The Sun.
London, England, 1818-03-06 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

Petctions were presented frOut the riZeq Division of the
County of Kent, from the. City of 'Waterford, and front
Wrexham, against the Leather Tax.

Sir JOIFIN NEWPOiIT moved fir an Accoimi,of the.Ninn-
her of Days in each. Month and Year on *hich the Coairkis-
sinners appointed to examine into the Fees of -the Cornets of
Justice in the three kingdoms had performed any services 9
and the inis.awarded to t'neni for such services.

A Bill for inipoSirsii a Liceiice-doty on Dealers Aquia•vitze
in Scotland was brought 'bp, read a• lirbt time, anirurtlesed to
be Fead,a second time to7nroFru«•. , •

Mr. CrITIOVEN moved fur an Accotrnt of the quantity of
Coale iMported into Ireland in 1916-and lRl7', distinguishill
the Pontt into which they were importedr and the Ports from;
which they cane.
The Ma.,•ider Duty went through ateam7nittet.-Re—
port'to,morrow.
A.Return was pres'ented of, the, Mints of all the Personsar7eit4qt 'Wilder the Sospeniot4 of thc.Haheas Corpus Act,
with the titnewbett tltey were respectlintll arrested and. set at
liberty.,

Tllc West ItuTia Indemnity Bill %vent through. a Corn-
mitt.tte.:—Re port to-Norrow.
'EDUCATION OF THE LOWER ORDERS OF THE
METROPOLIS,

Mr. 13eotronAm rose to move for the re-
newal of the Committee to inquire into the educa-
tion of the lower ()viers of the ntetiopolis.
stated, ;dirt t Ire objeet of the Committee was to-sug-
gest the best remedy for the evils which resal!ed
from the 'Want of the education of the lower or-
ders, And to recommend the house. to give such
pecuniary assistance as would be—advisable for.,
the erection of Schools. The Conimit tee did not
with that any permanent income shoot(' be es-
tablished for these schools., because if was
felt that this might tend to diminish the
amount of private charitable cOntribut
The evidence which Was broughebefore the Com-
mittee went to show that only a moderate slim
was wanted for this purpose ; and he had no-doubt,
that Parliament would have no objection to make
some grant for the same ohjiects in .I.ngland,
which cost no le,4s a stem yearly -than 40,0001 ,
voted to Irish charter schools.. lie regretted to
Alihrls that no inconsiderable part these Irish
funds were Misapplied, or nitacconnted for. Talc-
;
•ing into consideration other sums voted for-simi-
lar purposes in Ireland, the whoie amount
6t ,0001. anal it would surprise the lloitse to
learn, that,' at the tittnos4,. uo mote than 25,00
children were educated upon these futicli. The
number of 2500! be stated as the outside, though
the late Mr. Howard tooth thot,not one-third of
that /lumber was educated, notwiths.anding tlic
!'amotiot of the farms was propot tioued to t fiat,
total' number. 'Since his time things were Cer
tainly-much improved, in consequence, pethAps,
of his exertiOns. Whatever assistance would be
given by. Pat liantent, he hoped .it would bc given in.
such a way as was most likely to preventniisrili
-
plieation, lie did not think that',a great Tor-
Ilan of tl'e expellee would.oltintately fall on 'the
public. ' Thiele were large fonds in .the chnntry
accumulat.ed front 'private 'charities, Wtiiith wet e
griissly misapplied. Large • endowments were
continued to 'school,: :Which' bad—long fallen to
edits. Ile thoneht the misapplientipn of the,e
p charitable fune6 required the caost Serious a tten,

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!ioo of the Loose; and another tribunal thin,
Committee of the Douse was necessary in mkt'.
to investigate these abuses. One instance lie
knew: About 200 years ago a public school re-
ceived a' grant of several acres of. laud. The land -,
at present yielded a considerable - revenue;
tvhich t‘revenue was. erigrossed entirely by
some schoolmaster, and not applied to its
final purpose. It was, in truth, little known to
what extent these abuses existed iu the country.---1
He should therefore recommend a. Parliamentary
Commission, to inquire into the application of
charitable funds lest well for the purposes of eda•
cation. lie took this opportunity of correcting ri
mistake into which the comMittee, as well as
himself, had fallen two years ago. It was theri
stated, that in a neighbouritag county the funds
of a charity school were grossly misapplied, it
.was stated, the only 40 scholars were titught .
and by a mere mechanic. This tv,.s not the fact.
There tt ere several assistants ; and the full ntiwl,
her of scholars were taught in the school. He
concluded with moving the renewa.l of the Com-
mittee. •

Mr. F. ROM:ISOM—aid flat rise to oppose the
motion., bin mervi.y to etate, that he was
mately act-painted ‘li;b: the Clergyman alluded cc-,
liy theJlou. and Learned Gentleman, and must
testify the tinth of what was said by the Ho.
Gentleman respecting his excellent conduct in !lie
Cat mentioned.. ,"

•
Mr. 'BROUGHAM explained:
Mr. PEEL Said, that it the Hon. and Learned
Getnlenp-in had looh'ed into the Report presented
to (lie llimse in 1808, he would have tonna hour
much the state of the Irish CharteredSehools way
improvtd since • the of Mr. Inward, The
Hon.• and Learned -Gentleman over-rated the
amount of the .revenue. of. these Schools, which)
Mitt not in the whole excetd 30,0001. per annul'.
In the comparison of the Irish Chartered School.
Society with the Hibernian School Society, it Wt
to be considered, that at the, Chartered School*
the children were not merelyeducated, but cloth...
ed and maintained whereas in the Hibernian
School Society they were merely edtreated;
proportion of Children Mahltahird by the Char-
tered Schools could not be thought small, when
it was conSidered, that the Maintenance &t-eacis
boy, with the utmost Irtrgality, could not be tlotm
for a less sum than 144. a year.
Mr. IlttoubtrAm explained.
'Mr. W..Slurrn thought there was-one sottrce of
abuse in the management of endowments for timO
education of the poor, which had not been alluded
to—naincly, that time value of -these funds hall 3f,
aincitincreased,,,that th-cy could. not be exhausted
in the,eduCation-ut the objects within the scope of
time foundation.

Mr. ArnsuCRF4RIE thought' if any Commission
was app,ointed, it ought to be .authopiied
quire into Charities generrilly2. -Ile did not
to- embarrass the Comtnittee_now mom!: for, or
gener,dising the,ohj,ect's of ils.illiptiry. But he wos-.,.
so convinced that thii.getterlil inquiry should LP
maJe,ihat he gave notice oti,er Member
moved for it, he would thinklit his chitty to 46 so.

•
Getl'CTl•ll THORItFON saitr,A4* at it be'ti,!
visable-to. have the chiltii..eit in dimity sichonli
tatig-ht..- same useful tvoilis ;cif iticlusiry'i it %vouiil
the expt-nce. • ?;
The 'notion was-thzty tap'eetl to, auti the Cern
•Klitlee gppointed,'
sAr.T DUTIEti.

Mr, DAVENPORTpreseirt.o a peti, ion from. Ole'
Clergy, Gentry, Freeht.4defs, at,tl others of Che-.
shire, praying for the lief hl of the Salt Daties,
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