The Sun.
London, England, 1857-06-15 00:00:00

TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR VIE WEEK.

Miles Receipts.
opened. NAME OF RAILWAY.
1857. 1857. 1856.
.....--,
BRITISH. A A
115 1 anerdeen •• •• •• .... •• •• -••••• •• •• - -
65 I Belfast and Ballymena ........,...... 1,261 993
17 Belfast and County D0wn............ - -
33 I Birkenlwed, Lancashire, and Cheshire 3.718 2,676
26!4 Bolton, Btackburn,s,nd West York .... - -
117 ' Bristol and Exeter ...... • • .......... 6,931 6,663
198 14 - Caledonian. •. •• •• •• •• ••••••••• e• 0. 13.368 12,031
94 1 I Chester and Holyhead •• ........ 5,776 5,614
...
"29 Cork, Blackrock, and Passage •• •• •• 270 274
20 Cork and Bandon .. •............... 343 275
56 Dublin and Ballast function ........ 1,071 1,193
63 Dublin and Drogheda •. - ......... 1,618 1,573
4059 Dublin and Kingstown •• .• - ........ 2,313 2,056
16% D'lndoe and Arbroath .............. 652 636
31 i Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junction 1.101 1,026
36 I Dundalk and Enni5ki11en............ 461 40G
67% East Anglian.... •• •S •• I. I•••••••• •• •• 1.114 197
93 I East Lancashire •• • • .... •• .. •• •••• •• 9,073 6.575
489 Eastern Counties and Norfolk.. •• •• 1 28,611 22,951
Eastern Union - -................ 3
142 Edinburgh and Glasgow .•• •• •• •••• •• 6 334 5,910
123 Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee."... 3,520 3,445
6 Exeter and Crediton- - ............ - -
22 Furness Railway •• . -- - • ...... - -
183 X Glasgow, and South-Western........ 7,229 6.124
283 Groat Northern •..
20314 Great Southern and Western (Ireland) 6.279 6,717
452 Great Western ....
25% 1 Irish South Eastern ................247 228
90 i Lancaster and . larlisie ........ ..
/864 1 Lancashire and Yorkshire 32,167 22,513
- Leeds Northern.• •• -••••••- • • • • •• -. . -
16a I Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport • . -
637 ' London and North wastern .... 65,410 63,554
5% London and flisclm all •.•••••• • • • • • • 1,873 1,681
18 A % London, Brighton, and South Coast.. 17.703 11,392
277 London and South We5tern......... 19,016 18,817
60 London4erry and Enniskillen ........ 803 681
- Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, &e. - -
173% Manchester, Sheffield, 4nd Lincolnshire 14,501 9,4 :*9
959 Manchester and South Junction."... 2,093 846
28 Maryport and Carlisle •............. 1,1'64 1,005
667 Midland ..... .................... 34,030 28,649
177 MMland Great Western (Irish) ...... 4,428 3,505
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7814 Newcastle and Carlisle.. • • .......... - -
149 North British •• .. - .....• .. --- .• 5,340 5.196
233 North Staffordshire • • ............. 8,662 7,057
47 N. rrth-Western ••..••.• .. .. .. •• .. 918 929
87 Icottish Central ...................• -
3214 Scottish Midland • ............... ..
29 Shrewsbury and Birmingham ...... 1,-920 1,630
484 Shrewsbury and' hester ............ 2,928 2,627
30 Shropshire Union .• •••••••• • • • • • • • • 1,069 9:17
57 death Devon •••••••-•••••• •• •• •• •• 2,894 3,144
30149 South Ea5tern...................... 22.437 20,700
1,1 South Wale?, ..........•........... 7,407 7,059
108 N South York., Doncaster, and Goole .. 3,023 2,074
39 raff Vale •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• t• •• •• •• •• 5,2 8 4,391
36 Ulster . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 1,5'26 1,409
77 Waterford and Limerick ............ 1,185 1,374
27 West Cornwall ...... ..... ....... 630 184
1214 Whitehaven Junction ............... 505 3 6
682 York and Newcastle, and Berwick &
Ywit and North Midland & Leeds.. - -
FOREIGN.
109 Dutch Rhenish -•••••• •• •• •••• 3,528 2,100
344 Lyons and Mediterranean .......... - -
63 Montereau and Troyes .......". •• .. - -
- Namur and Liege .. •• •••• •• •• •• •• •• - -
415 Northern of France ................ 37,660 34,551
- Orleans and Central .. ..... ........ -
387 Parts and i.) 008 .• ••-••- •• • • .... - -
- Paris and Rouen. .. ..... - .. •• ....
- -
566 Paris and Strasburgh ........... .. - -
.</men an, ,44vre.• .. ~ ...... .. ~
..
- -
548 West and North-West of
France - .• -

