The Sun.
London, England, 1852-04-20 00:00:00

3IAYNOOTH GRANT.

Earl TALBOT presented a petition against the May.
nooth grant.
PATENT LAW AMENDMENT BILL.

Lord COLCHESTER, in moving the third reading of
this Bill, stated the alterations which had been intro-
duced into the Bill while in Committee. The nature of
these alterations, however, did not reach the gallery.
After a few observations from Lord WALDEGRAVE and
Lord CAMPBELL the Bill was read a third time and
passed.
The Bishopric of Quebec Bill was also read a third
time and passed.

- THE MAYNOOTH GRANT.
The Marquis of CLANRICARDE rose to put a
question to the Noble Earl at the head of her Majesty's
Government as to his intention relative to any future
grant to Maynooth. After going into the history of
the original endowment, the Noble Marquis said that
the answer given by the Noble Earl opposite to the
question put by a Noble Lord not now present (Albe-
marle), bad been materially disturbed by the speech of
the Solicitor-General (Sir E. Kelly) delivered only a
few days ago, in which that Learned Gentleman stated
that ho was ready to concur with the Government,
of which he was a Member, in any step to put an end to
the College of Maynooth, if such a step should
be found necessary upon inquiry, and if the existing
contract and engagements could be got rid of with
honour. Wrtth regard to any inquiry, no notice of any
intention of moving for a Committee on the subject had
been given by the Government in either House. There
certainly was a notice of motion for a Committee on the
subject standing on the order-book of the House
of Commons, in the name of Mr. Spooner, but
the proposed object of that Committee was
not to inquire into the existing contracts and engage.
ments with the College of Maynooth, but to inquire into
the nature of the education given at that college. That
was a motion which when made by a Noble Earl
(Roden) not now present, in 1645, the Noble Earl
now at the head of her Majesty's Government, had op-
posed. This was a subject of such real importence
that the Government ought not to leave this country and
Ireland in the dark as to their real intentions ; and if
they had any intention of making an alteration in the
present settlement of the question, it was not on the
hustings but before Parliament that they ought to
deliver them.

The Earl of DERBY said that he thought that the
difficulties of maintaining endowment to Maynooth to
which he hadvallude4l on a previous occasion would be
greatly incroased by the sdeech of the Noble
Marquis. Th 4 Noble Marquis had more
leisure than he had to read newspaper re•
ports, but he must protest against her Majesty's
Government being made responsible for any newspaper
reports of any speech whatever upon the huatings; and
still more for the accuracy of any comments which the
Noble Marquis might make upon that report.
From what be could learn from the Noble Mar-
quis of the speech in question, the Solicitor-
General appeared to be of opinion that the set-
tlement of the Maynooth question in 1845 had not pro-
duced all the good effects which had been anti-
cipated from it. In that particular point he
could only say that the Solicitor-General shared
the feeling of a largo number of people
He quite agreed with the Noble Marquis that any in-
tention of any alteration ought to be proclaimed before
Parliament, and not on the hustings, and he could only
repeat his former statement that her Majesty's Govern-
ment had no present intention of making any
alteration in the present grant to Maynooth,
but should circumstances arise to make any such alter-
ation necessary, ample notice would be given in both
Houses, and the Noble Marquis would have full oppor-
tunity of taking any steps which he might think neces-
sary for the purpose of opposing it.
Earl GREY rose and was
(LEFT &PEAKING.)

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly before Four
o'clock.

ROYAL COMMISSION.

The Usher of the Black Rod (Sir A. Clifford) appeared
at the table to summon. the House to attend at the bar
of the Peers and hear the Royal assent given by com-
mission to the Mutiny and the Marine Mutiny Bills.