The Sun.
London, England, 1822-08-29 00:00:00

POR.TSMQUTH GRAMMAR SCIIO.OI.

The decision of the LORD CHANCELLOR in re-
spect of the ".Portsmouth Foundation Gram-
mar School," will be read with satisfaction.
This School was endowed by Dr. SMYTH, an
eminent Physician of that place, in the year 173'2,
and placed,under the controul of the Dean and
Chapter of Christ-church, Oxford : but, the
Funds of the Charity being perverted from the
Founders intention the Premises• (which are
situate in Penny-street). have been some years in
a dilapidated state.-4im decree of the Lord
Chancelleir restores the .School to its legitimate
purpose, and the: Town of Portsmouth will here-
after derive the benefit intended by the benevo-
lent Founder. l• The premises are to be repaired
forthwith, the School perfectly re-organized*and
,
fifty Boys entered on the foundation previous to
the lst.of January next.
The following is the-plan whiCh has been settled
.-by the Court of Chancery for the management
and conduct of the Grammar School, Portsmouth,
founded by Dr. SMYTH -:
Fitst,--•-That the Sehool,House, School-Rooth, and other
Buildings and Offices, be repaired and made good according to
the 'estimate which bath been made thereof, and pursuant to
,the order made in this Cause of the 16th day. of August, •I 1121;
and so as to be restored and rendered tit for the residence of
the Upper Master ; . and that the expence thereof he defrayed
ont'd' the balance in the hands -of the defendants, the Dean
and Canons, in case the same be sufficient, and if insufficient,
then by a sale of .part of the. Stock belonging to the Charity
Estate. That the ekpeziee of keeping the same in repair. in
• future, and Of providing Suitable forms, desks, and other mat-
ters convenient and useful for the School, and in repairing and
replacing the same as occasion may require ; and also of de-
fraying the salaries or stipends of the Master and Usher for the
• time being, shall be provided for and paid out of the Annual
rents and profits of the said Charity Estate and the Interest of
the Charity Funds.—And, in case. of any overplus, that the
. same shall reMainin the hands of the Dean and Canons- to an-
swer any contingencies. But, if at anytime or times the over-
plus pr balance should accumulate and amount to the sum of
1001. the same shall be laid.out in the purchase of 3 per cent.
-Consolidated Bank Annuities, in the name of the Aecountant-
General --of the High CoUrt of Chancery; in Trust this
Cause, " The Account of Smyth's - Free Grammar School,"
and applied 'for' the' furtherance of the said Charity, as the
Court shall dire.eta.
• Second,_That the Estatelyelonging. to the said Charity shall
continue on the present letting until the expiration of the lease,
and shall afterwards be froth time to time let by the Dean and
Canons, as the Court- of Chancery shall •direct. •
Third—That the defendants, the Dean and Canons of Christ
Chiirch and their Successors, shall, for ever, hereafter, retain
their present right to appoint and have the sole and exclusive
power of appointing, in case of- vacancy, •to the Offices of
Scbool Master and Usher, such . persons as shall to them ap-
pear fit and 'properly qualified for the same, and shall have the
power•of removing and displacing therii,- if at any time it shill
Appear to the said Canons that there is a good cause
for so doing. .
Fourth--That the salary of the Upper Master shall be 100/. •
per annum; and that of the Under Master 601. per annum, to
be paid by four • quarterly paymenu—that is• to say, on St.
Thomas's Day, on Lady Day, on :Mi,elsulauner Day, and on
Chaelnias Day in each and every year. "
• Fifth--That the Master shall be required to educate 50 boys,
provide;) so many shall offer, being; the -chilairen_of resident
Inhabitants, of the Borough of Portsmouth, or the children of
persons who were resident Inhabitants of the said Borough at
the time of the birth of such children, in cases where the- pa-
rents are dead,- being the children of persons professing the •
Protestant Religion, free of expence ; and that he shall be at
liberty to take.intO his-house, for the ptirpose Of edneaticin at
the said. School, as many boys to lodge and board at his house
as he shall think fit, and on such terms as may be agreed upon
between him and the parents 'or guardians of such boys; and
also to take into the said School, for the purpose of education,
as many Day Scholars as he shall think fit, and upon- the terms
to be agreed upon as aforesaid.
Sikth-That the said 50 boys so to be educated, gratuitously,
at 'the said- School; shall be nominated by the Dean and
Canons of Christ Church. - . .

