MANCHESTER.
THE town of Manchester, including Salford, contains 270,960 inhabitants,
and is distant from London 186 miles, and from Liverpool thirty-one by
the railroad.
The origin of this town, which is remarkable for the extent of its
trade, and the importance of its manufactures, may be traced to
remote antiquity. In the time of the Druids, it was distinguished as
one of the principal stations of their priests, and celebrated for
the privilege of sanctuary attached to its altar, which, in the
British language, was called _Meyne_, signifying a stone. Prior to
the Christian era, it was one of the principal seats of the
Brigantes, who had a castle or stronghold, called _Mancenion_, or the
place of tents, near the confluence of the rivers Medlock and Irwell,
the site of which, still called the "Castle Field," was selected as a
station by the Romans, on their conquest of this part of Britain
under Agricola, about the year 79, and called by them _Mancunium_,
whence the Saxon _Manceastre_, and our _Manchester_. The Romans
occupied this station during nearly four centuries, and formed roads,
branching off to their surrounding settlements. Various antiquities
have been from time to time discovered in the neighbourhood. After
the departure of the Romans, a party of Saxons took the fort from the
Britons, to whom the garrison afterwards surrendered. In 620, it was
captured by Edwin, King of Northumbria. In 627, the inhabitants were
converted to Christianity, by Paulinus, a missionary from Gregory I.
Manchester having been taken by the Danes, was wrested from their
possession, about 920, by Edward the Elder, who rebuilt and fortified
the town and castle. For some time it continued prosperous, but
suffered greatly in the wars between the Danes and Northumbrians.
The early history of all ancient towns, chiefly "pertains to feats of
broils and battles;" castles founded, demolished, and rebuilt, to be
destroyed again; baronial feuds and fierce invasions; with the faint
and fruitless struggles of _right_ against _might_, make up the dark
and bloody record.
* * * * *
After the twelfth century, a calmer period arrived; and, though
occasionally troubled by the pest of war, the fortunes of the now
wealthy town of Manchester, have been progressively increasing. From
the year 1352, we may date the commencement of its manufacturing
celebrity, when a kind of woollen cloth, made from the fleece, in an
unprepared state, called "Manchester cotton," was introduced; and
some Flemish artisans, invited into England, by Edward III., settled
in the town, and brought the woollen manufacture to a considerable
degree of perfection. At the time of the Reformation, an
ecclesiastical commission was established at Manchester, and
exercised great intolerance, imprisoning and executing numbers of
popish recusants; another of the black and by-gone deeds of our past
"dark ages." During the Parliamentary war, the head-quarters of the
Parliamentarian army, in Lancashire, were fixed at Manchester, which
was fortified and defended too well for the Royalist forces to be
successful in any of their repeated attacks. In 1652, the walls were
thrown down, the fortifications demolished, and the gates carried
away and sold. The good town of Manchester had grown great and
wealthy; but we much doubt if it had become particularly grave or
wise, since we know that extravagant rejoicings, accompanied by every
splendour of pomp and ceremony, took place at the restoration of the
not-too-excellent King Charles II., in whose honour, and to the
glorification of the thirsty woollen-weavers, the public conduits
flowed with streams of wine, instead of water; a celebration worthy
of the "merry monarch."
* * * * *
In 1745, Prince Charles Edward entered Manchester with his army, and
took up his abode in the house of Mr. Dickenson, in Market-street,
when he levied money, raised men and horses for his service, and
after marching about the country, made a rapid retreat into Scotland,
before the army of the Duke of Cumberland. The officers of the
Manchester regiment, were tried for high treason, and executed on
Kennington Common, two of the heads being placed on Temple Bar, and
two on the Exchange, Manchester. With this inhuman and disgraceful
event, the record of the "fortunes of war," connected with this
place, ends,--we will trust for ever.
The various manufactures carried on in Manchester, would occupy a
descriptive work of no small extent, in themselves; and the account which
so small a volume as the present can find space for, must be brief
indeed. The staple trade is the cotton manufacture, which, in all its
branches, is carried on to an almost incredible extent. From the time of
Edward III., when the "Manchester cottons" were first introduced, this
branch of trade has been increasing in importance. About the year 1740,
cotton was manufactured by the spindle and distaff in the cottages of the
workmen, chiefly into fustians, thicksets, dimities, and jeans, to which
other kinds of goods were shortly added. About the year 1760, these
goods, hitherto made only for home consumption, formed a market on the
continent of Europe and America, and in consequence of the increased
demand, recourse was had to the aid of machinery. The spinning jennies,
invented by Messrs. Kay and Highs, have been introduced, and greatly
improved by Mr. Hargreaves, whose success, exciting the apprehensions of
the hand-workmen, caused the destruction of his machinery, and his
retreat to Nottingham, where he died in indigence. Sir Richard
Arkwright, the late Sir Robert Peel, and others, have improved and
invented other machines, which, aided by the power of the steam-engine,
have prodigiously increased the quantity and variety of the goods
manufactured in this town.
* * * * *
In the spinning department alone, there are in the town and vicinity 114
factories, worked by 118 steam-engines, the aggregate power of which is
equal to that of 3,981 horses; by this machinery, 2,182,350 spindles, and
6,926 power-looms are set in motion. The power-looms, a recent
invention, originating with the Rev. Mr. Cartwright, of Holland House,
Kent, were not proved finally successful till 1806. The factories, in
several of which the whole process of the manufacture, from the
introduction of the raw material, to the completion of the fabric, is
carried on, are immense ranges of building, from six to eight stories in
height, some employing 2,000 persons each, and the whole affording
employment to upwards of 30,000 persons. The principal articles at
present manufactured are velvets, fustians, jeans, ticking, checks,
ginghams, nankeens, diaper, quilting, calico, muslins, muslinets, cambric
handkerchiefs, small wares, silks, and, in fact, every variety of cotton
and silk goods. There are also extensive bleaching grounds, works for
printing and dyeing, and all other departments of the manufacture.
Extensive forges, foundries, &c., for the machinery used, laboratories
for chemical productions used in the trade, and mills for the manufacture
of all descriptions of paper; engraving, as connected with the printing
of cotton and muslin goods, is carried on to a great extent; and there
are hat manufactories, and saw mills on a very large scale. It is
needless to inform the reader, that an inspection of some of these
immense hives of labour and invention, will well repay the trouble of a
visit. It is a proud feeling to an Englishman to know, that the
productions of the thousand busy hands and whirling wheels around him,
are destined to increase the comfort, refinement, or splendour of
nations, spread far and wide over the globe: and it is a joyful thing to
compare present greatness and secure freedom, with the long past years
when a little bristling fortress and a tented field, scenes of barbaric
bloodshed and grovelling slavery, occupied the spot of earth now devoted
to usefulness, industry, and knowledge.
* * * * *
Manchester is situated on the banks of the river Irwell; (which here
receives the tributary streams of the Irk and the Medlock;) on the N.W.
bank lies the newly erected borough of Salford, connected by means of
five bridges with Manchester, of which it forms an integral part. In
various parts of the town there are altogether nearly sixty bridges. The
town is well paved, and lighted with gas; and the inhabitants are
supplied with water by the Manchester and Salford Water Company. The
environs, in many parts, particularly in Broughton, Ardwick-green, and
Gibraltar, are pleasant, and present many ranges of handsome residences,
tasteful villas, and cottages. In the older parts of the town are
several ancient houses, interspersed with modern dwellings, and, except
where recent improvements have been made, the streets are inconveniently
narrow; the accommodation of trade being more studied here than elegance
and symmetry of appearance.
* * * * *
The public buildings and institutions of Manchester are well worthy of
its wealth and importance. The Exchange and Commercial Buildings, facing
the Market-place, form a spacious handsome edifice, built of Runcorn
stone: containing the News-room, Exchange, Library, Post-office, Chamber
of Commerce, a spacious Dining-room, and other apartments. The members
of the Literary and Philosophical Society have a suitable building for
their meetings, and have published many volumes of Transactions in the
English, French, and German languages, which are much circulated on the
continent. The Royal Institution, embracing a variety of objects
connected with literature, science, and the fine arts, has a fine
building in the Grecian style, from a design by Mr. Barry, forming a
splendid addition to the architectural ornaments of the town. The centre
comprises the Hall and Lecture Theatre, lighted by a lantern from the
ceiling, which may be darkened instantaneously at the will of the
lecturer. One of the wings is appropriated as the Academy of the Fine
Arts, with Exhibition-rooms, and the other as a Museum of Natural
History. The whole cost of this elegant pile was estimated at 50,000.
The Town Hall is a noble edifice, from a design by Mr. F. Goodwin, after
the model of the Temple of Erectheus, at Athens, with a beautiful tower
and dome in the centre, resembling the Tower of Andronicus, called "The
Temple of Winds:" it contains various apartments for transacting the
public business of the town, and one splendid room, 132 feet long,
decorated with great elegance. The Town Hall at Salford is a handsome
and commodious stone edifice by the same architect. The Society for
promoting the study of natural history, has a valuable and extensive
Museum also; and the town possesses flourishing Mechanics' Institutions,
Philological Society, Agricultural Society, Botanic Garden, several
Libraries, two Theatres, Assembly-rooms, Concert-rooms, Annual Races, and
Triennial Musical Festivals. There are twenty-six churches and chapels
belonging to the Establishment, and more than fifty places of worship for
the various denominations of Dissenters. The windows of St. John's
Church, in Byrom-street, contain some very ancient and beautiful stained
glass, brought from a convent in Rouen; also, pictures in the vestry, and
a fine piece of sculpture, by Flaxman. The Free Grammar School, founded
in the 7th of Henry VIII., has a revenue of 4,000, and the number of
scholars is from 150 to 200. The Blue Coat, St. Paul's, Lancasterian,
National, and Infants' Schools, are all highly useful, and well-supported
establishments; and the various Sunday Schools instruct as many as 30,000
children. The Hospitals and other Charitable Institutions are equally
extensive in their sphere of usefulness, and together with the
establishments before mentioned, worthy of the wealth, intelligence, and
liberality of this great and important town.
* * * * *
Among the distinguished natives of Manchester, or persons who have been
otherwise connected with it, may be enumerated, William Crabtree, an
astronomical writer, and inventor of the micrometer, born at Broughton
and killed at the battle of Marston Moor in 1644; John Byrom, a poet, and
author of a system of shorthand; John Ferriar, M.D., author of
Illustrations of Sterne, &c.; Thomas Barritt, the antiquary and
heraldist; Thomas Faulkner, an enterprising traveller, who published the
earliest account of Patagonia, and died in 1774; the Rev. John Whittaker,
the Manchester historian; and others of less renown. Manchester gives
the title of duke and earl to the family of Montague. The market days
are Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday; fairs on Easter Monday and Tuesday,
and October 1 and 2. Salford fairs begin on Whit Monday, for twenty-one
days; and on November 17, for the same time.
* * * * *
The information required by the traveller respecting inns, places of
public resort, &c., will be found in the Appendix, under the head of
Manchester.
* * * * *
END OF THE ROUTE.
REGULATIONS OF THE GRAND JUNCTION AND LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY
COMPANIES.
[Picture: Train of the Period]
_REGULATIONS OF THE GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY_.
TIME OF DEPARTURE.--The doors of the Booking Office are closed precisely
at the time appointed for starting, after which no passenger can be
admitted.
BOOKING.--There are no Booking Places, except at the Company's Offices at
the respective Stations. Each Booking Ticket for the First Class Trains
is numbered to correspond with the seat taken. The places by the mixed
Trains are not numbered.
LUGGAGE.--Each Passenger's Luggage will, as far as practicable, be placed
on the roof of the coach in which he has taken his place; carpet bags and
small luggage may be placed underneath the seat opposite to that which
the owner occupies. No charge for _bona fide_ luggage belonging to the
passenger under 100lb. weight; above that weight, a charge is made at the
rate of 1d. per lb. for the whole distance. No kind of merchandise
allowed to be taken as luggage. The attention of travellers is requested
to the legal notice exhibited at the different stations, respecting the
limitation of the Company's liabilities to the loss or damage of luggage.
All passengers by Railway will do well to have their luggage distinctly
marked with their names and destination.
GENTLEMEN'S CARRIAGES AND HORSES.--Gentlemen's carriages and horses must
be at the Stations at least a quarter of an hour before the time of
departure. A supply of trucks are kept at all the _principal_ Stations
on the line; but to prevent disappointment it is recommended that
previous notice should be given, when practicable, at the Station where
they may be required. No charge for landing or embarking carriages or
horses on any part of the line.
ROAD STATIONS.--Passengers intending to join the Trains at any of the
stopping places are desired to be in good time, as the train will leave
each Station as soon as ready, without reference to the time stated in
the tables, the main object being to perform the whole journey as
expeditiously as possible. Passengers will be booked only conditionally
upon there being room on the arrival of the Trains, and they will have
the preference of seats in the order in which they are booked. No
persons are booked after the arrival of the Train.--All persons are
requested to get into and alight from the coaches invariably on the left
side, as the only certain means of preventing accidents from Trains
passing in an opposite direction.
CONDUCTORS, GUARDS, AND PORTERS.--Every Train is provided with Guards,
and a Conductor, who is responsible for the order and regularity of the
journey. The Company's Porters will load and unload the luggage, and put
it into or upon any omnibus or other carriage at any of the Stations. No
fees or gratuities allowed to be received by the Conductors, Guards,
Porters, or other persons in the service of the Company.
SMOKING, SELLING OF LIQUORS, &c.--No smoking is allowed in the
Station-houses, or in any of the coaches, even with the consent of the
passengers. A substantial breakfast may be had at the Station-house at
Birmingham, by parties, going by the early train; but no person is
allowed to sell liquors or eatables of any kind upon the line.--The
Company earnestly hope that the public will co-operate with them in
enforcing this regulation, as it will be the means of removing a cause of
delay, and will greatly diminish the chance of accident.
