§ MR. W. J. CORBETasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, If his attention has been called to a passage in the Thirty-ninth Annual Report of the Commissioners of Charitable Donations and Bequests, from which it appears (page 5, paragraph 16) that, under the will of Catherine Eaton, made in 1793, a sum now amounting to £4,000, "for the foundation and support of a Woollen Manufactory in the parish of Wicklow," is lying unused and unclaimed; and, whether he will cause steps to be taken to have it made available for the purposes intended by the testatrix?
§ MR. CAMPBELL-BANNERMANI am informed that the residue of Miss Eaton's property was left for the purpose mentioned in the Question—namely, the foundation of a Woollen Manufactory in the parish of Wicklow; but that the sum to which the hon. Member refers was not a part of the residue so bequeathed, but is the accumulation of a distinct legacy to private persons, which, not having been claimed, is held by the Court of Chancery. The Commissioners are now taking steps, with the object of seeking the advice of the Attorney General as to whether, after so great a lapse of time, this bequest, represented by the £4,000, may not be now held to have failed, and the amount be treated as part of the residue of the estate.