The Sun.
London, England, 1816-05-22 00:00:00

TiousE or COMMONS.

The House went to the Honse of Lords to re-
ceive the Royal Assent to severs, Bills.
A Petition Was presented from the tanners of Dungarron,
and was referred,to the Committee.
I,OCKH titT brought in a rim to regulate Sales of
Farmers' Stock, which was read a first time, and ordered to
br re,ed,a second time On Thursday.
The Irish :rand 'levy Presentments' Report was received.
Returns were presented respecting Illicit Distillation in
Ireland.
The Gaol Fees' Abolition 13111 went through the Commit-
ter: Report to-morrow.
Lord (4. lIEHESPQRD reported the Answer to the Ad-
dressee, tee the Prince Itilent. for the Accounts of the Num-
ber of persons contioe,l under the G4lllO Laws, &c. &C.
Mr. 14OLVORD obtained leave to bring in a Bill to amend
the Penitentiary Act,
EDUCATION IN THE METROPOLIS.

Mt. EtiOUG4tANI MOVed for a s...ommittee to in.
quire into the state of eitteation in the metropolis.
This subject was of the greatest importance to the
state of the lower orders in London, Westmin-
ster, and Sotithwark. He should not dwell on.
details, as he understood there would be no hp.
position to his motion. Alany. respeCtable per-
, sons had endeavoured
,to promote the public edit
• cation, and by the various societies instituted on
the most benevolent principles much good had
been done; 'rota heir ;nullities bed, disclosed scent's
of ignorauce, misery, and vice. An estimate had
been formed'of three districts, one froM St. Giles's,
one from Covent-garden and the Strand, and an-
otittr (where the inhabitants were rather of a
omperior sort), from the Strand towards Nor-
thomberlencl-hpuse. A particular examination
ban I),Th made, and ins district containing 3000
houses it was found that 3,380 children received
education, and 4,465 were totally without the means
of getting it. Jr %vas a remarkablecircumstance, that
`Aroong the pooreSt people all of them showed great
aoxiely to procure education for their children.--
, It+ the schools in Sr. Giles's there were only 110
children,. Looking at Sonthveittk, Shadweli, and
St. George's .fields (which comprised 200,000 per-
sons) there were no less than 14,000 poor Irish
Raman Catholics, mostly engaged on the river.—
Among these there were only 89 children educat-
ed, though the number of children were, eltoge-
ther, between 3 end 4000. Taking the pork-
lion of the metropolis and its immediate vicinity at
1,050,000, it appeared that there were about
90,000 children uneducated. The benevolent vo-
luntary contributinit3 had been greatly deficient
in acenmplishing their objects, though indi‘'aidaals
bad exerted themselves to their utmost. : Mr. Jot-
seph Fox advanced 3,6001. towards the schools ;
and there had been many otherliberal contri-
butors, who could not be too much praised, parti-
cularly as they haul got the better-of all particular
feelings respecting other Inttitutions. Their ex-
ertions bad been great and laudable. The British
cod foreign stboolsociety hnd 5 schools for boys and
three for girls, nod taught, and were capable of
rea,Aiiit:,; SON, but at present had only
The three national schools could instruct 3000,
but they had only 'about 2000. The feet appeared
to be, that there were from 85,000 to 90;000
children left uneducated wholly. He thought
these circumstairces 'furniihed sufficient grOunds
for a Select ComMittee, to inquire into the ease,
and into the management of endowed schools, to
sec that they complied with the wills of the ‘found-
ers, and to consider how far- it was fit to 4010
the modes of publie. education. It might be good
to begin with the metropolis, and see how the
system prospered, and then to extent/ it to, other
places. At Manchester, on an examination of
parish registers for six years, it appeared that
9,756 persons were: married who could only
make their mark. Schools for the education of
itchoolmesters might also be desirable, iteligious
differences occasioned some difficulties in the way
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of general edireation 'Great care should certainly
be teken, on the (We iatfd,not. to offend the feet.
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jogs of religiotta individuals, and, -ou the`other
band, not to invade the just privileges of the nsa...
florid church. Tire Government in Ireland had
adopted an equitable principle on this sobjeet.
Ile then moved for a Select Committee to inquire

into the stated the education or the lower order!:
of the metropolis, tvliiclt, after a few words from.
Mr. Wrottesley, General 'Thornton, and. Alder-
man Atkins, was agreed to, and a Committee ap
puitited. consioing of Mr. Brougham, Sir S. 1t0...
milly, Mr. Ber.net, Sir J., Mackintosh, Sir F. Bur-
dett, Lord Oiitilston, Sir H. Parnell, Mr. Hortier,
Mr. Milord, Sir T. Ackland, and several others.