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~artion of all other inlielea, had agaminted to five or six
handfed pnitiiile, doing appreiwed That that would be con-
• • are to the etatnte?—No, do sot imagine that it would be
cooly try to the statute; but I would olaserve, that there are
s' vr.al articles of expense now, which they hail not former-
ly. as rt)1114, Mal many trifling articles, such as knives and
rtates, whirl' have been added since. If the rides and re-
strictions had been adhered to, according to the leper of our
darns-news, the situation of the boys on the fit midation,
mune,' in some respects, appear to be degraded; it shonlil
be taken also into eonsitleration, that there is some addition
of expense for servants, though certainly to • very small
...... int, a !tetras origivallv, they may be proved to have
twr formed several menial offices themselves.
yau aptoeheittl, that the original comae clothing was
I f that MMu drecroption, for any Other rieeoito thao because
it Was the nasal fashion and costume of the time?-1 am
slat competent to say ; I leave ofteu causidered the ques-
t ain, but newer was able to resolve it.
Do you understand, that the statutes mean to prevent
vegetables from forming a part of the final, or !iodate or
forks, or servants, or only originally that that was the 1340311
custom and forks, of comic, as they wese slot these
in use, and it is expressly said, that the sum should always
be 10J. a week for each scholar.
Do you anderst toad that as fixing the maximum or mi-
nium of the expose ?—1 consider it to be the precise sum.
What wattle ate there, which lead you to suppose that the
1011. inetutafor the maximum as well as for the minin
1 bunk spots that as the specific sum; at prevent, the ex-
veuse for the volleyer, amounts to nearly eighteen hundred
turmoils a year. fur food only; the sum for the year 1810, was
1,7591.; in the year 1811. 1,653 f.; in the yess.'lllll, 1,913/ ;
its the year 1813, 2,01161; in the year 1811, 1,8/10/.; in the
year 1815, 1,84114 in the year 181 d, 1,57tif.; in 1817,1,6881.
Are nut the words of the statute" ten-prime at the least,"
or some such worile?—Certaiiily not, on the contrary, the
context fixes the Sens* of the words, and Phew, that these
'Wald be no d.ffert nee made with respect to the scholars.
infer, that lions the context, whatever the revenue of the
college is, the fellows never would divide any part of it; at
preatut, owing to storms and &ode which have happened,
we have bad weal dementia upon tis.
Then you apprehend, that you are hound not to divide
the yearly revenues, whatever increase there may be ?
Whatever increase may happen, not one fraction of it conics
auto the provost's or fellows pockets, certainly not.
What's the origin of the distinction which you have come
In Let wren the hues soil the yearly revenue, dividing the
noes, but not dividing the increase of the revenue?-1 pie-
• haute that peciod • certain portion of the expense of
donuts went for the summit of the fellows. when the practice
began to be universal su conceit& Su take fines; I imagine
that our hoily, Irmig as near as possible in constitution like
Bran and chapter, only without the title, it was tolruJurrd
about that time, as far as I have been - aisle to learn, mill
as fai. 44 1 here been able to ascertain, by intercourae with
the must int( Iligent members of chapters.
What limit& is there to the alii:ctrtion of the fellows,
an granting leaoce, towelling what part of the resit they shall
lake in the form of a line, to be distributed, and what part
they shall take in the Cum of rent,lint to he ilistrilosied ?—1
thought that had locus fixed by some act of the legislature; I
always intaglio J this to he the ease; I have examine) malty
old lICCOIIIII% of list chapter of Modem., and think that ilw le-
...Teed rents have continued the same fur a century and a
half th-y laver change, I hells ve.
Have the rest Mil scuts ever been raised at all ?—Not to
my knowledge.
Since when?-1 ll° tint know of their having been raised
at any time; no far as my recollection would go, I presume
they are exactly the same,
Are the fellows praliihned by the statutes from having ee-
clesiaatical preferinc.ta?—air William 8..0tt, Sir William
Grata, and the Bishop of Linculu have dater ... i . -bed, on a
recent appeal to the latter as one visitor, that they may
hold any one piece of pieferrnent, not exceeding the value
of flirty marks in the limes bunks, under a grant of Queen
Elizabeth, which was pronounced to he a dispensation'.
Do not the statutes say, that they shall bold no living of
any 'Attie beyond the term of a yeas ?-I'hcy do, certainly;
exactly so.
Do they not take an oath not to obtain or use any dis-
?--The question seems to have turned entirely
apall the worsts " non impetralm" et "nun War," whether
the fellows (nit the provost) swear that they will ind obtain
any dispensation, or use one if obtained ; the 1111401011 was,
wlicilser the oath regartkel a dispvissatiou which had been
I eceived and acted upon for two hundred years before, or
hether it recognised nu dispensation whatever ; mud it was
decreed, that Ullatirs of Eton might hold one piece of pc.,
ternicut with their fellowship, subject to the restriction
inetouned ; and it was further enjoined, that the
letter of I.?.•ieres Clisalwth should be considered as pert of
our sedates. The su!..jrct of the appeal was argued much
at length for two drys.
Was the decree mark with any reasons to explain why the
oath was rinetrutel, without reference to the statute, pe-
remptorily prohibiting livings?—Nu.
Was that part of the statute, upon the construction of
which nu doubt is raised, atibittitital to tlie eousidrration sit
those keened pilaw's, as well as the furor of the oath upon
which that doubt may be raised ?—The whole question was
tigitated at large, with reference to the fails or sundry pre-
sentatiuus, and the atatetneut of the then state of the fel-
Sews, with respect to the loriugs hell by shim, was brought
before the Coml.
Did sir 11•iiliam Grant, as well as Sir William Scott, at-
tend slur whole sit the discussion ?—They were both present
during the two th.ys when the questien wit argued.
Lk; yon know any college ssmilauly eirensastaiwed with
tom !—lt has been very inaccurately asserted. shit our
staluts a are nearly the same with the statutes of Winchester ;
f lit I (la assure the Coniraitler, they ditirr in almost every
iustence for which I have hail occasion lit refer to them.
Wind livitige have the fellows of Dun College tau their
gift?—planet seven.aml-thirty, but many of them ate of
very small value; insists the greater part nee fir below the
usual value of cultirge tiring, ; I du not believe that we bate
more than Iwo which exceed 800 f. per annum.

