The BISHOP of CASHELasked the noble Marquess (Lansdowne), pursuant to notice, whether the Committee of Council on Education, having laid down rules whereby they can give to schools in England of all denominations, including Roman Catholics, assistance from the State, the Government is prepared to act upon the principle of those rules, by affording to the schools in connexion with the Established Church in Ireland an equal measure of assistance, without requiring any conditions to which the members of that Church find themselves in conscience hound to object?
§ The MARQUESS of LANSDOWNEcould state distinctly that it was not in the contemplation of Her Majesty's Government to extend to Ireland the same system of national education as that which was now in the course of application in this country. It was their opinion that no alteration should take place in the system in Ireland.
§ House adjourned till To-morrow.