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-Seventh—That no boy under the age of seven years shall be
admitted as a Free Scholar into the School, or remain in It after
-the age of seventilen. •
Eighth—That all the boys, both Free &holm and others,
shall be educated in and taught the Elements of the Greek
and Latin Languages, and the Principles arid Religion of the
Established Church- of England. . .
Ninth—That all the lesser details, such as the hotirs of open-
ing-and closing the School daily, and the times of the several
recesses or holiday's, shall he left to the appointment and discre.:
tiOn of the Master, so that the-hours of schooling shall not be
fewer than six, and the recesses shall not be more than two in
each year, the one of them commencing on the Friday preced-
ing Chriatinas, and the other on the Friday preceding the 21st
of June in each year, nor for more than one month each, and
the holidays shall not be more than one whole day, and the
'afternoon of one other day in each week..
Tenth—.. That the duty of Superintending the said School
shall be left to.the direction of the Dean and Canons of Christ
Church, according to the will of the said Testator. •
EleVentlil—That the 50 Boys' first to -be appointed Free
Scholars, shall be so appointed on or-before the Ist day of Ja-
nuary, 1823 ; and that all vacancies. which shall afterwards
happen, by death or otherwise, among the said Boys so ap-
pointed, shall be filled up by other Boys, to be appointed in
like manner, once in each and every year, that is to say,. on
some day in the first week in the month of January, in each
and ever}, year, Notice being first given 'thereof, such Notice
to be in-writing; and to specify the number of Vacancies to be
filled up, and fixed on the doors of the several Parish Churches
within the Boroligh of .Portsmouth, for the space of fourteen
days- at the ledst before the day to be fixed' for that purpose.
Twelfth,—That two Forms of Fiver be 'prepared and ap-
proved by 'the Deen.andCanons, the one to be read on the first
coming into School in the morning, and the other on leaving
the School, by one 'of the Free Scholars, to he appointed by the
-Master for that purpose; and that the Master and Usher, or
one of them, be present at the reading thereof'.
Thirteenth—That all the Boys educated at the said School
(not Day Scholars, who are to be left to the care of-their friends
in this respect) sea well the boarders irC the *Master's house as
the Free Scholars, do attend the public worship of God in one
of the Parish Churches within the Borough of
..Portsmouth, at
least'orice-on every Sunday throughout the year, and such other
days 'as may be appointed by the Master a and that the Master'
and Usher, or one of. them, or in cave of their aheience some fit
person or persons to'be appointed by the Master, do attend
them to and- from church; and do see to 'their good behaviour
whilst there ; and that each and every of. the Boys be.furnished
with a Bible and a Prayer-Book at tue expence of his 'Parents
Of Guardians:

Fourteenth—That, the School-master shall write, or cause
to be written, in a Register-book, the name and age of every
Free scholar admitted to the said School, and the time of act;
mission, and also of his leaving the School, to the intent that
a Register be kept of the said School, and that the continuami
of the Scholars'may appea-e; and also their profidiericy in learn.
ing according .to their. time; and that such book 5t,a11,... front
time.tu time, and at all tinica,.. be open to . inspection,- wheo
regdircd by the Dean and Canons, cr to such person or perse4
as the said Dean and Canons shall ap.point,
• Fifteenth—That if any: Free . Scholar shall be found unduly
and needlessly absent, that is to say, without just.causeof sickf
ness, or other iMpeuarient,, to be allowed by, the Master, for
three days, when the Schbbl'ittopen; either.togtther Or •at seve.
ral times, in'atiy.one year, he shad. be considered.and stand
utterly expelled, and unable of being again admitted into the
Said School. • •
Siite•erith—That each and every Free Schdlar shall appear
at the Scheel „clean, •and decently clothed ; and thathoviapy
who .has any infectious or loathsome disease, cr who shad b
addicted to sweating 'or profane or • lewd cOliversatien, shall
be either 4.kimitted,• or suffered-to .continue in the said School!
Seventeenth-:21 hat books,: pens, ink, paper, . and slutets;be
provided for each free Scholar, by or at the expence of
parents prxuardians; and that no free scholar be admitted, or