§ Mr. Shawwished to know from his noble Friend, the Secretary for Ireland, whether it was the intention of her Majesty's Government to make any proposal for extending: the schools in connexion with the Established Church in Ireland, and give them what they had not in fact enjoyed since the establishment of the Board of Educa- 937 tion—a due proportion of the funds annually granted by that House for the promotion of national education in Ire land.
§ Lord Eliotreplied, that it was the intention of her Majesty's Government to include in the estimates for the ensuing year a grant for national education in Ireland, without proposing any alteration in the principles which had regulated its distribution.