§ ME. COBB (Warwick, S.E., Rugby)I beg to ask the hon. Member for Penrith (Mr. J. W. Lowther) whether he can state the circumstances under which Milling-ton's Charity, at Newbold-on-Avon, Warwickshire, has been lost; whether any and what steps have been taken to recover it; whether the loss is owing to the neglect or default of the vicar and churchwardens; and whether the Charity Commissioners propose to take any and what steps?
MR. J. W. LOWTHER (Cumberland, Penrith)Millington's Charity at New-bold-on-Avon, Warwickshire, was a rent-charge of 5s. per annum upon certaiu land in the parish of Newbold-upon-Avon, On the death of the owner of the land in 1872 the property was sold in small lots by auction without any notice of the rent-charge. Frequent attempts have been made to recover the sum from various persons, but without avail. The loss seems to be due to the omission by the representatives of the late owner to disclose the existence of the rent-charge, and to the omission by the Trustees to call the attention of the vendors to the existence of the charge. The Charity Commissioners are in communication with the vicar with a view to making further inquiries.