97 PLACES of PUBLIC WORSHIP. In Liverpool, there are at present sixteen places erected for public Worship, belonging to the Establishment—one of the Church of Scotland—four Baptist Chapels—threelndepen- dent Chapels—one Quakers’ Meeting-house— six Methodist Chapels—two Presbyterian (or more properly Unitarian ) Chapels—four lloman Catholic Chapels—and one Jew’s Synagogue. ST. NICHOLAS, or the OLD CHURCH, Commonly so called from being the first erected, is of very ancient date; but there are no traces of its antiquity farther back than 1588 ; when it is recorded that the Earl of Derby com ing to his residence (mentioned page 1), and waiting for a passage to the Isle of Man, the Corporation erected and adorned a sumptuous stall in the church for his reception. There formerly was a statue of St. Nicholas in the church-yard ; to which the sailors presented offerings on their going to sea, to induce the saint to grant them a prosperous voyage. This church was a parochial chapel under Walton, a neighbouring parish; till, by act of