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which is not quite 5½ miles from Manchester.

The next is that of, 4½ miles from Manchester. To the right is the village of Eccles, unexpectedly immortalised in history as the place where Mr. Huskisson breathed his last. To this place he was conveyed in a carriage drawn by the Northumbrian, and the house of the Rev. Mr. Blackburn, vicar of Eccles, was the scene of his last agonies; after his decease bis remains were conveyed to Liverpool, and buried in St. James' Cemetery, where a splendid monument has been erected to his memory.

is the next we come to, and is 2½ miles from Manchester. From hence a few minutes more will bear us across the Irwell into the Company's yard at Manchester.

For an account of, see end of book.

We shall now return to the, where we left our readers some minutes since; and here we must inform them that the mile-posts (from which we shall direct their attention to various objects) are on their right hand, as they proceed to Birmingham, and that, although the Grand Junction Line in fact commences here, the posts are numbered from Liverpool, or, if they are not yet, they shortly will be: eventually there will also be posts on the other side, numbering from Birmingham.