§ MR. CARVELL WILLIAMS (Nottinghamshire, Mansfield)I beg to ask the hon. Member for Thirsk, as representing the Charity Commissioners, whether representations have been made to the Charity Commissioners expressing the dissatisfaction which prevails in the localities interested with the mode in which the large sum of money bequeathed by Mr. Joseph Nelson, of Moor Row, near Wigton, Cumberland, for charitable purposes, has been appropriated; and whether they will institute an inquiry into the administration of such charities.
THE PARLIAMENTARY CHARITY COMMISSIONER (Mr. GRANT LAWSON,) Yorkshire, N. R., Thirsk(1) The only representation made to the Commissioners in the sense stated is one in general terms by an unsuccessful candidate for the headmastership of the Nelson Grammar School endowed out of the charity, for which a scheme has been made under the direction of the Chancery Division. (2) A letter 1479 of the Commissioners inviting him to state the grounds of his complaint has not as yet received any answer, and without this information the Commissioners are unable to say whether an inquiry is wanted.