BLAOKBURN PARISH. 2Gl the East line of Railway, as he traverses the gentle acclivity adjoining thatportion of the town designated Nova Scotia. It was erecteu during the vicariate of the late Rev. Thomas Dunham Whittaker, L.L.D., the well-known historian of Whalley, in the years 1819-20, and was consecrated by the Bishop of Chester, September 11 th, 1821. The cost of its erection, exclusive of endowment and site, was £11 ,525 3s. 8d.; and it will hold from 1500 to 2000 persons. The architect was Mr. John Palmer, of Manchester, and the whole design is universally admitted to be highly creditable to the artistic skill of that gentleman. at a period when a revived taste for church architecture was only beginning to manifest itself. The interior is light and lofty, the side aisles being divided from the nave by floriated arches, corresponding with the general architecture of the church. The roof is beautifully groined, but without clere story, a marked defect in this other.. wise adIllirable structure. The main entrance is under the tower at the west-end, and the solemn grandeur which here presents itself cannot fail to arrest the attention of every contemplative mind, bespeaking the high and holy purpose to which the sacred edifice is dedicated. The baptismal font is octagonal, very massive, and sufficiently capacious for the immersion of infants. It stands in its appropriate place at the western entrance, and was executed by the Messrs. Varley, of , the design being from a model of the celebrated font in the church of St. Mary Magdalene, Oxford; and was erected so recent as 1848, by the active exertions of the Rev. P. E. Wrench. at that time curate. The eastern window contains two full length figures of St. Peter and St. John, in stained glass, executed in the first style of art. That ofSt. Peter, which is noble and commanding, occupies the central compartment, and was the gift of the late J. Cardwell, Esq., whose arms it bears, A.D. 1824. The compartment on the left is devoted to St. John, the stained glass being executed by Mr.Wailes, of Newcastle. The mild expression of the latter apostle contrasts finely with the glowing ardour manifested in the countenance of St. Peter. In both these figures the colours are exceedingly rich and beautiful. From an inscription at the base, the figure of St. John, it appears, was added to the window in 1840, as a memorial of the late James Neville, Esq., (by his bereaved widow) of Beardw00d, who died June 5th, 1~48, aged 61 years. The other three compartments in this window are yet incomplete. Here is a fine altar piece of the I,ord's supper, pail:.lted and presented by Mr. Thomas Boardman, of Rlackburn; and the communion table has a splendid covering of deep ruby