The Sun.
London, England, 1829-03-28 00:00:00

be made in these times of extensive liberality—of Jacobin
equality—(cheers)—and of the general amalgamation of all
religions, and all parties, and all persons.—(Cheers and
laughter.)—Be the proposers of this Bill what they be,
or what they not be.—(Loud laughter, occasioned
by the Hon. and Learned Gentleman, in the animation
of gesture with which he spoke this sentence, having ac-
cidentally struck Mr. Bankes, who sat beside him, wits
the Bill which he had in his band). He begged pardon
of his Hon. Friend ; he assured him be aimed no blow at
him, or any other Member ; he only levelled a blow at
this Bill.—(Laughter, and cries of hear, hear.)—He dis-
claimed personal considerations of any kind ; it was with
the re and not the persona that be quarrelled ; and what
lie objected to was, the principle of giving a power to
Roman Catholics to divert funds appropriated to institu-
tions of Protestant foundation to Roman Catholic purposes.
He complained of the breathless haste and precipitancy
with which this Jacobinicll Bill was hurried through the
House. Scarcely the ink was dry in which the Bill was
indited, before it was brought in and hurried through the
House. The haste with which it was prepared was such'
that he was sure the framers of the Bill did not understand
the clauses which they introduced ; and it was not to lie
expected that those to whom they were submitted cou'd
immediately perceive their Opel ation. He would repeat.
that the clause now under discussion infringed upon Pro-
testant institutions most unwarrantably, and empowered
officers of corporations to devote to the education of Catho-
lics those funds which, by law and by necessity, were ap-
propriated to the education of Protestants. He therefore
thought the amendment of his friend should he introduced
into the Bill ; he cared little whether it was adapted or
not.—(A laugh.)—Gentlemen might laugh at that, but
he would tell them what he meant. It was useless to be
dividing as they had divided hitherto on these clauses
It was no use to ctiticise the Bill ; they were hurried
through with such breathless haste, that it was idle to
discuss them. This was the reason why he felt it to be
unnecessary to prolong the discussion on these clauses.

Dr. LUSHINGTON said that his Hon. and Learned
Friend overlooked one consideration which he thought
would meet and counteract the calamities which he appre-
hended : that consideration was, that in the appointment
of anv schoolmaster to a grammar-school—and most of
the endowed schools were grammar-schools—it was ne-
cessary that the Bishop of the Diocese should approve of
the appointment, and grant a license to the schoolmaster.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL concurred in the oh-
servaticm of his Hon. and Learned Friend (Dr. Liishing-
ton), that the license of the Bishop of the Diocese was ne-
cessary for every appointment of schoolm asters to gram-
mar-schools ; and, as far as he knew, all the endowed
schools were grammar-schools. _ _

Mr. MOORE expressed some apprehension as to the
effect of this clau,e upon the Blue-coat Hospital in Dublin.
Mr. DOHERTY had examined the Charter of the
Blue-coat Hospital, and was enabled to state that it would
not, in any degree, be affected by the present Bill.

After an observation from Sir E. KNATCHBULL and
Cot. SIBTISORPE, the Amendment was withdrawn, with
an intimation that it would be brought forward again on
the third reading of the Bill.•