29 SEPTEMBER 1855, Page 13

THE FREE-TRADE MEMBERS AND THE WAR.

271h September 1855.

Sin—My absence from England prevented my seeing "An Old Leaguer's" challenge, in your number of the 15th instant, uutil today. A short an- swer may suffice. The great majority of "Free-trade Members" are not wont to indulge in useless talk. There was ample discussion on every phase of the question of peace or war : surely, in the absence of all evidence to the contrary, their votes in support of the war may be taken as an expression of