The Sun.
London, England, 1862-02-27 00:00:00

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THE SUN.
LONDON, THURSDAY, FEB. 27, 1862.

Another Wednesday's sitting. What shall we
say of it ? Not so very bad after all ; it shows,
indeed, but one bill passed or adopted, and two got
rid of by withdrawal or by a hostile majority.
Mr. HADFIELD'S " Whipping Bill" was not how-
ever whipped out of the House. On the contrary,
the Government undertook to attend to one half of
it itself, and asked Mr. HADFIELD to render the
second half more effective for its object in a new bill,
Sir G. GREY promising his cordial support. The
first half prohibited the infliction of corporal punish-
ment in gaols upon refractory prisoners—the Go-
vernment has this subject under consideration in
connection with reports of the prison inspec-
tors, and will include it in their measure. In
the second half Mr. HADFIELD proposed, when
whipping was ordered for juvenile delinquents,
that the instrument should be named in the sen-
tence, and also the number of strokes to be given.
Sir FREDERICK SMITH bore testimony to the inu•
tility of flogging in the only after a ten years'
experience, in which he had managed his re-
giment without it; Mr. HENLEY firmly
denounced the flogging of children of tender age.
Mr. SOTHERON ESTCOURT did not seem to be so
much opposed to it, he intimated that the virtues
for which we all respect him so much, may have
been due not only to native goodness, but to the
salutary operations of the birch at school. The
memory of them at least survived till last night, and
will, we hope, long survive.

Mr. HADFIELD'S other bill,—that relating to
Qualifications for Offices, was carried by a majority
of 13, Mr. NEWDIGATE having moved that its third
reading be deferred for six months. The Commons
having floated it once more into the Upper
House, we would venture a hope that the Lords
will not renew their Jew Bill policy, in regard to
this bill. They cannot pretend that the Christian
religion is even touched by it ; they do not affirm
that the declaration it abolishes is any protection
to the established sect of Christianity itself; their
only arguments, if such they can be called, for they
are rather expressions of mere prejudice and feel-
ing, are—First, that it, serves to show, as Lord
CIIELMSFORD said, the " predominance" of the
Established Church ; next, that is one of a series
of attacks on the Established Church. We submit
once more that this is not the age to continue
badges of humiliation for religious opinion, when
no pressing necessity
is met by them. Their lord-
ships would do wisely to show a preference for
equalizing in every Way the privileges and position
p
of all loyal subjects, be they of what creed they
As to the attacks on
the
Church, it is bad policy may.
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