. The news from the provinces this morning is of
a cheering charac- ter. The Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce and Manufactures held their annual Meeting on Wednesday, and, by a majority of 23 to 4, adopted the report of a Committee which recommended petitions to Parliament for the immediate abolition of the Corn-laws, and that com- mon cause should be made with their brethren in Glasgow and other places in craving to be heard at the bar of the Houses of Parliament.
Mr. Johnston and Mr. Weir have been appointed to represent the Glasgow Anti-Corn-law Association at the great Manchester dinner, on Wednesday next. The draft of the Glasgow petition was submitted to a meeting of the Association. The speeches were full of hope.
A preparatory meeting of Lord John Russell's constituents was held at Stroud on Wednesday, to set on foot a petition against the Corn- laws, which is to be proposed formally at another meeting soon to be convened. Seventeen hundred persons were present at these prelimi- nary proceedings ; and it is expected that the next meeting will be attended by a vast multitude. Mr. Jelinger Symons was the principal speaker on Wednesday.
The Mayor of Stockport and other gentlemen will form a deputation to the Manchester dinner.
A special meeting of the Derby Town-Council is summoned for Monday next, to adopt a petition against the Corn-laws.
On Thursday the inhabitants of Greenwich meet at Stockwell, in Kent, for the same purpose.
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