The Anti - Corn - Law Circular of Tuesday contains an account of the
" commencemeat of the Anti-Corn-law movement in Sheffield." On Thursday week, a meeting of deputies from the Trades of the town was held; and Mr. Wardle proposed a resolution, declaring the opera- tion of the Corn-laws to be highly injurious to the manneteturing and comittereial interests, and the necessity of a " repeal or great altera- thou " iii those laws. Many of the deputies spoke briefly, declaring the opinions of the Trades they represented, which were universally against the laws; but most of them declined to interlinre in the question, as
they wished to keep clear of polities. Mr. Wardle withdrew his motion, in favour of the following amendment-
, " That a portion of the wtwking men of Sheffield, viewing the baneful effects of the Corn-laws, do films a committee to take into consideration the best means of promoting their abolition." The Leeds Mercury of the ead says—" It is a difficult thing to con- vey aa idea of the stagnant state of things in our tloth-halls this week, then ail perhaps not worse than for ihe last fortnit.ht. Until there are setae remittances from the United StaWs, well :is some speedy settle- meet about the late eeizares in that country. to t-ay nothing of the emeetary difficulties in whielt that country ti leis itself entangled, it aims,: vain to hope far aliy aowndment. There its lit been enough Intsiness done to establi,it a fall or otherwlse it prieia. Manufacturers seem wit to know 110W 10 pr,,eit, and in..) tall: of actually standing still for the present. Our tiweign merchants are Iheadly doing nothing.
a omelets from Manchese'r state that the " little life " which re- maine•I in " the piece and yarn 111ml:et had beet tote nearly extinct."
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