the apprehenfion of a fiege, they were found to amount to 9500. In 1748, and 1749, there were 2065 houses, and 12,117 people, and the return to parliament in 1801, gave 3134 houfes, and 16,034 fouls; but in the parifhes which form the county of the city of Coventry, were the additional number of 1155 dwellings, and 5547 people. Warwick, which gives its name to the county, is a very ancient town. The Romans erected in it a fort, which was destroyed by the Picts, and several times rebuilt. On the 5th of September, 1694, this town was almoft burned down, by an accidental fire; but was rebuilt with free stone, dug on the spot. In its rocks are alfo made its wells and cellars; the streets are fpacious and regular, and meet in the centre of the town, which is ferved with water by pipes, from springs half a mile off. Though it is populous, it has but two parish churches; it once had fix, and as many monafteries. It was protected by a ftrong caftle, formerly the feat of the earls of Warwick. This fortress is erected on a rock, forty feet higher than the Avon, but on the north fide even with the town. The corporation confifts confifts of a mayor, a recorder, 12 aldermen or brethren, and 24 burgeffes or common-council men. The county affizes and. general quarter feffions are held in this town. It has 1084. houfes, and 5775 inhabitants. The remaining towns are Alcefter, Atherton, Birmingham, Coleshill, Henley, Kineton, Nuneaton, Polefworth, Rugby, Southam, Stratford-upon-Avon, and Sutton Colefield. Birmingham is a furprifing and glorious inftance of the advancement to which induftry and ingenuity can attain, in a country bleffed with a free conftitution. In the year 1676, it was not even a market town; tanning of leather was the chief business carried on, but of that not a trace now remains. Before the revolution, the manufactures of Birmingham were confined to coarfe iron ware; fhortly after that period, fome of the inhabitants obtained a contract for furnishing a fupply of fire arms to government; foon afterwards the button and buckle trade became extenfive. Birmingham being conveniently fituated, labour, coals, and the neceffaries of life were cheap ; and manufactories were erected on a general and extenfive fcale. Whatever could be deemed either ufeful or ornamental, in the endless variety of buttons, buckles, trinkets, and jewellery, filver and plated wares, fire arms, caft iron work, mill work, and in all the various branches of hard-ware, are abundantly fupplied by Birmingham, where fome of the most extensive manufactories in the kingdom are established. Inland navigations have increafed the trade, and will ftill augment it much more by fresh communications. The air is exceedingly pure, and, notwithstanding the difadvantages which muft r. fult from its clofe population, the noxious fluvia of various metallic trades, and the continual fmoke arifing from the vast quantity of coals confumed, it is remarked to be one of the healthicft towns in England. The foundation being a dry reddish fand, the lowest apartments are perfectly free from damp, and hence it follows, that agues, and the numerous tribe of diftempers, incident to moift fituations, are unknown: the inftances of longevity are ftrikingly numerous. All means for the prefervation of health have been adopted in this great town, and particularly bathing; one of the most extenfive and complete fets of baths in the kingdom being erected at Lady Well. As almoft every artizan occupies a feparate house, they are spread over a great extent of furface, and confequently free from the difadvantages so remarkable in other great towns, where the habitations are larger, and every floor occupied by one or more families: the dwellings, however, of the merchants and principal manufacturers, are equal to thofe of the fame rank in any other part of the kingdom; and Birmingham boasts of fome ftreets which would |