The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-07-07 00:00:00

IRISH EDUCATION COMMISSION.

Lord Dutecs NNON called the attention of the house to a letter
reflecting-on the conduct of Mr. M`Dermott, which had been
read a few evenings before by the Bishop of Exeter. Lord D.
read the extract of the letter containing the charges, written by
a Mr. Irwin, and the answer of Mr. M•Derinott, rebutting the
charges. Mr. M`Dermott said—'• True it was that he had at-
tended a public meeting on the subject of the catholic claims
before the passing of the relief bill; true it was that after the
meeting the people, in a moment of enthusiasm, had chaired
him through the town where the meeting was held, a proceed-
ing to which he felt very strong objections; true it was that he
had addressed the assembly on that occasion; but it was not
true that he had `delivered a most inflammatory speech in the
chapel against the established church, the constabulary, the
schools, and, in fact, every person and thing in the neighbour-
hood not employed in the extension of popery.' He spoke
warmly indeed of the injustice with which a large portion of the
population was treated, but he used no improper language."
Mr. M.`Dertnott then went on to deny the charge of his having
acted unfairly or partially in the discharge of his, important
duties, or with ever having• asserted that certain parties were
Roman catholics who were really protestants.
' A long conversation ensued, in the course of which
The Duke of WELLINGTON observed that hers was a particu-
lar inquiry affecting in a very great degree the established
church, and the question put by the right reverend prelate was,
whether a person who had been noted as a ROMall catholic agi-
tator was a fit person to select as a coinmissioner under the
board of education. (Hear, hear.) The right reverend prelate
had proved his case most clearly, and not only proved it, but
also that this gentleman was one of the warmest partisans and
defenders of the Roman Catholic Association, and that he had
declared himself in the most pointed and public manner an
enemy to the established church. (Cheers.) If this were the
case, this man's character must be established as that of a per-
son who, above all others, ought not to be appointed to the
situation he held. That was the whole amount of his question.
It was nothing else than whether this gentleman was or was
nut a fit person to be appointed.
The Archbishop of CANTenaLliv introduced a bill for pro-
tecting the revenues of vacant ecclesiastical benefices without
cure of souls, and for preventing the lapse thereof during the
pending inquiries respecting the state of the established church
in England and Wales.-13ill read a first time.
Lord DENMAN, in consequence of the conversation which
took place last night, introduced a bill for enabling the Court of
King's Bench to take reeognizances to any amount from de-
fendants who remove indictments and presentments into that,
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irbtainiug such writ without leave of the court.--Read a first
time, and ordered to be read a second time on Thursday next.
The Marquis of Los noN DERRY presented a petition from a
parish in Essex iu favour of the established church.
The bills on the table were forwarded a stage, and the house
adjourned at a quarter past seven o'clock.

uousr, OF COMMONS.—THURSDAY.
The committee on the election petition from Invernesshire
Was ballotted tur.

CLEI%KS OF THE PEACE.

Mr. Fit,,SIE brought up returns of the justices of the peace of
the several counties in Eng:and and Wales, of the clerks or the
peace of those counties, of the number of licenses granted to
victimilers in them in March, I£3l, with other matters. He
bad to inform the house that although the clerks of the peace
for Buckingbam,Nthe West Riding of Yorkshire, Pembroke,
and Ca rnarvt:n had also been ordered to make similar returns,
they had failed to do so, and therefore he had to move an order
of the house that they be required to make the returns forth-
with.
Sir R. INGLIS said that as there was no provision, he believed,
for meeting. the expenses to which clerks of the, peace were put
on these occasions, he would submit whether they ought not to
be ordered to be paid out of the county rates.

Mr. O'CoNNELI. said he did not know there was any law to
compel persons to be clerks of the pease. They might refuse
the office if they pleased; he believed they seldom ever did so;
they received good salaries, and they ought to be compelled to
discharge their duties.
The ATTOBNEY-GENERAL considered that it would be a gross
misapplication of the county-rates if one shilling of that. fund
was to go for such a purpose.
Mr. S. RIcE said, that every public officer was bound to pay
implicit obedience to the orders of that house. They had no
right to say they would refuse their services until they were
paid for those services. They were at all times subject to the
control of the house with respect to any information that might
be required of them. Remuneration was quite a subsequent and
secondary question.