§ MR. S. MORLEYasked the Vice President of the Committee of Council, If his attention has been drawn to the treatment received by two boys named Haffenden, scholars in the National School at Speldhurst, near Tunbridge Wells, who were flogged, in the presence of the entire school, by the master for having, on the previous Sunday, the 2nd of March, attended a service in a dissenting chapel in the village; and, whether, as this is a school receiving Government aid, he will take such steps as he may deem necessary to prevent a repetition of such proceedings?
§ MR. MUNDELLASir, the matter involved is so serious, that I have directed a local inquiry to be made into the facts of this case by an experienced officer of the Department, and I shall be prepared in a few days to communicate the result to the House.