Anti-Corn-law meetings have been held in Glai:gow and Leeds. In
Glasgow, the non-electors having been excluded, the Chartists were in a minority ; and in Leeds only a few were present. lf, however, the Cliartists should exhibit similar forbearance elsewhere, it will not be front lack of provocation to mischief. In two of our Ministerial organs they are taunted with weakness and paucity of numbers ; and their "signal defeat" at Leeds is announced in a tone of bravado. The signal defeat of one hundred by six thou- sand--a glorious victory no doubt. When the Chartists choose to assemble in force, they generally leave the middle classes little room for boasting. MOli is said of the necessity of union between employers and their-workmen against the Corn-laws: is that combination likely to be promoted by calling the Chartists " ruffians," with the Globe's Glasgow correspondent, or describing them as idle and dissolute, as in the Morning Chronicle's report of the Leeds meeting?
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