The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-08-22 00:00:00

CORK GRAND JURY.-MR. PFCI..

The followina letter has been pul,lixlied in The
Southern Reporter, the E•htor of vsl,:elt %latex, truly
we have no doubt, that the author it a ',errnt of

" SIR—It appears that the Protest agniiist the Mare!s by
the late Grand Jury to Mr. Peel, has attracted much notice,
and called fun I, yes y long and voluted ‘llllll7/41VICISIUdu
a writer in The Correspondent In this t y, where the
Geutleneen ahu •igued the Protest are well known, it would
beau insult to them, and to your readers, to suppose it oeces-
nary to enter into any justification "(their motif es, iu any mea-
suretowhichlheymt ht deem it right to alba their 'Biennial es
Rut the measureinqucationhasacquiredanimportancebry 1
that of local politics, from the principle it involves, mid Stir
manner in which it has Nan commented 115i011. The reams,
*wizard be 'how: Gentlemen for objectiaz to the discuss tttttt
or mluptiou, in the Grand Jury room, of an Address to Mr.
Peel, is such as must be approved by fill who. wish to see the
Grand Juries in Iceland confine their &Heusi ~,,, as those iu
Hoglasid do, to the important functions intrusted to than ;
and it might h.tve matured to the writer in The Correspun-
dehl, that suchalinutAtkin would effect lially prevent a display
of that " alculdraicy to great own its oppinotion la the A.ltni.
Munition of the day," of which he seems is such dread; whilst
it tended also to guard the country from thew less mischievous
effects of that complaisant and degrading subserviency to the
will of a Minister, which newly peewits' may pistraps think
more likely tia occur, though the writer in 77fe rrephoideul
seems to entertain no apprehensiou of, or objection to it. It
may also be ohm ved, that the fourteen Gentlemen of the
late Grand Jury who approved of an Atlases, to Mr. Peel,
might have sought their object in a mantis r more honourable
to hint, and totally free from every constitur I objec-
tion, by petting their names In a requisiti 111 l for a County
Meeting for that permeate Those who are in the habit of
attending to the matinee of conducting Iwditic J sur efforts in
Gish Counties, are fully aware that ahem tiny have been
roamed to Grand Jury rooms, it has geneially been
from a conviction that They would not hem the more
open and extended discusfion of a County Meeting.
—Whether nay such cowrie ' operated iu the present
ease, mast be decided by those Gentlfmen who brought
it forward, and ■doopted it in the Grand Jury room
Nat let the occasion be what it may that called forth tlw
Mutest to that Address, I think we user 111114111 to those Gentle-
men who have thee honoured, mitt roanfolly stood forward
to give publicity and effect to a principle founded upon the
soundest coustitntional basis, and calculated, if gesarraby
acted upon, to he produelive of more practical benefit Io
this, cousitry, llse any Other that could well have bern flee
vised.—l ain, SW; row obedient Serena!,
" A MIEN D TO THE CONSTITUTION."

E DUCA TION qf use LOWER ORDERS.

( Continued ftom our roper of rdtaday

Jul*, 7 die WI, 1818.
HENRY 111tOUGHAH, Esq. in the Chair.

Mr. Bury Ilutchinson, jam. called in, mat erani»cd.

You are sua of Mr. Bury Hutehiusoo, cork to the
ther.sellera Compass) ?—Yes.
Is he pruseuted front encoding?—He hall been eonfiortl
for these four hs . . .

Du you know any particulars relatitig to the sellout it
Lewisham ?—I have got the will, soul am epareil to ttiMS Er
soy goes float arises out of it.
Have you say partiridar knowledge of it yourself; whit
is, the annual income of it at present?-3431. ga. 6d.

IVlsence dors that arise ?—From estates at Lea 'slum, con-
sisting of houses and lands, and likewise at Edmonton ;
bruits to theam,wut 443171.45. Rd. at Lewisham. and 2(11. 44.
'from estates at Ed awl fnumi no othrr source.
Is that the whole tocume. of every elms iption
No voluntary contrdostion
What of do you bold in the Leather-sellers Company ?