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In point of fact, do the fellows hold livings ?-I(es, every
one, excepting the junior fellows. I would beg to slate, that
the filluzsbips are, in must instances, given es rewards fur
serv:ces as twisters or assistants nt the reboot ; and if it
were nut for this, we should hardly lie able to get men of
Yarning and talent to fill the situations in the school; it is
at all events a stimulus to their exertions, to look forward
to the possibility of obtaining a fellowship.
h there any limitation in the statute, as to the kind of
food to be allowed to the boys?—None; soil as to the qua.
lily of the fond, the greatest care is taken by the bursitis,
who, upon hearing any complaint, immediately institute an
examinstion. At 81411100 times ailditi have bre° made
with respect to the faint, particularly with regard to vegeta.
Lies; and that I should trust that other additions would be
made, ss Gl' as the increase of our revenues would permit
us ti) /LP I t ; at the present we allow 5001. out of the Mies
for the giiieral purpose of dooms; such has been the case
for the three last years.
In coa.equeuce of the spoliation of Edward the 4th, mi._
sAiii pi er.lllolll weir deemed necessary, upon the subsequent
itasiirovelisrut of the fillatireM of the rolle;te; have those prb
*maims been dune away believe sultrily; they were
wax& subject of tile visitation of our ordinary visitor, and
all disputes ni re adjusted at one ur more of these visite-

