The Sun.
London, England, 1847-02-08 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, AtONDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 8, 1847.

LORD G. BENTINC
BILL.

K'S RAILWAY

[Subjoined is the Bill laid by Lord George Bentinck on
the table of the House of Commins on Thursday night.]

A BILL TO STIMULATE THE PROMPT AND PRO-
FITABLE EMPLOYMENT OF THE PEOPLE BY
THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF RAILWAYS IN IRE-
LAND.

Whereas the speedy construction of raillvsys in Ireland
would be of great public advantage, and would especially

tend to improve the condition and to develop the resources
of that part of the United Kingdom ; and several Acts of
Parliament have passed, and other Acts arc likely hereafter
to pass fur the construction of such railways: And whereas
it is apprehended that the companies authorised by such
Acts may be unable to carry their several undertakings into
immediate execution by their own resources : And whereas
in the present state of Ireland it is expedient to afford in-
creased employment for labour in works of public utility;
Be it enacted, therefore, by the Queen's Most Excellnt
Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords
Spiritual and Temporal and Commons in this present Parlia-
ment assembled, and by the MU hority of the same:

AUTHORISING ISSUE OUT OF THE CONSOLIDATED FUND, OR
EXCHEQUER-BILLS, FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE ACT, NOT
EXCEEDING 1.6,00U,00U1.
1. That it shall be lawful for the Commissioners of the
Treasury to issue and advance, or cause to be issued and
advanced, for the loans to be made under the provisions of
this Act, and fur the other purposes of this Act, out of the
growing produce of the Cons-lidated Fund of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, such sum or sums
of money as may be required for 'uch loans and purposes,
not exceeding in the whole the sum of 16,000,000/. ; or, in
case the said Commissioners of the Treasury shall so think
fit, it shall be lawful for them to direct the Comptroller-
General of her Majesty's :Exchequer, at Westmins er, to
make out and Issue Exchequer-bills to such amount, not
exceeding the sum of 16,000,0001., as they snail think tit to
direct for the purpose aforesaid, and to causa the same to
be sold and the produce carried to the railway advances and
repayment account in the Bank of Ireland, hereinafter men-
tioned ; provided that the whole amount ot the sums to be
advanced out of the Consolidated Fund, and by such Ex-
chequer-bills shah not together exceed the said stun of
6,000,000/.
PROVISIONS AS To THE ISSUE, PERIOD, AND RATE OF

INTEREST OF EXCIIEQ US R
2. And be it enacted, that snch Exchequer-bills as may be
directed to be made out and issued under this Act shall be
in the same form and order, and according to the same or
like rules and directions, except where herein otherwise
provided for, as in an Act passed in the 48th year of the reign
of his Majesty King George 111., intituled 4 An Act for re•
gulating the issuing and paying of Exchequer-Bills ;" and
and an Act passed in the session of Parliament holden in the
4tti and sth years of the reign of his Majesty King Wil-
liam IV., intituled " An Act to regulate the office of the
receipt of his Majesty's Exchequer at Westminster;" and an
Act, passed in the session of Parliament holden in the sth
and tali years of the reign of her present Majesty, intituled
"An Act fur further regulating the preparation and issue of
Exchequer-bills," are prescribed.
3. And be it enacted, that all the clauses, provisoes, powers,
authorities, regulations, privileges, advantages, penalties, for-
feitures, and disabilities, c intained in the said Acts of the
48th year of King George 111., the 4th and sth years of
King William IV., and the sth and 6th years of her present
Majesty, shall be applied and extended to the Exchequer.
bills to be made out in pursuance of this Act, as fully and
effectually to all intents and purposes as if the said several
clauses and provisoes had been particularly repeated and re-
enacted in this Act.

4. And be it enacted, that the Exchequer-bills to be made
out in pursuance of this Act shall bear an interest not ex •
ceeding the rate of threepence halfpenny per centum per
diem upon or in respect of the whole of the money contained
therein.

5. And be it enacted, that all Exchequer•bills which
shall be made out and issued in pursuance of this Act, shall
be dated on the day of the issue thereof, and made payable
at such periods as shall be fixed by the Commissioners of
the Treasury.
_ _

6. And be it enacted, that all the Exchequer-bills to be
made out in pursuance of this Act, or so many of them as
shall from time to time remain undischarged and uncan-
celled after the respective days on which they shall become
due and payable, shall after that rim( pass and be current
to all receivers and collectors in Great Britain of the customs,
excise, or any revenue, supply, aid, or tax whatsoever, due
or payable to her Majesty, her heirs or successors, and also
at the Bank of England, to the account of her Majesty's
Exchequer, from the said receivers or collectors, or from any
person, body politic or corporate whatsoever, making any
payment there to her Majesty, her heirs or successors, upon
any account whatever.

