r 3 i — i.— Copy of a LETTER from the Right honourable Major General Sir ARTHUR WELLESLEV, K. 13. to the Trustees of the Royal College of St. Patrick, Maynooth. Dublin Castle, 5th January 1808, My Lords, and Gentlemen, " WITH a view to ascertain the grounds on which the application was made to Parliament in the late Sessions for an increase of the Grant to the College of Maynooth, and whether any exist to require an extension of the Establishment at Maynooth, and to justify the continuance of the additional Grant from Parliament, I have been directed to request that you will send answers to the enclosed queries. I have the honour to be, & c. ( Signed) ARTHUR WELLESLEY. > Trustees of the Royal College of St. Patrick, Maynooth. 3 Copy of QUERIES to the Trustees of Maynooth College, enclosed in Sir Arthur Wellesley's Letter of the 51I1 of January 1808. ( Copy.) QUERIES. 1. A LIST of all the Persons admitted as Students into the Roman Catholick Seminary of Maynooth from its first institution to the 1 st January 1808, specifying as to each Person, the age, the profession or station of the Father, by whom recommended, the date of admission, the length of. time he remained in the College, and the profession into which he afterwards entered or how otherwise disposed of. This return to be made according to the enclosed form No. 1. 2. The Names of the Presidents, Vice Presidents, Professors. Tutors, and Lecturers who have been employed in the said College since its foundation to the 1 st January 1808, specifying the places of their birth and of their education, their profession, when appointed, and their duties, their appointments, when and how vacated, according to form No. 2. 3. The present Establishment, comprehending the President and all Persons employed in the government or instruction of the Students, specifying the names, the branch of instruction or other duties, and the salary of each, also the other advantages derived from the funds of the College, such as lodging, table, & c. or fees from the Students on the Foundation or others, and in what other occupations they or any of them are engaged, according to form No. 3..