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33 Barley 12s 10d to 131 Od}
o Ditto
0 Ditto ON Od to OOs Od))))
0 Bere ON Od to 00s Od Os Od
148 Oats los Od to 10s 4d)
249 Ditto ... los 4d to 10s 8d 00s Od-14 do
h 9 Ditto ... lOO 8d to 103 1(h1
1 Pig . ..... ~ 31s Od to OOs Gd 00s Od per cart
Quantity sold at the Highest Prices:
0 barrels white wheat; 10 red ; 11 barley; 0 bere; 48 oats;
0 pigs.

Wheat, 335. Barley, 518. Oats,
.Qnantity a Grain and Number of Pig. sold last week :
PRICES OF BUTTER.
PANT. CUBAN/WT.
3,831. Pigs, 415
First quality .......... .... ..825 First quality ... 73,
Second quality
Third quality 6Bs Third quality.... 591
Fourth quality
Fifth quality
Sixth quality oos Sixth quality
Return of Cattle sold for week ending Feb. 21.
Pigs, '836. Sheep, 307. Cows, 179. •
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per cwt. Oatmeal 10s 6d to 11s; Indian meal 7s 3d to 7s 63; wheat-
meal, 103 03 to 10s 61 per cwt. Indian corn 7t 2. 6d to 715 s pet
tor,. Bran 85s to 87.6 d per ton. Hay—Farmers 20s to 21s; average
`27.; dealers 321 to 40s Od; average 36s per ton. Straw—Farmers
14. Od to 20. Od; average 16.; dealers 25s Od to 28s Od;
average DOs Od per ton. Bread-LWheaten loaf bid to 03;
household loaf 5d to Od per 41b. Fresh butter, 8d t 4
10d per lb. Eggs-,4s 4d to 4s 6d per hundred. Coals—
Kewoort , 15. Od ; Lydney 15. ; Landore 00. ; Culm,
12s 6d per ton. Tallow 381 Od to 40; per cwt,
Whisky, 25 o. p., 5. 9d per imperial gallon. Meat
—Beef 4d to 61c1; mutton 5d to _ 6id ; veal 5d to
7d ; pork 4d to Od ; bacon 6d to 7d ; sausages 5d per lb Hops
818 s to 910 s per cwt. Bangor slates 2/17 Is 6d to 310 s pet ton.
Bark, red 71 to Si 10s per ton. Fleece wool 14. to 15. per stone.
Hemp 291 to 34/ per ton. Fish—Scotch herrings 19s to 00s; red
ditto, 24s to 00s per barrel ; 'Newfoundland, 10! Os to 11/ per
ton. Timber—Memel,_ 70s per ton ; red pine, 315. ; yellow
ditto, 21 15. per ton; deals, 151 to 181 per 100. Hides—
Market 185 to 255; salted 201 to 26s per owt4 _ calf skins
aid to Od 'per Ih. Potatoes, white Id to 8d; pinks
iOl to 12,i. Guano-=-- Peruvian, 10/ 10. to 111; Ichaboo, 81
:•:: o'i •.7 p ti• ton. Tar— ,trhangel; 191 par barrel.

REVIVAL OF THE ANTI-CORN-
L: LEAGUE.

MANCHESTER, TIIESDAY.—Tne accession of the Earl
of Derby to office, white' is presumed in the north to be
the signal for an attempt to restore the corn-laws, has
aroused the council arid members of the Anti-Corn-law
Leegue in Manchester to renewed activity. Various
preliminary meetings of the leaders of that body hew,
ben Leld of late, the result of which was a public pre-
emery meeting of the reemners of the council of the
League, arid of others disposed to join them, which took
place yesterday in Newisli's-buildiege here. The meet-
ing was fixed for three o'clock, and about that hoar from
400 to 500 gentlemen were present. Mr. George Wil-
son (the former chairman of the League) presided on
*he occasion; and there were also present—Mr. Cobden,
4.P., Mr. Bright, M.P., Mr. Milner Gibson, M.P,, Mr.
asnte, M.P., Mr, Heywood, M.P., Me. Brotherton,
'M.P.,- Mr. Kershaw, M.P., Mr. Henry Ashworth, Mr.
Meer(' (of Wellington), eir. Bagley (President of the
Chamber of Commerce), Sir Elkauah Armitage, &c.
Letters from gentlemen in various parts of the
country were circulated in the meeting, showing the
teeing existing in the different manufacturing districts
for a resuscitation of the League.
The CHAIRMAN addressed the meeting. He said they
had taken the lit erty of convening the council of the
Anti-Corn-law League,
,and the friends of free trade
generally, to center on the present important aspect of
the question. Nothing but the gravest crisis could jus-
qta* them in once more summoning the council of that
constitutional body, which some time ago closed its Is-
t:mune under the itnpression that they would never more
be called unto .existence.—(Hear, hear.) But they had
now to tinsl, not with a Conservative Government—for
the League repudiated all reference to party politics—
but they had to deal- with Lord Stanley, surrounded with
colleagues every one of whom was pledged to the resto-
ration of protection.—(Hear, hear.) They had taken
counsel, previous to calling this meeting, with all those
friends who had supported them during seven years,
and their advice wits unanimous to take into considera-
tion at once the propriety of re-constituting the League.
—(Cheers.) A meeting was held last night, at which
the resolutions to be now submitted were agreed to,
which ho read as follows:
" That an Administration have been formed, com-
mitted by every pledge that can bind the honour of public
men, to attempt to re-impose a duty on corn, it is re-
solved the Anti-Corn-law League be re-constituted, un-
der the rules and regulations by which that body was
formerly organised.
