ABSTRACT
A considerable rise in the price of corn after the harvest of 1836, a pressure upon the money market, and tho failure of some banks, gave indication that the prosperity which had for some time been enjoyed was not to be of much longer continuance. Towards the end of the year an Anti-Corn-Law Association was formed in London, with the following gentlemen for its committee:—
John Blackburne, M.P.,
Joseph Brotherton, M.P.,
J. S. Buckingham, M.P.,
William Clay, M.P.,
P. Chalmers, M.P.,
T. S. Duncombe, M.P.,
H. Elphinstone, M.P.,
William Ewart, M.P.,
George Grote, M.P.,
D. W. Harvey, M.P.,
Benjamin Hawes, M.P.,
Joseph Hume, M.P.,
J. P. Leader, M.P.,
Sir W. Molesworth, M.P.,
James Pattison, M.P.,
Richard Potter, M.P.,
J. A. Roebuck, M.P.,
Joshua Scholefield, M.P.,
Colonel Thompson, M.P.,
C. A. Talk, M.P.,
Thomas Wakley, M.P.,
Robert Wallance, M.P.,
Dr. J. Wyatt Crane,
John Crawfurd,
Ebenezer Elliott, Sheffield,
Thomas Falkoner,
E. W. Field,
Edmund Fraser,
Alexander Galloway,
Thomas F. Gibson,
Dr. J. M. Gully,
G. H. Heppel,
William Howitt, Nottingham,
W. Ibbotson, Endcliffe Hall,
J. W. Liggins,
Captain M’Arthur Law,
John Marshall, Leeds,
Elias Moss, Liverpool,
Robert Nicol, Leeds,
Francis Place,
Archibald Prentice, Manchester.
W. G. Prescott,
Goorge Charlwood,
John Anderson,
J. W. Anderson,
W. H. Ashurst,
Samuel Bailey, Sheffield,
Augustus Beaumont,
William Bitton, Portsmouth,
Dr. J. R. Black,
Laman Blanchard,
J. E. Body,
John Bridgeford, Sheffield,
George Brown,
Richard Burnett,
W. Byers, Devonport,
Thomas Campbell, L.L.D.,
H. S. Chapman,
Thomas Pront,
Samuel Revans,
W. D. Saull,
Samuel Simes, Brighton,
Colonel Leicester Stanhope,
Major H. C. Smith,
J. L. Stevens,
William Tait, Edinburgh,
Dr. John Taylor, Glasgow,
John Travers,
H. Waymouth,
William Weir, Glasgow,
R. G. Welford,
John Wilson,
Charles Wood,
John Ashton Yates.