MONEY REQUIRED TO BE CARRIED TO ACCOUNT IN TIIE

BANK OF IRELAND.
7. And be it enacted, that the Comptroller-General of her
Nlajesty's Exchequer shall, upon the warrant of the Corn.
nissioners of the Treasury, caused to be issued out of the
produce of the sale of the Exchequer-bills to be issued under
this Act, or out of the growing produce of the Consolidated
Fund, such sums for the purposes of this Act, as in such
warrant shall be specified; to be carried to an account which
shall be opened with the Commissioners of the Treasury in
the books of the Governor and Company of the Bank of
Ireland, under the style of " The Railway advances and re-
payment Account ;" and the Commissioners of the Treasury
may direct such monies to be advanced and paid out of such
Account they shall think fit for loans and other purposes by
this Act authorised.

tinguished, anything in this Act contained to the contrary
thereof in anywise notwithstanding.
INTEREST AND CLIARGES FOR MANAGEMENT TO BE PAID

FI:031 CONSOLIDATED FEND.
15. And be it further enacted, that all the said annuities,
interest, dividends, and charges for management, which shall
become payable in respect of the said sum of 16,000,000/., or
any part thereof, which shall have been raised as aforesaid
by Exchequer-bills, or annuities, or otherwise under the pro-
visions of this Act, shall be charged and chargeable upon,
and the same is hereby charged upon and made payable out
of, the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ire:and.
16. And be it further enacted, that so much money shall
from time to time be set apart and issued at the receipt of
the Exchequer in England, out of the Consolidated Fund of
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to the
said cashier or cashiers of the Governor and Company of the
Bank of England, as shall be sufficient to satisfy and pay the
respective annuities or the interest of the respective Exche-
quer-bills to be created in respect of the said sum of
16,000,0001., or any part thereof, together with all charges
attending the same.

RAILWAY COMPANIES IN IRELAND MAY APPLY FOR LOANS
UNDER AUTHORITY OF GENERAL MEETLNGS.

17. And be it enacted, that any company authorised, or
which shall be hereafter authorised by Act of Parliament. to
make a railway in Ireland, on an order of a general meeting
of the company, may apply to the Commissioners of the
Treasury for a loan under this Act, and any security which
shall be given under the provisions of this Act by such com-
pany, or the directors thereof, for any money advanced or
thereafter to be advanced, not exceeding in the whole the
amount authorised to be borrowed by an order of a general
meeting of the company, shall be valid and effectual, not-
withstanding any restrictive powers of borrowing contained
in the Act or Acts relative to such company.

RAILWAY COMMISSIONERS TO REPORT ON WORKS AND CON-
DITION OF COMPANIES APPLYING.
18. And be it enacted, that where any company authorised
to make a railway in Ireland shall be desirous of obtaining a
loan under this Act, it shall be lawful for the commissioners
of railways, by themselves or by such inspector as they shall
appoint for that purpose, to examine the works or proposed
works of such railway company, and to inquire whether the
speedy completion thereof would afford beneficial employ-
ment for labour, and would be of public advantage, and to
inquire into the amount of the money which shall have been
expended on such works, and if any part thereof shall have
been expended out of money borrowed, then distinguishing
the part thereof which shall have been expended out cf
money borrowed from the part thereof which shall have been
expended out of share capital, and to inquire what amount
of capital will be required for the completion of the railway,
and whether the railway, it completed, will afford a reasonable
prospect of sufficient security for the loan applied for by the
company, or for any and what loan under the provisions of
this Act, and to inquire into such other particulars in re-
lation to such works, and the condition thereof, and of the
company authorised to make the same, as they, the saki
commissioners of railways may think fit, and after such ex-
amination and inquiries shall have been made, the commis-
sioners of railways shall report the result thereof, together
with such observations and recommendations founded there-
on as they may think proper, to the Commissioners of the
Treasury.

P OWE RS OF RAILWAY COMMISSIONERS EXTENDED TO PRO-

IEEDINGS UNDER THIS ACT.
19. And be it enacted, that, for the purposes aforesaid, and
for all other acts aed proceedings to be done and take❑ by
them respectively under this Act, the said commissioners of
railways and their inspectors shall have all the powers,
rights, and authorities, which by the Act of the last session
of Parliament, intituled "An Act for constituting Commis-
sioners of Railways," or by any Act of the present session,
or any Act hereafter to be passed concerning the said Com-
missioners, are or shall be vested in such Commissioners and
their inspectors for the purposes of the said Act of the last
session of Parliament.
EMPOWERING THE COMMISSIONERS OF THE TREASURY TO
MARE ADVANCES UPON THR RAILWAY COMMISSIONIRS'
REPORTS. . .

20. And be it enacted, that where it shall appear upon the
report of the Commissioners of railways that the speedy
completion of the works of any company which shall be
desirous of obtaining a loan under this Act, would be of
public advantage, and would afford beneficial employment
for labour, it shall be lawful for the Commissioners of the
Treasury to advance to such company, on the security here-
inafter mentioned, and subject to the provisions and condi-
tions hereinafter contained, such sum or sums of money,
from time to time, as shall be equal to double the amount of
the money which by the report of the Commissioners of rail-
ways shall at the time of such advance appear to have been
properly expended by such company out of share capital,
unless the amount of loan which shall be applied for by the
company shall be less than such double amount of share
capital properly expended, or unless the Commissioners of
railways shall report that a sufficient security will only be
afforded for a less amount than such double amount ; in which
aye it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners of the Trea-
sury to advance such sum or sums of money as the company
shall apply for, or as the Commissioners of railways shall re-
commend.

