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 (Seotland) 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
especial 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
requires the 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 non-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 in
him when (as was said of the King of Prnssii) he
is bien comprirni, that the Government ihtended 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 Holland, in the support
given to the establishment of Belgian, independence.
He added some remarks (which perhaps might have
been spared on the groisnd'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 Hon. 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 24th.
Two Amendments on the Resolution were subse-.
quently announced. The struggle of the Protec-
tionists (for hint ills lachrynzce, 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 emi-
nently serviceable plea, of protesting against being
supposed desirous to help them.
Oa Friday the night was occupied by a debate on
the system of National Education in Ireland, intro-
duced as a whet to the Committee of Supply. It
brought out some brilliant speeches from the Liberal
side, followed by a majority of 225 against 142
in their favour. It was whispered that this was
not so good a majority as last year. So that the ills
of Ireland are not decreasing.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
N OLD REFORMER.
Loudon, June 24, 1850.

THE WRECK OF THE ORION.
LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY NIGHT.--The arrival of the
Admiral this evening from the wreck of the Orion
has placed us in possession of the latest particulars.
The Admiral left the wreck at 8 30 this morning.
Nothing remained visible excepting two of the masts,
the funnel having bees washed away on Saturday
night.
The weather being boisterous on Saturday, the
divers were unable to work. Some differences had
also occurred with them, by which delay had been
caused.

The body of Mr. Thomas Murrich had been re-
covered. Ile had on his person a gold watch and 12
sovereigns. Mr. Marshall's writing-45k, containing
valuable papers, had been recovered.
Captain Henderson remained on the spot. The
second-mate was under arrest.

IMPORTANT ARREST.—Among the passengers that
arrived at this port on Saturday, 31st of May, in the packet-
ship Yorkshire, were two individuals who were wavy poorly
clad, but had in their possession some 25,000/., whoa was
snugly placed in a carpet-bag. After the arrival of the
vessel they deposited the large amount of money with
Messrs. Taber and Bagley, for safe keeping; and then
seemed perfectly at ease and secure until the steam-ship
Asia arrived, which brought their full description, and the
news that they were formerly clerks in the Bank of Ireland,
Cork, and had absconded with a heavy amount of specie and
bank notes of various denominations. They were imme-
diately taken prisoners.—New York Sun.
UNIVERSITT INTELLIGENCE. -- The Rev. Robert
Hawkins, Pd. A., of Pembroke College, Oxford, and vicar of
Lamberhurst, Lent, has been appointed domestic chaplain
to the Marcitlici Quack!),