The usual weekly meeting of the Anti-Corn-law League was held
at Newell's Buildings in Manchester on Thursday evening. Mr. George Wilson, the Chairman, reported progress in the new agitation ; describing the organization of committees in several large towns, near Man- chester as completed, and as advancing elsewhere. He stated that Mr. Buckingham had been engaged as one of the lecturers of the League: his duty would be to visit all the large towns, cities, and boroughs in the kingdom. One of their lecturers had already traversed twenty-seven parishes in the country, and had left not a single dwelling-house un- visited, or without tracts for perusal. The Secretary stated that letters had been received `from between three hundred and four hundred indi- viduals, including fifty ministers of religion, offering cooperation. Mr. Wilkins announced the receipt of a donation of 30/. from a landowner seventy years of age, and a second donation of 10/. from another gentle- man. Addresses were delivered by the Reverend Mr. Ralph of Wigan and Mr. Thomas Gisborne, vice Mr. Joseph Hume, who was kept away by the death of a relation ; and the speakers received the thanks of the meeting.
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