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tohear evidence or a motion for the repeal?—( Hear.) If it
was a motion to hear evidence no time should be lost in
bringing the matter before the House. He thought it would
be better to have the Delegates there, on the very day of the
meeting of Parliament. There was some difference of opinion,
he believed, as to whether it would be best to adopt the course
he bad mentioned, or to proceed at once to the right of the
House to discuss petitions.
Mr. 'WEIR thought the Delegates could settle that with the
Members in London.
Mr. FLINT said their object ought to be to inundate and
deluge the House with petitions before they made any formal
demand.
Mr. EwART said the first thing to be done was to get
their petitions well heard—( Hear, hear)—and there was no
rule of the House of Commons, he believed, which prevented
a Member insisting on being heard.—( Hear, hear.) If a
Member chose, he could persist, and by perseverance he would
not fail to be heard.—( Hear, hear.) When the Delegates met
in London, and saw " how the land lay," they would be able
to judge of the course they ought to pursue.
Mr. FINCH, M. P., thought it was a matter of the utmost
importance that the Delegates should assemble in London on
the first day of the meeting of Parliament, because if they
learned that the Government intended to propose any mea-
sures on the sui- jest, they would be in a better situation to
judge what mode of proceeding they ought to adopt.
After some further conversation, it was moved by Mr.
COBDEN and seconded by Mr. BOVLTBEE, " That the dele-
gates appointed for the furtherance of the objects of this
meeting be advised to assemble at Brown's Hotel, Palace-
yard, Westminster, at 12 o'clock, on the 4th of February."
Carried unanimously.
Mr. VILLIERS moved, and Sir Wm. MoeEswonTn seconded
a vote of thanks to the Chairman, after which the meeting
broke up.

THE GREAT
CORN-LAW MEETING

AT MANCHESTER.

BY EXPRESS.
THE ADJOURNED DINNER.