Goods sent to Birmingham, Manchester, or Liverpool, by the evening
Trains, are generally delivered early on the following morning.
CONVEYANCES TO LOCAL TOWNS FROM STATIONS.
BESCOT BRIDGE.
Conveyance.--A light Van runs from this Station to Walsall for the
conveyance of passengers.
WOLVERHAMPTON.
Conveyances.--Two Omnibuses from the town meet all the Trains. Coaches
to Shrewsbury, through Shiffnal and Wellington, from the New
Hotel:--Royal Mail, 7.5 a.m.; Swallow, 8.5 a.m.; *Prince of Wales, 12.75
p.m.; Wonder, 7.25 p.m. To Shrewsbury, from the Crown and
Cushion:--Salopian, 3.25 p.m., through Shiffnal, Madeley and Ironbridge.
To Shrewsbury, from the Railway Station:--An Omnibus, 3 p.m., through
Shiffnal and Wellington. To Dudley 6.75 a.m.; *1.5 p.m.; *4.5 p.m.; *6.5
p.m. To Bridgenorth, 4 p.m.
Marked thus (*) do not run on Sundays.
STAFFORD.
Conveyances.--Omnibuses are in attendance to convey passengers to any
part of the town. Coaches to Burton-on-Trent, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, &c.,
12.5 p.m. Rugeley and Lichfield, 3.75p.m. Stone and Newcastle, 4.5 p.m.
Stone and Potteries, 7 p.m.
WHITMORE.
Conveyances.--Coaches daily to Shrewsbury, through Market Drayton. A
Coach through Newcastle to the Potteries daily. The Pottery Company and
Green's Omnibuses daily to Newcastle and Potteries.
BASFORD AND MADELEY STATIONS.
Conveyances.--Conveyances are in waiting at these Stations to take
passengers and goods to Newcastle, the Potteries, or any other place.
CREWE.
Conveyances.--A Coach from Macclesfield, through Congleton and Sandbach,
to Crewe Station, twice daily. A Coach to Whitchurch, daily. An Omnibus
from Nantwich to Crewe, to meet all the Trains, and convey passengers to
Nantwich.
HARTFORD.
Conveyances.--Adams' Omnibus (with the letter bags) to Northwich and
Knutsford, morning and evening. Mail to Chester and Tarporley, daily.
From Chester there are Coaches to all parts of North and South Wales.
PRESTON-BROOK.
Conveyances.--Leaves Wilson's Hotel, Runcorn, morning and afternoon, to
meet the Trains, and return on the arrival of the Trains at this station.
WARRINGTON.
Conveyances.--Omnibuses are in attendance to convey passengers to any
part of the town. Chaises, Cars, or Gigs, to be had in a few minutes'
notice. Coaches to Macclesfield, Stockport, Liverpool, Carlisle,
Edinburgh, and all parts of the North.
TABLE OF FARES AND DISTANCES.
BIRMINGHAM BIRMINGHAM
Perry Barr 3.25 Perry Barr.
1 6 1 0
Newton Road 6.5 3.5 Newton Road.
1 6 1 0 1 6 1 0
Bescot Bridge 9.25 6 2.75 Bescot Bridge.
2 0 1 6 1 6 1 0 1 6 1 0
James's Bridge 10 6.75 3.5 .75 James's Bridge.
2 0 1 6 1 6 1 0 1 6 1 0 16 10
Willenhall 11.75 8.5 5.25 2.5 1.75 Willenhall.
2 6 2 0 2 0 1 6 1 6 1 0 1 6 1 0 1 6 1 0
WOLVERHAMPTON 14.25 10.75 7.5 4.75 4 2.25 WOLVERHAMPTON.
3 0 2 6 2 6 1 6 1 6 1 0 1 6 1 0 1 6 1 0 1 6 1 0
Four Ashes 20 16.5 13.25 10.5 9.75 8 5.75 Four Ashes.
4 0 3 0 3 6 3 0 3 0 2 6 2 6 2 0 2 6 2 0 2 0 1 6 1 6 1 0
Spread Eagle 21.5 18 14.75 12 11.25 9.5 7.25 1.5 Spread Eagle.
4 6 3 6 4 0 3 0 3 6 2 6 3 0 2 0 2 6 2 0 2 0 1 6 1 6 1 0 1 6 1 0
Penkridge 24 20.5 17.25 14.5 13.75 12 9.75 4 2.5 Penkridge.
5 0 4 0 4 6 3 6 4 0 3 0 3 6 2 6 3 0 2 6 3 0 2 0 2 6 1 6 1 6 1 0 1 6 1 0
STAFFORD 29.25 25.75 22.5 19.75 19 17.25 15 9.25 7.75 5.25 STAFFORD.
6 0 5 0 5 6 4 6 5 0 4 0 4 6 3 6 4 6 3 6 4 0 3 0 3 6 2 6 2 0 1 6 1 6 1 0 16 10
Bridgeford 32.5 29.25 26 23.25 22.5 20.75 18.5 12.75 11.25 8.75 3.5 Bridgeford.
7 0 5 6 6 0 5 0 6 0 4 6 5 6 4 0 5 0 4 0 5 0 3 6 4 6 3 0 2 6 2 0 2 6 2 0 2 0 1 6 1 6 1 0
Norton Bridge 35 31.5 28.25 25.5 24.75 23 20.75 15 13.5 11 5.75 2.25 Norton Bridge.
7 6 6 0 6 6 5 0 6 0 5 0 6 0 4 6 5 6 4 6 5 6 4 0 5 0 3 6 3 6 2 6 3 0 2 6 2 6 2 0 1 6 1 0 1 6 1 0
WHITMORE 43.25 39.75 36.5 33.75 33 31.25 29 23.25 21.75 19.25 14 10.5 8.25 WHITMORE.
9 6 8 0 8 6 7 0 8 0 6 6 7 6 6 0 7 6 6 0 7 0 5 6 6 6 5 0 5 0 4 6 4 6 4 0 4 0 3 6 3 0 2 6 2 0 1 6 1 6 1 0
Madeley 46 42.5 39.25 36.5 35.75 34 31.75 26 24.5 22 16.75 13.25 11 2.75 Madeley.
10 0 8 6 9 0 7 6 8 6 7 0 8 0 7 0 7 6 6 6 7 6 6 0 7 0 5 6 6 0 5 0 5 6 4 6 5 0 4 0 4 0 3 0 3 0 2 0 2 6 1 6 1 6 1 0
Basford 51 47.5 44 41.5 41 39 37 31 29 27 22 18 16 8 5 Basford.
12 0 10 6 10 6 9 6 10 6 8 6 10 0 8 6 10 0 8 0 9 6 7 6 9 0 7 0 7 6 6 0 7 0 5 6 6 6 5 6 5 0 4 6 4 6 4 0 4 0 3 6 2 6 2 0 1 6 1 0
CREWE 54 50.5 47.25 44.5 43.75 42 39.75 34 32.5 30 24.75 21.25 19 10.75 8 3 CREWE.
12 0 10 6 10 6 9 6 10 6 8 6 10 0 8 6 10 0 8 0 9 6 7 6 9 0 7 0 7 6 6 0 7 0 5 6 6 6 5 6 5 0 4 6 4 6 4 0 4 0 3 6 2 6 2 0 1 6 1 0 1 6 1 0
Coppenhall 56 52.5 49.25 46.5 45.75 44 41.75 36 34.5 32 26.75 23.25 21 12.75 10 5 2 Coppenhall.
12 6 10 6 11 6 9 6 11 6 9 0 10 6 9 0 10 0 8 6 9 6 8 0 9 0 7 0 7 6 7 0 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 0 5 6 5 0 5 0 4 6 4 6 4 0 2 6 2 0 2 0 1 6 2 0 1 6 1 6 1 0
Minshull 58.75 55.25 52 49.25 48.5 46.75 44.5 38.75 37.25 34.75 29.5 26 23.75 15.5 12.75 8 4.75 2.75 Minshull Vernon.
Vernon 13 0 11 0 12 6 10 6 11 6 10 0 11 0 9 6 11 0 9 0 10 6 8 6 10 0 8 0 8 6 7 0 8 6 7 0 8 0 6 6 6 6 5 6 5 6 5 0 5 6 4 6 3 6 3 0 3 0 2 0 3 0 2 0 1 6 1 0 16 10
Winsford 61.25 57.75 54.5 51.75 51 49.25 47 41.25 39.75 37.25 32 28.5 26.25 18 15.25 10 7.25 5.25 2.5 Winsford.
13 6 11 6 12 6 11 0 12 0 10 6 11 6 10 0 11 0 9 6 10 6 9 6 10 0 9 0 9 0 8 0 8 6 7 6 8 6 7 0 7 0 6 0 6 6 5 0 6 0 5 0 4 6 3 6 3 0 2 6 3 0 2 6 1 6 1 0 1 6 1 0 1 6 1 0
HARTFORD * 65.75 62.75 59 56.25 55.5 53.75 51.5 45.75 44.25 41.75 36.5 33 30.75 22.5 19.75 15 11.75 9.75 7 4.5 HARTFORD.
14 0 12 0 13 6 11 6 13 0 11 0 12 0 10 6 11 6 10 0 11 0 9 6 10 6 9 0 10 0 8 6 9 6 8 0 9 0 7 0 7 6 6 6 7 0 6 0 6 6 5 6 5 0 4 0 4 0 3 0 4 0 3 0 2 6 1 6 2 0 1 6 1 6 1 0 1 6 1 0
Acton 68.25 64.75 61.5 58.75 58 56.25 54 48.5 46.75 44.25 39 35.5 33.25 25 22.25 17 14.25 12.25 9.5 7 2.5 Acton.
15 0 12 6 14 6 12 0 14 0 11 6 13 6 11 0 13 0 11 0 12 6 10 6 12 0 10 0 10 6 9 0 10 0 8 6 9 6 8 0 8 6 7 6 8 0 6 0 7 6 6 0 5 6 4 6 5 0 4 0 5 0 4 0 3 0 2 6 2 6 2 0 2 0 1 6 1 6 1 0 1 6 1 0
Preston Brook 72.5 69 65.75 63 62.25 60.5 58.25 52.5 51 48.5 43.25 39.75 37.5 29.25 26.5 21.5 18.5 16.5 13.75 11.25 6.75 4.25 Preston Brook.
15 6 13 6 15 0 13 0 14 0 12 6 13 6 12 0 13 6 12 0 13 0 11 6 12 6 11 0 11 0 9 6 11 0 9 6 10 6 9 0 9 6 8 0 8 6 7 0 8 6 7 0 6 6 5 6 5 6 5 0 5 6 5 0 4 0 3 6 3 6 3 0 3 0 2 6 2 6 2 0 1 6 1 0 1 6 1 0
Moore 75 71.5 68.25 65.25 64.75 63 60.75 55 53.5 51 45.75 42.25 40 31.75 29 24 21 19 16.25 13.75 9.25 6.75 2.5 Moore.
16 0 14 0 15 6 13 6 14 6 13 6 14 0 12 6 13 6 12 6 13 0 12 0 12 6 11 6 11 6 10 6 11 0 10 0 10 6 9 6 10 0 8 6 9 0 7 6 9 0 7 6 7 0 6 0 6 0 5 6 6 0 5 6 4 6 4 0 4 0 3 0 3 6 3 0 3 0 2 6 2 0 1 6 1 6 1 0 1 6 1 0
WARRINGTON 78 74.5 71.25 68.25 67.75 66 63.75 58 56.25 54 48.75 45.25 43 34.75 32 27 24 22 19.25 16.75 12.25 9.75 5.5 3 WARRINTON.
17 0 14 0 16 0 14 0 15 6 13 6 15 0 13 0 14 6 12 6 14 0 12 6 13 6 12 0 12 0 11 0 12 0 10 6 11 6 10 0 10 6 9 0 9 6 8 0 9 0 8 0 7 6 6 0 6 6 5 6 6 6 5 6 5 0 4 6 4 6 4 0 4 0 3 6 3 6 3 0 2 6 2 0 2 0 1 6 1 6 1 0 1 6 1 0
Newton 82.75 79.25 76 73.25 72.5 70.75 68.5 62.75 61.25 58.75 53.5 50 47.75 39.5 36.75 32 28.75 26.75 24 21.5 17 14.5 10.25 7.75 4.75 Newton Junction.
Junction 18 0 15 0 17 6 14 6 16 6 14 6 16 0 14 0 15 6 13 6 15 0 13 6 15 0 13 0 14 0 12 0 13 6 11 6 13 0 11 0 11 6 10 0 11 0 9 0 10 6 8 6 8 0 7 0 7 6 6 6 7 6 6 6 6 0 5 0 5 6 4 6 5 0 4 6 5 0 4 0 3 6 3 0 3 0 2 6 2 0 1 6 1 6 1 0 1 6 1 0
MANCHESTER 97.25 94 90.25 88 87.25 85.5 83.25 77.5 76 73.5 68.25 64.75 62.5 54.25 51.5 46.5 43.5 41.25 38.75 36.25 31.75 29.25 25 22.5 19.5 14.75 MANCHESTER.
21 0 17 0 21 0 17 0 21 0 16 6 19 6 16 0 19 6 16 0 19 0 15 6 19 0 15 0 16 6 14 0 16 6 14 0 16 0 13 6 15 0 12 6 14 0 12 0 13 6 11 6 12 0 10 0 11 0 9 6 11 0 9 6 9 6 8 0 9 0 7 6 8 0 7 0 7 6 6 6 7 0 6 0 6 0 5 6 5 6 4 6 5 0 4 0 4 0 3 6 4 0 3 6
LIVERPOOL 97.25 94 90.75 88 87.25 85.5 83.25 72.5 76 73.5 68.25 64.75 62.5 54.25 51.5 46.5 43.5 41.25 38.75 36.25 31.75 29.25 25 22.5 19.5 14.75 30 LIVERPOOL.
