22 JANUARY 1848, page 13

A Champion For The Irrational Defencelessness.

WE have to thank Sir William Molesworth for a very opportune contribution to the controversy on national defence. Our ac- knowledgments are due not only for the obliging terms......

The Root Of Evil In Ireland.

WHY is it that the Irish, who are so idle and barbarous in Ire- l a nd, so readily become civilized out of their native land ? At home they prefer starvation and murder ;......

False Free Trade And The West Indies. "the Organs Of

the onesided Free-trade interest seem to be alarmed lest Ministers should throw some crumbs of charity to the West Indians, whom a legislation dictated first by blind......