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from the contest; but he belived that the interests
of this community were bohnd up with the peaceful
prosperity of the country. (Applause.) lie re-
joiced most sincerely that the electors had called
Mr. Bazley out; and he believed that within
three:weeks Mr. Bazley would be member for Man-
chester. Mr. Bazley was highly inteliig►en t
and understood the interests and the wants of Man-
chester ; and if sent to the House of Commons,
there would be none more zealous in promoting
those interests and supplying those wants. (Hear,
hear.) He was confident that Mr. Bazley was an
honest man—and that was no mean thing in a re-

presentative. (Hear, hear.) He had seen a great
many people in a certain place, on whose honour,
honesty, and integrity he had very little reliance.
(Hear, hear.) He was sure that• Mr. Bazley would
distinguish himself in the house ; and, in addition
to his intelligence and honesty, he was sure that
Mr. Bazley was thoroughly independent. He was
not to be dictated to. (Hoar.) It had been at-
tempted to dictate to Mr. Bazley; but let him
stand, as he (Mr. Kershaw) knew he would, not
upon his own merits, but upon the favour of the
electors. (Hear, he ar.) Then he need not fear any .
phalanx of power that could be brought against
him. He should be inclined to think that
Manchester was lost indeed, if she could reject a
citizen so distinguished, who had .performed such
services to his country., and whO was capable of
performing morb important serv7e,i to this Commu-
' iiity and the county than he had ever yet rendered.
(Applause.) He (Mr. Kershaw) was. going 200
miles from 'Manchester, but if there was a contest
it would give him the utmost pleasure to come and
vote for Mr. Bazley ; and if the election depended
upon it that vote should be most cordially given.
(Applause.)
The CHAIRMAN said he should be glad to hear
anyone present—working man or merchant ; and
there being loud calls for Mr. George Wilson that
gentleman came forward.
Mr. WILSON said he had intended to be a silent,

but by no means an uninterested, spectator.
Having within the last few days had the opportt.-
tunity of attending other meetmp—(hear, hear)--
and of hearing a voice that charmed him—(loud
applause)—as it did in the days of yore, and feel-
ing the strong emotions he did at seeing the man
who stood before his constituents at Birmingham
—(loud applause)—he confessed that up to that
moment he had been overpowered with the senti-
ments he then heard expressed, and his attachment
to the speaker. (Applause.) But while nothing
could induce him to absent himself from the sup-
port of a gentleman for whom he had so high an
estimation as he had for Mr. Bazley, so nothing
should induce him, at that meeting or during the
election, to say anything that could cause the
slightest discord, or prevent the greatest harmony
in securing Mr. Bazley's return. lie (r.his Wilson)
'battled for principles; and. so long as prn.
ciples succ_Tded, no man on earth could. say
that he ought not to be satisfied—and he was
satisfied with Mr. Bazley. (Applause.) Mr.
Kershaw had made a very strong observation, for
the making of which he (Mr. -Wilson) had been
condemned-that Manchester was degraded. lie
would not repeat it, though he might entertain the
opinion. If they were all agreed in that room
that, for various reasons, Mr. Bazley was now the
man for Manchester, surely they could return him,
without constant quarrels and continual animo-
sities between man and man, and dividing parties,
as was done at the last election. (Hear, hear.)
Since the last meeting he had received a communi-
cation from Mr. Cobden—(,applause)—in which
Mr. Cobden, no doubt with reference to the letter
referred to at the last meeting, said he had been
applied to, as he had seen it stated that it was in-
tended to place his name before the electors, to send
a letter for publication in the newspapers, but that
he preferred to write to him (Mr. Wilson). Mr.
Cobden explained that nothing would induce him
to sit for Manchester, or (Mr. Wilson believed) for
anywhere else at the present moment; and Mr.
Cobden gave reasons which compelled him (Mr.
"Wilson) to believe him to be sincere. The letter
must have been written before intelligence could
have reached Mr. Cobden of what took place at the
meeting on Tuesday, and he (Mr. Wilson) felt
bound to make the facts known. He was now ready
to work heartily with and for Mr. Bazley. (Cheers.)
A WORKING MAN announced that the Council
of the National Charter Association had passed a
resolution pledging that body unreservedly to sup-
port Mr. Bazley.
The meeting then proceeded to the preliminary
organisation
objectsatio nof war committees, which was its •
primary
NICHOLLS, hon. andsecriettaNlNyas and, urged by Mr. J. A.
other gentlemen,
that those
a thos se committees should be formed and set to
speedily as possible.
It was announced that Mr. Bazley would yester-
day evening commence to visit the wards, begin-
ning with that in which his own business premises
are situated—St. John's ; and that he would to-
day meet the electors of St. George's Ward at
Platford's Hotel, iIIIITTIC.
RETIREMENT OF MR. FAIRBAIRN.

Mr. Thomas Fairbairn, who issued an address to.
the electors of Manchester some months before the
present vecany occurred, announced his retirement'
yesterday in the following terms :
To the Electors of the City of Manchester,—
Oentlemen,—ln July last, when I announced to you
my intention of offering myself on the first oppor-
tunity as a candidate for the honour of represent,
ing you in Parliament, I had the firm persuasion
that you were determined to maintain your former
decision, that you would not submit to the political
ascendancy of a league which still survives amongst
Us in all but in name. I was anxious then, as lam
still, to avert, if possible, what -I believe to be a
covert attack upon your independence from the old,
quarter. Since the death of my lamented friend
Sir John Potter I. have. employed he best means at
my disposal to ascertain the present wishes of the
constit aencv ; and I am bound to say I halve
found a disiEclination to dish rb the city by the
excitement of a contested election. I therefore
withdraw my name from your notice. I have the
honour to be, gentlemen, your most obedient, ser-
vant, MONIS ...-PAIIIBABIN.---Nortliwood, Nov. 2,
, 1868."