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252 and to the honorary secretaries, which closed the proceedings of the convocation.

On the day in which the conference was opened in Manchester, the following resolutions were passed at a meeting of ministers in connection with the congregational dissenters of Carnarvonshire, held in the Independent Chapel, at Sharon, near Carnarvon:—

"That the present Corn Laws are impolitie in principle, unjust in operation, and cruel in effect; they are condemned throughout the sacred volume they are opposed to the benignity of the Creator, and they are at variance with the very spirit of Christianity!

"That it is the sacred duty of every Christian sect, denomination, and creed, to use every means and every influence within their power, towards having such unjust and unchristian laws removed from among the statutes of this great empire.

"We, therefore,from our souls, sympathise with our brethren met in conference, and earnestly pray that the blessing of the Almighty, in whose hands are the destinies of nations and kingdoms, may crown their holy labours with triumphant success.

"W.Williams, Carnarvon. Richard Parry, Conway. W. Ambrose, Fort Madoc. James Jones, Cupel Helyg. Owen Thomas, Talysern. John Williams, Llanberis. Griffith Thomas, Sharon. John Sennar, Llansaintffraid. David Davies, Colwyn. William Hughes, Sharon."

Advantage was taken of the presence of so many ministers in Manchester, to hold two great tea parties in the Corn Exchange; one on Thursday evening, of the Young Men's Anti-Monopoly-Association; and the other, on Friday evening, each attended by eight hundred persons, including a great number of ladies, the principal speakers being the Rev. T. Adkins, the Rev. Mr. Bailey, Earl Ducie, Rev. T. Spencer, Mr. George Thompson, Mr. Gisborne, and the Rev. W. Gadsby. For several weeks after these gatherings, accounts reached the League from towns and villages in all parts of the kingdom, at which ministers, who had been present at the conference, had given a history of its proceedings, and exhorted their hearers to put their hands to the good work.