21 0 17 0 21 0 17 0 21 0 16 6 19 6 16 0 19 6 16 0 19 0 15 6 19 0 15 0 16 6 14 0 16 6 14 0 16 0 13 6 15 0 12 6 14 0 12 0 13 6 11 6 12 0 10 0 11 0 9 6 11 0 9 6 9 6 8 0 9 0 7 6 8 0 7 0 7 6 6 6 7 0 6 0 6 0 5 6 5 6 4 6 5 0 4 0 4 0 3 6 4 0 3 6 6 0 4 6
_Explanation_.--To find the fare and distance from one station to
another--say Stafford to Wolverhampton. Find Stafford in the first
column, carry your eye along the column opposite to which it is placed
until you arrive at Wolverhampton placed in the slanting column, and
there the fare and distance will be found.
*** The figures at the top of each square denote the distance, those on
the left hand the fare by the _first_ class carriages, (_whether in first
class or mixed class trains_) and those on the right hand the fare by the
_second_ class carriages.
[_Entered at Stationer's Hall_.]
* The Fares from Stations above Hartford, to Stations on the Manchester
and Liverpool Line, are the same as to Manchester and Liverpool. But the
Fares from Hartford, Acton, Preston Brook, Moore, and Warrington, to the
Stations on the Manchester and Liverpool Line, are in proportion to the
distance.
The Fare from Birmingham to any Station on the Liverpool and Manchester
Line is in proportion.
N.B.--The Mixed Trains also take up and set down Passengers _to or from
any part of the Grand Junction Railway_, at all the usual Stopping Places
on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway.--An allowance is _included_ in
the above Tables of five minutes for _all_ the Trains at the _principal_
Stations, and of three minutes for _the Mixed Trains_, at the
intermediate stopping places.--No Fare is less than One Shilling by the
principal Trains.--The Fare between the intermediate Stopping Places is
at the rate of about 2.5d. per mile for First, and 1.5d. for Second Class
Passengers. Tables of which are kept at each of the Stations.
Parties arriving at Birmingham by the early Trains, can go on in the same
carriage to the London and Birmingham Railway Station, and so proceed by
the London Train.
Departures
FROM LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER TO BIRMINGHAM.
3 A.M. First, joins London Train at 8 30 A.M.
6 30 A.M. Mixed ,, 12 30 P.M.
9 15 A.M. 1st Class ,, 2 30 P.M.
11 30 A.M. 1st Class ,, 4 30 P.M.
4 30 P.M. Mixed
6 P.M. 1st Class ,, 11 30 P.M.
* * * * *
FROM BIRMINGHAM TO LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER.
3 A.M. First 2 30 P.M. 1st Class
6 A.M. Mixed Train 4 P.M. Mixed
11 30 A.M. 1st Class 5 P.M. 1st Class
The 3 A.M. Train from Liverpool starts from the Station, Edge Hill, to
which place any Passenger wishing to go by this Train must proceed to
take his place.
On Sundays.
FROM LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER TO BIRMINGHAM.
3 A.M. First, joins London Train at 8 30 A.M.
7 30 A.M. Mixed ,, 1 30 P.M.
11 30 A.M. ,,
6 P.M. ,, 11 30 P.M.
FROM BIRMINGHAM TO LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER.
3 A.M.
7 30 A.M. Mixed
11 30 A.M. Mixed
5 P.M. ,,
The Trains on Sundays stop at First Class Stations only.
By the Trains at A.M.
3
9 15 A.M. on week 3 A.M. on
days, and
at
11 30 A.M. 7 30 A.M. Sundays
and 6 P.M. and 6 P.M.
First Class Passengers, Horses, and Carriages will, if required, be
booked throughout from Liverpool and Manchester only, to London, (but not
to any other place on the London and Birmingham Line for the present,)
without change of Carriage at Birmingham. A certain number only can be
booked by each train in this manner.
No Horses can be booked further than Birmingham, unless they belong to a
Carriage or Passenger accompanying one of the above-mentioned Trains.
Horses and Carriages should be at the Stations and booked at least a
quarter of an hour before the time of departure.
Fares.
BETWEEN LIVERPOOL OR MANCHESTER AND FROM LIVERPOOL OR
BIRMINGHAM. MANCHESTER TO LONDON,
WHEN BOOKED THROUGHOUT AS
ABOVE
. s.
Six Inside 1st Class Coach 1 1
Second Class Closed 0 17 Day Trains.
Carriages
Third Class Open Carriage by 0 11 6 Inside Coach, G.J. 21s.
6.5 a.m. Train from London 1. 10s. = 2. 11s.
Liverpool or Manchester, and
by 6 a.m. Train from
Birmingham
Passengers booked by this conveyance for 4 Inside Coach, G.J. 23s.
the entire distance only. London 1. 10s. = 2. 13s.
Children under Ten Years of age Half Night Trains.
Price. Ditto in arms free
6 Inside Coach, G.J. 21s.
London 1. 12s. 6d. = 2.
13s. 6d.
4 Inside Coach, G.J. 23s.
London 1. 12s. 6d. = 2.
15s. 6d.
One Horse 2 0 G.J. 2 4. 10s
London 2.
10s =
Two Horses, if one property 3 0 ,, 3 8
and in one box. ,, 5
=
Three do do 4 0 ,, 4 10
,, 6
=
Dogs each 0 3
Gentlemen's Carriages, four 3 0 ,, 3 6. 15s.
wheels ,, 3.
15s =
Do do two wheels 2 0 ,, 2 5. 15s.
,, 3.
15s =
Passengers in Private 0 17 ,, 17s. 1. 17s.
Carriages Lond.
(20s. Day
25s. 2. 2s.
Night
Servants 0 14 ,, 14s. 1. 14s.
,, 20s.
Day
25s. 1. 19s.
Night
Grooms in charge of Horses, 0 14
if riding with them in the
box.
Servants, in attendance on 0 17
their Employers, may ride
outside, if there be room,
by First Class Trains, at
Second Class Fares.
For intermediate distances all Carriages, whether on two or four wheels,
will be charged alike.
Passengers are particularly requested to see that their Luggage is safely
loaded on the Carriages before starting, and that it is legibly directed
with the Owner's name, address, and destination.
Officers of the Grand Junction Railway:--
JOHN MOSS, Esq., OF LIVERPOOL, CHAIRMAN.
C. LAWRENCE, Esq., OF LIVERPOOL, DEPUTY CHAIRMAN.
J. R. CHORLEY, Esq., OF LIVERPOOL, TREASURER.
MR. S. EBORALL, CHIEF AGENT AT BIRMINGHAM.
MR. G. BAKER, CHIEF AGENT AT MANCHESTER.
GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY.--CONVEYANCE OF MERCHANDISE.
The rates for the conveyances of Merchandise from Liverpool and
Manchester to Birmingham, and from Birmingham to Liverpool and Manchester
respectively, for the present, are as follows:--
1st Class--Heavy hardware, 1s 6d. per cwt. No charge less than 1s. 6d.
2nd Class--Bale goods, fruit, grocery, shoes, shell fish, wines and
spirits in casks, &c., &c., 2s. per cwt.
3rd Class--Silk goods, light trusses, toys, wines and spirits in bottles
packed, fish, furniture, wool, tea, &c., &c., 2s. 6d. and 3s. per cwt.
4th Class--Hats, light glasses in crates, and milliner's boxes, &c., 7s.
per cwt.
Charge for Parcels to date from Oct. 1st, 1838, between Liverpool and
Manchester and Birmingham.
s. d.
Under 18lbs. weight.
For any distance under 35 miles 0 6
,, ,, above 35, and not exceeding 50 miles 1 0
Entire distance 1 6
Above 18lbs. weight.
For any distance under 35 miles .5d. per lb.
,, ,, above 35, and not exceeding 50 miles .75d. ,,
,, ,, ,, 50, to the entire distance 1d. ,,
From Liverpool and Manchester to London.
15 lbs. and under 2s. 6d.
Above 15 lbs. 2d. per lb.
Large light packages will be charged according to the bulk, &c., at the
discretion of the Company. Any person sending a parcel is authorised to
require its being booked in his presence, as the Company will not be
answerable for any parcels that are not entered in their books.
LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY.
Travelling by the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, 1838.--The following
are the Times of Departure both from Lime Street Station, Liverpool, and
from Liverpool Road Station, Manchester.
First Class, 7, 9, 11, a.m., and 2, 3, 7, p.m.
Second Class, 7.25, 10, 12, a.m., and 3, 5.5, 7, p.m.--Stopping only at
Newton, except on Tuesdays and Saturdays, when the evening Second Class
Train from Manchester starts at 6, instead of 5.5 o'clock.
On Sundays.
First Class, 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.--Second Class, 7 a.m. and 5.5 p.m.
Fares.
s. d.
By First Class train--Four inside--Royal Mail 6 6
ditto--Six inside--Glass Coach 6 0
By 2nd Class train--Glass Coaches 6 0
ditto--Open carriages 4 6
Charge for the conveyance of Four-wheeled carriages 20 0
ditto--Two-wheeled ditto 15 0
Horses--For One horse 10s. --Two horses 18s. --Three horses 22s.
N.B.--All Horses must be embarked at the Company's Station, EDGE HILL,
(Wavertree-lane,) unless accompanying Carriages to which they belong; in
which case they may be embarked at LIME STREET.
Luggage.
NOTICE.--To prevent loss or mistake of Luggage, Passengers are requested
to keep charge of their small Packages, by placing them under their
Seats, instead of on the Roof of the Coach.--The Weight allowed for each
Passenger is 60lb., beyond which a Charge will be made at the rate of 3s.
per cwt.
Liverpool and Manchester to Wigan.
By the First Class train 7 a.m.--2nd Class trains 10, 12, a.m. and 5.5
p.m.
On Sundays.
By the 2nd Class Trains 7 a.m., and 5.5 p.m.
FARES.--From Liverpool or Manchester, 1st Class 5s.; 2nd Class 3s. 6d.
Liverpool and Manchester to Bolton.
By the 1st Class Train 9 a.m.--2nd Class Trains 7.25, 12, a.m., and 5.5
p.m.
On Sundays.
By the 2nd Class Trains 7 am., and 5.5 p.m.
FARES.--From Liverpool, In. 5s. 6d., Out. 4s.; and from Manchester, 2s.
6d. and 2s.
Liverpool and Manchester to St. Helens.
By the 2nd Class Trains, 7.25, 10, 12, a.m., and 3, 5.5, p.m.
On Sundays.
By the 2nd Class Trains 7 a.m., and 5.5 p.m.
FARES.--From Liverpool In. 2s. 6d. Out 2s.; and from Manchester, 3s. 6d.
and 2s. 6d.
Liverpool and Manchester to Runcorn Gap.
By the 2nd Class Trains 7.5 a.m., and 3 p.m.
On Sundays.
By the 2nd Class Trains 7 a.m. and 5.5 p.m.
FARES.--From Liverpool, In. 3s., Out. 2s. 6d.; and from Manchester 4s.
and 3s.
* * * * *
THE VISITER'S GUIDE TO BIRMINGHAM, {97a} LIVERPOOL, AND MANCHESTER.
BIRMINGHAM.
PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
The Town Hall, {97b} situate at the top of New-street; open to strangers.
The Free School, New-street.
Market Hall, High-street.
Royal School of Medicine and Surgery, Paradise-street, opposite the Town
Hall, where an extensive Museum is at all times open to the public.
The Society of Arts, New-street. Exhibition of Paintings open in the
Autumn.
Nelson's Monument, High-street.
The Theatre Royal, New-street.
News Rooms, Bennett's Hill.
Public Office, Moor-street.
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.
Post Office, situate at the bottom of Bennett's Hill.
Stamp Office, Colmore Row.
Assay Office, Cannon-street.
The Cemetery, Hockley.
Proof House, Banbury-street.
LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTIONS.
The Society of Arts, New-street. Exhibition of Paintings open in the
Autumn.
Philosophical Institution, Cannon-street.
Mechanic's Institution, Cannon-street.
Botanical & Horticultural Society. The Gardens are at Edgbaston.
Strangers are admitted by a subscriber's order.
Old Library, Union-street.
New Library, Temple Row West.
Law Library, Waterloo-street.
Medical Library, at the Royal School of Medicine, Paradise-street.
PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS.
Theatre Royal, New-street.
Ryan's Amphitheatre, Bradford-street.
Billiard Rooms, Waterloo-street, adjoining the News Room; New-street,
adjoining the Theatre; and Cannon-street.
PUBLIC CHARITIES.
General Hospital, Summer Lane.
Dispensary, Union-street.
Asylum, (for Destitute Children,) near to Aston Park.
Workhouse, Lichfield-street.
Magdalen Asylum and Chapel, Islington.
Infirmary for Diseases of the Eye, Cannon-street.
SCHOOLS.
Free Grammar School, New-street.
Blue Coat School, east side of St. Philip's Church Yard.
Infant Schools, Ann-street and Cherry-street.
National Schools, Pinfold-street.
Lancasterian School, Severn-street.
Protestant Dissenters' Charity School, for females, Park-street.
Deaf and Dumb Institution, Edgbaston.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Barracks, Great Brook-street, Ashted.
Court of Requests, High-street.
Duddeston Hall Lunatic Asylum, Duddeston.
Old Gas Works, Broad-street.
The Baths, (swimming, and hot and cold private Baths,) at Lady Well, near
the bottom of Worcester-street.
Vauxhall Gardens, Ashted.
PLACES OF WORSHIP.
Church of England.
Churches and Chapels. Ministers, with their Services commence.
Residences.
St. Martin's, Rev. T. Moseley, .5 past 10, 3, .5
Bull-ring M.A., Bath-row, past 6.
Rector; Rev. M. W.
