CHAPTER XIV.
Dudley election—Mr. J. B. Smith at Walsall—occupations of the people—registration movement—forty-shilling freeholds. p. 286.
CHAPTER XV.
Covent Garden meting—the Norwich Weaver Boy to Sir R. Peel—Free Trade Hall meeting, p. 258.
CHAPTER XVI.
1845.—Preparing for Parliament—annual meeting of League—agriculturists prophecy of ruin—meeting of Parliament, February 4th. p. 271.
CHAPTER XVII.
The budget—Cobden's motion for inquiry into alleged agricultural distress—the grease and lard debate. p. 292.
CHAPTER XVIII.
Death of Sir Thomas Potter—Covent Garden Theatre meetings—the great bazaar—the periodical press on the bazaar. p. 316.
CHAPTER XIX.
Lord John Russell's resolutions and his fixed duty shibboleth—the debate—the weather becoming bad. p. 142.
CHAPTER XX.
Mr. Villiers' motion for repeal—the debate—the evasions—the division—the progress made. p. 359.
CHAPTER XXI.
"The harvest prospects—meeting of farm labourers—Covent Garden meeting— Free Trade Hall meeting—Mr. Ewart's notion on butter and cheese-review of the session—alarming prospects of the weather—the potato rot. p. 379.
