, to have another
engineer consulted. That individual, on being taken to the place where the
intended aqueduct was to be constructed, said, that 'he had often heard of
castles in the air, but never was shown before where any of them were to be
erected.'" But the Duke had faith in Brindley, persevered and triumphed,
although, before the completion of all his undertakings, he was more than
once reduced to great pecuniary difficulties.

The canal property of the Duke of Bridgwater, with the Lancashire estates,
are now vested in the Earl of Ellesmere, a nobleman who well knows, and
conscientiously works out, the axiom, "that property has its duties as well
as its rights." A visit to Worsley will prove what an enlightened and
benevolent landowner can do for a population of colliers and bargemen.

The educational and other arrangements of a far-sighted character show that
there are advantages in even such large accumulations of property as have
fallen to the share of the present representative of the Duke of Bridgwater.

Those who desire to pursue closely the state of the operative population in
Manchester, will find ample materials in the annual reports of factory
inspectors, and school inspectors, under the Committee of the Council of
Education, and of the municipal officers of health.

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FIRES.--Dreadful fires occur occasionally in Manchester. If such a
catastrophe should take place during the stay of a visitor, he should
immediately pull on an overcoat, even although it be midnight, and join in
the crowd. An excellent police of 300 officers and men renders the streets
quite safe at all hours; and a fire of an old cotton factory, where the
floors are saturated with oil and grease, is indeed a fearfully imposing
sight. It also affords an opportunity of some familiar conversation with the
factory hands.

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In taking leave of Manchester, which is indeed the great heart of our
manufacturing system, we may truly say that it is a city to be visited with
the deepest interest, and quitted without the slightest regret. On our
political railroad we are under deepest obligations to the Manchester
stokers; but Heaven forbid that we should be compelled to make them our sole
engineers.

THE ROAD TO YORKSHIRE.

MIDDLETON.--And now, before taking a glance at the woollens and hardware of
Yorkshire, we suggest, by way of change from the perpetual hum of busy
multitudes and the whizzing and roaring