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 a meeting at Bury, where the subscriptions amounted to On the 8th, at a great tea-party at Ashton, ad1,120. dressed by Mr. C. Hindley, M.P., Col. Thompson, and the Hon. C. P. Villiers, the subscription, including several sums put down at Manchester by Ashton gentlemen, amounted to £4,338. At a meeting at Bacup, held on the the same evening, addressed by Mr. H. Ashworth, Mr. Cobden, and Mr. Moore, the amount subscribed was £245, in addition to 1,100 given at Manchester by Bacup gentlemen. On the evening of next day a meeting was held at Burnley, addressed by Mr. Cobden and Col. Thompson, £914 was subscribed. On the same at which the sum of a was held at Ossett, Mr. Flint appearing evening meeting as a deputy from Leeds, and the subscription amounted to £95. On the following evening one was held at Hebden Bridge, which was addressed by Col. Thompson and Mr. Moore, and the amount subscribed was £382.

The movement was now directed on Scotland. A great banquet was held in the City Hall, Glasgow, January 10th. The Lord Provost presided, and the Rev. Dr. Wardlaw invoked the divine blessing on the assembly. Mr. Fox Maule, M.P., Mr. Cobden, Mr. Alex. Graham, the Rev. Dr. Heugh, Mr. Bright, Mr. Oswald, M.P., the Kev. D. Willis, and Col. Thompson, addressed the company. The interesting proceedings lasted till a late hour, and no subscription was entered into, but in a few days it was announced that £3,000 had been raised.

On his way to Glasgow, Mr. Bright had stopped in Carlisle, where a spirited meeting was held, at which the subscription amounted to £400, of which £100 was from Mr. John Dixon, and £100 from Mr. Peter Dixon.

On Thursday, 11th January, the New Music Hall, the largest room in Edinburgh, was completely filled. Amongst the audience were thirty-four ministers of religion, and deputations from Leith, Dalkeith, and Musselburgh, and a good many tenants of large farms in East Lothian. The