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Mr. Puulett Thomson " lunched" at the Albion Clubhouse in Manchester ; and afterwards had " an interview of sonic lentil with the Committee of the Licensed VOluallers." But no public entertain- ment to their Member could the Ministerial Whigs muster, however willing. Sporting Mr. Thomson returned to the vulgar duties of his Board, from which a handsome income is derived, on Saturday last.
The Chamber of Commerce of Manchester has requested its presi- dent, Mr. G. W. Wood, M. P., to call a special general meeting of that body to consider the propriety of petitioning Parliament for the repeal of the Corn-laws. The President has appointed the meeting for the 13th of next month.
Mr. Urquhart has been delivering a sort of lecture before the Chamber of Commerce at Neweastle-eaon-Tyne, on the commercial and political relations of England with the East ; and be was to be in- vited to a public dinner in Noweitatle, on Tuesday last.
There was a Tory dinner at Bedford on Thursday; and the report of the speeches was "expressed" to London for the Times of yester- day. The public would not have suffered had the account been re- ceived in the regular way, through the provincial papers ; for we have seldom read any tides, more flat than the oratory spouted on the occa-
sion. The principal persons present were Captain Polhill, Mr. Badge, Mr. Eaton, and Lord Glentworth. The clergy were the most numerous among those whose names are given.
A meeting of the working classes was held at Trowbridge, on Mon- day night, by torch-light. The numbers present are stated at 10,000, of whom about 2,000 were women. The procession was a mile in length ; and 200 torches were placed on the sides of the road, as it moved from the barracks, the place of rendezvous, into the town, which was "a blaze of light." Mr. Vincent and others addressed the assem- bly from a balcony. Three cheers were given for the " National Con- vention ;" and the meeting quietly separated.
The working classes had a very numerous meeting in the Potteries, on Wednesday week. While Mr. Feargua O'Connor, the principal orator, was speaking, the hustings gave way, but nobody was seriously hurt.
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