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Vire-Chancellor which required that they shots ki affit a notice as to
'amities occurring in the Hospital, the feeweett data, at the door
of the Town Hell, instead of ten days' notice on ,tbe done of the
Hospital, ai before was the practice. Mr. Hart contended that the
Governess of the Hospital had ever shown their anxiety to assist
the ripe of Norwich, but that they could not take upon themselves
Ito maintain the incurable lunatics of that city, which would be in
effect only to relieve the poor-rate of certain burdens which it had
upon it from the cause in question. In fact, they insisted upon
having a vested right in the hinds of this charity. There was no
doubt that the funds were to gn to the benefit of certain
Individuals, and they had given those individuals the benefit of
them so long as there was any expectation of their being cured
when there was no longer any hope they returned them to their
friends, or to the parishes which sent them. if the Governors of
the charity were to receive the incurable poor lunaticof the city of
Norwich, it would go to destroy the beneficent intention of the
founder, inasmuch es they would be occupying the places of those
poor persons that might otherwise be admitted, and who, under the
beneficent hand of Providence, might be restored to the blessings
of reason. He (Mr. Hart) contended that the alteration as to the
time of notice of admission was wholly unnecessary and uncalled
for, and was calculated to make the admission a matter of election,
contrary to the intention of the founder of the charity ; that the
Governors and Trustees were highly respectable persons, who had
estried on the affairs of 1114 charity In succession from the time of
. ittfonndatior, in 17111, until Int, without the trait diffnence of
opinion between them and the overseers of the poor of the city of
Norwich, when those gentlemen, at the latter period, conceiving
they had a vested right in the funds in question, determined on
trying the matter in Chancery. The Governors of the Charity had
,j paned the possibility that a suit in Chancery might do harm
1 than ail, and m strongly reonetrared against the measure,
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eftientany. In conclusion, he (Mr. Hart) would say, that
Governe.s of the Hospital had butt one object in view. that of
I darrying into execution the will of the founder, and the donors to
I.lbet charity, to the fallen extent of their power and ability.
The LORD CuancEt.t.cra said that lie should have had great
difficulty in sending it to the Master, the consequence of that being
Ito spend a large auto in litigation, which might be so much better
[employed. Ile (the Lord Chancellor) had no doubt but that these
busters had the power of determining the admission of lunatics
into the hospital, and that it must be that of curable rather than
that of incurable lunatics ; but they had the power under the will
of the founder of taking and disposing of the cases of either.
With respect to the word inhabitant, which applied to the city of
Norwich. he (the lord Chancellor) could not think it applied to
tho.se only who had a legal rtetriement there. As to the third point,
the notice of admission, he did not conceive it was a matter of much
import, and as the Governors and Trustees of the hospital haul the
denelit of the decisions on the other pohns. perhaps they world
conic to Court if they found any inconvenience to arise.
Mr. HART still objecting—
His Loutisittp requested him to be advised upon the point, and
to mention it on a future occasion.