Are you clerk with your father?—No.
Then your information opus, the 'object in whit lie kit
given you ?—lt is aliat I have &tired f the hooks ; I
have mit seen him upon the subject ; he is ill, is, the
cu 1111 l ry.
(lave you seen any oilier persons einniccleil with the Cont.
patty, ricer the immonons uf the Committee was saved ?-1
saw tine of the wardens )e,iterday.
IVilliam Vines, Clerk to Vr. Trot. leas

ably more; the upper school is x very Lirge buiidiug, and
less been erected rtes siuce 1610.
Dues 49/. go to repair it ?—l'es ; and we should think
srwsiderahly
Dues 301. ,e,o to the repairing of it'—The greater part of
it; but we cutout stale the exact sum.
Dare run uo uteaiis of itiformiik the Committee bow
snitch guts to the replir of eke alms-hunses!—Not distinctly
Irmo the schools. 'the accounts are blended together.

Twenty puutuis?—More.
Thirty !moods ? Tee, or perhaps more; it is abort ledf.
altogether; there has heels u general repair • ithiu the last
nine years; there bas been a general repair ui the grammar
school, and the English school and alms-bonses.
Iho those repairs include the •chuulutasteo's house?—Mr.
Colfe, by his will, direct► part to be burue by the school-
maatr►.
What could the school batters be rented for?--(11ry Mr.
Ilmichinron)—They arc very extensive premises; the upper
school Is a very considerable buildioe.
A hundred puttuds a year?—Nothing like it for the whole.
Two hunched p ttttt ids ?—No.
A thousand !moods —( No ,visirtr In Ikis question.)
Three hundred prowls )—?.401. for the: upper school, the
• hole builffing.
What does this whole building consist of !—(lfy .11c.
Ibrichiaron.)-1 bail' Ina 11 ever it often; I hove been in the
habit of alleudioy, the Con:limy; I filer attended the exa-
mination of the scholars, but taut gnus over the rooms; I
know that it is a very tinge building.
How many children are estimated there?—Thirty-one, in-
dependeut of the private boarders. This will has directed
that there Shall be 11141y-01W tsar ; the master to have a
sufficient house, appointed by the donor.
Was Hirt e, in 1671, a devise of land, comilitinz of 'tine
servo and Iwo cuttazes, to the school!.-1 an. Sul prepared
to answer that ; I never timid or it.
Are you sore that thir sel I 11. serves the app. Italian of a
large school?—lt is a lame bnei luu, , w my 0111116,11.
And yoo think it •.slid let tor 301.11..!-1 Rug not giving
%lila as evidence; it is only any ttt
Yams think it could let for 3001. ?-1 must decline answer-
in; that question.
Yon cannot decline here to answer questions I—We do
not know the value.

Wrre there any cottages, haunch); to this charity, in Mr.
Cater of Becket'liain's park !—We never 114.21.1 of any.
Have pen lui kid ball the deed% awl pares belonging to
the charity, so a■ to bay whether there were any devise of this
SM. in 167 1 ?—No.

Was there, nt any time, any devise of nine acres of laud
and two cults; • ?--IVe never heard of it.
Do you know if the Isle Mm. Cater ("Ix pnlled down two
cottages its his park'.—We du out know.
Have you ever beard soy thin said upon the subject ?
No

Had Mr. Cater any connexion with the Leatherselleva
patty?—Notie that we ever heard nf; there was a M.
Theophition Cater, who ate a mem!), r of the Company
about 101 years azo, and a ho went to the list Indica.; but
Mr. John Cater, of 11..ckenliant, we believe, had no con-
nexion whatever with the leather-sellera Company.
Hus any uthrr perrou ruy cunnexian with the charily,
except the leather-sellers Company!—The pariah of Green-
wich, Deptford, LewiNhatii, Lee, Charlton, Woolwich, and
Eltham, have the appointment of the schulars. _ _

Have they any thiug to du with the maungemeut of the
funds'—Nothing.

Du thine in point of feet, appoint the scholars?
—11• e believe llsvy do.
- - - - - -

Do you know that ?—We were informed so upon our visi-
tations, that they ore an appointed.
The Company donut exercise the patronage themselves ?
No, they du nut.
If any devise of lands and houses to the charity had been
made, must the Leather-sellers Compauy have known it ?
Nu ; they mixlit not have known it.
Are there any other trustees besides the Leather.sellers
Company?—Nu other; the master of the school is elected by
certain persons Ftated to the with.
.

