MR. ACLANDasked the Vice President of the Council, Whether it is the fact, as stated in a recent letter in The Pall Mall Gazette (5th Feb. 1884), signed by Mr. Jesse Collings, M.P., that the Charity Commission have propounded a scheme for the establishment of a middle class school in the county of Wilts, in which "the rights of the poor of West Lavington whose property is taken from them are not even mentioned;" and, if not, what is the real state of the case?
§ MR. MUNDELLAI am informed by the Charity Commissioners that they have under consideration a scheme for the establishment of a middle school in the county of Wilts by aid of certain funds agreed to be provided by the Mercers' Company, who are the Trustees of Alderman Dauntsey's Charity at West Lavington. They assure me it is not the fact that the property with 1603 which it is proposed to endow the school will be taken from the poor of West Lavington, or belongs to them. The educational endowment founded by Alderman Dauntsey was for a grammar school not limited to parishioners of "West Lavington. The Commissioners have, however, made express reservations on their behalf, and believe that, under the scheme proposed, the poor of West Lavington will enjoy educational advantages superior to those which the endowment has provided for them in the past. When the scheme is submitted to the Education Department, it will be my duty to consider its provisions, together with any objections or suggestions from parties interested.