Manchester
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Lectures on the Relation between Law and Public Opinion in England
Industrial city where an epidemic among cotton-mill apprentices prompted the Health and Morals Act, 1802.
An epidemic had broken out in Manchester, and had caused the death of many apprentices employed in the cotton mills.
In 1819 or 1820 the Six Acts, the so-called Manchester massacre, the sordid scandals of the quarrel between George IV.
whilst fortytwo members were lavished upon Cornwall, neither Birmingham nor Manchester had any representative whatever;
Law in a Free State
A city suggested as the site for a privately funded theatre, as an alternative to municipal nationalisation.
Then why cannot some persons with a love for the drama combine philanthropy with business, and plank down the money for a first start—say in Manchester?