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A Free-trade meeting was held at Salisbury, on Friday. Tickets of admission had been issued to the electors in Mr. Bouverie's interest ; but a large crowd pressed for admission at the place of assembling, and the doors were thrown open. About a thousand persons were present. Mr. John Lambert was called to the chair. Mr. Cobden and Mr. Bright were in attendance as a deputation from the Anti-Corn-law League. In alluding to the circumstances of the late election, the Chairman de- nied that the League had damaged lUr. Bouverie's cause : without the assistance of that body, Mr. Bouverie would have had great difficulty in polling 270 men before two o'clock. Mr. Cobden then proposed that the people of Salisbury should follow the example of Stockport, and, being defeated in the effort to return an advocate of free trade, form themselves into an association. He gave them some practical ad- vice on the conduct of such associations ;,especially counselling them to get their proceedings reported in some local paper, to endeavour to enrol a majority, of the electors among their numbers, to abandon their party political colours, and to quarrel with no man for his vote, but to let bygones be bygones. He assured them that the League, when beaten, always came back to the same place, to be beaten again or to conquer. The subjoined resolutions were passed unanimously-
" That the Free-traders of the city of Salisbury and the neighbourhood do enrol themselves members of the National Anti-Corn-law League.
"That, in the present state of the representation of this city, it is expedient that the attention of the League be directed to the attempts which are being made by the Monopolists of Salisbury and the vicinity to deter the Free- trade electors, by threats and intimidation, from the free exercise of the elective franchise. The members of the League do hereby pledge themselves to give their united support and protection to every elector who may be threatened with injury in consequence of giving a conscientious vote at this or any other election ; and. the members of the Council of the National Anti- Corn-law League here present pledge themselves, on behalf of that body, to co- operate with the Free-traders of Salisbury in carrying out this special object."
A Provisional Committee was appointed, and the proceedings closed with thanks to the deputation and the Chairman.
A public meeting in the Temperance Hall at Lynn, on Friday, passed resolutions condemning "the late attempt to stifle the expression of public opinion in Ireland by a system approaching to martial law," as • unconstitutional and unjust " ; and promising support for the endeavour to obtain "justice for Ireland."
All the hands employed by Rayner Brothers, Ashton, have left their work, their employers refusing to pay the advance demanded. All the mills in that district will also be closed on Saturday the 25th instant, unless some arrangements are made in the mean time ; a thing highly improbable. Thus, some 20,000 hands will be idle. The weavers in the employ of Messrs. Bayley, of Stalybridge, [in whose works ori- ginated the Ashton turn-out of 1842,3 turned out on Friday morning for an advance of one penny per cut. At Messrs. Rayner's of Ashton, some few have gone in ; but have had to be guarded to and from work by the Police.—Halifax Guardian. [The other mills did close on Satur- day last.]
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