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Auckland Times, Volume 3, Issue 118, 15 April 1845, Page 2

The Crons. — Eree Trade. This is riot a time at least not a judicious one, for the revival of rhe question ( of the impo taaoe of Free trade in New Zealand, !ut we are somewhat surp ised that our co’emporaiy, alter the trial which the Governor has had of that premature;, arid Utopian blessing, shculd here v<vit«eu such an article as tffic of last Saturday. Tke:e was nothing partic’daily, new, but the e was a very com prehensile recapitulation of/he m»t erin Mr. Heale’s speech—showing, clearly that the nurture of the Coony, in order to raise, exports, mast, oil necessity take precedence of the consideration of tnutual friendw or antagonistic traffic. Every schoo.-boy knows that the master's pe mission to deal in dumps is good for nothing til lie has got permission to use the lire to make them. Does our eo empo ary understand what hois talking about While he teds of “commerce being made as tree as possible,’ hut pa\a no attention to the proposifioii that measures tending to this effect .must be “most carefully and deliberately phuned. ’ , Bi a freedom would shut, the native produce out of the mar et ; ’tis a spendthrift maxim which wi 1 make every man ai e as long as he has money to sp-nd. The lact is die whole scheme.ot our leaisla;u e has been crude, rash, improvident, and cowardly. It. is a hard word to i u u on record 1 , but let Stan'ey arid Fit/.ro', both of that rank that should make them most susceptible of such iryputa ion, deny ic if ihoy can, and now are we to be ali soldiers ?

*1 r Hart’s iectme at the Mechanic*/ Institute, on the subject ot Total Abstj. m ttce, comes off this eveuiiig at hah past seven o’clock.