be established in the — it was proposed to build two markets,— and <​but​> I told the Council that if we began too large we should do nothing, we had better build a small one at once, and the market house to be holden by the Corporation, and if that will <​would​> support itself we could go on to build another on a larger scale: That the council should hold an influence over the prices of markets so that the poor shall <​should​> not be oppressed, and that the mechanic should not oppress the Farmer; that the Upper part of the Town had no right to rival those on the . Here on the bank of the was where we first pitched our tents; here was where the first sickness and deaths occurred; here has been the greatest sufferings in the ; we have been the making of the upper part of the town, we have given them the and they ought to be satisfied. We began here first and let the market go out from this part of the , <​and​> let the Upper part of the Town be marketed by Waggons until they can build a market. and let the first market be established on the rising ground on Main Street about a quarter of a mile from <​north of​> the . Council continued thro the day.