Texts for two or three leading articles might be found in the address which Bishop Morin dolivered here on Sunday last on the subject of oduoation. Wo may deal with each text in its turn, and ns inclination prompts us. To-day it suits us to tako up Dr Moran's ro marks on Mr Sheehan. They not only refer in a peculiarly marked manner to an inoident of the late session of Parlia ment, but while they ontiroly ignoro they yet suggest a subject of great public importance — namely, the ethics of politics and statecraft, Herbort Spencer and everybody else who studies the drift of public affairs deeply de plores the woful ignorance of the ethics of politics displayed by the great body of the people. But this cannot be wandered at in the millions who read littlo and think still loss, when wo find the same i«norance prevailing in tho minds of accomplished men of "light aud leading " like Bishop Moran. To make tho position clear for our readers wo may remark that at an early period of tho late session Mr Pyke introduced a bill to amond tho Educa tion Act in tho direction of giving State aid to denominational schools. At least, as we understood the bill, t,hp giving of such aid would have followed its affirmation by Parliament ; for its second section provided that "every school which was conduotod in ac cordance with the provisions of thn' Education Act, 1877, and regulations, framed thereunder, in respect of tho qualifications of teachers, course of in structidn, attendance at school, and in spection by an Inspector of the Board of Education, should be deemed a public school within tho meaning of the said Act," The- motion for tho second read ing of this bill was debated in tho House on the 1st, of June, and was thrown out by 47 to 2$ votes. Amongst those who spoke and voted against the bill was Mr Sheehan. Mr Sheohan is a Roman Catholic. In tho, speech which he made on the occasion referred to, he dwelt on this fact. He also ad mitted, by implication at least, that tho bill was intended to moet certain demands made by people of his faith. 