I wish the subject to be fairly examined into. We have no 

 party, no class interest, to serve : " For each and for all," is 

 our motto (cheers). To extend commercial enterprize to 

 restore to Agriculture its just remuneration to ensure to the 

 rich the safe enjoyment of their abundance, and to the poor 

 man the just reward of his labour this is our object (cheers). 

 I advocate the Currency Question, in a word, because I wish 

 to promote the greatest possible htippiness of the greatest 

 number, with the least possible injury to the least possible 

 number (loud cheers). And the success of this great question 

 is a matter only of time. Sooner or later, it will prevail. 

 But we must all, in our day and generation, do our part : for 

 the inscrutable decrees of Providence ordain, that every great 

 and good cause by which the happiness of our fellow-crea- 

 tures has to be promoted, must, under the blessing of heaven, 

 be worked out by the persevering energy of man himself (loud 

 and general applause). 



The resolution was carried unanimously. 



The second resolution, proposed by a member of the asso- 

 ciation, and seconded by Mr. ARTHUR BRICKWELL, was as 

 follows : " That this meeting is of opinion that the farmers 

 of Great Britain must look to an alteration of the laws of the 

 Currency, as one just means of relieving them from their pre- 

 sent state of depression ; and they therefore direct the Com- 

 mittee of the Society to take steps for obtaining a revision of 

 the present monetary system established by Peel's bill of 1819 

 and 1844." Carried unanimously. 



Mr. H. CHAMBERLIN moved, and Mr. W. HARRISON se- 

 conded, a vote of thanks to Mr. Twells for his able and elo- 

 quent address. Mr. Harrison observed that this was not the 

 first time they had met in that room, and that more than 

 once, during their discussion on other topics, some of them 

 had expressed their opinion that the existing Currency System 

 had a great deal to do with the present position of the farmer 

 (hear). For himself, he did not think they would ever get 

 their rents reduced to their proper level, until the Currency 

 Laws were reformed (hear). Mr. H. then rapidly gave a 

 sketch of his own experience as to the extraordinary fluctua- 

 tions in the price of stock as well as produce, which had taken 

 place concurrently with the various alterations in the Bank 

 issues and restrictions of issue since 1819-20, and after 

 strongly repeating his conviction of the necessity of the Cur- 



