LANCASHIRE.

THE NEW-BAYLEY BRIDGE, MANCHESTER.

THIS bridge of three arches over the Irwell, derives its present name from its situation near the New-Bayley Prison, in Stanley Street, Salford, which stands on the left of the view in our Plate. The bridge is of stone, and the road over it leads to Liverpool, and Preston, through Bridge Street, the upper end of which has been widened to render it more convenient. It was opened for passengers in 1785, two years prior to the erection of the prison. The foundation-stone of the New-Bayley, inscribed with the name of Howard, was laid in 1787, by Thomas Butterworth Bayley. Its walls form a square, the sides of which are each one hundred and twenty yards, guarded by iron chevaux-de-frise. entrance to the prison is by a rusticated stone building, giving an idea of its great strength and perfect security. Over the entrance is a large room, in which the sessions are held, with other rooms for magistrates, counsel, jurors and witnesses. Behind this lodge, in the midst of a large area, stands the prison, erected in the form of a cross, three stories high. In the centre of the second

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