" That the council of the League be requested to
put themselves into immediate communication with their
friends in all parts of the kingdom, urging them to im-
mediate action to prevent the return to Parliament of
candidates in favour of the re-enactment, under what-
ever pretence or form, of any duty upon the importation
of foreign corn.
" Thateconsidering how essential it is to_the welfare
of the agricultural, manufacturing, colonial, and ship-
ping interests, as well as to the peace and prosperity of
the great body of the people, that the free-trade ques-
tion should be permanently settled by an appeal to the
country, resolved that a memorial to the Qeeen, praying
for an immediate dissolution-of Parliament, be signed
by the chairman, on behalf of this meeting, and trans-
mitted for presentation to her Majesty.
" This in order to carry out the above resolutions, a
subscription be forthwith commenced, and that a call of
10 per cent. upon all subscriptions of 10/. and upwards
be made; subscriptions under that amount to be paid in

Mr. CoDDEN then preeented himself, and
was re-
ceived with loud cheers. Isle said—Mr. Cbairtnan and
Gentleman, as there are many gentlemen here who
have come from a considerable distance—some of them
representing large bodies of constituents—whom
we shunid like to hear, I shall address My-
self ss briefly rig possible to. the question. When We
resolved, in 1846. to lay down our arms, and to commit
suicide on the Anti-Corn-law- League, it was said,
even
by our enemies that the fairest and the best part of our
conduct was the clone of our existence. Even our
enemies admitted that the Anti-Corn-law League had
kept faith with the world at large—that we did not seek
to divert the influence and power which we had obtained
by means of the advocacy of this question int) the
means of aggrandizing any individual or any body of
rote.—(hear, hear.) So far from the influence which
we bad thus acquired being used for the advantage of
personal or political objects, I may say that we never
sought to hand over the Government to any other
petty, and we never teeiglit to turn that influence
which we ivid "obtained through vour kindness
we eever sought to turn that influence into any means
er personal aggrandizsment.—(Cheers.) I say this,
bscause in now %Tearing before you I wish you
to understand that I propose, in any part I may take
in connexion with the renewing of those efforts
if you s! )a.l decide upon renewing them—l intend again
to pursue the earne: coarse.—(Hear, hear.) I have no
object in appearing here to serve any purpose of party
politics. I will take no steps to displace any body of
men as were politicians, and to replace them in their
situation by men of another complexion of party politics.
I disavow any such intention. I appear here to advo-
cate a cause which experience •hss shown to be worthy
of a tin le effort e and if you decide upon renewing
these efforts, it must tie with. the satilF, rules and regu
lations which led us trine:whir; itly to victory on the last
()cession. We shall strictly confine oursslves to the ob-
ject for which we have met t sgether. Experience has
shown that we are engaged in a worthy object, and,
therefere, that in the most exaggerated flights of ray
fancy, I Dever expected such results from the labours
of tiro Leegue its hti,vo been resliserl within the last
tour years. 'rake one fact which comprises our whole
case. Since the day we laid down our arms, the impor-
tation into this country of grain and flour of all kinds
for human subsistence has been equivalent to fifty mil-
lions of quarters of grain--(Loud choirs)— a larger
quantity than was imported during the thirty-one years
preceding 1846—that is, from the peace of 1815 to the
time we brought our labours to rs close.—(Hear, hear.)
In that one fact is cornprisad the whole of our ease.
You have, at the lowest computation, five millions of
our countrymen sulitisted from the cora:brought from
foreign countries.—(Cheere.) What does that one fact
say of the amount of comfort which you have ,brought
to the homes of so many fransilies?-e(Cheers.) What
of the domestic life of those five millions, who, without
does it say for the pesee, and prosperity, and security
your exertions, would have been left to penury, or to
subsist on potatoes? —(Chee rs.) I will not go into sta-
tistics. You may read it
.For yourselves.. You may
improved h of the
read your history in a nations eye s•
You may trace it
in the improved clothing and impr.
obits s
people—in the diminished pauperism and crime of all
classes. Yoa may see it. in every way by which you
may choose to test the condition of the people at large.
Now if we have done so much., what have we nut averted!
iloW much suffering lies behind these privations.
What a mass of suffering wsould there have been but
fOr our triumph! how much of vice and crimp. and of
consequent miser wouldpervaded the people, but
_ha :'e p•
air the impertatioy4'human subsistence.
thet amount ,
j'" l'ifY us in re, e;iftre retieene, which sefficiently
Krotitici which tee hsue)g our efforts for meietaining the
justify us, if we o,„jeeee"hi"ed. They are sedficitiet tO
as we did before. ,fltisortstrives to the shall" question
are gentl,imee who have b,,,4" tie ohcealed that there
teen who lately mat tegothee ()Pressing upon the bride of
upon the iiiscuesion of other citi,,:ami,this question to enter
laws, They say, Why,. dere, )r:' as Well as :ire corn-
inF,uaru Psrliensentary reeortn, you
ui
e h " fore larger
carry free trade, but would temble you t:ould not
ether changes?" Now it seems to me
thiasffetthit eeveral
e fallecy
witch fies under these wereaties rs
th est... Just) a simsgle eff,:.ri: would put no end
ever, trio. controvel sy itspeoLine free trade, we theretr
eeeaele other people from teetering upon their questions.
Now we do not say- that because gentlemen the:
An:;-i7orielaw Les-guts, they are thereby to abauitoe
.:;.her principles and 'movements to which they ore ea.
ood,—(llear, hear.) We
this—it has been FhowL
teat a vast amount of benefit has arisen from the elean•
eipatein
sf the food of the 'people, and we do nut feel
justificil, while we feel sure—or, at least, morally certain
—,oat se a few 111"'''T" weetc put free trade out of the
category of controversial questions—we do not feel

justified in taking a step backward by taking up other
questions on which the people are leas informed, and may
not be so united.—(Cheers.)
