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MAN. III>TKU 



mUm te ! iron pips, laid along UM main 

 roads, Tb first ouamrt of 6 mites' tunnel 

 Uag aad I) mile of opan culling wan let in 

 IMS. TlM water-works, along with UM gas- 

 arc UM property of UM corporation, and 

 claims to bar* been UM Hrst local 

 obtain powers to supply pu >lic light. 

 T!M proito average 100.480, out of w hkll 85,000 

 is paid over for city improvement*. The market 



MUmrilv lo obtain 



.to 44.000 per annum, anil until i 

 fete a* IMS, being governed by UM antiquated 

 Mfhinsty of manor cnarta, borough reeve, con- 

 itahli. and unpaid magistral**, Ux and Mil were 

 Mid oa all article* brought into the market* 

 DwtegUiat year (1843) these manorial i.t: 

 wr bonjfbt for 900.00(1. In 1*4.'. *8 a public 

 Mthvriplioa founded three parks of almut .Hi acres 

 Mb, and shortly after a fourth of 60 acre* wan 

 added. There are now in MancheMer ami Snlf.ml 

 efevM parka, giving wren for the former and four 

 for UM Uilor. with eight recreation grounds, cover- 

 Maacbeter was also 

 -' of I In- 



a t;i--. 1. Cliun-li (<|.v.), tuid an AnniMiiiiii 

 oburen. 8*e ARMKNIA, Vol. I., page 425. 



Tli<* prinripal buil<linp> for necular purpoam are, 

 fir.t. the h.wn-liall ( IH6H 77), by \VaU'rhouw>, com 

 phHedin IKK.T The original wtmiAte for tli<> lmil<l 

 in K wa 750,000 ; it han, however, cant il ,i >:..".< i. 

 ana oecapiea an area of 8648 Hquare yards. It i- .. 

 i. ..:l,i, .iMK-lun- Htiil tii.iiixnl.-ii in lnn, Imilt of 

 | brick, faced with freextone, and at wnnc p.-ut uiili 

 ; and in. it i- i-lainu-il. tin- lim-i luiililin^ in 



* *-!. MIKI c-iiu .Tt-iv-nuoii gntu 



tag altogether 300 acres. Mancbestei 

 UM Cm borough to take advantage in 



Few Ubrarimi Act Perbap* nnr of tlie 

 town, in llritain i. brtt-r fnrni.lml with 

 librari*. and muling room, than Mancbemrr. 

 provided within f-w yearn. Tfcere are MX Iw 

 libraries with mad ing room*, and al* additional 

 boy* T!M Free Rcfcrtnce |.il,r, , 



all 



_ for _ 



l^'l^r^i*' l *' rol I "* *l'rd ha, "four 

 braaeii libraries, with reading. rooms and a mi.M-un, ; 

 while Mai.che.ler in IHHO received a park, library. 

 and BU urn fn.m the \Vhil w.,rUi legatee* t<. I.- 





* dgfatwi private lil.rarim, 

 With otber inMitntion. The 

 ChoUMJn UU.rv. foWHM l.y llniiiplnev rhetham 

 J. eAnuin. JO.Oi.i ,!,. ,,l, ,.,,- 

 rni book, and manu-rnp... .,,,1 . ,| lr , ir . t frr ; 

 ibrWYln BnffUn.| Fbr .l..l,i, KjU.,,1. I 

 Wpn Ue taOM Allh..rp eolloeUon, i ne. 

 5"*' " by UM widow of a !.fan 



M..UO. may b. mad. |, ,.f 



Tfc two l.m.,i k -l,. !,,,. 

 * UM Ental.li.hn.ent 

 TV CaUMdral. formerlt knon A . tlie rnflMnm 

 Ctarah. bat n.iw cmJUi ii,.- i H.I chnrrh '(Wit ill 

 Jg^lj *"*"* nrr ,,,,.| l..tw. n 

 lMtarwM eoMpMc rmtoratioii in 

 BfteiMl rtyle It nm^niM* a nerfert .Ulled 

 ' i T*!!?^.^"' " Mr - l<ul V r laiie|. 



