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London, England, 1823-11-11 00:00:00

WIGSTON'S HOSPITAL.
' Leiceitter, Nov. 6, 1823.
A MEETING of the COMMITTEE 110..
pointed by the • Inhabitants,' fcArrittahirespouAzwifspirnze\sitis-
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d y held. ' *
Dr. HILL, in the Chair.
The Chairman submitted' to the Meeting a copy of his
Letter to the Members for the Borough, requesting them to
present to the Chancellor of the Duchy of ancaater'a Petition
signed by upwards of 5400 Inhabitants, prying for a Tore
equitable administration of the revenues of Wigston's Hospi-
tal; and he alto laid before the Meeting the joint Letter trans-
mitted with the Petition by the Members for the Borough, of
which the following, is it Copy :
,
Leicester, Oct. 18, 1823.
Mr LORD:,-At the desire of our Constituents we forward to
your Lordship the accompanying Petition, signed by upwards
of, five thousand and four hundred persons, amongst whom are 1
the Mayor and Magistrates, and the eater part of the, re- i
spectable Inhabitants of the Town of Leicester.
Your Lordship will perceive that the petition is addressed to
you, as Chancellor of-tltst Duchy of Lancaster, on the sobject.
of' Wigston's Hospital.
It would be a. great satisfaction to us to be enabled to ac-
quaint out Constituents that their Petition has been favourably
received, and• that, on a future apppitittnent of a Master, care
will be taken, by your Lordship's interposition, that the Re-
venues of the Estates shall be appropriated to the benefit of the
Poor of the Hospital and the advantages of the Town in gene-
ral, in accordance with what the Petitioners conceive to be die
spirit of the Act of Parliament founded on the intention of
the Donor,
We have the honoitr to bi, my Lord,
Your Lordship's most obedient humble servants.
JNO. MANSFIELD.
T. PARES, Jun. .
The Right Hon. LORD BEXLFY, 81. C. &C. &c.

• It was resolved, That the thanks of this Meeting on behalf
of the inhabitants at large be. given to the iiivnbers for the
Rerough, fortheir prompt attention to the wishes oe their
stituents, and for the Manner in which they have seconded the
views of the Petitioners by the sentiments expressed in their
joint letter to the Chancellor.
That, as a vacancy has taken place in the Mastership of
Wigston's Hospital, by the death of Mr. Selwin,- and the molt
important vested interest having thereby ceased, this Committee,
on behalf of the Petitioners, deem it expedient to implore the
Chancellor of the Duchy to take their Petition into, his most
serious and gracious consideration, before any arrangements are
made for filling up the Vacant 'Mastership. Referring to the
promise; contained in the Chancellor's letter to the Mayor of
Leicester of the 17th May last, that ihe subject should undergd
hit Lordship's due consideration before anynew appointment
be made, this Committee do now feel the fullest reliance on his
Lordship`a!attention to the subject. •lay the documents fur.:
niched to this. Committee, it appears that the benevolent
Founder settled the salary of the hinter in' about the proper:
tion of one filth of ,the..income arising from. the estate:- • As
far back as 'the year 1650 a survey of the estates was taken
by, the direction of Parliament, in consequence of a Petition
to the House of Commons from the Mayor and Corpora.'
Lion of Leicester;. misting to the °Waits of this • Charity,
and at that remote period the estates were valued by the Com-
missioners at 12001. per minium If these estates have been in-
creased in value, in an equal degree with those by which they
are surrounded; the present income must be very large! slit&
cient for. the purpose of amply providing: for the 111 aster and
Confrater; for extending the Charity in a very great degree, and
for the other purposes contemplated by the. rounder, This
Committee and the Petitioners have been informed by a report:
from the Duchy Court' of Lancaster, that, the Revenues of this,
Charity have been managed with.a strict observance of the sta.-,
face,- delivered to the late -Master, but in the course of their
investigations they clearly discover that the spirit of the Sta-
tutes, and 'the act by ivhichthey are confirmed, has beeii alto.
gather lost sight of and neglected. Inasmuch As the letter of
the law has hitherto protected the several blasters in the practice
of granting leases for livesiand in epproprlating-thetines to their
own use, this Committee, on the part of the Pentioners,eamestly
solicit the Chancellor of the Duchy to reconstitute and remodel'
the statutes,. in such manner as in his Lordship's wisdom he
shall consider best caleulated' to restore the revenues to the oh

jects contemplated by the hounder;, and which, in their hum.
11e opinion, can only be accomplished by abolishing the syS.
tern of granting leases for lives, lay settling on the rMaster a
reasonable and specific proportion of die Revenues arising from
the estatva, and, if necessary,; by obtaining a new Act of Parlia-
ment, to confirm and settle upon a permanent basis, such al.
terations and improvements in the Statutes as • his Lordship
may be pleased to make.
That the Chairman be directed to request the igembers for
the Borough to transmit the proceedings of this Meeting to the
Chancellor of the Duchy of rAncaster; /Indio soliclC his Lord.
ship's'attention thereto.

JOHN HILL, Chairman.

FOR COLDS, VOUGrIS, im-fixtAs, &c.

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lungs, it, casts of Cough; avert jn Attliotatic .Iffectiuus it as.
sists and givea freedom to it, !!math.
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