WARRHOITSEMEN AND CLERKS' SOHOOLS.—EIAMINA-
TIoN BY Lunn J. RtissELL —On Saturday an examina-
tion of these schools to k pl Ace at Hatcham-grove House,
Na v-cross. More than 800 ladies and gentlemen were
present ; Lord J. Rue ell took the chair. After the exa-
mination, of the pupils in divinity, English history, geo-
graphy, biography, English grammar and literature,
Latin and arithmetic, the noble chairman said he bad
great pkasure in meeting so large an assemblage of the
founders and supporters of the institution, and he bad to
congratulate them upon the manner in which thechildren
had manifested thecare withwhich tbeireducation had been
conducted, and which he trusted would lead to their success
in life; but, above all things, it was to be desired that the
e
knowledge they here acquired would not only fit them
for a succes.ful career in this life, but tend to promote
their eternal welfare. After complimenting the master
and mistress (Mr. and Mrs. Roberts), arid eulogising the
gereral rnar:agernetit Of the institution. he declared. his
desire at all times to aid in promoting its interests • and
e,,ncluded by cordially wishing it continuous prosperity.
Ilia hird,,hip's remarks were most enthusiastically
(thebusi an
asttriescalaNdViLaressed the meeting.Yrer
re-
ceived. Mr. Sarum Motlaevyi,r.
g I.
and other genftimen, b
the proceedings terminated with dancing on the lawn,
to the inip=ic of the band of the Royal Artillery.
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ACA' ISTA.
FIRST TABLEAY—Terpsichore, Madlle. Rolla ; Acalista,
Madame Perea Nena; Aglaia, Thalia, and Euphrosyne, Mdlle.
Michelet, Mdlle. Karliski, and Mdlle. Brunetti; Amyn as,
M. Baratti.

SECOND TABLEAU—(The Vis'on Realised).— Seville
Acalista, Madame Perea Nena ; Conchitti and Carmen, Mdls.
Pascinali and Morlaccbi ; Pepe, M, Gambardelli; Manolo,
M. Massot. SPaniards.
For particulars, gee bills.

A limited number of Boxes hi the Half•circle Tier have been
specially reserved for the public, and mty be had on app
ica-
tion at the Dolt-office, at the Theatre Co'onnade, Haymarket.
Price One Guinea and One Guinea and a Half each.
The Second Morning Performance on Monday, June 29,
with all the principal Artistes or the Estaolishment Full
particulars will be duly announced.

ES BOUFFES PARISIENS—St, JAME,'S
Jl.-41 THEATRE. Triumphant Success of the
FRENCFf PLAYS

THIS EVENING (MONDAY), Juie 15, the entertain
ments will commence at hale-past 8 o'clock precisely, by
the •performance of Opera-Comicino, en un acts L'OPERA
AUX FENETRES. M. Leunce, M. Tayau, M. Charles
Petit, and Mdlle Mace.

After which (for the third time) Operette, en nu acte,
LE SAVETIER ET LA FINANCIER. M. Pradean, M.
Mesa:mere, M. Guyot, M. Aiithooloi, Mdlle. Mare.chal
To conclude with (for the second time) LA ROSE DE
ST. FLOUR. M. Pradeau, M. Chas. Petit, and Md.le. Dal-
mont.

The Orchestra of the The tre des Bouffes will ace •m-
-pany these Representations, under the direction of the
composer, M. Offenbach.

This Engagement being limited to one month, Performances
will be given EVERY EVENING.

Boxes, stalls, and tickets may be engaged at Mr. Mitchell's
Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street.

T HT: A TRE-R ol' DRURY-LANE
Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith.

OPEN EVERY EVENIN 1.

GREAT EQUESTRIAN AMERTC VN and CONTINENTAL
COMPANY, under t,,e direction of Miss Ella,
Prices—Pit and Promenade,ls ; Bose, 2s. 6,i , 25., and Ts.
61; Galleries, 6d. Doors open at half-past 7. Commence
at 8.

