The Statesman.
London, England, 1814-12-01 00:00:00

CHRIST'S HOSPITAL.

A Coed of Governors was yesterday held, to con•
sider a Report kern a Committee of Almoners, re-
specting a Memorial presented to the last Court,
from several inhabitants of St. Ann's, Blackfriars,
efistfing, that under a Will of Giles Rupell, the
Church-wardens, Overseers, &c. of the said parish
bad the presentation of a boy to Christ's Hospital ;
that oo age of admiuion is mentioned in the said
will, but it is specified that he shall be continued
until the age of sleet ; that the rules of the said
hospital expressly declare, that no boy shall be ad-
mitted above the age of ten, or continued_ after the
age of fifteen. They complained that the Church-
wardens and Overseers, • nevertheless, presenteo
boy.above the age of ten, and rejected another every
way eligible. That the parent and friends of the
boy so rejected attended at Christ's Hospital, and
presented a slemoi:si to the Committee of Almond
stating these facts; and although they atteade
fore and after they had determined to admit the said
boy, they were never called in, or had any answer
to their said Memorial. • s
The Report of the Committee. stated, that they
bad, since the nutter was referred, take% the opi-
nion of their Solicitor, who stated, that as the de.
nation of Mr. !Impell was previous-to those rept*.
tions (which were revised and altered in 1809),
when there was no suck regulation, the boy was
utissible.
Mr. Warruussicontended, at considerable length,
that this vivo an evident violation of the rules of the
41i-tufty. That the donor having expressly stipadated
the age to which the boy was to be continued, and
hiving made no stipulation as to the age of admis•
sion; it *al the Oda and evident construction, both
IN law add reason, that in all other realm* she take
of the Institution must be complied vrith. That the
Governors sabre fully empowered by Charter to-Make
such rules and bye-laws as were deelnutiprePer for
the good government of the Charity; Mid if they
Otos broke through the rules they haensetle, and so
recently as 1809, in consequence of somirether abuses
which were thee publicly noticed, all their roles and 1
orders were null and void, and as there were above 300
donations, it would lead to the greatest evils. He
dwelt particularly upon the hardship and itajustice with'
which the other boy was treated by the Committee of
Almoners declining even to listen to the complaints
of his parent and friends, by not even condescending
• to return an answer to their memorial, although they
knew they were waiting their decision, and piracy-
lady by not taking the opinion of the Court of Gower-'
nor% thereon. He stated three cases of three ho) s under
the precise circumstances having been refused vim's-
sion, and so recently as 1810, 1811, 1814; these.:
:three were all presentations by donations. Either
:(continued Mr. Y') you have done en act of groin; 1
'injustice by the admission of this boy, or if you have
'new done right, you committed an act of injustice by
the rejection of the three others.
Mr. MEULE, and two or three other Govergors,
thought the presentation by donation made iirdif-
ference, and that they had not a legal right to reject
any boy presented.
Sir C. S. HUNTER %%SS of the same opinion.
A Governor, whose name we could not learn,
spoke at some length. .he declared himself not
qualified to decide uoless all the wills were examined.
One had been admitted and three rejected);ender
• the same circumstances; unless the wordini..of the
will made a difference in the cases, it was impossible
to say if all the bequests were alike, that this admis-
sion was right, without declaring the others wrongs
be should move, that the consideration should be ad-
journed until the wills should have been respectively
examined.
Several other Governor supported this motion.
Upon a show of hands, Sir WELL*** Corns, the
President, declared, that it was negatived.
Mr. WAIVIMAN then moved, " That the admis-i
sion of the boy was contrary to the riles of that I
Court." He observed, that, if the only arguments
be had baud in reply to him Vs; worth any thing,
they went to this extent, that,L der all donations,
they had no right of rejection, not even at one, two,
or three years of age.
The motion was negatived, and or I ques-
tion for agreeing with the Report sr—t7erri
Mr. WAITHNIAN thee gave notice, that he should
bring the rejection of the other boys wider the con-
sideration of the next Court.

A large eagle (falco-fulaus) was shot, last week,
at Cams.ball, by Mr. Delme's keeper. This bird
maserse three feet from the beak to the tail, and in
breadth,-from wing to wing, about eight feet.
Last Monday, J.,Farrer,,of Copperas houses,
near Elland, was found dead in the wood, celled
Strank Strie, near Rastrick, Yorkshire. Ile bad
gale out on Sunday, for the perpose of shooting
game, and when found, his can, which had burst in
ids baud, was lying near him, and his bead laid
open, and dreadfully shatteted with the.ckarge.

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partition held a General Coert-of the Goverwers, at
their Hill in eb.streets rti Crane-coorts •i • far the elec.
den of Officers for the year omitting.
1 . , His Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence was re-
elected President; .the Ear! of Aberdeen, the Earl of
Rothe', the Earl of Home, and Earl Gower, were
unanimously re-elected, and the Mattlebreftliteens-
., . • berrrand the Earl of Breadalbette were elected Vice-
rut,` Presidents. The two latter Noblemen were elected
~.s;-:'.,: in the room of Lord 'Viscount Melville and the Hon.
r: Wai. MSOli, M.P. who go' oat by rotation, as being
the two Senior Vice-Presidents. •'.-
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Tile Court, after djapotbsg of the'beeinest of the
'-''' • . 2 day, adjourned to the London Tavern to dinner,
- .....,.. .'. , with the friends and supporters of the institution.—
...., His Royal Highnesi the Duke of Kent, iu the ab-
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' • . once of his illustrlous s Brother the Duke of Clarence,
President of the Institution, who was prevented from
' --, being present thressb indisposition, took the Chair,
mid acquitted hitosiiif to the satisfaction of the *hole
company whichitinounted to about 400 persdns.—.
His Royal Hightiess was supported on his tight by
the Doke of Montrose, and on his left by the Bishop
of Beedoe. At six o'clock they sat down to an ex-
: celleut diaper. • i
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