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oturto meet the demand that might arise in consequence. easion as a pledge of what they were willing to do for the
r" in the epponents wish to produce an unnatural future-(Cheers)-and we now know, through that effort of
0 the fseseer market by withholding and delaying this justice • theirs, that this is no loncer a question for the statistician, or
Pelledb_ • They say, wai• till Sir Robert Peel is corn- ' one of mere political economy. but one which will, in future,
low eti'newe cry of distress to repeal the corn laws, because be the topic of the domestic circles in the hundreds of thou-
without some protection." These opinions sands of homes in this kingdom.-(Cheers.) I may be dis
stYttY tot elist
, 'Freed even ere weir , to the Ukraine, and to every country posed to aek your attention fur a moment to what has been
tothievish'„ trash may be disseminated. Now, I have referred said by some who are anxiously opposed to this measure of free
ratchet el.:: only as it injures the farmer, but is there net trade. They say that we have exaggerated the advantages that
injoriasol. whose interests are affected ? Is this law not would result from the repeal of the cern-laws ; and this, too,
and destructive to the great body of the people ? has been said by those who say they concur in the principle,
iTe°flyeanife:nt would not have taken place-we shocid not but are rather lukewarm friends to the practice ; but before all
ttl?llortion
_'•e to originate associatim composed of a vast these lam ready to maintain that no man, however eloquent
. had been
intelligence in the population of this country, if or skilled in the powers of discussion he may be, can truly
nese the
‘e._e a. mere questioti of political economy. It is he.- picture the evils and the cruelty on which those corn-laws are
6firtssist sti°n
respects the food of all is not because it based--( Hear, hear.) I say there can be no safety in laws
atatet., , a landlord's quest ion. I speak not in their names, which tend to spread over the land a partial famine, for the
'Mill ° ne.e in the name of the great bode of the people, sake of the private interest of a law individuals.-(Hear. )
howitti%erh'oftl,,th.at the law is injurious. if I show that a large There can be no possible g..od in any law which shuts out the
yea_ateti
fairly
yople are unfairly ant unjustly treated, then I public front a full and fair supply of food-(Cheers)-but it is
al entitled to ask for the total and immediate a law which does certainly and most imperatively resist and
hit tae )e law.-( Great cheering.) Who ever said that interfere with the fret. exchange of the prope. ty of the vas
!toes? a', passed for the. - enefit tt e or. at body of the majority of the poi ula•ion of this country -I mean
nal it hlsto one. We have beard "i• said. 'indeed, heir skill and labour -( Cheers. ) On this subject I shall
"i_i:et Dus" been attempted te argued. that ais now (mete for you the wores of a man, Wi-.0 is said to have
"1 to i'uliensstion tee the ler:4llord for seme peculiar bur- been as far-seeing a statesman as ever are', and who in wisdom
tueh , .
as liable, bul es. have 'oust. tett that this is ante oratory has ',ever been suri•assest, I mean Edmund Rinke
"mum
•ittlle.; •- ( lot.ehter And cheers, 1 We moot eze rte the - (li. ar. i.eer. ) He s .3s, that t• monopoly is contrary to
(ess' s eiea's rarer, eaer th• m-( It., wed letiehtes naterel • jell, and that tree-trade was the !arse thing as the
ks•s it le-rd mr,intain se injurious tti% filet use of preeerty•"- (Cheers. ) We have always maintained
" e. •
'th • .• , woo e ere. eft••r ell trio 2 r•,01)11 te the peer mao had as ult a right to all tho proceeds of his
it we rm the' iineulatim, ef !he-e i=l t ds. labour as any man ha:l tee his property who wore a coronet, or
Ye,;. i• the rime:Trion wheat ose fsv ..r.es tuled over Lae a c.itinry. - Hear, hear. )If the preperty of
eh• ojured mass.-( tee' ch. men r. lint es h., err the pr..; I,,'s labour er. uA tie weighed in the s a:e against all the
th It aa. ,lie 1„.,, „f nil plate. and land, and alt e:se .110.• aristocracy deemed
' been rased? It never ou;ht .ve , nio,t valtraVe,
andformer %toed far ou w. igh all that the rich
