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DE MONTFORT.—This new novel is destined
to run a career as brilliant as was ever achieved by an
unacknowledged production—" unacknowledged," but not
unsuspected ; for the genius that beams in every page
has already directed conjecture as to the authorship.
As the subject of " De Montfort" is the life and adven-
tures of an English Nobleman of the old school, and as
not only the manners but the actual personages of eighty
years ago are sketched with marvellous vigour and rea-
lity, it has been surmised that the work must have been
printed from a, manuscript of that date ; the probability,
however, is, that it is a production 'of one of the Most
eloquent, versatile, and able of living novelists.
NEW NOVEL BY THE AUTHORESS .OF
TEMPTATION."—We are requested to state that the
new novel, 'entitled " The School for Wives," by the
Authoress of " Temptation," is published this day by
Mr. Colburn, of Great Marlborough-street, and may now
be had at all the Libraries. Mr. Colburn has also just pub-
lished " Anne Boleyn," an historical romance, by Mrs.
A. T. Thomson, Authoress of " The Life of Henry
VIII.," " Constance," &c., in 3 vols.—" The Man of
Fortune," a novel, by Mrs. Gore, Authoress of " Mothers
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LONDON, TUESDAY, J ANUARY 18, 1842.

GRAND DEMONSTRATION IN FA-
VOUR OF A TOTAL REPEAL OF THE
CORN-LAWS.

(Abridged from the Glasgow Saturday Post.)
This important Convention, the assembling of which has
been looked forward to with feelings of much interest and
anxiety, commenced its sittings yesterday, at twelve o'clock, in
the Trades' Hall. In ordinary' circumstances, an assembly
called for such a purpose would have commanded both atten-
tion and respect; but in the present crisis, when trade is pars-
lized, when industry is suspended, and when gaunt starvation
stalks over the length and breadth of the land, its meeting as-
sumes a national importance, and its proceedings, were, even in
anticipation, regarded with a degree of intense interest, which
no public movement in this part of the country had previously
called forth. And the reports of the Deputies, which follow,
will amply prove that the mass of the working population of
this kingdom have reached that point in depression—and that
trade and credit are in that disorganized position, which must
call for an immediate remedy, otherwise anarchy, ruin, and
national bankruptcy are the certain results.
Mr. WALTER Ike nalgaN (in the unavoidable and re-
gretted absence of Mr. Alexander Johnston, M.P., who was
detained from indisposition) took the Chair. Upon the plat-
form we observed a number of the gentlemen who have taken
an interest in the Anti-Corn-law movement in Glasgow, in ad-
dition to a large body of deputies from the country. The body
of the hall was well filled, a considerable number being
members of the working classes.

