HC Deb 03 April 1868 vol 191 cc836-7
MR. WHALLEY

said, he wished to advert to the Answer given him yesterday by the right hon. Gentleman the Member for South Lancashire, and for the purpose of doing so he should move the adjournment of the House. The Question he asked the right hon. Gentleman was, Whether he was prepared, in the event of his Resolutions being carried, to support the repeal of the Maynooth Grant? The Answer he received from the right hon. Gentleman was, that he should be prepared—or something equivalent to that—to relieve the Consolidated Fund of the charge for Maynooth. The right hon. Gentleman, however, was pleased to say that he would reply more fully to the Question at the close of the debate. The point, however, to which he (Mr. Whalley) wished to call attention was one that greatly affected the feelings of many persons who were watching this debate. The right hon. Gentleman would please to observe that he had not answered the Question which he had put to him. He took no interest in the question of the Consolidated Fund, or whether it was or was not to be charged with the payment of the Maynooth Grant. What he desired to know was, whether the Act for the endowment of Maynooth College, taking that institution out of the control of Parliament, was to be repealed or not? He thanked the right hon. Gentleman for the courtesy of his reply; but he regretted that his feelings and his sense of duty obliged him to ask for a more satisfactory explanation. He trusted that in his reply at the close of the debate the right hon. Gentleman would specifically answer the Question, Whether or not he was prepared to support the repeal of the Act for the endowment of the College of Maynooth? He would beg to withdraw his Motion for adjournment.