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rivalry., it was: agreed that an adjournment should take
Place till the next day, in order that sonic substantial
proposition should be considQn'd by the Corporation,
so that the patrons of the turf may at once ascer-
tain whether they will be justified in continuing their
countenance to boncaiter, or transferring it to places
where the encourageme it is commensurate with the ad-
vantage received. Tli deputation then, retired, pro-
mising to call a meeting of-the Corporation to decide upon
What was to be done; bit declaring that they were pre-
Pared to do all in their power to give general satiathetion•

Trade, the Earl of Ripon, the father and founder of the
Corn-laws. But they need not go to these indications,
or fir R. Peel himself had declared, that if the Corn-
laws were proved to be the cause of the present distress,
he would be one of the first to vote fer their being done
away with. But he said it was all a mistake—all the
root of the evil was over-production, joint-stock banks,
and machinery. He (Mr. 'Taylor) was ready to admit
that where over-production took place trade languished,
but the question was ghat was the cause of that
over-production? Did it arise from the manufac-
turers making. much more goods than were wanted,
or was it because Peel's policy obstructed the means
,of disposing of that production?—(Hear, hear.) He
believed that would be found to be the case.—(Cheers.)
They had a large trade with America, but that was be-
cause they took their cotton and tobacco in exchange for
English manufactures, and if corn was added to these
:hex Arm lei an trade would be greatly incraased. Butt;
in addition to 'what had been stated by Sir R. Peel, they
had the declaration of the Duke m Wellington, that there
was no distress at all in the country which industry could
not relieve, and he further congratulated them that
England was the only country he knew in which indus-
try could ensure a competence. Ilnd his Grace heard
nothing of the " short time" in the Lancashire mills,
and the pleasure throughout the whole cotton districts,
to talk of no other branch of their manufactures? His
• Grace had declared, in 15`.20, that the then existing con-
, stitution was the perfection of human reason, and re-
quired no change, and yet a short time afterwards the
people of that country ruse up against it, and it was done
away with and completely remodelled, and such might
be the result of the Noble Duke's approval of the pre-
sent state of things. In the present desperation, excite-
ment, and despair of the people, it was necessary, at all
events, that they should know what were the,intentions of
Ministers before the winter, which was likely to be ogle
of intense suffering, had set in.—(Hear, hear.) Sir Ro-
bert Peel had now got his fee, and ought no longer to.
withhold his advice.—(Hear, hear.) If the pour man's
labour was to be less and less in demand—if their looms
were to be idle and their mills empty—if their work-
houses and prisons were to be fulle—let them, at least,
know the fate that was awaiting them from the present
Government. He hoped the proceedings of the present
day would go forth to the country, and that petitions
and addresses by thousands wound pour in to the Queen
to remove a Ministry which was called Conservative, but
which he thought one of the most destructive the country
had ever beets cursed with.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. BEACON rose and seconded the resolution. He
said they could not possibly expect any thing , from the
present Parliament, when they could get no good from
the last. And if they got a good House of Commons,
even then they would be frustrated by the House of
Lards, the men who were not "compelled by law to pay
debts of money they borrowed to buy estates. He per-
fectly agreed with the object of the resolution and felt
much pleasure in seconding it.
The resolution was then put and carried unanimously.
'The CHAIRMAN said that us some allusion had been
made to demonstrations being made in the country, Mr.
Peter Taylor would read a letter that had been received
that morning from the Anti-Corn-law Association in
Manchester.

Mr. P. A. TAmon:then read the following letter :
National Anti-Corn-law League,
Manchester; Sept. 9, 1841,
MY DEAR SIR—I have great pleasure in acknowledg-
ing the receipt of your letter, which has been duly laid
before the Council, and am instructed in return to say
that they are glad to see the vieNi• which you have
taken upon the subject of it memorial to her Majesty.
We are proposing here to have a meeting of the Council
for the purpose of considering the 'propriety of holding
a town meeting on the subject, the exact nature of
youwhich
will gather froth the accompanying copy of
our resolution. " That we would respectfully suggest to
yourself and our friends in London the propriety of
holding pulLe meetings for that purpose. If you could
call ward meetings, or in fact any great number of people
together to memorialize her Majesty, it would have a
much greater effect than a petition from the Association
only. We had a splendid meeting in the Corn Ex-
change here last night, when Mr. Curtis lectured. The
operatives here are getting well aware of the causes of
the distress ; and I never knew it half as severe as it is
at present upon the lower and middle classes. So im-
portant do we think is the movement you propose,
that we are writing to all the Associations to get up
public meetings immediately. Do you, therefore, in
London take the lead in your meetings. Let us see reports
of them in the paper:, and I have no doubt the country
will respond.to it.—l remain, my dear Sir,
Your's truly,
GEORGE WILSON.

Sidney Smith, Esq.

