The Sun.
London, England, 1840-01-23 00:00:00

AT a MEETING of DEPUTIES from the
various Towns throughout the Kingdom, connected
with the ANTI-CORN-LAW LEAGUE, assembled at the
Corn Exchange, MANCHESTER, on the 14th Inst.,
J. B. SMITH, Esq., in the Chair,

A Report of the Proceedings of the League having been read,
the following Resolutions were unanimously passed :

Moved by LAWRENCE HETWORTH, Esq., of Liverpool; se-
conded by WALTER BUCIIA NAN, Esq., of Glasgow.
1. That the Report of the Council of the League, now read,
be received and approved, and that the statement of accounts
now read be adopted and passed.
Moved by ALEX. JOHNSTONE, Esq., President of the Glasgow
Anti-Corn-law Association ; seconded by N. A. Via olts,
Esq., M.P., Deputy from St. Pancras.
2. That this Meeting of Deputies reiterate the declaration
made by the Anti-Corn-law Deputies in London last Spring, that
they ask for no exclusive protection to their particular interests,
and they insist that none shall be given to any other class of the
community.

Moved by Mr. COAT es, Deputy from the Tower Hamlets
seconded by Mr. Li VESEY, of Preston.
3. That this Meeting of Deputies from the different parts of
the Kingdom to the Anti-Corn-law League again record their
solemn protest against those unjust laws which restrict the im-
portation of food, and thus interpose a barrier between the bounte-
ous designs of Providence, and the wants of the industrious mil
lions of this empire. That, during the past year, the baneful influ-
ences of the Corn and Provision-laws have been found exerting
themselves with the utmost severity upon the middle and work-
ing classes; inflicting upon the labourers physical sufferings and
privations, which have led to a great increase of crime, disease,
and pauperism ; injuring our'capitalists and merchants by the de-
angement of the currency, and enhancing the rate of interest, to
the ruin of the humbler class of traders, and at the same time
striking at the very stability of our institutions, by impairing the
revenue of the State. In the midst of these dangers, the prospect
of the next harvest threatens us with an aggravation of all these
evils. That, impressed more fully by the experience of the
past year, with the necessity of the most determined efforts for
the repeal of the Corn and Provision-laws, this Meeting of
Deputies pledge themselves to the continued support of the
League, until the object for which it was established be attained.
Moved by E. BAINES, jun., Esq., of Leeds, seconded by
JOSEPH WALKER, Esq., of Wolverhampton.
4. That the Deputies offer their grateful acknowledgments
for the valuable services of the several Anti-Corn-law Asso-
ciations of the Kingdom, in the dissemination of sound informa-
tion, by means of lectures and tracts ; and they recommend the
organization of similar associations, to be united with the League
in all towns where none have been established. The Depu-
ties urge upon all such societies the paramount duty at the
present juncture of forthwith calling public meetings, and of
forwarding numerously signed petitions to both Houses of Par-
liament, and to the Queen, for the total and immediate repeal of
the Corn and Provision-laws.

Moved by Mr. Aldermen COBDEN, seconded by E. HARRISON,
Esq., of Carlisle.
5. That, in the event of any vacancies in Parliament, or of
a general election, the Deputies pledge themselves to use their
best exertions in their several towns and districts to oppose, by
all constitutional means, the return of any candidate who is a
supporter of the existing law ; and they call upon their friends
in all parts of the empire to be prepared with candidates who
are favourable to the abolition of the Corn and Provision-laws.
Moved by HAMER STANSFIELD, Esq., of Leeds; seconded by
the Rev. PATRICK BREWSTER, of Paisley.
6. That the League shall assemble in London, for the pro-
motion of their cause in Parliament, during the present Session,
on a day to be fixed by the Council at Manchester, which shall
be previously announced in the " Anti-Corn-law Circular."
J. B. SMITH, Chairman.
Manchester, Jan. 14, 1840.

The Mayor of Leeds having taken the Chair, a vote of thanks
was passed by acclamation to J. B. Smith, Esq. for his conduct
in presiding.