sg'ress those wire did se otieht tit tide tor vs,- .heies hold most, dear.- ( Pear. irate) I will now call your attec-
f. (ui,. • that now ,re comallee tee demand the oe ,i den
.0 a few fac,s which have been well authenticated, and
4ott't "heenne. jr.) eel, its it was wet eaesed for tle • he_ eh will se' ve io shoe teat our statements have not been as
It'ess,,ere Pes °Pie. why on • aihlt should flier not at enc.. tries ;,l ex; per tett as it hes been attempted to be asserted they were. I
10,ery
ale
some weer tete-est S r flea rt per i in my hand te urns of th rices of fried in the town
fradm" of talkrng of th- eat and important ireereets ; fieltot, in Lalicashire, at various periods. from the year 1835 to
tt up under this law.-( Great laeehter, ) I 1845. Du; ins; the yeas 1x35. 16.16, and 1837, the average
,4:115(1;',7::•t" and more import ant interests. which sse new . price of wheat in that iown was only 445. Bd.; during that
oil-rateg).s..aeeee,arth by the pressure of this law-I lumen, time the town was in a state f grelt prosperity and all the
ebsutra, s''" if they want. proof of this, why I tiring their labouring pepulation was employed. ihere was no ponr-rate,
'twee and
lecretary wi h his prison retains and his statistical wages were well paid, cottages all occupied, rent well paid,
thil hal dot.,P!at him into the witnese-hox. to show what the shopkeepers were stir. ing, and improvement was visible every-
-4)5tai......,.v5t0r that class which is the most numerous in where.-( Hesr, hear. ) From the year IS3B to 1842, the
ti4' sel er the( uheers. ) I apply for the total ant immediate average price of at in the same town was 645. 4d., being
tpil it enntacornslaws, on the ground of expediency, and he- nearly one-half more than it was from 1834 to 1836.-( Hear. )
let/ for it now be bett, r effected than at another time. I During the the years 1e39 and 1840 the mills were working
oil toe, is on the ground of justice, because if the law be a short time, being only engaged from three to four days in the
till mould be at once annulled.-( Cheers) And what week. Severt establishments had stopped work altogether,
eeie:s'it;ct on the great body of the people, when the and remained so till 1842 or 1843. Takicg twelve months in
to tee winich Government contemplates-for they are 1839,40, and in 1840-41, and comparing
shin w ith twelve
,Cvaroa, l' al the law in a season of distress ? And such a months in 1834-35, it was found that the los wages alone
xtat come-aye, three weeks of showery weather, when was 130,0001., and the loss incurred in the price of food con-
k( hoe? iits bloem, will repeal this eorri-law ? sunset by the population of Bolton, 195,0150/ , making a total
ts. NI We have the expera•rice of 1839. 1840, loos et 325.000/.-( Loud cries of " Ilvar, hear")-or a loss of
yeeelieete, and are the people of this country to .0001- every working day in the year. From 1835 up to
iaei,s4 wit to another such infliction before this law is re. 1841, 1,5110 houses and shops had been emptied of their tenants
ire provision is made f.r such a calamity ? This is thousands were thrown out of employment, and wages had'
Itiplitticeonsideration at this moment. D vine Providence fallen from ten to fifteen per cent.-( Hear, hear.) Pauperism
o(lis'ler his by a bad harvest, but at present He had generally increased, and out-door relief was extensively
iiit`Ntirs.Z his bounty the rigour of the landlord's corn-I.w. admoristered.ln 1838. the sum applied for the relief of the poor
'll tit I Well, supposing a reverse to take place, as was 1.558!. ; in 1811, the amount applied for a similar purpose
e2ose last •
et here h six years-convulsions such as the youngest was 6,258/., showing a fourfold increase in the amount die-
lhavo etetu. as seen during some part of his life-supposing tributed.-( Hear, hear.) In addition to this, soup-kitchens
'rate tole 'gain, what provision is made to meet it? None. were opened, and continued in operation for the casual relief of
issYhtre'on how much corn could be got in 1839, after the the poor till' 1842. In the latter year the Poor Protection
is • eyi. tit of 1638 ;
.and such would not be your supply Society of Bolton relieved 6,127 persons, leaving out.
