The Sun.
London, England, 1839-06-21 00:00:00

LONDON
FRIDAY, JUNE 21, 1839.

The Lords met last night but did little more than
transact routine business. Lord BROUGHAM presented
a petition from Cambridge, referring to the late dis-
graceful riots by which the Corn-lecturers were opposed,
and praying that the University might he placed under
better discipline. This is certainly needed, but the Corn-
law-making Lords are likely, we are afraid, rather to ap-
prove, than reprove, the conduct of their own sons, re-
latives, and dependents. The Lordlings at Cambridge
did but imitate their parents.
In the House of Commons, the London and Black-
well Commercial Railway Bill was read a third time,
after a few observations from Sir R. INcus, Sir Da
LACY EVANS, and Mr. HARVEY. The observations of
the latter gentleman are worth notice.
Among the petitions presented was one from Ches-
ter, praying that the mails might be prohibited from
travelling on a Sunday. These petitioners are consis-
tent men, and deserve our thanks for carrying their
principles so far towards their just conclusion. No
mails to travel on a Sunday—no coaches to run--no
bats to sail—no ships to voyage—no furnaces to blaze ;
they must all stand stock still, or be put out, when the
clock strikes 12 on Saturday might, as the Bishop of
LONDON once made the Opera curtain fall. Then
must the horses be unharnessed, if the groom and
coachman may even unharness their horses after the
clock has struck ; then must the helm be lashed, and
the sails furled ; and the bellows tied up ; and from 12
o'clock till 12 o'clock the busy world of man—except the
church-goers—must be still, as if frozen, or as if in the
buried cities of Italy, they were all suddenly overwhelmed
by a great calamity. Of course those who would stop
twills must stop cooking ; and the poor man's pie, the
only good and hot meal he has in the week, must retrain
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After some uninteresting notices, the adjourned de-
bate on education was resumed by Mr. DISRAELI,
whose speech, we are bound to say, contains no incon-
siderable number of sensible observations. We have
always supposed the lion. Member to be a real Demo-
crat, who attempted to assume Tory opinions,
which always sit awkwardly on him, for the
sake of a seat in Parliament ; and his de-
nunciation last night of all centralization, his de.

nial that the State had contributed to the conveni-
ences of social life, his assertion that it could not use-
fully build a bridge, much less educate the people, his
difference with those who ascribe much to political in-
stitutions, all convince us that. we are right, and that
this gentleman, being over ambitious, only waits for the
ascendancy of Democracy to ask for a place at its head,
The Hon. Member concluded by stating that the pre-
sent was not a proper time to bring forward such a ques-
tion, when the provinces were in a state of insurrection,
and when the House bad been so frightened by the
recent Chartist petition, that it waived all its rules to
allow the member for Birmingham to speak on the
subject. _

EWART followed, and at once set Mr. DISRAELI
down as an anarchist, declaring that his principles would
carry back the people to a state of savageness. We
do not exactly know that, for the question has never
yet been settled how far the State ought to in-
terfere, and we apprehend that question, though par-
tially examined, yet needs a more thorough investigation
than it has hitherto received before any man is enti-
tled to say that the absence of its interference with
any one particular branch of social life will lead us back,
plan at some length,
to barbarism. Mr. EWART defended the Ministers
and showed by the success of
the mixed or Lord STANLEY'S plan for Ireland, at
Liverpool, where the children of the different sects are
educated together in harmony, that it was well calcu-
lated to diminish those sectarian quarrels which dis-
grace the name and character of England. Mr. EWA aT
also very justly chastised Lord STANLEY for flippantly
talking about theological subjects in the House of
Commons.

the super:may of his
Mr. PLUMPTRE. raved, according to his wont, about
own creed and the inferiority
of other men's. That he who lives in the neighbourhood
of Canterbury,
and represents East Kent, the abode of
the Thomites, should have ventured to open his mouth
,
in praise of the creed which he adopts, and they had
been taught, would surprise us, if any blundering could
surprise us in our blundering_ bigots.
, Sir GEORGE STAUNTON declared that he intended to
vote against the Ministers because the present plan
tended to place the Church under a Board of Laymen.
Now this, in a gentleman who places the Church under
the Parliament, under the Ministers, and under the
QUEEN, is, in our opinion, a gross inconsistency. We
think him in error—not dishonest.
Mr. GALLY KNIGHT was, of course, happy to agree
with Sir GEORGE STAUNTON. HC thought the plan
an outrage on public feeling, and that it would degrade
the Church to the level of JOHANNA SOUTHCOTE'S
followers. Is it not already below them ? They were
independent as a spiritual community ; the Church
takes orders from Catholics and Dissenters.