This edifice, though possessing too much of the theatrical air, is handsomely and conveniently furnished, and by the ingenuity of the circular arrangement, all the congregation can distinctly hear and most see the officiating clergyman during the whole of the services. It will accommodate, in the pews below, 1000 persons, and in the gallery 750, besides 400 free sittings provided for the poor. [Picture: Font in St. Chad’s Church] THE FONT formerly belonged to the parish church of Malpas, Cheshire; and is that in which the late Bishop Heber was baptized. The principal monuments are:—an oblong Grecian tablet, with an elegant Latin inscription to the Rev. Francis Leighton, his lady, and two grandchildren; a handsome pannelled marble tablet, supporting a fine bust of the deceased, by Chantrey, inscribed to Mr. John Simpson, the eminent architect and builder; and a similar tablet and bust, by Chantrey, to William Hazledine, Esq., the builder of the Menai Bridge; and in the Vestibule a marble mural monument to the Officers and Privates of the 53rd or Shropshire Regiment, who were killed on 10th February 1846, in the battles of Subraon, Aliwal, and the relief of Loodhiana on the Sutluj. This church also contains a monument to the Rev. R. Scott, with the following inscription:— SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF THE REV. RICHARD SCOTT, B.D. WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON THE 6TH OCTOBER, 1848, IN THE 68TH YEAR OF HIS AGE. THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY HIS NEPHEW WILLIAM SCOTT, AS A TOKEN OF REGARD AND AFFECTION TO HIS LATE RELATIVE. In the vestry is a carved figure of ST. CHAD in his episcopal robes, preserved from the old church. [Picture: Figure of St. Chad in St. Chad’s Church] This church is used on most public occasions. The plan was furnished by Mr. Geo. Stewart, and the cost of erection amounted to £17,752; the greater part of which sum still remains a heavy debt on the parish. In the tower is a peal of twelve melodious bells, cast by Messrs. Meares of London, purchased by subscription, and inscribed with appropriate mottos. The deep-toned tenor, of the weight of forty-one cwt. on which the clock strikes, may be heard at a distance of several miles. Turning on the left, we proceed down St. John’s Hill, and pass THE QUAKERS’ MEETING-HOUSE, a plain brick structure, built in 1746, and enlarged in 1807,—and ST. JOHN’S, OR THE WESLEYAN METHODISTS’ MEETING-HOUSE, a spacious and commodious brick building, erected in 1804, and subsequently enlarged and decorated in a handsome style. Besides these, there are meeting-houses for the Calvinistic Methodists, and Sandemanians, or Scotch Baptists, in Hill’s Lane;—for the Baptists and Independents, in Doglane and Castle Forgate; and for the Unitarians, in High Street.