History of the Carlile family

42 HISTORY OF THE CARLILE FAMILY.
an Appendix to his The Station and Occupation of the Saints in
their Final Glory (Nisbet), to which book is prefixed a memoir
of James Carlile, of Dublin, by the Rev. J. E. Carlyle. In
addition to the text books for schools referred to above, he
published many works on religious subjects.
Note. — The work of Dr. James Carlile in connexion with
Irish National Education can be better understood if the Reports
oi the Royal Commissions of 1812, 1824 and 1825, and the
Reports of the Committees of the House of Commons on
that subject in 1828 and 1830 be consulted. Previously
to 1 83 1 there had been in Ireland, (1) denominational schools,
which did not receive a Government grant, and (2) the
Kildare Street Association's schools (neutral), which did receive
a grant. There were 1,620 of these latter schools (with
1 33>8g6 pupils), receiving a grant of ,£25,000 per annum.
The Association required the Bible to be read in their schools
without note or comment. The Roman Catholics objected
to this, (1) because catechetical instruction was excluded, (2)
because children were allowed to form their own opinions upon
the Sacred Text, and (3) because it was proved that to some
extent the Kildare Street Association was not neutral, as it pur-
ported to be, but was closely allied with Protestant proselytising
institutions. The grant to this Association was discontinued on
the formation in 1831 of the new Board. The Board appointed
all teachers, and had the general direction of all Government
schools in Ireland. Under the Board no Bible reading was
compulsory, contrary to any parent's wish, but ministers of all
denominations were to have free access to the schools to give
religious instruction to their own members, out of school hours.