Foye, A.M.,
Exeter-row, Curate;
Rev. C. Arnold, A.M.,
Sandpits, Lecturer.
St. Philip's, Temple Rev. L. Gardner, .5 past 10, .25 past
row D.D., Rectory, 3.
Rector; Rev. J. W.
Downes, M.A.,
Colmore-row,
Lecturer; Rev. B.
Spurrell, M.A. 36 St.
Paul's-square,
Curate.
St. George's, St. Rev. John Garbett, .25 before 11, .5
George's M.A., Hockley-hill, past 3, and .5 past
Rector; Rev. Layton 6; Wednesday, .25
Irwen, Gt. past 7.
Hampton-street,
Curate.
St. Thomas's, Rev. Wm. Marsh, M.A., .5 past 10, 3, and .5
Holloway-head Hagley-row, Rector; past 6; Tuesday, 7,
Rev. Charles Lowe, prayer meeting;
B.A., Bedford-place, Sunday, 7; Friday, .5
Bristol-road, Curate. past 7.
All Saints', Hockley Rev. S. F. Morgan, .5 past 10, 3.
M.A., Grosvenor-row,
Birmingham-heath,
Rector.
Christ Church, Rev. J. G. Breay, .5 past 10, .5 past
Paradise-street B.A., Crescent, 6; Thursday, 7.
Minister; Rev. Daniel
Ledsam, B.A.,
Summer-hill, Curate.
St. Bartholomew's, Rev. Thomas Nunns, 11, .5 past 6.
Bartholomew-square M.A., Crescent,
Minister.
St. Mary's, St. Rev. J. C. Barratt, .5 past 10, 3, .5
Mary's square M.A., St. Mary's-row, past 6.
Minister; Rev. E.
Hall, M.A.,
Summer-hill, Curate.
St. Paul's, St. Rev. Rann Kennedy, .25 before 11, .5
Paul's square M.A., The Hollies, past 6.
Hall Green, Minister;
Rev. William Wenman,
St. Paul's-square,
Curate.
St. Peter's, Dale-end Rev. Charles Craven, 11, .5 past 6.
M.A., Edgbaston,
Minister.
Bishop Ryder's,
Stafford-street
St. John's, Deritend Rev. E. Palmer, 11, .5 past 6.
High-gate, Minister;
Rev. J. Collisson,
B.A., Camphill,
Curate.
St. James's, Ashted Rev. Josiah Allport, .5 past 10, .5 past
Ashted, Minister. 6.
Trinity, Bordesley Rev. S. Crane, B.A., .5 past 10, .5 past
Bordesley, Minister. 3; in winter 3.
Aston Church, Aston Rev. G. O. Fenwicke, 11, 3.
M.A., Vicarage,
Vicar; Rev. Horace
Chavasse, Curate.
Edgbaston Church, Rev. Charles Pixell, 11, .5 past 3.
Edgbaston M.A., Vicarage,
Vicar.
St. George's,
Calthorpe-street,
Edgbaston
Handsworth Church, Rev. John Hargreaves, 11, 3.
Handsworth M.A., Rectory,
Rector; Rev. D. N.
Walton, M.A.,
Heathfield-lane,
Curate.
Magdalen Chapel,
Islington
Dissenters.
Chapels and Meeting Ministers, and their Services commence.
Houses. Residences.
_Association Methodists_.
Newhall street, Mr. J. Handley, .5 past 10, 6;
Minister. Wednesday, .25 past
7.
_Baptists_.
Cannon-street Rev. T. Swann, .5 past 10, 3, and .5
Wheeley's Lane, past 6; Monday and
Edgbaston. Thursday, .5 past 7.
Bond street Rev. T. Morgan, .5 past 10, .5 past
Regent place, 6; Monday and
Harper's hill. Wednesday, .5 past 7.
Graham-street Rev. J. Hoby, D.D., .5 past 10, .5 past
Camden-hill. 6; Monday and
Wednesday, .5 past 7.
Newhall-street Rev. J. Ham, .5 past 10, 3, and .5
Bath-street. past 6; Monday and
Wednesday, .5 past 7.
Lombard street Rev. G. Cheatle, 11, 3, and .5 past 6;
Lombard-street. Monday and Wednesday,
.5 past 7.
_Calvinists_.
Bartholomew-street Rev. Mr. Telford, .5 past 10, 6; Monday
Bordesley-place. and Wednesday, .5
past 7.
Zoah Chapel, Rev. James Jay. .5 past 10, and .5
Cambridge-street past 6; Wednesday, .5
past 7.
Lawrence-street Rev. Thomas .5 past 10, 3, and
Buckingham. half past 6; Monday
and Thursday, .5 past
7
_Dependent Methodists_.
Buck-street Various Preachers. .5 past 10, 2, & 6;
Tuesday, .5 past 7;
Thursday, 8.
_Holy Catholic & Apostolic Church_.
Newhall-street, Mr. Barclay. 6, 10, 2, .5 before
4, 5, .5 past 6; also
daily, 6, and 5.
_Independents_.
Carr's lane Rev. J. A. James, .5 past 10, .5 past
Edgbaston. 6; Monday and
Wednesday, .5 past 7.
Steelhouse-lane Rev. T. East, 11, .5 past 6; Monday
Sparkbrook. and Wednesday, .5
past 7.
Livery-street Rev. J. Allsop, 7, .25 before 11, .5
Newhall-hill. past 6; Monday and
Thursday, .25 past 7.
Legge-street Messrs. Clay and .5 past 10, .5 past
Derrington, alternate 6; Tuesday &
Preachers. Thursday, .5 past 7.
Great Barr-street Various Preachers. .5 past 10, .5 past
6.
Union Chapel, Rev. J. Hammond, 11, 3, and .5 past 6.
Handsworth Union Row,
Handsworth.
Saltley, near the Various Preachers. .5 past 10, and 3.
Railway
_Jews' Synagogue_.
Severn-street Rev. Mr. Chapman, On Saturday at .5
Smallbrook-street, past 8, during the
Reader. winter months, & 8,
Summer months; 1, and
at sunset.
_Lady Huntingdon's_.
King-street Rev. John Jones, .5 past 10, 3, & .5
Bristol Road. past 6; Monday,
Wednesday, and
Friday, .5 past 7. A
Welsh service at 2
every Sunday
afternoon.
_New Jerusalem Church_.
Summer Lane Rev. E. Madeley, .25 before 11, & .5
Summer-lane. past 6.
_New Connexion Methodists_.
Oxford-street Rev. J. Curtis, .5 past 10, .5 past
Ravenhurst street. 2, & 6; Tuesday &
Friday, .5 past 7.
_Primitive Methodists_.
Inge-street Various Preachers.
Bordesley-street Various Preachers.
_Roman Catholics_.
St. Chad's, Rev. E. Peach and .25 past 8, .5 past
Shadwell-street Rev. J. Abbott. 9, .5 past 10, .5
past 3, and .5 past
6.
St. Peter's, St Rev. T. M. McDonnell, 9, .5 past 10, .5
Peter's place St. Peter's place. past 3, & .5 past 6.
_Society of Friends_.
Bull-street 10, 3, in Winter, and
6 in Summer;
Wednesday, 10.
_Scotch Church_.
Broad-street Rev. Robert Wallace, 11 & .5 past 6.
M.A., No. 1,
Summer-hill Terrace,
Sandpits.
_Unitarians_.
Old Meeting-house, Rev. Hugh Hutton, 11 & .5 past 6.
Grub-street Edgbaston.
New Meeting-house, Rev. John Kentish, 11 & 3.
Moor street Bourn-brook,
Bristol-road; Rev. S.
Bache,
Frederick-street,
Edgbaston.
Thorp-street Various Preachers. 11, .5 past 6;
Wednesday, .5 past 7.
Cambridge-street, Various Preachers. 11, 3.
Crescent
_Birmingham West Circuit_.
Cherry-street Rev. G. B. McDonald, .5 past 10, 3, and 6;
45, Newhall-street. Tuesday and Thursday,
.25 past 7.
Wesley Chapel, Rev. T. Dicken, 17, .5 past 10, 3, and .5
Constitution-hill Vittoria-street. past 6; Tuesday, .25
past 7.
Islington Chapel Rev. J. Lomas, Hagley .5 past 10, .5 past
Road. 2, and 6; Wednesday,
.25 past 7.
Bristol-road Rev. J. P. Haswell, .5 past 10, .5 past
Wellington-road. 2, and 6; Tuesday;
.25 past 7.
_Birmingham East Circuit_.
Belmont-row Rev. D. Walton, .5 past 10, .5 past
Belmont row. 2, and 6; Wednesday
.25 past 7.
Bradford-street Rev. J. Barton, .5 past 10, .5 past
Camphill. 2, and 6; Wednesday,
.5 past 7.
New-town Row Rev. W. Griffith, .5 past 10, .5 past
Jun. 2, and 6; Thursday,
.5 past 7.
PRINCIPAL SHOW ROOMS AND MANUFACTORIES. {106}
Soho, Handsworth.
BRASS FOUNDERS.
Anderton, W. and Sons, 6, Whittall-street.
Barber, J., and Green, 15, Newhall-street.
Bourn, John, 31, Lionel-street.
Docker, Thomas, and Sons, Whittall-street.
Heaton, Ralph, 70 and 71, Bath-street.
Horn, Thomas, Temple-row.
Lingham Brothers, 170, Little Hampton-street.
Messenger, Thomas, and Sons, 22, Broad-street.
Ratcliff, J. and E., St. Paul's Square.
Simcox, Pemberton, and Co., 42, Livery-street.
Smith, Timothy, and Sons, 4, Bartholomew-street.
Standley, James, 43, Staniforth-street.
Swift, James, 7, Whittall-street.
Winfield, R. W., Cambridge-street.
BRITISH PLATE MANUFACTURERS.
Brown & Ball, Paradise-street.
Evans & Askin, George-street, Sand Pits.
Merry & Co., Cherry-street.
Sturges & Son, 26, Lichfield-street.
BUTTON MANUFACTURERS.
Armfield, Edward, Newhall-street.
Aston, J., St. Paul's Square.
Bartleet, T., and Sons, 126, Great Charles-street.
Elliott, W., Frederick-street, Regent-street.
Hammond, Turner, and Sons, Snowhill.
Hardman, J., and Co., 12, Paradise-street.
Jennens and Co., Old Meeting-house-yard, Deritend.
Ledsam, Thomas, and Sons, 10, Great Charles-street.
Smith, C. F., 14, Newhall-street.
Steadman, R., Jun., 35, Edmund-street.
CUT AND PLAIN GLASS MANUFACTURERS.
Bedford, Sarah, & Co., 16, New-street.
Henderson, (Stainer of Glass,) New-street.
Price, High-street.
Rollason, Thomas, (Manufacturer to the Royal Family,) Steel-house Lane.
Osler, F. & C., Broad street.
GLASS WORKS.
Bacchus and Green, Union Glass Works, Dartmouth-street.
Gammon, W. & Co., Belmont Glass Works, Great Brook-street.
Goold & Co., AEtna Glass Works, Broad-street.
Harris, Rice, Islington Glass Works, Sheepcote-street, Broad-street.
Thomson and Shaw, Bagot-street.
GUN AND PISTOL MAKERS.
Busby, J., 30.5, New-street.
Dugard, R., 29, Whittall-street.
Jones, Charles, 16, Whittall-street.
Meredith, H., and Son, 48, St. Paul's Square.
Powell, W., 49, High-street.
Pritchard, W., 135, New-street.
Redfern, B., Caroline-street.
Richards, Westley, 82, High-street.
Sargant and Son, 74, Edmund-street.
Wheeler, R., and Son, 27, Snow-hill.
HOTHOUSE AND HORTICULTURAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTORS--METALLIC AND COPPER
SASH MANUFACTURERS.
Clark, Thomas, jun., 55, Lionel-street.
Daft, Thomas, & Son, Town Hall Foundry, Paradise-street.
IRON FOUNDERS.
Boulton, Watt, & Co., Soho.
Capper, Charles Henry, Broad-street.
Jones, George, Phoenix Foundry, Snowhill.
Jones, Thomas, & Sons, Bradford-street.
Mole, T. & W., Pagoda Works, Bordesley.--Show Rooms, Smithfield.
Smith & Hawkes, Eagle Foundry, Broad-street.
JAPANNERS.
Bill, R. & G., 14, Summer Lane.
Jennens & Bettridge, (Paper Tray Makers to her Majesty,) 99, Constitution
Hill.
Lane, Thomas, Great Hampton-street.
Room, James, 28, Summer Row.
JEWELLERS, SILVERSMITHS, AND EMPORIUMS FOR EVERY DESCRIPTION OF CUTLERY,
PLATED WARES, &C.
Soho Plate Company, Handsworth.
Collis, G. R., Church-street.
Edwards, Ball, & Co., 82, High-street, where may be seen a very extensive
stock of silver goods and jewellery.
Mapplebeck & Lowe, Bull Ring.
LAMP, CHANDELIER, CANDELABRA, LUSTRE, &c., MANUFACTURERS.
Aspinall, T., 33, Lower Temple-street.
Blakeway, John, Edgbaston-street.
Blakeway, Thomas William, Broad-street.
Messenger, Thomas, & Sons, Broad-street.
Osler, Follett, Broad-street, Islington.
Phipson & Evans, Newhall-street.
Ratcliff, John & Charles, 140, Suffolk-street.
Salt, Thomas Clutton, 17 & 18, Edmund-street.
Smith, Timothy, & Sons, 4, Bartholomew street.
METAL ROLLERS.
Cooke, Roome, & Harley, Fazeley-street.
Muntz, George Frederick, Water-street.
Phipson, William, Fazeley-street.
Union Rolling Mills, Cambridge-street.
PIN MAKERS.
Phipson, T., & Sons, Broad-street.
Latham & Kilmister, Lancaster-street.
