THE EARL OF MILLTOWNrose to move—
That an humble address be presented to Her Majesty praying Her Majesty to withhold Her assent from the scheme of the Charity Commissioners for the administration of Alleyne's College of God's Gift at Dulwich, now on the Table of this House.That scheme, he said, was open to objection on several points. It did not carry out the wishes of the founder, and it was proposed to deprive the parish of Camberwell of all right to participate in the increased income of the Charity. He thought the representatives of that parish had not had a fair and patient hearing.Moved, "That an humble address be presented to Her Majesty praying Her Majesty to withhold Her assent from the scheme of the Charity Commissioners for the administration of Alleyne's College of God's Gift at Dulwich, now on the Table of this House."—(The Earl of Milltown.)
§ LORD CARLINGFORD (LORD PRIVY SEAL)said, he hoped that their Lordships would not agree to the Motion. This was the seventh scheme in recent years for the purpose of dealing with the increasing revenues of this College, and he hoped that it would be the last. The matter had been under 27 the consideration of the Charity Commissioners for the last 10 years; and, therefore, he was at a loss to know what the noble Earl's (the Earl of Milltown's) idea of patience was. The subject had been considered and re-considered, and every possible party concerned had been heard and re-heard, and there had been an enormous amount of thought and labour expended upon it; and now that the scheme had been lying on the Table of the House for two months, and would, in the ordinary course, become law on Monday next, the noble Earl, at the end of all this, came down on that Friday night, with a courage which was worthy of a better cause, and asked their Lordships to reject the scheme. Under the circumstances, it would not be respectful to the House to go into the details of the case. The scheme appeared to him (Lord Carlingford) to be a very fair and proper one. Everybody in authority was satisfied with it, not even excepting those who represented the parties who had found out the noble Earl and asked him to oppose it, for under it Camberwell would be the most liberally endowed parish in the United Kingdom. He hoped their Lordships would not, at such short Notice and without full information, attempt to overthrow a scheme which had been the result of such long deliberation, and which was supported by the large majority of parties interested in the Charity.
§ LORD COLCHESTERsaid, he also thought it most undesirable that the scheme should be rejected. He trusted that their Lordships would not assent to the Motion, which, he was convinced, besides amounting to a Vote of Censure upon the Education Department, would have a most unfortunate effect on the well-being of Dulwich College.
§ On question, resolved in the negative.