1802] 
fuch a brilliant difplay of beauty, elegance - 
and fafhion, defervedly attracted univerfal at- 
tention and admiration, 2nd produced one of 
the grandeft, mof uncommon and charming 
fights ever beheld. After attending the 
Mayorefs to church, and hearing divine fer- 
vice, the ladies paraded in the fame order, 
quite round the market-place. In the courfe 
of the proceffion, a complete fteam-engine, 
in, miniature, at full work, and performing 
all the various operations of the cotton ma- 
nufe@tory, was exhibited, for the inftrution 
and amufement of the ladies. It was attend- 
ed by fourteen men in uniform dreffes like 
thofe mentioned above. This very curious 
and fingular piece of mechanifm attra@ed 
great attention. ‘The fpectacle of this day 
was by far the moft brilliant and gratifying 
of the whole feftival. So fplendid an exhi- 
bition of female attraétions has feldom been 
witneffed in this part of the country, and in- 
ceed, every poflible variety of.tafte, elegance 
and art, were difplayed by both fexes during 
the whole feftival, in coftume, ornaments and 
decorations. Some of the drefles worn by the 
ladies, on this occafion, were faid to be worth 
more than yo,000]. On Monday, there was 
a iplendid aflembly at the town-hall, (the 
tickets at half a guinea each) which was 
crowded to an uncommon degree, and on 
Wednefday night the Mayorefs gave a ball, 
at the fame place, for which more than 
four hundred tickets were iffued. Tlre crowd 
was fo great that dancing was hardly praéti- 
cable. The New Theatre, at Prefton, a very 
elegant and convenient houfe, was attended 
by crowded audiences every night, at double 
prices; a great part of the pit had been laid 
into boxes, notwithftanding which, fcarcely 
a place was to be had, on mof of the nights, 
The prodigious concourfe of vifitors, efpe. 
cially of thofe of the higher ranks, *was fuch 
as to excite the aftonifhment of all the townf- 
men. More than two hundred gentlemen’s 
carriages were daily parading the ftreets of 
Prefton, The races began on Wednefday, 
and the concourfe of people on Fulwood-moor 
was greater than ever before remembered. 
This Guild was inftituted in the reign of 
King Henry Ill. and the late one makes the 
eighteenth which has been held, under the 
reign of twelve monarchs. ‘The firit was 
held in the fecond year of King Edward JIT. 
His prefent Majefty is the only fovereign, 
during whote-reign, three of thefe fettiyals 
have been celebrated. 
Application is intended to be made, in the 
enfuing feffion of parliament, for an a@t, con- 
taining powers, to enable the company of pro- 
prietors of the Leeds and Liverpool canal, to 
make a navigable branch, cut or canal, from 
ARignhurtt-bridge, in the townthip of Wises, 
in this county, to communicate with the 
canal-navigation belonging to the Duke of 
Bridgewater, in the paviih of Leith 5 the faid 
canal to pafs through the feveral parithes of 
Wigan, Winwick, Leigh, Ince, Afheton, 
Abram, Weft Leigh and Pennington, all in 
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this county; alfo to make a navigable fide- 
cut, branch or railed way, with al! proper 
works and conveniencies, properly conftruét- 
ed for the paflage of boats, waggons, carts 
and other carriages, from the Leeds and Livers 
pool canal, at or near the eat fide of the in- 
tended Fquéduat over Hindley Brook, in the 
townthip of Abram, in this county, to acer- 
tain eftate called Low Hall, in the townthip 
of Hindley; which intended fide-cut, ir neh 
and railed way ts intended to becarried through 
the parifh of Wigan, and through the town- 
thip of Abram,, &c. 
wtdyeied:| At Liverpool, Mr. B. Blake, to 
Mifs Pemberton.—Mr. Boote, to Mifs Gib« 
bons.— Mr. Chriftian, furgeon, to MilsBirch, 
late of Manchefter —Mr. F. T, Walker, 
merchant, to Mifs S. Marfh.—-Mr. R. Hig- 
gins, Ironmonger, to Mifs J.Critchlow.—Mr. 
E, Atherton, veterinary furgeon, to Mifs Sla- 
ter.—M. J. Woolfe, merchant, to Mils E. 
Smith.—Mr. W. Dixon, copper-plate»printer, 
to Mifs Wiiliams. 
At Sephton, Capt. Nuttal, of the thip 
Eclipfe, to Mifs Beibrowne, daughter of the 
late Mr. C. Befbrowne, of Liverpool. 
At Warrington, Mr, W. Simmons, of the 
Ship tavern, aged 70 years, to Mrs. Crank, 
being his 6th wife. 
Mr. T. Lowndes, jun. broker, of Livers 
pool, to Mifs Jones, youngeft daughter of 
the late T. fones, efqg. of Wrexham.—The 
Rev. W. Martden, M. A. minifter of t#lack- 
rod, to Mifs Howard, of Manchefter.—Mr. 
J. Cook, clock-maker, of Kuncorn, to Mifs 
M. Monk, of Preicott. 
At Prefton, the Rev, D. Martin, to Mifs 
Clark of Houndiditch. 
At Oldham, Mr. W. Chippindall, to _ 
Lees, 
Mr. R. Hind, merchant, of Liverpool, t 
Mifs Wheeler, of Manchefter. 
Died.| At Lancatter, Mifs Borwick. As this 
lady was leaning out of her chamber windowy. 
which is three ftaries high, to wipe fome- 
thing off the glafs, fhe unfortunately over- 
reached herfelf, and fell into the ftreet; fhe 
wus taken up, apparently in a lifeleis ftate, 
but by proper medical affiftance fhe .was 
brought to herfelf, when it appeared thot 
both her arms were broke, and one of her 
thighs. She was otherwife bruifed in a ~ 
dreadful manner; thé broken limbs were, 
however, fet, and though great hopes were, at 
firft, entertained of her recovery, the died in 
the courfe of afew days. 
At Liverpool, in his 75th year, Mr. P; 
Penny, of the Cuttoms —Aged 30, Mr. J, 
Morland, merchant.—In the prime of fitey 
Mrs. M‘Nealy, wife of Mr. J. M<‘Nealy, merg 
chant.—Mrs, Chamley, formerly of Preiton, 
Aged 48, Mr. W. Sutton, brother to Mifs 
Sutton, agert to the Londen’ waggon. —Mrs. 
Maddox, reliét of the’ late Rev. Mr. My 
Maddox, reétorof this parith. 
At the King’s Arms ina, aged 46, of an 
apoplexy, Mr. W. Williams, of America, 
At Manchefler, Mr. M. Shaw, 
Pate: it 
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