The Sun.
London, England, 1853-03-02 00:00:00

MAYNOOTH.

On the order of the day being read for resum-
ing the adjourned debate on the appointment to enquire
into the College of Maynooth,
Mr. HADFIELD supported the appointment of the
committee, not simply beca.uie he was opposed to the
grant to Maynooth, but because he protested against the
Regium Donum, and every other kind of religious endow-
ments. There were thousands of Dissenters and Non-
conformists in the country who did not receive a penny
from the State, and he thought that not only the Roman
Catholics, but the Church of England, and every other
religious sect, should be placed in the same situation.
Yet, while the wealth of the Church of England was so
enormous, he could not see on what ground of justice
the hon. member for North Warwickshire could object
to the Roman Catholics receiving a small grant from the
State.

Mr. SCHOLEFIELD explained the reasons which
had induced him to propose his amendment for extend-
ing the inquiry of the committee to all religious endow-
ments, and said he had thought it right to omit from it
Ministers' Money and the Regium Donum, as they
formed exceptions to other grants, being included every
year in the es:imates.
Colonel SIBTHORP should support the original
motion, because he considered that the grant to May-
nooth had been perverted from its original purpose.
Mr. DUNLOP approved of the amendment, and
should vote in its favour.
Mr. NAPIER defended the Established Church in
Ireland against the attacks which had been made upon
it by Mr. Hadfield, believing that it had been a great
boon and blessing to that country. So far from only
one person out of in Ireland being members of that
church, he understood the proportion was more nearly
one in every four. He was opposed to the amendment,
as it would have the effect of sweeping away all grants.
He thought there was something inconsistent in the
hon. member who moved it, because while he advocated
the voluntary principle, he wished to force that princi-
ple by force and compulsion upon the adherents of the
Church of England.

(LEFT SITTING.)

BANKRUPTCY COURT (THIS DA Y).

(Before Mr. Commissioner Fonbianque.)

IN RE RHODES-AN IMMENSE CLAIM FOR 500,0001.

This bankrupt was described as of No. 2, Terrace,
Kensington, milliner, and to-day was appointed for con-
sideration of the certificate. The balance-sheet, pre-
pared by Messrs. Robinson and Knowles, Basinghall-
street, commencing Jan. 1847, and ending Dec. 1852,
shows Dr. to Crs., 8171. 18s ; ditto holding security,
1001. ; capital, 1091. 2s 2d ; profits (exclusive of the
millinery business) as commission agent, &c., 1,975/. 18s ;
profits, 2,3591. 13s 9d ; Cr. by good debts, 851. ; pro-
perty, 17C3. 13s 9d ; ditto in the hands of creditors,
1441. ' • 2531. ; rent, 670/. ; trade expenses,
2821. 15's ; house, 1,7391. 15s 6d.
The bankrupt is a claimant to an estate in India,
called the Troutbeck Estate, estimated of the value of
500,000/. The bankrupt states that his father considered
himself entitled to the whole of this property, but had
not the means to prosecute his claim. At present the
parish of St. Ann's, Limehouse, is in receipt of the
dividends, through some information given by a pauper,
since deceased. Bankrupt expended about 401. in en-
deavouring to get evidence, but was obliged to abandon
the inquiry for want of funds ; the claim, therefore, has
now been transferred to the assignees.

There was no opposition, and an immediate certificate
was granted of the second class.

KISSING GOES BY FAVOUR.

It is again our duty to call attention to the appoint-
ment of Prince Albert and the Duke of Cambridge, re-
spectively, to the Colonelcies of the Ist Grenadier and of
the Coldstream Guards. Mr. Ellice, the Chairman of
the Committee which had been appointed to regulate
the subject, on Monday evening, in the House of Com-
mons, made a statement to the following effect :—The
Committee found upon inquiry that the emoluments of
the Colonelcy of the Ist Grenadier Guards reached
as high a sum as between 4,0001. and 4,5001. per an-
num. But the Duke of Wellington then held the
appointment. It was determined that, until the
Duke of Wellington's death, regard being had
to his great services, matters should be kept
as they were. After the Duke of Wellington's death,
the emoluments of the Colonelcy of the Ist Grenadiers
were to be reduced to 3,0001., and those of the Colonel-
cies of the two next regiments of Guards were to be
maintained at 2,0001. per annum—in other words,
respectively at triple and double the amount of or-
dinary honorary Colonelcies in the English army.
But the committee retained these excessive emolu-
ments solely upon the condition that these Colonel-
cies should be considered the prizes awarded to the
most distinguished military merit—to the noblest—.
to the most capable veterans of the British army—to
men who had given proof of their courage and of their
capacity upon the battle field. Well, then, Prince Al-
bert and Prince George of Cambridge have teen ap-
pointed--the first, Colonel of the Ist Grenadier Guards
at 3,0001. per annum ; the second, Colonel of the Cold-
streams, at 2,0001. per annum.
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question upon this subject, in reply to
which he made a statement which will be found in our
Parliamentary report. Mr. Herbert was at some pains
to commend the liberality of Prince Albert to his regi-
ment, and to prove that, according to all precedent, the
Guards should be commanded by Princes. We have no
doubt of it ; but that is not the question. Mr. Ellice
and Mr. Hume have informed us that, in 1837, a new
system was introduced by which all precedent was set
aside, and the discussion resolves itself into a mere ques-
tion of testimony, which we leave to the parties con-
cerned. Mr. Ellice, the Chairman of the Committee,
makes a positive statement upon a question of fact on
Monday night ; on Tuesday night Mr. S. Herbert contra-
dicts him. On which side is there good faith I Is not
Mr. Ellice—supported as he is by Mr. Hume—a man
upon whose veracity the public can place reliance ?
Times.

A deputation from Wakefield had an interview yester-
day with the General Board of Health at their office,
Whitehall, with respect to the application of the Public
Health Act to that borough. The deputation consisted
of Mr. Micklethwaite and Mr. Lamb. They were in-
troduced by Mr. S. G. Smythe, M.P.
A deputation from Portsmouth had an interview with
the General Board of Health yesterday at their office,
Whitehall. The deputation consisted of Dr. Engledue,
Mr. Oundle, and Mr. G, Sheppard.