The Sun.
London, England, 1854-08-23 00:00:00

THE CHARITY COMMISSIONERS AND
HEMSIVORTH HOSPITAL.

Hemsworth Hospital is one of the numerous charities
founded by Archbishop Holgate, whose will bears date
April 27, 1555 the year in which he died.
The hospital was erected near to the church of Hems-
worth, and various statutes were formed for the proper
government of the foundation. The hospital was rebuilt
in 1770. The stipends of the poor and the master have.
much increased since the foundation with the ihere,ased
value of land. -

The present rental is said to amount to 2,3491., arid
the brethren and sisters' stipends to about 961. each.
We now come to the part which the Charity Commis.
sinners are taking towards the-hospital. -No complaint
is made of mal-appropriation of the funds or of bad ma-
nagement. The commissioners, however, consider the
stipends to the brethren and sisters to be mischievously
large, and they propose to divert no less than 1,200/.
a-year to educational purposes, viz., 7501. to the Hems-
worth Grammar School ; 2501. to the Malton Grammar
School ; and 2001., in four equal amounts, towards the
education of the poor in the four parishes of Hemsworth
Felkirk, Kirkby, and Wragby. ,
We must now turn for a moment to the Hemsworth
Grammar School, which was founded, together with
those at York and Malton, by Archbishop Holgate in
his lifetime, by letters patent, granted by King Henry
VIII., on the 24th of October, 1546.
The master was to have 241. per annum, out of which
he was to pay 41. to an usher. We believe the income
of the school to be about 3501. The head master is non-
resident, and it is generally understood that he allows
1001. per annum to be divided between a resident master
and his usher, in the proportion of 601. and 401. The
patronage of the school ie waliihe Archbishop of York.
The Charity Commissioners propose to make the present
non-resident master attend at certain hours in the school,
ultimately to increase his salary to 2501., to appoint a
second master with a salary of 1501., and to borrow a
sum not exceeding 8,0001., to rebuild the school and
master's houses.

The extra funds the commissioners propose taking
from the hospital, at the rate of 750/., per annum,
creating a repair and sinking fund for paying off the
debt.

When the nature of these schemes became known a
meeting of the principal inhabitants of the four parishes
interested in the hospital was convened on the Ist of
August, at that place, for the purpose of taking the said
schemes into consideration. At this meeting Lord
Viscount Galway, M.P., Colonel the Hon. E. G.
.Monckton, Charles Winn, G. B. Greaves, and William
Henry Leatham, Esqs., Major Vincent, the Revds. G.
Allott, C. Andrews, T. B. Graham, Batty, and A. B.
Wrightson (in the chair), Messrs. Newman, Hoyland,
Glendall, Leak, Habilay, Green, Emmerson, Ham-
mond, Ibeson, Wiggles worth, Cuttle, Addy, &c., &c.,
were present, and it was unanimously resolved that the
present constitution of the hospital be continued ; that
no sums should be taken from the hospital funds for the
Grammar Schools of Hemsworth and Malton ; that a
now hospital be erected ; that the number of brethren
and sisters should be increased to 40 (ten to be elected
from each parish) ; and it was resolved, by a majority of
two, that the electors be extended to the four parishes,
&c., and unanimously that a committee of two gentle-
men from each parish, together with Lord Galway, be
appointed to assist Mr. Newman in preparing a new
scheme hospital, which should embody the above reso-
tions, and some others of minor importance, and report
to a future general meeting.
What effect the exertions of this committee may have,
in inducing the Attorney-General to modify or abandon
his scheme, remains to be Seen 'but it is right the public
should know the daring nature of the inroads which the
Charity Commissioners propose to make upon the
sanctity of testamentary endowments.
Should the A ttorney-General go to Parliament for an
act to enable him to rob the hospital of 1,2001. per an-
num, for educational purposes, we trust that the mein-
bens of Parliament who represent Yorkshire constitu-
encies will frustrate this act of spoliation, and restrict
the
.amount to a much smaller sum, and stipulate
that it shall be applied, not in educating the children of
the rich in the classics, but in teaching the children of
the poor the rudiments of learning—a kind of teaching
which is very ill provided for in Hemsworth and the
parishes adjoining.— Wakefield Express.

CRYSTAL PALACE, AUG. 22. SHILLING DAT.—Ad-
mission at the doors, 11,146 ; admission by season
tickets, 743 ; total, 11,889.

