The Sun.
London, England, 1820-11-16 00:00:00

EDUCATION.

A BILL (as Amended by the Committee) for IMPROVING
the ADMINISTRATION of ENDOWMENTS connected
with EDUCATION, and for the better fulfilling the inten-
tions of the Foundeis thereof.

Whereus divers charitable Endowments, connected with
the Education of Youth, have, through lapse of time, over-
sights or other 'defects to the original foundation tht-r of,
gone into decay, or become less useful to their iutended p
poses than they might be.
Fur the better administration of the saute, and. the
went of the pious and benevolent intentions of the Found-
ers thereof, under the change of circumstances brought about
by the said lapse of time; be it therefore Enacted, by the
King's Most Excellent Majesty, by end with the advice and
consent of the Lords Spit itual and. lemporal, and Comuiono,
in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of
the same, That where any lands, tenements or hereditament.,
or any sum or sums of money, stock in.the public fluids, or
other chattels, have been or shall be given. devised or be-
queathed to any person or persons, bodies politick', -or corpo-
rate, its trust fur employing the came, or the rents stud prosts
thereof, in fut.hering the Education of Youth, or for pur-
poses connected therewith, and where 11)1 directions given
with such gift, devise or bequest, require that a certaiu num-
her of the said Trustees shall concur in filling up any vacancy
in their number ;.and where it bath happened or shall hap-
pen, that the vitaliser of such Trustees is reduced' below the
number so required to concur in tilling up such vacancy, it
shall and way be lawful foe the Trustee or Trustee* who still
remain and survive, to choose and appoint any person or per-
sons to be Trustee or Trustees along %vitt) blip or them, pro-
vided that iu so chOosing mid appointing, all and every the
other directions given bathe Founder, Grantor, Devisor ut
Testator. touching the appointment of Timitveo, shall be
particularly followed.
And be it further Enacted, by the authority aforesaid,
That if in any such Foundation. Endowment, or Trust as afore-
said, it bath happened or shall happen, that DO trustee or
trustees remain or survive, by reason of death, resignation, or
otherwise, it shall and may be lawful for tfie heir at law of
the Founder, Grantor,Devisur, or Testator, to name and ap-
point-a trustee or trustees., provided that in all other respects
he follow in such nomination or appointment the directions
given with the Endowment, Gift, Devise, or Bequest; and if
in such Foundation, Endowment, Gilt, Devise or Bequest, it
hath happened or shall happen, that such heir at law cannot
be lounit within twelve calendar months sitter the decease or
resignatioti of the last trustee, the)) it shall cud may be law-
till for the special visitor or special visitors (it there be any)
so to ?tame and appoiot, provided that lie or they in all tither
respects follow the diivetions aforesaid.
And he it further Enacted, That if in any such Founda-
tion, Endowment, Gift, Devise, or Bequest as aforesaid, it
hath happened or shall happen, that to trustee or trustees
remain or survive, and also that the heir at law of the Foot'.
der, Grantor, Devisor, or Testator, cannot be found within
twelve calendar months after the decease or resignation of
the last trustee, and also that there is no special visitor ap-
pointed, then and in such case all right, title, and interest in
the lands, tenements, hereditament', or sum or sinus of looney
so given, devised, or bequeathed as aforesaid, shall immediate-
ly after the expiration of the twelve calendas months afore•
said, be and be vested in the clerk of the peace of the county
where the said lands, tenements, hereditaments, stock, or
mollies, or the rents and profits thereof?-have lama or shall
he directed to he used or employed fur the purposes of the
Foundation or ElidoWinent, where the clear yearly value of
the saute shall exceed five pound:, and where the
satue- shall exceed five }mouth, thOu its coy three
of the Commissiotters appointed by two Act: passed in the
fifty-eighth and fifty-ninth years of his late Majesty, intituled,
" An Act fur appointing Commissiouers to inquire concerning
Charities in England, fur the Education of the Nur ;" and
" An Act to amend au Act of the last' Session of Parliament,
for appointing Commissioners to inquiie concerning Charities
iu England, for the Education of the Poor, aud to extend the
Powers thereof to other Charities iu Eugland and Wales, to
coot hate in force until the Grit day of August one thousand"
eight hundred and twenty-three, and from thence until the
end of the then next Session of Parliament ;': such three to
he named and appointed by the Commissioners at large, or
the majority of them Provided ulwaj-c, That such Clerk of
the Peace, atul such three C0111(1/iS`iOneffi reiPVCtiTelYs shall
hold such estate, right, title and interest iii trust .for perform-
ing the uses and purposes of the Voondatiou, Endownieut,
Gilt, Devise or Bequest, and shall in all respects administer
the slime according to the direction* given by the Ft/under,
Grantor, Devisor, or Testator.

