The Sun.
London, England, 1839-03-13 00:00:00

CORN LAWS.

GREAT MEETING OF DELEGATES.
(YESTERDAY.)
The Anti-Corn-Law Delegates re-asserr bled yesterday
Brown's Hotel, Palace Yard. At a quirtt.r-pst three
o'clock the Chair was taken by J. B. SMITH, Esq.
Among the delegates present there were from—
Manchester—Wm. Evans; T. H. Williams; Richard
Cobden; J. B. Smith; W. Catterall ; M. Robinson;
Holland Hoole; C. J. S. Walker; James Howie.
Glasgow—Charles Todd, Wm. Weir, Alex. Johnstone,
Wm. Brodie.
Liverpool—R. W. Wood, and Richard Shiel.
Birmingham—Robert Webb, George Edmonds, Ro-
bert Mather, Daniel Mather, Joshua Walrnsley, William
tmlthee; Joseph Sturge; Joshua Scholefield, M. P. ;
m. Scholefield, the Secretary of the Association.
Halifax.—W. Dewhurst, Jun., W. Morris, John
Holdsworth, Eli Bates, Joseph Thorpe.
Leeds.—John Goodman, Thomas Plint, Stansfield,
Mr. H. C. Marshall, Mr. Nussey.
Bolton.—A. W. Paulton, P. R. Arro wsmith (the
Mayor), 11. Ashworth, E. Ashworth, M. Thomason, Mr.
Kynaston.
W. Bradford (Yorkshire)—Robert Milligan, J. Clayton,
Byles, John Priestman, Mr. Cousin, Mr. Onley.
Preston.—John Hawkins, Francis Sleddon, F. Barker.
Tower Hamlets.—T F. Gibson.
Kendal.—Thomas Wilson, Mr. Alderman J. Wilson.
Loa Derby--. 8. Burney, C. S. Peet John Johnson, Wm.
gdon.
Bt.Pancras(Middlesex).—James Braby, Mr. Newbury.
Iluddersfield.—Joseph Batley, F. Schwann, W. Wil..
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Dundee.—.G. Kinloch, D. Baxter.
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ham, Jun.
Ratcliff.— Richard Hallett, Jun.
Marylebone. —G. A. Young.
London.—Dr. Bowring, and J. A. Taylor.
Warringtom—Joseph Crosfield, and W. Eskrigg.
StockportMr. Charles Hudson, Mr. Woollam.
Soave port
Bridge.—Mr. James Fielding, Samuel Wood.
At!taistrick.—Mr. Joshua Clay.
',l among the Members of Parliament present were—
Eu. O'Connell Esq. ; J. Hume, Esq. ; N. A. Vigors,
; J. Thornely, Esq. ; W. Ewart, Esq., the new Mem-
er for Wigan ; Sir Hesketh Fleetwood, and Sir B. Hall.
, The CHAIRMAN stated that at their last meeting in this
place they had adjourned to Manchester, and at a meeting
iticr_ea;y
Resolutions
te:lace, and which was attended by 74 Delegates
from that
places, resolutions were agreed to, which have
published in The Sun. Having read the
esolutions he proceeded to put the question that they be
confirmed.
Dr. BOVVRING moved that the resolutions at the Man-
chester meeting be confirmed.
YouNo, in seconding the motion, said he had been
requested to move a resolution at the Manchester meeting,
ttri he.would take the liberty of calling the attention of the
1/legates to some 'observations made in the Morning
f all of yesterday, the 1 lth, by which the correctness
his statements had been impugned. The criticism in that
Paper commenced by remarking that Mr C. Buller had
said that the Reform Bill was carried by enormous lying,
bar,k.dti_that such rhetorical figures were especially employed
the enemies of the Corn-laws. And after this courteous
-nmencement the anonymous writer went on to contro-
vert one of the statements which he (Mr. Young) had
ninde. Whether the Reform Bill had been carried by
this lying or not he did not know; but
Ls be did know, that the Morning Herald
best
supported the Reform Bill, and of course knew
hby what means.—( Hear, hear.) lie thought the
erald had apostatized from its former principles,—yet it
d not changed its private morality, and was now as much
addicted to "enormous lying" as it had been when it sup-
-I"ed the Reform Bill, doubtless, according to its own
count by such methods. —( Hear. hear.) The point at
Issue between him (Mr. Young) and the Herald was, that
he had stated that the population of Great Britain being
18OW.000 one.third were agriculturists, and two-thirds
I,:in-agriculturists, and that statement was impugned ;
ut he again reiterated it, believing it to be correct. He
hadl not intended to speak merely of agriculturists and
thanufacturers, but in the non-agricultural he included
did trading, the manufacturing population, and all who
rnot subsist from the land ; in the other class he
luded the agriculturists. Now he held is his hand a
Statement of the Numbers and Occupations of Families
E.ngland, Wales, and Scotland in 1831 :
t, p
po yed in Agriculture
All ltohyeerd
nToedse, Manufactures, &c.
1,018,168

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