Dors" the tenement called The Castle Public House,
belong to the charity ?—We never beard of it.
Have you any prp; containing the details of repairs?—
No, no more than ne have stated to you, being an average
for the last nine years.
Besides the nuns pin have alreldy mentioned, of turn.
diture by the Company, what other items are there upon the
average you have mated %—There are certain slims that are
stated in 11w will i the bequest to the Leather-sellers Coin.
pasty fur conductiier Ibis trust, they have never received, but
have gener..liy paid it into the charity.
_ _

now is iIo other expense of 1351. or 1401. accounted for'
—There is an annual payment to the pour of St. Nicholas
Deptford, of 44.4 d. a.yrar; to those of the pariah of St. Paul
Orlitford, 4.. CI; of Greenwich, Ss. 84.; of Woolwich,
us. 8,1.; ut Elihain, the same; of Lee, Charlton, and Edmon-
ton, the same; Moitinglinin, Font's Cray, and Chisleburst,
the same; Rood Chuiels, Canterbury, 11. 11 ; parish of St.
Leonard's, East Cheap, 11. ISa. The Library and Librarian
of Sion College, 1/. la. The anon 1 expense of receiving the
estates, the visitatiuu of the achuulr, gifts to the scholars,
3;.e. about 30/.

Duca that include a dinner ? Yrs.
It appears by this book (alludi.ig lo a book brought and
referred Iv by Mesa witnesses) that the expenditure of the
year 1916 was about 25.11.; iv that so ?—That book cannot
be depended upon fur a cursed statement of the actual ex-
Still there arc 1007. of the expenditure 'milting. after all
the items you lint e mentioned ?-3:39/. 15s. 9J. is the ave.
a e have given fur nine yens; we eau give you the
total fur each year.
Can you zite the particulars of flume expenses?—No.
Choose any our year of the last four years, and give us
the whole particulars of the expenditure and income forthat
?rar now, ur give it us to.moriow, if you can !—We will.
What is the name of that husk you have produced?—We
have uo particular name for it ; it contains the names of the
tenants and other particular*, put iu the lowa of the wardens
every year.

You said it was nut a book to he depended upon ?-.lt is only
somewhat about !heron's expended; but if you ask
the particular expenditure of each year, we must refer to
usher limaks for those ticulais.
Fur what purpose is that book given to the wardens?—
Fur their iuffirmation.
And yet it is adositted that it is not generally correct?—
II is sufficiently correct to give them general info. motion,
and fur the purpose tuts ode& It is a sort of a general esti-
mate, hut there are worse other items 1101 1111'116011M ; there
is an allowance to the receiver of mists of 6,1. in the pound
11114111 the rental.
How mud. is that sum ?—ft is about Si. a year ; there is
also the surveyor's charge, shout st. a year; an item of 104.
a.yrar, as a gift to the clerk of the Compauy, and 154. a•year,
tinned for the postage of letters; we do not see auy other
item.

What Ilie Commie • tis .1 statement of each particu-
lar item of cape:Mitt. '..r one year; the last year to a lurk
the accounts are made up, oro( two years separately'—That
shall he produced for the last nine years; this estate is
about 7001. io debt to the Company.
[The Accounts were delivered in and read.]

(Th be continued.)

111.1RKETS.

CORN EXCHANGE, FRIDAY, Arcurr 21.

In consequence of the supply of English Wheats heing
small, those qualities are full as dear as on Mmiday fisiley
is in demand and rather higher; the Oat trade maintanut its
prices, though there are nut many buyers; Pease and Brans
fetch better prices than on Monday and Wednesday.

UXBRIDGE.
Cora Inspector's Return, THURSDAY, AttelliT 20.
Wheat, per load lBl OF to 231 ltts
New ditto .... Pit —4 to Mt 4.•
Barley, pax quarter ..444 --gt to 524 --ct
Oats 34F —A to 45s .—d
Beaus 01i —i to —A
Pease BBs It. its —<l

NEWBURY, BERKS.
Wheat 500 to 971 0.1 I Oats
Rye..
Barley 44s to bOs 0.1 Pease
Bread, Is. 9d. to Is. Ild. per Gallon.