§ SIR ROBERT PEELsaid, he wished to ask the Vice President of the Committee of Council, Upon what grounds certain charitable monies called Plot Rents, which for more than 200 years have been expended for the benefit of the deserving poor inhabitants of the parish of Clifton-on-Dunsmore, in the county of Warwick, have been applied at the instance of the Charity Commissioners, and contrary to the wishes of the ratepayers and inhabitants, in aid of church rates for the repairs, &c. of the parish church, and also upon what grounds the Charity Commissioners nominated four persons as Trustees of the said charity, not one of whom was possessed of any real property in the said parish?
§ LORD ROBERT MONTAGUsaid, in reply, that an order was made by the Commissioners, on the application of the proper persons, and in exercise of the authority vested in them by 23 & 24 Vict. c. 137. All the proper notices had been given and the formalities observed. Some objections were raised, and were duly heard; but there was no appeal against the order issued, and it therefore took effect.
§ SIR ROBERT PEELsaid, that the noble Lord had not answered his question. His Question was, whether any portion of these rents had been expended contrary to the wishes of the ratepayers in aid of church rates for the repair of the parish church?
§ LORD ROBERT MONTAGUsaid, he I could not say whether it was contrary to the wish of the ratepayers; but they did not appeal against the order.