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spirit of the drunken cuter, and the ass from
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vidently is to yield protection wherever it is

needed; to temper might by right; and to guide the
rays of intelligence, under the form of inspection

and evidence, into every corner where darkness is
loved more than light.
We may be told that though all this is true in

the abstract, it is quite an assumption that cruelty

or even compulsion is practised in Nunneries

know the contrary to be true; and we desire to
know more. •It is intolerable that in a free country
there should be any inquisitorial spot where the
voice of the law cannot reach, or from where the
voice of the oppressed, if uttered, cannot be heard:
The law has abolished the absolutism which was
formerly retained by our powerful barons; there
is no one who now possesses "the power of pit and
halter ;" there are no private bastiles, and it is only
in romances or histories of mediaeval times that we
read of the cell and the dungeon, and the prison
beyond hope or recall. Even the Queen of England
is limited in her prerogative by law; and though
she may perform deeds of mercy, she cannot, she
dare not, and she would not, perform deeds of
darkness or of cruelty. Yet Mr. STOWELL truly
said. "without the walls of a monastery you are in
England, within it you are in Rome."
There are recent revelations respecting the sister-
hood of Plymouth, over whom there is neither lock
nor bolt nor bar, who are free to enter and to retire,
who do not live behind turreted battlements or
grated lattices. Yet unkindness, amounting almost
to cruelty, has been practised there ; and the. public
will not long endure the system, if it be such as it
is described. There is a spiritual seduction as well
as a moral one, and the law, which always assumes
the return to a right course, must provide for its.

possibility.
The following remarks were written long before
this movement commenced, by a continental tra-
veller, sick with the scenes which he witnessed :
This leads me to notice that strange anomaly in our
law, that the freest country, on earth should not have pro-
vided any safeguard against persons being carried off to
religious houses, and there forcibly detained against their
will, It is monstrous to think that Englishmen, with the
warnings of history before them, should not long ago have
decreed that every monastery and convent, if such esta-
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ABOLISHED these institutions as public nuisances, corrupt-
ing the morals and encouraging idleness, the least that we
Protestants can do is to protect the liberty of the subject
against the contrivances of their cunning heads. If recent
cases of unwilling incarceration do not open the ayes of
Parliament, the country must adopt summary means to
obtain redress ; for that establishments should exist in
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WHIG-RADICAL MEETING AT THE
ROYAL HOTEL, LAST NIGHT.

Last evening, a meeting of the friends of Messrs. Card-
well and Ewart was held at the large room at the Royal
lintel, Dale-street, corner of Moorfields. The meeting
was announced for half-past seven o'clock, at which time
a respectable, though not numerous, company were
assembled.
Mr. J. H. MAcitAR was called to the chair.

The CHAIRMAN proceeded at once to open the meeting,
by observing that, in a neighbouring ward, an attempt
had been made, upon a previous evening, to interrupt the
meeting, and to prevent that ebullition of feeling which
would have manifested itself in favour of Free Trade ; but
if any such attempt was made that night,dahinetodhryoapftteoedrpttuhhtearite:
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for the purpose of confronting their old friends the Tories.
whya-sthae Freemere
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penetrated of
Chan-
cellor
of the Exchequer, in his recent speech in the House
of Commons, had left it a tnat.ter of doubt whether he was
in favour of Protection or Free Trade. (Cheers.) He
believed that the cloven foot was exhibited there, and
ought to be opposed. The speaker then proceeded to
allude to the efforts of the Liberals to abolish the slave
trade, and charged those who now soughtto makethe present
a religious question with refraining from affording their
assistance on that occasion. (Applause.) Did they lend
a helping hand to repeal the bread tax ? No. Among
those who opposed that measure were Messrs. Turner and
Forbes Mackenzie. (Hear, hear.) He was, therefore.
firmly convinced that every one would join to assist in
returning Ewart and Cardwell. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. H. C. LANGTON was called upon to propose the
fist resolution to the effect that it was the opinion of the
meeting that the system of Free Trade having conduced to
the national welfare, such as support it are entitled to the
support of the constituency. He contended that free
trade had answered all the expectations of its supporters ;
and when it had failed to do so. it was time to return to
Protection. He was old enough to recollect the period
when Free Trade was first introduced, by the proposal of
Mr. lluskisson, for a reduction in the duty on silk.
It was then predicted that if the measure was carried
the trade would be ruined ; but what was the result ?
They all knew. After alluding to the abolition of the
East India Company's charter, which he said had reduced
the price of tea. he proceeded to remark that it had been
said the repeal of the corn laws would have the effect of
reducing wages. Was that the case ? (No.) Quite the
reverse. During the last four or five years about 50,000,000
quarters of foreign corn had been imported, which must
have taken £80,000,000 to pay for ; and how bad it been
paid for ? Why, by the manufacturing industry of the
country. There had not only been £20,000,000 a-year,
during the last four or five years, paid for foreign food,
but we had now £20,000,000 in the bank. (Hear, hear.)
Mr.UNwlN,in seconding the motion, said if Free-trade
was continued for seven years more, the people would be
so satisfied with it, that nothing would persuade the people
to reverse the measure. The speaker then proceeded to
argue that religion had nothing to do with politics, and
concluded by seconding the motion.
motion. Mr. T.
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Mr. OWEN, of Byrom-street, proposed the next reso-
lution, pledging the meeting to support Cardwell and
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Mr. H. W. M. KING seconded the motion, which was
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seconded by Mr. SLEIGH, and carried.
After some other proceedings the meeting separated.
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ON FRIDAY, several learned societies or their deputies
will visit Warrington, and examine the antiquities in that
neighbourhood.

THE LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY met
last, evening, When an interesting paper was read by Henry
Sag,j en Evans, Esq., on the Teas and Coffees of Com-
merce, their manufactures and adulteration.
THE HISTORIC SOCIETY will meet on Thursday even-
ing, when Mr. Just will read a paper on the Danes in
England, and Sir Henry E. 1.. Dryden, Bart., and Mr
Dawes on some primitive burying-places near Bolton.
Miss GLYNN has been reading Shakspeare at N
castle.on -Tyne,:Morpeth, and Durham she is to
Lady Macbeth at the Theatre Royal,
nesdav, Bianca in " Fazio"
she will read at Maidstor

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