vice and Sermons in the Parish Church of Richmond or Trinity Chapel on Sundays, and shall also constantly attend the Prayers at Trinity Chapel on Wednesday and Thursday weekly, unless prevented by sickness or other sufficient cause to be allowed by the said Trustees, or three of them; AND such of them as shall not be Protestants, shall constantly repair to her or their Chapel to Public Worship, at least three times in every week, in case Public Worship shall so often be performed therein, unless prevented by sickness or other sufficient cause to be allowed as aforesaid. AND on their non-attendance, without such cause as aforesaid, each Widow shall forfeit the penalty of one penny for each such default, to be deducted by the said Trustees, or three of them, from and out of the next Quarter's Salary of each Widow so making default, and the money, if any thereby deducted, shall be distributed to and amongst the Poor of the Parish of Richmond; and the Minister of Trinity Chapel for the time being, shall recommend to the said Trustees such poor Persons as he shall think fit to receive such money, PROVIDED also that if any of the poor Widows shall not well behave herself, but shall neglect her duty, and be

guilty of rioting, scolding, drunkenness, lewdness, or other vice or immorality, or shall suffer any such to be committed or practised in her room to the disturbance of the other Widows or any other person, or in case any dispute shall arise between them, THEN the said Trustees, or three of them, may hear the complaint of the parties, and shall determine concerning the same, and shall admonish the Widow so offending to reform; BUT if such Widow so admonished shall not reform but be guilty of the same or like misbehaviour, then for such second offence the said Trustees shall cease to pay her her then next Quarter's Salary, and the like for a third offence: AND if such Widow shall not then reform, but continue incorrigible, THEN the said Trustees, or three of them, shall discharge and remove her out of such room, and she shall be struck off from such Charity and receive no benefit therefrom. PROVIDED also that whenever any of the said three Trustees, Fowler Hickes, John Elsworth, and George Thompson Watkin or any after appointed Trustee or Trustees shall die, that then the remain. ing Trustees, or two of them, shall from time to time within ten days next after every such death happening, by writing under their hands,

uominate and appoint one other proper Trustee living in the Town of Richmond aforesaid, in the place of him so dying, so as there shall always be kept up the number of four Trustees: AND it is hereby also declared and agreed that it shall be lawful for the said Fowler Hickes, John Elsworth, and George Thompson Watkin, the Survivors and Survivor of them, and the heirs of such Survivor, and the said Francis Blackburne and the succeeding Rectors of Richmond, and the Trustees so hereafter to be appointed, or three of them, to make such fur. ther orders in writing for the better management of the said poor Widows and Messuage thereby above appointed for them to reside in, and for employing the Rents and profits of the residue of the said Premises, as they shall from time to time think right and convenient: and such orders, &c. shall be binding.

THIS Charity is kept up according to the Will of the Donor, and since the inclosure of the common Fields, an allotment of about three acres in the Low East Field, let at £12. a year, has been given as a compensation for the said several parcels of lard in the West Field.

MANY of the observations upon these Charities were written about 70 years ago, and as they would best explain the different lands subject at that time to those payments, they have been inserted; since the inclosure of the common Fields, there has been so great a change in situation, and property has so very much. varied, that it is now difficult to know what lands these Charities are attached to, and perhaps many of them have been lost by the al

teration.

THE VIEWS.

THE VIEWS about the Town are remarkable for having all the appendant beauties of wood and water in every direction, particularly the walk about the Castle, which, being lately repaired and made of a convenient breadth, is the general promenade of the Inhabitants in all weathers. It rises about 120 feet perpendicular above the bed of the river, and presenting to the eye a tremendous precipice, makes those who are unaccustomed to the sight of a hilly country not very much at ease, thinking it dangerous to pass. The ground, on which the Castle stands, is elevated about fifty feet above the walk, and shelters it from the Northerly winds at every step a new point of view arises which raises the Traveller's expectation, and never have these expectations been disappointed. The river below encompasses near half the Castle, and precipitating itself from the rocks, forms a picturesque natural cataract quite