PLATERS, AND MANUFACTURERS OF SILVER AND PLATED WARES.
Baker, W. T., 42, Paradise-street.
Collis, G. R., Church-street.
Dixon, Matthew, 137, Snow-hill.
Kirkham, T., 13, Cherry-street, Union-street.
Parker, J., & Sons, 23.5, Summer-row.
Parker, John Frederick, 72, High-street.
Ryland, William, 167, Great Charles-street.
Soho Plate Company, Soho.
Spooner, Painter, & Co., 12, New Market-street, Great Charles-street.
Waterhouse & Son, 22, Hill-street.
Wilkinson, Thomas, & Co., 15, Great Hampton-street.
Willmore & Co., Bread-street.
STEAM ENGINE MANUFACTURERS.
Boulton & Watt, Soho, Handsworth.
Capper, C. H., Broad-street.
Donaldson & Glasgow, 53, Suffolk-street.
Smith & Hawkes, Eagle Foundry, Broad-street.
Jones, George, Phoenix Foundry, Snow-hill and Lionel-street.
Penn, Samuel, Great Lister-street Steam Mill.
Tongue, W., 95, Bordesley-street.
SCREW MANUFACTURERS.
James, J., Bradford-street.
Ledsam, Messrs., Edmund-street.
Ryland, H., Oozell-street, Broad-street.
MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURERS, &c.
Knight, Henry, Machinist, 15, Ann-street.
Middlemore, --, Holloway-head, Saddlers' Ironmonger.
Room, W. & F., Parade, Wholesale Saddlers and Bridle Makers.
Rodgers & Co., Broad-street, Brace and Belt Manufacturers.
POST OFFICE, BENNETT'S HILL.
_The following Statement shows the time of Arrival and Departure of the
various Mails_.
ARRIVALS. DEPARTURE.
4 25 A.M. Bristol 9 20 P.M.
5 48 ,, London 8 50 ,,
7 ,, Sutton Messenger 7 15 A.M.
7 50 ,, Banbury 6 50 P.M.
10 23 ,, Chipping Norton 3 ,,
11 30 ,, First G. J. Railway 5 45 A.M.
Noon Bilston Messenger 2 30 P.M.
4 30 P.M. Second G. J. Railway 11 15 A.M.
4 30 ,, Sheffield 5 30 ,,
5 2 ,, Yarmouth 7 45 ,,
5 35 ,, Leamington 7 ,,
5 15 ,, Oldbury Messenger 7 15 ,,
6 ,, Halesowen / Castle Bromwich / 7 15 ,,
Great Barr
6 45 ,, London {110} 7 38 ,,
6 20 ,, Tamworth 7 ,,
7 55 ,, Worcester 7 ,,
8 30 ,, Stourport 6 30 ,,
8 31 ,, Holyhead 6 23 ,,
8 40 ,, Third G.J. Railway 2 15 P.M.
11 45 ,, Fourth G.J. Railway 6 45 ,,
A second bag for London is despatched by the midnight Mail, and arrives
there in time for an afternoon delivery.
On Tuesdays and Fridays a Foreign Bag is forwarded to London by a mail
which leaves Birmingham at .5 past 12 at noon.
The Letter Box closes at 6.5 a.m., for the despatch of the mails to
Holyhead, Yarmouth, Worcester, Leamington, and Stourport; at 8 p.m. for
the despatch of the London and Bristol mails, and half an hour previous
to the departure of any of the other mails.
The delivery of Letters from the office window commences at .5 past 7
a.m., with the letters brought by the Bristol and London mails. Letters
by the other mails are ready for delivery in 30 Minutes after their
arrival until 8 p.m., at which period this window is closed. At .5 past
8 p.m. it opens again for the delivery of letters brought by the
Worcester, Stourport, Third Railway, and Holyhead mails, and it continues
open until 10 p.m.
There are two general deliveries by letter-carriers within the town, the
first commencing at .5 past 7 a.m., and the second at about a .25 after 5
p.m., except on Sundays, when there is no afternoon delivery.
When any delay occurs in the arrival of the mails, a corresponding delay
will necessarily occur in the delivery.
RECEIVING HOUSES FOR GENERAL POST OFFICE.
Mr. W. Hewitt, Grocer, Mr. J. White, 235,
Hagley-row. Bristol-street.
Mr. E. Gunn, 1, Kenyon-street. Miss Davies, Lower Terrace, Sand
Pits
Mr. W. Drury, 30, Mrs. Wood 172, High Street,
Lancaster-street. Deritend
Mr. T. Ash, Druggist,
Prospect-row.
HACKNEY COACH FARES.
DRAWN BY TWO HORSES. Not exceeding half a mile, 1s.--ditto one mile, 1s.
6d.--ditto one mile and a half, 2s.--ditto two miles, 2s. 6d.--ditto
three miles, 3s. 6d.--ditto four miles, 5s.
DRAWN BY ONE HORSE.--Not exceeding one mile, 1s.--ditto one mile and a
half, 1s. 6d.--ditto two miles, 2s.--ditto two miles and a half, 2s.
6d.--ditto three miles, 3s.--ditto three miles and a half, 3s. 6d.--ditto
four miles, 4s.
Returning with the same Fare, half the foregoing charges.
TIME. Between the hours of nine in the morning and twelve at
night--twenty minutes, 6d.--forty minutes, 1s.--every twenty minutes
above forty, 6d., for being detained.
TIME. Between twelve at night and six in the morning--double the
foregoing fares.
PENALTY. Not exceeding twenty shillings, for every offence, in case any
driver shall refuse to show a list of the above fares, if required.
BANKERS,
WITH THE HOUSES WHICH THEY DRAW UPON IN LONDON.
Taylor and Lloyds, Dale-end. Hanburys, Taylors, & Lloyds.
Attwoods, Spooner & Co., New Spooner, Attwoods & Co.
street.
J. L. Moilliet & Son, Cherry Sir. J. W. Lubbock & Co.
street.
Birmingham Banking Co., Jones, Lloyd & Co.; & Glyn,
Bennett's-hill. Halifax & Co.
Birmingham Borough Bank, Bull Prescott, Grote & Co.
street.
Nat. Prov. Bank of Birm. Hanburys, Taylors & Lloyds.
Bennett's-hill.
Birm. Town & Dist. Bank, Barclay, Bevan & Co.
Colmore-row.
Birm. & Mid. Banking Co., Williams, Deacon & Co.
Union-street.
Branch Bank of England,
Bennett's-hill.
Savings' Bank, Temple-row, open on Monday and Thursday, from Twelve
till Two o'clock.
INNS.
The Royal Hotel Temple Row The principal Family
Houses.
New Royal ditto New-street
Stork Old Square Family & Commercial
Hen and Chickens New-street Coach, Family, and
Commercial.
Swan High-street & New-st.
Albion High-street
Nelson High-street
Castle High-street
Saracen's Head Bull-street
St. George's Tavern High-street
Union Union-street Chiefly Commercial.
White Hart Digbeth
George Digbeth
Woolpack Moor-street
King's Head Worcester-street
COMMERCIAL BOARDING HOUSES.
J. Jones, 12, Union Passage;
Misses E. & C. Puddicombe, (Private & Commercial,) 3, Colmore-row;
J. Smith, 72, Newhall-street;
Glover, 118, New-street.
OMNIBUS OFFICES.
High-street; Bull-street, and Snow-hill.
LIST OF NEWSPAPERS.--_July_ 31, 1838.
_Monday_ ARIS'S GAZETTE--General and Commercial Advertising
Paper, established nearly a century. Average weekly
circulation, 3,250 copies.
_Thursday_ THE MIDLAND COUNTIES' HERALD--A general business Paper,
circulated to a considerable extent, gratuitously, and
containing commercial and other information, but no
political discussions. The guaranteed circulation is
5,000 copies weekly.
-- BIRMINGHAM ADVERTISER--Tory. Circulation, 1,750 copies
weekly.
_Saturday_ BIRMINGHAM JOURNAL--Radical and intelligent.
Circulation, 2,500 copies weekly.
CANAL CONVEYANCE.
Bird, G. R., & Son, Crescent; all parts.
Crowley, Hicklin, Batty, & Co., Crescent; all parts.
Danks, J., Broad-street; Liverpool, Manchester, Hull, and all places on
the eastern coast.
Danks, J., Great Charles-street; Bristol and the West of England.
Greaves, Broad-street; Stratford-on-Avon, &c.
Pickford & Co., Fazeley-street and Worcester Wharfs; all parts of the
kingdom.
Partridge, W. & Co., No. 5, Warehouse, Worcester Wharf; Worcester,
Gloucester, and Bristol.
Partt, C., Jun., Crescent; Stratford-on-Avon.
Shipton & Co., Broad-street; Liverpool, Manchester, and all parts of the
North of England.
Smith, Great Charles-street.
Swain & Co., Friday Bridge; Hull, the North, and Sheffield.
Sturland, Thomas, Crescent; Bristol, Liverpool, Manchester, and all parts
of the North.
Southan, Worcester Wharf; Bristol and Wales.
Smith & Wilkinson, 161, Great Charles-street; Walsall.
Wheatcroft & Sons, Crescent; all parts North and East.
Whitehouse & Sons, Crescent, all parts.
Worthington & Co., Great Charles-street; Liverpool, Manchester, and all
parts of the North.
WAGGON WAREHOUSES.
John Shackel, 52, Dale-end; London and all parts.
G. Swain & Co., Friday Bridge; Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Carlisle, Durham,
York, Hull, &c.
Mead, 138, Moor-street; all parts.
W. Ashmore, Edgbaston-street; Bristol and the West, and all parts of
Norfolk.
Jolly, Bromsgrove-street; London.
Wheatcroft & Sons, Crescent; Leeds, Sheffield, and the North, Bristol,
and all parts of the West.
Haines & Co.'s Fly Vans, White Horse, Moor-street; London and Bristol.
J. Butler, 88, Coleshill-street; Staffordshire and the Potteries.
Wade & Co., Bordesley-street; Bristol and the West, Sheffield, and the
North.
Red Lion, Park-street, Digbeth; London, Bristol, and all parts.
PLACES OF NOTE ADJACENT TO BIRMINGHAM.
The tourist will find the following places well deserving his attention,
and to which coaches are daily passing. The figures denote the miles
distant from Birmingham.
The Ruins of Kenilworth Castle, 18.
The Ruins of Dudley Castle, 9.
Warwick Castle, 20.
Guy's Cliff, near Warwick, 21.
Lichfield Cathedral, 17.
Leamington Spa, 22.
Hagley Park, 12.
LIVERPOOL
PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS.
Theatre Royal, East Williamson Square.
Royal Amphitheatre, Great Charlotte-street.
The Liver Theatre, at the top of Church-street.
Queen's Theatre, or Circus, Christian-street.
Sans Pareil, Great Charlotte-street.
PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND OBJECTS OF ATTRACTION.
Botanical Gardens, Edge Lane; admittance by ticket, to be obtained at all
the Hotels.
Custom House, Excise, Dock Office, Post Office, under the same roof,
South Castle-street
Cemetery, St. James's, top of Duke-street.
-- Necropolis, Low Hill.
Exchange, Castle-street.
House of Industry, Brownlow Hill.
Infirmary, Dover-street.
Lunatic Asylum, Brownlow Hill.
Pistol Gallery, Tarlton-street, Williamson Square.
Sessions House, situate at the West of the Exchange.
Statue of George the Third, bottom of Pembroke Place, in London Road.
Telegraph, bottom of Chapel-street. May be visited on application to
Lieut. Watson, at the Office.
Town Hall, Castle-street.
Wellington Rooms, Great Orford-street.
Zoological Gardens; an order, which may be obtained at any of the
respectable Hotels, will, on the payment of a shilling, admit a stranger.
BATHS.
The New Baths, West side of St. George's Dock.
Whitlaw's Vapour Baths, Renshaw-street.
Sadler's Baths, Hanover-street.
The Floating Bath, Prince's Parade.
THE DOCKS.
Clarence Dock, for steam packets.
Prince's Dock, American ships.
George's Dock, in which is moored the Floating Church, for the
convenience of seamen.
The King's Dock; vessels from Virginia and other ports, laden with
tobacco.
The Waterloo Dock, Victoria Dock, and Trafalgar Dock, communicate with
each other.
Canning Dock; vessels from the Northern ports, and in the coasting trade.
Salt-house Dock, for ships in the Levant and Irish trade.
Duke of Bridgewater's Dock, for boats called flats, in the canal trade.
Queen's Dock, for timber ships from America and the Baltic.
Brunswick Dock, vessels laden with timber.
GRAVING DOCKS. Nos. 1, 2, and 3, communicate with the Canning Dock; Nos.
4, 5, and 6, lie between the Queen's Dock and the river; two Graving
Docks are attached to the Brunswick Dock.
THE MARKETS.
St. John's Market, Great Charlotte-street.
New Fish Market, opposite St. John's Market.
The North Market, Scotland-street.
St. James's Market, Great George-street.
Islington Market, top of Shaw's Row.
Cattle Market, three miles on the London Road.
Corn Exchange, Brunswick-street.
LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTIONS.
The Royal Institutions, Colquitt-street.
Philosophical and Literary Society; meetings held at the Royal
Institution.
Apothecaries' Hall, Colquitt-street.
Mechanics' Institution, Mount-street.
Athenaeum, Church-street.
Lyceum, Bold-street.
Apprentices' (Male and Female) Library, School Lane.
Law Library, Clarendon Buildings.
Union News Room, Duke-street.
PUBLIC CHARITIES.
Alms Houses, St. Mary's Lane.
Blue Coat Hospital, School Lane.
Blind Asylum, London Road.
Bethel Union Ship, King's Dock.
Charity Institution House, Salter-street.
Charity, (the Ladies',) for Relief of Women in Childbed.
Dispensaries; Vauxhall Road and Upper Parliament-street.