tattiP'nts,: maritime cities of the Atlantic are increasing in of view the other retirees of relief he had referred
inti:au consuming more and more corn, and we give to. The effect of this state of things was seen in the rapid
,tet teeernett to spread themselves abroad into the in- diminution o the funds ra sed for the relief of the destitute; the
:41104,0;r:dote they are
their and more in a condition to difficulty with which the people could be got to attend places
[leas: ereater than increase.-(Hear.) I heard of worshi ; and the neglect of the education of the children-
Patti very of Commons the other evening, Mr. Mitchell the schools being deserted. The whole town was in the con-
ttsit'i tee Peculiar speech on this subject-a speech which ditton of a fallen ruin. This was the time that Colonel Thump-
11e. eisek3usolention of the House, as all speeches do, when a son addressed a letter from that town, descriptive of its mi-
It'bell Yof what he well understands.-(Loud cheers.) serable alert desolate condition, in which he termed it. the
eitsas exPosed the bankrupt condition of this country " siege of Bolton." In 1812 the price of corn fell, and since
rgßCrest went. Where, in the event of a bad harvest, that time it has nly averaged 50s. per quarter. With the re-
% 'it t nrilain be supplied from ? Government gave no duction in the price of food came an improvement in trade and
'4l. to
que •
thei Cotildn.
e It this were It ought, however, to
orb thrust, upon manufactures. Places of employment were again set in motion,
not have nerve enough ear the re- workmen again fully employed, while wages underwent an in-
Perf:,_, to continually done.-( Cheers. ) Then, crease of from If) to 15 per cent. For the second. time in the
71 the the condition of the middle classes. True, the progress of the cotton trade an advance took place in the prices
sehias thelrat effects, but the middle classe scarcity so well paid to the mule hand-spinners. I may state. that those are
eft, for the former in times of ity cannot the men in the cotton trade who always receive th.e highest
11%4' ;ie as donee aright to claim support from those above them. wages, and that there is always a strong desire manifested by
t cc:L with the capital of the country ? Go to the other parties to get into it. The effect of this strife is to pre-
,,lN'ehatentewneons, and in one of the lobbies there leading to vent wages anm rising in tine deprrtment, even when other
t;'ittbr'eagede-r°oms, in one of which I have the misfortune branches of the cotton trade are flourishing. Hence the
"s 'ls ' You will find railway speculations extending wages of this branch have generally fallen from the effect of
paagrl.l,i, and artaetie of the land. ocenillog the atten. this cemoetition ; but in 1835 end in 1845 an increase took
aisitllsn h'ss. What effect would a bad harvest have on place from the great impetus which had been given to trade,
tll:4' for have expended their thousands and hundreds of arising from the reduction in the price of provisions,. and this
rep 41, „.railway shares. and have Pa d the r subscript on= rear the same result might be exyeeted, did the same cause
i,hikii,aw would a bad harvest affect there? It es all continue to operate. The cheapening of the price of feed had
tistY"elke w. Everything is sunshine 't hey get shares .v..reorne the competition for employment, and the result is
"attNtisa`"eni to-morrow, and reap tor their labour '2O per seen in the increase ot wages to which I have referred.-
Ise,
ehhter. ) But the se sha es tern he held by some (Loud cheers.) Collateral with the increase of wages the