Mr. JAMES WILSON rose to propose the second reso.
lotion. He said they had already had a picture of the
distress which at present existed in Bolton and the
neighbouring manufacturing towns. The they could not
be surprised at that when he told them that, on that
morning, on looking at the statistical accounts of the last
six months, he found that the cotton wool which had
been worked into material for the last three months
averaged at the rate of nearly 9,000 bales less than in
the corresponding monthilast year. And the decrease
was at that moment uptirrds of 11,000 bales. If they
were to consider this for a moment they could picture to
themselves the distress of the manufacturing districts.
They also found by the census of Stockport that the
population of this, one of our most thriving manufacturing
towns, had fallen off 8,000 since 1831, and he had not the
slightest doubt that had the census been taken in 1836
the population would have been found to be on the in-
crease—(Hear, -hear)—and dint it was only in the last
three years that this depopulation had taken place. It
was proper that they should address the Queen' on this
suiject. She was the first Sovereign for many centuries
who had become associated in a gr,at popular question
with the people. She was the only Sovereign thae had
been found standing between the aristocracy and the
people, and defending their political rights. A friend
of his a few days ago proposed to him that they ought
to erect a statue to commemorate Queen Elizabeth.'
He (Mr. Wilson) thought that her present Majesty
knew well the character of • Elizabeth,' fir, when
a child, she was asked by the Archbishop of Canterbury
what she thought of Queen Elizabeth, and her answer
was that she thought her a good Queen, but a bad
woman.—(Cheers.) lie thought they could not approach
the Queen too often on the present question. Although
they had but a small meeting that day, he would state
that it had been called together at a very short notice,
added to which the room was but small. When he re-
metnbered that about twelve months ago the circum-
stances were so limited that Mr. Smith, their Secretary,
gave his services free, and they were compelled to dis-
charge their porters fur want of money, he could not
but feel satisfaction at the change which had taken
place.—(Cheers.) He concluded by proposing the third
resolution. • •
Mr. WEIR seconded the resolution. Ho always
felt that the best way to carry n question was to agitate it.
They found that the Executive of the country had with
one voice declared that there was great distress through-
Out the country, and that that would be the first ques-
tion to take into their consideration. They were par.ies
who would make promises without any intention of
performing them. The only means was to nail them to
the question. They had made concessions, but they
would wriggle out of them like cels.—(Linghter.) The
only way to do so was that which was then proposed to
them. He thought that during the last few years a
feeling was arising in their favour, and that feeling was
still advancing. lie thought they were in a position
to ask what the Parliament dared not refuse. He felt,
and his experience in the provinces was considerable,
that a great demonstration should take place in London,
in order that a banner might be raised under which they
could stand and serve. He called upon them not only
to give their signatures to that petition, but to dissemi-
nate its principles to all they knew, and bid them go
-and do likewise. There was a feeling in .the country
which the iron Duke would be as little able to withstand as
that at the time of the Reform Bill. Mr. Canning, who
would not a allow a single borough to be reformed, was
now in his grave. The tide of Reform had rolled over
that grave, and swept the boroughs with it. And so it
would be with that iron Duke.—(Cheers,)
The CHAIRMAN was about to put the resolution to

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the meeting, when
Mr. WALKER, the Secretary to the Westminster
Anti-Corn-law Association, rose and
suggested that the means hitherto adopted'li withlardegbeatr'nd
a‘ ~nuta
deputation
stuoffi be
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td‘+':oruntioldililssbterciabutits,tntei,roaninfdwthteherraeet a ai•se
Ile thought it
shouldt l apartfo formed '
lofCorn-
laws,
andtie s ifsoirtoo‘iveemretofaavroprlttbale
lan br;pel whicht'r theirth e c orn
feel--t . the
logs in the cause might be powerfullymorep . adopted. It
was not in the spirit of opposition, but with a convic-
tion that the means were inadecinate to the purposes for
'hfioswsno-ilittiltlt-ItitLenetiii.olg
itikllootit;at lie had been trying that morning
whi\ileril. t'lll.ti'ytrrhas':
in the borough of South-
end those :cra
ei,clerdeqtt,i,isiiitai:,,en
tlitleeilritticliamhaeds
t':',ltigtreit:;l'o4l)r'ittl,fusals,
oppo-
sition to the Cause. but who objected by persons not in
Politics,iirt‘vould he then, but
in print. One gentleman on who
in an
the late election
he hadealled, said thathe
had never taken part in
SI 1-1:e: Anti-Corn-law
t.
i Hart)-Curn 1 awthat he had been so much disgusted
Mith his contribut.
that he :WM determined to join
ark branch,
Association that might be formed.
Their motto
he
re-
plied that he was Secretary to the
antirrhe
These
ee gave
thhios Horne at t
oofne
his
morning's
work
Lon.
thought there was no room for av,,rt I i r .
should be, " gp, forward, nil desperaadum." motto
Mr. S. SMITH then rose and announced that the me.
morial would lay at the office of the Anti-Corn-law As-
sociation, in the Strand, to receive signatures. lie also
suggested that the memorials which might be got up by
local offices should be sent to this office for presentation ;
for if they were sent direct to the Home-office they
would lie then, and the Queen would know nothing
about, them. That Association would take care that
they should be put into the hands of Privy Councillors
who - would seek an audience of her Majesty to pre-
sent them.
Dr. BEDFORD then briefly moved that the memorial be
repoomended for adoption to the district meetings.
-AF: I.3llepir proposed a vote of thanks to the Chair-
men, whiA being'seconapd,
The CfjAnixAN row to return tbilniis, He Legged
to say that he should ever go on as he had done in this
: Association, and with the gentlemen who were about
him, and who were such able colleagues. If they re-
support personally and in money from all their
celve,
friends, they woo 'a
_soon be able to carry the great Inca-
; sure. The meeting then separatel -
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