,We
be justified in changioe our do not think we should
in the House of
ja position
Now, with regard to the minority,
coursereacom
Commons from a majority
re-
tarding the definite iietelemeerea
prevent .the reousteern recommended
en ded
ba uy dt
the
in
re
this queatiou from three
or four months to as many
6olution which the chairmtahneliL years, or more,---(Cheers.)
treed, it is proposed that
seed oat circulars to all your
you should re-organize
iircrlfriendthesitend colleagues
throughout the country, to r
action in order to them to e course of
metnovntsaud, further, it is pro-
posed. o
have
ofav ej4 menuot
possible,dmhwY judging
I.l°ht t
IL lr
ig nas
ar
ohefmo
thrust
tuahlnotyde
pledged to free trade in . S.
upon your friends end collets
that you should core;•
atios the Queen, and call
solre the Parliament, and to-griegueen,
country also to memorialise the s in other parts of the
in order to dis-
.rrlient on this question.
the. country an oppor-
tunity of pronouncing a final jda
It is said, in the terms of this
the
Parliament imme-
diately; butLl inay gay here thee.
dissolu-
tion of Parliament is not
on
publictwunt to enable
things when Parliament meets
business; and
tiiiexiltseginning of April,
must be done—
certain.. supplies must be votet
the Government to carry on t e
raise soon air possible,
the Mutiny must pass before
or the army might be disbanded; what we mean is
said,
et etbe
rat present safe—(Load
that Parliainent shill!. be dissolved
that the country may not be 'kept
Par-
liamentn a linane a
wo f
?thains
dcontendaret.
asnwadlyetl.
amisfr,:nyo f
that it is somewhat rash in us to seek a F friends think
dissolution when
we are only beginning our organization.
possible that a Member of the Rouse of Now, it is
have a better opportunity than otherses
preealiseoynefforthboisleveioseg tbhil
cheers)—safe from everything but
political practices of - our ene
, . .u".",. C-le
e oud cheers ) I
want to hringsthis question tilet• a stellate's-et, • '
without
being mixeta Up With othWijuestiOnP: We havesue'
not only
our friends who wish to blend other questions
. with ours,
which would materially damage our cause,
mites are playing the same game.......(cheelornt ourTene-
heir
only chance is to leave the question in suspense;a')
then we all know by experience that it is not
easy and
up popular enthusiasm fora long eeriod, to keep
relious bile you
are waiting your enemies will practise every art of de-
ception and misrepresentation. They will try
are doing this, They
up other questions with this, and, if
trickery
r age:cusddt
other questions before it. Already I see onr. enemies
will raise the nryofor
into-
lerance. You will have the question Protestantism
isthe 0 • leg ove -
sand Popery raised. I: .. id thi
• , r again Our
enemies try to be religious—(Laughtere—th ~ pretend'"
to be the only religious party in the countre," Just so,
you know, of old time those who devoured. widows'
houses .for a pretence made long prayers,—(Cheers and
laughter.) I have seen the men who fought and won the
battle of free trade, and I cetesay for them that
they are
practically and essentially the most pious men i
ever
met with in the whole course of my career in life,—'
(Cheers.) You will have all these charges brought
against you. I expect that all sorts of charges will be
tried to be brought against you by men whose object
will be to change the isose of this question from
corn to
something else. I should not wonder if they were to at-
tempt to raise the question of monarchy itself,—(Hear
and laughter.) Yes, I have seen it put forward that the
sw
monarchy is in danger it you revive the Anti-Corn-law
League. And this is said of you in Manchester and in
Lancashire who showed only a few months ago, by such
a demonstratiott as only Manchester and Lancashire could
make, a demonstration which astounded Royalty and those
attendants upon royalty who have been accustomed
to
witness the pageants of Europe for the last thirty years
—*hick) astounded them all by the demonstration of
country—and
loyalty to the Crown and the institutions of the
yet you in Lancashire are denounced by
the bread-taxers as the enemies of the monarch and the
promoters of revolution.—(Cheers.) I shall not be sur-
PrOse a d at any charge that may be brought against you
with view to divert attention from the question, if you
will only gi •
ve the enemy time. Now. I say, give them
noti in v. —(Loud cheers.) Let this question of the corn-
laws occupy the front rank, and let it be the only
question for
those who think that this is a question that
can
nat besettled by one effort more in the course of the
tree
dthree months.—(Cheers.) Let this question take
_Lheeeenee and you will bring it to a successful issue
c.(3 rs.) But I em told you mast allow the .
Protection-
ists to remain in office for twelve months, because it
will give them an opportunity of abandoning all
their • •
principles, and cheating their friends.—(Cheers
and laughter.) Now, gentlemen, I am afraid they will
• ( —H
cheat us This
is ear.) But what species of morality is this?
something new, surely, in England. We are to
be told
that a body of men who have leaped into power
simply and solely by their profession of protectionist
principles will, if we will only let them remain in office
and draw salaries from 5,000/ • a-eeardown to 1.2001.,
abandon every oneoftheir .
the winds,and
whistle for protection.—(Laughter.) That is something
new in the morals of polities in - this. country,. We have
heard that such a thing might be done, but thisiti the
first time that we have heard such a policy openly ad-
vocated and recommended to to a Government.—(Hear.)
Now I tell you candidly, I don't believe that the Earl of
Derby and his colleaguese are half so base as these advo-
cates take them to (near.) What! the men who
hunted that illustrious statesman almost to the grave for
capital from that time tocetrb-laws—whose sole political
obloquy with which the have
has been the 'sarcasm and
fame, and the abuse and denunciations covered his name and
levelled at the gentlemen enunciations which they have
that these very men are of the Manchester school—
Peel did, but ten times worse, to do, not what Sir R.