I a`i if we have a failing harvest, what is to be done otos .rates had fallen, shopkeeper, had increased in business,
k 'Ps "Id recommend every seee.•lator in railway a re' nil iron-foundries engineers' workshops, and machine esta-
Old -bar
rkky ook- out on the bareineten-( Leuehter.) He' laialinietits that had 'peen Icing idle, were brought into active
4' 1:
z ' two , apers, a railway piper and operation.-( Lou' cheers,) Cotton' midge that had beer,
.1: "Pint,. 2Press—( bee rs and latiehle-)-and when he strndeng still sitice 1839 end 1840. were now going, making an
hantrkesti..td shares then let him look at the price wheat increase altogether to Bolton, in the wages receited by its
atti --(Great laughter ) But if a bad harv. st eorking pepula.ion, of 2,a 824 wet kly, or an annual increase
iq`e ts, "ill be the season to exhibit distress in ever, see. of 155.064/ -( Hear, hear.) And if each of those engaged
pared with the previous period,
!i,titis.vetirecohro_rnunity. That ie the oint I e ant to urge on •.,eved a penny each day. as com
?avies teen, and on every memb r .of it. As a Geeton- it old make a further sum of 151,61361., whicii. added to
atiali„.tlelt"r 'cc on them the re sponsibilit o And now, gen- the increase of wages, would show that the whole town was
tlt,: Of v., 13 the point th • concluding points ~f my „„„ in better off by 306,730/ -( Hear, hear.) This shows whether
Icts
ie repeal of the corn-laws.-(Cheers ) .ts the pi °teethe' does best fur the working 1 food
he 1, Rena •,. classes; weet..er -ear
emer, that is ms case -( Laughter.) Now, tends to keep uo the rate of wages.. - ( Great cheering. ) 1
Vl5 t 0
know
, ts, nes why we should net carry the repeal need not look et Bolton alone, for every town in the menufati-
ViteCrn laws now ? merely berm, these men inrieg districts shared similar results, and, in some towns,
itatrot uP their minds to say that they have been %crow,. ti.ere was a still greater contrast -(lcer, hear.) Not only
ibl',' WaLt to do, is this-to open the door as th. as have the manufacturing operatives been benefited, but the
Nth thct conversion of our opponents. I wi4h that egricultural labourers also. Contrasting the condition of the
°ry. et err
.eymi Hansard," and all other hooks of debate,
.in order agricultural iabourers at the same periods of time, a conside-
Na afaaht be aslowed to alter their course of policy. Bit Fable improvement had been effected. I have evidence of
tste'lld of being taunted with saying something cliffs, several intelligent fa ers who admit this, and who say that the
Iltai',',ite4rem what they should now. But why should they returns they Save h-7111 at low prices, have remunerated them
Itthtievy .to acknowledge that they had learned ? I hope better than under the other system, and that they were in a
ikaus‘th,at%tittlialearn something. by this discussion to-night. I better position to reward the'r labourers-( Hear). While
ttAlteelleinay be induced to make a clean breast ef it, they had high prices from 1838 to 1842, pauperism increased
Pr regit'ilionever be taunted afterwards.-( Cheers.) Now, and a state of thing;prevailed, showing a-much greater evil in
"lit,Plant to say one word on the important subject operation than that which has, in the fancy of certain parties
o.',_elleeiti4efore I sit down. The next registration will been ascribed to free trade.-(Lout cheers.) What is the
tie b7si ta)Z the fate of the corn-laws-(" Hear, heate." case now ? lam in the habit at present of having a sort
the2,,lN therefore, let every one make it of levee with the ' farmers, three days in the
diree:llies,as much as the ledger
.or counter. aeek. I meet with from nine to twelve intelligent farmers.
