The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-07-17 00:00:00

BIRKENHEAD.

On Saturday last, according to the announcement, theuevrly...
erected market at Birkenhead was opened, and openedlinder
the. happiest auspices. The day was tine; a numerous con-- •
COurse of visitors was attracted to the spot; and die substantial
as well as delicate profusion with which the stalle were supplied
spoke well for the gastronomic capacities of the good people of
Birkenhead. The bells rang, the top of the market was-decora-..
ted with flags and banners, and all was gaiety and buittle. The
supply of fish, particularly salmon, was exceedingly good and
plentiful, and, with the rest of the provisions, speedily. found a
market; proving, beyond all question, that our worthy neigh,- .
hours, notwithstanding such unequivocal manifestations of con-
sumption, are exceedingly vigorous and thriving, and that the
wants of the population have by no means been over-rated iu
the erection'or this capacious and elegant means of supplying
them. A. brief description of the market itself may not be unin-
teresting to our readers.
The front of the building is in Hamilton-'street, leading from
the tquare, and commences at the corner of market-street, ex-
tending in Hamilton-street 185 feet 6 inches, by a depth in Mar-
ket-street of 135 feet 10 inches. The front of this building is of
stone, from Storton-hill quarries. and represents to the eye
neat and chaste elevation, in the Grecian style, ftoin the designs
of Mr. Rampling, architect, of Liverpool. It comprehends an
entrance-gate into the market, and 2 wings; the one to the left,
extending 74 feet, contains an office for the magistrates' clerk,
the commissioners' clerk. and the overseers, behind which and
communicating with them is a spacious room of 72 feet by 24
feet, divided by two screens of columns. The room is lighted by.,
three handsome cast-iron dome lights, and the whole is well ar-
ranged with an entrance-hall and other requisites. The entrance
to the other wings is from the parapet in Hamilton-street,
through a lodge, which is intended for the deputy constable, and
this wing altogether comprises two day-rooms, and six cells for
delinquents, with a spacious con rt-yard, and a convenient house
for the constable, The area of the-market, including the walls,
is 185 feet 6 by 90 feet 2 inches, and comprehends twenty-five
shops for butchers, meat, poultry, and other things usually sold in
markets, with benches and standings for eggs, butter, &c., and
on the'north side is another entrance from Market-street; the ave-
nue round the shops is four yards, and roofed in, supported by
cast-iron columns, forming a colonnade; consequently the open
area, which produces an agreeable effect, is very capacious. Mr.
Walter Walker was the contractor with the comnossioners for
this erection, and the' whole has been well and substantially built
by Messrs. W. and J. Walker, from the design of Mr. Rampling,
arehitd, et a cost of less than £.1,(X)0. The lord of the manor,
F. R. Price, Esq. of Bryn-y-Pyse, has liberally contributed to
this ereCtinn,, in, presenting the township with a statute acre of
land,'an4.he also paid a moiety of the expense iu obtaining the
act: of par Ran= t.