First Equestrian Artistes in the World : - Madame Schap-
lain, Madame Newsome, La Petite Wells, Signora Delavanti,
and Miss Ella ; Miss E. J. Wells, Mdlles. Flora, Fable, and
and Marie, MiesesNewsome, Moffatt, Delavanti, Potter. Jen-
nings ; the Manchester Boy, Masters J. Wells, A Wells, E.
Moffatt, •Ifenrico and Carlo Delavanti, Sig. F,l:x Delavanti,
Mons. Becq, Mons. Ferdinand, Mons. Eugene, Mr. Torn
Swann, Mr. B. Fuller, Mr. W. Faller, and the great Shake-
p Sian Wallett, will appear each evening in a series of
Performances, original and unapproachable. Director—Mr.
Stokes, Acting Manager—Mr. E. Stirling.

OY AT, PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
H.. 1" THIS EVENING will ba performed
Shakespere's trAgely of
KING RICHARD THE SECOND.
King Richard 11., Mr. C. Kean ; Queen, Mrs. C. Kean.
Preceded by A GAME OF ROMPS.

THE..kTRE ROY IL, IT 4 VMARICET
Lessee—Mr. J. B. Biv,icstone.
THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock. with
anew drama, in two periods, entitlel THE HUSBAND OF
AN FICILTII. Mr. Blackstone, &c.
Followed by a new farce, MY SON', DI INA!
After whit,,, the successfu Classical Love Story. un-
der the Apple-lation of A •'AL X.NTA ; or, The Three O)lden
Apples: in which Miss M MYer will appear; also Miss H.
Wilton, and Miss Ellen Ternan.
In future the prices will be:--
Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole or the
evening), es. each. (No charge for booking.)
First Price. s. d. Second price. s. d
Dress Boxes 5 0r) .03 Boxes 3 0
Upper Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes._
Pit 2 0 pit. 1 0
Lower Gallery 1 0 Tower Gallery 0 6
Upper Galley), 0 eNo half-price to Upper Gallery.

THEATRE ROYAL, ADEL pnr.
Lest,ee--Mr. Bon. \Vehster.

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THIS EVENINq, b 3 performed the now drama of
GEORGE DARVILLE. in which Mr. Beni iminWe.,ster, Arr.
Wright, Mr. Paul Pedforl. ail Machme ocleßto sill perform.
After which THE PRETTY GIRL"; OF STILBERG,
in which Mr Web ter will app-ar.
To conchae with A NIGHT AT NOTTING-HILL. Mr.
Wright, ikc.

'LOYAL SIJIt R. X" THEATRE,
LMAICMY4, Mesvirs. Shoplierl aryl Cr9SWiCk.
THIS Irv'ENING will be performed LA TRAVIATA.
ltfr. Haig', an 1 Llcv .Escott.
To conclude with JACK ROYAL.
Johnstone, and Ms; rourne.

Aressrs. Shepherd, E.

TRA ND THE 4T`1,174,. —Le4s-e, Mr. T. Payne.-
1.7 —Si.vinr ALFRED 130SCO has alhieved a
tirnate triamp7,, and established his repntatiou as the
Chef Professor of Legerdemain. His won,lerfal performance
—his gorg,:ons apparatus—MA unriyallei programme—haya
received the pablie v. rdiet—Tnimitai)'e Stalls, 3s ; boxes,
2s ; pit, Is • gallery, 6,1, A Morning Performance on Satnr•-
lays,at2.

ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE.
Leßsee, Mr. Alfred Wigan.
MIS EVENING, will he revived Murphy's cam,dy
'of ALL IN THE WRONG. Mr. Robson,
After which, a new drama, called DADDY HARDICRE,
Mr. Robson, Sze.

Commence at half-pat Seven.

" Man's love is of man's life a thing apart,
'Ti wonlan's whole t xster.ce."

