The Sun.
London, England, 1845-12-24 00:00:00

A MILLION

13/4

FUND.

GREAT

MEETING

or THE
ANTI-CORN-LAW

LEAGUE

-
1%

29%

114

8%

1614
238

34

11%
2 dis
2%
3%
2%
2!4

AT MANCHEb'TER.

(FROM OUR OWN REPORTER.)

4s

by our deeds--ose(LooudlaCkhienegrotlethraesnofltsel 10"tbei
resolutions
uroifig
ut4
in words; and as we have on formeoroediebase occasions td fot
the cheques which the League has drrawn--up°oll,o.--1*
2,000!., 10,000 i, 50,0001., and—two years es- b
100,0001.—(Loud cheers)—so, now that they 601
thought fit to draw upon us another checlulbeit
250,000/.—relying upon us that we shall accept
draft, and that it will be paid when at maturity--(fe
cheers)—we will not deny them that confidence ere ha
shown on former occasions.—(Vehement cheern?C
Gentlemen, when we think of the very great serving.:
t thele
'
the League has rendered by their
juduincewseaangeadinsstruggli
during seven years—with the pre
of the greater part of the mercantile and mane
facturing classes—with the
say,
opposition,vh even towenep
re7,_ jon:
violence of the operatives—
lect these things, we must be filled with admiration
we are about to see their efforts crowned with coinel_.ew
success.—(Cheers.) And if from the body of the Le,hg;b.e
we turn our eyes to its leaders, we must say thet._na
sacrifices of time, and health, and every comfort ince,
—services which they have never alluded to thetunbe
—(Cheers)—are such as we cannot, and which 000
country can never forget.—(Cheers.) If we reflect
this, and upon the consummate skill and vpoutbe;„o, of
liant talents they have displayed from the beglnntlade.
this contest, we must be filled with the deepest g.,111,7,00 it
Gentlemen, this is an important appoal, and ";00re
will be met as i 1 ought to be, and we shall then be
„not
of triumph. 1340, Gent/eaten, until that time we "ops
not be caught mappings We must not fly from
apv
helm, as seine other parties have done on a late out
sion.—(Hear.) It is clear that the termination tro
struggle cannot be far distant ; if any one doubtso..--
let him put the heartier hand to help it forge Ibis
(Cheer. 3.) The very uncertainty that prevails o°,,tist
question, and the mischief that results from it, -the
make every one desire its end. If any one doublooe
desirability of putting an end to this law, let hi°, see
at the result of that uncertainty • let him look Blot
state of the money market—at thei panic in 111100
affairs—(Hear, hear)—let him look at the circue3euinot
of a famine actually existing in the sister country,
in this, and at the same time the price of bread r"
or
and the ports the more firmly closed the more thbero,)
cessity becomes apparent for opening them.—(Clecle•
Let us, then, gentlemen, stick to our standard, an off
pend upon it in a short time the whole country-4
interest and every class—will feel and join with youi;i of
call, in one universal voice, for the immediate regenar
the corn and provision laws.—(Loud cheers.) i've-St.
men, I will not detain you longer, but call 1111°11
Wilson, Chairman of the League, to give you rh the
stract of the Treasurer's account in connexion wlt"
100,0001. fund. eta
Mr. WILSON came forward amidst loud cheel*6
said he had been instructed by the Treasurer to PI„. ;en
his accounts ; and as it was desirable, before gel:III:n-01d
committed themselves to a new subscription, they s'"„ich
know what had been done with the money already Pia
he would request the patient attention of the
~,Ineetbeo
while be read the statement put in his hand. oe
read the two statements following :
Dr.
LEAGUE FUND, £lOO,OOO.
January I, 1845. To balance
on hand £26,675 19 9
December 6. Subscriptions and Bazaar re-
'it 8 I?
ceipts to this date 35,6- 41,
To discount and interest received this year B2O
ic 6
.£63,174

214
45)A

r
349 i o
21819

Cr.
By distribution of tracts, including expenses
of distributors, carriage, &c. •••
By expenses of furniture and fixtures ...
By deputation expenses, including travelling
expenses to attend meetings and Parlia-
mentary elections in various parts of the
United Kingdom
By grants to local Free-trade Committees ...
By general salaries of office-staff, including
all employed in London and Manchester
on the general business of the League,
weekly wages, &c., &c.
By postage-stamps ;and postages, sundry
office expenses, petty cash an incidental
expenses, including repairsand alterations,
coals, cleaning, tec....
By expenses off meetings, including hire of
roon- s, erecting hustings, and all other
expenses connected with public meetings
By salaries and expenses of lecturers,
includ-
lig travelling expenses, &c.
By rents, taxes, and, gas including rent of
Covent-garden Theatre, house and offices,
London and Manchester
By stamped publications, printing and sta-
tionery, reporting, &c. &c.
By bazaar expenses, including wages of per-
sons employed during the bazaar, fitting
up Covent-garden Theatre, and general
expenditure in advertising, printing, tra-
velling expenses, &c. &c.
By expenses of League newspaper, in-,
eluding salaries of conductors, editor,
and contributors, stamps, paper, and
printing
Deduct receipts for casual sale 1,227 6 3 10,161
By registration expenses, including salarieso
travelling and other expenses of reps/ra-
tion agents, legal expenses, wages of
clerks, printing and stationery, expenses
in registration courts, and general expenses
on registration business ....... _
Balance on hand........_