Female School of Industry, Heathfield-street.
Female Penitentiary, Crabtree Lane.
House of Recovery, Workhouse.
Infirmary, Brownlow-street.
Institution for Diseases of the Ear, Duke-street.
Infant Schools, numerous.
Lunatic Asylum, Ashton-street, Brownlow Hill.
Marine Society, Mariners' Church.
Marine Humane Society.
Mariner's Church Society, Ship in St. George's Dock.
Naval Bible Society, Mariners' Church.
Ophthalmic Institution, Slater's Court.
Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, Ranelagh-street.
Society for bettering the Condition of the Poor, Savings Bank,
Bold-street.
Stranger's Friend Society.
School for the Deaf and Dumb, Wood-street.
Theatrical Fund, Theatre Royal Office.
Welsh Charitable Society, Russell Place.
PLACES OF PUBLIC WORSHIP.
_Church of England_--twenty-four in number; the most worthy of notice
being, St. Paul's, St. Paul's Square; St. George's, Lord-street; St.
Peter's, Church-street; St. Luke's, Bold-street; St. Nicholas',
Chapel-street; St. Catherine's, Abercromby-square; The Blind Asylum,
Duncan-street East.
_Roman Catholics_--St. Mary's, Lumber-street; St. Patrick's, Toxteth
Park; St. Nicholas', Blake-street; St. Peter's, Seal-street; St.
Anthony's, Scotland-road.
_Scotch Churches_--St. Andrew's Church, Rodney-street; Oldham-street
Church; Scotch Baptist Church, Hunter-street; Scotch Secession Church,
Mount Pleasant, and Russell-street.
_Unitarians_--two in number; one in Paradise-street, and one in
Renshaw-street.
_Independents_--Bethesda, Duncan-street, London-road; Toxteth Park
Chapel; Great Crosshall-street Chapel; Renshaw-street Chapel;
Gloucester-street Chapel; Great George-street Chapel.
_Baptists_--Lime-street; Great Crosshall-street; Russell-street;
Cockspur-street; Comus-street; Byrom-street.
_Methodists_--Leeds-street; Pitt-street; Mount Pleasant; Stanhope-street;
Moss-street; London-road; and Bend's Garden Chapel.
_Friends' Meeting House_, Hunter-street.
_Jew's Synagogue_, Seel-street.
TIME OF STARTING BY THE RAILROAD.
Travelling by the _Liverpool and Manchester Railway_, 1838.--The
following are the Times of Departure both from Lime-street Station,
Liverpool, and from Liverpool Road Station, Manchester.
FIRST CLASS--Seven, nine, eleven, two, five, and seven o'clock.
SECOND CLASS--Quarter past seven, ten, twelve, three, half-past five, and
seven o'clock, stopping only at Newton.
Except on Tuesdays and Saturdays, when the Evening Second Class Train
from Manchester starts at six, instead of half-past five o'clock.
ON SUNDAYS--First Class, eight in the morning, and five in the
evening.--Second Class, seven in the morning and half-past five in the
evening.
FARES.
s. d.
By First Class Train--Four Inside--Royal Mail 6 6
Ditto--Six Inside--Glass Coach 5 6
By 2nd. Class Train--Glass Coaches 5 6
Ditto--Open Carriages 4 0
Charge for the conveyance of Four-wheeled Carriages 20 0
Ditto Two-wheeled ditto 15 0
HORSES--For one horse 10s.--two horses 18s.--three horses 22s.
N.B.--All Horses must be embarked at the Company's Station, Edge Hill,
Wavertree Lane, unless accompanying Carriages to which they belong; in
which case they may be embarked at Lime-street.
LUGGAGE.
NOTICE.--To prevent loss or mistake of Luggage.--Passengers are requested
to keep charge of their small Packages, by placing them under their seats
instead of on the roof of the coach.--The weight allowed to each
passenger is 60 lbs., beyond which a charge will be made at the rate of
3s. per cwt.
LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER TO WIGAN.
By 1st Class Train, 7 a.m.--2nd Class Trains, 10, 12, a.m., 5.5 p.m.
SUNDAYS.--By the Second Class Trains, 7 a.m., and 5.5 p.m.
FARES.--From Liverpool or Manchester, 1st. Class. 5s.; 2nd Class 3s. 6d.
LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER TO BOLTON.
By 1st Class Train, 9 a.m.--2nd Class Trains, 7.25, 12 a.m., 5.5 p.m.
SUNDAYS.--By the Second Class Trains, 7 a.m., 5.5 p.m.
FARES.--From Liverpool, Inside, 5s. 6d., Outside, 4s.; and from
,, Manchester, ,, 2s. 6d. ,, and 2s.
LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER TO ST. HELEN'S.
By the Second Class Trains, 7.25, 10, 12, a.m.; 3, and 5.5, p.m.
SUNDAYS.--By the Second Class Trains, 7, a.m., and 5.5, p.m.
FARES.--From Liverpool--Inside, 2s. 6d. Outside, 2s.; and from
Manchester, 3s. 6d. and 2s. 6d.
LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER TO RUNCORN GAP.
By the Second Class Trains, 7.25, am., and 3, p.m.
SUNDAYS.--By the Second Class Trains, 7, a.m., and 5.5, p.m.
FARES.--From Liverpool--Inside, 3s. Outside, 2s. 6d.; and from
Manchester, 4s. and 3s.
INNS.
Adelphi Hotel, Ranelagh-street; Albion, Ranelagh-street; Angel,
Dale-street; Blue Bell, London Road; Bull, Clayton Square; Commercial,
Dale-street; Castle Hotel, Clayton Square; Feathers, Clayton Square;
George Inn, Dale-street; Grecian Hotel, Dale-street; King William,
Williamson Square; King's Arms, Castle-street; Neptune, Clayton Square;
Royal, Dale-street; Saracen's Head Inn, Dale-street; Star and Garter
Tavern, Paradise-street; Union Hotel, Clayton Square; Waterloo,
Ranelagh-street; Wellington, Dale-street; York, Williamson Square.
FOREIGN PACKETS.
NEW YORK, on the 1st and 16th of every month, Baring Brothers and Co.;
8th, Thomas and Joseph Sands and Co.; 16th, W. and J. Brown and Co.; and
24th, Wildes, Pickersgill, and Co.
BOSTON, on the 5th and 20th of each month during the spring and fall of
the year, at other times occasionally, Maury, Latham and Co., and Baring
Brothers and Co.
PHILADELPHIA, on the 8th of every month, and at stated periods, W. and J.
Brown and Co.
CALCUTTA direct, the 20th of each month, W. and J. Tyrer, Old Churchyard.
RIO DE JANEIRO, on the 1st and 16th of every month, W. and J. Tyrer; J.
Holliwell; and Ashley Brothers.
LISBON, on the let of every month, J. Bibby and Co., Duke's Place; on the
10th of every month, Vianna and Jones; and on the 20th of every month,
Cotesworth and Smith.
GENOA and LEGHORN, on the 1st of every month, J. Bibby and Co., Duke's
Place; and on the 16th, Vianna and Jones, Chapel-street.
GENOA and LEGHORN, a conveyance once a month, John Rothwell, 2,
Liver-court, South Castle-street.
MESSINO and PALERMO, once a month, John Rothwell, 2, Liver-court, South
Castle-street.
BAHIA.--A regular line of Packets sails at periods, as stated in the
newspapers, Cotesworth and Smith; W. and J. Tyrer; John Holliwell; Kers,
Imrie and Co., and R. Tanton.
OPORTO, every three weeks, Geo. Highfield, Oldhall-street; Thos. Martin,
Salthouse Dock; Ormerod, Heyworth, and Co., Water-street; J. Bibby and
Co.
MONTE VIDEO and BUENOS AYRES.--Line of Packets to sail at stated periods,
which are duly announced through the newspapers, W. and J. Tyrer, and
Ashley Brothers.
HAVANNAH, on the 5th of every month punctually. Ashley Brothers.
PERNAMBUCO.--A line of Packets sails at periods which are duly announced
through the newspapers, Cotesworth and Smith; W. and J. Tyrer; John
Holliwell; Kers, Imrie and Co.; R. Tanton, and Geo. Highfield.
WEST COAST OF SOUTH AMERICA.--Valparaiso every six weeks; Arica, Islay,
and Lima, every four months; Lima direct every twelve weeks, W. and J.
Tyrer; Ashley Brothers; and James Aikin.
ST. THOMAS.--Line of Packets to sail at stated periods, which are
announced through the newspapers, Kers, Imrie, and Tomlinson.
STEAM NAVIGATION.
ON THE RIVER.
EASTHAM.--The William Stanley, Sir Thomas Stanley, and Lady Stanley, five
times a day.--Dodd's Chester and Eastham Packet House, 32, James-street.
RUNCORN and WESTERN POINT, a steam packet every day. Office, No. 19,
Mann's Island.
RUNCORN.--The Old Quay or Mersey and Irwell Navigation Company now
conduct their vessels to and from Runcorn by steam power, and speed
vessels are sent daily to and from Manchester, without stoppage, with
goods requiring despatch. Agent, William Guyton, Manchester Dock.
To ROCK FERRY, BIRKENHEAD, MONK'S FERRY, and WOODSIDE, packets are plying
every half hour from George's Dock, Pierhead; to SEACOMBE, from the south
end of the Prince's Parade; and to EGREMONT FERRY and NEW BRIGHTON, from
the Pierhead, north of George's Dock Basin.
IRELAND, &c.
ARDGLASS and STRANGFORD LOUGH.--The Victoria, every Tuesday. Crozier and
Co., Agents, 13, Goree Piazzas.
BELFAST. The City of Dublin Steam Packet Company sail a vessel every
Wednesday. John M'Cammon, 27, Water-street.
BELFAST.--The Falcon and Corsair, every Monday and Friday. Lanktrys and
Co., 30, Water-street.
CORK, &c.--The St. George Steam Packet Company's Packets sail regularly
to Cork, Waterford, Dundalk, Newry, and Beaumaris; and between Dublin and
Glasgow; Dublin and Bristol; Dublin and Cork; Cork and Bristol; London,
Portsmouth, Plymouth, Falmouth, and Cork; London and Exeter; London and
Boston; London and Stockton; Hull and Leith; Hull and Hamburgh; Hull and
Rotterdam; and Lubeck and Stockholm. J. R. Pim, Agent, 21, Water-street,
and Clarence Dock.
CORK.--The John M'Adam, every Thursday. J. A. and R. Forshaw, 6, Goree
Piazzas.
DROGHEDA.--The Green Isle, Town of Drogheda, Fair Trader, Irishman, and
Grana Uile, sail four times a week. W. Splaine, 20, Water-street.
DUBLIN.--Her Majesty's packets sail every afternoon, at five o'clock,
(without reference to the time of high water,) with the mail and
passengers. Captain Chappell, R. N., Agent, 33, Water-street.
DUBLIN.--The City of Dublin Steam Packet Company's vessels, the Hibernia,
City of Dublin, Shamrock, Commerce, Britannia, Liffey, Leeds, Birmingham,
Mersey, Nottingham, Ballinasloe, Kingstown, Huskisson, City of Limerick,
Athlone, Duchess of Kent, Queen Victoria, Royal William, and Royal
Adelaide, sail daily. Samuel Perry, 27, Water-street.
LONDONDERRY.--The Isabella Napier sails every Tuesday, and the Robert
Napier every Friday. J. R. Pim, Agent, 21, Water-street.
NEWRY.--George the Fourth. J. R. Pim, Agent, 21, Water-st.
PORT RUSH and LARNE.--The Coleraine, every Saturday. J. A. and R.
Forshaw, 6, Goree Piazzas.
TO THE ISLE OF MAN, SCOTLAND, &c.
DOUGLAS.--The Queen of the Isle and the Mona's Isle sail daily during the
summer, and twice a week in the winter, with the mail, goods, and
passengers. Moore and Christian, Agents, 23, Redcross-street.
DOUGLAS.--The Monarch sails three times a week during the summer. T.
Blackburn, 9, Dale-street.
GLASGOW.--The Unicorn, Eagle, Manchester, and Ailsa Craig sail three
times a week, with goods and passengers. Martin and Co., 34,
Water-street.
GLASGOW direct.--The Vulcan, City of Glasgow, and Commodore, sail each
once a week. David M'Iver and Co., 34, Water-street.
DUMFRIES and WHITEHAVEN.--The Nithsdale, once a week, Robert Sproat, 20,
Water-street.
NORTH WALES.
The Air, with goods and passengers, for Beaumaris, Bangor, and Carnarvon.
J. R. Pim, Agent, 21, Water-street, and Clarence Dock.
The Countess of Glasgow sails from George's Dock, Pierhead, for Rhyl,
Voryd, Abergele, &c., every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. Joseph
Humphries, 33, Water-street.
The St. Mungo and Snowdon, every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, for
Rhyl, Rhydland, and Abergele. St. Mungo's Office, 23, Water-street;
Snowdon's Office, 33, Water-street.
The Conway Castle, every Wednesday and Saturday, during the winter
months, for Conway. J. T. Raines and Co., 19, James-street.
COASTWISE.
CARLISLE and ANNAN.--The Newcastle sails every Tuesday and Thursday. H.
Halton, 21, Water-street.
CARLISLE and ANNAN.--The City of Carlisle and Royal Victoria three times
a week. J. D. Thomson, Agent, 13, Water-street.
LANCASTER.--The John O'Gaunt. John Hadwen, Atherton's Buildings,
Dale-street.
WHITEHAVEN.--Steam packets sail three times a week during the summer
months, and twice a week during the winter months, with passengers and
goods. W. Dowson, Agent, 8, Goree Piazzas.
WORKINGTON and MARYPORT.--The Union sails once a week during the winter,
and twice a week during the summer months. J. D. Thomson, Agent, 13,
Water-street.
POST OFFICE.
