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Title: The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction.
Volume 20, No. 567, Saturday, September 22, 1832.

Author: Various

Release Date: March 11, 2004 [EBook #11541]

Language: English

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THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION.

VOL. XX, NO. 567.] SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1832. [PRICE 2d.

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Public Buildings of Manchester

[Illustration: TOWN HALL. INFIRMARY. ROYAL INSTITUTION.]

PUBLIC BUILDINGS OF MANCHESTER.

The annexed Engravings are important illustrations of the statement in
a recent _Edinburgh Review:_[1]--that Lancashire from being amongst the
most backward parts of England, has _worked_ its way into the front
rank. They are, however, not only characteristic of the public spirit
which animates the whole county; but they are monuments of commercial
wealth, active benevolence, and intellectual superiority, of which the
Manchesterians have ample cause to be proud. It will be seen from their
details, that the structures have been built within the last half
century, at an expense of more than one hundred thousand pounds; while
their association with the fame and fortunes of men illustrious in
science[2] will render the subjoined Engravings of no common interest.
The details which follow have been abridged from Lewis's Topographical
Dictionary, 4to. 1831.

[1] Ed. Rev. No. 109--article "Life and Writings of Dr. Currie." For
quotations from this paper, see "Improvement of Lancashire," and
"London and the Provinces compared";--in _The Mirror_, vol. xix.

[2] DR. FERRIAR was physician to the Infirmary and Lunatic Asylum;
and the Royal Institution has been the area of the philosophical
labours of DALTON and HENRY.

THE TOWN-HALL

Is a noble and elegant edifice, erected under the superintendance and
from a des