needless to inform the reader, that an inspection of some of these immense hives of labour and invention, will well repay the trouble of a visit. It is a proud feeling to an Englishman to know, that the productions of the thousand busy hands and whirling wheels around him, are destined to increase the comfort, refinement, or splendour of nations, spread far and wide over the globe: and it is a joyful thing to compare present greatness and secure freedom, with the long past years when a little bristling fortress and a tented field, scenes of barbaric bloodshed and grovelling slavery, occupied the spot of earth now devoted to usefulness, industry, and knowledge. * * * * * Manchester is situated on the banks of the river Irwell; (which here receives the tributary streams of the Irk and the Medlock;) on the N.W. bank lies the newly erected borough of Salford, connected by means of five bridges with Manchester, of which it forms an integral part. In various parts of the town there are altogether nearly sixty bridges. The town is well paved, and lighted with gas; and the inhabitants are supplied with water by the Manchester and Salford Water Company. The environs, in many parts, particularly in Broughton, Ardwick-green, and Gibraltar, are pleasant, and present many ranges of handsome residences, tasteful villas, and cottages. In the older parts of the town are several ancient houses, interspersed with modern dwellings, and, except where recent improvements have been made, the streets are inconveniently narrow; the accommodation of trade being more studied here than elegance and symmetry of appearance. * * * * *