§ MR. BRADLAUGHI beg to ask the hon. Member for Penrith (Mr. J. W. Lowther) whether the Charity Commissioners have yet come to any decision in the matter of the appointment of new Trustees to the Independent Chapel Charities, Tiverton, or if he can state the cause of the delay?
MR. J. W. LOWTHER (Cumberland, Penrith)An appointment of new Trustees purported to hare been made under the provisions of 13 and 14 Vict. c. 28 (Peto's Act); but the matter appeared to be of so contentious a character that it was doubtful whether the powers of the Commissioners would enable them to deal with it effectually. If, however, a sufficient application should be made for 334 an appointment under the Charitable Trusts Acts the Commissioners would use their best endeavours to settle the questions at issue between the contending parties.