The Sun.
London, England, 1819-02-06 00:00:00

MISAPPLICATION OF A CHARITABLE FUND.

BROUGHAM., previonsl.v to presenting the
Petition then in his hand, hegged,;eare to state
the natnie of it,' waS tram 'the
Elders and other! rnliabitants of • the •PariOi !of
11141. at, Scotland, amounting tp abou,t .300. per-,
sons, stating, that in the,year 1639, a Getyleman,
naine.d the' Itt,e'.ftie'itio.d Johnston, of 14;mdon,
bad bequeathed a -sum or ,titn.: of money;,.parti--
culal44ed to !aa: care .of Lord
Johnston, to he disttibuted or applied, agree-
. ably to the'll"ilf, for the henefitofthe pool'', or
inhabitants of ',Moffat, in certdiiiperific por-'
lions, viz.: :s certain sung Nearly.to the Clergyman.'
for the time being ; 251. a, year to a !c:!00'!..
master ; 81. or 101. a year to an usher ; and 71. 01
Sk'n year to a writing-matter.. The whok ar-
rotrigemeni wag: adapted for the poorer xlttsses of
theconimuni y, and. w,r,s thus far 14pdatile,, .411 d
deserved the particular attention of the prison,
tigtriiliiitiOn. • At- '6l:St "the' sa-
laries were regularly paid, and every 'atteutiory
shown to the Will 6r the 'ile-eeased.—'But by some
unaccountable chtolge in the distrihntion of the

t 114,, ialary qf the na oohsjer
Niltife t.7t)(,..tifillB.S ter, and 'WI-

iroirous otlilz,driittogts'iobkrlpliteeici'mtr-hiy 10 the'
tv.itlliptir,,,lcthos;prk. It wAs also ‘y.kileti, that

whatever surf-1.19s qtotthl
,arise front, the wonies,
-ttley4-tireiVts of the suntsski...ified, should
be applied towards tch-e yhtchase'otHand fo't: the
iwpro-emelikl.o.l-syt be cstp4 e ; the Petitioners
(hectare, that p(4,uch ti I sse were aver heard,
of: Mr. Johnstou,irad also lett.the stent,of 10001,
Pio.which _was to, be applied to .vid
eightliko,orsgboixrs sent front 'Aloffat.to the tlni-
v.eysjiY,_-...o;.F4llttborgit. These eight scholars,
classed as bursars, were to receive their re,peCtive
proportional Iglitift'-'trant that turrtrjepivlv. The
Peti!ioners..stOted: thitt several onileoontAble or

unjustifiable irregularities had toccur reti.. in. the
appljcation of the said chAri,table funds.; und'they
prayed' that the House
would Order au. inquify
into y
•
haln Alle,i). moved that
the _Petition he t •
AY:Pouor-As- thot:ght the contents of the Pe-
titioa not foundedAn'truth, and that therefore
it ought not to be received. He knew that up to
the peseta., period the monies for the bursars had
been regularly applied_; and that eight young
men had been regtqatly sent from Moffat to the
Universityof,Edinburgh.
Lord BINNING agretql with the last Hon. Mem-
ber. Connected as, Lis Lordship was with the
worthy_ family, (Annandale), to whom this mis.
appropriat,ion of monies had been illiberally im-
puted by the Petitioners,: his Lords4ip could
.not
Delp sayin44,!hat .it.wonld have been more can-
did on the p'art.Of the' [lon. Mover; bad -lie taken
the trouble of enquiring into the truth. of the
allegations 'befiire 'he had' resolved to present )he
Petition.- ile•woultl have ihooght that the Uon.•
Mover -would, in the'•ixtrei-Te'Of his'discretiOn,
have waited at least till the Member for Darnfries
bad-come-to town, -when he lvoidd have received
every itrforination oil the subject:, But the alle-
gations...of the Petition,- 4s, likli• by a 'Side-hlow
meant to affect the character of HieAnilo(We
Family; to wliOnv'his'L'ifrdsblp was relasted;- *ere
nnt. for the COnsideratioti iirthe HOtrse. • They-
Were in ttern more a Cour! of;Law,
aild-to a Court of Law thei-FOri'. Gerttlerriaoonght
in liisa Wisdom to have rec:omni.endecf it. The pro-
.prittbrof the'Annandale Eslate, he was persuad-
ed; wa's perfectly able to vindicate his co:ulna,
whlch 'this tunhciotis
and to remove the prejudice
Petition was intended to excite. Pie Hon.
Gentletruin might to have known all these facts.
Mr. DOUGLAS explained by stating, that al-'

though he totally disapproved,of the Poi,ion;
saw no harm it Cotitti *proiliffe by alliThfing it to
be brought up and to lie on 'the table. •
Mr. BROUGHAM considered that he had been
treated unfairly by the•Nohfe Lord. He assiinied
it as a fact, that he (Mr. B.) ought to have
known that the person 11)1pH-cured was a:relation
of the NobleManl he ought • also to have known
that the Member 'for Dumfries was not yet in
town, and that therefore the -Petition ought
not to have been presented. 'This was the first
time lie Was giten.lor'understand, that he (Mr.
B.) ought to have known all his Lordship's rela-
tions. It was tote 'first tittle he had been told,
that he (Mr. B.) ought to have known all these
tacts a 3 connected with his, duty as a Member
Of Parliament ! With all due deference to the
Noble Lord, lie did not think that he was,botiud
to know all the relations of all the Nlembers of
that House, nor when the absentees were -ex-
pected in towel.
The petition was then brought up, read, ,and
ordered to lie an the table.-

BILL FOR_TH'E CARE OF HIS MAJESTY'S PERSON.
The Order of
.thre Day was read for its commit-
ment. The Bill passed the Committee., the House
was. resumed, and 'the Report- received': On the
motion for the third reading to-morrow,
Sir M. VV. RIDLEY objected to the Bill par-
tially. -However 'lunch he esteenml his Royal
Highness the Duke of •Yorle, he was apprehensive
that there was too much powvr invested in the
Sume•im,rscin.::.frhe extent: of the NIA-image aka
would be imuleuse,, and could- not fail exciting

theealOl;sy of many Gentlemen, as well as that
of Sir Vor these reasons be
ChanceJloe- of the 'Exeheqner.would
consent,t.o; po,tpone: vhe third reading till the
ilonse, received the Report from .the Committee
on the Windsor EStatlishmeni, connected with
this Bill.'

The CHANCRLLOR .of the..Excnvcattan bad. no
objection to defer the third yeadh!g.till.Monday.,
Sir 1.. q. \V. RIDLEY, finding the thiid. reading
would not be postponed till the Report now mew.
Honed came under the cosi-deration of the House.
said.., !bat :he did not. wish to press the postpone-
ment, and would therefore consent to its being
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read a third time to-morrow.

Mr. LoinToN concurred in the, opinions' ad-
vaticed by. the, last Hon. Member. The power
and.patronage were enormous to centre in tire
same person.. This iv-a' the grand point of differ--
dice hetwein 'the Geatlemcp on the Opposition
side anthhityMajesty's Ministers. It.was creating,
an intprittiii ita imperio. And yet. it was impost
hie for his Royal Highness to discharge his ditty
with proper huthofityand effect without,'lte'
the —sole contronl o€ .the servants connected with
the establishment,i-autf the po-wer also remov-
ing any of them when found requisite.
The Bill was then ordered to be read a third
ltime to-morrow.

The CHANCELLOR.Of the Excutanta expressed
a hope that no objections would to-morrow be
started on the third reading of the Bill at four