R. Peel, when he ee„ed.'srs", is almost incredible. Sir
visible that the corn laws necessary and believed it' ad'
office. . He remained outs should( he abolished, resigned
elid the corn-laws must hs 'fnafi'''''' nineteen days. he
men to 00 it; and he
an aeolished, but I am not the
oppor-
tunity of taming in to "Pd the Whigs the oppor-
w only when they declared accomplish that i bject. It
he cen
ame in with his co themselves incapable that
was declared the last f'agliQ,, and did that which be
his colleagues with man,him, but,
to do. He did not carry all
was the Karl of Derby ut left one behind. That one
believe that the Eerl (7glear, hear.) And are we to
erny and his colleagues are
coming into office simply and aolely because they would
colleagues for holding. e..,_ e has denounced his former
it. To believe it, wettiii (Tlear, hear.) I dou't believe
eette in political nioessettet'hsume we had fallen to a lower
France. Whet hive ~,'',,' than they have fallen even in
things in Franct? ,p,, e:Oueged egiinst the state of
downfal of their syv...a4? 4,4 have we attributed the
f•-ssians when out of „flier 4t a certain man made pro-
theirs wheu he got into , but was ready to abandon
public ceased to have any confidence
and consequently the
And the Berne result will confidence in public men.
the
fata will fu! „w tie, follow here. The same
Eloal% h„st)'Petiers here that followed
in France.—(
in the public press if that 8 There will be no confideece
taught and praetisee eeteP"ies of morality is to be
Ministry to be sincere their
I believe the
they came into office wine a Re:ir professions. I believe
professions.—(slits., hear.) gut of carryieg out those
meat to remain at came to
be are you going to allow
in order that they may' etah sharpening; their swoids
off your suits?—(Ghent,,) iYou when they find yout
that be the feeling of
this meeting, the course you hay©
(Cheers.) Wo west raise thou*" to pursue is c1ear......
rc,,i,ed until it Is fin,iiy disposed questio. and keep it
know that Mr. Villiers, your of.—(Cberiend e
in the
rs.) You
tri•il and best f
House, has given noiice of a
to a test on ihis telestion.—(rtion to bring the [louse
been said that Mr. Vili,rs it,, !seers.) Now, as it has
Clerendon, nod be
may have tLe brother of the Earl of
forward that =Alan, 1 inn st"s,Whig object in bringing
done at our instance.—(Cheers,) once for all that it was
those with whom you are associatedlt was at the instance of
of that elution. lie foresaw at tt, that he gave notice
be said as to his wishing to alost,..e moment what would
He even said to me, " You might 4.a the fallen Minister.
tion, probably, with more proprietreing forward the mo-
seei it was due to him, who had solii
Yourself." But I
principle in the House of Commons, )1113' maintained the
iolervene on this question while en; that nobody should
(Cheers.) It was suggested to mr remained there.—
terms of the motion were given to him Villiers, and the
there should be a declaration that theli -11 writing; that
no confidence in any Government thatnuse could have
inviolate the principle of free trede did not retain
Villiers proposed to leave out all ref • in corn. Mr.
nistration, because he did not reference to the Admi-
semblance of any party attack on thew wish to show the
I say, if there be /thy difficulty in him overnissent. But
to issue by the terms oc the motion Mr, the question
given, I trust it Will be done by e- o- -At% Villiers has
House; but I. am sure Mr. Villiers -1.
friends in the
wisbes,—(Hear, hear.) If it Bbould'''ill yield to our
bring forward a' vote of want of confiticeebe neceasary to
move it rather than leave the quashes -e'
I hope he will
are told that this is a very wrong tine Undecided. You
liement. Now, gentlemen, I'll ten youto dissolve Par-
is a secret probably coining troca a nee candidly, and it
went, that I never yet•keeiv the proper Inber of pailiae
of Members of the douse of Cornratme ,:twe he the eyes
—(H.ear, hear, and laughter.) . I', by possibility, a dissolution.
three inoettis could be got over, suet, is two or
large pertiOn of the representativee ef
.tle th"
dread of a
rer.urned back to their constituentst that.
til'e'People to fa
te make any poesthie comp' cr taeriflYe are
willing
so put tiff the evil dey for two or three months, they cats
think te•nsticuenelee have v err - much 61,111,5'".' Now, I
tete sten, of thitige. No doubt tVissnoers
e's, st)° bear for
civ gri,vowly crionvd eitil teeltreatee h;:t1-1- arlianatrit
wants, rind one halt who go down In be re their c°l)t.i-
-plundered by one el s.:s or an ~her. - (Rear,
anTietsected fint,
Net by the great class; but thy are not sett i laughter.)
lent, and allow lawyers and Abets to attteo'' "tin vitsie
which prevents the great ti- 'd i ~ the, coristititilePee tbi
em,
havitig proper repr,oen,atiree. That being
the cast:,
;tom
may as well tell you—for we !NAP O. ta,4110tia,06,, talk
ease, I
open ly—that rho indirect threat held out by thelk se''l.'"l
Eerl of
Derby, that if we do not behave ourselves in the Heuse
of Commons he will dissolve Parliament,
snd
make an
appeal to the country, is likely to
ha influential with a
Marge body of the House of Commons, unless
you bring
Public opinion to bear upon them.—(
saint, in
, hear.) If
)chi memorialize the Queen, and WAY tht.t
it is
desirabio,
that in April or May tbis qusstion should be settled—it
the Members of the House of Commons know that to be

the determination of the country—if they find it neces-
sary to vote a sum on account of the estimates—if you.