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REPRESENTATION OF KING'S LTNN.—The Norwich.
Mercury says :—" We hear that Lord James Hay, a
brother of the Duchess of Wellington, is mentioned as a
candidate for Lynn, to fill the vacancy made by the death
of Viscount Jocelyn."
CRICKET.—THE COUNTY OF
NOTTINGHAM
V. ALT.
ENGLAND.—This match, made with the Marylebone
Cricket Club, was commenced at Nottingham, on Mon-
day, and the following is the result of the first day's
play : —All England, first innings, 208 ; Nottingham,
first innings (one wicket down), 10.
MR. SMITH O'BRIEN.—The Munster News announces
that Mr. Smith O'Brien has arrived in Belgium to join
his family.
CHOLERA AT ST. PETERSBURG.—An official bulletin
shows that on the 11th inst. there were :1100 cholera cases
at St. Petersburg, of which 7 were fatal. On the 12th
there were 15 fresh cases, 18 recoveries, and 9 deaths.
BIRTHS IN LONDON.—Last week the births of 812
boys, and 756 girls, in all 1,569 children, were regis-
tered in London. The average number in nine corres-
ponding weeks of the years 1845-53 was 1,363.
ANOTHER ENGLISHMAN ON MONT BLANC.—In a letter
from Chamonix, given in the Savoy Ga:ette, we read :
" A new ascent of Mont Blanc has just taken place,
having been accomplished by Mr. Blackwell, a young
Englishman, 22 years of age. During the ascent, Mr.
Blackwell observed a rather singular phenomenon. In
the night of the 10th, after 11 o'clock, a guide having
come out from the cabin of the Grands Mulets, saw the
ridges of this mountain cluster all on fire. He immedi-
ately communicated what he had observed to his com-
panions, who all wished to assure themselves of the fact,
and they then saw that, through the electricity gene-
rated by the tempest, all the rocks of the Grands Mulets
were illuminated. They found the same phenomenon
on their own persons. When they raised their arms
their fingers became phosphorescent."
THE }EARN-Est—The accounts of the crops contained
in the provincial papers received during the last few
days are almost uniform in their tendency. The wheat
and grain crops generally, though in some places slightly
affected by recent rains, are represented as being on the
whole in a very forward and gratifying condition. Green
crops are stated to he promising ; potatoes almost in
every place more or less diseased, and the hay crop a
little below the average.

SOUTHAMPTON DOCK COMPANY.--Yesterday, the half-
yearly meeting of this company was held at their offices
in Bishopsgate-street. The report stated that the reve-
nue of the company exhibited a progressive increase,
amounting on the half-year to 2,434/. 17s. 2d. over the
corresponding half-year of 1553. Owing to the convey-
ance of troops, and other causes, the balance in favour
of revenue for the half-year was reduced to 3,967/. 18s.
Bd., leaving 103. 6d. per share for dividend, clear of
income-tax.
CANADIAN POST-OFFICS.—The annual report of the
Postmaster-General of Canada shows that the low rate
of postage in that province, or the uniform system, as it
is termed, works as well as it was expected. The post-
age revenue for the year amounted to 84,866/. 6s. 114 d.,
while the expenditure, including 14,349/. ISs. 4d.,
balance due to England for British packet postage col-
lected, was 90,0:;41. 16s. 2d., leaving a balance of
5,168/. 9s. 3d. to be provided for out of the Consoli-
dated Fund. As, however, 15,000/. had been voted in
favour of the postal revenue for the year 1852, and a
balance of 2,480/. 4s. 10d. of this sum remained unex-
pended, with 5,000/. voted for 1853, the deficiency for
the past year was amply provided for.-117ets York Daily
Times.
NATIONAL GALLERY FOR IRELAND.—The site chosen
for the erection of the National Gallery for Ireland is
the lawn in front of the Royal Dublin Society's House,
Merrion-square. The Building is to consist of two ex-
tensive wings, running in parallel lines at the extreme
verge of the lawn on either side, and terminating at the
Dublin Society's House, one of which will be set apart
for a national gallery, and the other as a national
museum. The Daily Express says :—" With this object
Mr. Sidney Herbert. M.P., has granted a new lease to
the Dublin Society for 999 years, and the Dublin Society
will grant a similar lease to the trustees and directors of
the National Gallery."
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FATAL EFFECTS OF FRIGIIT.—An inquest was held by
Mr. E. Herford, coroner, at Manchester, yesterday
morning, on- the body of a woman named Harriet
Mackey, the wife of a fireman, who had died late on
Saturday night. The deceased lived in German-street,
and on Saturday one of the children, from two to three
years old, was playing at the corner of the street, when
a cart made the turn so as to place the life of the child
in considerable danger. The little creature was snatched
out of danger at a very critical moment by an elder
brother, but screamed loudly. A number of people in the
street joined in the cry of alarm which the child raised,
and the mother rushed out of her house to carry it away,
but terror had exerted such an effect on her system that'
her arms dropped powerless by her side, and this was
followed immediately afterwards by paralysis of the
lower limbs. The unfortunate woman had herself to be
carried away by neighbours, and after being taken home
and put to bed, lost the power of speech. Unfortu-
nately, medical assistance was not sought until late at
night, and when, at 11 o'clock, a surgeon had been ob-
tained, she was a corpse. Deceased was 39 years of
age. The jury found a verdict of—" Died in a fit caused
by fright." ,

'ANOTHER
WHALE lIONT.—An immense shoal of
whales appeared in Scapa Bay on Friday morning, pur-
sued by some some boats from Walls, that had chased
them all night. On nearing the bay, they suddenly
turned, broke through the boats, and went out in sepa-
rate droves in the direction of Ophir and Walls- After
an unsuccessful chase of many hours, the boats were
obliged to relinquish pursuit. It is conjectured that
nearly 1,000 whales are about the coast, and it is
thought, from the number of thorns found in the blub-
ber of those killed the other:week, that they have been
irritated and enraged by dog-fish, that hover in vast
numbers about the istauds during the herring fishing,—.
John o'Groat Journal.