The Sun.
London, England, 1863-06-18 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

HOUSE OF COMMONS--Last Evening,

The SPEAKER took the chair at twelve o'clock.
PETITIONS.

By Sir J. HAY, from chemists of Wakefield, against the
bill for prohibiting the sale of poisoned grain; several
against the Endowed Schools Bill.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.

SECOND READlNGS.—Morayshire Railway ; North Lon-
don Hallway Extension.

THIRD READllsiG.—Peterb :rough, Wisbeach, and Sutton
Railway.

ENDOWED SCHOOLS BILL.

Mr. DILLWYN, in moving the second reading of this
bill, said he regretted that a large number of petitions had
been presented against his measure. He considered, how-
ever, they were based on a misapprehens-on of the measure,
and doubtless much of the abuse that had been heaved upon
him personally was attributable to the same cause. When
he placed his bill on the paper for to-day it did not occur to
him that the Oxford commemoration would then be under
celebration,and that a number dhoti. members, especially the
two members for the University. would desire to be at
Oxford to meet the Prince and Princess of Wales. Though
at the time he declined to postpone his bill, he begged now
to move that the order for the second reading be discharged,
as he saw no probability of pressing the bill to its ultimate
stages this session. He wished to have the measure fully
and calmly discussed, and would be ready in the future to
introduce all reasonable amendments. He denied that his
measure could be construed into an attack on the national
Church. He was actuated by an earnest desire to remove
all civil disabilities on account of religious opinions. Next
session he should reintroduce the bill.
Mr. SELWYN, in seconding the motion, denied on his
part and those who acted with him in that house that any
attacks had been made on the hon. member for Swansea
(Mr. Dillwyn). They had discussed the subject temperately
and courteously. The attacks he alluded to must have been
made out of doors.
Mr. DILLWYN admitted that this was so.

Mr. SELWYN trusted this was the last occasion on
which they would be assed to enter upon the discussion of a
measure of this kind, which had now been five years bef ore
the house, and that instead of entering up ,n unprofitable
discussions the hen. member would devote his experier. ce
and time to rectify the wants of the population in regard to
education and its spiritual need. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. LO WE hoped they had heard the last of the bill. By
it if a Dissenter founded a school for Dissenters it would be
so used, but if the King of England established a school for
the education of those attached to the Church of England.
his gift would be void. (Hear, hear.) Ho need state no
further, because this was a fatal objection to the bill.
These discussions created ill feeling between Dis-
senters and members of the Church of England.
-Lord HENLEY hoped the hon. member would proceed
with his bill next year, because, at present, Government
injustice was inflicted upon conscientious Dissenters in con-
nection with their Endowed Schools.
Mr. FORSTER considered that the bill would simply
uphold that spirit of civil and religious liberty, which for
many years had been the bent of the legislation. He
blamed the Government for their conduct on the bill,

Mr. HADFIELD approved of the bill, because it would
remove a piece of spiritual intolerance of the most objec-
`ionable nature.
The order for the second reading was then discharged.