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#we.40. hope from the experience of the last week. I feel no doubt
that we shall, before Parliament meets, get a declaration
signed by 1000 formers in all parts of the kingdom, der
daring the Corn Law fo have been a cheat upon the
senantry.”*®
« Aberdeen, Jan. 14, 1844.—Here we are happily at the
far end of our pilgrimage, and on Tuesday morning we hope
bo turn our faces homeward. It has been a hard week's
work. After finishing our labours at Perth, I expected 0
have had a quiet day yesterday. We started in the morning
by the coach for this place, but in passing through Forfar
we found all the inhabitants at their doors or in the streets:
They had heard of our intended passage through their tow
and a large crowd was assembled at the inn where the coach
stopped, which gave us thres cheers; and nothing would do
but we must stop to give them an address. We consented,
and immediately the temperance band struck up, and
paraded through the town, and the parish church bells wer?
set a ringing, in fact the whole town was set in a commotion
We spoke to abont two thousand persons in the parish
church, which, notwithstanding that it was Saturday
avening, was granted to us. It was the first time we ever
addressed an Anti-Corn-Law audience in a parish church.
Forfar is a poor little borough with a great many weaverg
of coarse linens, and their enthusiasm is nearly all we cal
expect from them. A subscription of about a hundred and
fifty pounds will, however, be raised. We expect better
things in the way of money here. Aberdeen is a fine large
town with several extensive manufactories, and = good
shipping port. But strange to say it is almost the only
place in Scotland where the capitalists seem to have taken
no part in the Free-trade movement. But I hope we ghall
8 To P. W. (obdsv., Corbale. Ost. 27. 1843.