S aciee"'lt Monte is the day for the counties. and 1 wilt %till whom I discuss the game-law question. What I ant
.4, if attention to Buckingham, where there are at about to state regal:ding them is th result of private Hasa, t 0 `tti teantit 2,000 bad votes. But nil one thinks of ob- tien, for what is said in Committee isnot allowed to be used tal
IPa katelai'aabeeause some man is called the Duke of it is published. They all admit that the present state of things
thata.whY, if they would only consider th.is is much more. satii.i .actory than what it was six
beta seven years
pief Buckingham is not more formidable in ago. For this saeisfactory change there must,
iLsa;the p''''',llrt than any other person here.-( Cbrers.) cannot be the work of any party. It cannot be attributed either
tile. aw% rite fibers of a great body, by the advice of whose to the single conduct of Sir Robert Peel, or of Lord John Rus-
Wahl. to etr's 'neat, and you are aware that that body is in sell, or be ascribed to Sir James-Graham as an emanation of
Otl 'es ' -ce You morally, legally, and in a pecuniary the Home-office.-(" Hear, hear," and cheers.) It was during
t eki (Hui th
btey %ant e reach of a hundred and fifty dozen Dukes the years of so much suffering. that monopoly existed almost
es'oitte '--(Laughter and loud cheering.) Now, in without, adulteration, and it did its work well; and the reason
tejes.utireeeetaUcceeded ; but let me ask wh should they, why an improvement had taken place was not because mono-
sa.thZtiottet'' be allowed to return two monopi lists at the poly had been strengthened and extended, but because freedom
!Zit elas-cstlear, hear.) Then there is the Borough, of trade tad been admitted and partially conceded.-( Hear,
4MA ofn,;,beth ; in both those places there is not one in hear.) If monopoly is good in itself, why should it not be
aktilittlz t, ()se who are entitled to have a vote whose carried out ; if it is good for the working classes, why not
'is county list, while in the rural districts we (sive them the benefit of its rigid application. Let us see what
'•). it Ale so Well that there is not ore than one in every 'would be the result it that experiment were tried. Were such a
4ana e has not been registered.-( Hear, hear.) state of things carried out for ten years, there is no force or
41;t tee° ear-1 of every man who has a right to be on the cohesion in society that could hold it together. Order could
hitdt toe,that he is
so, and yet there are hundreds who not be preserved, and the spectacle would be most dreadful
doing stoue, on it who ever Bide themselves the trouble were such a principle to be carried out.--( Hear, hear.) The
litNitselve;" it all•-(Hear, hear.) Now, we have pos- effect of such a system would be the
.putting of every man on
J-
-arid of Middlesex and we will take care of it- that allowance.-(Loud cheers.) Sir Robert Peel says the
Vioaeolesal there are other places of which we hope to improvement we have experienced in trade has arisen from two
ttt t,teetalreeable account in good time. But even this causes-partly from a good harvest, and partly from his own
ewLeeer.doing much • for mark you we have another legislation -( Hear hear.) He is not particularly modest, it
tl "sides the yew
and. the' increase of the alipears, in..taking s.'o much credit to himself.-(Loud cheers.)
" have •
ests itOrtyin,. in view the possibtlity, nay, the cer- But, if legislation is to be taken as the cause, and I. admit. that
'o,tmty 4 riot tits some of the fighting counties.-(Cheers.) to a certain extent the statement is right, then it is to be
'eptat „Zero thY to, carry out our principles by contesting a ascribed to his going forward in the direction of free trade.-
?o,‘"'re we're is a chance of success, as well as braving a (Loud cheers.) For the improvement which had taken place
eti.tstateear.l are not certain the return will be in our fa- to legislation on this subject-but in a higher degree, to the
l XlO or t‘ Why should we not have in every parish an seasons-was to be ascribed the change for the better that had
h 4 1-41 to ell ° wbo would make it his business to bring up been brought about.-(Hear, hear. ) If the ease I have this
ster hts vote who was entitled to do se, arid night given of Bolton be not true, is it not clear that too much
savat, the 'flake that man exercise that privilege without evil cannot be attributed to monopoly?-( Hear, hear.) And
et,_ candidat
I,l`‘ lia"ne oe eto any expense?-( Hear, hear.) If f the beneficial effi eta produced
may he mainly attributed to
l
lai• tiratnkr could not only carry the Places we haze the cheapness of provisions induced by three good harvests, is
:tel t (
-a e' hut we could also contest, at a compare- it too much to say that the abolition of the corn-laws would
lii"u a rPerise, those counties where we might cal- lead to a still greater improvement, and tend to the permanent
leg ti tee as r chance of sums,. -( Hear.) On the other prosperity of the pustulation ? A cheap and plentiful supply of
kiletait)helrit hthe monopolist propose to reco4,- food constituted the foundation of true prosperity; what.
