The Sun.
London, England, 1860-03-21 00:00:00

ENDOWED SCHOOLS.

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Mr. DILLWYN, in moving the second reading of this
bill, explained that its object was to remove the disqualifi-
cation under whieli Dissenters at present laboured in being
excluded from any control or interference in schools which
were endowed for national and not for sectarian purposes.
When he introduced a bill to the same effect last year it
went through a second reading, but in committee his prin•
ciple was abandoned, and another of an. entirely antago-
nistic character was introduced. He could not consent
to the bill in that form, and ultimately it was rejected.
With regard to the bill of Lord Cranworth, which had
come down from the Upper House, he must object to it,
That bill was limited to rendering it compulsory on trustees
to make such rules for the education of Dissenters as they
might deem advisable. In fact, it was merely a homes-
pathic measure, and would not meet the evilscomplained of
by Dissenters. The next bill before the house was that of
the hon. and learned member for Belfast (Sir H. Cairns),
to which he objected also, as it was founded on the prin-
ciple that the usage for a certain number' of years conferred
a right in reference to these schools. That might be a
sound legal doctrine as applied to private individuals, but
he contended it should not be applied to public charities.
He (Mr. Diflwyn) proposed that the schools founded up to
the first year of Elizabeth, and prior to the passing of the
Toleration Act, should be regarded in the same light as
foundations for general purposes, but he did not propose to
interfere with any endowment subsequent to the act in.
question. He contended that his bill would remedy a
grievance, but would effect no dismition or any injury on
the interests of these schools. He also argued thatomme •
rically considered, and id consequence of the internal dis-
sensions that prevailed in the Church of England, that
Church was not qualified to discharge efficiently the trusts
of these endowed schools. The hon. member said that the
bill was framed so as to meet the objections raised against
the fOrmer measure which he had introduced.
Mr. LOWE advised the rejection of the bill, which he
said originated in consequence of the decisions of the
Courts of Equity, that the• doctrines taught in those
schools should be those of the Church of Eng-
land. By this bill they were called on to take away
from the Church ef England rights which it held by Act
of Parliament, and on instruments of great antiquity which
had been adjudicated upon for 300 years. He eulogised the
bill of Lord Cranworth, which Rrovided, for the education of
children of Dissenters without interference with their reli-
gious tenets, and its adoption by the right reverend
bench, was a proof of the fair principle by
which. Churchmen wore aotuated in reference to this
matter. He was as desiroils to effect for Dissenters all that
they were entitled to, a's the hon. member who brought
forward this bill, but l•
felt perfectly satisfied that the mea-
sure would not accrimplish the object contemplated: (Hear.)
Mr. SELWV.:4 moved that the bill be read a second time
this day six vuonths. lie contended that there was every
desire on tt,e part of Churchmen, when placed in a position
to do so ~to extend to Dissenters all the advantages of edu-
catio:„. In support of that position he adverted to the
riactice that prevailed in the university which he repre-
sented, where facilities were afforded to persons of all
religious denominations to avail themselves of the bone-
.f The. hon. and learned member
then adverted to the legal bearing or the question to prove
that the bill would lead to confusion in the law courts, and
would be found inoperative in practice.
Mr. CAULFIELD seconded the amendment.

(LEFT SITTING.)

FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT

DOWNING-STREET, MAltelt 19.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Edward Shep.
herd Creasy, Esq., to be Chief Justice of the Island of Cey
lon.

Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Thomas C.
Harvey, Esq. (Surveyor-General and Civil Engineer), to
be a Member of the Executive Council of the Bahama
Islands.

WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, MARCI 20.
Her Majesty has been gracteusly pleased to accept the re-
signation .of the Commission held by Captain Edward
Kitchen in the Artillery Company of London.
COMMISSIONP, SIGNED BY THE QUEEN.
Ist Somerset Regiment of Militia—Richard Winsloe, Gent.,
to be Quartermaster, trom the Ist of October, 1859, a new
appointment, made under a recent regulation.
2d Somerset Regiment of Militia—Michael Brown, Gent.,
to ba\ Quartermaster, from the 29th day of October 1859,
a new appointment made under a recent regulation.

