Volume 21

Report of the Commissioners appointed in pursuance of two several acts of Parliament; the one, made and passed in the 58th year of His late Majesty, c.91, intituled, "An Act for appointing Commissioners to inquire concerning Charities in, England, for the Education of the Poor"; and the other, made and passed in the 59th year of His late Majesty, c.81. intituled, "An Act to amend an Act of the last session of Parliament, for appointing Commissioners to inquire concerning Charities in England, for the Education of the Poor, and to extend the powers thereof to other Charities in England and Wales".

  • Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons.
Date:
1826-1829
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Credit: Report of the Commissioners appointed in pursuance of two several acts of Parliament; the one, made and passed in the 58th year of His late Majesty, c.91, intituled, "An Act for appointing Commissioners to inquire concerning Charities in, England, for the Education of the Poor"; and the other, made and passed in the 59th year of His late Majesty, c.81. intituled, "An Act to amend an Act of the last session of Parliament, for appointing Commissioners to inquire concerning Charities in England, for the Education of the Poor, and to extend the powers thereof to other Charities in England and Wales". Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

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    St. Andrew Auck- land. Walton’s Charities, ‘continued. The nomination of the masters and scholars is left, according to the direc- tions of the donor, to the monthly meetings of the society, who act by a com- mittee specifically appointed from time to time for this purpose. The schools of Bishop’s Auckland and Shildon are visited by the committee from Darlington three or four times in the year, when the vacancies in the number of scholars are filled up. The master of the school at Bishop’s Auckland receives, as already stated, 20/. a year, and has the use of a school and schoolhouse rent free ; the house being kept in repair by the trustees. He instructs twenty children of the parish in reading, writing, and accounts, free from all expense; and the children are also supplied, by the trustees, with books and all school requisites. There are, on an average, twenty more children in the school, who pay for their instruction. The free children are selected by the committee from a list of applicants, kept by the master. None are appointed except those of the labouring poor, and such as are of the township of Bishop’s Auckland have the preference. The Barrington School. The Barrington The management of the funds given by the late Bishop Barrington, for the School. support of the school which he founded in Bishop’s Auckland, and for other charitable purposes, is vested in the present Viscount Barrington, the Honourable William Keppel Barrington, the Honourable Augustus Barrington, and the Honourable Russel Barrington. On account of the absence of Lord Barrington from England, we have not been able to obtain an inspection of the trust deeds, which we are informed are in his Lordship’s custody, or any account of the general management of the funds. We are therefore under the necessity of postponing the particulars of these charities to some other opportunity, and of confining ourselves in the present Report to the application of such portions of the annual income as are now paid by the trustees, for the maintenance of the Barrington school, and towards the support of the beadsmen in this parish, noticed under the following head. It appears from a copy of a letter of instructions addressed by the late bishop to his trustees above named, in March 1823, that by a deed, bearing date 22d February 1823, the sum of 30,000/. 3 per cent reduced annuities was invested in their names, upon trust, amongst other things, to pay yearly out of the dividends 436/. to the religious, moral, and useful education of poor children in the diocese of Durham and elsewhere, in the Barrington school at Bishop’s Auckland ; and in case that sum should be more than sufficient for maintaining, repairing, and providing for all the exigencies of the said school, to be applied to such of the schools in the diocese of Durham as his said trustees should conceive that, if living, he would have directed the application of the same. And in this letter the bishop recommended the insurance of the school against fire ; and to have the accounts kept in the name of the trustees, and closed on the 31st December every year, and a copy thereof transmitted to each trustee. The school in Bishop’s Auckland, referred to in the above letter, was built and furnished with every requisite, at the cost and under the immediate direc- tion of the late bishop, on land purchased for that purpose. The building comprises a large schoolroom, with apartments for the master and usher, and for a housekeeper and female servant to take care of the furniture, and provide for the maintenance of the master and usher, and such persons as are admitted into the school for the purpose of learning the duties of schoolmasters. The school is conducted on the Madras System, and is open to all the children of the parish of Saint Andrew Auckland, who apply to the master for admis- sion. There are generally front 170 to 200 receiving instruction, including thirty boys on Lord Crewe’s foundation. In October 1828, there were 140 boys and 42 girls in the school: they are taught reading, writing, and accounts, and are supplied gratuitously with pens, ink, paper, books, and all school requisites. The girls are taught the same as the boys, but are not allowed to remain after the age of eleven years, when, if they wish it, they are transferred to another establishment, called the School of Industry, the expense of which is paid from this fund. At