The Sun.
London, England, 1808-11-04 00:00:00

LONDONDERRY SCIZOOL.

Mr. Alderman CUMBE then moved, that the sum
of s,uoi. be given by the Corporation of London, for
the purpose of establishing a public school at Lon-
donderry., and for promoting nolestam Education
in Ireland. He observed, that the city of London
had received a veil), extensive grant of lands in the
Province of Ulster, and thk the town of London-
derry was-a sun( of ideve of this city. The present
Bishop of Derry lind displayed the greatest niuni=
licence in establishing and' endowing this School,
and had been joined by other Corporations and pob-
lk bodies. It was true that these lands were no
longer possescd by the City of London, but still
this city might be consideied in som degree as the
mother of Londonderry, and, on this account, as well
as because such a grant could not fail to be grateful.
in every part of the sister Istattd, he hoped the pre-..
sent grant would be acceded to. Be Should, there-
fore, propqse that this sum should tidtkittitnitted to
the Committee of Irish Lands, in order' 'fhat the
funds might be made good by them.
Mr. WA ITH MAN said, that be should soon haveoc--
Casino to notice several abus.es which had crept into
the public charities of this country, and before he
agreed to the present motion, he hoold be glad to
know/what means were taken to prevent the recur-
rence of similar abuses in the charityilhquestion.
A long conversation then ensued„iiai the course of
which Mr. SLADE supported the_ motion, on the.
grounds of the deficiency in the Means of echwating
the higher and middle classes in Ireland.
Mr. QUIN, from his own experience of the state
of education in Ireland, denied thiS to be they case ; -
and contended, that as it was well known that the
expenditure of the Corporation of London was above
its income, it beeame them to be just before they

were generous.
It was contended, on the other hand, that though
the City was clinliderably minus at present, yet' a
number of leases would soon drop in, which would
place them in a very different situation.
At ler a good dial of diseus,ion the &lotion was ac-
ceded tu, tn,,ugh'not unanituothly.

CH R ISTS HOPIT

Mr. WAtertimar then rose to make his promised,
motion on the subiet:l of certain abuses in Christ's
Hospital. His flunCt: On time subject had now stood
on the paper nearly a year, and he was sorry he had
been prevented from taking it up sooner by the
pressure of other business. But first, it would he
proper to chew what right of interference :n the
concerns of the Hospital was• possessed by the
4ind on this point be would obserte, that by the
charters of Henry VIII. and Edward VI. the go-
vernment of all the Royal Hospitals in. the City was
vested in the Lord Mayor, Aldermen,„and Common
Council. The exercise of this righte,however,
gradually fell into disuse ; and persons were admitted
to be Governors 'who bad given do-nations to the
charity, in order to encourage the grant of similar
benttactions At last, by an Act of Parliament
it-. 1780, the City gave up its exclusive right, and
the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and certain of the. Com-
mon Council, were only to be considered as Go-
vernors, ex officio, in conjunction with ethers- who
were Governors in consequence, of banit!iitins.—
The interference of this Ceurt was not ill6l-o.6re
2UillOrit.ilive, it could only interfere by recomm,qld7
ation to those ot its- members who were Governors.
He had heard of various abuses in the presentation
acid admission of 'children. Indeed it was well
known that a person, who was once a member of
this Court, had even 'sold his presentation. But
there was one abuse Which hr 5110114.1 now mention,
and- which he should pledge • to sub,tan_
tiate. He hail reason to know; that no less 'a
pet-con than one of tt'e present .RepreA,:otatives for
Middlesex, had given his presentation in favour Of
a son of Mr. Warren, the .Vic:ir of Eumonttin, Whose
income lie knew .to te"not ikss than 1. 1!01. a year,
at a moderate computation. To see tile enormity of
this abuse, it 'as only necessary to lead the Royal
Regulations dponwhich the ,Charity was to be con-
ducted: By these it was expressly intended for such
poor children and orphans as were not othuwise pro--
vided toe; and one regulntion expressly requires that
the Minister of the palish, and three of the ChUrch=
wardens, should certify such poverty .to the .Gover-
nors of the Hospital before the admiSsion. Here,
then, we have a Clergyman worth' I 2001, a year,.
certifying that he is unable to provide-11.er the support
of his children, and three Church*fidens putting
their names to it nay, he was evenigsfired that the

same Clergyman. was making iaterest other

of his 80t13 into the same In-stittiiioD, wheii he was

deterred by some notice that was taken of this cir-

cut stance. This was one of the grossest transac-
tions he had ever heard of.

He also knew it to be a faa, that a churchwarden
of the parish of Edmonton, who had an intlependent
fortune, had got his son into the sane charity, upon
the presentation of a Member of thi, Court, while

Le knew thiit the. goodssof a poor iatito,.eignt
, in tne same parish„ wen: (iistrilloed for

ou-irapneot of the poor-raies. It was astonishing
to hitt), that men of respeetabie-eliar.aticrs in private