MANCHESTER.
MANUFACTORIES.
The great centre of the cotton manufacture, Manchester, will be an object of curiosity to the stranger on this account; and he will naturally be desirous to view some of the processes and the operations of those mighty agents, steam and machinery, which have added so much to the real wealth and glory of England.
With suitable introductions, the inquiring visiter may visit the following establishments, where he cannot fail to be astonished at the vast scale on which the staple manufactures are conducted; and the remarkable order, arrangement, and cleanliness maintained through all their departments. The immense spinning mills of Messrs. McConnel & Co., Henry-street, Ancoats, will furnish to the visiter an inspection of the various processes to which the raw cotton is subjected in the course of its manufacture into twist, or thread for weaving.
In the large manufactory of the Oxford-road twist company, in Oxford-road, he would see the processes of weaving by means of the steam loom.
In the patent card manufactory of Mr. J. C. Dyer, Stone-street, London-road, he would observe the very curious mode of manufacturing the cards used for teasing or carding the cotton; and in the large establishments of Messrs. Sharp, Roberts, & Co., machinists and engineers, Faulkner-street, he would see the various manufactures of steam engines, both stationary and locomotive, boilers, steam looms, and every other piece of machinery required for manufacturing purposes in this part of the kingdom.
In another branch of manufacture, that of silk, which is of growing importance and extent in Manchester, the visiter would be gratified by an inspection of the silk mill of Messrs. Royle and Crompton, Great Bridgewater-street.
PUBLIC BUILDINGS, LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTIONS.
The Exchange and News Room, (now undergoing alteration and extension, for which end, the Post Office, now at the back of the building, is to be removed,) is situated at the foot of Market-street. It is a semi-circular building, with stone front, and the large room contains a full length portrait of Colonel Stanley, many years member for the county.
The Town Hall, in King-street, is a fine structure, founded in 1822; by application to the porter, the stranger will obtain admittance to the hall or “large room,” which is very handsomely decorated with fresco paintings, and by rich mouldings, friezes, from the Elgin marbles, &c.