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 nor Mr. Bright could be present, those gentlemen having gone, accompanied by Mr. Henry Ashworth, of Bolton, to attend at meetings in Durham, Cockermouth, Alnwick, Haddington, Berwick-upon-Tweed, and Kendal, there was a gathering of 5,000 persons, which would be considered a very large assemblage anywhere but in Manchester. The speakers were Mr. Alderman Callender, Mr. Alderman Brooks, Mr. Thomas Bazley, Mr. Brotherton, M.P., and myself, and the congratulatory resolution was passed with great enthusiasm. On the following Friday there was a most crowded and enthusiastic meeting in Covent Garden Theatre, addressed by Mr. Wilson, Mr. Villiers, Mr. Milner Gibson, Mr. Heppell, one of Mr. Pattison's committee, and Mr. Moore, and a congratulatory address to the citizens of London was passed unanimously.

The mode adopted to raise the £100,000 fund was, in each place, to originate the subscription at a public meeting. Each meeting was in itself a formidable agitation, for the best inducement to give was an exposition of the wretchedness occasioned by the monopoly. The Manchester meeting, held in the Town Hall, November 14th, was addressed by Mr. Robert Hyde Greg, Mr. Henry Ashworth, Alderman Callender, Alderman Kershaw, Mr. James Chadwick, Alderman Brooks, Mr. Robert Gardner (father of the now member for Leicester), Mr. Bright, and Mr, Brotherton. The amount subscribed in an hour and a-half was Twelve Thousand Pounds. Amongst the subscribers were, for £500 each, Messrs. James Chadwick, Jacob Bright & Sons, John Brooks, Robert Munn, Samuel Greg & Co., and Robert Ashton. For £400 each, Messrs. Thomas Ashton, and Robert Lees & Sons. For £900 each, Messrs. Wm. Bayley & Bros., John Lord, J. B. Reyner & Bros., John Whittaker & Sons, Samuel Ashton, and Geo. Cheetham & Sons. For $250, Messrs. Thomson, Bros., & Sons. For £200 each, Messrs. Henry & Edmund Ashworth, Richard Cobden & Co., Richard Ashton, Booth