Mr. WALTER Bnciiarusr, in taking the Chair, said—
Gentlemen, you are all aware that this meeting is held under
the auspices of the Glasgow Anti-Corn-law Association. Its
purpose is to hear statements regarding trade and the condition
of the working classes in those districts from which deputies
have attended, and, at the same time, to communicate to them
a similar kind of information as regards the trade and the con •
dition of the operatives in Glasgow. lam here occupying the
Chair which Mr. Johnston, M.P., ought to hove occupied.
He has been the Chairman of the Anti •Corn-law Association
of Glasgow for many years, and took an active share in ita
preceedings when they were regarded as of much less interest
and importance than they now are, and when the move-
ment for Corn-law repeal occupied a much smaller share of
public attention than It does now. You will all regret with
me that he is not able to be here. Pie many years he has pre-
dicted the ruinous effects of this restiletivcaravetnnixin the in-
dustry and prosperity of the country. After referring to the
meetings which have already taken place, Mr. B. concluded,
I hope we shall follow in the same course net unworthily ; and
I trust that all who look to the vast importance of the subject
for which we have met, will lend it their willing and cordial
co-operation. Glasgow will be looked to over the country,
and I know that the result of this meeting will not afford cause
for disappointment.—(Loud applause. )
REPORTS OF THE DEPUTIES.
Provost lIENDERSON said the town of Paisley was an ex-
ception to the general rule. They had sent no written
answers. The first query put, applied to Paisley, should have
been reversed. Not how many of the population are unem-
ployed, but how many of them are in employment. With them
unemployment was the rule, and employment was the excep-
tion. Comparatively few of the workmen of Paisley were em-
ployed, they were broken up, and to be found wandering about
in every town in the country, begging for bread, independent
of those thousands whom they had at home, supported by charity.
Paisley had literally been martyred by the Corn-laws. When
in Edinburgh two days ago he had heard a report that there
had been a riot in Paisley, and that a granary had been broken
into, his reply on hearing the statement was, " Well, I
would not be surprised though such a thing has taken place ;
but if it has lam glad it was in my absence." He was then
asked what regiment was quartered at Paisley, when he
answered there is some regiment, but it is of little difference,
he would never call them out to compel the people to die for
want. But if it were to go to the worst, if they were to be
deprived of the means of procuring food for the people, and if
a granary, under such circumstances, were to be broken open,
he would never place the lives of the people and the value of
property on the same level. He would not give his consent
that the military should be called out to compel the people
when thus driven to supply themselves with food. He made
this statement deliberately, ad% isedly, and he wished it to go
forth to the Lord Advocate and the Home-office.
DUNDEE.

Mr. BAXTER, President of the Anti-Corn-law Association
of Dundee, said that city contained 66,000 inhabitants, and he
was happy to say that their situation was far better than
the town of Paisley. The spinning population of Dundee
were employed, but their wages were very low, provisions very
high, and great distress existed amongst the out-door weavers,
many of whom were only partially employed. Mr. B. con-
cluded by reading the following statements :
Factory Weavers—Total number of looms, 3,131: of which
in employment, 1,238; partially employed, 504; unemployed,
1,345 ; total of persons employed, 1,319 ; partially employed,
654, unemployed, 1,458 ; starchers employed, 70 ; unemployed,
113 ;—total, 3,331. Of those employed 360 are working Go-
vernment sailcloth, the contracts for which are nearly made up.
Out-door Weavers—The present rate of wages paid for out-
door weaving is not sufficient to enable a married man to pro-
vide the necessary quantity of wholesome food for the use of a
family, independent of clothing and education,—many of the
children are to be seen in this inclement season of the year
without shoes or stockings ; a few only at the age of thirteen
can read, and still fewer can write ; and in very many cases it
is to be feared that extreme poverty has produced in the minds
of parents a disregard to the education of their children, either
moral or religious. In 1836 weavers' wages were 40 per cent.
higher than they are at present. (Mr. Baxter also made some
statements relative to the different trades employed, and the
quantity of butchers' meat consumed, similar to those already
published in The Suit.)

IMPORTS BY rOREIGN VESSELS.
Vessels. Tens.
1834
1840 120........ ....8,250
How did it happen that foreigners were able to carry on lower
terms; but in consequence of the cheapness of their food ? As
it took 30s. to purchase :n this country the same quantity of
wheat which could be bought in Hamburgh at 125., and that
while beef was 6d. here, it was only 21/2d. to 3d. there at far-
thest. Another disadvantage under which the shipping interest
of this country was placed, was, that they were forced to pur-
chase wood from the landlords in England, or be content with
the rotten fir of Scotland, as they could not import the superior
timber of the Baltic. He held it to be quite clear, that except
the timber duties were repealed, their shipping interest would
ze to ruin.—( Hear.) The number of vessels, British and
Foreign,
follows,_which had left Aberdeen in ballast from 1.83_4 was as

._....... .
British vessels left Aberdeen and Peterhead in ballast. :
Vessels. Tons.
1834
1840 lO5 ... ..
Foreign vessels which left Aberdeen and Peterhead in ballast
during the same period.
Vessels. Tons.
1834
1840
In Aberdeen vessels were supplied with ballast, with the sand
dredged out of the harbour, and the returns of vessels which
had left that port in ballast showed perhaps more clearly than
any other thing could do the decrease in their export trade.
The following was a statement of their exports to America be-
ginning with 1834:—.