He has a thousand matters to distract a`tetition
to enable him to bear his misery, but there is no
alleviation to her misfortune. She pines in hopfe
less misery, without the prospect of better times :
and yet, while every facility is to be afforded to
the injured husband, all redress is denied to the
injured wife ! Is this fair Is it manly or
straightforward ? What right-mieded man can
lay his hand on his heart and conec:entiously re-
spond is the affirmative to these interrogatories ?
And yet it is a portion of the stunted measure
now before the Legislature, that, with but few
and rare exceptions, so monstrous in their very con-
ception as to practically render the rule universal,
woman shall obtain no redress, while, by a refiue-
merit of insult, we find Right Reverend Prelates
and others endeavouring to prevent the guilty
party, i.e., the woman—for to t 'en], if innocent,
they do not efferd relief—contracting another
and a happier marriage. To the man they allow
the w.deat possible letitude, but give nothing to
the woman, whether innocent or guilty. She is
still, by a refinement of Mezentian. cruelty,
chained to the dry and sapless corpse, and, as
Lord BROUGHAM explained, left " not altogether
free, nor aitogether fettered." Part of her chain
was removed, but some links were left clanking
round therags to which they were pleased to reduce
her. She was not to marry again. She was reduced
to the horrible alternative of prostitution or want
—of sinning or starving, of the streets or the work-
house I" And this is the boasted refinement of
England in the latter part of the 19th century—
the chivalrous treatment which the fair sex is to
receive from the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in
tee year 1857 I
As to her property, she is, if possible, more un-
fairly treated. Her separate existence is, in the
large mejority of cases, merged in that of her hus-
band. The provision which the anxious solicitude
of a loving father laid by for her security from
want, may be squandered by the prodigality of a
worthless husband, or seiz,,d on' by his creditors !
Even though it should be tied up by pre-nuptial
settlements, and freed from the debts, control,
and interference of the husband, the moment it is
reduced into possession it can be seized, whe-
ther in the shape of money or goods,
unless every article purchased be vested
in Trustees. And even the earnings of the
wife, -What she has obtained by her own labour
may be taken away to be spent in dissipation,
While her: elf and children are enduring the most
bitter privations !

STLEY'S ROY &L AMP [TIT HEATRE
AND OPERA. HOUSE.

LI3-41e 4nd Manlger, Mr. W. Cooke.
Under the patronage of Her Majesty and Ifis.Royal Highness
Prince Albert.
THIS EVENING (Monday, June I's), will be produce,
for the first Vino at this theatre, Walitce's admired opera of
MARITANA, with Equestrian
On SATURDAY, June 20 (first time), &Mill's c lebrated
open of LA SONNAMBULA.
Miss Rebecca Isaacs, Mr. Augustus I3raliarn,
Miss M. Somers, Mr. Bronklionse Bowler,
and Mr. Francis Kirby, and
Miss Ellen Thirlwall. Mr. Borrani.
Conductor and Composer—Herr Moyer Lutz.
With a powerful Band and Chorus.
Manager and Director of the Opera Company—Mr. Augustus
Braliam.

Ts conclude with Mr. W. Coolie's incomparable SCENES in
the ARENA.
CommeLce at seven o'clock. Dress RDITES. 4s. ; Upper.
Boxes, 3s. ; Private Bores, from Vs., no charge for booking;
Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, ls. ; Upper Gallery, 6(.1
Notice- --During the Opera Season Half-price will take place
et 9 o'clock.

Bixof co open from Elevan till Four. Stage Manager,
Mr, W. West. Equestrian Director, Ntr. W. Cooke, jun.

CANTERBURY HALL. Westruinsrer-roa(l.
OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow,
:ng company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance o;
'elections from all the popular Operas, Madrigals, Choruses,
Glees, Duets, circ., viz.: Mis 3 E Pearce, Mrs. J. Caulfield,
Miss Brunoll, Miss Summers, and Madame Marietta ; Mr.
Caulfield, Herr F, Jonghmans, R. Grover, T Farrant, S.
o iec, J. Btrker. W Me)liisg, P. —orri Senor Antonio M.
de Sella, and E. L. lime • Masters Bennett and Corri;
Messrs. Sam Collins, and E. Macknev. riannfort,,,
Mr. Cecil Hicks harmonium, J. Caulfield, jun ; greeter,
Mr. J. Caulfield. Commence at Seven o'clock •precisely.
Suppers, &c., until twelve o'clock.,

TO CORRESPONDENTS.
MR. J. N. STUBBS.

If this meets the eye of Mr. J. N. Stub's he
will please inform the Editor, that a communica-
tion from his Brother in India may be forwarded
to him.

