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 to St. Elphin, or Helen, is a handsome building, built of red free-stone, probably of Saxon origin, and contains some very curious old monuments; two ancient chapels remain, in one of which are some modern monuments of the Pattern family, in the other, the magnificent tomb of Sir Thomas Boteler and his lady; the former was murdered in his mansion. Bewsey Hall. Here are places of Worship for most classes of Dissenters, and one Roman Catholic chapel The schools are numerous, among which are pre-eminent, the Free-school, founded and endowed in 1526, by one of the Boteler family, and the Blue Coat School, which is a flourishing institution, and richly endowed for the education of 150 boys and 40 girls. There are many charitable institutions in the town. Warrington was the birth-place of Dr. Percival, founder of the Literary and Philosophical Society at Manchester; of Litherland, the inventor of the patent lever watch; of Mrs. Leland, who died in 1693, at the age of 140; and here the Right Hon. George Tierney received his education; and its neighbourhood gave birth to John Blackburne, who so successfully cultivated the Cotton-tree, and who was the second person who brought the Pineapple to perfection in England. Warrington gives the title of Earl, in addition to Stamford, to the Grey family.

RUNCORN—named by the Saxons Rornicofan, is situated on the banks of the Mersey, 18 miles from Liverpool. Since the completion of the Duke of Bridgewater's navigation, the