The Sun.
London, England, 1844-11-30 00:00:00

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LONDON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1844.

The distrust and anxiety of the Irish Tories on the
subject of the Educational Reforms which Sir R.
PEEL has in view, and which, it is supposed, he will
bring forward at an early period of the next session
appears to be daily on the increase. What Adds to
the perplexity and tribulation of this cross-grained
party, is the fact that, with all their inquisitiveness.
they can get no insight into the nature of the pro-
j.2cted reform in question, so have no pretext for or-
ganising an active, uncompromising opposition, for
is impossible that they can oppose with any show o
propriety a scheme with whose merits or demerits
they are not merely imperfectly acquainted
hut profoundly ignorant of. At present,
al
is mystery on the part of the official autho
Ries. Not a word transpires in any quar-
ter. No communication has been made, even to tilt
Education Board, so that nothing is left for the Tories
but conjecture ; and as they are of a somewhat de-
sponding turn of mind, with the finest possible con-
ception of a party grievance, their conjectures are
pretty sure to be of the most dismal character. The
Dublin Evening Mail hastens to sound the tocsin of
alarm by assuring them that it has every reason to
believe that an active correspondence between the
home-office and the Castle of Dublin, " touching the
projected reconstruction of the Irish University," is
now carrying on, and is daily surrounding Lord
EEYTESBURY " with mare embarrassments than he
was aware would fall to his lot on accepting the Lord-
Lieutenancy of Ireland. The most mysterious si-
lence," adds our disquieted Contemporary, "is ob-
served in the diplomatic circle—a circumstance
‘iv hich argues badly for the justice and honesty
of the design ; and great doubts are said to be
entertained of the willingness of the Irish Executive
either to recommend or adopt the proposed innova-
tion." This last remark is, of course, thrown in by
way of comforting the afflicted Tories, as nurses give
children a lump of sugar after having administered to
them a dose of physic; but let not these bigoted par-
tisans imagine for an instant that there is the slightest
foundation for our Contemporary's hypothesis. No-
thing is more unlikely than that the Irish Executive
will refuse to adopt the Government reforms. The
appointment of Lord HEYTESBURY is a guarantee that
they will be adopted without hesitation. His Lord-
ship was sent over to Ireland about the time when
Sir ROBERT PEEL made his important speech on the
subject of national education in that country; and
he would scarcely have accepted the office of Viceroy,
unless he had fully made up his mind to carry
out the educational reforms of the nature of
which the Premier had just given an intimation.
Lord HEYTESBURY, then, we repeat—despite " the
great doubts " of the Dublin Evening Mail—will be
found among the firmest supporters of Sir R. PEEL'S
projected schernß, for, to say nothing of his official
position, he is a practised politician, made circum-
spect, liberal, and sagacious by experience—the best
of teachers—and must be well aware of the impera-
tive necessity that exists for instituting a prompt and
searching reform into the system of education now
in use in Ireland. Having administered his small mo-
dicum of consolation to the Irish Tories, our Dublin
Contemporary next goes on to exhort them to be ac-
tively on the alert, so that they may be prepared to enter
the field of opposition when the season for the political
campaign arrives. "We cannot tell where the bl
will be struck," he observes, " but forthat very reo aw-
Nson we recommend the greater vigilance in
the mom watching
ent of the enemy, and the greater deter.

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United States. The more violent Opposition journals
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any regard to liberty, but because democracy has
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demonstration as a blow to the power of England. number of Committees which will sit it
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America--the French fleet will co-operate with the considerable period.
fleet of the United States— ESCAPE OF PRISONERS.—TWO prisoners, Robertand proud England will Stephenson, and ea, confinement
be humbled. The constant practice of the writers
for trial at the ensuing sessions on under
for the North Riding
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some foreign Power, in case of a war with England, larceny, effected their escape from tlia lock-up at
at o• the night of Tuesday last. `They
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American fleet ? The Siecle would seem to admit or eleven inches high, fresh coloured, and walks erect.
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to be avoided in our negotiations with America. In Durham Chronicle. ark hair, and a sallow complexion.—