[204] Westerfield, ibid., pp. 362-363.
[205] Aikin, ibid., p. 184.
[206] Baines, Lancashire and Cheshire, iii., pp. 84-85.
[207] Manchester Mercury, 1752 onwards. Smiles, ibid., p. 206. Between 1760 and 1774 452 Acts were passed for making and repairing highways.
[208] Infra, p. 71.
[209] National Debt, 1756, £72,000,000. End of Seven Years’ War, 1763, £136,600,000. End of American War, 1783, £238,000,000 (Bastable, Public Finance, pp. 632-633).
[210] Life and Correspondence of Samuel Hibbert Ware, pp. 99-101. The Bill was introduced in August, 1784, and was quickly passed. It was resolved to repeal it in June, 1785. For the agitation, see Manchester Mercury and pamphlets published during these months. Details of the tax are given by Baines, ibid., p. 328.
[211] J.H.C., xl., p. 1001; xli., p. 283; xliv., p. 295.
[212] Ibid., xliv., pp. 276, 422.
[213] Ibid., xl., pp. 1107, 1109.