The Sun.
London, England, 1842-07-20 00:00:00

pose nearly the whole bulk of the population, and the
country must be governed on principles which shall se-
cure their confidence. We can no longer legislate for
them, or govern them in the spirit of a caste. They are
a nation, and unless we govern them as one equally free
and independent with ourselves, it will be impossible
long to resist the cry for the repeal of the Union.
The motion was lost by a majority of 146 to 75
but as it was a question which more concerned the
honour of the late Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, than the
Liberal party, the result neither diminishes the impor-
tance of the debate, nor disappoints any person. Mr.
CHARLES BULLER made a good speech against the
Government, and Sir ROBERT PEEL spoke with unusual
flippancy of the motion before the House, carefully
eschewing, however, to enter upon a clear defence of the
principles of his administration.

The Church Extension fat:cc came off on Monday,
and it .is to be regretted that Sir ROBERT PEEL did
not speak out more candidly, and reject at once the
scheme of Sir ROBERT INGLIS for adding to the burdens
of the country by increasing the wealth of the richest
Church in Christendom. On the contrary, to show the
high Church party, we suppose, that he will not throw
them overboard at present, he intimated that at an early
period next session he would state the view N.hieli the
Government took of the question, so far as several most
populous districts are concerned. how money is
to be raised for providing churches in these
parts he did not say ; but would it not have
been a much more manly and straightforward
course to have followed the example of the
Duke of WELLINGTON last session, when he stated
in the House of Lords that he would resist any propo-
sition of the kind till he was convinced the funds.of the
Church were inadequate for the religious instruction of
the people ? This is the substance of what his Grace
said, and we are therefore to infer that one Member of
the Cabinet, at least, will refuse a grant of the public
money, till the vast revenues of the Established Church
are made applicable to the improvement of small livings,
as well as to spiritual destitution in populous districts.
There is more than enough for forming the most com-
plete ecclesiastical establishment that ever existed. All
that is wanted is proper management, such as cutting
down large livings, joining small parishes, and, above
all, distributing the revenues of the Church lands, not
among wealthy bishops and useless dignitaries, but
among the useful and hard-working clergy. There are
"great birds of prey" in the Church as well as in the
State, and from the praiseworthy attempts of the Home
Secretary in former days to bring down this high game, the
public may confidently reckon upon his assistance in the
good work. To add to the distresses of the country by
giving us " more Church," would excite one burst of
indignation among Catholics and Dissenters. Their
hatred of Church-rates is already sufficiently great, and not
a little annoying to every Government, and Sir It PEEL
would find but poor compensation in the support of the
monks of Oxford for the determined hostility of these
two powerful classes of her MAJESTY'S subjects. We
have no fear, however, that he intends to propose any
grant of public money, but, on the contrary, hope that he
will institute a rigorous investigation into public charities
as well as Church property, the funds of which are amply
sufficient both for education and religion.

The French journals have all been received. The
afflicted Duchess of ORLEANS arrived at the I'a-
lace of Neuilly on Sunday morning. The KING
received her at the carriage in.his arms ; the poor deso-
late-hearted QUEEN bathed her in tears, and the afflicted
family, in the presence of their attendants, wept
aloud ! Respect for the deep sorrow of the Royal
Family, made all who were near them withdraw, so that
there were no other witnesses of the afflicting spectacle of
their first interview. The Duke of NEMOURS be
fore leaving Nancy, forwarded a despatch to
General BA UDRAND at Plombieres, where the
Duchess was, containing the words, " The Duke
ORLEANS has died at Paris." This dispatch arrived at
Plombieres on Thursday. The Duchess had just re-
turned from a long walk, and was dressing for dinner. To
communicate the whole truth the General felt would
be too terrible. Accordingly, in concert with the Prefect,
he prepared a despatch stating, not that the Duke was
dead, but that he was seriously ill. This was commu-
nicated to the Duchess who was greatly skocked,
Though she had invited a party to dine with
her, she resolved to set out instantly for Paris,
saying as she stepped into the carriage, " I know that
the Duke will scold me, but no matter, I am resolved."
We quote the account of the Duchess's journey to Paris,
from the Journal des Debafs of Monday:—

Some leagues beyond Epiral, during the night, the carriage
was suddenly stopped, on meeting that in which M. Bertin de
Meaux and Al. Chomel were going to Plombieres. The latter
went up to the door of the Princess's carriage; who instantly
got out. What news?" said she, trembling all over. "Is
lie worse?" M. Chomel had not courage to answer, he is
dead. " I understand you," said the Princess, with an
agonising cry, and it seemed as if she would sink under
the weight of her misfortunes. A long and terrible crisis
followed. Atter havinf, said, that she understood the Princess
would not believe the reality of so dreadful a catastrophe.
" No," said she, " it is not possible; you are mistaken, he
is not dead ; we shall find him ; I shall see him again."
This scene of grief, which the darkness of the night rendered
still more solemn, continued a long time ; the Princess was re-
placed in her carrirge, and ordered it to proceed with all speed;
she wished to arrive in time, she said, " to see again after
death, him whom Heaven had condemned her never more to
see alive." _ _

