RICHNIOND, a village of England, in the county of Surrey, is delightfully situated on the declivity of an eminence on the south bank of the Thames, which is here 300 feet wide, and is crossed by an elegant bridge of freestone, communicating with Twickenham, having five semi-circular arches. The village has a very irre gular form, but the streets are handsome, and the houses well built and elegant. The houses and hotels here are particularly magnificent, and afford the finest accommodation.
The church or chapel of Richmond consists of a nave, aisles, and a chancel built of brick. There is at the west end a low embattled tower built of white stone and flint in chequers. It contains many monu ments, among which are those of Lord Brouncker, Mr. Yates the actor, Robert Lewis, Esq. who, as his epitaph informs us, was such a lover of peace, that " when a dispute began between life and death, gave up the ghost to end the dispute ;" James Thomson the poet, whose grave was not indicated till 1792, when the Earl of Buchan put up a brass tablet. A neat theatre has
been built on one side of Richmond Green. In Rich mond Park there is an observatory, with a mural arch of eight feet radius, and of 140°, a 12 feet zenith sector, an eight feet transit instrument; and a ten feel reflecting telescope by Herschel. In the movable dome on the summit, there is a good equatorial instrument. This observatory is, we believe. under the direction of Professor Rigaud of Oxford. The summit of the hill, called Richmond Green, is levelled and inclosed, and is surrounded with lofty elms. Richmond Hill is cover ed with the most elegant mansions, and commands the richest and most extensive prospects. 1 here are very useful charities in this place, which are liberally sus tained, and judiciously managed. See the Beauties of England and Wales, vol. xiv. p. 194.