The Sun.
London, England, 1869-05-18 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, -iIIUE6DAY -EVENING, MAY 18, LE69.

MISCELLANEOU NEWS;

TIES LORDS AND THE DILL.

The morning papers take little notice of the JOAn
Bull's statement that Lord Derby intends to move
the rejection of the Irish Church Bill. Most of them
do not even publish the_,paragraph.. The Morning
Advertiser prefers to wait a few days before com-
menting upon it. The twin Standard and" Herald
are dumb, neither confirming nor contradicting the
announcement. -
The Alm Ball's statement seems •to be discredited
by the fact that the standing committee of the Irish
Church Conference have declined to recommend-the
Lords to reject the bill. There was a•conference at
the close -of the week between the committee
and. Lord: Cairns. The result of this meeting
remains "to be ascertained.' But it is scarcely
likely that, in the meanwhile, Lord Derby
would deCide to take the momentous step from which
even Irish Churchmen shrink.

between this tountry and the Unitedstates—lnr.
Cyrus Field,

TTIE FACTORY KING.

Bradford and the neighbourhood around kept
complete holiday on Saturday. The shops and
factories were closed.; the workmen donned. their
best 'raiment ; flags-and banners were hung from the
windows in the great thoroughfares ; processions;
composed in all of 30,000 men, headed by bands of
music, paraded the principal streets; and the whole
district turned out in vast crowds to do
honour to the memory of Richard Oastler, 'the
Factory King. A statue of the successful agitator.
of the Ten Hours Bill was unveiled' in the town
.by
Earl Shaftesbury, and his lordship, Mr. W. E.
Forster,- M.P., Mr. Miall, M.P., . Mr. Ferrand, and•
others addressed the assembled multitude. Earl
Shaftesbury, who was the member of Parliament by
whom the reform which Oastler advocated was
achieved, paid a high tribute to the man " whoz in
the feelings of the highest humanity, and }n the true
spirit of the Gospel, left his retirement to maintain
the cause of the worn-out adult and cauge.,9l
suffering children." . Mr. Forster counselled then)
not to let the cause die, but to carry it on, not.
Withstanding- that the man who had originated it was
dead. The great evils to be dealt with at present were
gross ignorance and intoxication. Something could be
done by law to remove both; but much more could
be done by the people themselves. The factory sys-
tem as now administered left it to a great extent in
the power of the heads of families to do much fom
the education of their children, and. to • put
down the dreadful evil of intoxication. It was
his place now, connected with the Government
to consider what legislation could do for the teach
ing of the children. The little connection he had
had with the Education Office did not make him one
whit the less determined that the State should do its
duty in bringing means of education to all childrer
in the country; and if the-parent either could not om
would not do his duty, and if the neighbours did not
or would not do their duty, then he would say that
the State should step in and do it for them, and, gc
far as it was possible and just, make them pay tbeim
share of the cost.

out anew in Rhode Island, as the following card
publisliesl in the papers will show :7

TO TICE RON. WILLIAM SPRAGUE, UNITED. STATES SENATOR

FROM RHODE ISLAND.

"Availing yourself.of your position in the thiited States
Senate, and abusing its privileges in a base ahh cowardly
spirit, you have in your Speech of the Bth inst. charged
me with having deserted my post in tho hour of danger,
while a member of the Ist Rhode Island Regiment. Gene-
ral Burnside having, over his own signature, denied the
truth of yonr assertions, it remains for me to pronounce
you before the world, and with a full apprehension of the
words I use, a liar, a caluminator, and a poltroon.—l am,

&C., "FRANCIS W. GODDARD,
"Late Captain Carbineers, Ist Rhode Island Regiment.
"Providence, April 24, 1869."
Meanwhile the National Intelligencer in which it is
said Mr. Sprague has purchased a large interest,
came out with an article headed, " What is IN eeded,".
and answering "The spirit of a Hampden; courage,
and bold championship to resist the evil influences
of the party in power," showing Sprague to be the
man in the Senate. This is taken to indicate that the
Senator has swung round and now stands on the
Democratic platform, and we confess we are not
sorry to see it, as the overwhelming Republican
strength in the Senate is demoralizing. That Cham-
ber wants a stronger opposition, and the Senator
has cause enough to denounce corruption. He
denies, however, having purchased any interest in
the National Intelligencer.