§ Mr. G. Straussasked the Attorney-General whether he can now state the settlement arrived at in regard to the charitable funds in possession of the Rev. Clapham at the time of his prosecution.
The Attorney-GeneralThe settlement has now been sanctioned by the Court. With regard to a sum of some £7,000 admittedly collected for various charitable purposes, these have now been placed on a proper footing and a division made among the various charities for which the moneys were collected. A further sum of some £2,170 will be available under the Order of the Court for the relief of the poor in the parish.