18834
... 5,221 tons
... 2,320
Thus was their small export trade going to destruction.
Within the last two months two mills had stopped, one of these
employing 500 and the other 300 hands, and such a state of
things could not continue without having its due effect upon
all, in the slightest degree interested in the matter. Another
thing he might remark was that the Custom Duties at Aber-
deen had gone on increasing for many years, and he had
learned from the Comptroller, just before he left, that last
year there was a decrease for the first time of 2,000/. Again
monopolies were fast increasing their paupers. From a list of
the paupers in the Parish of St. Nicholas for the last sixty
years, it appeared that in 1780 there were 420, at an expense
of 5601., and in 1840, 1,600, at 4,600/. The assess •
went in Aberdeen for the poor, up to 1824, had been volun-
tary, but since they had been legally assessed, and it had in-
creased from 4d. to Is. 84. per pound, arid from the centre to
the circumference of the parish, there was an excitement upon
the subject which threatened, as in England, in the end to
send them back to the landlords.—(Cheers.) He had analysed
the poor's roll, and lie kad found that fully one-half of the
poor paupers were from the country parishes.
SALTCOATS:

The state of this locality is principally affected by the con-
dition of the hand-loom weavers, who constitute a great pro•
portion of the population of this village, and of the adjoining
villages of Stevenston and Ardrossan.

KIRRIEMUIR.
The population of the town and parish of Kirriemuir, ac-
cording to the last Csn3us, was 7,001. There are about 2,100
weavers, of whop 1,700 are employed, and the idle and par-
tially employed may be stated at 400. The average weekly
earnings at present is ss. 4d., from which has to be deducted,
for winding, loom-rent, and light, is. 9d. per web.
The poverty at present is greater than at any former period
during the minister's incumbency (thirty years).
AUCHTERMUCHTY.
It appears from the reports before us that in Auctermuchty
parish, including the village of Dunsheth, there are 18•tt7 per
cent, of the weavers out of ernpoyment. The increase of
paupers in this district in 1841, over that of 1831, amounted to
no less than 172.22 per cent.

BAN K FOOT.
The population of this village is between 700 and SOO, of
which 273 are without any means of support. In the year 1624,
a man could earn es. 9d. per week ; in the year 1841, he
could not earn more than 31. Hid.
CUAINOCK.:
Mr. TORRANCE' of Cumnock, said, like the delegate from
Girvan, he also had been nominated by a Chartist, and se-
conded by a Chartist, at the meeting at which he was elected.
In Cumnock there was a universal feeling amongst all classes
in favour of an entire and immediate abolition of the obnoxi-
ous Corn-law.. The population was about 1,200. They were
mostly engaged in agriculture, and the farmers, in consequence
of the pressure of the times, were going rapidly down in the
world. Other trades were bad. The people believed that monopo-
lies, and especially the Corn-law, was the chief cause of all
their sorrow, and they earnestly hoped that this meeting would
have an effect at head-quarters—or the folk up bye, as the
laying is.—(Laughter and applause.)
EDINBURGH.
Mr. Duwtor, of Edinburgh, regretted that, front some
misunderstanding, he had not been able to obtain that informa-
tion which ought to have been laid before this assembly. His
constituents were for no compromise on this subject.
MAUCHLINE.
_ _ _

Mr, Pavoiv, from Mauchline, said—his was a small village.
There were not many idle persons in Manchline, but what work
they had, was very inadequate to support them.
LARGS.

