Leamington, like most other country towns in England, is laid out more at random than on any definite system; nevertheless, the streets are broad, and for the most part straight: but to a stranger there is no obvious leading street or streets, and the houses are numbered in the common and inconvenient manner, by which we mean that there is no fixed and understood end, such as the east or the north, at which numeration should commence, and no separation of the odd from the even numbers, as is now being done in London, and as has been practised in France since the first revolution. There is much municipal arrangement and regulation in Paris that would be of great benefit to the public if adopted in English towns, and more especially in those which are rapidly increasing, such as Leamington, Cheltenham, Brighton, &c. To be convinced of this, it is only necessary to look into the Guide to Paris, and the map of that city.
