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188 could continue to beat off their opponents ; no man that ever lived could prove that it was just to tax the food of the hungry ; and he felt that so long as they stood on this principle, they rested on a basis that admitted the rights of all, rich and poor, the natural right of man to live by his honest industry, and to spend his wages in the market from whence he could have the best return. The following gentlemen were appointed the council of the Association for the ensuing year

The Mayor.

Sir Thomas Potter, late Mayor.

Joseph Adshead.

Elkanah Armitage.

James Ashworth.

Edmund Ashworth.

James Bake.

J. R. Barnes.

Thomas Bazley.

William Besley.

John Brewer.

John Brooks.

Robert Bunting.

Thomas Burgess.

W. R. Callender.

James Carlton.

Robert Chadwick.

James Chapman.

Walter Clarke.

Richard Cobden.

Matthew Curtis.

Andrew Dalziel.

S. D. Darbishiro.

J. C. Dyer.

James Eager, M.D.

James Edwards.

Edward Evans.

William Evans.

Richard T. Evans.

W. D. Fullalove.

J. H. Fuller.

John Gadsby.

William Goodier.

J. S. Grafton.

R. H. Greg, M.P.

H. H. Grounds.

Jeremiah Garnett.

George Hadfield.

Andrew Hall.

Edward Hall.

James Hampson.

Thomas Handley.

Thomas Harbottle.

George Hargreaves.

William Harvey.

Alexander Henry.

Edward Herford.

Joseph Heron.

John Higson.

Thomas Higson.

Henry Hilton.

Holland Hoole.

Thomas Hopkins.

George Horsfield.

James Howie.

James Hudson.

Isaac Hudson.

John Hyde.

William Labrey.

John Leatherbanow.

Samuel Lees.

William Lindon.

William Lockett.

F. Lowe.

Henry Mc.Connell.

John Macfarlane.

John Mallon.

Henry Marsland.

Samuel Marsland.

Thomas Molineux.

James Murray.

Joseph Nadin, jun.

John Naylor.

Robert Nicholson.

William Nicholson.

Aaron Nodal.

Philip Novelli.