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petition with the Branches of the Bank of England...—
He rose rabidly to ask the Noble Earl opposite, if he could state the
amount of the advances made by the Bank to manufacturers and
traders in consequence of an arrangement concluded two men*S
ago, by which the Bank was empowered to advance u far as three
millions. This being a private concern of that Establishment. could
not be obtained by a motion ; but if the Noble Earl was in pos.
session of the information, he would perhaps have no objectfbn to
state the extent of those issues and of the applications for them. .
The Earl of LIVERPOOL had been authorized to
state what the general amount of those issues was; but
before he f1i4,:9 he conceived it his duty to say that the
Wink had acted on that occasion in the most liberal
manner. Deputation from the principal towns had been sedt ie
express their sense of the excellent arrangements and most satisfac-
tory mode in which that establishment had allotted the sums ap-
plied•for in the manufacturing districts. Their Lord.hips would
perhaps be surprised to learn that the whole amount advanced eras
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under 400,000 L or front 370,0401. to eOO,OOOl.
The Earl of LAUDERDALE was understood to recommend
that Joint Stock Banks in Ireland should have the privilege of ap-
pointing an agent in Dublin, as those to be established in this coon-
try would be allowed to do in London.
The question was then put, and the Amendments agreed to.
The Bishop of FERNS, after having referred to some Papers
which he had caused to be Lid on the table, entered into a detailed
history of the origin' nature and mangement of Chartered Schools
In Ireland, and defended them against the charges contained in the
Report made by the Committee of Inquiry into the state of Edu-
cation. He contended that that Repot t was hasty and erroneous,
and that if it had been maturely considered it would have been

♦ery different.
Lord KING quoted many facts in support of the Report, to
prove the existence of great inattention, mismanagement, and gross
abuses. The frisk Clergy seemed to him to live in the habitual
neglect of their duty, the defiance of the law, and the contempt of
their oath. _ _

The Marquis of LANSDOWN trusted that after what bad
been derived from the Report, what had reached his Majesty from
other quarters, and what might be collected from the pretended
exculpatory Papers appealed to by the Risht Reveiend Prelate, no
intention could be entertained of maintaining those extremely
vicious establishments.

After a few worth from Earl Daimler and Viicomint CUMIN,

The Bishop of BATH and WELLS remarked, that even in the
best establishments it was easy to point out deficiencies. He said
tkis, however, only in extenuation, for he must in fairness allow
that great neglect and gross abuses had been proved in the manage-
ment of Chartered Schools in Ireland. He hoped that good would
proceed from the present inquiry; that it would make the Irish
Clergy more 'vigilant and active; and that nothing would prejudice
the proves* et education in Ireland, as there was no kingdom in the
world where religious education was more wanted than in that
country.
The Bills having then been respectively forwarded a stage, the
House adjourned at &cur o'Caoca till Monday.