Mr. PERSTON, Largs—From its connection with Paisley,
the principal part of their weaving trade was greatly depressed.
The number of the inhabitants of Largs and its neighbourhood
was 3,000. Of the weavers in the town, 65 were employed,
176 out of employment. Those who depended upon these
were about 159 draw boys, and, 88 pirn winders, who even when
in full employment had miserably low wages. 'fhe general
opinion was that the Corn-law embarrassed trade, destroyed
their means of subsistence, and ruined the best interests of the
country. They were for a total repeal.—(Cheers.)
STRANRAER.
Mr. M'Cuinocii, from Stranraer—Theirs was not a ma-
nufacturing town, but chiefly agricultural. They had a little
connexion with the sea, and the vessels in the port were
the means of supporting trade. They considered that the
Corn-laws were injurious to the farmers, and in his district, he
was happy to state, the farmers were beginning to see that
themselves.
Of Linlithgow, Milton and Duntocher, Maybole, Kilwinnn•
ing, Kilmarnoch, and Kilsyth, similar statements were made.
This concluded theevidence of the delegates, and the meet-
ing adjourned.

Members of the House of Commons who spoke and voted in
support of the same."—(Cheers. ) Mr. Villiers had taken a
part in this question which entitled him to the gratitude of
every Corn-law reformer ' • and amongst the number he might
class Sir. Robert Peel and the Tories. Mr. Villiers had the
merit of having taken up the question of Corn-law repeal at a
time when it was by no means popular. He came forward in
1838, and exhibited an energy, and zeal, and talent, in ex-
posing the evils under which the country laboured from the
Corn-laws, which at once placed him at the head of this move-
ment, and by which he had established for himself an imperish-
able name among all those who were sincerely attached to the
cause.—( Cheers.) We say to these gentlemen, Go on !—Go
on ! there is much yet to do; but in the name of truth and
justice we promise you a triumph.—(Cheers.) And when
the pen of some future !Historian tells of their struggles—
of their assaults often repeated—frequently defeated—but still
renewed, against the selfishness which was opposed to them,
and of the triumph which they shall certainly achieve, it will
not be necessary to pass any vain eulogium on their efforts,
but only to point to revived and prosperous industry—to com-
mercial activity reanimated—to the swelling sails bringing to
the shores of Britain the produce of every clime , and to con-
trast all this with the dark and gloomy days of the landlords'
supremacy.—( Cheers.) The toast was received with great
applause.
Mr. Fox Mature saki—ln the name of my Hon. Friend Mr.
Villiers, and also in the name of the other Members of the
House of Commons referred to, and my own name, I beg that
tkis company will accept of our best thanks for the honour they
have conferred upon us. Mr. Villiers has earned by his con-
duct in the Commons, distinguished as it has been by firmness,
and marked as it has always been by courtesy and gentleness,
—he has earned for himself a monument mere imperishable
than brass ; and long after this great question has been set at
rest by the voice and determination of the combined country,
Mr. Villiers' memory will live as having given the vast stone
its first impulse, and will be endeared to the memory of all
who hold England's greatness fixed in their hearts.—
(Great applause.) Gentlemen, from this vast assembly, re-
spectable in numbers, but infinitely more respectable for the
talent it commands, I will be proud to convey. to Mr. Villiers
the enthusiasm with which his health was received; and I feel
quite sure that even if he needed any encouragement to pro-
ceed in the path which has redounded so much to his credit,
the encouragement of such a meeting as this will give him a
.new impetus on the road:—(Cheers.) When I look to the
position of England—when I look to the station she has hi-
therto held among the nations of the world, having upon al-
most all occasions little to do but to lead the way' either in
peace er war, to have the nations of the world follow in her
path—when I see the proud position she has held, I confess
that it strikes me with alarm to see some of her classes cling-
ing to a course of policy which, in my opinion, must endanger
that position most essentially. What ! is it nothing that
England shall be left isolated in her position, and exposed to
restrictions by the rest of the nations of the world? Can
any arm be more powerful to act against her than a combi-
nation of nations leagued in a commercial treaty from which
England shall be excluded? Are there any enemies of Eng-
land who would like to see such a consummation? Are there
none who, shaded behind the plausible veil of diplomacy
are at present trying to work out such an occurrence ?
My Honourable Friend has mentioned the Germanic
League, extending free trade in all its ramifications. We
have heard it whispered of Spain, so lately bound in the
chains of bigotry and superstition, that she is looking to the
benefits of free trade, and breaking loose from the shackles by
which she has so long been bound; even Spain is whispering
of the benefits she would derive to her people and her finances
from an extended system of commerce. Is England to be be-
hind even Spain in such views as these ? God forbid ! and I
trust that by the energies of the people of England, exhibited
in demonstrations such as this, that those who are banded to-
gether to uphold monopoly, may find their seats so shaken
under them that they shall relinquish them prudently and in
time, else the country will receive a shock, for the cause of
which it can only look to itself.—(Great cheering.) Gentle-
men, it has been said, and very likely with too good reason, that
those who resist the alteration of the Corn-laws, and who most
strongly upheld the present system of things, are the landed
proprietors and the tristocracy of the country. Let me re-
mark to you, however, as belonging to that class, perhaps, that
they are, although much, not altogether to blame. For we
found, not long ago, in a'cliscussion on free trade in the House
of Commons, that certain other monopolists were just as for-
ward as the monopolists of corn to maintain the present impo-
litic system.—( Hear, hear.) For myself, I cannot see why
the landed proprietors should dread the abolition of the Corn.
laws.—(Cheers.) I have looked to the question in all its
various bearings. I have talked to practical agriculturists on
the question—to men who know what the capabilities of soil
are, and what, too, are the capabilities of industrious and ac-
tive heads; and they tell me that, if we will leave them their
own industry and energy free and unshackled, they will get on
tolerably well, even although the Corn-laws are repealed.
—(Hear.) I confess that I have derived some little satisfaction
from a great agricultural meeting which was held lately in
the county of Lincoln. I cannot say that I have received
much satisfaction from its results ; but things took place at that
meeting, where Mr. Christopher developed his plan of a reform
of the Corn.laws, that have given me the greatest satisfaction.
_For when I read that he whom I .had seen in the House of
Cominons, and other friends around me had seen, denouncing
with the fiercest wrath, and the bitterest enmity, any who
presumed to touch these sacred and inviolable laws; when I
have seen that gentleman pour forth torrents of indignation
against my friend, Mr. Villiers, I cannot but hail with some
satisfaction the admission made to the Lincolnshire farmers,
in words admitting of no doubt, that the time had come
