The Sun.
London, England, 1850-06-24 00:00:00

TO THE SECRETARY OF THE

BRADFORD REFORM ASSOCIATION.

Sir,—On Wednesday the 19th, the House was
principally occupied with a discussion on the second
reading of the School Establishments (Scotland) Bill.
The question seemed to turn mainly on the merits of
Scottish schoolmasters. The second reading was ,
finally negatived by 100 votes against 94.
On Thursday Mr. Roebuck asked his. promised
question, whether the Government would adopt any
e.special course of conduct in, consequence of a late
Resolution in the Lords. Lord John Russell rose to
reply, but had not proceeded far, when a Member on
the other side of the House rose to order, and de-
manded compliance with the rule of the House which
requlresihe answers to questions to be limited to the
briefest terms; • Upon which the Hon. Member himself
proceeded to expatiate, till stopped by the calls of
" Order" from various parts of the House, resisting
the palpable nen-compliance with his own proposed
rule. it was' to be regretted the rebuke was not put
in. the more substantial form of a single . Member
rising to make the call; 'and it was plain on 'the
whole, that the interrupter, in the lawyers' phrase,
had taken nothing, by his motion.
After the interruption, the Prime Minister Went
on again, and answered 'with the spring which is in
him when (as was said of- the King of rrussis) be
is bien comprime, that the Government intended to
adopt none. And he supported the none by two pre-
cedents ;. one in 1710; when the Lords voted that no
peace ought to be made which did not include certain
conditions, and the Ministry took no notice'of it; but
made the peace; and the other in '1833, when the
Lords on the motion of the Duke of Wellington
passed a vote, censuring-the conduct of the ,Govern-
ment towards the- King of Hollitia, in
,the support
given to•the ,establiShnient of Belgian independence.
He added some remarks (Which perhaps might have,
been spared on the ground of the general impolicy of
poking a wounded lion,instead of giving him time to
die), taunting the OppoSition with the certainty that
-they would have made the same motion in the Com-
mons if they had seen any prospect of success. The
same Member as before, followed with some reply.
On which the Member for Sheffield rose, and said he
. would bring the question to an issue, by a Resolution
he would propose. Till this, there was nothing by
which a hearer could determine to which side or
what that lion. Member, intended to be friendly; but
the Resolution, if carried, was evidently in favour
of the Government. The Member for Sheffield's
motion was finally fixed for the 24tir.
Two Amendments. on the Resolution were subse-
quently announced. The struggle of the Protec-
tionists (for ltinC aloe- lachrynice, there lies the. hitch)
will be to work upon the weakness of the " soft roe" as
it was called in the House, who are willing to bite at
any hook put forward to them by their enemies. The
report of the House is, that some of the Free Traders
are to nibble. They are to 'be-struck with -the diffi-
culty of approving all and every thing which has
been done for the last dozen years, and thereupon they
are to vote 'with' the Protectionists, under that `eini-.
nently 'serviceable plea,' of protesting against being
supposed desirous to help them. -
On Friday the night \vas occupied bq a debate 'on
the systetn of National Education in Ireland, intro-
duced as a whet to the Committee of Supply. It
brought -out some brilliant speeChei from the Liberal
side; followed by. a majority of 225. against: 142
in their. faVolir. It was :--Whispered that this was
not so geode majority as last year. So that the illy'
' of Irelandire not decreasftig. •,
I am, Sir your obedient servant,
• " irt OLD. REFORMER.
• London, -June 24, 1850:7 • -• • •,..