The Sun.
London, England, 1834-08-02 00:00:00

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SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS.

The Bill for the admission of Dissenters to the privileges of
the English Universities has met with the fate which was pre-
dicted for it in the House of Lords last night, or rather early
this morning—the second reading having been lost by a majo-
rity of 187 Peers, Temporal and Spiritual, to a minority of
85. Thus this important question, passed in all its stages in
the House of Commons by sweeping majorities, has been re-
jected in the Lords by a numerical majority of one hundred
and two Peers ! We say a 4! numerical " majority, for by
numbers only was the Bill cast out. The character of its
supporters—the plain and manly sense of Lord Radnor—
the admirable speech of Lord Melbourne, and the splen-
did oration of Lord Brougham, form a strange con-
trast with the empty bigotry of the Duke of Wel-
lington, the silly twaddle of the Duke of Glou-
cester, and the Jesuitical special pleading of Bishop
Phillpotts. We can now only call attention to the debate, and
must defer any comments on the extraordinary objections urged
to the measure by the Tory Lords. The result of this division
cannot but excite public attention still more to the political
character of the Peerage, so strikingly opposed to that of the
Commons. In a British Assembly, in the nineteenth century,
only eighty-two hereditary legislators among 420 give suf-
frages in favour of the great principle of religious liberty and
free education. The Bishops, as usual, came down in a covey
against the Bill—the Bishops of Chichester and Derry alone
voting in its favour. The Right Reverend Prelates are said
to have " chuckled" over the result of this division ; we doubt
whether they 'may not, ere long, discover their error. The
day of retribution is at hand, when the bigotry and impolicy of
the Prelates will assuredly be visited on them. We publish
to-day the " Report of the Commissioners of Ecclesiastical
Revenue Inquiry," on the Annual Income of the Church.
This important document is the " first fruits " of inquiry into
the enormous and disproportionate revenues of the Hierarchy.
But on Monday we will return to the whole subject.—Morning
Chronicle.

The Lords have thrown out the Universities Admission Bill.
If we felt towards the House of Lords the hostility which
some persons are said to feel, we should rejoice at this deci-
sion, because we know that it must injure the character of
their Lordships' House with the thinking part of the public.
But our feeling towards that part of the Legislature is the re-
verse of hostility—need we add that on the occasion of which
we speak it is the reverse of joy or satisfaction. The fact is,
and there is no use in disguising it from others or from our-
selves, the Lords have committed more than one mistake in
their recent proceedings. Their adoption of the Poor Laws'
Amendment Bill, a measure which they received with open
arms, was one bad specimen of statesmanship. Their rejection
of the Universities Admission Bill, or, as it is more generally
known by the more general name, the Dissenters' Relief Bill,
is another. When the Dissenters thrust themselves forward
as opponents of the Established Church, we did not hesitate
to denounce their conduct. But while we deprecated the tone
of their petitions we claimed for them the right and title to re.
lief, believing that it was no part of the defence or security of
the Church of England to do wrong to others. The re-
fusal of education in our Universities to the Dissenting
youth of the country—and the refusal of Degrees,—
amounts to what is a wrong. Why should the form of
subscribing to the 39 Articles be the only passport to the
highest order of education? It is not the passport to the
highest offices of the State. They may be in their hearts and
intentions friends, but they are in their conduct as mischievous
as enemies who would lay the foundations of the Church in
the sand and chaff of such wretched bigotry. Truly, if the
Church of England have no better defence against innovation
than that which Oxford and Cambridge profess to administer
in their jealous and exclusive regulations, the Church of Eng-
land is in a bad way. Were there no other reason for pro-
nouncing it in a bad way than the impossibility of keeping up
such regulations much longer, it would be sufficient ; for, so
sure as there is consistency in man, or conformity in the suc-
cession of events, the Universities must open their doors to
that large portion of our fellow-subjects to whom the doors of
Parliament and the doors of the Cabinet have been thrown
open by " the spirit of the age." It is a libel upon the Church
of England—it would be a libel upon any Christian Church to
represent it as requiring to be propped up with oaths and de-
clarations. But we refer our readers to the debate, lamenting,
for the sake of the House of Lords, which we should like to
see to better advantage, that the argument and the majority
were on different sides, and that one was an answer, and will
be a corrective to the other.—Morning Herald.
The triumphant termination of the debate in the House of
Lords last night, on the second reading of the Universities
Admission Bill, the merits of which were expressly summed
up by the Duke of Gloucester as being unjust, cruel, and dan-
gerous, will be hailed with heartfelt satisfaction throughout the
country. The majority which threw out this iniquitous mea-
sure was as strong in number as the arguments were potent and
conclusive, which led to the happy defeat of the incipient pro-
ject to destroy the church. We can only refer at the present
moment to the masterly and conclusive speeches of the Duke of
Wellington and the Bishop of Exeter on this important occa-
sion, and recommend them to the earnest and attentive per-
usal of our readers.—Morning Post.

THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.)

COVENT GAR

DEN MARKET.
is morning's market, but the trade

There was a great supply at thi
was dull at last week's prices :

8. 11. to S. d
Potatoes (cwt.) .. . 4 0 7 0
Ca' bages, White (12) 0 10 2 0
Cauliflowers 1 0 2 (1

s. d to s. d.
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Spinach (hallsieve)::. 0 6 0 8
Cabbage Lettn. es 0 10 1 0
Green Pease
Broad Beaus ...
!French Beans
Gooseberries 2 0 3 6
Currants ,„.....4 6 4 6
Apples... 2 0 4 0
Pears
Onions 2 0 3 6

Rhubarb C 6
Brocoli 0 6
Endive 1 0

Wrse icadish(bur.dle) 3 0
Celery 0 6
Carrots 12 bunches) 3 0
Turnips
oleworts or Greens 1 6
Young Onions • 1 0
Turn ip Itaddishes 0 10
Leeks 0 9
For. Grapes (per lb.) 0 8
English, Forced
Pine Apples (lb.)
Cherries
Sea Kail (punnet)
Small Sallad
Peaches (dozen)
Nectarines 0 8

Seville Oranges (100) 8 0
Sweet Oranges 5 0

Lemons 7 0
Walnuts 1 0
Asparagus
Raddishes (12 hands) 0 3
Span. Chesnuts (peck) 4 6
French ditto 4 6
French Walnuts 4 0
Spamsh 1 lazlenuts
Brazilian Nuts.
Cos Lettuces (per score) 1 0
Strawberries(pottle) 0 3
Raspberries fl 6

Cucumbers (brace) 0 1
Melons (each) 4 0