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 of the arguments of Mr. Bright, still, rather unnecessarily, styled as "of Rochdale," Mr. Thomas Bazley, and Mr. Lawrence Heyworth.

There were two more great weekly meetings in Drury Lane in which the Rev. Thos. Spencer, Mr. Ewart, M.P., Mr. Bright, the Rev. Dr. Cox, Mr. Cobden, Mr. Latimore, a practical farmer of Hertfordshire, and Mr. Moore, took part. The use of the Theatre had then to be relinquished, for the Earl of Glengall, and the committee of shareholders, prohibited Mr. Macready from letting it for political purposes! Refused admittance into Exeter Hall, and driven out of Drury Lane Theatre, the League had to find other places of meeting, and were not long in finding them.

In the House of Commons, April 25th, Mr. Ricardo moved a resolution expressing the opinion that England ought not to postpone the remission of her import duties with a view to negotiations for reciprocity. Sir Robert Peel, speaking in reply, and of pending commercial treaties, said:

"We have reserved many articles from immediate reduction, in the hope that ere long we may attain that which we consider just and beneficial to all; namely, increased facilities for our exports in return. At the same time, I am bound to say that it is for our interest to buy cheap, whether other countries will buy cheap or no. We have a right to exhaust all means to induce them to do justice; but if they persevere in refusing, the penalty is on us, if we do not buy in the cheapest market. I feel certain that the example of England, adopted at a time of commercial and financial difficulty—our determination to pursue our path in the right course—will operate on foreign nations; but if we find that our example is not followed, if we find that instead of reducing the duties on our manufactures they resort to the impolicy of increasing them; still this ought not, in my opinion, to operate as a discouragement to us to act on those principles which we believe to be sound—those principles which will not only be immediately profitable to us, but