The Sun.
London, England, 1864-05-06 00:00:00

The Dismissal of Mr. Morel/.

The official correspondence relating to the dis-
missal of Mr. J. R. Morell from the office of her
Majesty's Roman Catholic Inspector of Schools has
just been published. It appeared that a memorial
was forwarded early in November last to the Com-
mittee of Council on Education, complaining of the
conduct of Mr. Morel! in the discharge of his offi-
cial duties, and alleging that in September, 1861,
when Mr. Morell visited St. David's School, Cardi-
ganshire, two pupils, who were candidates for the
pupil teachership, were not examined in his pre-
sence as they ought to have been, but that printed
examination papers, with the questions marked, were
left by him, with directions that the answers should
be given to the Rev. S. Bruno. Other grounds of
complaint, relative to the mode of examination
Gdopted by Mr. Morell, were stated by the memo-
rialist, Mr. James Kelly, teacher of the said school,
who strongly impeached the impartiality of Mr.
Morell, both in the conduct of the examine,
tions, and in his official reports, and offered to esta-
blish the charges by evidence before the committee.
The memorial referred to led to a very lengthened
correspondence with the Committee of Council, and
in a letter, dated Nov. 26, Mr. Morrell denied the
allegations made by Mr. Kelly, stating that the lat-
ter had been suspended for misconduct by Mr.
Stokes, as "a mischievous person who, with the
support of a powerful Irish party, made himself
very offensive at Cardiff." The Rev. Stephen Bruno,

in a letter to the Committee of Council on Educa-
tion, whose conduct had been complained of, also
described the charges made by Mr. Kelly as a
" tissue of lies." The charges then underwent in•
vestigation by the Committee of Council ; and the
secretary of the committee, writing by their order,
complains strongly of the " great irregularity"
disclosed in the diaries of Mr. Morell, showing
that out of 153 engagements in 1862 to visit
elementary schools and to hold collective examina-
tions of pupil teacher, he had kept 64 and failed to
keep 89. Much of the correspondence just pub-
lished consists of letters and documentary evi-
dence given in support of the charges of Mr, Kelly,
and the complaints of the Committee of Coun-
cil. In one case, Mr. Waterworth, Catholic
Chapel-house, Worcester, tells Mr. Morell that there
is one lengthened murmur against the uncertainty
of his visits, and in other places complaint is made
of the inconvenience caused by his arrangements.
Another portion of that correspondence refers to the
entry in his diary relative to the journey from
Cardiff to Plymouth on the 18th of September, 1863,
although it appeared that he crossed the Bristol
Channel on the night of the 17th. After a careful
consideration of the correspondence, quite apart
from the testimony of Mr. Kelley, Mr. Lingen, on
behalf of the Council of Education, writes that " my
lords of the committee feel themselves placed under
the necessity of calling upon yoU to resign your
office." In reply Mr. Morell begged most respect-
fully to decline the resignation. In accordance,
however, with the decision of the committee, Mr.
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March, 1864. In the last
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states that he considers that he has been condemned
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cancelled by the Queen
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on an unfounded charge of untruth, without refe-
rence to the practice of the department on the point
imputed to him, and therefore without being heard.

Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day.

hlarket steady at a decline. Sales about 6,000
bales.

Week's sales-98,970 bales, including 27,750 on
speculation, and 14,780 for export; actual export,
13.884: estimated stock, 324,600. Quotations—
Middling Orleans, 28; Mubiler, 271; Uplands, 27i;
estimated fair Egyptians, 28 to 29. Imports, 39,741;
Surate, 12 to 24.