§ MR. HENRY LABOUCHERE (Northampton)I beg to ask the Vice President of the Committee of Council on Education, whether his attention has been called to the dismissal of Mr. Wilson from the post of schoolmaster of the Board School of Hemingford Green, on the ground, as stated by the Chairman of the Board, that the boys were very rude out of school; that when the clergyman entered the children did not show their discipline by standing up; and that, had it not been for the question of the religious instruction, he (the Chairman) would not have become a Member of the Board; although, according to the report of Her Majesty's Inspector, Mr. Wilson is a gentleman who has largely increased the efficiency of the school by careful, intelligent, and efficient teaching, and has maintained discipline at a point which is highly creditable to him; and, whether he intends to take any action in regard to this dismissal?
§ THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL (Sir JOHN GORST,) Cambridge UniversityNo communications have been addressed to the Committee of Council on this subject. Even if the facts are as stated in the Question, it is not a matter in which the Committee of Council have any power to intervene.