13"-°ffice, 112, Strand, Jun© 11, 1851.

i41()11 WATRII AT LONDON BRI g.
T IS DAT—Mon. 59 min. aft. 6 —Even. 29 rota. et 7
TO•14011101r—Ilorn. 0 rain. aft. B—Ever., 31 min. aft. 8

TIIE WEATHER.—Stris °alioit, JUNE H.
THERMOMETER, IN TUX SHADE.
64 -11Ighost &IMO noon yesterday.
64 -t
4, 40whisedsrst th4t nois moonrning I.nd tlurinit the night.

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BAROMETER, 30.13—falling.
WiND, Easter
1y and South -Easterly; fresh, with fins
weather.

3u 15.
65—highest since noon yesterday.
52 —*west this morning and daring the night,
63 —this day at noon.
RA aoluiria, 30.02.
Worn, S.E. ; fresh, and tlne weather.

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Again, seen the innocent wife is deprived of
her children. The guilty husband can take them
away, so that she is deprived of the only possible
comfort iu her miserable lot. The whole
law of husband and wife needs revision. LA the
women of England exert themselve•., and justice
will be done. It only wants a struggle, and all
that can be asked for will be achieved. It will
IA seen that "a Lady of Title " has followed in

LONDON, MONDAY, JUNE 16, 181

On Thursday last we hid th 3 pleasure of sub-
mitting a very felioitious suggestion, emanating
from a respected and high-minded lady, adopting
the' signattire of "M. 0, 0.". It was to the

HER MAJESTY'S THEA.TRE. f effect, ih IA the women of Eugland should raise a
TO-MORROW EVENING.
IL DON GIOVANNI.
TO-MORRO & EVENING (Toes lay) will b. repeated, with
the following unp ecedanted cast, Moza.t's chef-d'oeuvre, IL
DON GIOVANNI :- -Zerlina, • Mdlle. Piceolomini ; Donna
Anna, :Vle. Spezia • and Donna Elvira, Mdlle. Ortolani.
Don Giovanni, Sig: ileneventano ; Leporello, Sig. Beiletti ;
Masetto, Sig. Corsi ; D Conamandatore, Sig. Vialetti; and
Don Ottavio, Sig. Giuglini. Conductor—Sig. Bonetti.
The Minuet in the Ball Scene will be danced by Mdlles.
Pasquali, Karliski, Morlacchi,-Marie, and Corps do Ballet.
From respect to the grand work of the immortal composer
the following artistes of the establishment have consented to
lend their assistance to increase the effect of the majestic
finale of the first act, including the chorus, Viva la Liberta :
—MM. Reichardt, C. Braham, Bottardi, Mercuriali, Kinni,
De Soros, and Baillou ; Mesdamss Poma, Berti, Baillou,
Fazio, and Raines.
After which will be produced an entirely New Ballet, in
Two Tableaux, composed expressly for her Majesty's Theatre
by M. Massot, entitled

fund for the purpose of presenting suitable testi-
monials, to the chivalrous defenders of their

rights and privileges in boa). Houses of Parlia-
ment, or rather to those who have so energetically
and indefatigably exposed the wrongs t) which

they are subjected, and demanded, in their name
complete redress for the future. Our fair and
excellent correspondent was not only willing to

inaugurate the admirable project by sending
a personal subscription of 101. towards its

object, but also by using her best exertions
t) obt tin subscriptions among her lady friends,
who feel justly indignant at the cruel and unjust
laws that have hitherto prevailed, and the puerile
and inadequate attempt that has been made for
their reform. Under such auspices, and with
the co-operation of females of all classes in society;
for, alas ! where is there a class in which unfor-
tunate wives cannot be discovered?—there can be
no doubt that the result would be worthy of the
purpose for which it is designed ; and that it
would greatly conduce towards obtaining the equal
and impartial justice for the gentle sex, to which
they are so eminently entitled.
Tt is m t only the ill-treated and unhappy that
would assist. Even those whose lots have been un-
clouded by affliction, who enjoy be unbounded
felicity of possessing truly worthy and blameless
husbands, must commiserate the misery of their
less fottunate sisters—must desire to see their
wretched conditions ameliorated, and that there
should be that full and equal justice to all, with-
out dtstinction of sex, that perfect reciprocity,
without which there can be no equality or mutual
confidence. Woman was made, not merely to be
the slave or the upper servant of man, but hid
helpmate and choicest blessing, one to participate
in his griefs, to soothe his sorrows, to elevate his
thoughts, and stimalate to, and encourage him in
the straight and narrow path of self-sacrificing
exertion. She is ready to aid and assist in every
goof work, to submit patiently to trials
and privations, that test the fortitude of
the sterner sex. Pita° her in her proper
position, let her feel and know that she is to take
her part in " the battle of life," and no asperities
will deter her. The most rugged path will be
cheerfully traversed, and every obstacle will be
surmounted or smoothed down ! Away with the
ridiculous assertion that the sanctity of the do-
mestic hearth—the permanence of that felicity
the greatest known in this world—could be for a
moment endangered by making woman what she
ought to be, the partner, not the dependent, on
her husband.