when the voice of public opinion was net to be resisted, and a
change must take place in the Corn-laws.—(Tremendous
cheering.) This indeed is consolatory ; but as to Mr. Chris-
topher's plan, I think we may whisper to him that it is not the
plan which public opinion will sanction.—( Renewed cheers.)
Gentlemen, it is nut for me to anticipate what her Majesty's
Government. purpose on this head ; but one channel into which
I see their minds are running, aid which I view, I cenfess,with
some alarm, as tending rather to inflict injury in the country
than to confer a benefit on it, is an extensive system of emigra-
tion.—( Hear, hear.) 1 object most solemnly to a wide door
being thrown open, through which emigration can scarcely be
said to be voluntary, but through which a starving populace,
tempted by the magnitude of the plan, and the prospect of the
success held out to them beyond seas, shall be pushed into a
system of expatriation, terminating not only in increased mi-
sery to themselves abroad—increased misery, because, termi-
nating not only with none of the advantages they were led to
expect, but with all the recollections of home and country
hanging heavy at their hearts, when home and country are no
longer theirs.—(Loud cheers.) Such a system is dangerous to
the country, by removing only the healthy and able-bodied of
our population, and locating them in the colonies, while we
leave the unhealthy and the infirm to be maintained with a
scanty population at home.—(Cheers.) I trust, tlierefoje, the
country will be on its guard against rushing into any extensive
system of emigration. The Hon. Gentleman concluded by
giving "Earl Fitzwilliam, with the Members of the House of
Peers who supported his motion for the considerati▪
on of the
Corn-laws."—( The toast was drank with great cheeri▪
ng.)
The CHAIRMAN gave—" The deputations from various
parts of Scotland, who have honoured us with their presence
on this occasion, and Provost Bain, Greenock."—( Cheers.)
Provost BAIN, of Greenock returned thanks, and gave—
" The Farming Tenantry of Scotland, and may they soon dis-
cover that they derive no benefit from the present Corn-laws."
I understand there are several of this class in the meeting, and
it is most gratifying to know that these gentlemen are at length
beginning to see that they derive no benefit from the laws
which press so severely on other portions of the community.
Mr. SritouLn returned thanks on the part of the farmers,
and detailed the more healthy feeling which was gaining ground
amongst them.
The Rev. Dr. HEUGN, after alluding to the Conference at
Edinburgh, said—From that meeting I have returned with
the conviction deepened, that the essential 'injustice of the
Corn-laws in this country has taken such hold of the minds,
the consciences, and the hearts, of the great body of the Scot-
tish people, from the centre of the country to its utmost cir-
cumference, that they will not now cease from strenuous, de-
termined, but legal efforts, constitutionally, and therefore irre-
sistibly made, until the object they seek, and which they now
feel they have the right rather to demond than implore, shall
be triumphantly accomplished.—( Great cheering.) I have
been requested to propose the following toast;—" Thai the
Corn and Provision-laws are producing a constant increase
of immorality." If you rob one man, • you treat him
unjustly ; surely your conduct does not lose its cha-
racter when you extend your robbery to a hundred]?—(Hear,
hear.) Ide net wish to use language unnecessarily severe ;
bet I cannot but regard these laws as constant infractions of
the law of God, and as etposing the country to his righteous
displeasure.—( Hear, hear.) But, Sir, if the laws are im-
moral, what but immorality can we expect them to pro-
duce ? But from the great, the immorality of these laws is
descending upon the poor; they are rendering the people dis-
contented, restless, desperate ; they are giving to the under
stratum of British society the fearful character of a heated
volcano, stirring its mighty fires for a vast beat—a terrific—a
ruinous outburst. Sir, that is precisely the catastrophe which
from our hearts we deprecate—which, with all the 111 uent,e
Sri can exert, in our persuasions of men, and in our prayers to
,Almighty God, we shall endeavour, while we live, to avert.
But to our rulers we say, avert it also, work with us, give the
people cheap food, do not dash the cup of hope from the
lips of the famishing, the long-suffering people. We ask mo-
rality, we implore mercy, we demand justice—justice and
mercy, which are the pillars of the throne of the Eternal, land
which alone can give stability to ours.—(Loud applause.)
The Rev. Mr. Low of Forfar, had been called upon to pro-
pose " The abolition of all selfish and class legislation. '—
(Cheers.) He rejoiced that the day had come when such a
sentiment could be proposed and responded to—not in a hole
and corner way. as they knew the friends of civil and:religious
liberty were at one time necessitated to speak their conscien-
tious and heartfelt sentiments, but in a large and intelligent
assembly like the present, resolved not to break their bonds of
union till all the oppressed go free, and every shackle be
broken. He trusted the toast which he had risen to propose
would be echoed from this meeting to the city, from this city
to another city, from one towd to another town, from one vil-
lage to another village, from one hamlet to another hamlet,
and from the stranger on the way to the stranger whospasseth
by, giving no rest to those opposed to them till their objectlwas
realised, and till every vestige of class legislation was for ever
abolished.—(Cheers.) It could not be denied the evidence was
accumulating every day they lived, that there was a spirit of
discOntent spreading through the land. This was a spirit
which would spread rapidly. It prevailed at the present, and
a very little might raise a torrent, that would bring down the
throne itself, with the other institutions by which it was sun-
rounded and upheld. If they continued the cause, they must
expect likewise to continue the effect, as selfish and class le-
gislation could not fail to produce discontent in the minds of
those who were placed under its cruel and withering influence.
All that he knew or had heard of her Majesty satisfied him,
that she earnestly desired the prosperity and happiness of the
nation, but still he would take the liberty of saying to her, as
Mordecai answered the words of Esther—he said it not in a
spirit of braving—not in a spirit of threatening, but with a
strong desire for a continuation of the throne, and many of the
excellent institutions of the country—( Hear, hear)--" Think
not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the King's house,
more than all the Jews. For if thou altogether ho!deth thy
peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliver-
ance arise to the Jews from another place ; but thou and thy
father's house shall be destroyed; and who knowetli whether
thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this."—( The
close of the sentence was almost drowned with cheers and dis-
approbation, which continued for some time, and Mr. Low ulti-
mately gave the toast—" The abolition of all selfish and class
legislation," without any further remarks. The toast was
drank with great applause. )
Mr. P. M. SrEwAur, M.P., rose to propose the next
toast, " The abolition of all colonial monopolies of sugar,
coffee, and other tropical produce."—( Applause.) As a part
and parcel of the general and universal principle of free trade,
which they were met here to promote and to further, he gave
this tout with every emphasis he could attach to It