11.1. the cloibinz been i 4 since that time?—ln no
io the best of my knowledge, has any clothing been
given smce the year 1506, except for the gown cloth.
lu what manner du Elun men succeed to Kinea :--By re-
signations, which are scut from one sister college, arising
(ruin deaths, enairiaps, and the expiration of the yeses of
grace, tklether with voluntary resignations.
Is there any examination previous to the electing to
Kings%—Always.
Who are the circlet's !—Tbere are three electors of Eton,
and three of King's College; the Kum electors are, the pro-
suet, the s tee provost, and dm master ; she King's Collette
electors are, the postal, and Iwo mailers of arts, called
Ih,M,(S
Is the election nimile according to the result of this via-
I brie is no instance, fur the 1a.4 1110 yeses, of
rimy troy haring been rejected ; for we have uteri bad a num-
Lei t aver thug 24, excepting user, alien we bail 26, and they
were all cl. r a ti i they could not be admitted till vacancies
aexci and in the second and third statutes the older is su

precise, tbal it is hardly possible fur any personio deviate
from it in the smallest degree•
In the last election of Int?, there were ten candidates;
how many were chosen ?—All.
&oppose there are fewer vacancies at King's than the
number of candidates, how woetd they be elected ?—lt dues
not depend upon that only; it dims depend wholly upon
those vacancies ; many vaniiiries arise from boys going
into the army. and from other wises.
Then in the result, suppose there is one vacancy and
three candulmes, in what manner would that choice be
maile?—Eo online men scripti fuerint iu indentions.
In what way is the order of the writing of the names set-
tled'—By the electors when they meet ; and if any disputes
arise, the person or persons ■re first named, in quern vel
gins major pars ipeoreen examinautium consenserit in bac
pane, or words to that purpose.
How do the electors make up their minds in preferring any
names to inscribe him before the other in the indenture?—
We have hitherto taken the list as the master sends it in to
ns, upon this that he is more competent to judge, and
knows more of the merits of the buy limn we should from
our exaniimition. When a contrary practice prevailed, it
has, I understand, been remarked, that the relations of the
provost and those of the fellows frequently went out first.
There is 'hewn, in the present le, the moat inflexible
impartiality. Its obtaining priority of nomination, there is
no interest whatever ; if we conceive any person is imam.
petrol, we should probably dismiss him ; butt there has been
bet one instance of a flagrant nature, that I have knows of.
I entered into the election chamber. with the intention to
oppose that person ; but from certain circumstances I was
induced to withhold that opposition.
Then, in point of fact, the examination by the electors
is a matter of form'—Nut entirely so ; upon those occasions
I have hail reason to animadvert upon their conduct, and
to say, unless I head a better account of them, they wank'
lose their nominnt' at the ensuing election. With regard
to the order, it is with the electois to decide what that order
shall be; bitt I presume it would be a very difficult thing to
alter it, so as to produce a better general result. I query
whether, Wan alteration were made, that it would produce
a snore beneficial ilfect.

