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Lancashire. 



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flagrati«n in September, 1B03, have rifcn 

 from their aflies with improved magnificence, 

 rfnd greatly augmented extent. This ta/k 

 has been completed in lefs than four years ; 

 and of all the various proofs which have been 

 held forth to the world, of the fpirit and re- 

 fources of the town of Liverpool, we confider 

 this as one of the moft decifive and unequivo- 

 cal. At the time of the conflagration, the 

 ftone bafement of the whole of that large and 

 beautiful range which fronts to George's 

 Dock, had been erefted, but the fuper-in- 

 cumbent warehoufcs had only been built on 

 that divifion which reaches from the bottom 

 «f Brunfwick-ftreet to Water ftreet, and on 

 about one-fourth part of the other divifion. 

 The whole of this, except the fmall part lad 

 mentioned, was entirely dcmolifhed. But 

 the entire range from Water-ftrect to Brunf- 

 •wick-ftrei;t, and from Brunfwick-llrect to 

 Moore-ftreet, is now completed, and for ele- 

 gance, convenience and fituation, there cer- 

 tainly is not fuch another mnge of vvarehoufes 

 in Europe. The enormous piles wliich have 

 been lately cicfVcd on the Weft India ;ind 

 Wanping Docks, in London, are indeed vaftly 

 fupeVior ill fize and extent, but in beauty and 

 convenienite they are not to be compared. 

 The new row on the Gorce is, including the 

 two divifiijns, in length nesrly two hundred 

 yards, of a proportionable depth, and in height 

 fix ftorics, cxclufivc of the cellars and garrets. 

 It is built with cxaft uniformity, on a ruftic 

 ftone bafement, which inclofes to the front a 

 fine flagged arcade of thirteen feet in width, 

 ■very convenient as a promenade for the mer- 

 chants in wet weatlier. This pi;izza is form- 

 ed by alternate great and fmall arches, the 

 former ten feet nine inches in breadth; the 

 latter five feet ei^lit inches. This intermix- 

 ture has a ph^afing appearance to the eye, and 

 detrafls much from the heavinefs of that fpe- 

 «ies of architi'fture. The wliole pile hjj the 

 convenience of being open to a wide pave- 

 ment both in front and rear ; and the front 

 rooms of the lower ftory arc ufed as counting 

 houfes by thi! merchants who occupy the 

 warehoufcs. The noble range of buildings 

 belonging to Mr. France, Mr. Dawfon, and 

 others, which flood behind the pile juft de- 

 fcribed, was alfit) entirely confumed, and the 

 whole of this ground, except a lew yards, has 

 likewife been completely rebuilt. The new 

 birildings, it is true, do not reach the enor- 

 mous elevation v?hich in tlie old was fo much 

 admiied, but this deficiency may juftly be 

 reckoned an imi>rovrmcnt. The extreme 

 heigiit of the former warehoufes was not only 

 beVond the bountis of juft [Proportion, but oc- 

 cafioned a variety of inconveniences ; and par- 

 ticularly rendered r.he danger and mifchiefs of 

 a fire much more alarming and imminent. 

 On tlie whole, thefe buildings may juftly be 

 confidered as a moft extraordinary monument 

 of the opulence and enterprize oi the tc-wn of 

 Liverpool, and entitled to the higheil aucn- 



tion both as a public ornamenf, and as a com- 

 mercial cftablirtiment. 



Married.'^ At Manchcfter, Onadiah Paul 

 Wathen, efq. fon of Sir Samuel W., of Strat- 

 ford Houfc, in Cloucctterftiire, to Mifs Bate- 

 man, daughter of James B., efq. of Tollfon- 

 hall, Weltmoreland. — Mr Thomas Renftiaw, 

 of Sale, to Mifs Sarah Mather, of Salford. — 

 Robert Barker, efq. M.D. to Mifs Charlotte 

 Wright. 



At Lancaftcr, Mr. James Harley, to Mifs 

 Greenwood — Mr. Anthony Nicholfon, to 

 Mifs Stodii.irt. 



At Blackburn, Mr. Alexander Dixon, dra- 

 per, to fvlifs Ellen Hargreaves. 



At Liverpool, Captain Miller, of the fhip 

 Mary, to Alifs Dawfon, daughter of the late 

 Mr. William D.— Captjin James Dunbar, of 

 the Experiment, to Mifs Halliday, of Caftie 

 Douglas. — Mr. John Imrie, furgcon, to Mifs 

 Hornby, daughter of Captain H. — Captain Ju- 

 fe|)h O'Keefc, of the Atalanta, letter of 

 marque, to Mifs Lithcrland. 



At Leijh, Mr. Charles Ambles, of Prefton, 

 to Mifs Riciiardfon, daughter of the late Mr. 

 John R., of Chowbent. 



At Rochdale, Mr. Richard Afliton, of the 

 George and Dragon, to Mifs Jane Alhworth, 

 — Mr. Benjamin Wilfun, jnn. of St. Mary le 

 Bow, London, merchant, to Mifs Jane Lutc- 

 nes, daugb.tcr of the Rev. William Lutenej, 

 of B.ilderrtone, near Blackburn. 



At Arnwick, Thomas Claughton, efq. of 

 Warrington, to Mifs Leigh, eldeft daughter of 

 the late Colonel L., of Haydock Lodge. 



Z)/>i/.] At Bro.id- way-lane, near Oldham, 

 Jonathan Robinfon, an honcft but truly ec- 

 centric man. He had in his pofiefiion a 

 coat, denominated, by himfelf a Toar coat. 

 This he conftantly wore when England was 

 at hoftility with any foreign power — alas ! 

 it was fadly worn out in the hitter part of his 

 life. It had belonged, to his grandfather ; 

 it was the thicknefs of three or four rugs, 

 having been covered, patch above patch, with 

 great induftry, for near feventy years, by 

 himfelf. 



At Lancaftcr, IMifs Barwick, daughter of 

 the late Captain James B., 'Jl. — Mr. Richard 

 Smith. — Mr. U. Butler, attsrne^. 



At Liverpool, Mrs Heywood, widow of Ar- 

 thur H., efq. and mother of Benjamin H.,efq. ' 

 O'^" Stanley Hafl near Wakefield, Yorklhire, 

 8.!.— Mrs. Margaret Brownbill, 78 — Mrs. 

 Boardman, wife of Captain Timothy B.— _ 

 Mrs. Charters, wife of Mr. William C, 80. — 

 Mr. John Vofe, 41. — Mrs. Town, wife of 

 Mr. T. — Mrs. Starkie, wife of Mr. John S., 

 4r>,. — Mr. John Green, 70 — Mrs, Shaw, wife 

 of Mr. S. furgcon, 34. — Mr T. Bevington, 

 29. — William Marchant, at the advanced age 

 of 107. — The propriety of his conduft, and 

 inoffenfive manners, gained him the eilcem 

 of his neighbours and friends, whofe benevo- 

 lence and attention he eminenth' experienced 

 jn hi? laft illncfs. fele lived in four reigns," 



