§ DR. FOSTER (Chester)asked the Vice President of the Committee of Council, If he is aware that the trustees of certain charities at Inkberrow, in the county of Worcester, are all of them ex-officio trustees; if a new scheme for the management of the charities has recently been established by the Charity Commissioners; if the inhabitants of the parish have not frequently, by resolutions at public meetings and other methods, requested the addition of a small number of representative trustees; and, if the Charity Commissioners have declined to accede to their request notwithstanding that the action of the ex-officio trustees upon certain matters has caused grave discontent in the parish?
§ THE VICE PRESIDENT (Sir LYON PLAYFAIR) (Leeds, S.)To explain fully the circumstances to my hon. Friend, I would have to state the case at much greater length than the House would tolerate. But I will place a full answer in his hands. The Commissioners have informed the inhabitants why it was that they are precluded from appointing representative trustees.