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no means ftand fo well the teft of examina- 

 tion. The cupola is by no means ftriking ; 

 it does not rife in a bold ftile ; its being 

 ribbed into an oclogon is difadvantageous ; 

 nor is there fimplicity enough in the lan- 

 tern. There is a great heavinefs in the 

 breadth of the fpace between the capitals of 

 the pillars and the cornice. Within, there 

 is a central circular area of forty feet dia- 

 meter, inclofed by pillars of the Ionic order : 

 There is much lightnefs, and a fimple ele- 

 gance in it that is pleafing ; but all hurt by 

 the abfurdity of the iquare cornices above 

 the pillars, which project fo much as to be 

 quite diiguffcing. This church was raifed at 

 the expence of the pariah, and coft 12,000/. 

 But the glory of Liverpool is the docks 

 for the (hipping, which are much fuperior 

 to any mercantile ones in Britain : One 

 very fine new one, of a circular form, is 

 finiihed, and defended by a pier, all excel- 

 lently well faced with ftone, and perfectly 

 fecure from ftorms. Out of this is an en- 

 trance into another, called the New Dock, 

 now executing, of a large fize, capable of 

 containing fevcral hundred fail, and faced 

 in the fame manner all round with large 

 itonc : Out of this is to be a palTage into 

 another very capacious one, called the Dry 

 Pier, and this again leads into two others, 

 called the Old and South Docks, and like- 

 has an entrance by the river from the 



Jea : 



