§ MR. T. P. O'CONNORasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, If his attention has been called to the dismissal by the magistrates of the claim for school fees of Mr. James Connorton, national teacher, against the head constable of Roundstone, for the education of his two boys for six months at the Roundstone National School; and, whether the schoolmaster acted in strict accordance with the rules of the Commissioners of Education, and with the approval of the manager as to the amount of the fees fined and demanded?
§ MR. TREVELYANI have received a Report, from which it appears that the teacher stated on oath before the magistrate that he had no arrangement with the Head Constable as to the payment of fees; but that it was optional with him to charge him or not. It further appeared that, after more than one complaint, the Head Constable had been obliged to remove his children from the school, in consequence of the manner in which they had been beaten by the teacher, and that he had been put to an 339 expense thereby. Taking this into consideration, together with the fact that there had been no agreement to pay the sum processed for, the magistrates were unanimous in dismissing the case. I cannot review their decision. I have received a Report from the Commissioners of Education, in which they state they do not know the ground on which the process was dismissed. An appeal is open to the teacher.