ABSTRACT
The great gathering took place in the new Free Trade Hall on the evening of the 30th January, Mr. Mark Philips, the senior member for the borough, in the chair. The meeting was probably the most magnificent ever seen within doors. The Hall, with the single exception of the great feudal structure at Westminster, the largest in the kingdom, was not merely filled but crammed in every part. Well might Dr. Bowring exclaim that he was awe-struck by the sight of the vast assemblage; and well might he who saw the Manchester Anti-Corn-Law Association when only seven persons met to commence the righteous agitation, rejoice to witness the presence of more than as many thousands, all evidencing their enthusiasm in the cause, and well might he prognosticate its speedy triumph. Mr. George Wilson read the following list of contributions towards the £50,000 fund: https://www.niso.org/standards/z39-96/ns/oasis-exchange/table">
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Ayr (N.B.)
20
0
0
Alnwick
15
0
0
Abergele
5
0
0
Accrington
420
0
0
Auchterarder
4
0
0
Annan
10
0
0
Arbroath
78
0
0
Ashton-under Lyne
1000
0
0
Blackburn
600
0
0
Bowriefauld, Forfar
3
0
0
Battley, Yorkshire
31
4
6
Berwick-upon-Tweed
5
10
0
Backbarrow
1
0
0
Bishops Stortford….
5
7
0
Bilston
110
0
0
Belper
69
0
0
Bolton
936
0
0
Belfast
160
0
0
Burslem
50
0
0
Bridport
55
0
0
Barnard Castle
40
0
0
Bury
928
9
9
Bridgnorth
30
0
0
Burnley
700
0
0
Birmingham
500
0
0
Bath
50
0
0
Beddington Corner
20
0
0
Bacup
500
0
0
Barnoldswick
3
11
2
Brighouse
50
0
0
Beverley
8
11
0
Bristol
1000
0
0
Bow, Bromley, and Oldford
5
6
9
Bradford
600
0
0
Cockermouth
35
0
0
Cheltenham
25
0
0
Coventry
91
9
10
Carlisle
311
0
0
Chorley
50
0
0
Cupar, Provost of
10
0
0
Clifton, near Bristol
13
11
6
Clitheroe
150
0
0
Congleton
40
0
0
Colne
150
0
0
Colebrookdale
129
0
0
Cirencester
2
0
0
Chapel-en-le-Frith
10
0
0
Cleckheaton
40
0
0
Carmarthen
10
0
0
Dunstable
12
19
0
Darlington
180
0
0
Darlaston
13
5
11
Devizes
21
1
6
Dunfermline (N. B.)‥
16
10
0
Dumbarton
12
0
0
Dudley
51
0
0
Derby
450
0
0
Dundee
500
0
0
Doncaster
75
0
0
Denton
30
0
0
Driffield
10
0
0
Davenport
5
11
5
Dunbar (N. B.)
8
0
0
Dronfield
1
16
6
Edenfield
5
0
0
Exeter
5
16
6
Edinburgh (N. B.)
1000
0
0
Eccles and Patricroft
60
0
0
Frodsham
10
0
0
Forfar
30
0
0
Fordingbridge
11
12
0
Greenock (N. B.)
50
0
0
Glastonbury
6
0
0
Great Torrington
5
0
0
Glossop
50
0
0
Gloucester
25
9
0
Glasgow
2500
0
0
Gasbro’
3
0
0
Holmfirth
171
19
8
Hawick (N.B.)
50
0
0
Hamilton (N. B.)
10
0
0
Hudderfield
1805
11
7
Horton-in-Craven
8
8
0
Hereford
8
10
0
Heckmondwike, York
40
0
0
Holywell, N. Wales‥
57
0
0
Halifax
1010
2
6
Hebden Bridge
280
0
0
Haslingden
120
0
0
Hyde Operatives
60
0
0
Heywood
70
0
0
Halshaw Moor
260
0
0
Honiton
7
10
0
Hammersmith
20
0
0
Hazel Grove
8
12
6
Ilkeston
35
0
0
Idle
16
0
0
Kelso (N. B.)
50
0
0
Kendal
190
0
0
Kilmarnock (N. B.)
25
0
0
Kirkaldy (N. B.)
125
0
0
Kerriemuir
10
3
4
Knaresborough
11
0
0
Llanfyllin, N. Wales
1
1
0
Lincoln
8
9
9
Liverpool
2200
0
0
Linlithgow
9
0
0
Langholme (N. B.)
7
0
0
Leighton Buzzard
8
0
0
Lancaster
89
0
0
Leigh
50
0
0
Lane End, Potteries
3
0
0
Leicester
500
0
0
Leeds
1500
0
0
Luddenden Foot
36
11
6
Loughborough
36
0
0
Lymington
12
0
0
Leek
15
0
0
Lees
20
0
0
Montrose (N. B.)
7
17
6
Maidstone, Kent
7
0
0
Macclesfield
28
0
0
Maybole (N. B.)
3
10
0
Madeley
105
0
0
Marsden
10
0
0
Manchester
7000
0
0
Newport
3
0
0
Newcastle-under-Lyne
50
0
0
Newtownwards, Ireland
6
6
0
Northwich
30
0
0
Nottingham
850
0
0
Nantwich
80
0
0
Norwich
52
0
0
Northampton
12
0
0
Ottley
94
7
6
Over Darwen
4
13
6
Oldham
500
0
0
Ossett.
35
0
0
Old Meldrum
4
12
0
Perth
20
0
0
Preston
450
0
0
Peniston
7
10
0
Padiham
70
0
0
Poole
9
12
6
Prescott
7
0
0
Paisley
38
0
0
Pately Bridge
20
9
5
Penrith
2
0
0
Plymouth
10
0
0
Queen’s Head
14
0
0
Ross
14
0
0
Rochdale
2200
0
0
Stratfford, Essex
13
0
0
Swansea
30
0
0
Stirling (N. B.)
70
5
0
Settle
16
16
6
Sunderland
95
8
6
Swaffham
12
6
10
Stockport
508
0
0
Sandbach
10
0
0
Saddleworth
234
4
0
Sabden
19
2
7
Shepton Mallett
15
0
0
Sudbury
14
7
0
Stourbridge
70
0
0
Slateford
5
0
0
Scarbro’
5
0
0
Skipton
200
0
0
Stroud
75
0
0
Sheffield
800
0
0
Stockton-on-Tees
5
4
0
Swaddincote
32
10
6
Stalybridge (sundries)
4
13
7
Styal
3
0
10
Stalybridge
400
0
0
Taunton
10
0
0
Thetford
1
2
6
Truro, Cornwall
6
0
0
Thornton
5
0
0
Tiverton, Devon
15
0
0
Todmorden
405
9
1
Thomaby
3
10
0
Tavistock
17
5
0
West Bromwich
50
0
0
Winnell’s Hill
5
0
0
Wilton
2
10
0
Watford, Herts
6
0
0
Workmen of T. Ashton
19
12
6
Wootton under-Edge
50
0
0
Wrexham
11
5
0
Wolverhampton
150
0
0
Ware, Hertz
1
0
0
Warrington
460
0
0
Wigan
350
0
0
Whitehaven
50
0
0
Worcester
50
0
0
Warminster
3
10
0
Wellington
4
0
0
York
40
0
0