The Sun.
London, England, 1868-06-23 00:00:00

THE IRISH CHURCH.

Lord FENRYLIN asked the noble Earl (Malmesbury)
what would be the course pursued in the opposition to the
bill which was to be read a second time relative to the
disestablishment of the Irish Church.
The Earl of MALMESBURY said that ho had given
the matter some consideration. There wore two mo-
tions on the question one, that of Earl Grey,
and the other that of the Lord Chancellor.
It was, in his opinion, advisable that the opposition to the
bill should be moved by a rne:nber of the Government, and
he ha i written to Earl Gray asking him to witlislraw his
motion, but ho had refused to do so, and iu cousequniee
Earl Grey would in,ive the ani.indrnent.
The subjttel, then dropped.
POOR UELIEIf BILL.

The Earl of DEVON tuovisl the third reading of this
bill, and a to some di cos ion on the part et the Earl of
liarrowhy, the Duke of Cleveland, Lurd "qt.leton, the
Earl of li.inihJrl,-,y, and the nittlitliS of Wes minster.
The bill passed the third reading.
TtlE REPRESENTATION OF SCOTLAND BILL.
Ea,' of 11 ILAE3IIURY in .ve.l toe sccoul
reading of thin bid, and sd,t that be should be
very brief au I reserve any points too be of im-
portance Tuesday next. Tlio votes in the matter
were to be the SAM.) 55 in the E.iglish 1).11. With
regard to the assess:a:it, it was considered that it would
be better to leave it in the condition in which it was now.
The system in Scotland was much more advantageous
than it was in Englatal.

LEFT SPEAKING.

HOUSE OF COMMONS—Tars EVENING.
The SPEAKER took tho chair at 2 o'clock.
THE CLERK ENWELL EXPLOSION.

Mr. NEATE asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer
whether he had received a statement of the amount of the
sum raised by private subscription for the relief of the
sufferers by the Clerkenwell explosion, and of the past
and proposed future application of such sum: And,
whether ho would lay such statement upon the table of
the house.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCUEQUER said he
had just received a statement as to what Lad been done
by private subscription, but he would like to read it over
before he said whether or not he could produce it. It
would be his duty during the present session to propose a
vote to the house to make good the damage done by the
explosion.

PUBLIC SCHOOLS BILL.

The house went into committee on this bill.

The discussion was resumed on the 6th 'clause, and it
was marked by the stand that Mr. Newdegate made in
favour of the old governing bodies in prefeience to the)
new. The hon. member divided the house on the ques-
tion, when he received the support of 9 members, 133
voting against him.
Another amendment being made to the clause,
Mr. ACLAND said the bill was for the purpose of re-
gulating seven public schools which were for the gent' y
and the clergy, and he hoped they would not be placed is
a worse condition than other similar establishments.

Mr. LOCKE denied that the schools under considera-
tion were established for the wealthy classes alone. They
were for rich and poor, for• all alike, and any attempt on
the part of the commissioners to appropriate these schools
entirely to the rich alone would be most unjust, because it
would be utterly opposed to the foundation on which they
were, iu the first instance, established. He should vote
for the clause as it stood.

Mr. LIDDELL said there was no bar whatever to any
boy presenting himself at the competitive examination for
admission to Eton. The only qualification necessary was
that he should be a British subject born in wedlock.
Mr. NEWDEGATE said that by the bill as it stood the
local rights of the middle and lower classes ► ith respect to
these schools would be infringed, without the slightest
compensation being given, he could not help thinking it
was unfair to do so without giving something in return.

The clause was then agreed to, as were clauses 7,8, 9,
10, and 11.
On clause 12 a discussion arose upon the desirability of
the head master of a public school keeping a boarding
house, during which Sergeant Gazelee said he had been
educated at Winchester, knew the value of such an ar-
rangement, and he hoped the house would put a stop
to all pettifogging arrangements, by which things were
seldom altered for the better. _ _ _

The clause was ultimately agro3d to, and ordered to
stand part of the bill.
Mr. K&RSLAKE moved an amendment to clause 14,
to leave Harrow School out of the bill. He said the in-
habitants of Harrow objected to the establishment of a
middle-class school as a kind of compensation for the
breaking up of John Lyons school at Harrow, as origi-
nally founded. He contended that the alteration of the
foundation of that school was most unjust, and therefore
he moved his amendment.

Mr. GOSCHEN objected to the amendment. He thought
the best results would follow the alteration of the founda-
tion, because, as matters at present existed, families well
able to pay for the teaching of their sons availed them-
selves of them to obtain a gratuitous education for their
children. (Hear, hear.) lie denied that any valuable
privileges were to be struck at by the bill, but all that was
sought to be done was to compel persons who could well
afford it to pay for the education of their children. (Hear,
hear.)
NEWDEGATE made a similar appeal for the in-
habitants of Rugby. He said they viewed with great
alarm the proposal to estrange them from the privileges
they had so lung enjoyed with respect to the education of
their children at the school founded at Rugby by Law-
rence Sheriff.

Sir S. NORTIICOTE said he thought provision in the
bill could easily be made to protect the rights of persJna
living in the neighbourhood of Rugby and Harrow.
Thu atucndnu•ut was withdrawn on the uudursiaading
that the subj,ct would receive recon i-leration.

The other cl•cuses were under discussion at seven
o'clock, It which hour tho sitting was suspended until
uiue o'clock.

HOUSE OF COMMONS-LAST EVENING.
THE NEW LAW COURTS.

Mr. LOWE presented a pitition from Mr. Borry com-
plaining of the appaintmont of Mr. Street to superinten
the erection of the Now Law C mrts. The hon. gentle-
man gave notice of his intention to-mo.•row to move for
the appointment of a select committee to consider the
matter.