The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-06-24 00:00:00

AUSTRALIAN MAIL SERVICE.

In answer to Lord NAAFI,
Mr. WILSON stated that tenders had been received Cr:.
the Australian packet service, all of which had been d
fully considered, though he did not feel justific
announcing which could be accepted, .but goverllteho
would, in the course of to-morrow, intimate which 0
,gd to
tenders, with certain modifications (which be 'Joel
doubt, would not be agreed to by the companY),
would be prepared to accept for the entire service.
In reply to Sir J. Pakington old
Mr. WiLsori expressed his hope that the service
commence in the course of a few days.

The orders ofTHE
theIRISH day havingEDUCATION
beenVOTE postponed 03 the'
motion of Lord Palmerston.
Mr. CHICHESTER FORTESCU
to move the following resolution

otice°
rose pursuant to n
'—`' That this House "he
mosses
of
hperrolvgir
ts _„I
sects, under the direction of the commissioners of nation
education, and is of opinion, that in the administratl.;
of that system, or in any modification of its rules, th„vo
should be maintained a strict and undeviating adhereg.,,,,
to its fundamental principles, securing parent al authop_L_
and the rights of conscience to pupils of all denominat 17;
aejsessty made in
-tub'
by excluding all compulsory religious teaching. This 110 the
being convinced that no plan for the education of
„.0,
Irish poor, however wisely and unexceptionallY etio
trived in other respects, can be carried into eire, c
operation, unless it be explicitly avowed, and c'earizo
understood, as its leading principle, that no attecaPt sous
be made to influence or disturb the peculiar rel'g The
tenets of any sect or denominations of Christians." ffir,
honourable gentleman referred to the debate on ,
Walpole's motion on National Education in Ireland, upon
which he remarked that that debate, considering
.„.5
importance of the principles involved in the motion. 40.,
inadequate to the subject. Scarcely any leading meEni;
of that House, or of the statesmen who were concern d.
the establishment of National Education in Ir°111" d
and no Protestant Irish representative, having exPreloen
their opinion before the division took place, the decisac.,
to which the House came that evening must be oltrost
tensed as rash and tending to subvert most .1119t,';i of
equitable, most Irish, and therefore most SWOP'.
educational institutioe_s in Ireland.

observed

instruction of the poor ci

Mr. KERR seconded the motion. • a ae
Mr. WALroLe defended his resolution, and dente
_du,
intention to subvert the existing system of national e
cation, or to afford facilities for proselytising' con-
concurred in the resolution which was then under
sideration, and adopted it as an explanation of that, 15.31

the House had assented to upon his motion.
Mr. LABOUCHENE defended Mr. Fortescue's reso.7,-„sed
lauded the national system of education, and e%131."-ort
his gratification at the course taken by Mr. Walpole

that; occasion.
ere"
Mr. KINNAIRD complained of the conduct of the ge.olir
ment in refraining from, moving directly, that the re—ter-
tion previously adopted should be rescinded, While en
ea
taining such an opinion as Lord Palmerston had exPres-,
as to its result. He supported Mr. Walpole's resolutioafty
Lord JOHN RUSSELL deprecated Mr. Walpoles relic,
tion, and supported the motion proposed bY
Fo
Mr.s u
rtecue. A the
NApn defended the conduct and supporte-

views of Mr. Walpole. I,t. the
Mr. HOBSMAN vindicated the course taken 1.`,"
Government, and remarked, that if Mr. Walpole 's re.lo- ee
tion was carried into effect, it would create
thousand grants similar to the Maynooth grant. 1,3 of
Mr. P. O'BRIEN supported the existing Syste
national education in Ireland. o
Mr on
GROGAN proposed an addition to the res° id be
before the House, to the effect that, no schools sia°°
disentitled to aid from the hands of thd Board of w
the reading .HA the bible is comulso.
Mr. G. AMILTON supported ry
the resolution Inc)feci
by Mr. Walpole.
Mr. I. BUTT supported Mr. Fortescue's resolutieni. the
Lord BERNARD then- moved the adjournment °
debate.
'

The House divided, when the numbers were :---
For the adjournment
Against it

Majority ................... 281 iarts.
Lord PALMERSTON defended the resolution as a cl:9,sting
tion that no change should take place in the e-uegtioo
system, and stated his intention of pressing the cl
to a division that night. I Pen-
Mr. DzsEAEL! would support the fundamenta
or. 2111
ciples of the existing system, and would also stIPP
modification or improvement consistent with those his
ciples, and in that view had supported the motion
right hon. and learned friend Mr. Walpole. .„es to
A division took place on a motion of gr. v."
adjourn the louse. The numbers were—
For the adjournment ..................... 39
328
• Against it

289 eivi,*
_.
Maj
The House afterwardsorit divided on Mr. GROGAN'S ma
meat. The numbers were— 95
For the amendment ..... ••
282
Against it ,
__.--

Majority ........................ 187
a g Tr
eheed
cheered.
main qTuehsetiornesuiw at s
wtahsenlopuudtl,yanadndt hceonrteisnoulonutiso;
The other business was disposed of, and the ..-11°Ilse
adjourned at half-past one o'clock.

SUSPECTED FORGERY AT HUDDERSFIELD.-- On t
day Mr. Henry Leadbeater, was privately examinedt:,
Huddersfield, by Armitage, Esq., and his co mogi'trat-to
on a charge of forging bills of exchange with Intel I
defraud the Huddersfield and Halifax Banking Company,
The prisoner was eventually remanded to Thursday
tiqitt'es'
when, in consequence of the piotest of the Inog.s Thursdaetratea'
clerk, J. C. Laycock, Rq., against secresv, the depys"lcd
will be taken in open court. The amountinvolved is stated
to be over £2,000. The prisoner has hitherto held a big
position in the mercantile and religious worlds

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