LIVERPOOL. 
dii! not eeafe to make unabated efforts to refcue the un¬ 
fortunate viftims from the falling mafonry, till all the bo¬ 
dies were extricated, notwithftanding the tottering ap¬ 
pearance of the remaining part of the tower and roof of 
the church, which momentarily menaced a fecond fall. 
Many iuftances of hairbreadth deliverance occurred. All 
the ringers efcaped except one, who was caught in the 
ruins, and yet was extricated alive by his brethren. The 
alarm it is faid was firlt given to the ringers, by a (tone 
falling upon the fifth bell, which prevented its fwing; the 
men ran out; and a moment did not elapfe before the 
bells, beams, See. fell to the bottom of the tower, and 
their efcape would have been impoflible had not the belfry 
been upon the ground-floor. The reftor owed his fafety 
to the circumftance of his entering the church at an un- 
accuftomed door. The officiating mitiifter was prevented 
from entering by the children of the fchool who were 
preffmg forward. The teacher was killed; he had juft 
feparated the children to afford himfelf a paffage, when a 
perfon exclaimed, “ For God’s fake come back 1 ” He ftep- 
ped back, and beheld the fpire finking; but the whole 
fell in upon him. Tw'enty-two perfons were either killed 
or died of their bruifes. This number, if we confider the 
peril, may be called comparatively finall, but, in the eye 
of humanity, awfully great. 
St. Peter’s church was built by affeffment, and confe- 
crated in 1704, The tower is an oftagon, agreeably pro¬ 
portioned ; on each fide of the angles is a candleftick, and 
a gilt vane reprefenting a flame. The church is hand- 
fomely paved, and well-lighted within ; the galleries are 
fupported by four tall pedeftals of oak, richly carved ; 
over thefe are many flender columns which fupport the 
roof. At the weft end is a good organ, on each fide of 
which is a gallery for the fingers. The altar is decorated 
with carved work, See. above which is a window, which 
appears rather like a breach in the wall. On the fouth 
fide of the chancel is a fuperb monument of marble to the 
memory of Fofter Cunliffe, merchant. On a medallion 
is his portrait; on each fide of a vale is an orphan, well 
defigned, lamenting his lofs. 
St. George’s church is a modern building, in a ftyle 
that difeovers both elegance and tafte. Though an aft 
was obtained for the building of this church in 1715, it 
was not entirely finifhed till 1734. It is fituated on an 
eminence, and forms one fide of an area made ufe of for a 
market-place. The body of the church is one complete 
range of the Doric order, crowned with an attic wall, de¬ 
corated with a variety of vafes. There is but one range 
of windows to afford light to the galleries as well as the 
aides; but they appear uncommonly large, and out of all 
proportion. On the fouth fide of this church is an ele¬ 
gant terrace, fupported by fix ruffle arches, under which 
is a convenient recefs for the market-people. At each end 
is an oftagonal building, that on the weft being an office 
for the clerk of the market, that on the eaft a temporary 
confinement for delinquents. Under the church is a fpa- 
cious open vault, wherein many perfons of note are inter¬ 
red. The tower-part of the fteeple is fquave, and confilts 
of three ltories of the Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian, or¬ 
ders; but, on looking up, the fteeple appears larger above 
than at the bottom, from an unlucky projeftion and dif- 
proportion of the Corinthian pilafters. From the cornice 
of thefe pilafters riles an oftagon tower of the Compotite 
order. In the niches between the pilafters were origmaliy 
paintings of the faints; but, being thus expofed, it is not 
to be wondered at that they are totally defaced. The in- 
flde of the church is elegantly finilhed ; the pews are neat, 
the galleries are fupported by flender pedeltals, and the 
roof by beautiful Corinthian columns. The pulpit, or¬ 
gan-loft, altar-piece, and front of the galleries, are of ma¬ 
hogany; the whole is decorated with rich carvings. This 
alfo is the chapel of the corporation, in which the mayor, 
aldermen, and common-council, fometimes hear divine 
fervice. 