are thus vigilant with your representatives—a majority
of the House of Commons will screw up their courage
and face a dissolution rather than incur the liability of
your displeasure in another way.—(Cheers.) But we
are told that besides the inconvenience of a dissolution.
great danger might arise from taking such a step. Be
prepared fur that. Be prepared for anything that will
stave off this great question, and put anything else in its
place. You are told of serious dangers impending on the
Continent. These gentlemen may tell you that they be-
lieve that to be more likely than ever. I should not be
surprised at some rumour of sown desperate war in per-
spective, in order to prevent a dissolution and an eppeal
to the country on this great question. Now I think the
greatest injury the country can suffer is by.ell its great
interests being kept En suspense.—(Cheesy.) I see
that every newspaper contains columns of election-
eering proceedings. Everybody is beginning to look
after his seat, or to show great attention and civility
to his constituents.—(Laughter.) But, besides this,
our merchants, our manufacturers) our shipowners, our
colonists, wish to know how this matter is to be finally
settled:—they wish to enter into matters extending over
two or three years, whilst, above all, the question of
wages and profits is most intimately bound up ne this
41iestion,—(Cheers.) Talk to me of intrigues between
the diplomatists of Vienna and Paris—talk to 'toe of
some chicanery or trickery of the President of the Trench
Republic—talk to me of these evils, as compared with the
disturbance of the whole trade of the country, and I
say there can be no evil so great as having this question
ansettled.—(Cheers.) It is said that men are looking to
some other form of government, and I say, if this Go-
vernment is not to remain in power, what Government
can they have? By-and-by, they will be asking my
friend if he is willing to go to the Horse Guards—
(Laughter)—and probably stipulate that I sbal become
Lord Chancellor.—(Laughter.) But are there any such
consequences to be. involved in this matter? ev say
you copilot form anoth-ir 'Adminietration strain
that you cannot carry on the business of Perliament
unless you have either the Protectionists or the Whigs
in office. Bat they forget that when this question is set-
tled the Protectionist party will disappear.—(Cheers.)
Hate. one dissolution on this question, and you will never
have another politicion who will tie the kettle of protec-
tion to his tail afterwards. They are all anxious to get
rid of it no doubt, and when you have abolished the Pre-
tscti.,n party, it does not follow that you will find if diffi-
cult to carry on the government in the House of Com-
mons. The whole of the difficulties in the House of Com-
mons have arisen from, the fact that you have had from
200 to 300 gentlemen bound together apparently with
the most intense feeling of self-interest, and the most
determined resolution to oppose any Government that
did nut conciliate their interests. You have seen this
body led on by a gentleman who is willing to take all
and every advantage. • Yoa have seen this party con-
stantly oppose the Whigs. And why? Because they
thought it the necessary preliminary to bringing the
Prot,.etionist party into power.—(Hear, bear.) They
have bad their whipper-in—they have had their regular
organizsiion—they have gone to this party and to that
—at one time taking up with Lord Palmerston, or any
person who seceded from the Wbig ranks.—(Hear, hear.)
But the difficulty in carrying on the Government has
been from the Protectionist party, led on by their Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer.—(Hear, hear.) But in answer
to those who make this a question of tactics, I say have
a dissolution—put the question of protection out of the
way, as you will by a dissolution, and you will never
nave a party in Parliament founded on it.—(Hear, hear.)
Put this out of the way, and you will have all parties
ptrreoec-eterdadinegrsownhfreenshgun
all
arored.They
free-traders;
w i
when
nt claimth e r toot ebe e.
tionists are no longer called upon to support protection,
they will find out something as patriotic and as much to
their interest.—(Bear.) Gentlemen, ours is not a ques-
tion of tactics. We are not here to discuss the preten-.
sions of Whig or Tory, or what can be done in Parlia-
ment by this party or that.—(Hear.) We have a plain,
straightforward course to pursue. We won our battle
before by following a straightforward course, regardless
of all political parties. I am not surprised, in taking
'hat course, that we should have broken up parties and
Governments. I said seven years ago that we should
destroy two or three Governments before the matter
was settled. I say now, not dreading the consequences,
let us all unite on this question—all classes in the
country—the humblest as well as the richest. Let us
put the Government on one of three courses—either they
must fully recant their principles of protection, or they
must resign their seat in the Government, or they must
dissolve toe Parliament—(Cheers)—one of these three
courses we will compel them to adopt—(Loud cheers)—
and when you have effected either of these objectq you
will have accomplished all you have in view. Do not
doubt but that the Government will be carried en. Ido
not see the necessity of despairing of finding other men
as good in every respect. But I say to you, let every
man. woman, and child join together in forcing the Go-
vernment to adopt one of these courses..—(Loud cheers.)
Do not let us be led away by any bugbear. Pursue a
etraighttorward course, an-I itt less than three or four
months from this time you will be relieved from all the
labour in which you are now embarked.—(The Hon.
Member concluded, amidst loud cheers, by moving the
first resolution.)
Mr. ROBERT Asamaitt, of Hyde, seconded the resolu-
tion. He avowed himself an advocate of protection, but
of such protection as would enable every man to protect
himself and everybody else at the same time.— (lir4:tr,
and laughter.) He liked to call every one by his proper
name. The Protectionists had been going under a name
which did not belong to them. It one man met ()awl'

In the street and picked his pocket, the law bran rd biro
with the name of robber. But if a man went to Par-
liament to get a law to authorise him to pick ran other
men's pocket, he called that protection.—(Cheera and
laughter.) It might be a nice thing if he, as a cottone
spinner, could get an Act of Parliament to allow him to
pick his neighbour's p(!ihket. Thai perhape, might be
legal; but would it be moral?—(Hear, bear.) That
which was immoral no law could make murals--(hear,
hear.) It was past bearing that men should come forward
end call themselves the saviours of their cleanse), and
have nothing to propose but a method of *king their
neighbours' pockets by Act of Parliament;—(Cheers
and laughter.) During the last four years, slue e the
repeal of the corn-laws, there had never been so little
fluctuation in commercial matters and so much prospe-
rity; and he meet say that he considered the men a mad-
man wto wished to return to protection.—(Cheers.)