EVENING SUN.
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(Cheers.) He might say of our colonies that
wouldi directly benefit by so'bewaficial a change, ark
t . .
the landed proprietors of this country mast prosper hilltipet-
yival of our commerce and national prosperity.--( Cheers.) tfe
never could comprehend the sentiment which embraced the
foolish notion that the agricultural, commercial, or manufac-
turing part of the community could flourish, while the other
classes were suffering. His opinion was, that they must'
flourish or fade together, and, like our national emblem, the
garland of the rose, the thistle, and shamrock, that they were
bound by a union inseparable, at onee the embleM of our na-
tional existence, and the token of our national strength.--
(Loud cheers.) With these evidences of distress, any Go-
vernment that could assume a careless position under suck
circumstances, must be compared, not to reTeetable citi-
zens, but to men like the Emperor of China, a Brother of the
Moon—(Laughter)—who, far superior to all terrestrial com-
y
motions, looked with unconcern at the fall of the stoutest of
his places—saw the boldest of his soldiers. running awa that
they " might live to fight another day' 'and in Pekin li-earnt
of security—while our troops were at his door demanding re-
paration for the past, and security for the future—he main-
tained that as moonstruck must be that Alimster who dreams,
like his prototype, the Emperor of China, that he shall be able
to uphold our commercial legislation, or save the erasure from
the statute book of this law, which pressed so heavy taxation on
their suffering fellow-countrymen, and to denounce which was
the main cause of their meeting this evening. Mr. Stewart
concluded amidst thunders of applause.
Mr. R. Wscr.r.ace, ALP., differed much from some of his
Parliamentary friends, who imagined that the Corn-laws would
soon be repealed. He did not think their object would be so
easily attained. It was understood that whatever might be in
the speech from the Throne at the opening of Parliament,
they (the Corn-law repealer:) would be quiescent till after
Easter. He, for one, would say no such thing. He would
say to them, be on the watch-towers, for if their friends who
were reckoned the most active did not bring forward their mo-
tion in the House of Commons, others would do it.—( cheers.)
They should give their enemy nu rest. They should be pre-
pared by the 3d of February, and give Sir Robert Peel no rest
till he went to the church on Good Friday.—(Laughter and
cheers.) This should be the tactics. He did not know what
tactics had been definitely resolved upon with reference to the
Anti. Corn-law movement, but he for one would be in the
right place on the opening of Parliament, and if he could., by
hook or crook, he would for one break down the selfish system
till it would never rise again. He gave 7 A just and equal
system of taxation."—(The toast was thee drank with three
times three and loud cheers.)
The Hon. Fox MA uhe, M.P., proposed thy health of the
Chairman, after a complimentary speech.
Mr. Oswa en, M.P., returned thanks.

