The membersof the Manchester Anti-Corn-law Association assembled on Wednesday evening,
to receive the report of the Manchester Delegates. Mr. Cobden bestowed great praise on Mr. Villiers, whose speech he described as of unrivalled excellence. Sir Robert Peel carefully avoided grappling with the principles Mr. Villiers laid down, but built up an argument of his own, for the purpose of demolishing' it. But Mr. Cob- den knew that the landowning interest were much dissatisfied with Sir Robert's speech : a friend writing. front London assured him of this fact; alsoe that the course pursued by the Delegates in the conduct of this question was considered judicious. Mr. Cobden added, that a majority of the Delegates were anxious to convert the Anti-Corn-law Delega- tion into an association of a political character; but he hoped that no- thing would be done to prevent the agitation against the the Corn-law from becoming general throughout the country. Resolutions were Pitt sed in approbation of the conduct of the Delegates, and recommend- ing the continuance of agitatiou. Several gentlemen said that the
minority on Mr. \liners's motion was larger titan they xpected, and that the prospects were encoutraging.
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