THE ARCHBISHOP OF YORK, in moving for a Return of the expenditure of the Irish Church Fund, said, he would explain in a few words the reason why he asked for it. Their Lordships would remember that after the Disestablishment of the Irish Church a largo surplus fund was left after the claims wore satisfied. The destination of that fund, as provided for by the 68th clause, was that it was to be appropriated mainly in the relief of suffering. The promoters of the Bill further explained that the surplus should go to Charitable Institutions, and special reference was made to the care and maintenance of lunatics. At a time like the present, when similar measures wore being prepared for England, it was important to consider what was likely to be the result of the creation of similar funds. A Return had been presented to the House of Commons in the spring of this year; but it did not contain the slightest reference to any expenditure in the direction indicated by the Bill, or as explained by its promoters, and he therefore desired that their Lordships should have further information on the subject.
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Moved for—
A complete Return of the expenditure to the present time of the Surplus Church Fund created by the Act for the disestablishment of the Irish Church."—(The Lord Archbishop of York.)
§ Motion agreed to: Ordered to be laid before the House.