The CHAIRMAN then put the resolution, which was
carried unanimously.
Mr. JAMES HARVEY, of Liverpool, then rose to pro-
pose se amendment; but was declared out of order, the
motion having been disposed of.
Mr. M. GIBSON, M.P., who was received with much
cheering, said—As there is a great deal of business to be
done, I shall best consult the object we-have in view by
making a very few remarks. I will just say one word as
to what I conceive the perfectly justigabl course, in the
present state of affairs, for Members of Parliament to
pursue. I have looked at a great many of the addresses
—most. of theta that have been iesurol to their consti-
tuent' by the new Ministers, and there is one remark-
ewe orni,sion in them, and that is the word " Protee-
tioa.”—(fatughter.) It looks as if they had all agreed
among themselves not to call tie-maelves by their right
names. Doa't mention it.—(Laughter,) But there
is something which, if not starred protection in
their addresses, looks very much like it. I
will just read a passage from the address of a gentleman
in wont the county of Lancaster ought, I think, to
take an especial interest—l mean the new Chancellor
for rho Duchy of Lancaster, the Right Hon. Mr. Chris-
topher—(L teghier.) He ~ays, 4. I accept offices under
the administration of the Earl of Derby from a crievic-
tiou of his sincere desire to reverse the financial and
commercial policy which has proved so injurious to
native industry and eseital7'—(Hear and laughter.) It
is rumourede
rasnod
fbelievedthe vr that
esent prait a
meprivateMinister,
meetinger,apr tan jof
the s
o
was given that his Administration is to stand or fall by
the re-enactment of protection, and I believe upon uo
other terms could that. Administration secure the suK,
of tiitAe who are now prepared to make a atreenees
effort at the next general election to obtain a majority--
(iiiinedeoiu.)b
te(Wi
lye. arLeettoul s
gtiovegtihveem the Ministry tryß-
give the country fair play also—(Heir.)
RS if men holding public offices were persons
enjoymentteir o
own
atupiteisatsrnalletotFcitnUdalipornosfi,
profit—as
schif theyhi v‘h
ere
for o
not trustees add • guardiins of the great public i
teresee; and hewed to curry out a policy based on
dr2tb'umbbleicillud7ietndhiaitai't'
meapellay they
e
tend to carry into practical, legislatiou.
fooi's paradise, we
salsntt husbeale, tilsiesnbevuoe:rsi
thatit allow
aawnti
these
ehpstele:cy,
constituent
yntesetiitt
idthueoae
iciejouribtrtiittuioryyi
gr eectoomme
majoritynd.
nb etlhieevne
etxhcapt
atchheayinwe9i 73, :I,ea,
reeit.hper:„e.
ml-
moment, by their own adiiiseions,the
Yituo,.aal,
Dora; in the House of Commons.
Is f
it coand proper prao-
will any man contend that it is
a safe to be is
tic-+,that a Government who admit &hoard, Ire
a minority in the House of Coeclinir7
for one meosent
nutted to administer public %owl, ?—(H'-'art hew)
reuiptioocir,iletp,
t,apowu( the
tenger than is absolutely
• he
inistered on those
• rB
to !:,,"4131( """:feae' experoo 01 the matte-tee
of the otioqtry are '. And n
be
sty a
cG
the
d-
prim-419e or not? 11-
per
ir other
o
telvladi
:•
1::lbAi')11• 1:112wn. emrtitt
ibl.9clPntit:loePi°htusiriyPnv:or"creir
pii'ccarinEwtierlink. esiostbluaspohnirii,
eats'ilaidti:tat:ttoit 11d '
pointed
'erte
‘oeterY,r.'n
ht°w'ietfdtdt'
out,
,'°lhr't.
):tst:
teYII liae:ebadil"dsgair si'ehn't3ecci'°'
n'tPrusard': .—(Cheers.)4mlietl4omPl slitas°eteewelillttigaov(ilyisoYsbeiPowti liatiffudthodrtyoth ren,ar r_
eit°haoli title
tttrincr
nti
f
ir cloy t„
) do
shove
hem
I
d
e
r
as so
1 them to live
ear; it,h.ieherelliailbeOneeptiefol Ottethopoiururterayl.
thetti Posseesion of what
, but takes
the earliest
wishes f h
believe CheerCheer s;
a) f t e They
haelyi
1:14;01 Fancy
w h desire 1' he
voe a
undeceivemwahi majority
hiant :tmhdt :let; itaoahslilifiniwytroaufyrnf —en
.n .avear of monopoly.
to get rid of a qa!'stion Cobden
a very
tut
lag
them be

[PRICE SD.

lengthened period, to all useful and practical legislation.
—(Hear.) Let us have au Administration based upon
public opinion, and whose principles are in accordance
with the wishes of the nation. It is perfectly monstrous
to say that the country are to call in to their aid council-
lors, when they know that these very councillors have
a special retainer to advocate a course of which I be-
lieve the country does not approve.—(Cheers.) I have
great pleasure in moving the second resolution. I be-
lieve that it advocates a perfectly CDastitational come
of proceeding, namely, that the constituencies of the
country ought to ho awakened to the danger of their po-
sition, and that they should use strong and immediate
action to secure a verdict from the country upon the
question of monopoly egeinst free trade.—(Cheers.)
