CATHOLIC EDUCATION.

South Canterbury Times, Volume XV, Issue 2068, 8 November 1879, Page 3

CATHOLIC EDUCATION.

“ The Hon. W. B. Dailey, Q. 0., M. L. C.,” the “ Sydney Morning Herald,” states, “ delivered an address in St. Francis Hall, Sydney, on the loth inst,, on the subject of ‘ Catholic Education.’ There was a very large attendance. Archisbop Vaughan presided, and introduced Mr Dailey, whose address extended to a great length, and embraced a commentary on those who had opposed the views contained in the pastorals of the Roman Catholic bishops, a defence of the Jesuits and their teaching and an elaborate statement of different educational affairs in different countries of Europe. He quoted from speeches of the Right Hon. Robert Lowe, Right Hon. W. E. Forster, and other English statesmen, to show that they recognised the religious difficulty in education to-the Roman Catholics in Ireland. And the opinion of Matthew Arnold, twice commissioned by the British Government to report upon the educational system of Europe, was especially referred to, to show that while in France, Germany, and other countries, the conscientious religious opinion of minorities were so recognised that votes for the. public revenue were given for separate educational efforts in their behalf, the same privilege was denied to three fourths of the whole population of Ireland. Mr Dailey contended that it was in the light of the utterances and actions of great European statesmen that they should consider the question of education in this country, rather than by the words of platform speeches in Sydney and the colon} 7- . A cordial vote of thanks was passed to Mr Dailey for his lecture.”