No right-minded man can hesitate for a
moment. He will think of the revered mo-
ther who first taught him to bend his infant
knee to the DEITY, to lisp in broken accents the
praises of THE MOST HIGH, and to put forward his
humble petitions for protection and comfort in
his daily trial. He will remember the gentle
sisters who soothed his sorrows, and took his part
when all looked dark, and his boyhood's hope was
shaded. Above and beytmd ail, he will reflect on
the gentle girl who taught him that he possessed a
heart., and that all the world contained was
as nothing compared to her love, and
whose plighted faith was regarded as the
light of his existence. Nor can he forget
tie daughtent, who are destined to fill the most
important parts in the social drama—to become
the future wives and mothers of England. We
pity, we can scarcely refrain from despising, him
who has no such rec Alectlons to fall back on, and
influence him in his course. He must be either
truly unfortunate, or very unworthy, if, when
properly appealed to, he cannot find something to
enlist him in the good cause.

IThe wrongs of females are, unfortunately,
patent and notorious. They relate to their
persons, their propertie, their chillren ! If
one is injured in the teadere4 point, even to
an extent that would render it impossible to con-
done the offence, or apia take back the criminal
to her bosom, she may be ad nvecl to separate,
but not to obtain another chance of happiness.
"It is not good for min to be alone I" But it
is a thousand times worse for woaiau to remain
solitary--

the coulee entered on by M. C. C. A few more

such champions of their SEX, and tie good be-
ginning will afford a certain augury of future and
complete success.

Ask half the House of Commons and you will
be told that PROTECTION was buried for ever in
1852, and Free Frade firmly seated on its throne.
It may have been so to the vulgar view. Pro-
tectien, of course, meant merely duties levied in
favour of English produce, and exemptions of all
kind for E iglish, compared with Foreign trade.
It meant only this, of course, in the mouths of Free-
Trade-Hall orators; and when Lord DERBY went
out in 1852, they threw up their cap=, and
shouted loud and long—" Great is Free Trade,
the Goddess of Manchester." The Goddess to be
sure has turned out somewhat capricious in
her dealings with the city of her worshippers ;
she gave them corn cheap enough at first ; she
encouraged them to spin and weave with ever-
increasing energy; but their spinning and weaving
soon raised the price of the raw material ; stiwu-
lated by the great cotton spinning city, the
LEI:MEM flogged out of their uncle Toxs, we were
going to say, in Irish, more bags of cotton than
they could grow, and the price advanced, till it
would pay to fetch it from India and other quar-
ters. Meantime the manufactured cotton could
not be advanced in proportion, the price of
wheat also rose, ar.d the faithful of Manchester
began to waver in their worship of their goddiss ;
they even invoked the aid of Government to grow
them cotton in India. Free Trade could not be
trusted to supply them with raw material, nor to
open the paths of commerce to the Indian cotton
districts ; and from the lips of Free-trade wor-
shippers the cry was again heard—" Oh, Govern-
ment, hear us I"