DELIVERY OF LETTERS.--The First Delivery commences at 8 a.m., and the
Office continues open till the arrival of the London Mail, (per Grand
Junction Railway,) 10.55 a.m. The letters comprised in this delivery are
those of the over-night Birmingham Mail (with a bag from Manchester and a
foreign bag from London); the Holyhead and Carlisle Mails (with bags from
Edinburgh and Glasgow); and the Dublin Packet.
2nd DELIVERY--Commences about 9 a.m., with the first Manchester Mail per
Railway; bringing also bags from Rochdale, Halifax, Bradford, Leeds, and
York.
3rd DELIVERY--Commences about 10.45 a.m., and includes the letters by the
2nd Manchester Mail per Railway, with a bag from Newton.
4th DELIVERY--Commences about 12 noon, (and continues until about 3.40
p.m.,) in which are included bags from Birmingham, Walsall,
Wolverhampton, Penkridge, Stafford, Newcastle, Nantwich, Middlewich,
Northwich, Preston Brook, Warrington, Eccleshall, Stone, Towcester,
Northampton, London, Bristol, Exeter, Falmouth; and the letters from
Portugal, North and South America, and the West Indies, are also included
in this delivery.
5th DELIVERY--Commences about .25 past 1, p.m., and includes the letters
brought by the Bristol Mail.
6th DELIVERY--Commences about 4 p.m., and includes letters brought by the
3rd Manchester Mail, per Railway.
7th DELIVERY--Commences about 4.50 p.m., and includes bags from
Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Stafford, Warrington, Prescot.
8th DELIVERY--Commences ten minutes past 6 p.m., with the letters by the
Lancaster Mail, from Ormskirk and Maghull.
9th DELIVERY--Commences at .25 past 7, p.m. It includes the letters of
the 4th Manchester Mail, per Railway, with Bags from York and Leeds.
10th DELIVERY--Commences about 7.30 p.m. and includes bags from
Birmingham, Walsall, Wolverhampton, Penkridge, Stafford, Newcastle,
Nantwich, Middlewich, Northwich, Preston Brook, Warrington, and Prescot.
_The Delivery closes finally at 9 p.m._; _on Sundays at 8 p.m._
There are Three Deliveries within the Town by Letter Carriers, every day
(except Sunday); the first delivery to commence about 8, a.m.; the second
about 12; the third about 5, p.m. On Sundays, only the first, at 8, a.m.
When any delay occurs in the arrival of the Mails, a corresponding delay
will, of course, occur in the delivery.
The office is closed on Sundays from 9, a.m., until 1.30, p.m., and
finally at 8, p.m.
DESPATCH OF LETTERS.
The following are the hours at which the letter-box is closed for making
up the several Mails, and at which each mail is despatched:--
Box closes at Despatched at
H. M. H. M.
FIRST GRAND JUNCTION.--Bags made 6.0 a.m. 6.20 a.m.
up for Warrington, Preston-Brook,
Northwich, Middlewich, Nantwich,
Congleton, Market Drayton,
Stafford, Penkridge,
Wolverhampton, Walsall, and
Birmingham; and on Tuesdays and
Fridays a Foreign Bag to London.
The postage of Foreign Letters
can be paid from 5.30 to 6 a.m.,
and up to 9 o'clock the previous
evening.
FIRST MANCHESTER MAIL.--Bags for 6.30 a.m. 6.50 a.m.
Manchester, Bolton, Rochdale,
Leeds, and York.
CHESTER MAIL.--For Neston, 7.30 a.m. 8.05 a.m.
Parkgate, and Chester.
LANCASTER MAIL.--For Maghull, 8.0 a.m. 8.15 a.m.
Ormskirk and Southport.
SECOND MANCHESTER MAIL.--A bag 8.30 a.m. 8.50 a.m.
for Prescot, and (per Railway to
Newton) bags for Newton, Wigan,
Chorley, Preston, Lancaster,
Carlisle, Glasgow, Edinburgh, and
Manchester.
SECOND GRAND JUNCTION.--Bags for 11.0 a.m. 11.20 a.m.
Warrington, Stafford,
Wolverhampton, and Birmingham.
THIRD MANCHESTER 11.30 a.m. 11.50 a.m.
MAIL.--Blackburn, Colne, Bury,
and Manchester.
PENNY POSTS.--For Birkenhead, 11.0 a.m. 12.45 p.m.
Upton, Seacombe, New Brighton,
Crosby, Bootle, Walton, West
Derby, Old Swan, Woolton, and
Wavertree.
FOURTH MANCHESTER 1.30 p.m. 1.50 p.m.
MAIL.--Manchester.
THIRD GRAND JUNCTION.--Bags for 1.45 p.m. 3.20 p.m.
Prescot, Warrington,
Preston-Brook, Northwich,
Middlewich, Nantwich, Newcastle,
Eccleshall, Stone, Stafford,
Penkridge, Wolverhampton,
Walsall, Birmingham, Towcester,
Northampton, London, and Bristol;
and letters for Portugal, North
and South America, and the West
Indies. The letters for London
sent by this despatch will be
included in the first delivery
there the following morning.
CARLISLE MAIL.--For Ormskirk, 4.0 p.m. 4.30 p.m.
Preston, Chorley, Bury,
Blackburn, Haslingden, Lancaster,
Westmoreland, Cumberland, and all
Scotland.
FIFTH MANCHESTER AND THE YORK 4.0 p.m. 4.50 p.m.
MAILS.--For Manchester, Rochdale,
and the Counties of York,
Lincoln, and Durham (per
Railway).
BRISTOL MAIL.--Chester, South 4.0 p.m. 5.0 p.m.
Wales, and Bristol.
DUBLIN MAIL PACKET.--For Ireland. 4.30 p.m. 5.0 p.m.
BOLTON MAIL.--For Bolton. 4.30 p.m. 5.0 p.m.
HOLYHEAD MAIL.--For Birkenhead, 6.30 p.m. 6.0 p.m.
New Ferry, Eastham, Chester,
North Wales.
FOURTH GRAND JUNCTION.--Bags for 6.0 p.m. 6.20 p.m.
Manchester, Warrington, Stafford,
Wolverhampton, Birmingham, and
London. The letters for London
sent by this despatch will be
delivered there about 11 a.m.
INDIA.--Letters to and from the East Indies are regularly forwarded by
ships. The postage must be paid when posted.
The Rate outward is two-pence per package under three ounces, and one
shilling per ounce above that weight.
Letters conveyed outward in sealed bags, are charged with 8d., _single_,
if sent by ship from the port at which they are posted; but if sent from
any inland town, or to another port, 1s., which must be paid when posted.
FOREIGN LETTERS.--No letters for Foreign parts, except British America,
the British West India Islands, and France, can be forwarded, unless
postage be first paid; in default, they are sent to the General Post
Office, London, opened, and returned back to the writers.
FOREIGN POST DAYS, at 3.20 P.M.
For Demerara, Jamaica, and the Leeward Islands, 1st and 15th day in every
month; North America and the Bahamas, the first Wednesday in every month.
For Carthagena, Mexico, Cuba, Honduras, and Havannah, 15th of every
month.
For Portugal, every Friday.
For South America, La Guara, Madeira, Gibraltar, and the Mediterranean,
the first day of every month.
HACKNEY COACH FARES,
_Which include a reasonable quantity of Luggage_.
s. d.
Not exceeding 1,000 yards 1 0
Exceeding 1,000 yards, and not exceeding 1,700 1 6
And for each 700 yards, or any intermediate distance 0 6
CAR FARES.--Two thirds of the above Fares.
N.B.--Carriages with two horses and two wheels, or one horse and two
wheels, or one horse and four wheels, are considered cars. If a coach or
car be detained above ten minutes, to be allowed 6d. for every ten
minutes detained.
s. d.
Coach hired by the day 18 0
Ditto by the hour, first hour 2 6
Ditto, and for every subsequent hour 1 6
Car hired by the day 12 0
Ditto by the hour, first hour 1 6
Ditto, for every subsequent hour 1 0
Double fares to be paid after Twelve o'clock at night, except on public
ball nights; then at such public balls, One o'clock.
The driver has the option to be paid either time or distance.
BANKERS.
_Liverpool Bankers_. _Correspondents in London_.
Moss and Co., Dale-street. Barclay and Co.
A. Heywood, Sons and Co., Denison and Co.
Brunswick-street.
Leyland and Co., 7, King-street. Masterman and Co.
Central Bank of England, 12, Esdaile and Co.
Temple-street.
Borough Bank, Water-street. Glyn and Co.
Manchester and Liverpool District Smith, Payne, and Smith.
Banking Co., 43, Castle-street.
I. Barned and Co., Lord-street. Sir C. Price, Marryatt & Co. and
Bult, Son, and Co.
Liverpool Commercial Bank, Williams, Deacon, and Co.
High-street.
Bank of Liverpool, Water-street. Glyn and Co.
Branch Bank of England, 55, Bank of England.
Hanover-street.
Phoenix Bank, Dale-street. Grote, Prescott, and Co.
Commercial Bank of England, Barnet, Hoare, and Co.
Water-street.
Liverpool United Trades' Bank, Currie, Raikes, and Co., 29,
South Castle-street. Cornhill.
Albion Bank, North John-street. Grote, Prescott, and Co.
Union Bank, Water-street. Cunliffes and Co.
North and South Wales Bank. Robarts and Co.
Royal Bank, Water-street. Robarts and Co.
LIST OF NEWSPAPERS.
Monday--ALBION--Whig.
,, --ADVERTISER--Commercial.
Tuesday--LIVERPOOL STANDARD--Conservative.
,, --MAIL--Conservative.
,, --TIMES--Whig.
Wednesday--COURIER--Conservative.
,, --TELEGRAPH--Whig.
Thursday--GORE'S GENERAL ADVERTISER--Commercial.
,, --LIVERPOOL MAIL--Conservative.
Friday--MERCURY--Radical.
,, --STANDARD--Conservative.
Saturday--MAIL--Conservative.
,, --CHRONICLE--Whig.
,, --JOURNAL--Radical.
MANCHESTER.
MANUFACTORIES.
The great centre of the cotton manufacture, Manchester, will be an object
of curiosity to the stranger on this account; and he will naturally be
desirous to view some of the processes and the operations of those mighty
agents, steam and machinery, which have added so much to the real wealth
and glory of England.
With suitable introductions, the inquiring visiter may visit the
following establishments, where he cannot fail to be astonished at the
vast scale on which the staple manufactures are conducted; and the
remarkable order, arrangement, and cleanliness maintained through all
their departments. The immense spinning mills of Messrs. McConnel & Co.,
Henry-street, Ancoats, will furnish to the visiter an inspection of the
various processes to which the raw cotton is subjected in the course of
its manufacture into twist, or thread for weaving.
In the large manufactory of the Oxford-road twist company, in
Oxford-road, he would see the processes of weaving by means of the steam
loom.
In the patent card manufactory of Mr. J. C. Dyer, Stone-street,
London-road, he would observe the very curious mode of manufacturing the
cards used for teasing or carding the cotton; and in the large
establishments of Messrs. Sharp, Roberts, & Co., machinists and
engineers, Faulkner-street, he would see the various manufactures of
steam engines, both stationary and locomotive, boilers, steam looms, and
every other piece of machinery required for manufacturing purposes in
this part of the kingdom.
In another branch of manufacture, that of silk, which is of growing
importance and extent in Manchester, the visiter would be gratified by an
inspection of the silk mill of Messrs. Royle and Crompton, Great
Bridgewater-street.
PUBLIC BUILDINGS, LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTIONS.
The Exchange and News Room, (now undergoing alteration and extension, for
which end, the Post Office, now at the back of the building, is to be
removed,) is situated at the foot of Market-street. It is a
semi-circular building, with stone front, and the large room contains a
full length portrait of Colonel Stanley, many years member for the
county.
The Town Hall, in King-street, is a fine structure, founded in 1822; by
application to the porter, the stranger will obtain admittance to the
hall or "large room," which is very handsomely decorated with fresco
paintings, and by rich mouldings, friezes, from the Elgin marbles, &c.
The Royal Institution in Mosley-street is open twice every year, during
the exhibitions of paintings; one being limited to those of old masters
and deceased artists; the other restricted to those of modern and living
artists. The entrance hall and sculpture gallery are worth notice.
Admission a shilling.
Nearly adjoining, at the back of the Royal Institution, is the Manchester
Athenaeum, now in process of erection, the members of which at present
occupy the lower wing of the Royal Institution, with an entrance in
Bond-street. The front of the Athenaeum is also in Bond-street, and when
it is finished the two buildings will form a very pleasing proof of the
architectural resources of Mr. Barry, the architect of the two new houses
of parliament
The Manchester Mechanics' Institution is a spacious brick edifice in
Cooper-street, with large lecture theatre, good library, and commodious
class rooms. To the Athenaeum and the Mechanics' Institution there is no
difficulty of access.
The Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester, one of the oldest
and most celebrated of provincial institutions, having been founded in
1781, has distinguished itself by its annual volumes of published
memoirs, and is now distinguished in the person of its President, the
venerable Dr. Dalton. Its Hall is in George-street, nearly opposite St.
James's Church; but as the sittings of the society are not daily, little
information can be given as to the admission of strangers. Scientific
men would doubtless find no difficulty in obtaining an introduction.
The Museum and Hall of the Natural History Society, in Peter-street, can
only be entered on presenting an order from a subscriber. The Museum is
very rich in almost every description of natural history; we believe in
ornithology it is particularly so; its collection of British birds is
said to be unequalled, and its entomological department is becoming
exceedingly extensive.
The Concert Hall, at the top of Lower Mosley-street, is an elegant
building, especially in the interior; having a neat stone front.
In Mosley-street are the Assembly and Billiard Rooms, with a plain and
somewhat dingy exterior; but the Ball Rooms are spacious and elegant.
