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INSOLVENT DEBTORS.

Mr. Aligns:tumult said, that as several great al-
terations had been made in the new Bill relating to
insolvent Debtors in another place, Which he leered
would prevent it from obtaining the sanction of the
House, the consequence of whiCh, from the ad-
vanced state of the Session, would be, that the
country might be wholly without one, unless a
short Bill were passed to contiuue the existing Act
in force for • short period—suppose three months
after the next meeting of Parliament. lie there-
fore hoped the House would suffer bins to move for
leave to bring in a Bill of the laist-suesitiolied de-
scription. The Hon. and Learned Gent!emu° then
moved for leave to bring in a Bill to continue in
force and operation three Acts of Geo. 111. re-
specting insolvent debtors in England.
Sir G. Hsu. moved fur leave (as we understood)
to bring in a similar Bill for Ireland.
Alderman WOOD WHO very much surprised that
the labours of the Committee should go for no-
thing. lie believed that the course proposed was
unprecedeined, while a Bill was pending in the
House of Lords. He could not willingly suffer
the old Bill, with all its deformity. to remain in
existence. He should feel it his duty to oppose
the motion.

After some further conversation between Mr.
ABERCROMBY,Iemon Woott, Lord CASTI.C-
uxaou, soil Mr. D. W. Hatt%fair—
Mr. ABERCROMBY consented to withdraw his
motion, and give notice for to-morrow night, on
an understanding that the Bill should then be I.
lowed to go through all its stages. The motion
was then withdrawn, notice given for to-morrow
night, and a Committee appointed to search the
Lords Journals for any proceedings lead by their
Lordships respecting the Insolvent Debtors' Bell.

On the motion of Sir G. 1.1it.t.. the order for
the Report of the Irish linolvent Debtor.'
Bill into farther consideration, was diachrriced, and
a utw order made for that day three mouths.

ASSESSED TAXES, Ste.

The Assesseiiaxe;l(;ll;ll37ll, the Plate Glass
Bill. the New South Wales Duties Bill. the
Permits (Irrlantl) Bill, and the Excise Licenses
(Ireland) Bull, were severally read u third tame and
paused. •
DECEASED OFPICCRS ARREARI.

The third reading of the above Bill wee post.
pored.

CHARITABLE FUNDS.
The Order of the Day having beets read for the
House visit/ into a Conitnitiee on the above Bill-
Mr. BROUGHAM said he was desirous to state to
the (louse the results of the digest of the returns

mide lo Parliament on !lie subject of the 111111.
Appeared from that, that in nitre counties of Erg-
land, comprising a population airicultural, cons-
'mercial, and manufacturing, and from which there-
rare an average might he fairly formed for the
whole country. the popislatihn was one million and
a half, or one-sixth of the whole. The number of
endowed schools within the sane 790, and the chil-
dren educated therein 28,000, and their revenue
C. 76.500/. The number of unendnwed schools
3.1110, and the children educated liy them
92,000. The Sunday *chords were 8.50, and
the children instructed at them 70,000. !Mul-
tiplying therefore the above outolters by six, to
Obtain the quantify of eircli denomiliati 4444 ill the
kingdom, it would apprar that the whole ownh-r
of endowed schools to England was 'thrash 4,1100,
educating 156;0n0 children—of usiesidoweil ts,6ao,
educating 554,000—and of Sunday schools 5,100,
effordiug means of inernrtioo to 420,000
The two former items Merle a total of above 700,000
persons educated at endowed and ossentiowed school-.
From this sum, however, was to be mole to fairness
a deduction of about 50.000 children of a very
early age sent to schools kept principally by ma-
trons, not so Minh to be taught as to be kept out
of harm'. was. He was far, however, f
think-
iug that such institutions were not of great •hrivro.
tagelo the cursory, 101 the neighbourhood 'of that
House might he seen one established by the exer-
tions of himself and some • other Gentlemen', " The
Infant Asylum." It took charge of about 150
eliddrets roin three to five years of age, and at
least the children would derive from it the inesir-
mrble advantage of bring kept out of vice, and
from forming bad habits. It had fully satisfied the
sanguine expectations of those who had assisted in its
foundation. In the tables published by a society at
Patio for superintending the national education, it
had been computed, that if a country were provided
with means for educating the °he-tenth of it. whole
population, it would he possessed of a sufficiency
of means. Ifni the Reverend Gentleman who had
conducted the returns to the House thought that
provision was too limited, and he (Mr. Brougham)
thought the means should extend nearer to the mit-
eighth than the one-ninth; taking it, however, at
our-tenth, it appeared that our own deficiency was
about one-third. The society to which he bud al-
luded, had established about 800 schools in France
since February, 1818. If there was any defieiency
in Holland, it was less than in this country. In
the Pays de Vaux and Switzerland there were 550
schools; sod out of a population of 100,000,
27,000 had the means of education. The Hon.
and Learned Gentleman their observed on it as a
remarkable circumstance, that, comparing three
or tour ilifferent counties in England, the number
of persons receiving parish relief was in the inverse
proportion of thaw supplied with the means of
education. In France, the sources of instruction
were opened to all sects equally, and persons of all
religious persuasions sat down together in the same
schools, An illustrious personage also acted on the
same liberal and enlightened policy in this coun-
try, and extended the same patronage to the
British and Foreign School and the National
School Societies but he believed he was warrant-
ed in saying that these institutions had not more
than 1,200 schools in activity. The Hon. and
Learned Gentleman, after some remarks on the
state of national education in Ireland, earnestly en-
treated the Gentlemen who heard him, however
they might °thresher differ in opinion. to apply
themselves towards the advancement awl improve-
ment of the sources for instructing the body or the
people, and adverted to a measure oil a large scale,
winch (as we could collect) he proposed to intro-
duce in the ensuing Session.
Lord CASTLEREAGH was hippy to assure the Hon.
and Learned Gentleman, tilt educat• had cf late
years tirade larger strides in Ireland than in soy
other part of the empire; what had been doing its
the northern parts or that country would, he was
sure, be very gratifying to the House. The trustees
of Erasmus Smith's schools had. in numerous in.
stances, allotted funds for the boildisiz of inferior
schools, anal providing permanent 61111111 ti for the
masters. The Government had lent every assist-
ance to the great wool', which hail been judged
irruderit and safe ; and Lis Right Honourable
Friend, the late Chancellor of the Exchequer for
Ireland, had limited the allowances for brooding
schools for the lower order. Duly by the opinions amid
advice of the National S'.ciety—ftir there was a
danger of exciting s jealousy and lirejuilice its the
mind of the Catholic by excessive exertion. not-
withstanding that the avidity of the lower rooks of
that religion to have their children educated was
ex' reene.

