15 FEBRUARY 1873, Page 2

Mr. Forster moved for and obtained a Committee on Tuesday

to inquire into the working of the Endowed Schools' Act, with a view to renewing it for next year,—Mr. Miall making a speech in favour of putting a Nonconformist on the new Commission. We should have no objection. There are plenty of able young Nonconformist barristers, who would do the work capitally. Only we should not envy such a man's position or his relations with hist friends after he hadbeen working a year or two on the Commission. The truth is that religious equality cannot be grown in a day after

a long period of very gross inequality, either inIreland or England, and yet the Catholics and Nonconformists will forget that it is not so, and regard it as a fresh grievance that the grievances of ages can- not be extinguished in a few years. We doubt if there was ever fairer dealing with Nonconformists than that of the Endowed Scho ohs' Commission, yet Mr. Miall says the egg was fresh, but

had been addled by some malign influence. It might be well for him to discover that even under a competent Nonconformist hen, —which would probably be a much more restless sitter than the

Established bird,—the progress of the egg would not please him much better.