EMPOWERING ♦DVANCES IN SEPARATE SUMS, AND FROM

after such a rate as in the judgment of the said Commis-
sioners would compensate the public for the interest for the
time being payable on moneys borrowed on Exchequer Bills
or otherwise, for the purpose of making advances under this
Act, or for the interest which at the current rate on Exche-
quer Bills, or the current prices of the public secrities, would
have been payable if such money had been borrowed by the
public for making such advances.

MINUTES OF THE COMMITTEE OF COUNCIL
ON EDUCATION, IN AUGUST AND DE-
CEMBER, 1846. PRESENTED TO BOTH
HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT, BY COMMAND
OF TIER MAJESTY, FEB. 5, 1847.
Council-chamber, Whitehall, Aug. 25, 1846.
BY THE RIGHT HON. THE LORDS OF THE COMMITTEE
OF COUNCIL ON EDUCATION.
GENERAL MINUTE.

Their Lordships had under their consideration the
sufficiency of the present number of inspectors of schools
for the duties they have to perform, and
Resolved,—That it would be highly expedient that all
the schools which are under the inspection of the Privy
Council should be visited at least once in each year.
That the existing number of inspectors appears to be
insufficient, as, notwithstanding their constant assiduity
in the discharge of the duties intrusted to them, it is
found impossible to make arrangements for the inspec-
tion of schools oftener than once in two years.
Their Lordships are, however, unwilling to make so
considerable an addition at once to the number of in-
spectors as would be necessary for an annual visit to
each school, but will recommend the appointment 01
three new inspectors this year, reserving for considera
tion hereafter any further appointments which may be
required.
Their Lordships had further under their consideration
the report of the Inspectors of Schools, memorials froze:
certain boards of education, and letters from the clergy
and others, representing the very early age at which the
children acting as assistants to schoolmasters are with•
drawn from school to manual labour ; and the advantages
which would arise if such scholars as might to distin-
guished by proficiency and good conduct were appren-
ticed to skilful masters, to be instructed and trained, so
as to be prepared to complete their education as school-
masters in a normal school.

Resolved,—That the Lord President cause regulations
to be framed defining the qualifications of the school-
master ; the condition of instruction in the school ; wad
the local contributions to be required as conditions An
which annual grants of money may be made towards the
stipends of apprentices in elementary schools ; and fur-
ther cause indentures of apprenticeship to be prepared,
declaring the duties of the apprentice and the nature of
the instruction he is to receive ; the periods of examina-
tion by the inspectors of schools, and the circumstances
under which the indenture may be dissolved, in order
that stipends increasing in each year of the apprentice-
ship may be grainted in aid of local contribution.
It was further resolved,—That as the masters having
charge of the instruction and training of school appren-
tices will be selected for their character and skill, and as
the education of the apprentices will increase the labour
and responsibilities of such masters, it is expedient that
the successful performance of these duties be rewarded
by annual grants in aid of their stipends, according to
the number of apprentices trained by each master.
It was further resolved—That it is expedient to make
provision in certain cases by a retiring pension for
schoolmasters and mistresses, who after a certain length
of service may appear entitled to such provision.
That the Lord President cause regulations to be framed
respecting the grants of such retiring pensions.
That it is expedient for the further encouragement of
deserving schoolmasters that small gratuities be annually
distributed, under the authority of the Lord President,
to schoolmasters whose zeal and success in teaching
may, on the report of the inspector, appear to entitle
them to such encouragement; and that regulations be
framed with reference to the distribution of such gra-
tuities.

Council chamber, Whitehall, Dec. 21, 1846.
BY THE RIGHT LION. THE LORDS OF THE COMMITTEE OF

COUNCIL ON EDUCATION.
REGULATIONS RESPECTING THE EDUCATION OF PUPIL
TEACIIERs AND STIPENDIARY MONITORS.
The Lord President communicated to their Lordships
the regulations which he had caused to be framed to
carry into execution the minute of the Committee of
Council of Education on the 25th day of August, 1846,
respecting the apprenticeship of pupil teachers.

with the outlines of English history—girls, in the geo-
graphy of the four quarters of the globe.
5. More fully in the Holy Scriptures, liturgy, and
catechism, in Church of England schools—the parochial
clergyman assisting in the examination.
6. In their skill in managing and examining the first
class in grammar, geography, and mental arithmetic,
and in giving* a lesson to two or three classes grouped
together.

It the end of the fifth year pupil teachers will be ex-
amined by the inspector,-
1. In the composition of an essay on some subject
connected with the art of teaching.
2. In the rudiments of algebra,* or the practice of
land surveying* and levelling.*
3. In syntax, etymology, and prosody.
4. in the use* of the globes, or in the geography of
the British empire• and Europe*, as connected with the
outlines of English history. In this year girls may be
examined in the historical geography of Great Britain.
5. More completely in the Holy Scriptures, liturgy,
and catechism in Church of England schools—the paro-
chial clergyman assisting in the examination.
6. In their ability to give a gallery lesson, and to
conduct the instruction of the first class in any subject
selected by the inspector.