tit ow floessec
setu m
ghter. ) In what position does he present the parent of crime, and the cause of the me mature death of
`tyth ais a!inant for the popular -Import? Why, so thousands, who, in othe r and better circumstances, would have
IVltig .! • •
Ott_ Who a(-turn of that sort, when he is returned, grown up to be useful members of society -(Loud
Vs a""eie be are returned upon the same interest, cheers.) I can show you the results, founded on the
'ts lt sand ~e,"`"i• ing each other in the lobbies and cum- authority of the Seereta'y fir the Fl-tire Department In 1836
1%,e1).171..e5.-( Laughter.) One is accused. of the number of corned 'metes wee 2t, 000 ; in 1841 they
R • thus the 1, avid another of having toted ~t2alnst were 32,000, showing a gradual increase between the two pe-
t'? ht'gin to fight with each other se many re dye Now, what were the effects nan improvement had
it,,!pt,,!tt Laughter and cheers.) 1 say, there, it is the been brought about by the reduce ion in the price of food?
.li,gpell,ea::erati::l interest of every man to give his attention In 1842 the commitments were 29 000 ; in 184 s they were
d (1, and see that it is effectively car: ied cut. 26,1.00 ; and if the present harvest turns out a good one, this
Iter. °‘ibt ne, steadily and perseerit•gly. there is net sear v, no doubt shims another proportionate decrease. I
e ut
and „ repeal the even-laws wi'hin a very well elk, where is there a philanthropic society- like this
4kisiat fu, nat. too, in a manner that will set a glorious Leagu:? It is good to visit. those in affetion, tee give them
'.(44.het thu,t bete time.-(Low.l cheers.) I was going to counsel and a-sistance. It is praiseworthy to educate. youth,
Jtrts4F.iiati,," Pardoned for saying it, that I hardly tem et and to assist with the had of benevolence the poor and the needy
kitti;to ;td ee° has continued so long. If the repeal of the iti the hour of distress 1 honour every man and every
It he, 'tar tten carried in the years 1830, or 1840, or 1841, woman who engages in this godlike work.-( Cheers. )
tk,llllll4itithok.htuat agitation had begun then, eeiltaps it Yet how little can the efforts of single individuals do, compared
!"11.4 )ent4diy,(' us that its success had been owitag to sudden voth what this association aims to accomplish-the unlocking
Vtitthth 01 tlarnour ; but the agitation has gone on for of the granaries of the world, so as to give to the people fairly
Nt4t,eittwehtime steadily increasing, that it is now quhe that abundance which God intended all should possess-
ske aitt Y tea a" been teaching the people something mote Tremendous cheering)-to furnish industry with its due
k,,ytiat h.hecessity of demanding a repeal of the reward, to effect the redemption of thousands from crime, and
4ihey tare
been teaching the farmers to thiek well to save from infamy or a premature death those that
'ti 411 Y t about, and to look clearly and steadily at othervii4 would have fallen victims to this odious
hear OR
ii
cn, merest. We have taught the too- and detestable law. The opposition to the principle on which
thmif see "n,t much longer expect to persevere in his our present agitation is founded is gradually becoming weaker,
aitli,t ITlYPersevere as we have done, there can- and it is now difficult to catch a single fallacy. Sir Robert
11 e. si van ,uoubt that we will in a very short time, Peel, in his opposition to the motion of the Hon. Member for
NN.II -4,,,ben we have been ,organised to accomplish. Wolverhampton, could not oppose it on the grounds he had
aien er sat
.r wa_ down amidst loud cheers. formerly stated, or on tßose tsken• by other parties on his side
It‘ki Y 'th next introduced to the meeting, and was of the House. He admitted th ait was impossible this country
ilet‘ttlatierei'vet hi•lsose demonstrations of applause which oould supply itself wish a sufficient amount of food, and denied
j'," ale it a cry aceaalmeara nee at this meeting. He what had so Often been insisted., nby the monopolists-that low
t snit.' of our meeting together in this prices of sgrain necessarily implied a low rate of wages.
t heat se which °me that something has occurred during These questions were therefore settled.-( Loud cheers.) He
I,:),e°,!sch'ot,h, wos°l?iiies us with. some new cause for re- further admitted that the corn-laws could not be defended on
now other ain `"1.1 some additional reasons for congratu- account of mortgagee or incumbrances on land.-( Hear, hear.)
aeP
lispikatic,d .ee the previous meeting. Two months This showed a great change.in the opinions of the Right Hon.
