§ MR. ADDISON (Ashton-under-Lyne)I beg to ask the Vice President of the Committee of Council on Education whether he can give the result of the special inquiries he undertook to make as to the discharge of their duties by Mr. A. Park, Head Master of the Albion Schools, Ashton - under - Lyne, Mr. E. Barlow, Head Master of the Parochial Schools, Ashton-under-Lyne, and Mr. Alderman Rudyard, principal teacher of the National Schools, Staly-bridge; whether he can give any information as to the condition and efficiency of these schools, and as to the manner in which these gentlemen discharge their duties; and whether the conditions of the New Code have been, in all respects, satisfied?
§ *SIR W. HART DYKEI have received a special Report from the Inspector, in which he speaks in the highest terms of the efficiency of the schools in question, and on the ability and attention to duty displayed by the gentlemen whose conduct was impugned by the hon. Member for Northampton. The conditions of the New Code have in every respect been satisfied.