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74 The association now felt itself strong enough to commence operations, and I was deputed to proceed to Bolton, and endeavour to persuade Mr. Paulton to favour us with a lecture or two in Manchester. He readily consented, and his first lecture was announced to take place hi the Corn Exchange. Next week, there was an announcement of the addition of the following names to the Provisional Committee:—

On calling on Mr. Robert Stuart for his name and his name and his five-shilling subscription, he said "You will soon need more than such sums—put me down for ten pounds." I have had the curiosity to see to what amount the individuals named as forming the Provisional Committee at that early stage of the movement, subsequently subscribed to the £250,000 League Fund, and I find that they had contributed £10,600, besides having been large subscribers during the previous seven years' arduous contest. Mr. Stuart was right when he said we should need higher than five-shilling subscriptions. But the small sums brought