BANKRUPTS.
James Henry Redetone, fishmonger, Cowes, Isle of
Wight, to surrender March 31, at twelve, and April 27, at
one, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Frederick Willis Milburn, boarding-house keeper, West-
bodrne-park Villas, March 30, at half-past eleven, and
April 27, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
George Ridsdale, surgeon, Gowef-place, Euston-square,
March 30 and April 23, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Joseph Bishop Johnson, stable keeper, Aberdeen-mews,
Islington, April 2, at half-past one, and April 30, at one, at
the Court of Bankruptcy.
William Marris, draper, Nottingham, April 3 and May 1,
at half-past eleven, at the Shirehall, Nottingham.
Henry Smart, printer, Gloucester, April. 2 and 30, at
eleven, at the Bristol District Court.
James Melling, and Robert Carr, glass manufacturers,
Attercliffe-cum-Darnall, Yorkshire, March 31 and May 6,
at ten, in the Leeds District Court.
Kemp Goldsmith, miller, Sutton, Cambridgeshire, April
3, at half-past two, and May 1, at twelve, a,t the Court of
Bankruptcy.
Mier Benrimo and James Picciotto, merchants, New
Broad-street, city, April 3, at two, and May 1, at twelve,
at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Thomas Nicholson, jun., and Isaiah Birt Nicholson;coal
merchants, Gloucester, April 2 and 30, at eleven, at the
Bristol District Court.
SCQTCH 'BANKRUPTS.

George Chisholm, commission agent, Glasgow.
Peter Brown, tailor, Dundee.
Jeremiah Dobson, clothier, Paisley.
Brownlow John Jarvis orth, Northumberland-street,
Edinburgh. L.

Shackleton, Kusel, aid Co., wholesale jewellers, Glas
gow.

COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—YESTERDIT.
Amsterdam
Ditto 3 Moths. •11 15! 11 16}
Rotterdam — 11 15t 11 161
Antwerp
Brussels ... 25 221 25 271
Hamburgh .. .., , .. 13 5 13 5}
Paris ., . Short. 25 7i 25 121
Ditto , 3 Months. 25 30 25 371
Marseilles „ — 25 30 25 37i
Frankfort, on Maine — 117; 1171
Vienna •
Trieste.
Petefsburgh — 344 341
Madrid
Cadiz -
491__ 497
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Leghorn
Milan
Genoa
Naples
Palermo
Messina
Lisbon

SO 321
25 37t
25401 37t
122
1211
524

30 21
25 421
26 42i
41
122
1221
62i

Oporto
Edo Janeiro

New York — •• ..
•.
•
Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard)
....per oz. £3 17 • 9
Mexican Dollars
Silver in Bars (Standard) „ • 5 21
South American Doublons

PAPER.—The quantity of paper of all kinds on
which duty was paid during the year 1859 was 217,827,1971 b.,
and the duty paid was £1,429,490 19s. Bd. Of this quantity
20,142,3501 b. was exported, while the imports were 2141 b. of
brown paper, made of old rope or cordage only, paying a
duty of £2 4s. 7d.; 211,178 square yaris of printed, painted,
or stained paper-hangings or flock paper, which contributed
£2,564 to the revenue ; and 1,586,2491 b. of waste paper and
paper not otherwise enumerated or charged with duty, on
which £9,981 was paid as duty. Of • this latter quality of
paper 557,4441 b. was re •exported ; 240,0521 b. of paper gilt,
stained, coloured, or embossed, and all fancy kinds not being
paper-hangings, which paid £2,430 to the Custom-house;
giving a total of £14,977 received as duty on foreign paper.
of all kinds. As compared with the returns of 1834 the total
weight of paper, pasteboard, &c., charged with duty in 1859
is nearly !trebled, the weight on which duty was paid in
1834 being only 76,138,9451 b., although the amount of duty
in consequence of modificatiOns in the Excise, by no means
exhibits a proportionate increase.. There is, however, no
cause of complaint on this head, as the increase to the
revenue by paper duty as compared with 1834 is £595,668
7s. Bd. The exports of paper, pasteboard, &c., show a
wonderful increase during the period between 1834 and
1859, being in the latter more than four-fifths more than-
were in the former year,