The Express.
London, England, 1862-03-08 00:00:00

EDLTATION.-?AE REVISED CODE.

Mr. WALPOLE 'sheath, Vice-President of theCummittee
of Conseil 'batboy the nisi) nets of schools who do not, lifter
the Slat illy of March, undertake to provide and pay
the full stipends sad gmtuities now severally payable on
seemed of papil teachers during their current apprentice-
"hits. win be entitled to claim any, and, if any, what per.
Lou of the capitation gi..ut proposed to be paid under the
regulation of the revised code.
Mr. LONE—My answer is this : During the year which
elapses from the 31st March, to the 31st Moral,
all schools which an sow ailed by the Privy Council will be
e and paid upon the principle of the other code, and
therefore if during that year the managers do not make
ariangetueuts fee paying pupil teachers themselves, that will
L. 4 prevent them receiving their grants', which will be paid
as if there was so reniesl cods at all. But after the list
of Natal, Iki3, mangers et schools 0110 only receive one
of two grants—oos the great for pupil teachers and no
other grant ; or in ease they nadertake to pay the pupil
teachers tbeineelvis such capitation ae they may earn and
way be coutled to under the revised code.

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THE LONGFORD ELECTION.
Mr. LEFROV asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland if the
government bad received full information as to the results
of the riots which are alleged to havetaken place at the lets
election for Longford, and if that information was calcu.
lewd to alleviate the anxiety produced in the minds of many
whoa, friends and tenants are reported to have
Mrso°lsangeroosly wounded by the mob, io eousequemee, of
threats held out spinet them if they exercised) their preri-
lep of voting for the candidate they wished to support ;
and, if such was the can, if the government proposed to
take any measures to prevent • repetition of such proceed-
ingson any future occasion.
Sir R. PEEL—Thin subject, which has been kottOt
muter the notice of the house, is one which I must say has
1 excit,4 general interest, and has given rise to straw feel-
ings in the whole of many boo. gentlemen on both dike of
the hoes*. For myself, lam not at all surprised that the
hon. gentleman, coosidering the scenes that have taken
place in the last few days at Longford, should express a
feeling of indignation ea the subject. It is well known
that in that cuiu.ty the tenants of the hon. gentleman, as
well as tenants of other persona, and moreover the clergy-
man, the protestant pastor of his own parish, have been
rnalteritted by a lawless mob ; but I am bound to may also,
that the information which appears in the newspaper, by
no memo comes up to the real state of the aim, for I be-
lieve that scenes of violence and intimidation and outrage
took place in the county of Longford during the recent
election which have not hem witnessed, incept in Ireland,
for a great number of years. I do not know what
cause may be pursued on the subject, but I believe,
from the reports which here reached the government, that the
election—the mockery of an election I may almost call it
—cheer. hear)—will be the subject of a parliamentary
in-
qmry. but I am not able to say what coon will be taken
to the mattter. 1 believe that the freedom of election was
sot at all exercised there by the people.
Mr. P. IiENNESSY —I rise to order. The right hon.
gentleman has told us there will be a parliamentary inquiry.
Notice has been given by Colonel Whites agent to the gal-
lant member for Longford that a petition will be presented.
l'sder such circumstances I put it to you. sir, whether the
right boo. gentleman is in order in discussing the subject.
The SPEAKER—Not as a matter of order, but as •
matter of discretion.

Sir It. PEEL—The hon. gentleman asked me whether the
government would take any measures to prevent a repeti-
tion of such occurrences. There was • large force of con-
stabulary, sod special stipendiary magistrates in the oounty,
but they, probably, were not sufficient for the purpose. The
government, I believe, have given orders that all persons
wbo can be proved to have been engaged is these violent
proceedings shall be Fomented and dealt with u the law
directs.