§ COLONEL WARING(for Mr. JOHNSTON) (Belfast, S.)asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether it is a fact that, out of the 34 head masters of model schools in Ireland, only four are members of the Protestant Episcopalian Church in Ireland, while the number of young persons belonging to that Church in Ireland attending such schools exceeds by 578 the number of Roman Catholics, and by 770 the number of Presbyterians; and, if he can state the numbers, respectively, of the Protestant Episcopalian, Presbyterian, and Roman Catholic Professors and teachers in the schools, Marlborough Street, Dublin, and the average amount paid out of the public money to the teachers of each denomination? In putting the Question the hon. and gallant Gentleman said: I wish, at the same time, to call attention to an error that has crept into the third line, inasmuch as the words, "Protestant Episcopalian Church in Ireland," should be, according to the provisions of the Act of Disestablishment, "Church of Ireland."
§ THE SOLICITOR GENERAL FOR IRELAND (Mr. MADDEN) (Dublin University)(who replied) said, he had communicated with the Commissioners of National Education; but had not yet received a reply from them on this subject.
§ COLONEL WARINGgave Notice to ask the First Lord of the Treasury why the title of the Church of Ireland had been altered by the Clerks at the Table?