§ MR. COBB (Warwick, S. E., Rugby)I beg to ask the hon. Member for Penrith (Mr. J. W. Lowther) how many charities exist for the benefit of the inhabitants or poor of the parish of Newbold-on-Avon, Warwickshire, under the wills of George Millington, John Spiers, and—Pearson; whether there are any other charities affecting Newbold-on-Avon, and, if so, under what wills; whether he can state the dates when the accounts were last rendered relating to the respective charities, and the names of the trustees of each of them; whether the vicar and church wardens of Newbold-on-Avon have boon repeatedly asked by the Charity Commissioners for the accounts of Millington's and Pearson's Charities; whether an order has recently been made, and, if so, when, peremptorily ordering the rendering of these accounts; whether, in default of compliance with such order, proceedings will be taken against the vicar and churchwardens for contempt of Court; and whether similar orders will be made with regard to the other charities?
MR. J. W. LOWTHER (Cumberland, Penrith)1. One only of the three charities named in the first paragraph exists at the present time, namely, John Pearson's Charity, Millington's and Spiers' Charities having been lost. 2. There is one other charity affecting Newbold-on-Avon, namely, Fosterd's Charity, which is applicable to the maintenance of a bridge over the river Avon. There are four charities affecting Long Lawford, which is a hamlet of the Parish of New-bold, namely, the Poors' Plot, Sir Edward Boughton's Charity, Smith's Charity, and Croft's Charity. 3. The accounts of Pearson's Charity for the four years ending December 31, 1888, were rendered on the 1st of March, 1890; the accounts of Fosterd's Charity for the year ending December 31, 1888, were rendered on November 20, 1889; the accounts of the Poors' Plot for 1888 at Long Lawford were rendered on Feb-4, 1890; the account of Croft's, Smith's, 120 and Sir E. Boughton's Charities for the year 1889 were rendered on January 10, 1890; the trustees of Pearson's Charity are the vicar and churchwardens of Newbold-on-Avon; the trustees of Fosterd's Charity are Messrs. Caldicott and Norman; the trustees of the Poors' Plot the churchwardens and overseers of Lawford; the trustees of Smith's, Sir E. Boughton's, and Croft's the churchwardens of Lawford. 4. To the fourth paragraph the answer is yes. 5. A peremptory order for accounts from the trustees of Pearson's and Millington's Charities was made on January 17, 1890. 6. The reply to the sixth paragraph is that there has been no default. 7. No orders are necessary in other cases, the requirements of the law having been complied with.