§ MR. LEFROYsaid, he would beg to ask whether the attention of the Government has been directed to certain observations of Baron Greene, when passing sentence upon Sullivan (one of the Masters under the National Board) as convicted of being engaged in a conspiracy to dethrone Her Majesty, &c., where his Lordship stated, "I regret to say the evidence tends 1510 to show that others concerned with you in this guilty conspiracy have also been Schoolmasters intrusted with the education of the youth of this country;" and whether it was the intention of the Government to require the Commissioners of the National Board to institute a careful inquiry into the moral character and conduct of all the Schoolmasters now employed by the Board in the care and instruction of the youthful classes of the Irish people. He would also beg to ask the Irish Secretary what he proposed to do with a very important Bill which had stood for yesterday, and was postponed till next Thursday. He alluded to the Ecclesiastical Court and Registry Bill.
LORD NAASreplied, that it was not the intention of the Government to proceed with the Ecclesiastical Court and Registry Bill. The remarks of Baron Greene had been brought under the notice of the Irish Government, and it was the intention of the Lord Lieutenant to draw the attention of the Commissioners of the National Board to them.