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92 danger, from which it cannot be preserved unless the duties upon foreign corn and all other articles of food be immediately abolished.

", That a subscription be forthwith commenced, for the purpose of carrying forward the proceedings of the Anti-Corn-Law Association, in a manner commensurate with the obstacles to be surmounted, and worthy of the vitally important object for which it has been established.

" On the motion of P. Novelli, Esq,, seconded by J. C. Dyer, Esq.,

",—That the following gentlemen constitute a finance committee, for the purpose of receiving the money now subscribed; and that they may he empowered to solicit further pecuniary aid in the  neighbourhood, in the name of this meeting:—

"On the motion of James Chapman, Esq., seconded by William Evans, Esq.,

",—That the gentlemen now composing the Provisional Committee of the Manchester Anti-Corn-Law Association, a list of whose names appeared in several Manchester newspapers on the 29th of December, and the gentlemen present, not included in the list, be one General Committee, with power to add to their number, for the management of the Anti-Corn-Law Association, subject to the resolutions already passed of such Provisional Committee.

The following amounts were announced:—