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opportunity for doing so is afforded me.—.(Cheers, and cries
of .4 What arnourt?") Reall,, saii the Horn Wrnber,
is a qu;‘,.,tion ,i7i-.!).1 I ought to 9f you, 71. not stat-Al

your resolution, and it is indeed one of detail, which can only
be decided upon after much thought and diseussion.—
( Hear, henr.) After the feeling you have shown this day,
and having witnessed as I have the unanimous passing of
resolutions in favour of an alteration of the present Corn-
laws, I shall not hesitate to bear my part towards effecting
that charge.—( Long, continued cheers.) I may have among
my constituents persons, not only farmers, but some trades-
men who may perhaps think themselves interested in keeping
up prices. I will not enter into an argument with them. but
at present will only say that I agree with what has fallen
from Mr. Fewster, that an alteration, even to the extent of
free importation, would not produce that great depression in
the price of corn which many farmers anticipate. The home
price, upon an average of some years, has not been above
50s. a quarter, and I do not think it possible for the Conti-
nental grower to supply us with corn at a lower rate, when
introduced into our markets. Upon that ground, if any
alteration do take place—if we should succeed in obtain-
ing the repeal or revision of the Corn-law—l hope no one.
engaged in the farming interest will take the alarm, and
suppose that he will not be able to live by it as he has
hitherto done, but that he will, as in all bad times the manu-
facturers have done, put a shoulder to the wheel, and like
them, with a little extra exertion he will be able to get round
the corner.

Mr. CHARLES HOOPER moved the third resolution, which
related to the publication of the resolutions in the Gloucester
Newspapera and the Times and _Morning Chronicle. He
would not, he said, stand before them to advocate the repeal
of the Corn law, if he felt it to be a mere personal grievance ;
but as he employed some hundreds of people, all of whom
were deeply interested in the question, he considered he should
not be performing his duty to them as well as to himself, if he
did not raise his voice against these laws. Mr. Hooper then
alluded to the fact that the greatest cotton manufacturer in
Great Britain had already opened an establishment in Ger-
many, breaking up two hundred looms in this country in 1837,
and two hundred more last year, while the same firm was de-
liberating whether from the operation of the Corn-laws they
should not open two manufacturing establishments in the
United States, and leave this country altogether. He always
heard with regret of entire families or single men in any branch
of manufacture being obliged to quit England, for it was
nothing more than putting means into the hands of competition
to beat us in the foreign markets.
Mr. EDWARD DAVIES seconded the motion.

The CHAIRMAN, in putting the resolution, said the obser-
vations of Mr. Hooper had reminded him that when he first
attended the foreign wool fairs about ten years ago, the Eng-
lish buyers were followed about like princes, and were always
asked to put a price upon the wool brought for sale. They
had then no competitors worth speaking of in the market.
Since then, however, a gradual increase had taken place in
the native purchasers year by year. This was at first thought
little of, but it grew so rapidly that three years since the
English no longer ruled the markets, but the foreign buyers
took that positi,n, and now the English were not first but
fourth-rate buyers in the wool markets of the continent.—
( Hear, hear. )

The resolution having been passed, a call was made upon
Mr. NATHANIEL PARTRIDGE, who came forward and spoke as
follows—Mr. Chairman and gentlemen : I think an alteration
of the Corn-laws would be of tile most vital interest to the coun-
try. Indeed, it appears to me a question, the result of which will
determine whether this country shall rise in prosperity or sink
in adversity, whether it shall progress in wealth or sink in the
scale of nations.—( Cheers. )
Thanks having been voted to the chairman by acclamation,
and Mr. Staunton having expressed his acknowledgements
and made a few more remarks illustrative of the operation of
the Corn-laws, the meeting separated.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

VICE-CHANCELLOR'SCOURT, JAIN . 26.

THE ATTORNEY• GENERAL V. THE CORPORATION OF WARWICK.
This was a suit by the Crown, at the relation of Dr. Wade,
the Rector of St. Nicholas, Warwick, for an increase of sti-
pend out of certain lands, given by the charter and grant of
Henry the Eighth, on the dissolution of the smaller monastery
in the town of Warwick, for the purpose of supporting two
Priests with the cure of souls in that town.

The arguments of Counsel on either side having been
heard,
The VICE-CHANCELLOR dismissed the information.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, J. 26.

IN RE THE CANADIAN PRISONERS.
At the sitting of the Court this morning, Mr. Hill begged to
state to their Lordships that he had affidavits of the Canadian
prisoners, and his intention was to move that those affidavits
should be filed, and also to move, with reference to the
amendment which their Lordsbips had made in the return at
the request of the Attorney-General.
It was understood that that the motion would be made or,
Tuesday.