§ MR. BIGGARasked Mr. Solicitor General for Ireland, Whether any circular or document has been issued by the Commissioners of National Education in Ireland, to their Inspectors, reprimanding those gentlemen for agitating for increased remuneration on the basis of salaries paid to the English Inspectors; and, whether the Irish Inspectors were further reprimanded for seeking the support of Members of this House?
§ THE SOLICITOR GENERAL FOR IRELAND (Mr. WALKER), in reply, said, that the Circular issued by the Commissioners of National Education to their Inspectors did contain a reprimand for those who did not seek increased remuneration through the National Board. His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant considered that the proper channel for those connected with education was mentioned in the Treasury Minute of 1867, which required that there should be no attempt to influence private Members of Parliament.