The Preston petition the repeal of the ('ern-laws received 5,000
signatures in a fee- •ho s aml it is expected, that trehle dint number will be ohtained hcems it is despet.:iled to Loodoo for presentation to Parliameet.
Two it..-' ii hav e heen held at Dances:. s re: the Corn-laws The first was callsil I. the oppdemes 1,`; those lees, and a petition for their
repeal earned oppositi ii. The the !heelers and sup- porters of the fessesely ;Ii, the fsies.s, ..•I role mustered at this meeting, and resole:ions fseoar.•,/ the I 'ern 'Ise., '6.(21'l! C:11711.2(1 by a huge majority.
Anti-Corn-law meetings have alto been held at Wolverhampton, Stockton, and Lichfield. Next \V1 ii there will be a meeting at Sheffield, the Master Soler in the chair. •
Deputies from the prim•ipal Iliinlaarturing towns have been appointed tir, meet at an early day in Londan. At a late meeting of the Ma:Hamster Chamber of Commerce, it was stated by Mr. Ashurst, that in 1?-4;8 the home trade took 84,000,000 pounds of tomottioAtt red cotton goods ; but in Its:19 the h onto demand was only tioanesseet.
The revenue of the port of' Hull for 1838 Was 758,4321.; for ts39, 884,4431.—excess of 1839, 126,011/. How much of this excess must be put to the account of Corn-duties?
Trade in Manchester, Leeds, and other manufacturing towns in the North. continues iu a very distressed state.
A. church-rate has been carried at Lancaster, by a majority of 884 to 749.
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