Do you understand the master always to give the prefcr•
ence to the boys whom he thinks the most worthy?—ln
many instances, a very plain airtight f,rward scholar' of
universal good behaviour, we consider far superior to a bury
of brilliant abihtiesswha i+ irregular in particular instance.;
to such boy* we have biro obliged to hold out threats, and
they generally have had the • flirt of psouliecing a change,
except in one or two iiestances, in which eases, they have
been withdrawn privately.
Are you argleamied with wird happened to the late pro-
fessor Pomo., to prevent los eleetiou to King's ?—1 beg leave
to say, that every are t that I have read *hone him, in
relation to this circuinotaiece, is incorrect. When he came
to the school he was placed rather higher by the reputation
of his abilities, than perhaps lee ought to have Item, in con-
oequesece of his mina! attainments • and I can only say, that
many of the alaiCalf`llll in the life of l'ur.on ore wee founded
in troth. With reaped to prosody he knew hot little; and
es to Greek he had solute but cumpaeal early little progress
when h. Came to our school. The very i itc • and harmed
editor of lisle account of him leis been nrkinforsied in rostra
particulars, and many of the incidene+ which be relates, I
can venturefrom ney Dan knowledge to assert, see distorted
or exaggerated. Even Peerseen's competitions, at an early
period, though enaiorutiy correct, tell far short of excel-
lence ; still we all looked up to him, in consequence of his
great abilities and variety of information, though much of
that information was emetiatal to the kienwleilgt of his
school-fellows, and could nut easily fill under the notice of
his in.lemetora. He always undervalued school exercises,
and generally wrote his exi erases fair nt mice. without study.
I should he sorry to detract hum tier merit of all individual
whom I loved, esteemed, and admired ; hut I speak of him
whine he had only given the promise of his future excellence;
and in point of school exercises, think that he was very in-
ferior to more than one (XII:. cuutimporairs ; 1 would name
the previit Marquis Widlislry as infinitely superior to
him in common! ion.
Did he write the same b aseliful hand as lie did after-
warels?-11e did; nor was there any depth( of his general
octants. ship.
Then did he make great pmgreea during the time lie was
at Eton, or after he left t 11e ems advanced as for as lie
could be with propriety, but INFre weir eel Utility some
there who would slot have !Well afraid to challenge Porsun
as a schoolboy, thougle they wield.' have al I all idea of
competition with him at Caneltridge. The first book that
Pontine e err studied, as be often told nee, was Chamberes
Encyclopedia; he read the whole of alai Diet' ary through,
and inn treat degree made himself master of the algebraic
part of that work, entirely by the fierce of his undcrstanding.
Then do you consider that there was no ground of com-
plaint tin the part of Poneon, in not haring been sent to
Cambridge ?—Nue ; hr was placed as high in the school as he
well could he; as a 111114, however, of leis nerrie., when lee
left Elm'' touts Heidi 0000 s went readily supplied by Etunians,
in aid of Sir George Baker's proposal, to secure the funds
for his maintenance at the uuisersity.
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Have yuu seen Mr. Huggett's ropy of the Eton statutes,
and which i• now in 11w British Museuis.?-1 have, and 1
know shim to be incuwptely.
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Do yun mean the copy of the statelier iv iiiromplete, or
the remark+ in the margin —There iv one ins...tire, I wintlil
beg to Mate, in which he has mistaken the word Note, in
which he has written down, that iv not read at the admissimi
of a fellow; he has read the word Note IN tf it had been the
word not ; and he obvervra upon chi., that the text to which
it refers is never read as it ought Cu be, at the adnaiva. of
a fellow.

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What other inacenrseirs have you observed in this copy?
—lit the letter of the shooks, I believe he is not guilty of
any inaccuracies ;iu rugaril to his arc tof the schoolmas-
ter, lie has omitted, I think, the words nut a litllll,ll, &r. ut
supr:ynl n hifli swue important piniuotie have been pot
as a specimen of his learning, he translates from a latin ae•
count of the founder, that neither Vesta's altar, nor the
chair of Puntifts, nor Flamers' pillow, were more chaste
than his retired piracies.
Wilt he educated at Eton ?—No.
(The IFilness delivered in the frllotoing Papers, which
were rase)
PAPER, Nu. I. -
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August .7,, MS.
A Business of Appeal and Complaint, promuitil and brought
by the Provost, Frllwws and SCIIIIIIIII4I of Kiug's College,
Cambridge, ;against the Piovina and Fellows of Eton Col-
lege.

The Visitor having maturely deliberated, and by and with
the advice of his assessors. the Hight Houtiorable Sir Won.
Grant, ■ud the Hight Honourable Sir Win. StVlf, pro-
nounced against the Appeal, and declare.), that the Fellows
of Eton College were rumbled to hold one I/Pll4-lice, by virtue
of the dispensing statute of Queen Elisabeth.
He further enjoins all future Fellows of Eton College, nil
to exceed the indulgence :ranted by the said dispensing sta-
tute, by attempting to bold more than one benefice, whether
taken before or after their election, in conjunction with
their fellowship.
The Visitor directs, that this decree be entered in the
book of 'Mutes belt nging In Elfin College.
fiEORGE LINCOLN, (L S.)

Which 1 attest, .
George Jeaner,
Notary Public, Actuary icouimeil.
[Pape►, No. II Acconiit the Receipt. and Disburse-
ments of the College in lir sear 11317 J

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