462 12 0
4
1,000 17

1,336 14 6

1,528 1

1,669 16 6

2,320 4 9

8,9112 .1 5

6,854 5

5,712 13 4

5 3,
41
1611 2
£63,174
33
WILLIAM BICKHAM, t Members of the Fines
SAMUEL LEES, s Committee.
W. RAWSON, Treasurer.
;xamined and found correct.
WILLIAM EVANS, Member of Me Council.

MANCHESTER, TUESDAY, HALF-PAST FOVII*
Manchester and Manchester men have spokes out
nobly on the question of free-trade—in a manner wlticb
cannot fail to strike terror into the ranks of the roonopy
lists. It will be recollected that two years ago a meeting
was held in the Manchester Town-hall, when Fourteen
Thousned rounds %%ere suhscrthed in a few hours. 112€
Sun wr.s the first to publish that "great fact." 20-0131
more than/bur tones that amount has been subscribed
ia
an equal space of time.
One of the most influential meetings ever known in all°
town was held to-day at the Town-hall, for the purP°:
of adopting the necessary steps for raising the stun
250,0001. for the purposes of the League—i. e., to "
ralise" the county electors.
The meeting was held in pursuance of a requisiti°
signed by the following gentlemen :—Mr. Cobden, rtf
Mr. Bright, M.P., Mr. .Marsland, M.P., Mr. Weikel'
M.P.,IMr. Watkins, mayor; Aldermen Kershaw, liyalkel.'
Mayson, Boyd, Armitage, Potter, and Harvey; Mess°.
Bazley, Brooks, Munn, J. B. Smith, Henry, Brickley'
Whittaker, Motley, T. Thomson, George Wilson, It'll
Greg, Henry Ashworth, E. Ashworth, P. R. Arrowsinilbi
W. Bickham, W. Rawson, W. Evans, T. Whitehead'
Taylor, J. Wrigley, J. R. Barnes, Barnes, jun"
Barrett, E. P. Thompson, J. Simpson, E. Hall, H. 13:
nerman, J. Acton, W. R. Callendar, Nathan Lees,'
Scholefield, A. Prentice, John Harding, T. B. P 491;
T. Woolley, R. A. Thicknesse, Wigan; J. Midgelee
Rochdale; W. Mcii-ris, C. Potter, Darwen; J. Grail
S. Lees, N. Healck T. Bright, E. J. Kay Whitworth,
Platt, Staleybrido; E. Grundy, Rusholme; W. Al
Warrington; B. e.tuart, 11. Rawson, T. Ashton, W. 11;
Gallemore, J. Cheetham, J. B°y
le'
-It.tokith, Rochdale; J. Petrie, Rochdale.•
;
The meeting, ‘laich comprised many of the
merchants, bankers, manufacturers, and traders of oldie
cheater and the surrounding towns, though held at
early hour of 11 o'clock precisely, was most nunier9° 0
attended, the spacious hall being densely crowded rii;rl
the very commencement of the proceedings. Ito
Hyde Greg, Esq., took the chair.
The CHAIRMAN, in opening the proceedings, ssi
of
Gentlemen, if my feelings meet with any echo in Yo
breasts, which I am convinced they do, you will t2hile
with me that we are met here to-day, in this Intifo,
teresting, anxious, and unprecedented crisis of 051
rather to back up the resolutions of the League, Whitoos
will read to you, than to go through any fornallc°oB
of proceedings, by making speeches or othervvise:o'
resolutions to which I refer were contained in a C
of which the following is a copy : the
" At a special general meeting of the COMIC of r
National Anti-Corn-law League held in Manchester'
Saturday, the 13th of December, 1845,
„ It was moved by HENRY MARSLAND, r
seconded by R. H. GREG, Esq. ; and resolved ;vibe
mously—' That from the altered position of parties f
House of Commons, in reference to the repeal °r
corn-laws, it is desirable to rescind the existing red 0°
lion against petitioning this present Parliament, ilk° 00
this meeting recommend that petitions be sell' 001111
every town and district in the kingdom, as nape
signed as possible, praying for the total and uncoil
abolition of the corn and provision laws.
" Moved by JOHN BRIGHT, Esq., M.P.; second."
R. WALKER, Esq., M.P.; and resolved until:o°,olW
That a subscription of a quarter of a million semen
be immediately commenced to meet the present 100
gency. That a call of twenty per cent. thereon „brio 0°
with made. That a public meeting be called fiber
Town hall, Manchester, for Tuesday, the 23d 1;6:400
instant, for the purpose of giving effect to the f°".
resolution.' " yte
tive
Gentlemen, think you will agree with me that rot
met here to-day, in this extraordinarycrisi6,4o rev
for the purr-- of br