THE PUMP ROOMS AND BATHS. THE GRAND PUMP ROOM, situated in the Abbey Yard, is a noble and lofty Saloon, set round with Corinthian columns, and adorned with classic statues, vases, paintings, and other embellishments; in the eastern recess is a marble statue of BEAU NASH, and in the western a new orchestra has been erected, appropriated to an excellent band, whose performances of concerts, à la Musard, during the season, form a prominent feature of attraction among the refined amusements of the city. THE HETLING PUMP ROOM is a smaller room, handsomely furnished, and admirably suited for the invalid; in these rooms gush forth the celebrated THERMAL SPRINGS of Bath; issuing from marble vases, they are dispensed to the drinkers. These Mineral Springs are, perhaps, the oldest in Europe, having been discovered upwards of eight hundred years before the Christian Era; the largest spring alone uppours a never-failing supply of 184,320 gallons daily, or 128 gallons per minute, of mineral water, whose lowest temperature after it has reached the surface, is 116 degrees of Fahrenheit. The following is an Analysis of the Water made by the celebrated German chemist WALCKER. each apartment consists of a lofty and well-lighted Dressing Room, handsomely furnished and carpeted, with every convenience that the most fastidious can require. Adjoining each Dressing Room is a Bath Room of equal dimensions, containing the Bath sunk to a suitable depth, and lined with white tiles, capable of holding more than fourteen hogsheads of water, and which fills in about five minutes; the bather descends by steps into the Bath, and three brass-handled cocks, placed within his reach, admit the Volcanic Water, either at the natural temperature, or tepid, or lastly cold, which is effected by the Waters being previously thrown into cooling reservoirs, by which means the degree of heat may be regulated at the option of the bather, THE KING'S PUBLIC BATH is a square of 65 feet by 40 feet, and contains, when at its usual height, 364 tons of the water, the spring in the centre of which gives forth three hogsheads of water per minute. THE QUEEN'S BATH adjoins the King's Bath, and is supplied from the same source; it is twenty-five feet square. The third and last of these PUBLIC BATHS demands notice, as affording a supply of Mineral Water of the highest known temperature of the Bath Springs, being 120 degrees of Fahrenheit. The establishment also includes Reclining, Douche, Vapour, Shampooing, and Shower Baths. ON THE INTERNAL USE OF THE BATH WATERS. The internal use of the Bath waters is recommended in rheumatic, gouty, and paralytic affections; in disorders originating from indigestion or acidity of the stomach, biliary and glandular obstructions, hypochondriacal and hysterical affections; in a general disordered state of health, with impaired digestive powers; and, in short, almost every disease accompanied by debility and unattended with inflammation. The period usually recommended as a fair trial of the waters is six weeks, which is generally sufficient at one time. Their use is also most beneficial where bitters, food, and everything else taken into the stomach, have been rejected; they warm and comfort the stomach, act as a gentle stimulant and bracer to the relaxed fibres, and promote that natural appetite to which the dyspeptic patient has long been a stranger. SIR GEORGE GIBBES, DR. BARLOW, and other distinguished Bath physicians, bear ample testimony to the benefit dyspeptic patients derive from both their internal and external use; and DR. FALCONER also observes, that " every medical practitioner at this place has seen instances of people labouring under want of appetite, pain, and spasm of the stomach and bowels, together with all the other symptoms of depraved digestion and want of power in the proper organs to perform their functions, joined to a very great degree of weakness, both of the body and of the spirits, relieved by the use of the Bath waters. The recovery in such cases is particularly remarkable for its taking place so quickly after the commencement of the trial of the remedy. A few days will frequently work such a change in the situation of the patient as would be scarcely credible, were it of less common occurrence." ON THE EXTERNAL USE OF THE BATH WATERS. Bathing in these hot mineral waters is highly beneficial in paralytic, gouty, and chronic affections; in all contractions or lameness arising from the above disorders; in sprains, or local injuries, from whatever cause, if unattended with inflammation; in cutaneous diseases; in biliary and glandular obstructions; and most decidedly in uterine affections. These baths, discreetly used, do not relax the body, diminish the strength, or exhaust the spirits, even in persons previously reduced and greatly weakened by disease; for, after remaining twenty or thirty minutes, they come out of the bath refreshed, and their spirits lighter and more cheerful. DR. LUCAS, alluding to their external use, says, "The Bath waters, from the nature of their contents, are found particularly beneficial in a relaxed state of the fibres, by bracing and strengthening the solids." For a great variety of local discases, in which the use of the bath is recommended, other means are frequently added, such as pumping on the part affected, either in or out of the bath. Bath is now reached from London (by the Great Western Railway) in 24 hours, from Exeter in 1 hour, and is admirably suited for the residence of the invalid, combining as it does all the refined amusements and recreations of the Metropolis, with the pure air and invigorating breezes of the country. Terms and every information sent postage free on application to MESSRS. GREEN AND SIMMS, Lessees of the entire establishment of Pump Rooms and Baths. Charles Simms and Co., Printers, Manchester. Archaeologia Cambrensis ADVERTISING SHEET. Completion of the First Volume of the ARCHEOLOGIA CAMBRENSIS. 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