The Sun.
London, England, 1813-07-30 00:00:00

1:‘1", EI,LIGENCE.

COMO' c ‘;‘, 29.
tXPARTI; OiII.KHANISI4EAD SCHOOL.
The 10felin CUANCVLI/JR this day prononnced
indgment in this intere4ting charity cause, alter
low!. consideration.
It was an endowment 'made for many years, or
atigmented by dottatlm, the origin of the attar-,
blislunentlotving., been at a time, anterior 40 the
period denominatedtime out of mind in
which is lituited to the return of'King Richard I.
f4,..tun the Crosades or Holy War,
The estates in question are situated in I lert ford-
sbire,and were granted or applied to divers cha-
ritable ttses immemorially.
The distribution,of the property wits under the
will of the donor, granting the additional endoee
nicut.in the following ratio—two-thirds ,to the
, use and Ilfainktnauee of the master and usher
succession for ever-the remaining third to be
appropriated 16 the tlitibursetnent of ail taxes,
rates, &c. ,that.shoul{l be demandable :ruin
, the se
rotatl.aitdi, llcc. the'suiplos of such third part to
be distributed for' the relief of the' indigent pour'
Of Ilerldnitustead.
It was found by the Lords Commisiloners, that
ire appointed to investigate this, aria }ll'otherdia-
ritable inqitittions • throughout England, in the
reign of King :`Teary the Eighth, that this cha-
rity had hen long abused, even from lets founda-
tion, whereupon Letters Patent and ati, Act of
Farhat/lea were passed, containing regulations
for the better management aiid application of the
'funds.'
It was found that, iri despite of such regulatiott
end Act of Parliameot, the ahtte and misapplica-
tion continued, itthomuch that it beeame utees-
Ittry to file a Bill in this Court, when Lord Thor-
low -was .Chaneellor, for relief, Whereupon is
'reference wits made to a Maf;ter in Chancery di.
•rectiughini to inquire into, and report ttpon the
i.t4t.e•of the institution. By the, report made in
1794, it appeared' that this same radical abese, and
toisapplication were cOntinued to en extreme degree,
'insomuch that the indigent:poor did not receive
`one farthing front the surplus. of the third. The
saute hiving been reported not adequate to defray
'the incumbrtmees affecting the two-thirds which
remained, shared •between the !baiter and the
itsher, the Nati taking one-third, end the former
two. thirds of theprotits in their increased actainitt-
' listed state.
Although, wonderful to relate, they have never
since, nor now, one single pupil, rich or poor,
to instruct, contending that they are entitled to
possess the large income, merely because they;
cite their predecessors, now ere and have been
ready on the spot to give instructions,, if any pu-
pils should attend them. The present hill charged
the receiver appointed by the Court with having
"mule several leases for lives, or thirty-one leases,
partly for fines, with small rents, and partly for
raelt4rents, hot without paying into Court, ;is
the
former deereedirected, any: part. of the monies
from oucl,,k‘ fines and, rents. so that tb4
kroner order of 'Lind Thuilow hecame nugatory.
ll forther,appearett, that•a sum not amounting
to Izss titan :50001. of net funds remained now in
the receiver's bands, or within his power to col.
le-zt, of wbich he admitted, being in Court, that
be had actually received a stun hetWeen two and
three thousand pounds. It wakeharged oho against
the reeelVer, -that he htia graritcd,leAsei of some
of the landS to some of the tritsfcei orthcir friends,
through the i.nduence,,oi. such trustees, rind that
be had nut by his aoiwer satisfactorily acconoted
• , for the considerations received by loin for such
leases, but which he now submitted to comply

it wan pressed by the petitioner's Counsel,
that he' should yield such compliances, accom-
panied with a Nit and satistactory affidavit,
Aihreh created a kind of interlocutory argument

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at t e air.
The Loan CHANC4LOR desired an affidavit to
be produced, and expresse.l himself in terms of
Strinig, indignation upon this most shameful per-
version and,
,gross 'abuse of the chanty, that,
shocking to relate, had never yielded .any of the
bone iits 'intended, except to the Alaster and
11% Lordship dictated a most 'Offensive and
ceiticat retcre,:ye to be made. to the. Master, for
Inquiring into, minutely and specially, the various
Sihnseti' And nnisauces 'attending this charity, in
order that an exaMple to the many and lamentable
perversions: of public charities; might 'make
such a decree as could neither be evaded or
baffled, . •
Prayer of the Petitioner was .granted in the
tciiii prayed for.