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coats-hall, the manorial manfion-houfe, is a venerable 
building, the parts of which are difpofed in a moft curious 
and grotefque manner.—Huline-hall, or Holme, is an edi¬ 
fice of a fimilar kind, exhibiting a remarkable fpecimen of 
ancient domeltic architedure. It (lands on the edge of a 
(helving bank of the Irwell, and exteriorly offers to the 
view a moft romantic and pidurefque objed.—Heaton- 
lioufe, the feat of the earl of Wilton, lies about four miles 
to the r.orth-eaft of the town. The houfe, a handfome 
modern ftruflure of (lone, (lands on a commanding fitua- 
tion, in the midft of a very noble park, finely decorated 
with venerable trees, and numerous thriving plantations.— 
The other principal feats are Trafford-houfe, Alkington, 
and Smedley-hall; near which laft is Broughton-hali, for¬ 
merly the property of the Stanleys, earls of Derby. 
The village of Micklthurft lies north-eaft of Manchefter, 
on the borders of Lancafhire, Cheihire, and Yorkffiire.— 
Tingtweezle, or Tinchtil, in Chefhire, fouth-eall of 
Micklehurft, was anciently reckoned a borough, and had 
a leet within itfelf; but is fince contented with being 
deemed the principal member of the lordfhip of Mottram. 
Beauties of England and Wales. Manchejler Guide. Wilkes's 
Britijh DireElory, vol. iii. England's Gazetteer. Whitaker's 
Hifiory of Manchejler. Phil. Tranf. vol. ixviii. Gent. Mag. 
vol. Ixii. 
MANCHESTER, a poll and fifhing town of America, 
on the fea coaft between Cape Anne and Beverley, in the 
county of Eflex, and (late of Maflachufetts : fix miles 
north-north-eaft of Bolton. 
MANCHESTER, a poft-town of Vermont, in Ben¬ 
nington county, on Battenkill : twenty-two miles north- 
eaft of Bennington, and fifty-nine north-eaft of Albany, 
in New York. 
MANCHESTER, a poft-town in Adam’s county, on 
the north bank of the Ohio, about ten miles above Maf- 
fiefburgh ; incorporated in January 1802. 
MANCHESTER, a ftnall poll-town of Virginia, on 
the fouth fide of James river, oppofite to Richmond, with 
which it is connected by a bridge. 
MANCHESTER, a town of Nova Scotia, ten leagues 
north-w'eft of Cape Canfo. 
MANCHESTER, a townfhip in York county, Penn- 
fylvania, including 1175 inhabitants.—Weft Manchefter, 
in the fame county, contains 794. inhabitants. 
M ANCHESTER-HOUSE, a fa dory belonging to the 
Hudfon’s-bay company, one hundred miles weft of Hud- 
fon’s-houle, and fevanty-five fouth-eaft of Buckingham- 
houfe; fituated on the fouth-weft fide of Safkalhawan river, 
in the north-welt part of North America. Lat. 53. 14. N. 
Jon. 109. 20. W. 
MANCHET, f. [ miciet, Fr. Skinner. ] A fmall loaf of 
fine bread.—Take a fmall toalt of manchet, dipped in oil 
of fweet almonds. Bacon.— I love to entertain my friends 
with a frugal collation 5 a cup of wine, a difti of fruit, 
and a manchet. More's Dialogues. 
M ANCHINEE'L HAR BOUR, a bay on the eaft coaft 
of Jamaica. Lat. 18. 4. N. Ion. 75. 58. W. 
MANCHINEE'L-TRE'E, /. [ mancanilla , Lat.] See 
Hippomane. —The manchineel tree is a native of the Weft 
Indies, and grows to the fize of an oak s its wood is of a 
beautiful grain, will polilh well and laft long, and is there¬ 
fore much efteemed: in cutting down thofe trees, the 
juice of the bark muft be burnt out before the work is 
begun; for it will raife blifters on the (kin, and burn holes 
in linen ; and, if it (hould fly into the eyes of the labourers, 
they are in danger of lofing their fight. The fruit is of 
the colourand fize of the golden pippin4 many Europeans 
have fu(Fered,and others loft their lives, by eating it: the 
leaves abound with juice of the lame nature; cattle never 
(belter themfelves, and fcartely will any vegetable grow, 
under their (hade ; yet goats eat this fruit w ithout injury. 
