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Tile Reformers of the north have held a conference at

Leeds, and decided on their plan of operations. This is to form a league with affiliated societies scattered over the coun- try, which will send up petitions and influence the return of members pledged to the views they support. The Conference. was attended by delegates from several towns, most of whom expressed themselves favourable to household or manhood suffrage, but the members of Parliament present, Mr. Baines, Mr. Forster, Mr. Barnes, and Mr. Leatham, succeeded in pro- curing a general adherence to the six-pound franchise as a compromise for the present. All the speakers acknowledged the great reluctance of the middle class to concede reductions in the franchise, and none of them suggested any mode of removing this great difficulty.

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