HC Deb 27 May 1862 vol 167 cc29-30
MR. WHALLEY

said, he rose to move for a Return of the names, ages, and number of Students attending the College of Maynooth on the 31st day of August, 1844 (being the end of the academical year); the names and number who have entered each year from that time till the 31st day of August, 1861, with the age of each Student at entering; the names and number who have left college during that period who have not completed their course of education, with the date and cause of leaving, and the classes which they have respectively attended.

MR. MONSELL

said, he begged leave to object to the latter part of the Motion.

MR. WHALLEY

said, he had not anticipated that the right hon. Gentleman would have made any objection to the Return being granted, and was about to enter further into the question, when—

MR. SPEAKER

informed the hon. Gentleman that it was not open to him to give any further explanations then.

MR. WHALLEY

said, he had desired to make an explanation in order to make the question which he was about to ask intelligible. The question was, whether the Chief Secretary for Ireland is prepared to give effect to the recommendation in that part of the Report of the Commissioners, appointed in the year 1853 to inquire into the management and government of the College of Maynooth, "that a Calendar be annually published by the College, stating the names of the several Students who have left the College after the completion of the course, and their respective destinations; its alumni at the time alive, and the places in which they are severally performing their functions?" He might state that an order was made by that House recently for a Return which the authorities at Maynooth could not comply with, in consequence of no record being kept. The Commissioners appointed in 1853 suggested that a record should be kept and annually published, stating the names of the several Students who had left the College after the completion of the course, and their respective destinations.

SIR ROBERT PEEL

replied, that he was not able to say at once whether he was prepared to give effect to the recommendation of the Commissioners; hut as regarded the Calendar, he saw no reason why there should not be a Calendar annually published of Maynooth, in the same way as there was of Oxford and Cambridge and other Universities.