Opposite is the Portico, so called from its large Ionic portico fronting
the street,--a Subscription Library and News Room.--There are two other
Subscription Libraries in the upper floors of the Exchange, and a fourth
in Newall's Buildings, Market street, all of considerable extent.
In an old low building, (north of the Collegiate Church) to which
entrance is had by a small gate adjoining the Palatine Buildings, Hunt's
Bank, the stranger will find what will amply repay even a hurried and
hasty visit. This building is named the College; in it are educated a
number of boys who, from their dress, are distinguished as the Blue Coat
Boys. In the upper floor of the building is a long corridor, traversing
three sides of the building, two of which are converted into a library,
the books generally being deposited in bays, or enclosed recesses, and
locked up. This library, which contains upwards of 20,000 volumes, was
founded by Humphrey Cheetham, who lived in the 17th century, and is
wholly free; but the books are not to be removed from the place. There
is a spacious reading room at the further extremity of the library, where
the student may take his worm-eaten folio, and seating himself in an old
carved chair, may easily transport himself in fancy, two centuries back;
for the room is of oak, panelled and carved, with old tables, chairs, and
other furniture corresponding to the period; and several old pictures of
the founder and other worthies. In the library, above the books, are
suspended various specimens of stuffed reptiles, and other objects, which
are shown to the visiter by one of the blue coat boys, for a small
gratuity; the chief curiosity in the exhibition being the broad
Lancashire dialect, and strange mode of description, given by the little
showman.
To the Botanic Garden, Old Trafford, Stretford Road, (to which omnibuses
convey visiters to Market-street,) the admission is by an order from a
member or subscriber; the secretary is Mr. S. E. Cottam,
Brazennose-street. The garden covers 17 acres, and contains in its noble
conservatories, some of the rarest and finest exotics and tropical plants
to be seen in the kingdom.
The Zoological Gardens are about a mile and a half on the new Bury road,
whither the stranger can be conveyed by omnibus from Market-street. One
shilling procures admission to these gardens, which are as extensive as
those in Surrey, covering 15 acres of ground, and, although of recent
foundation, they already contain many very fine and rare animals,
including a rhinoceros, elephant, lion, tigers, &c., and a very good
collection of hardy plants.
PLACES OF WORSHIP.
_The Collegiate Church_.--The parish church of Manchester, and generally
called "The Old Church" by the inhabitants, is within a short distance of
the Exchange, at the foot of Market-street, whence the stranger, by
passing through the Market Place and Old Millgate, will find himself at
the principal gateway to the church-yard, which is always open. The
church is a fine old edifice; in the choir are some curious carvings in
wood; the canopies for the stalls show the taste of the artist in
tracery. The altar piece is a relic of the loom,--a faded pictorial
representation on tapestry, of which the colours and forms are now
obscured by the touch of time. There are in the church several enclosed
chapels; amongst others, one of the Earls of Derby. In the south
transept, near the entrance to the registry, is the spot where, for a few
short weeks, rested the remains of the gifted and hapless
Malibran,--since removed to the church of Lacken, near Brussels. Passing
thence to the registry, is a mural monument, in white marble, by
Chantrey. Adjoining the registry is the chapter-house,--the
ecclesiastical government of the parish being vested in a warden, and
four fellows constitute the chapter, and who will probably be appointed
dean and canons, when the see of Manchester is erected. The parish of
Manchester is of great extent, including upwards of thirty townships.
Of the other churches in the town our limits admit but of a brief notice.
_St. Ann's_, in St. Ann's Square, is an example of the anomalies of some
ancient parishes,--it forms, with its grave-yard, a parish of itself;
and, we believe, though standing in the very heart of Manchester, it
counts but one house in its parish.
_St. Mary's_, in St. Mary's Street, Deansgate, has a very fine spire,
surmounted by a ball. This was the scene of a feat of one of the
Woottons, the steeple climbers, who, by some simple apparatus, as ropes,
climbed up the giddy height, and removed the old ball and cross, which
had been damaged by lightning.
_St. Paul's_, in Turner-street, has no architectural pretensions, or
other claims to special notice.
_St. John's_, St. John's Street, Deansgate, is a plain, brick edifice,
once the scene of the pastoral labours of the Rev. John Clowes, a
disciple of Emanuel Swedenborg.
_St. James's_, St. James's Street, is a brick building.
_St. Peter's_, at the foot of Mosley-street, a handsome stone edifice,
resembling a Grecian temple.
_St. Michael's_, Angel-street, _St. Clement's_, Lever-street, and _St.
George's_, St. George's Road, have little to tempt the stranger to visit
them, for their external appearance.
_St. Matthew's_, Camp Field, is a very handsome stone structure, in the
English style of architecture, erected in 1825; and the large area in
front gives the spectator room to see its form and proportions, unimpeded
by surrounding houses.
_St. Andrew's_, Travis-street, London-road, is a neat Gothic structure of
stone, built in 1831.
_All Saints'_, in Grosvenor-square, Chorlton-on-Medlock, was erected in
1820: it is a stone building, standing in the midst of an enclosure, in
the centre of the Square.
_St. Saviour's_, Plymouth Grove, Chorlton-on-Medlock, is a stone edifice,
which is intended to receive a tower at some future period.
In Salford, _Trinity Chapel_, Chapel-street, and _St. Stephen's_, St.
Stephen's Street, have little to interest the stranger.
_St. Phillip's_, near the Adelphi, is a stone edifice, with a
semi-circular colonnade in front, and a circular tower and dome of
slender proportions, which have been compared to a pepper-box.
_Christ's Church_, Acton-square, beyond the Crescent, Salford, is of
stone. Its minister, the Rev. Hugh Stowell, M.A., is one of the most
popular preachers in the town. Not a mile beyond this, is Pendleton
church,--a neat Gothic structure of stone, which from its position, is a
pleasing object from many points of view for miles round.
_St. George's_, Hulme, is a specimen of the florid Gothic in some of its
architectural decorations.
_St. Luke's_, Cheetham Hill, now in progress of erection, the first stone
being laid in June, 1836, is another Gothic edifice, of some pretensions.
Amongst the dissenting chapels and meeting houses, those of the
Methodists and Independents are the most prominent for their numbers and
size. The Wesleyan Methodists have about a dozen; of which, the
principal are the chapels in Oldham-street, Grosvenor-street
(Chorlton-on-Medlock); and in Irwell-street, and Gravel-lane, Salford.
The New Connexion Methodists have two; the Primitive Methodists, four;
the Independent Methodists, two; and the Methodist Association, (the
seceders under Dr. Warren,) five or six chapels in the town and suburbs.
The Independents have seven or eight large chapels; the principal ones
are, that in Mosley-street, the scene of the late Rev. Dr. McAll's
ministerial labours; that in Grosvenor-street, in which the late Rev. Mr.
Roby once ministered; and one in Rusholme-road,--the last being the only
one of handsome exterior.
The Particular Baptists have three chapels; the Society of Friends, a
very large, neat building, with stone front, in Dickenson-street; the
Scotch Church is a neat stone edifice, opposite St. Peter's Church, St.
Peter's Square; the Scotch Presbyterian, or Secession Church, in
Lloyd-street and Mount-street, is a plain brick building.
The Unitarians have four chapels; that in Cross-street, a large brick
building, was destroyed by a mob, in what were called the "Sacheverel
riots," and parliament voted 1,500 towards its re-erection. There is a
small chapel in Salford, in Dawson's Croft, Greengate; a large and very
handsome stone-fronted edifice in Bridge-street, Strangeways; and a
beautiful and spacious structure, one of the purest specimens of the
English style of architecture in the town, nearly completed, in Upper
Brook-street, Chorlton-on-Medlock, for the congregation formerly
worshipping in the Mosley-street chapel.
The Swedenborgians have two chapels; one in Peter-street, Manchester, the
other in Bolton-street, Salford. There are seven chapels for the Welsh,
of different denominations; three, severally called "Christ Church," for
particular denominations of Dissenters; and the Jews have a synagogue in
Halliwell-street.
PLACES OF PUBLIC AMUSEMENT.
Royal Theatre, Fountain-street.
Queen's Theatre, York-street.
Assembly Rooms, Mosley-street.
Club House, Mosley-street.
Concert Hall, Lower Mosley-street.
Albion Club House, King-street.
Billiard Room Mosley-street.
BATHS.
Public Baths, situate at the entrance of the Infirmary Walks.
Adelphi Swimming Baths, Reservoir Terrace, Salford.
Dolphin Cold Baths, Horrock Red Bank.
Medicated Vapour Bath, No. 1, Lloyd-street.
Whitlow's Vapour Baths, 35, George street.
CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS.
Manchester Royal Infirmary, Dispensaries, and Lunatic Asylum, Piccadilly;
Salford, and Pendleton Dispensary, 19, Bank Parade.
House of Recovery, Aytown-street.
Lying-in Hospital, Stanley-street, Salford.
Sick Hospital, 16, Bond-street.
Female Penitentiary, Rusholme-road.
Institution for curing Diseases in the Eye, 35, Faulkner-street.
The Humane Society's Receiving Houses are four in number, viz., Lying-in
Hospital, Stanley-street; the Ardwick and Ancoats Dispensary; the
Lying-in Hospital, Salford; and the Salford and Pendleton Dispensary.
The Chorlton-on-Medlock Dispensary.
The Workhouse, Strangeways.
The Vagrant Office, ditto.
The Salford Workhouse, Green Gate.
The Pendleton Workhouse, Ford Lane.
Manchester and Salford District Provident Society, Office, 11, St.
James's Square.
Besides the above, there are various sums bequeathed for purposes of
charity, amounting to the annual income of upwards of 5,000.
RAILROAD.
For time of Trains starting, &c., see page 118.
HOTELS, COACHES, AND COACH OFFICES.
Buck and Hawthorn, St. Anne-street; Buck, Hanging Ditch;
Bush Inn, Deans-gate; Eagle Inn, Market-street; Golden Lion, Deans-gate;
Hare and Hounds, Shude Hill; Lower Turk's Head, ditto;
Mosley Arms, Piccadilly; Ditto, Shude Hill; New Boar's Head, Hyde's
Cross; Old Boar's Head, ditto; Palace Inn, Market-street; Peacock, ditto;
Royal Hotel, corner of Mosely-street (the Mails start from here); Swan
Inn, Market-street; Swan, Whitley Grove; Talbot, Market-street; White
Swan, Shude Hill; Commercial, Market-street.
POST OFFICE.
_The following are the intended Arrivals and Departures of the principal
Mails at this Office_, _from the 6th of July_, 1837.
ARRIVAL. DEPARTURE.
H. M. H. M.
_London_ 10 45 A.M. 3 15 P.M.--
Principal
London
Mail.
11 45 P.M. with 6 15 P.M.--For
Foreign a second
Letters Delivery
for the in
first London.
Morning
Delivery
6 15 A.M.--for
Foreign
Letters
on
Tuesdays
and
Fridays.
_Bristol_ 10 45 A.M. 3 15 P.M.
_Birmingham_ 10 45 A.M. 6 15 A.M.
4 15 P.M. 11 15 A.M.
7 15 P.M. 3 15 P.M.
11 45 P.M. 6 15 P.M.
_Edinburgh_ 5 25 A.M. 8 45 A.M.
_Glasgow_ 3 40 P.M. 4 15 P.M.
_Carlisle_
_Preston_
_Liverpool_ 8 35 A.M. 6 50 A.M.
10 35 A.M. 8 45 A.M.
2 10 P.M. 1 50 P.M.
3 35 P.M. 4 50 P.M.
6 35 P.M.
_Ireland_ 8 40 A.M. 2 15 P.M.
or or or
10 40 A.M.
According
to the
arrival
of
Packets.
_Leeds_ 5 45 A.M. 9 0 A.M.
_York_ 3 25 P.M. 8 0 P.M.
_Derby_ 3 45 P.M. 9 0 A.M.
_Nottingham_
_Leicester_
By
_Buxton_.
Ditto 3 45 P.M. 6 15 P.M.
By
_Birmingham_
GENERAL DELIVERIES AT THE OFFICE.
The first, at eight until half-past eight in the morning, includes
Letters from London, Liverpool, Stafford, Wolverhampton, Birmingham,
Market Drayton, Warrington, Frodsham, Derby, Middleton, Bolton,
Stockport, and Macclesfield, the greatest part of Yorkshire, Lancashire,
Cambridgeshire, Herefordshire, Norfolk, Northumberland, Sunderland, and
Durham.
The second, at nine until a quarter before twelve in the morning, First
Liverpool, (per Railway,) includes Letters from Chester, the counties of
Shropshire, Hereford, Leominster, part of North Wales, and all Ireland,
Bolton, Blackburn, Bury, Burnley, Colne, Oldham, all Saddleworth,
Ashton-under-Line, Audenshaw, Stalybridge, Hyde, Denton, Gee Cross, and
Gorton.
The third, at eleven until a quarter to twelve in the morning, Second
Liverpool, (per Railway,) Preston, Newton-in-the-Willows, Eccles and
Kenyon.
The fourth, at twelve at noon, until half-past three in the afternoon,
includes Letters from London, Bristol, Falmouth, the counties of
Berkshire, Essex, Kent, Hants, Sussex, and Suffolk; part of North Wales,
Cornwall, Devonshire, Somersetshire, Oxfordshire, Warwickshire,
Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire, Cheshire, and all the West of England;
Walsall, Wolverhampton; Stafford, Stone, Shiffnall, Chester, Newcastle,
Lawton, Northwich, Knutsford, Middlewich, Nantwich, Preston-Brook,
Runcorn, Warrington, Frodsham, Penkridge, Eccleshall, Towcester,
Northampton, Altringham, Didsbury, Cheadle, and Wilmslow.
The fifth, at half-past two until half-past three in the afternoon, Third
Liverpool, (per Railway,) and Leigh.