. .
A oil be it further Enacted, 'that in administering or ma-
naging ally sorb Four det iou or Endowment ata foresaid „or the
lands, hereditament*, finals of money, stuck in the
lands, or other chattels thereunto belonging, it shall and may
be law rill for the person or persons, bodies politic or corporrite,
lawfully entrusted with the said property and estates, either by
the directions of the Founder, Grantor, /devisor or Testator„or
by the provisions of this act, to sell the whole or any Dart 01
the said property and estates, or to borrow any sum of money
upon the security of the whole or any part of the said pro-
perty or estates, by mortgaging or pledging the same to the
lender or lenders of such 41.1133 of money, or to make exchanges
of the wliole or any part' of the same fur other property or
estates, provided that all Stich) sales, pledges, uor gages and
exchanges he made for the tomtit( st improvement of the value
of the property and estates belonging to the Foandation or
Endowment, and fur the l'rrriefit of that persons beneficially
interested therein, by furnishiug the means of necessary or
aileantageons repairs, or of improving the rents snit profits,
or of administering to the convenience of the said person,
beneficially interested, or by otherwise benefiting the said
last mentioned persons„ directly or indirectly, immediately or
remotely ; and all conveyances so made toy the said trbstres or
managers shall be good in law and equity ; any thing to- the
tontrarycontaintd in any deed of Endiiwinent or foundation,
Gift,'Grant, or Will, or other directions, or any law or custom
to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding Provided always,
That all monies arising from the sale of suet) lands, tenements,
and bereditanients as ate hereintiefore authorized to be sold,
shall he paid over by the purchaser or purelia•ers to the re-
ceiver Or receivers general of the land-lax of the county or
riding wherein the lands, tenements, or hereditanieuts are
situated, and that the monies arising from the sale or trans-
ference of any such *loch in the public funds, or the sale of
such other chattels as are hereinbefore authorized to be sold,
shall be paid over lry the purchaser or purchasers thereof, to
the accountant general of flit Court of Chancery, and that
the receipt of the said receiver or receivers general, or of the
said accountant general, shall alone be deenird and taken to
be evidence of payment, or performance of the consideration
for which'such sale or transference shall have been made, in
all cases where such consideration shall be the payment of any.
sun/ or sums of motley.

And be it further Enacted, That the receiver or receivers
general, or accountant general atoregaid, shall retain in his
or their hands all such, monies paid to them as aforesaid,
arising out of the said sates or transferences, until an order
is made upon hint or thin!t by the L ird High Chaocel.or, Vice-
Chancellor, the Master (tithe Rolls, Qr the Cu oinissioners ap-
pointed.under t s, made in the fifty-eighth within y-ninth
years of his late Majesty's eigo, inth " An Art for ap-
pointing Cornmissiouers to niquire concerning Chatities in
England, for the Education of the Poor ;" ono An. Act . to,
amend an Act of the laAtiession of rarlianient, far appointing
Commissioners to inquire. concerning Charities in Etigland,.
for the Education of the Poor, and to extend the Powers
thereof to other Charities ia ,Englitod nod Wales„ to conti-
nue in force until the Ist day of Atrgust, 1623, and from
theoce until the t lid of the hen next Seas-juno Parlia-
ment ;" Which order may authorize and permit thetraid mo-
llies to be paid over to the trustee or trustees, Manager or
managers, on Nvtoseaccount the sante shall have been re-
ceived. Provided always, That no such order as • aforesaid
shall be made by the said-Lord High Chancellor,
Master.of ,the Rolls, or the said Commissioners, un-
less he or they be titst satisfied that all the prol'h'ions of this
Act have been complied with, in -mabing the said sale or
transference ; and if such order shall-be refused, it shall be law-
ful for the said Lord High Chancellor, Masterof theltolls, Vice
Chancellor, or Commissioners, to make an order; directing the
said monies to he repaid to the person or persons who paid the
same, being first duly satisfied that such person or persons
bath given up possession of the lauds, tenements, ‘beredit a-
merits, stock or other chattels, in consider-I'ton of which
such moaies shalt have been paid ; and it shall also be law-
ful for the said Lord High Chancellor, Akister of the Rolls,
Vice-Chancellor or Commissioners, to make ;in order, 'direct-
ing the said receiver, or receivers-genera, or the said ac-
countant general, to pay urer the said monies to any person
or pet sone with whom the trustee or trustees, person or per-
sons on whose account the same shall have been paid in,
may hate bargained or contracted, for investiug or securing
the said monies according to the nature of their trust, and
for the benefit of the persons beneficially interested therein,
and according to the rules and directions of the Founder,
Grantor, Devisor or Testator, and the powers and provisions
of this Act.