The Members of the Anti-Corn. law Association with such
of the Delegates and Members of Parliament as had not left
town, re-assembled this evening at the Corn Exchange, for the
purpose of going through the remainder of the toasts, and
hearing the statements of some of the Delegates upon the
subject of the Corn-laws.
The room was fitted up in the same style as yesterday, and
at a quarter past five the Chairman, J. B. SMITH, Esq., ac-
companied by several other gentlemen entered the room, and
were received with much cheering.
The CII AIRMAN said—Gentleman, I believe it is a most unpre-
cedented proceeding for any party to adjourn a four o'clock din-
ner one day to a dessert on the folllowing day, but our proceed-
ings are altogether unprecedented. I now, Gentlemen, call
upon you to fill your glasses. I believe it is an unusual pro-
ceeding to propose such a toast as I am about to give you, after
adjournmet.t of a dinner, hut the occasion is so interesting and the
announcement we have heard since our last meeting is of such
an interesting character that we should not be doing justice to
our own feelings if we omitted again to drink the health of
" Our Queen—long life aed happiness to her and her intended
union. "---( Cheers.)
The Chairman's allusion was to the announcement in The
Sun newspaper of the intended n-.arriage of the Queen.
The CHAlRMAN—Gentlemen, I can scarcely find terms in
which to propose to you the toast I am now about to present
to your notice. The able and indefatigable advocate of the
Repeat of the Corn-laws—Mr. Paulton.—( Loud cheering. )
I have called thus early on Mr. Paulton, because you would
not otherwise have had an opportunity of hearing him this
evening, as he is about to proceed to Oldham to lectun on the
Corn-laws.—( Hear.)
Mr. Paulton then presented himself, and was loudly cheered.
He said—Gentlemen, I feel doubly proud of the position I
occupy before you this evening. I feel proud, in the first place,
to receive a compliment of this kind from the men of Man-
chester, and I feel proud, in the next place, that
auy humble exertions of mine would tend to propel
forward the mighty movement in which we are all engaged.
As I have two hours' speaking yet to perform, I shall be very
brief in my remarks just now, and I trust that will be a suffi-
cient apology for not obtruding more th,,n a few sentences on
your notice.—(Hear, hear.) It will, however, I dare say be
matter of desire to hear the result of my mission in the dis-
trict through which I have passed. Gentlemen, I have lec-
tured in seven counties, and I have addressed, on this mighty
question, upwards of 80,000 human beings—( Hear, hear)—
and I can say, from my own experience, that the charge which
is brought against the working classes, of an unwillingness to co-
operate on this question, is totally opposed to the facts of the case.
No body of men in the community are more heartily or willingly
disposed to co-operate, if the middle classes will only join the
front phalanx and shew a sympathy with the condition of the
working classes. Again, it has been represented, that the
Chartists, a powerful body of men, are doing all that lies in
their power to oppose the Anti-Corn-law agitation. At every
large meeting I have addressed, the leaders of the Chartist
party have invariably attempted to interfere with the Aati-
Corn-law agitation, and to propose exclusively the agitation
of the Universal' Suffrage question. But, Gentlemen, I have met
them upon open'ground, I have discussed the question with them
aid I have put it to the common sense of the working classes,
and they have invariably responded—if you show us that the
middle classes will come forward, and that they evince sym-
pathy with the condition and sufferings which, since the Re-
form Bill, we have undergone, then we will come forward and
let the mighty machine out of the nicks.—( Great cheering )
_Every where do I find that class of politicians in the country
called the moderate policy men. My opinion is that you
ishould guard seriously and sedulously against the interference
of these men. When I hear them talking of the moderate
policy of a fixed duty, it reminds me of a remark made
by •Mr. Dyer, at the meeting at the Chamber of
commerce here, wherein he speaks of there being no modera-
tion in injustice. If that be so, why should there be any mo-
deration in our demands for justice?—( Hear.) This policy,
.Gentlemen, perhaps, will afford you half a moment's diversion
xvitile you are cracking your nuts and eating your oranges. It
rewinds sue of the anecdote of a friend of mine, who, by way
of illustrating the system more forcibly, threw it into rhyme :
" I told you half an hour ago,
Your Lordship's heel was on my toe;
And now your stick is in my eye."
" Sir, I'll remove it by and bye "
—(Laughter.) Now, this by and bye policy does not suit
me, and I trust it will not suit the merchants of Manchester.
The aristocracy have had their heels on the toes of the na-
tion, and now they have got their sticks in the eyes of the
nation ; and shall we turn round, and politely ask them to take
the stick out of our eye 1 No, if they dal not quickly remove
them, we should at once break their sticks, and lay them on their
brainless heads. I have been'.charged in the course of my mission
with using language too vituperative of the aristocracy. When
I look to the history of legislation in this country, and see the
mighty injustice written on every record, bearing reference to
the condition of the landowners, it reminds me of an expression
of Blucher, who, when in the highest dome of St. Paul's, and
looking at the extent, and wealth, and magnificence of the vast
city spread beneath him, the immense population, and the
whole of that mighty and heart-stirring scene, suggested to
Liie imagination only the words and idea of Oh, what a
plander I" It does appear to me that the Aristocracy, looking
forth from the heights of legislative politer, have seen only in
the vast wealth of the country, not the means of happiness to
the people—not the source of true enjoyment to the people,
but only as the source of plunder to themselves, whom they
legislate for.—(llear. ) If the rotten carcass of injustice
is not to be dissected, simply because the stench may
affect the nerves of some scion of the aristocracy,
the vampires of society will still batten upon garbage
till the end of time, and the wounds of humanity
will continue green and bleeding for the mere sake of filling
the gallipots of the State physicians with golden fees. I now,
'Gentlemen, gratefully feeling the kindness of the men of Man-
chester, take my leave of you ; and whatever objections ma)
be taken to the conclusions I have arrived at, these persons
may take my arguments and reasonings, and arrive at their
own conclusions, although some of them, I dare say, will shirk
mine,—( Cheers.)
tE The CHAIRMAN said he had now the pleasure of introducing
ts:them Mr. Ewart.—( Vehement cheering. ) Mr. Ewart was
distinguished for his free trade principles, and particularly in
endeavouring to remove the duty on sugar and coee. He hap-
pened to have in his hand a paper that had beffen sent with
some samples of West India and Brazil sugar for their Anti-
Corn-law Museum. They were aware it had been announced
they intended to have in the Museum not only samples of
English and foreign manufacture, but also to have
samples of all those articles on which there was
a monppoly duty. The paper he held in hand was sent with
the samples. Al, was marked West India sugar, 40s. cwt. ;
13 2 Brazil sugar, 265. per cwt. They were, therefore, pay-
ing 50 per cent. more for West India sugar. C 1, was Brazil
sugar, 225. per cwt. C 2, Brazil sugar, 235. per cwt. They
bad also a sample of coffee, and there the difference was still
more remarkable. West India coffee was worth 955. per
cwt. Brazil coffee of the same quality 445. per cwt., one-half
of the same price. It was a remarkable circumstance that
a sample of Brazil sugar was bought in Liverpool by a coffder
ee-
dealer for exportation to the Cape of Good Hope, in or
that it might be there landed and re-shipped, and sent back
again to Liverpool, merely to save the duty of 6d. per lb.—
(Hear, hear.) The duty on Brazil coffee coming direct from
Brazil was 15d. per lb., but if it came from a British colony
the duty was only 9d. ; and West India coffee being 100
per cent, higher than Brazil coffee, it was a profit-
able speculation to send coffee out all the way to
the Cape of Good Hope, to bring it back again
to Liverpool, and then it is sold as West India Coffee.
Mr, Ewart had distinguished himself by his advocacy of free
trade in sugar and coffee, and therefore it was that with plea-
sure be introduced Mr. Ewart to their notice. who was also a
strong and eloquent advocate for the repeal of the Corn-laws.
Mr. EWAaT then mounted the table, and was received with
enthusiastic cheering. When the cheering had subsided,
lie said—Fully aware, Gentlemen, that the- main object of
this great assembly and of that great meeting which inspired
by the spirit of free trade holds its great metropolis in Man-
chester, depends mainly on facts for working conviction on
the public mind, I come not here to detain you at any length
from hearing the development of those facts from practical
manufacturers themselves, who have assembled in this town
armed with documentary evidence, with figures of arithmetic,
to counteract the figures of declamation, and with the most
incontrovertible arguments to subvert the sophistries of
their opponents—(Loud cheering.) But, Gentlemen, on
a Tendon of free trade, and above all of free trade in corn,