Miller. 
MAN'CHULL, a tow n of Hir.dooltan, in the circar of 
Joodpour: nineteen miles fouth of Joodpour. 
MANCIAT', a town of France, in the department of 
MAN 
the Gers: fixteen miles fouth-weft of Condom. Lat. 43.' 
39. N. Ion. o. 7. E, 
MANCINEL'LA, f. in botany. See Hippomane. 
MANCI'NI (Francefco), a mufician of Naples, com- 
pofed an oratorio which acquired great reputation, intitled 
“ L’Amor divino triomfante nella Morte di Crillo and 
hymns for the Florentine brotherhood of the Pieta, during 
Lent, which were publiflied at Rome in 1700. Maucini 
was the firft opera-compofer of eminence in that country 
duriag the laft century. Between the years 1700 and 
1731, he produced feveral operas and intermezzi that' 
were much efteemed by the firft profeflors of his time, 
particularly Hade and Geminiani, who always (poke of 
him as a very able mailer. The celebrated opera of Idafpe 
fidele, or Hydafpes, brought on our (tage in 1711 by Nico- 
lini, was fet by Francefco Mancini. In this opera it was, 
that Nicolini’s battle with the lion gave birth to Addt- 
fon’s humorous papers on the fubjed, in the firft volume 
of the Spectator. 
MANCI'NI (Giambatifta), an eminent German mufi¬ 
cian, and (inging-matter to the imperial court, publiflied 
in 1774, at Vienna, a treatife on finging, in quarto, in- 
titled Penfieri e RifeJJioni pratiche, or Practical Thoughts 
and Reflexions on Figurative Song; a work of merit, fu- 
perior to any treatife'on the fame fubjed that has appeared 
fince the time of Tofi. The author was a fcholar of the 
famous 'Bernacchi, the celebrated difciple of' Piltocchi,- 
the founder of the Bologna fchool of finging. The in¬ 
genious author of this uleful tract, who had himfelf beer, 
a capital vocal performer on the opera-ftage, and drew his 
rules from long practice and experience, died at Vienna 
about the year 1779. 
MANCI'NUS, a Roman of confular dignity. 
To MAN'CIPATE, v.a. [mancipo, Lat.] Toenfiave; 
to bind ; to tie.—Although the regular part of nature is 
feldom varied, yet the meteors, which are in themfelves 
more unftable, and lefs mancipated to dated motions, are 
oftentimes employed to various ends. Hale. 
MAN'CIPATING,/ The ad of enflaving. 
MANCIPA'TIO, f. A term made ufe of in the Roman 
law, and may be thus explained. Every father had fuch 
a regal authority over his fon, that, before tlie Ion could 
be releafed from his (ubjection, and made free, he muft 
be twice fold and bought, his natural father being in the 
firft inltance the vender. The vendee was called paterfidu- 
ciarius. After this fiditious bargain, the pater fduciarius 
fold him again to the natural father, who could then, but 
not rill then, manumit or make him free. The imaginary 
fale was called mancipation and the ad of giving liberty, 
or fetting him free alter this, was called emancipatio. 
Mancipatio alfo fignified the felling or alienating of cer¬ 
tain lands by the balance, or money paid by weight, and 
in the prefeuce of five witnefles. This mode or aliena¬ 
tion took place only amonglt Roman citizens, and that 
only in refped to certain eltates fituated in Italy, which 
were called mancipia. 
MANCIPATION,^ Slavery; involuntary obligation. 
M AN'CIPLE,y. [ manceps , Lat.] A clerk of the kitchen, 
or caterer. An officer in the Inner Temple v.as anciently 
fo called, who is now the feward there; of whom Chaucer, 
the ancient Engliffi poet, foine time a ftudent of that 
houfe, thus writess 
A manciple there was within the Temple, 
Of which all caterers might take enfarnple. 
Both name and office are dill retained in the colleges of 
both univerfitics: 
Their manciple fell dangeroufly ill. 
Bread muft be had, their grilt went to the mill : 
This Simkin moderately hole before; 
Their (teward fick, he robb’d them ten times more. 
Betterton's Miller of Trompington, 
MAN'CO CA'PAC. See the article Peru. 
^JVIANCO'RA, a town of Peru, in the diocefe of Trux- 
3 illo. 
