5 FEBRUARY 1848, page 12

Free Trade Is Not The Universe.

SoME worthy enthusiasts seem to think that free trade is the philosopher's stone, the inclusive creator of all things human. They ascribe to their formula such omnipotence, that......

Aids To Correct Lawmaking.

SESSION after session, the failure of public business in Parlia. ment has been the opprobrium of every Government. The mea- sures carried, almost equally with the measures......

Military Expenditure.

Moss who have raised a talk about reduction in military ex- penditure can scarcely be in earnest : they are vague, obscure, and slow-going in their theories of reform. The......