CONFERENCE ON THE TEA DUTIES
... present were—E. Armitage, Esq., the mayor, who presided; James Heywood, EN., M.P. ; John Bright, Esq., M.P.; W. Rathhuue, Esq. (Liverpool); James Kershaw, Esq., M.P. ; John Duncuft, M.P. ; and a number of the leading merchants of Manchester and Liverpool ...