-S! m _5? 1 *^. M ^"^ bow *- ' owr l:i 

 high, with t, Ml.. There are 23 Hom*,, Catholic 

 a< >M dMetiUnr rh.-.U M of whirl, are 



Hothie 

 



tin- world devoted to purely municipal pmpu-e-. 

 The great hall i- de,,,i..t.,l with remarkable 

 illustrating the history of Manchester, by 

 Sladox Itniwn (i|.v.>. The dock tower, '.2X6 feet 

 high, 'ontnins n line peal of twenty one liclls. In 

 the K,.\.I| Infirmary, tn-t u-ed in 17.V,. as n 

 33,000 patients are treated annually, ami tin re is 

 an average of 2.". accident caw* admitted daily. 

 The Itoyal Institution i- a noble Itoric edilice b\ 

 1 lurry, built at a cost of i':MKN>. and contains a 

 gallery of paintings, a school of design, and a lecture 

 It wax elected in Ivi'i .'), its object 

 living to diiru.se a taste for the line arts by exhibit- 

 ing works of art of tlie highe-i, 

 :md to encourage literary 

 ami scientilic pursuits by means 

 of jKipular conrxeH of lecture-. 

 The wall- of tin- entrance hull 

 an- di-coiateil with casts of the 

 Klgin Marble*, jtresentvil by 

 (Ii-orgi' I\'. A line statue of 

 I'alton by Chant rey is placed in 

 the hall. The Uo\al Kxchange 

 (1864-74). an imposing building 

 in the Italian style, has a ,,.,., 

 ing-hall said to IK- the largest in 

 the I 'nili-d Kingdom area. .~.17<i 

 sipian- yards. li i> 1 'JO feet w ide 

 without intei mediate supports. 

 Tuesdays ami l-'ridays are tin- 

 chii-f days for business, and on 

 the-.- days its immeii-e area is 

 densely covered. The Kivf-trade 

 Mall (lt) Imlds flOTH) people, 

 and is a memorial of the ngiution which resulted 

 in the r.|H-al of the com laws. The 'I'.-lerl.M. 

 Maiwacre l.k place on its site. The Assi/e 

 1864). by \\ateihoiiso, are a Hplemliil 

 s|M-c|tnpn of GotUe architiM'tine. and cost 100, (KX). 

 The great hall is a magnificent apart men t, licin" 

 D feet long. 48) broad, and 75 feet high. All 

 the arrangement* of the court are considered a* 

 nearly perfect a jMWsible. 



The Literary ami Philosophical Society (1789), 

 in .e.,i t -,. si rift, has a valuable scientific library 

 ami a Andoal lalioratory, ami publishes memoirs'. 

 Un it- roll arc many distinguished names, including 

 I>rs Hrnry and ParcivaJ. llenjamin Franklin 

 roomaa de Qniaoey. John Dal ton, FJiton l|<Ml-kin 

 son. Sir \V. KairUirn, Sir Jamiw Whitwortb, 

 James Naxmyth, and Mr .l.mlo. There are a Unit. 

 -e>ei,i v other ooMUai and inxtitution- ,,f \ari,ms 

 Kind- m Manchester, many of them of very hiuh 

 landing. 



I he -indies ami monument* in Manchester are 

 n.imerou-. and u.iy consi.lerably in onler of merit 

 the Infirmary K-plamule are four statues the 



chs,U. 

 tur.. There am 4 Jewish 



t T1 1 , '' - 



alton. The Allwrt Memorial nUiidd in Allwrt 

 Square where are alim utAtura. of HUhop Fraaer, of 

 Mr .louln ( 1891 ). an.l of John aright (also in 1891 ). 

 In front of the town-hall U ono of Oliver Heywood 

 ( 1HJJ4 ) : there u one of Cohden in 8t Anne's Square 

 of Humphrey Clu'thnm in the Cathedral, and of 

 rjl"*' ne * r tne entrance of Victoria Street. 

 The facilities for education in Manchester have 

 ^J t Y exten<le<1 "n' 1 improved within recent 

 TheGrmmmar-school is the most ancient, and 