Mr. V. FitiGErtst6 bore testimony to the ear-
nest avidity of the Irish peasant to have his Idf
spring educated. It wai a peculiar and interesting
trait in the character of that humble class of men,
that if you were desirotta of conferring the greatest
favour ou any of them, it would be dune, not by
Istraiowing wealth or advancement on himself, but
by extending the benefits of instruction to 114 child.
—(1/eor.)—He was enabled to, state, that in the
year 1809. there was every disiposition in the Irish
Government to diffuse the blessings of national
instruction, by proViding for the education of
teacher., and in every other practicable way, and that
their exertions were only restrained by prudential
reason.. Since that period, a model school had
been established in Dublin, and hundreds of
schools set up in one 'province of Ireland. The
Governors of Erasmus tiMitWil schools had acted
with great liberality—and the Lune absence of
religious animosity, the same moderation and und-
oo i iii ity prevailed. as the Floss, and Learned Gentle-
niris had described in France. The Society iu
Dublin was composed of Catholics. Protestants.
and Protestant Dissenters. and he had never heard
of the slightest instance of difference of oh -
among Its members. lie hoped their example
would not be without ore—he was sure their con-
duct had not been without applause.—r •ear./

Mr. BROUGHAM itikierVed." that ltb MOH it had
been reported that there were memo lii Veland Cor
educstoog 160,000 children, whereas it should hive
been 200,000.
Mr. V. FITIOGRALD said, that be believed he
was warranted in strung that to tlw lasi two years
the vddition to the uuu►bers educated in Munster
alone was 91,000.
The Bill then passed through the C.,mmitsee,
the Report was brought up and agreed tt., the Bill
ordered to be engrossed, said reed the third tune tu.

morrow if enzrossed. .It was. shortly after read the
third time rud trarprd. . .
PAUPER. LuxArcs.

The Report 11 e1;b4;;;,
,BillwM brought up
and agreed to; t 114.1 reeding tu.niurroo:
TONIRINSI PICTURE LOTTERY. _

Alderman WOOO said, he had been informed that
its a report of his speech on the Duke of Kent's
Lottery, a few isigiits since. he had been made to
say that the pieturei its Toinkitis's Lottery were
etrhhisk. He had not expressed himself so strongly,
he had only spoken unfavourably of some of them.
lie believed that the Lottery• Contained many works
of great merit, Ise understood it comprised produc-
tions by Sir W. Beechey and other eminent artists.
411111 a number of excellent -prints. As it had been
conceived that his supposed further observation
might have the effect oY injuring eta individual. he
fi•lt hues-If billed on to Make that exislanati 0000 .
The Iluwe then adjourned at Lialf-pt Eight
u'Cluck.

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