The Sun.
London, England, 1839-06-25 00:00:00

Office, 12, Catherine-street, Strand.

THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN.
The Public is respectfully informed, that the
PRESENT :MANAGEMENT WILL TERMINATE

WITH THIS SEASON.
THIS EVENING, JUNE 25,
Will be performed the Play of
THE STRANGER.
The Stranger, Mr. Vandenhoff; Mrs. Haller, Miss IL Faucit.
After which,
THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO.
.To-morrow, King Henry V., with The Invincibles.

ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.
THIS EVENING, JUNE 25,
Will be performed the Celebrated Opera of
THE DEVIL'S BRIDGE.
Count Benno, Mr. Braham ; Countess Rosalvino, Madame
Inez.
To conclud,! with the ,uccessful Drama, called
ALICE GRAY, THE SUSPECTED ONE.

ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.
Under her MAJESTY'S IMMEDIATE PATRONAGE.
GRAND " PROMENADES MUSICALES ET CHAM-
PETRES ! ! !
TO-NIGHT and THURSDAY NEXT,
Commencing at Six o'clock, and terminating at Nine.
Admission One Shilling.
ERUPTION OF MOUNT HECLA !
The Second Representation of the Eruption of Hecla will take
place TO. MORROW, WEDNESDAY, June 2.6,
Commencing at Dusk.

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LONDON :
TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 1839.

The Peers assembled yesterday in great numlers,
fur what purpose we can hardly divine. The Marquis
of WEST3ILATH, indeed, referred to the ever sweet sub-
ject of Mullingar Sessions, and then the state of Ireland
was overhauled by his Lordship, very much after the
fashion of a beggar overhauling, his only shirt, which he
can neithcrkeep clean norkeep together. Their Lordships
will make nothing of Ireland. Like a lusty boy it has
cut-grown their maternal cares, and frolicsomely waves
its hand as it departs from their side en.l launches forth
to try its own powers. The Tory Lords, who scold
and weep at the runagate, Should have been less fond
and less cruel ; and then they wool I not have lost their
power, and also been laughed at. 'The Marquis of
Weseeteeett wanted to protract the debate, but the
Lards called him to order.
The 811 for allowing a rate of interest greater than
five per cent.. on bills of exchange, to which all the public
s.-curities were added by the Marquis Of LAN.SDOWNE
in Committee, underwent a discussion. The Duke of
WELLINGTON proposed a clause to limit the Bill to
i 18-0, which, on a division, was carried by 69 to .7i2.
Lord Astinueeoe's brief speech we have elsewhere
noticed. Their Lordships paeeed some other Bills
through a stage, and then adjourned.
In the Commons, the Ship Propeller Company Bill
was read a second time.
A petition was presented against the return of Mr.
Alceck for Ludlow.
No other business of any importance was transacted
before the House went into a Committee of Supply,
and Lord JOHN RUSSELL moved that 30,000/. be-
granted to her MAJESTY for public education in Great
Britain. The Noble Lord explained that the only
question was, would they grant 30,0001. for public edu
cation or not ? but at this the Opposition shouted No.
They prof,ssed a readiness to vote chat money, and even
double the :sum; tiro:tided-it went into the exclusive
pockets of their own exclusive and intolerant sect.
The Tories will give as much as possible to the Church
that is already stifled by wealth, but they will not gii c
a farthing if they can help it to the Catholic or Dis-
senting chapel. Lord JOHN RUSSELL proved the in.
tolerance of the National Society by mentioning that.
this Society was expressly set up to separate
the children of the Church from other children, and
so perpetuate sectarian strife. After it had been esta-
:1
le:jailed a junction was proposed by the British and Fo-
reign Society, but the National Society inexorably
stuck to the Catechism, as if there were nothing in all
the vast regions of knowledge worthy of being taught
but the Catechism, and nothing in the whole circle of
the sciences on which Churchmen and Dissenters could
meet as on common ground. Mr. MOORE wrote an
admirable satire against the venerable Major
CARTWRIGHT'S political pills ; cannot he take up
his pen against this Bishop's pill ? The Catechism
of the Church a moral panacea! No quack ever as-
cribed the tithe of the virtues to his own nostrum
which our priests ascribe to the Catechism. To pre-
serve the Catechism they sacrifice the best interests of
humanity. Lord JOHN RUSSELL also retorted on the
Tories some of their sarcasms about open questions.
The party opposed to him held differeet opinions.
Mr. GLADSTONE and Lord ASHLEY were entirely at
1 variance with Lord STANLEY and Sir 'Joliette PEEL,
but they kept their differences secret. They left the
subject of education an open question, while they
united to resist all education, as long as it was adminis-
tered by the present Ministers.
Lord Menoer opposed the motion by a flat negative.
The Noble Lord is an advocate fer education on right
principles ; and boasted very much of what the Church
has lately done. Now, the more the labours of the
Church are extolled, and the more the vices of the
population arc blazoned forth, just so is the Church
system proved to be defective. We concede that a
great number of boys and girls go to the schools of the
Church ; and the parsons themselves attest that there
are great numbers of rogues and prostitutes in the country.
' The fact is, that the combined education given, and the
example set by the priests, corrupt the people ; and they
first, and next the State, particularly the Tory State,
which zealously supports the Church, are responsible
for all the vices and all the crimes of the commu-
nity. The Church undertakes to improve the charac-
ter of the people—the State believes its promises—
the State supports the Church—the State has
given the education of the people into the
hands of the priests ; they monopolize the Uni-
t ersitics ; they monopolise all Sunday teaching ;
the day that is set apart from other labour, is devoted
to hear their instruction ; and the result is, that the
community is over-run with lice and crime. For this
the priesthood who assume a controul over the
public mind, and the Statesmen who sanction
their pretensions, are responsible. Lord MA-
HON'S boasting of the exertions of the Church only
makes the proof; that they arc in a wrong direction, the
more striking. He is resolutely opposed, however, to
any person but the priests educating the people.
Mr. BAINES defended the Government plan, and
pointed out the injustice of ascribing to the Minute of the
ad of June the defect,: of that of the 10th of April.
lie made an 'excellent defence of the Ministerial plan,
when he said it was as little open to objection as could
be devised. It is not a plan—large, comprehensive,
suitable to the circumstances of the people, and worthy
of the knowledge of the age ; but it is such a plan as
the weak Whigs, who sit behind Lord JOHN RUSSELL
Will support, and as the Tories will not actually
raise a rebellion to defeat. It is the best to which the
I-Iou•eof Connuensand the most enlightened of the people
will agree. It is not positively good, but nothing better
could be hoped for, nothing better could be produced,
e which would not provoke more rabid hostility, and there-
for it is a good plan.
Lord Tereestoterit opposed the vote, and ex-
pressed with great correctness Churchmen on this sub the feelings of all
ject. " Why did not the Noble
Lord call on the Government to bestow on the Church
their liberality ? This is the whole secret of the matter.
"
The priesthood want the whole grant to them-
selves ; and on the ground that they only teach