Mr. UUTHERFORD, ALP., after alluding to the Reform
Act, said—The people of Scotland had already accomplished
what was little short of a revolution, without crime or turbu-
lence, but with sobriety and peace.—( Cheers.) It was im-
possible that truth should not prevail. It was impossible that
a truth, which involved the peace of the empire at large, should
not at last force its way into the minds of reluctant parties
the Legislature, till their cause was successful He said, le
them profit front history, and from recent experience. Le,
theta pursue the same course at present which they did ten
years ago. Let them held meetings. Let them exercise mu-
tual forbearance. Let them sacrifice minute differences of
opinion. Let them not look behind, but press forward to the
mark of their calling, and the day would be theirs ; the tri-
umph could not be far distant—(Great applause)—and, in ac-
complishing that object, another proof was added of the great
truth of Isis toast, that ‘. the progress of knowledge was the
only sufficient guarantee for the diffusion and permanence of
free itistitutions."—( Cheers.)
Mr. A. GRAHAM was received with loud cheers. The aboli-
tion of the timber monopoly, though it. may prove a dry subject,
is nevertheless a most important toast: at all events, I pro
untie not to occupy many minutes of your time. This mono-
poly has been principally instrumental in provoking the pre-
sent retaliative exclusion of British manufactures from all the
timber-growing countries of Europe. It has also increased by
100 per cent. ,or just doubled the cost of the raw material of
the woodwork of all buildings, thereby adding one-fifth or 20
per cent.to the cost of their erection.—(dear, hear.) In
British built. ships, the monopoly price of timber has been still
inure pernicious. A ship built at Leith costs 30 per cent.
higher than a similar vessel built at Dantzis, and should we by
the same rule measure the enhancement of the cost of all Bri-
bes built ships, the amount of waste from this source would be
enormous. Thus does this monopoly sit as an incubus on our
commercial marine. It is thus that we exhibit. the inconsist-
ency of a nation proud of its maritime ascendancy—a nation
showing from generation to generation, as household words, the
supremacy of its wooden walls, and yet cherishing a monopoly
calculated to weaken their foundation.—( Loud cheering.)
Down, then, with this as with all other monopolies—they pa-
ralyze our internal industry, arid limit our foreign commerce--
. they keep our currency and exchanges in a continual fever of
fluctuation—they convert our corn trade into a system of jug-
gling and gambling speculation, and render our very subsist-
ence the sport of the elements—they make the representatives
of the people be viewed by them as their oppressors, and accu-
mulate in the breasts of the poor towards the rich a mine
of hatred, which threatens, like a volcano, to burst out and
overwhelm society—they forbid that daily breadior which we
are taught to pray, and blasphemously intercept the proffered
bounties of Heaven.