St. Thomas’s church was confecrated in 1750. The 
fteeple and fpire are well-proportioned and lofty, being: 
together two hundred and iixteen feet from the ground ; 
the pedeftal confilts of windows decorated in the Greek 
tafte. On four columns of the Corinthian order are four 
Gothic pinnacles, which feem to have no affinity with the 
reft of the ftrufture, ur.lefs with the Gothic fpire above. 
The body of the church confilts of a rullic bale and two 
rows of windows, between which are Ionic pilafters, above 
which is a cornice, and a ballulirade decorated with vafes. 
At the eaft end is a Venetian window made in a femi-cir- 
cular projeftion with the chancel; which has a bad effeft, 
as the upper part of the arch feems to overhang the reft 
of the window. This church is very light, and finifhed 
with an elegant limplicity. The pews are wdl-conftruft- 
ed ; the galleries are fupported by eight pedeftals, over 
which are the fame number of Corinthian pillars; on thefe 
is a light entablature which fuftains the roof. The 
chancel has elegant pannels and ornaments, with Corin¬ 
thian pilafters gilt, between which are feveral inferiptions. 
The organ, its gallery, and the clock below, would have 
an agreeable effeft, were the two large Gothic figures re¬ 
moved, which feem to be very ill placed on the top of the 
organ. 
St. Paul’s church was built at the expenfe of the town, , 
and was confecrated in 1769. It is, on the whole, very 
elegant. On the weft fide is a bold portico of the Ionic 
order, of which the pediment, by its projeftion, calls an. 
agreeable ffiade upon the building, and finely relieves the 
four columns which fupport the front. The pediments 
of the north and fouth fronts are fupported in the fame 
manner, but do not projeft fo much. At each of thefe 
fronts is a handfome flight of fteps, leading to the feveral 
avenues. The body of the church is of the Ionic order, 
fupported by a low ruftic bafe. The ftone-work is crowned 
with plain vafes, and a range of balluftrades. In the cen¬ 
tre, on an oftagon, rifes the dome, on which is a lantern, 
crowned with a large ball and crofs. The church Hands' 
in an open fqnare; it may be viewed to molt advantage 
from the weft avenue. The dome is fupported in the in- 
fide by eight Ionic pillars, which are lofty, large, unfluted,., 
of a dark grey colour, and have a clumfy appearance* 
The galleries retreat behind thefe columns, and are pri¬ 
vately fupported by brackets inferted in the (hafts of the 
pillars. The ground is occupied by open feats for the ufe 
of the poor. The altar is in an oval recefs, and, though 
plain, is not without neatnefs. The pulpit is movable, 
of which the ftair-cafe is in the centre, invifible to the 
congregation, through which the preacher gradually af- 
cends, as in St. Paul’s cathedral in London, to public 
view. This dome rendering the fpeech very indiftinft, . 
and fometimes unintelligible, feveral expedients have been 
tried to remedy this deleft, particularly by covering the 
bottom with oiled paper, in the fame manner as a drum is 
with parchment; but the eyes of the fpeftators are more 
offended by the fight than the ears of an audience are be¬ 
nefited by it. 
St. Anne’s church is a neat ftrufture; it was erefted at 
the joint expence of two private gentlemen ; it is of brick 
and ltone, but fmall, and in the Gothic ftyle. It has two 
ranges of windows, and a tower decorated with pinnacles. 
The infide is furnilhed with a neat range of pews, which 
are divided into aifles. The altar is placed in. a niche at 
the eaft end. The gallery is fupported by flender iron 
columns. 
St. Catharine’s chapel, in Temple-court, was originally 
a diflenters ineeting-houfe, and known by the name of 
the Oftagon. This is a modern building; and, though 
not large, yet is planned and executed with a degree of 
tafte feldom to be met with in ftrufturesof this kind. It 
is, as its name imports, built in an oftangular form, and 
it is lighted on each fide with large windows. The gal¬ 
lery is fupported by (lender pillars tipped with gold; "the 
roof terminates in a cove, in the centre of which is a giifc 
Itar. On the entrance-fide are the pulpit and readine- 
delk, and behind, thole, in front of the gallery, an-elcganc 
clock,. 