Mr. J. Eferwoeo, M.P., in seconding the resolution,
said he considered this the most important crisis which
determined
he
nee
was
had occurred amen 1846, when the corn-laws were re-
Pealed; and ho had ;witnessed with great pleasure the
manner in which the friende of Sir R. Peel were
t °t
convincedan hyt
leh:ts the policy.
P e e I i t He
se, anse theyver
aw
were a
man take his seat on the Oppositiee benches in a more
decided manner than Sir J. Graheita had done—(Hear)
called, were fully to be. depended upon.—(Cheers.) A
good spirit pervaded rill Free-traders in the House of
Commons, and he was glad to see that the country was
likely to take .up the subject.—(Cheers.) He had no
doubt that the result of an appeal to the country would
be a majority in favour of free trade.—(Cheers.) He
did not think eny Government ought to remain in power
without giving a decided answer as to whether their
policy would be that df protection or free trade, and be;
lieved it would bo impossible for any Government to re-
main in power which determined to fasten a tax on the
food of the people.--e(Cheers.)
Mr. HARVEY then rose to propose h'is amendment,
which was to the 'effect that it be an instruction to the
various members of this association that they particularly
instruct the people as to the strong and immediate bear-
ing of the money questien.—(Laughter and criei of
-" Questioner-) -.The epothei was proceeding to enlarge
upon the subject, contending that the cheapness of
bread arose from the deficiency of Money, when he was
" Question," trieosno,i'udtiuorninwgaws hthicehnhpeurteebayeetehde heihsasiera, ta.
interrupted by shouts, of laughter end renewed cries of
carried
unanimously.

Mr. BRIGEtT, M.P., on rising to move the
sitehairitrdiiaisFrreeoso,e-ric
reso-
lution, was received with great cheering. He said —I
I
am afraid there is one objection which will be made to
our proceedings to-day, which, on the face of it, appears
rather formidable. -It will be said that to call the old
Anti-Corn-law League to life again on an occasion of
this sort is like what has been described by the poet as—
" Ocean into tempest tost,
To waft a feather, or to drown a fly."
(Laughter and cheers.) But I think it will appear on
examination that there are good grounds for the course
we are taking—a course which will the soonest bring us
to the end of that for which during the last fifteen
e ears we have been looking—the complete, final, and
irreversible settlement of the question, whether the
people shall or shall not have liberty to purchase
their food as cheaply as they can obtain it in the
market of the whole world.—(Loud cheers.) Now I
eat one of those who believe that we ought to treat this
Government as if it intended to do that when in office
which its different members have a thousand times over,
when in opposition, said they would do if they had the
power.—(Hear, hear.) I think that any proposition
founded on the idea that they intended to do nothing is
precisely that which—as we know their intentions—is
moot likely to end in their doing something.—(Cheers.)
Nothing has been said by the gentlemen who preceded
me of tee personal character of this Government. You
have heard that their addresses to their constituencies
constitute a sort of political slip-slop, from which no
mthaencicuaenstdiornawinnaonuyorptfihosilasLaiment of any kind—(Laughter)—
that there is only one of these addresses which places
sh ,anptgen-
tlemanpseat h
etwho,rocmb county
yya
men, more or less, pert f anything
1 liollf°l
of the Duchy of Lancaster. (Laughter.) Now 1
are in the Ilouse of
tuhrvellout change, while he repre-
sents i
it 0
oh,
nt—co a
atti
kthhiehleneeetooi
fmwrpi is i
themoenmasni
eesdaantduert eclrayti
ttaCiwir
nalhiel
tealsah,nisdctetweehg thatlheul Chancellor
to 1846, whey they
attention trout 1846 etscviaw
,+•etched their conduct in the House from 1843 down
the House, and having rn
dli gilt ttshyats la 3y.y, a
having
COU2mo):::ntolch;leae
they sat on the Opposition side of the House, there is
tnhoethreinsgoluwtehicexhphraesulieodn meot Supposetthoeiiopi
nit3,ll, at they are not
thoroughly in earnest—some in believing that the corn-
laws are for the good of the country, and all of them in
tool the power the corn-laws should neverthat ihiatvheeybheaedn
repealed, and that if they get the power now to re-enact
those laws they will speedily re-appear one the statue-
book.—(Cheery.) We are told to give these men a lair
trial. Why, we have bran trying them all our lives.—
(Cheers,) We have triad both them and the corn-
taws, and, so far at they are connected with that ques-
tion, we say that they are a party hostile to the sate-
roses of the country--that• a party more revolutionary
in their character never held the reins of office in this
°GantrY, and asst so tong as-they recounted connected
with, this question, so long will it be our bounden duty,
and cur first duty, to drive them from those offices where
I am euee, in accordance With the public opinion of this
country, they have no right to be.—(Loud cheers.) I
ace ceette of opinion that hero- we ought not to thy a
word, or to Wee a step, adverse to the present Govern-
ment in relation with auy.other question that that of free
trade. It would he itattreoper in me to argue against the
Earl of Derby, because helms pledged himself to oppose
every measure of Parliamentary Reform, and it would
tetrhefo:ll,(l,e'i.st
comtortiv,.
tsar; "
be equally improper in me to ask you to oppose him on
the ground that he means to bind over the education of
the people to the ,parochial clergy.--(Hear. bear.) Ou
that point, theretore„,l thotll only tee', than I ,hope the
scnolars will get some knowledge of geography fronothe
parochial clergy, or that they will learn something of.
the position on the earth's surface of the province of
Tamboff—(Laughter)—and.ot the amount of corn which
we may expect from it.e--(Reneweel laughter and
cheers.) And now with ragedt to the perstmdel of the
Government. Recollect for a moment how we are, and
where we are. We are in a meeting comprising as large
a number of tnerchante had manhltsctorers,spinners, men
of capital and men of industry in this district, as pro-
bably
dtttiijoei q,bawd6rleeoirtuieeognee
at
~rs,..reri togetherestadthethhdiesirsoleadu:tv
room. We are in the centre of a district which goes a
long way in our day to make the life, the power, and the
ereatness of this country. We leave it said on paper
that ours is a popular constituency, and that the House
of Commons represents the people. Then, of course ,
the Government ought to represent the people also. But
now, here is a list ot the members of the Government.