At Mirecourt, her Royal Highness met her sisters the
Duchess of Nemours and the Princess Clementine, who came
to meet her, and had already passed two nights, she got into
their carriage and proceeded to Paris without stopping an instant.
On arriving at Neuilly, after having been received by their
Majesties, she asked for her children, who were brought to
her, whom she pressed to her bosom, bathing them with tears.
Her Royal Highness was then at that time in the Palace.
General Alarbot, the Duke of Elchingen, Dr. Pasquier, Al. de
Boismiton, and Al. Asseiine were successively introduced to
her. The rrincess also received the Duchess of Elchingen.
In the evening the Duchess desired to dine with their Ma-
jesties and the Royal family.
The health of the Princess does not appear to be seriously
shaken by the dreadful trial which she has just undergone.
After an interval of heart-rending grief, of which those who
witnessed, cannot speak without tears, the Duchess of Orleans
regained the composure, the courage, and the resignation which
strong minds oppose to the blows of misfortune. 'I he widow
of the Prince Royal remembers that she is the mother of the
Count de Paris, the adopted daughter of our King, dear to the
country which has in her the union of rarest qualities of the
mind and the heart ; she knows the great duties
incumbent on her as a mother, and prepares her-
self for them in the midst of this overwhelming sorrow.
The Duchess of Orleans was worthy to sit on a throne by the
side of the Prince whom ,France deplores with such afflicting
unanimity ; she will prove herself worthy of such a husband, by
teaching her sons to Imitate such a father.

THE " POST" VERSUS EDUCATION.—The Morning
Post, whose misfortune it is to be pleased with nothing
that is said or done, whether by Whig or Tory, is quite
horrified at the idea of the people becoming more en-
lightened than they at present are, and finds grievous
fault with the Government for attempting to illu-
minate them, adding, " the liberal scheme of edu-
cation which the Conservative Cabinet seems, most
unfortunately, inclined to adopt, is essentially
revolutionary."—The scheme is certainly revolutionary ;
but it is revolutionary only of the ignorance and bigotry
that has hitherto prevailed among a vast mass of the
community. Its obvious tendency is to substitute light for
darkness—hope for despair ; to teach the People to discri-
minate between their benefactors and their oppressors ; to
elevate them in the scale of humanity ; and to place them on
a high vantage ground, whence they may get sight of the
right track, and. steadily, fearlessly, and unitedly pursue
it. In this sense the educational scheme of Government
is unquestionably revolutionary—that is to say, it tends
to expose and subvert the old-fashioned, one-sided,views
of legislation so long acted on, for mere party pur-
poses, by the Tories, and to introduce other and more
enlarged ones in their stead. This is its cardinal blemish
in the eyes of our Contemporary. Aware of the rotten-
ness of the system which be advocates, and that it thrives
best in darkness, he is naturally indignant at the idea
of the light being let in upon it. But the people
must be educated. Granted; but then, adds the
Pest, let their education take the same direction that it
took in the dear, old, ever-to-be. venerated days of high
Toryism ! Let them be taught to revere the divinity
of tithes ; to swallow, at one unhesitating gulp, the
Thirty-nine Articles ; to believe in the apostolic self-
denial of the Bishops, and the selfish cupidity
of the Dissenters ; to rest contented with the
crumbs of comfort thrown to them from time to
time by the Monopolists; to look upon Tory Magistrates
as infallible, and on Tory policy as the perfection of
wisdom ; to respect the dignified antiquity of jobs and
sinecures ; and to regard Reform, in all its forms and
phases, as en invention of the Evil One ;—let the People
be educated in this manner ; be taught to advocate these
notions, as the only sound ones in religion and politias ;
and then, argues the Post, England will again be, what
she was in the days of the Eldons, the Sidmouths, and
the Castlereaghs, the," envy and wonder of all surround-
ing nations ! Alas, the country cannot go back—and
would not, if it could—to 'these times ;it nr.lst obey the
g=eneral law of progression, and move fin-ward, even
though it leave our Contemporary, like some feeble old
woman, halting on crutches in the rear.
THE New TARIFF:— The first importation of
horned cattle, under the new measure, passed the Cus-
tom-house yesterday. It consisted of four bulls from
Switzerland of the celebrated Dun breed, which is pro-
duced in that country, and during the summer months is
pastured upon the lower acclivities of the mountains.
They reached London frnn Rotterdam, and had been
brought down the Rhine. Their value was estimated at
about 801. per head.

Admiral Sir Charles Malcolm, accompanied by his
con, came passenger by the Antwerp Company's steamer
Bruges,- (il►tnin Main, which arrived yesterday morn-
ing at St. Katharine's Wharf, Tower, from Ostend, in
barely twelve hotirs.
A disgraceful altercation took place a few evenings
since between twe valiant Knights ►n her Majesty's service, not
a hundred miles from the bath rooms, occasioned, we under-
stand, by some disagreement between the ladies, when one Gal-
lant Knight told the other that Lady and her sister were
two d—d blackguards. What is to be the end of such a quar-
rel, we know not.— Ipsevick Exoress.