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5th. As to building of cottages, it would be well that some 

 one would make a fair beginning and example ; it may be 

 doing, whilst we are ignorant of it. But if so, it shews the 

 great want of a proper mode of diffusing information in the 

 arts, and the necessity for a mode of teaching — a Mechanics' 

 Institution, properly so called, which has never yet been 

 established. But this requires a separate treatment. 



6th. All these things could be done readily in this county, 

 if Manchester encouraged it, and it would be a fine lesson to 

 many others. As inquiries shew that these towns around us 

 require more attention to minutiae than towns not manufac- 

 turing, some, or all of these things, besides many others, are 

 necessary. 



In conclusion, I know that Manchester has done a great 

 deal lately in regulating its affairs, but it must not be forgotten 

 that a great deal, if not all, was rendered essential, owing to 

 the previous enormous neglect, which it showed in common 

 with many other towns ; — that the step it has taken was neces- 

 sary, in order to prevent evils which had become alarming, 

 and which threatened to be worse, and that the improvements, 

 made, have not yet been sufficient to raise the average life to 

 the level of that of many other places. 



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