The Sun.
London, England, 1837-11-16 00:00:00

in Ireland it embiaces a numerical majority of men go-
verned by impulses inveterately hostile to the State,
it is sheer buffoonery to class such dissimilar bodies
under a single name, or to demand, as a tribute to
political" justice," that both should receive at the
hands of the Legislature a strictly identical treatment.
There is hut one feasible method by which, in prac-
tice, we can arrive at a sound measure of municipal
establishment in Ireland—viz., to pitch the qualifica-
tion so high that the burgesses will be under a compa-
ratively slight control from the intimidating or fraudu-
lent practices of the priesthood, and the united mo-
narchy, and the legitimate relations of its parts, have
some fair chance of protection and support from the mu-
nicipal functionaries created under it. But of such a
safeguard to the constitutional monarchy of Great Britain
Mr. Daniel O'Connell delights not to dream. His re-
forms contemplate no " union" between the component
parts of the Monarchy. His reforms contemplate no
willing obedience to the laws—nor healthy, natural,
tranquillity among the people—nor solid redress of
real grievances--nor improvement of domestic morals—
nor supply of physical wants to the destitute—no, nor
any description of change which, by ministering to the
comforts and to the good humour or contentment of
the people, would render them less accessible than he
has hitherto found them to the sinister workings of
those machinations by which he has contrived to lift
himself upon the shoulders of his ignorant and ragged
countrymen, leaving them more depressed and wretched
than before. We shall from day to day, as opportunity
offers, during the Session now begun, exhibit this
mischievous and envenomed impostor in his true co-
lours to the English nation, who shall be no longer, if
we can help it, the dupes or sacrifices to one man's
baseness.—Times.

It will be seen that the Conservative champions of
abuses in Church and State, in the Municipal Coun-
cil of Liverpool, have been making a violent effort to
choke up the newly opened currents of popular educa-
tion. The party have profited by the ignorance of the
people ; and they naturally fear that the diffusion of
knowledge will liberate mankind from the thraldom of
their mischievous predominance. " They hate the
light because their deeds are dark." All the birds of
darkness were in a state of commotion on perceiving
that the light of popular instruction was breaking in
upon them; and they have bestirred themselves to block
up the channels of its cheering introduction. However,
the friends of light and popular education were too
strong for the lovers of darkness. The contest arose
out of an amendment which the Tory faction proposed
for selling the new Liverpool National Schools, formed
on the Irish model ; but they were beaten on a division
by the Liberals, and by a considerable majority. The
ground which they took up in proposing the above
amendment, discovered at once their hypocrisy, their
chicanery, and their fears. They raised the old cry of
" Church in danger,"and affirmed that none but garbled
extracts from the Scriptures were permitted to be
taught in the Liverpool National Schools. The charge
was utteidy false. The party must have known it to be
so. It could be nothing but a mere stalking-horse, for
the purpose of gratifying their selfish aversion to the
diffusion of popular information and popular improve-
ment. Th© system adopted at the Liverpool schools
was precisely the system which has been adopted with
the hest effect in Ireland; and for the original sugges-
tion and development of which we are chiefly in-
debted to the sagacious philanthropy of Mr. Wyse.
No garbled copy of the Bible is imparted to the Pro-
testant scholars of the Establishment. They read
the Bible in its integral state, as in all other Pro-
testant Establishments. The conscientious scruples
of the Dissenter and the Catholic are equally con-
sulted in allowing the Holy Scriptures to be imparted
to them according to the forms of their religious
creeds. The accusation was founded upon falsehood,
and, like all such objections, has been overcome by
the superior prevalence of truth. Why should any
difference be made between the system adopted in
Ireland and that adopted in England ? Exclusive-
ness is the key to the whole of this defeated juggle ?
It was to support its exclusive privileges of religious
monopoly that the motion was patronized by the High
Church party. The object is as cruel as it is insidious.
The old system of persecution by torture may be de-
tected beneath the smooth surface of its hypocritical
pretences. The Irish Catholic parent is to be driven
to this alternative—either to betray his conscience by
sending his child to a school where a hostile system
of religion is taught, or else to deny him the blessings
of education altogether. Why is the Irish Catholic
to be kept in darkness ? Is not true religion benefited
by knowledge ? But by the Conservatives generally
the motion was favoured for obvious reasons. Its ten-
dency was to " put out the light," and defeat the
purposes of that general system of education which
will sink deepest the foundations of true reform, by
rendering the people worthy and capable of sustaining
a wider and purer extension of popular freedom. A
general system of well-digested popular education
would, as the Tories well know, render impossible any
chance of our recurrence to the past ages of Tory
abuse, venality, extravagance, and misgovernment.—
Morning Advertiser.
The two Houses of Parliament met yesterday to
commence the preliminary business of the Session, pre-
paratory to its formal opening by the Queen's Speech
on Monday. In the House of Lords the Lords'
Commissioners having summoned the Commons to
attend, directed them to proceed to the election of a
Speaker, in order that the object of their choice might
be presented for her Majesty's Royal approbation this
day. The remainder of the sitting was occupied with
administering the oaths to such Peers as attended. In
the Commons Mt. Shaw Lefevre moved that Mr.
Abercromby should take the Chair as Speaker of
that House. The Honourable Gentleman prefaced
his motion by a speech, in which he described the pe-
culiar claims of their late Speaker to be re-elected on
that occasion. After noticing the general qualities re-
quired in a Chairman, and possessed by Mr.
A.bercromby, he alluded to the necessity of im-
provement in the mode of transacting what was
technically called private business. Mr. Aber-
cromby's exertions in the last Session had proved
how well he was qualified to further that important
object in the present. The Hon. Gentleman concluded
with the motion already described. Mr. Strutt seconded
the nomination. Sir IL Peel declared that he should
not oppose the motion for many considerations ;
amongst others, because it was likely to be carried,
perhaps, by a very small majority. He concurred in
the importance attached to the object of improving the
present mode of conducting private business,; and if,
as he believed, the Right "lon. Gentleman had paid
great attention to that subject, such a circumstance
alone would make him (Sir R. Peel) unwilling to part
with his services. Mr. Abercromby, in a few words,
acknowledged the complimentary manner in which his
name had been mentioned, expressed his concurrence
in what had been said with respect to the private busi-
ness, and concluded with a hope that, if elected, he
should receive the full and cordial support of the
Tioilsc. Mr. Abercromby was then conducted to the
Chair amidst the cheers of the House. Lord John
II usseil, having congratulated the Right Hon. Gen-
tleman on the honour conferred upon him, moved the
adjournment of the House until this day, and the
House was adjourned aceordingly.—Morning Herald.
The first session of the new Parliament—a session
which promises to be a most animated, laborious, and
important one—commenced yesterday. The proceed-
ings of the day do not offer much scope for remark.
Mr. Abercrombie was unanimously re-elected to the
chair of the House of Commons, the Conservatives in
that assembly not being desirous to emulate the fac-
tious conduct to which that Right Hon. Gentleman
was indebted for his first election. The rest of this
week will be occupied by the Members
To of
pro-
ceedings two
the
Houses taking the oaths and their seats.
of Monday next, when the Speech from the
Thron is to be delivered, the earnest attention of the
country will now be directed. On that occasion,
should the language put into the mouth of the Sove-
reign be other than Conservative, an amendment to
the address will certainly be moved and probably car-
ried in both Houses of Parliament. It is not gene-
rally expected, however, that Ministers will hazard the
encounter.—Morning Post.

TEA NsL AnoN.—Howell, a wiiter of the time of
Charles [., likens translation from one language to another
to " turning a coat the seamy side without.",