The Sun.
London, England, 1809-02-28 00:00:00

NAVAL. REVISION.

WAIW presented several Reports of the
Commissioners of Naval Revision. He said, the ist
!sod 2d .Reports had been same time before the
Houk:, and the eth was not yet ready: He:lnoved
that these Reports be printed.
Sir CHAELEB POLE was against the printing, 'be-
owe he thooghl it would be impossible to have them
ruled in tune for 14e information of Members,
veviolisly to the day for considering the Navy Es-
tunstes. On these Estimates, there were very con-
sidetabid exceedings over those of the last year,*More
especially. in the Victualling department ; he thought,
therefore, that the Reports should lie on the table,'
preparatory to the discusson on those estimates.
Mr. WARD admitted, that the exceedings were
certainly ' important ; but that under the head ot
Victualling, to which the Hon. Baronet particularly
alluded, did not exceed 20,0001. or 30,0001.
The Papers were ordered to be printed.
. On the M,,tion of Mr. I.l.os.rea, the House re-
solved itself into a Committee on the Irish Bank
Note Bill, anti went threugh the same.—Ordered to
be fvpurted to-mellow.
The Qatltion of the Ordnance Estimate was post-
potted to Friday.
On the Molten of Mr. FosTea, the House re-
selved itielt. into a Committee of Supply.
Mr. FOITEtt proceeded to move the remainder of
the usual yearly grints. The first of; which was a
sum of 26,3231. for Protestant Charter Schools.•
• On the question being put— •
Sir kuti Newl'okr desired to know, why, the
three Repdrts 'Made to the Irish Government by the
ILiarti ot Education, had not been laid on the table
ot the House, previously to any motion for grants
of this nature ; two of those Reports be knew were
made a coosierable time since, the third :more re-
; and he could conceive no just reason why
l,ey were kept back,
So A. WELLESLET.answered, that the Reports
';-I;iitt'itcl•to.by the Right,Hon. Baronet were certainly
la d tilt scime, time before the Lord Lieutenant, who
deemed it expedh:nt that the Board should have an
(Tportunity of extending still further its inquiries,
ort.'er to obtain the fullest infOrmation below the
cots should be laid before Parliament.

Sir J..:Ne7.vroter stated, that there had long
existed, libth the schools of Royal Fouudation, and
others of a minor description, abuses of the grossest
nature, under which the sums appropriated by the
founders had sunk into' the pockets of individuals,
whereby the objeelsef those Institutions were most
flagrantly defeated. It surely could be neiiher neces-
sary nor justifiable that these abuses should bee suffer-
ed to continue until the whole system of education
in Ireland should have undergone complete revision.
several of these schools there had been a shame-
ful misapplication of the funds, .and partieularly in
two schools, the one in- the Queen's County, and
the other in the County of Westmeath, His objed
was that 'Parliament should rescue those funds out of
the hands of peculating; individtrfals, a,.d apply them
t 4 their legitimate purposes; and in 'order thereto,
he should feel it his duty to move, at an early day, for
'the Report to be laid on the table. '
Sir ARTHUR WELLESLEY admitted :the abuses to
exist, but thqught that before Parliament thould
adopt, any vroceeding on the sobjed they should
have the fullest information before theiyi, and upon
the best consideration he could give the subjea, this
was the Only cause why the Reports had not yet
been jaid.before the House.

Sir JOHN NEWPORT said, he should move for
them on Thursllay.
The following sums were then votecll--.
Charter Schools . . .
fo the Linen and Hempen Nanufaiturets
Salaries of the Lottery Office - -
Printing, Stationery, Messengers, &c. for the ()dices
of the Chief and Under Secretary - zt,900

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