SIR HERVEY BRUCEsaid, he wished to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, Whether the Government will, in accordance with the request of a numerously signed Memorial, increase the Grant commonly called "Regium Donum" to the Presbyterian Church in Ireland?
MR. PEEL, in reply, said, the Memorialists had asked the Treasury to consent to an increase of the Regium Donum from £40,000 to £56,000 in order that the Parliamentary stipend of the ministers of endowed congregations might be increased from £70 to £100. The subject had been fully considered, and the Government did not feel themselves at liberty to recommend an increase of the Grant.