Provided always, and be it further Declared and Enacted,
That no trustee, governor, manager, special visitor, or other
verso', concerned in the .government, administration, or
management or contiol of any such Foundation, Endowment,
or Gift as aforesaid, shall be a party to any such put chase,
sale, mortgage, exchange, transfer, loan, borrowing, or other
transaction as is bereinbefote authorized, or to any airee-

went or contract for the same, or to any Tease of any property
or estate whatever, from or to such Foundation or Endow-
ment, direct'y or indirectly, under any pretence whatsoever ;
and that all purchases, sales, mortgages, exchanges, trans-
ferences, bowls or borrowings or other transactimis, aud_all
leases, and all agreements and contracts for the same, in
which such trustee, governor, 'palmier, special visitor, or such
other person as aforesaid, shall l arryonannar of way be a
pa , shall tterly null anci,pid and.of nu effect to all
i• n ter pin w \ hatsoever, •• - k
• 4 . ,it. 32 i ...iip (ig rg vit , 5,4 T Iptkkit person ~ liar:,
ii,
Sltriii•‘.v a • rigMe powet atithltirttmt.th?htliaA,: °VII . lloot
founded or endowed for the teaching of gratumat, and who
shall have appointed such master, way, if he or they think
6t, make a bargain with the said master as They can agree
togetber, by force of which he shall hind himself to teach,
either by himself or an usher or assistant, reading, writing
and in:owlets, to such persons and on such terms as shall be
agreed upon, beside teaching Grammar; according to the in-
&unctions and directions of the Founder, Q,rantur, Devisor
or Testator.

And be it (unbar Declared and Enacted, That it shall-and
may be lawful for the person or persons having the appoint-
ment of the wester of such Grammar School as aforesaid, as
often as the place of such toaster shall be vacant, from and
after the passing of ibis Act, to order. and tequire that the
person to be appointed as waster shall, without any
further consideration, teach by, himself, or by an usher
or as,istant, reading, writing, and accounts to such
persons, . ors each terms as the said person or persons
so appointing him to be master shall think fit to prescribe,
beside teaching Grammar according to the iutetnions and di-
rections of the Founder, Grantor, Devisor, or Testator ; and
in case such wastes, after being so appointed, shall not so
teach reading, writing and accounts, in the wanner so pre-
scribed, then be shall be removed from his place by an order
of the Lord High Chancellor, Master of the Bolls, or Vice-
Chancellor, for which the person or persons aforesaid baring
tan power of appointing such master, is and are hereby au-
thorized and empowered to apply. -
And he it further Declared and Enacted, That if in any
Foundation, Endowment, Gift, Devise, or Bequest connected
with the instruction of youth, a limited number of children or
other persons are directed to receive the benefits thereof, and
no more, it shall and may be lawful for the person or
persons having the appointment of schoolmaster, mistress, or
other teacher therein, and who shall have appoiuted such
master, suistressair teacher, to wake a bargain with him or her,
by (vice of which he or she shall ha bound to teach any greater
'mother of childreu or persons on such terms as shall be agreed
on; and it shall and may he lawful fur the said person or
persons having the power of appointing as aforesaid, as often
he the said place of toaster, mistress, or teacher sball be va-
cant, front and after the passing of this Act, to order and di
reel any master, mistress, or teacher whom they shall appoint
to teach such numbers. of children or persons aethey may
thial fit to prescribe, and upon such terms as they may think
tit to impose, mid to apply to the Lord High Chancellor,
Mister of the Rolls, or Vice Chancellor, for an order remov-
ing the said master, mistress, or teacher front his or her place,
in case of disobeying such order or directiona, after he or she
shall have hewn appointed; Which order the said Lord High
'Chancellor, Master of the Rolls, and Vice Chancellor, are
hereby authorised and empowered to wake.
And be it further Declared and Enacted, That it shall and
may be lawful fur the person or pet sons having the appoint-
ment ()inmates., mistress, or, teacher of any Endowed School
whatsoever, as often as the place of such muster, mistress, or
teacher shall be vacua, hum and after the passing of this
Act, to Order and direct what number of boarders such mas-
ter, mistress, or teacher shall tabs., receive, or entertain ire the
Louie in which he or she may reside, under the said Founda-
tion or Endowment; and if they think e to forbid altogether
the taking, receiving, or entertaining of any such boarders ;
and such person or persons are hereby authorised and em-
powered to apply to the Lord High Chancellor, Master of the
Rolls, or Vice-Cbeucellor, for an order, removing the said
master, mistiest', or (earlier disobeying such direction or pro-
hibition, after he or she shall bare ,been appointed; which
order the said Lord High Chancellor, Master of the Rolls,
and Vice-Chancellor are hereby authorized and empowered
to make.—(To he continued.)

LLUMINATION, &c. AT CAMBRIDGE.

So early as Saturday ro►ne zealous partizans
began to testify their joy at what they called a
triumph; but their illuminations that evening
were very few. However, strong preparations
were evinced for the Monday night, and as most
of the Colleges and respectable householders
were not in unison w►th these movements, a meet-
ing topk place with the Heads of tho University
and the Civil Authorities of the town, at which,
with becoMing spirit, the folloWring band-bill was
agreed upon, and immediately posted round the
town :