Mr. DulicAN, M.P. for Dundee, gave " The Liberal
Clergy of all denominations." It would be appreciated and
responded to by men of enlightened and liberal opinions of all
denominations. And they all knew, they daily saw the exer-
tions of that useful body of individuals, consoling the distressed
and alleviating the woes of suffering humanity.—(The toast
was responded to with three times three.)
Mr. A. G. SPFIKS proposed " Equality of Civil nights t•
all denominations."

Mr. P. W. STEWAytT then called upon the company to make
a bumper out of their heel-tap:7, to a toast which he had to
propose. He would remind them before they parted that they
bad their Vices. although they bad been very complete that
night, for amongst so many as two thousand persons there
would be many vices. He would give them five vices—the
five Viccs-Chairmen—to whom thvy owed to much, namely,
Messrs. Alexander Graham, Walter Buchanan, Jahn Tennant,
James Lumsden, and William Gray.—(The toast was drank
with all the honours.)

Mr. Lu snesr, a short but happy speech, returned
thanks for himself and colleagues, and congratulated the com-
pany on the happiness they enjoyed, and on the prospect of good
which was likely to result from the present meeting.
The CIIAI till AN, in conclusion, proposed three cheers for
the ;total abolition of the Corn-laws, which was heartily
respondedito by the company. Three cheers were successively
called for and given for the Queen, Prince Albert, and Mr.
Fox Maule. The vast assemblage broke up with the greatest
decorum and good feeling.

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