For our part we never could limit our notion
of Free-trade to cotton and corn. With us if has
always meant the spontaneous energy of men for
ad creative projects. We have looked rather at
limiting the functions of Government, and pre-
venting its intermeddling with everything which
wanted to be done, merely to save the indolence
of individuals on the one hand, and to enlarge
the sphere of bureaucracy and jobbing on tne
other. Let Government protect life and property
float domestic or external fraud and violence, and
let individuals and combinations of individuals
supply their own wants by their own exertions.
That is Free Trade.
If Manchester wants Indian cotton, let Man-
chester grow and clean cotton there, and provide
the means to convey it to the coast. Indigo growers
have managed to take English capital to India,
and to make handsome fortunes by getting the
article fit for the home market ; what hinders
Manchester from cieating a new race of cotton
growerS, or rather of cotton cleaners and car-
riers ! One individual, we aro informed, has
already made a splendid thing of it, not by
growing cotton himself, but by buying it
up undressed, husks and all, from the natives ;
dressing and cleaning it at a mill of his own erec-
tion, and getting it to the coast as best he could.
The natives will readily grow the cotton if they can
readily sell iit; but they have not the capital, nor
the machinery to fit it for the Manchester market.
Manchester has really nothing to do but to send
out persons qualified to make full use of the
powers of Whituey's Gin, and the natives will
furnish them with more undressed raw cotton than
they could use.
But railways are wanted—well,
.the Govern-
ment of India is doing its best to create them.
One thing it cannot do ; it cannot burrow
through the Ghauts between Bombay and the vast
cotton district beyond, in less than two or three
years. But, we ask, how can it well be recon-
ciled with Free-trade principles, that Government
should guarantee a railway company against loss ?
The only answer, and it is a very imperfect one,
is, that Government wants the road for general
purposes, and thinks a guarantee the cheapest,
way of constructing it ; further, that the Indian
Government is a pure despotism, and can hardly
be rendered fully amenable to the laws of. Free-

trade.
lf, however, we quit Manchester and purely
commercial matters, the principle of Free-trade—
spontaneous energy, as distinguished from reliance
on governmental, or other extraneous help or pro-
tection—is distrusted by large numbers of persons
who, nevertheless, think themselves quite en-
lightened enough on such matters. Take the
Nledical profession ; look at the bills now before
Parliament ; first, Lord. ELOEIO'S struggles hard
with Mr. ETEADLANeS, not on the general obj,!ct3
to be obt lined ; both agree in them, but whether
antiquated corporations shall remain masters of
the medical examinations, and hold the keys of
the gates to the profession, or whether a new and
efficient Board shall be entrusted with the weighty
charge. To that extent Freedom and Privilege
are in conflict as the battle is now waged. But,
seeondly, both Lord Ermao and Mr. HEA.DLAM
are unaware of the Free Trade principle as ap-
pliel to medicine. Free Trade and examinations
are, we confess, quite cons:stent ; but the exami-
nations ought to be optional. If of value, their
worth would be known ; the public would resort
to those who enjoyed the different grades of dip-
loma, if worthy of preference, and quackery would
find its level by its own incompetency. The
Free Trade principle would be, therefore, to estab-
lish examinations, and to leave the public to find
cut what they were worth. The University of
Oxford, by its proposed examinations for middle-
class schools, is setting an admirable example of
what we wean. Make the examinations thorough,
and they would be highly valued.

We need hardly sty h my the opp )sjta principle
to Froe Trade impregnates and poisons our whole
political system. At this day, five and twenty
years after the Reform Bill, the [louse of Com-
mons, at the bidding of the " Tory Chief of a
Radical Cabinet"—Bless us what Radic3ls I—
refuses to abolish the property qualifiettiou for
Members of Pariiatnnt I Proteotiou for native
landlords is still demanded. Tue I.lrds of the

clodhoppers cannot rely on their own intelligence

and energy to keep th• upper h4.n.1 in the Rouse
of Commons ; they must still have a protective

law, and Free Traders are found voting by the

score fur political protection of landlordism
As to the other professions it is very much the
same. In the law it is, perhaps, most excuseable;

yet it fails of its avowedobjeot. In the army, the
Horse Guards compass the protection of wealth and

aristocracy against merit in the ranks, by regu-

latians and a policy we need not particalarise—

it is noedless to mention with what results. The

Crimean winter is too fresh in all our memories.

In the Church all is of course protection thrice

protected. There, most truly, the race is not to

the swift nor the bat(le to the strong. Volun-
taryism is the word of most hateful omen. Creeds,

oaths, subscriptions, formula 4, universities, pa-
tronage, privileges, and penalties, protect up to

the neck the Ecclesiastical System of England. To

and our census t.ll us that, without one penny-
worth of protection, the Voluutaries—tne Free-
traders in religion—have half the sanctuaries and
half the worshippers of the country.

hear Ecclesiastics talk, one wuuld suppose that the

salvation of the Church depended on iti sevenfold

protections, and the salvation of the nation on the

Church. Laymen, however, are beginning to

doubt both. Our STANLEYS boldly tell us that

our sons will be Voluntaries; and our own eyes