The Sun.
London, England, 1862-05-06 00:00:00

COUNTY INFIRMARIES, &e. (IRELAND).

Capt. STACPOOLE asked the Chief Secretary for Ire-
land when the returns relating to county infirmaries and
fever hospitals (Ireland), ordered on the 26th July, 1861,
and 28th February, 1862, would be laid upon the table.
Sir R. PEEL was understood to say that the documents
in question were not yet completed, but they would shortly
be submitted to the house.
VOLUNIEER CORPS DRILL INSTUCTORS.

Mr. GRIFFITH asked the Socretary of State for War
whether he was aware that the drill instructors appointed
to volunteer corps by the War-office were not contented
with the pay they:received from the War-office, but required
pay in addition from the volunteers ; and whether such
proceeding was in accordance with the intention of the
War-office ; and, if not, whether the Government would
prevent its occurrence, either by prohibiting the drill in-
structors from making any demand on the volunteers, or
in any other way.
Sir G. LEWIS said that those instructors who had pen-
sions received the same pay as sergeants of militia, namely,
2s. 4d. a day, and those who had not pensions received 2s.
7d. a day. With regard to the last question, the matter
rested entirely with the volunteers, and the War-dace bad
only a few communications on the subject.
THE REVISED CODE OF EDUCATION.
The house went into committee on the Revised Code.

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Mr. WALPOLE said that he had to dischargeai
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which would be at once agreeable and
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agreeable, because ho hoped that the present
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be terminated to a considerable extent;A was
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because he believed that,
painful,
mont would go in adopting alterations in the Re..
vised Code, they would disappoint some persons. The
Vice-President of tho Board of Education had
in the most frank, and he need not say in the most able
MA 71 T 1 Ar. announced the modifications which the Govern-
ment had determined on adopting in the itevised couc,
which were important in their character, very extensive in
their operation, and, be must add, highly conciliatory to
the tone and temper of the house and country. He thought
the Government should be met in the same spirit, and he
advised Parliament to accept the Revised Code with those
alterations, although some doubts might exist as to par-
ticular portions of the code even in its modified form. He
thought it right, however, while he abandoned opposition
to the code, in Which some of his resolutions had been
introduced to make some observations which he thought
were not uncalled for. He had received some communica-
tions during the Easter recess relative to the principal points
of the Code. In the first place it appeared that the certifi-
cated teachers did not think they were justly treated, and
strong objections were entertained respecting all the grants
under the existing system being converted into capitation
grants. Some of the masters in question contended that they
were badly treated, because, on the faith of the Government
grant, they had effected insurances on their lives, which
they would not be able to continue under the proposed
alteration which deprived them of all security. He
did not think that in reality there would be any injus-

tice inflicted en the body alluded to. It was also said that
the Revised Code would be worse than tho system it pro-
posed to supersede; but, as ho did not take that
objection in the first instance, he was not prepared
to do so at present. The right honourable gentle-
man then went in detail through the alterations
which ho had embodied in his resolutions, and which the
Government had virtually adopted, and he vindicated them
at some length. He contended that they ought not to
adopt as correct the objections to which he had adverted,
but at the same time he impressed on Government the ad-
visability of limiting the code to a period of two
years, when its operation would be sufficiently tested.
He could not accept the code as a final
settlement of the education question until it was ascer-
tained whether it met the requirements of the country.
The right hon. gentleman said that, of course, he would
not move his resolutions, but would merely move the first
as a matter of form, in order to enable hon. members to
express their opinions on this important subject,
Mr. PULLER asked whether it was intended by Go..
vernment that tAe wagers of laelloav might preseUt otly