I confine myself for the present to the Members of the
House of Commons; first, there is Mr. Walpole, the
Secretary fur the Home Department, who is said to re
present the borough of Midhurst, with a population ot
7,021 persons, according to the:teens:ls of 1851, the num-
ber of elect. rs sing 279; but in reality he is returned
to Parliament by the Eerl of Bement, who is the patron
of the borough. Teen there is Sir John Pakington.
who by one of those marvellous changes which we
seldom see its COMMOiI life, though now and then I am
told they appear on the stage.--(Laughter)—is promL)ted
from being put to oppose my Lion. Friend's (Mrs. Gib'und
gun) Bei fur the retablithmeet of county botand
the Pie also said that'in
is 7,096, ~nd the o;eut,r; 367; brit
p•,artble i 8 _
contrives to
r
i
et. tle he
is
said
...,:i:),erttelotptgrebtse:eenwetolii
),,,vv,rirs,i)ilifilowt?lpairtuyi.s7homo
jlearittiltsognhotirfu.)w;vheißcili; .•
return himsed fur nil ire, and 7...,..(,.
of the Cabinet
- containing a population of from 100 mil-
lohisn empire,
lions to 150 nailtions He ii au sped Wan, Lure per.
Stamford, in conjunction
rvgaTd t.',. those lii,
f
uheahliotto or
ro
ssje:;l:4:it"ri—,Y, 'l:l;Lpr:h•rilai;a:.thwnetohhei'ogin(,4-tiwito,g,u:h;i'altaillillitey':(:rrtdhahtaigi".nas:66:,n)h,stBz:sh.re.be:3l(l)dbuurcoootl'hur,f'heehsepteehrr6lisao'o6sl.;;
electors,b:is‘or' iacy,:e.;),lovirtotstig itl3h,
leet
niitedi fsomst
et d'o\tfl !ehhu:dheat9iihrietil (3
lee.;pt:cu;.( gioi,o:iasst sad
lot: neden
icte.
Marquis
weePbiiGttg
ierru:oil
ci,ee(!iiii
austbit,
f7stui I, . :he 7.
c,:xtfikspr).
c, rh'.t,:er9hTeh,
petitioned
fil:',eoi4:c,constituency
nomineetlpoecle' P 'cit'muchu°driiretialii I.
i;
i5°61:1 a(
'f6 t
buti
that
tu
with
ii.-
that
ht
Gevegru'ati.'hbo,aLivsnl: ablit,,taietrseapprdes2e4nt
the borough of Abingri
clectors; but it is tibtotibus that e ' '
ihflueuce still Itemise :halo that to 'lt"
:eluded; he
was
.e."..,_, Which I have already
Thesitier, the Ateoruhy.
one
ot, bythelphanottoMiahiihiy notorious corruption, for
corrupt. beroughe in the king-
end his opp 'nest petitt)ned' a .
g round oh b.itterv. 'Sir gainst his
return on
_be
Frederic Theiiger lodged a
counter petition against his opponent,General Caulfield,
toe! both petitions were ette on the
.wards withdrawn,
Then there., is the'lNfarqu6Car.tionf6nCslisndog,
avowed and adLnitted ground that such wits the bribery
pr..l,eied on both sides that if the borough came before
a 1 arliaraeatary committee, no power ou earth could
i-ority of one,t
have saved it tzoia di f .. i ement.—(Llear, heat)
13uPkine ern v., e
ents she heroughionf reality returned by the
and 319 eketore, but who ie in
I that: I hardly know
Weil,
regret, c.,e'
sile,
nn
tg
ahtlth,
ia-va—met
,l ,o.,'nfLTlt;dee 'Then there
hop„voio.,srPo,iavuimiegsaryteiSsoit g
nloV 4181u,::::w,91.J0i n:rcblei4tPi
n'er' jel' 'un'y vi-lhet:11
t Y 8
illustrationst i ignorant
iull po important
tt'ae' I iiru:
y
j.ql;t, influence of himself and his father, the Duke ef
place is to be lcund.
(LaCghter, and cries of " No; Rants.") Bouts, is it?
Government
lmtehueegert.hiaten.irri),‘lvenaHsilyesussihiaaewcd7E7DEtt tayp,resent
Wasa
„.‘hgnposhea entirely of countyb representatives, or else of N-
undisguised shameletis bribery reigned
supreme.
or, what was worse, a
e
supreme.
uostlons or
not have, on q . commercial policy, any eyth-
„thy with the wants or the Wishes of the great mass
Ptogether to
of the population;
the large towns of the empire. He objected ti
he bald before, to giving these men what via, called.ah
a fair trial. Both they and their principles ben
had as fair a trial as an- jury of 'twelve sworn men
could give, and he fur hie part had not tbe oast a
doubt that if instead of concealing their policy
the country
mask, they fairly and openly appealed to
i ,col'.l:ll4griittehderpatrormagi
8u c h
t. i 0
vioir:uwpnbriheetit
eauei
:our
aysttsefie:ohe.hltsojitent.dhnrdoeitta,unroansinez
tiaido
ssubbecyi;:ah,n,e,