The Express.
London, England, 1852-03-22 00:00:00

THE ANTI-CORN LAW MOVEMENT.

The first business of the revived League has been,
of course, to take steps for collecting the funds necessary to
give lifo and motion to all their other movements. The
council, however, appear to hare felt that time, as will so
money, is valuable, and are suffering as little as possible of
it to slip by before getting their machinery into play. No
one can doubt how powerful that machinmy had become
when it was taken to pieces and laid by in 1846. The moat
doubtful question for solution now, has been whether it
could be put together again and mode to work as
perfectly as before 1 'lO this question the answer
indicated by the great meeting of the 2nd March, at which
27,0001. was put down in twenty-five minutes, may be
taken as applying in every other respect. The largest
amount, we believe, ever put down on a previous occasion
of the kind was 16,0001.; and it is not too much to say,
that in all the appeals which the council have yet made to
the public feeling, the indication of sympathy towards the
movement, so far, is at least in the proportion of 27 to 16.
The fund has reached 63,0001. without a public meeting,
except that at Manchester, having been held to test the
sympathies of the people ; but no sooner have the League
begun to send forth their lecturers and agents than
public feeling begins to be very strongly manifested. A me, t-
ing at Burnley—a place not yet represented in parliament
a few days since subscribed nearly 1,0001. in a very sleet
time. Mr. Dixon, of Carlisle, writes on the 16th to say
that they shall be rejoiced to see an agent of the League
there. lle continues: "1 am rejoiced to say he will find
the work begun. Last night we had a magnificent mit-
big, to revive the branch of the League beer, all the work-
ing men joining us most cordially. The requisition for
getting back the lint seat (fur this borough) is going on so
well that we feel confident in returning Sir James Graham
and Mr. Ferguson." Successful meetings have been held at
Dublin, and also at Drogheda. An excellent meeting was
held at Kirkby Lousdale, the centre of an agricultural dis-
trict on the Westmoreland boundary of Lancashire, on
Thursday, and no room being large enough to hold the
Nmple, they were addressed in the market-place. Mr.
l'homption of Wray presided, and the speakers included
Mr. Rumney of Manchester and Mr. Hawke' of Kendall.
Meetings are also about to be held during the next few
days in several of the leading towns in the northern anti
midland counties which will be attended by lecturers ap-
pointed by the League, and it is confidently anticipate!,
from the great display of interest the leading inhabitants
have manifested in the revival of the League, that this
powerful organisation will 4:serene a more important influ-
ence on the forthcoming elections than at any former penal of
, its history. The appeal for subseriptio us to tie working
classes is only now being made, hut a couple of returns had
come in yesterday, one from the workpeople of Messrs. C.
lie and E. Putter, of Darwen, amounting to 371. Ms., and
the other from the brewers of Messrs. Gang& and SO%
i Brookside, rear Aslitoo-under.Lyne, to 2il. The work-
people of Mr. P. R. Arrowstnith, at Bolton, have intimated
that they will raise a sulacription amongst theneselees of
Pl 'l. A pre Ihninary ineetin4 sus to he held at
, Thursday, nutter the presidency of Walter Buchanan, Lek`
an old and well-tried free-trader, to make arrangeinetits
for a large meeting there ty merganisc the Glasgow br.nish
of the League,