'flit h 'ince the last re ular nieetin was held Gentleman, who, in 1838, said that the corn-laws were a part-
static' cane usual forms of g Chairman,
fgSle.cretary,f.
twined
parcel of the Constitution of England, and must be main-
"t help lookin back with el and that the interests of the landlords should be pro-
T4ltl'at-iesid trio be the extraordinary meeetrnigngsthaot teacinteed, on account of the particular burdens they had to
15atecterina e held in this hall for eighteen days bear, Now, however, there has not been a single
I ititi,n, be call((Cheers.) I think that meeting might word spoken about this constitutional corn-law, or
ed a
10, Persaos monster meeting.--( Hear, hear.) about the special burdens which the land was said to bear.--
led such ''.lo visited the theatre during that time (Hear, hear.) I have heard from a gentleman, a member a
laltirttel'ortae, with great truth, for it was the laclargest the Royal Humane Society, instituted to save people from
N sn. of all the free-trade assembly that gha, drowninag, that there is an annual dinner of. the members and
›(// e the
%hit elta,,, ear, hi, Commencement of the agitation of that friends. When the dinner is over, and it is necessary to get up
etkeradtiese? of th;sro) During that time we bad exhibited the subscription. the persons who have been saved from drown-
e eke 4° every- industry and ingenuity of our country- ing are made to walk in procession round the roam.. . When the
their anch of trade, and the vast variety of symeathies are highly excited, then the subscription is set a-
IS'ta t'aoe ps,Ces3ll there exhibited, seemed to me to going, and the experiment is found to be successful. Now, as
aif or jhrful where
to the Government of this the Royal Humane Society adopts the course I have stated, and
1ihif44ted........,,,ve millions by whom those specimens as dinners of the monopolists are occasionally held in Free-
teak Tads, Prs. )We had specimens of the pro- mason's Hall, if it were wished to get up a subscription on the
otate .nose ate' Only of this country, but from forei same princiole, for all the farmers saved by protection, how
a its avyi shake Whose works they had, met face to facet; long would be the procession ? lam sure it would be no diffi-
tth ac'ked hands in mutual concordance of principle, cult matter to count the number.-( Loud cheers.) The (le-
tt, ° te• °n at
ittoenrlthe progress the movement had been fence of the corn-laws, it was plain, could no longer rest upon
0t tat,st,ser `1:::17, and to regard it as a symptom the grounds previously set forth. The growing intelligence
Englishmen were resolved to of the people, and the improving spirit of legislation
eried Pled m°ll
etdtq
verb !este"! B°lenmlY taken, not to relax in their were equally opposed to their maintenance,-(Loud cheers.)
aerti eera, ictions upon their industry had been ree They had had an ,agricultural meeting in Wiltshire and
itii`aeY tee ?ns ofi., I need not here enter into any panegyric , though Ido not wish to speak hardly of the parties present at
r, te rile_ LEW,.
"Ott l-' the lee of our countrymen by whose extra- that meeting, yet if I needed a justification of the harsh things
ts,', tat_ snareceeshi, ate exhibition and the bazaar have been which had been slid by members of the League-if I needed
Issue. In another place, where their any justification of the means which had been taken to accom-
'ttta-a, to see'anee are not known or appreciated, I plash the ends we have in view, I should turn to the circum-
las 'apt °K..--•( Cheers.) But it may he enough stances which
.occ.urred. at that meeting, and feel that I had
'Nei?). that from our hearts we thank them- found a full
the n
of everything we have said and
44t We 109 k
11Pon what they did upon that ot- done to free the country from a thraldom which has tyraa-