ABSTRACT
The Provincial Societies all concurred in the necessity of forming a Central Association in the metropolis; but the matter was surrounded with difficulties. The formation of Protection Societies will prove an important era in the annals of agriculture. With the solitary exception of the Hedingham Club, there was scarcely another agricultural society in the kingdom in which all allusion to political subjects was not strictly forbidden by the construction of their rules. The powerful principle of self-interest which first banded the Leaguers against the cultivators of the soil will stimulate them with double earnestness to endeavour to recover their vantage ground. The murmurs of disappointment are beginning to be loudly heard in the free-trade camp.
