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Mr. H. Elphinstone, the member for the borough of Lewes, was the next speaker, and expressed his decided conviction that the landlords were greatly injuring their own interests by their support of monopoly. The Rev. John Burnett, of Camberwell, followed, and claimed the right of every dissenting minister, and every Christian, to interfere in all and every thing that affected the welfare and happiness of their fellow men; for they read in their Bible, and they thought, as Christians, that all men are brothers; that God had made them all of one blood; that all the races of men, and all inhabitants of all nations of the earth, were to be practically held as brothers, whatever might be their clime, their origin, or their colour; and that, holding to that principle, they protested against the Corn Law as flagrantly opposed to it. The meeting closed after brief speeches by Mr. L. Heyworth and Mr. T. M. Gibson.